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= After School Schedule for the Week: =

Monday: Until 4:15 Tuesday: Not available Wednesday: Not available Thursday: Not available Friday: Not available

**Monday, February 3:** Presention and evaluation of class Storyjumper reports.  It's your turn to play the teacher. Read and evaluate presentations of your peers. Evaluate your own presentation after you have evaluated at least 4 others.

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Who are your administrators? Who is in command? How do you figure out who does what? = = Take a tour of some of the BISD school websites and see if you can figure out who is in charge. = = What do administrator's make? Is there a difference between an elementary principal's salary and a middle school principal's salary? If so, why? What does a superintendent make? In table pairs, research the school district you have been assigned to find the salaries of their top adminstrators. Why is there such a difference among districts? = = = = = //Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, February 5 - 7// = = Exploring Administrative Careers in Education = What do principals do? How do they influence the culture of a school? What type of leader are they expected to be? How does their role affect the local community? How do their decisions affect your education?
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Learn the answers to these and many more questions as we explore what is involved in being an administrator in this unit.

To begin this unit, let's look at a radical principal who dared to make some changes in his school.

= Can a Principal Change the Culture of a School? = Watch the movie loosely based on former elementary Principal Joe Clark, an inner city principal known as "Crazy Joe". Paterson, New Jersey's Eastside High is in danger of being taken over by the state if test scores do not improve. When Clark is appointed principal, he uses controversial and unconventional ways to fight a school with a culture that leans on excuses, drugs and anger.

Complete the viewer's guide as you watch this education classic.

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