The Principal Problem
In local news, the principal at a small high school near where I live was fired. It's a simple matter, really, he wasn't in the least bit qualified to be a principal.That's the kind of place I live, where you can be hired as a principal just because. You don't have to hold the correct qualifications, or have a degree, or even to have gone to college. You can be hired simply because your name is "Leroy."
Everyone in town knew he wasn't certified, it seems, and Principal Leroy certainly appears to be proud of that fact. He was trying to get certified, then stopped getting his education because he already had the job.
So they fired this guy, and replaced him with the strongest authority figure a Texas High School has to offer.
Yep. They gave the job to their football coach.
Stay in school, kids.
2 Comments:
Now all the teachers have to drop and give him twenty every time they screw up.
For some weird reason I don't think TEA has a rule mandating a principal certificate for principals.
In metro areas this isn't an issue, as there are more ladder climbers than positions. (It can make work just real lovely, let me tell ya.) But I can see in smaller towns this being a problem in that the pool of applicants might not be particularly large.
Anyway, I've never worked for a noncertified principal, although I've worked for plenty of certifiable ones. It's an easy program in that it's something like 36 hours, as opposed to counseling which is 54 hours. I've considered doing it, although I don't want to be a principal, as the idea of people yelling at me all day long is not at all appealing.
Karen
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