Graduate Research Papers
Availability
Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Keywords
School administrators -- Attitudes; Teacher-administrator relationships; Student-administrator relationships;
Abstract
"Why do you want to be a principal, Dad?" asked my 10 year old the other day. "I know," he continued, "it's because you like kids and want to help people." I guess I really never answered him, and he left for some other interest, but that started me thinking as to the real reason I was entering the arena of administration. After being a junior high English and Special Education teacher for seventeen years, why would I want to change? True, there were days when the student behaviors overshadowed the satisfaction I received by trying to teach them communication skills and the enjoyment of good literature, but there were also days, at least as many, when I was thankful that I worked with the kids rather than the adults. So why put myself in a position where I was working more directly with the adults and more indirectly with the students?
Year of Submission
1996
Degree Name
Master of Arts in Education
Department
Department of Educational Administration and Counseling
First Advisor
Robert H. Decker
Date Original
1996
Object Description
1 PDF file (18 leaves)
Copyright
©1996 Robert D. Howlett
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Howlett, Robert D., "A preferred vision for administering secondary schools: A reflective essay" (1996). Graduate Research Papers. 2595.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/grp/2595
Comments
If you are the rightful copyright holder of this dissertation or thesis and wish to have it removed from the Open Access Collection, please submit a request to scholarworks@uni.edu and include clear identification of the work, preferably with URL.