Basic Dilemma Teachers, Principals, Superintendents Face: Supervising Others While Seeking Approval

Basic Dilemma Teachers, Principals, Superintendents Face: Supervising Others While Seeking Approval

In the second week of my superintendency in the mid-1970s–I came from outside the district and had no entourage–the head of the principals group (there were 35 schools in the district), met me in the stairwell of the Administration building and we chatted a few moments about the weather and the beginning of the school year. He leaned toward me and whispered whether I would like to join a Friday night poker game with a small group of veteran principals. He added that my predecessor and key district office administrators had played weekly for years. I paused and said: “Let me think about it.”

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