Coping with Conflict and Complaints: Tips for Handling Grievances and Rogue Complaints
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If there are going to be complaints about you or your campus—and there probably will be—it is preferable the complaining party put it in writing.
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If there are going to be complaints about you or your campus—and there probably will be—it is preferable the complaining party put it in writing.
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Writing a response is a time-honored, professional activity that is almost always recommended following a bad evaluation. Despite the absence of an express rule, your supervisor would look foolish rejecting a timely submitted, professional response to the evaluation.
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Administrators are often asked to give a good reference for an employee. Maybe the employee is excellent, and you have no reservations. Maybe the employee is marginal, or worse, the employee is being pushed out, but a good reference will expedite the departure.
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Many school employees think their text messages are “private” if they are made on their own phone, on their own time, and through their own phone service. But those facts do not matter in determining whether the text message is private or public.
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If you are in a supervisory position and someone alleges “harassment” or “hostile work environment,” you must know how to handle the situation.
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The key to healthy relationships is good communication. This is also true when it comes to educators and parents. I do not recall an educator getting in trouble for keeping parents too informed.
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