Can you please give me some key take away from this article? Before Johnny can b
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Question
Can you please give me some key take away from this article?
Before Johnny can be suspended by a teacher, Johnny should receive a hearing by a school administrator. This hearing is to make sure that the teacher is stripping the student of their rights and fundamental fairness, fair processes, and fair procedures are used.
Before ever getting to the point of suspension, I would make sure a paper trail was already started. This paper trail would include any previous write ups, any notes written to the administrative staff, and any contact, such as emails, with the parent. I would also have verbal communication to the administrative staff about the student and ask for any suggestions because I believe for a student to succeed, they need to be in the classroom. If they are not in the classroom then they are not learning and not growing. Being a math teacher missing one lesson can set a student up for long term struggles because the way math builds on itself. If the student misses an opening lesson on the topic then it is harder for the student to catch up and succeed in later lessons. After the paper trail has been established then I would call the parent and set up a person meeting. During this meeting someone on the administrative staff would be present and the meeting would start with just the adults so that way we can get a game plan before talking to the student. Part of setting up the game plan would be introducing the parent to the paper trail so that way they could see that this is not just a one time thing but is a reoccurring event. After the plan of action has been approved by the parent, administrative staff member and myself, then the student will be told the plan. Then if the plan is is broken and the student continues to misbehave then suspending the student would be the next step.
The administrator must make sure all mandated procedures are met. These procedures include making sure a school rule has been broken, records of the behaviors have been compiled, the student gets a hearing and parents are made aware of the hearing, during the hearing all sides are heard uninterrupted, and parents are made aware of all records of behavior and parents are informed by both a mailed written notification of the suspension and phone call.
Explanation / Answer
The article basically talks about a system to be followed of a step by step guidline or steps of Problem Solving to be followed before getting into the ultimate process of decision making .
Here in this article the example is of a school is taken where the administration of the school needs to develop a and create a series of actions and mandates which will help to maintain a database of every student , their feedbacks , progress ,parents' feedback, any incident regarding any rule breaking and actions to be taken etc so that at any point of time where the student needs to be assessed those points are readily availaible as well as all the people involved are well informed about those developments such as suspension of the student in this case.
Key factors on which the article puts emphasis are mostly targeted towards the PROBLEM SOLVING STEPS as follows: