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Highly paid principals need to have coaches?

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Wednesday, February 15, 2012

(Updated 3:00 am)

I was under the impression that only experienced and qualified educators are hired to be school principals.

I find it difficult to understand why our Guilford County Board of Education would hire someone for the position of principal who is not capable and then have to pay for coaching the person hired.

It cost Guilford County taxpayers $342,000 last year for 12 coaches to teach some principals how to do their jobs.

It’s disgraceful!

William Blyshak
Greensboro

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gsonc214

February 15, 2012 - 7:21 am EST

Just another example of administrative fluff and the lack of accountability in our society today. You can't do your job, I'll hire someone else to help you do it instead of letting that person go and getting someone who can handle the requirements of the position. Why not just fire the principal and hire the coach to be the principal? There was a day when your job was tied to your performance, now it's tied to who you know and what can they do to help you keep it.

Not so long ago we didnt not have district superintendants, principal coaches, curriculum specialists, testing administrators, etc and our schools were higher rated than they are today. Now, those are the positions that should be looking at cuts instead of continuing to make the emotional move of trying to fire teachers.

dubya

February 15, 2012 - 7:42 am EST

Yet another good reason to deep six public education and move to a private sector, for profit system where accountability is governed by competition.

Panacea

February 15, 2012 - 1:33 pm EST

No. It is a good reason for substantial educational reform. Private education would only mean that those parents wealthy enough to pay for school would be able to afford to send their kids to school.

destinys mother in law

February 15, 2012 - 9:06 am EST

Private corporations, including private schools, are dropping similar dollar amounts for continued training at places like Center for Creative Leadership. To cite this as a "waste of money" simply takes the whole situation out of context. There is much more to this than the lte would like to believe.

itsjustron

February 15, 2012 - 9:53 am EST

So are they really being taught how to do the job, or how to do it better?
Are they being brought up to new standards recently introduced, or is it continuing education?

For me degree, and alot of others, you must have continuing education credits yearly.. Is this similar?

Theres more to this than just fluff possibly, then again.. maybe not.

gsonc214

February 15, 2012 - 12:40 pm EST

Pretty sure it is not continuing education because it is not every principal that has the "coaches". Similar to curriculum specialists who go from school to school trying to give pointers to underperforming teachers that are recommended to them by their principals. There are enough people out in the job market today that teachers and principals should both have to perform at the required level or find something else to do. This should be based on control of the classroom and ability, not necessarily test scores, as there are factors involved with testing that the teachers/principals cannot change no matter how good they are.

FYI - I'm talking about the obvious cases, not a teacher whose scores are down because of a class full of students who don't care and have no home life to make them care. Both exist, and they are obvious within minutes of setting foot in a classroom which problem it is.

BillWright

February 15, 2012 - 11:31 am EST

To make this situation more palatable, why not call them advisers, or better yet "czars". I'm sure the general public would understand and be more receptive, what with the example at 1600.