Field Experience A - District-Level Official Interview

Field Experience A: District-Level Official Interview
I am employed with Success at Thurgood Marshall which is an independent charter
school operating under two boards (Orleans and private). Our handbook is aligned with the
district’s manual. This charter runs like a system within a system. Success School basically does
not have to answer to another board long as the school are performing at a C or higher. We have
a separate board that governs our school and creates our handbook and policies. The policies are
basically aligned with the Orleans Parish School Policies with a few changes. I had the honor of
interviewing elect Mr. Adam Meinig, the CEO of Success at Thurgood Marshall.
Mr. Meinig allowed me to conduct an interview with him via phone. I explained the
purpose of the call asked for a continuous line of communication to be open between us that can
assist me on this journey of becoming a principal. I started the interview off by asking about
revision procedures regrading updating policies. His response he stated before any revisions are
made, there must be a collection of data that will be reviewed by the board. The data will signify
discrepancies and concerns with the normed or projected outcomes of the policies. If there is a
high percentage of pushback or discrepancies, then it would be placed on the tactical list for
discussion for the next board meeting. Once the board agrees that there are inconsistencies, then
a pre-revision meeting is called to see if the data collected is accurate which calls for revisions of
a policy or policies. Once board members, selected officials, and parents vote that revisions
should be made, then they decide what the revisions are and vote for an approval. The public is
invited to participate in both the pre-revision and revision meeting. The revisions are approved
and officially updated in the manual for the upcoming school year.
Principals are faced with many challenges throughout the day. Mr. Meinig stated that
inconsistencies of a team can affect the performance of a principal.
Mr. Meinig wanted clarity in on the question on what affects the day‐to‐day duties and
functions of school principals. His response was that principals’ daily task is to manage all
school operations and check in with leaders in charge of different components to gain a pulse of
the school; This includes school daily activities, culture walk throughs, maintenance department
check ins, transportation, and food service. It's the principal job to provide a safe and productive
learning culture and see that the school meets their goals and performance standards.
As it relates to the Professional Standards for Educational Leaders Standard 9
(Operations and Management), I was assigned to manage staff resources to support learning. I
met with the business manager to discuss the budget of the co-curricular department, ensuring all
teachers received their supplies. Then calculate the left-over funds so it can be allocated for other
projects; such as funding field trips, providing food for students for a future offsite after-school
performance. I was also assigned the project of getting accurate seating charts of students
utilizing our transportation services. I checked in with eleven teachers and asked each to board a
bus and assign each student to a seat. Once students were assigned, teachers made a seating chart
with their names and submitted to me for approval. Teachers also labeled their seats above the
window to assist the bus driver with identifying students. This task taught me how to delegate
responsibilities and not try to do everything on my own. This assignment taught me to look at
leadership through another lens, more holistic approach.

Reference
National Policy Board for Educational Administration. Professional Standards for Educational
Leaders (PSEL).2015. Retrieved on September 4, 2019 from http://npbea.org/wp-
content/uploads/2017/06/Professional-Standards-for-Educational-Leaders_2015.pdf

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Field Experience A: District-Level Official Interview

I am employed with Success at Thurgood Marshall which is an independent charter

inconsistencies of a team can affect the performance of a principal.

As it relates to the Professional Standards for Educational Leaders Standard 9

leadership through another lens, more holistic approach.

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