Before
Dr.
Johnson’s arrival, the teachers at Garvey School District schools decided who they would
like to represent them on their school site leadership
team. That all changed with the arrival of
Superintendent Johnson.
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Leadership teams were slipped in during the summer.
o
The Leadership Teams are now
chosen by administration and are essentially an arm of
administration. They do as they are told and at some
schools, teams have been chastised for leaking
information to other teachers.
o
Teachers have no say as to
what topics are to be discussed because they are
simply carrying out the agenda of administration.
o
The leadership teams are
perfect examples of the appearance of teacher input,
but the bottom line is administration gets what they
want, one way or another. Administration knows what
their end objectives are and if the work the
leadership team doesn’t fit the objective, it is
thrown out. If it does fit, the team is congratulated
for their hard work.
Two examples from Garvey
Intermediate.
2. Early in the leadership team process, Garvey teachers considered having the leadership team lead Wednesday Collaboration Sessions. The principal said it would be inappropriate for the leadership team to run the collaboration meetings because she runs the leadership team and she would therefore have to lead the Wednesday meetings. The leadership team does not exist without her.
As hard working as all the teachers serving on leadership teams are, their function is essentially "assistant to the principal." No collaboration here, just working administration's agenda, through chosen teachers.
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