Ahem - a principal is in charge of teachers who teach principles. So there. Just wanted to get that straight, as a matter of principle, pal. :-)
-Ben > No, just the language. The reason being that language skills directly affect his > job as an administrator, i.e. the ability to communicate. That's what an > administrator needs -- strong communication skills -- beyond which, if he's not > superbly proficient in math or science he can communicate with his staff to > answer pertinent questions for subjects in which he's less proficient (i.e. > should our schools be teaching x scientific principal). Granted that he claimed > a large part of the problem lied in punctuation, which doesn't need to be > test-accurate on a day-to-day, "send a memo" basis. But that ties into my second > problem. He earns 6 figures. That's too much money to spend on someone who's > less than "the best" at what he does for a living. And yes, I'll admit my reason > for saying that has partly to do with my being bitter about my own finances. > > How many people on this list are earning 6 figures (USD) and at the same time > don't consider themselves at the top of their professional field? > > Is that a hand I see back there... no back there in the far back of the > auditorium, there on the 2nd balcony near the fire-exit... yep... the > superintendant. :) > > Isaac > > Original Message ----------------------- > And, should he also have a high level of proficiency in math, science, > social studies and history? How about art or shop, or home ec? <---I'm sure > there's some more PC term for those last two. > > I'm not sure that a superintendent, who does no actual instruction, should > have to have the same skill sets as the teachers who are actually teaching > the subject. I'm sure I couldn't possibly pass a test that a high-school > math teacher would. But, I might be a darn good adminstrator. > > Okay, I would completely suck at being an administrator. But, I'm a bad > example. > > -d > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "s. isaac dealey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 1:40 PM > Subject: RE: Re: Re: Exciting.... > > > > I dunno ... maybe I'm just not good at "suffering fools" (the definition > of fool of course always being a subjective personal definition), but I > think in order to be getting a salary of 6 figures as a government paid > school administrator, you'd better damn well have a pretty adept command of > the national language. If you're earning 6 figures doing something else > that's not education or language related (translator for instance) like > construction, etc. I don't care -- but I'd like to know that when the > government pays someone a salary well in excess of 3x what I've ever made in > a year to make sure that kids get taught English, I want that person's > command of the language to be _indomitable_. (exaggerating for emphasis of > course -- although it's true he makes more than 3x what I've ever made). > > > > Original Message ----------------------- > > er...does not correspond to idiomatic English > > > > Dana Tierney writes: > > > > > Well it seems to me that if his English was all that broken he would not > > > have made it to superintendant. There are a good many fluent or native > > > English speakers, possibly including me, who could not pass a test on > > > formal grammar in English, because we have not had to learn it. Are you > > > really clear on when to use me and when to use I? The "correct" answer > does > > > correspond to idiomatic English. Same thing with which and that. > However, > > > if the guy has been suspending teachers over this and he can't pass it > > > himself, that smells of hypocrisy unless this is one of those mandated > > > tests we are seeing so much of. Personally I am opposed to high-stakes > > > testing, especially for children, but this is just another instance of > its > > > idiocies. > > > > > > Mind you you get no argument from me on the quality public schools ... > even > > > the best are far more concerned with keeping students' behavior in line > > > than they are in academics. > > > > > > Dana > > > > > > Heald, Tim writes: > > > > > > > The guy said he had problems with the rules of English, because it was > his > > > > second language. > > > > > > > > I don't want him in charge of my son's school district. This is why > my sons > > > > will both be attending private schools. > > > > > > > > Timothy Heald > > > > Information Systems Specialist > > > > Overseas Security Advisory Council > > > > U.S. Department of State > > > > 571.345.2235 > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 1:55 PM > > > > To: CF-Community > > > > Subject: Re: Re: Exciting.... > > > > > > > > > > > > I don't think not passing the test means he is incompetent I think it > means > > > > the test isnt measuring what it is supposed to measure. > > > > > > > > Dana > > > > > > > > s. isaac dealey writes: > > > > > > > > > How does an incompetent person get a 6 figure government job? ... > > > > > > > > > > Original Message ----------------------- > > > > > Hmm, it ought to kill the superintendent, not you. > > > > > Well, his job anyway... > > > > > /Ben > > > > > > > > > > > This kills me. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.cnn.com/2003/EDUCATION/08/03/superintendent.test.ap/index.html > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. 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