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Episode 81: The 9 Steps To Having A Difficult Conversation With One Of Your Teachers
It’s that time of year.
You are likely having your year-end conversations with your teachers. Most of them will be positive and upbeat, but a few of them will be difficult.
Perhaps you need to speak with one or more of your teachers about performance issues like poor classroom management, not updating the online gradebook, avoiding parents, unkind interactions with colleagues or other unmet expectations.
At this time of year, the difficult conversations don’t even have to be performance related. Perhaps you need your Kindergarten teacher to teach 3rd Grade this fall or you need to move a teacher from full time to part time because of budget constraints.
Let’s face it. These conversations are uncomfortable and awkward and we tend to try to avoid them. What you need is a plan. All good teachers have a lesson plan. All good coaches have a game plan.
On today’s episode of the Private School Leader Podcast, I am going to give you The 9 Steps To Having A Difficult Conversation With One Of Your Teachers.
I know that you are super busy, so be sure to listen while you are doing something else. I hope that you will get value from this episode as you serve and lead your school community. Thank you for taking some time out of your day to listen to the podcast!
Thanks for making a difference,
Mark Minkus
Being a private school leader is a VERY difficult job. You have to make hundreds of decisions every day, and you have to keep everyone safe, increase enrollment, keep the parents happy, keep the board happy, motivate the teachers, deal with student discipline, beat last year’s test scores and come in under budget.
That can lead to you feeling tired, discouraged and stressed out. I’ve been there. That’s why I created THRIVE Academy just for you. THRIVE Academy is a digital course that will help you get out of survival mode and get back to feeling energized at school. To learn more, go to www.theprivateschoolleader.com/thrive
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