November 20, 2008
Ritchie Session 20- Legal Issues and DPS Policies
Posted by robertbeam under S2:Contextual Understanding, S7:Supervision of Personnel, S8:Supervision of Student ConductNo Comments
Today’s session allowed us the opportunity to become more familiar with the Colorado Laws that govern education. We dug into the law books and resources and engaged in useful conversations around the complexity and responsibility of leading a school from a legal viewpoint. The time spent also included doing a protocol where we asked to respond to the article, “What Young Principals Need to Know” and then discussing its use and application. I needed to leave early and will add info after I see everyone next week.
Today we worked on reviewing legal cases to share with the class. They were intriguing as vignettes into situations we will eventually have to face in our roles as principals. It was valuable to hear not only the views of the legal minds but also of my colleagues who have experienced many similar episodes in their teaching experiences. In addition, we began some earnest work on the principal standards. We are generating a GOOGLE doc that I will try to attach to this post. The goal is to collect and share our interpretations about how/what/why these standards impact our future daily practice.