On Friday we met three separate administrators from Visalia, Sanger, and Clovis USDs. One of the consistent comments made by all three superintendents was to make sure you write all your evidence down even if the discipline is verbal. The evidence collected is necessary to successfully terminate the employment of an employee without being sued. Another common thread of thought was on getting rid of bad teachers. Again make sure there is evidence when you do but get rid of the bad teachers. The number of students a bad teacher will work with is not okay just because an administrator doesn’t have the courage to do the difficult things and have those hard conversations. Not only does that type of administrator lose respect from colleagues and teachers but they are also ineffective and not doing their jobs.
On Saturday we learned all about Budget from Dr. Terry Bradley. I like accounting, but when it comes to the number of funds, the types of funds, the limitations on spending, and the number of accounts a school can have I have to say it scares me. One of the most important things I came away with from the finance meeting was to make sure that my books were balanced because that’s how administrators lose their jobs. Educational money seems to come with many strings and a lot of hoops must be jumped through to get things put into the right accounts and paid. Make sure money is being spent correctly and that record keeping procedures are followed at all times. As site administrator in charge of financing my job is on the line if there are issues with the numbers.
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