Questions

How do you make

sure this is a safe
learning
environment?

How do you keep

staff/faculty
accountable?

What is your
management
style?

School LeaderDelcastle
-students know
expectations
-mindset for
students of this is
a privilege to be
allowed in this
school

-provide
professional
development and
work on gaps
-bring specialists
in as needed for
various staff
members
-provide teacher
support in the
classroom
-try to keep them
focused and
prepared for
changes (such as
technology 1:1
initiative coming
up or upcoming
mandates)
-keep staff
involved in
decision-making
and in knowing
what changes are
coming
-discipline is
handled as a team
-executive
because he tries to
listen and work
with them
-make decisions

School LeaderHodgson
-administration are
out in the building
throughout the
day, not in office
-developed a
school
management team
who knows
students
-School Resource
Officer is also out
in building to have
a presence
-uses evaluations
as a guide
-Aps supervise
certain teachers
and spend time in
classrooms to
monitor using both
formative and
summative rubrics

School LeaderSt. Georges

-make sure faculty
are here for the
students
-view students and
parents as
customers and try
to accommodate
them
-students know
expectations prior
to coming in/very
clear from start of
school year
-Powerful
Development
Team focuses on
instruction and is
all teacher-led
-PDT helps make
school decisions
-growth mindset a
school wide
initiative to help
all students and
teachers grow
-keeps open lines
of communication
-meets with each
staff members one
on one (did when
he started and
tries to continue)

-team approach
making sure that
the person
handling the
situation is the one
who knows the
students in that

-allows staff to
have say in
decision making
through PDT
-focuses on team
building in the
building

based on the best

people in the
building
-provides
opportunities for
others to lead

situation the best

How do you
handle ineffective
teachers?

-self-reflection: did
I give them what
they needed?
-use collaboration
with other
teachers to guide
them
-improvement
plans if needed
-trying to provide
individualized
professional
development/supp
ort

-provide with more

support in areas
they need
-put improvement
plans into place
-provide
professional
development that
is based on needs
of building as a
whole

What do you feel

is the role of
technology in the
classroom?

-blended learning:
as students
become more
proficient will look
different for each
student (increased
engagement is the
goal)
-wants to meet
their needs but
put resources in
place to provide
with support

-blended learning
should look like
the education is
online but
teachers keep
engaging the
students in the
learning process in
the classroom
-might result in a
flexible school day
as far as hours of
student

-makes sure
everyone knows
school vision
-keeps open lines
of communication
-does not
micromanage
because it is all
about the team
and teams
success
-our job is to work
hard and to be
accountable
-reflective practice
-improvement
plans put into
effect
-leader or cluster
leader helps to
facilitate one on
one support
-district specialists
come in to provide
support
-workshops
provided if staff
members needthose willing to
attend are usually
successful and
those not willing
are usually not
successful
-technology should
serve as a tool
-not going to
replace teachers
because should
supplement
-teachers need to
be trained before
given technology
to make sure they
can properly help
students
-does not want

How do you
involve parents in
your school?

What do you view

as your strength?

-will benefit both

parents and
students for
communication
and differentiation
-technology will
not solve every
problem and they
will still need to
have face to face
interaction to be
engaged
-school app
provides a push
notification of
information on a
weekly basis, daily
basis, etc.
-app connects to
school website
-frequently offers
Parent Nights
related to topics
such as FAFSA,
CAM, orientations,
open houses, etc.
based on what
parents need
support with
-proud of turnout
because very highleast attended are
Booster Club
meetings
-situational
strength;
background is
discipline but
comfortable with
instruction as well
-has a guidance
background so
helps in discipline
-complete focus of
academics is the
testing years due
to instructional

attendance, giving
more opportunity
to focus on skills
they need

blended learning
to look like
everything online
because wants it
to be personalized
to fit needs of
students
-could be flipped
classrooms
-expectations need
to be clear

-keeps engaged in
activities relevant
to them such as
Parent Night,
College Nights,
Financial Aid
Nights, etc.
-most of support is
for athletics

-send out
messages to
parents via school
app
-promotes positive
school climate and
for parents by
sharing positive
events on
Facebook
-posts Honor Roll
-provides adult
activities at school
such as Adult Prom
to stay involved in
community
-has an active PTO
to make sure
parents are
helping to make
decisions and stay
informed
-instructional
strength due to
background
-team approach
because is always
looking for how to
get staff invested
in the process or a
new change

-operations due to
background and
feeling more
comfortable
-defers to others in
building who know
situation the best
(Aps, etc.)
-has an instruction
background but
uses strengths of
staff to help
navigate individual

What is your
biggest
accomplishment?

background
-seeing
improvements
over time with
students
-CAM helps
students to see
postsecondary
options which they
didnt always think
they had nor
wanted
-increased
numbers in
students wanting
to attend school

situations
-students success
after knowing
what supports you
have provided
them and helped
them to get to the
place they are at
graduation

-PDT because it
built capacity for
faculty there to
serve a purpose;
fully believes
group is more
important than
individual and
knows that this will
help the school to
grow in long term