D1 Week 2 520

You are a principal and your school is assigned a curriculum support specialist from the district office. As the first
weeks of the new school year pass, you observe that the specialist spends most of her days in her office and does
not seem to be making a meaningful impact on teaching and learning. When you probe for more information about
her day-to-day job tasks, you find that she is also unsure of her role. How do you approach a resolution to this
issue?

As a principal, I speak to the specialist in a kind manner. She may be a first-year specialist and not know what her
day-to-day job tasks are supposed to be. I will remind her of the college training that she received as a curriculum
specialist and tell her that she will apply those skills to the work at our school. Once we discuss her day-to-day
responsibilities, then I will reassure her that I will help in any way possible to get her acclimated to her new
position.

I will also give her a copy of the paperwork that she filled out when she started. The paperwork will consist of the
curriculum coordinator roles and responsibilities. I will go over the list with her and ask her if there is anything on
the list that she does not understand or know how to complete. If she needs help completing her job, then I will
director her to the local high school and have her observe their curriculum coordinator. She will be assigned a
mentor to help her adjust as well. She should already know how to perform the roles of her position but may be
hesitant to make changes or assert herself.

Curriculum Coordinator- Louisiana Based job in Baton Rouge at Charter Schools USA. Lensa. (n.d.).
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D2 W2

You are a principal and one of your veteran teachers is using a lesson plan that is not aligned to the course
curriculum map. How do you provide support to the veteran teacher to revise the lesson plan? How do you intend to
show compassion, justice, and concern for this teacher?

At the beginning of the school year, we will have professional development explaining the required course
curriculum and lesson plan format to make sure everyone is aware of the state mandated standards. Once we have
professional development, then we will discuss the standards and lessons plans in all the content level meetings.

Some veteran teachers are set in their ways and unwilling to change. If the veteran teacher doesn’t want to make
changes to her teaching strategies, then this may become problematic. She may be used to doing it the old way and
scared of change. I would help her by giving step by step instruction on how the lessons should look. I show her
the comparison of both lesson plans so she can see what needs to be corrected. If this doesn’t work, then I would the
teachers plan together during the content level meetings. Making sure that the teacher implements the four steps in
her lesson would be an important concept to address while the teachers are planning together. According to Clement,
“The steps of focus, presentation of new material, application, and review are applicable to any grade or subject
lesson, no matter the standards, goals, and objectives to be met.” (2016) If the veteran teacher makes sure that she
has these steps in her lesson along with the correct standards and objectives, then her lesson will be greatly
improved.

CLEMENT, M. C. (2016). Four-Step Lesson Intervention. Principal, 95(3), 32–33.