How to Handle Staff Misconduct

Download or read book How to Handle Staff Misconduct written by C. Edward Lawrence and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2003-01-06 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers strategies for school administrators that include managing excessive tardiness, insubordination, misconduct requiring suspension, and even criminal behaviours. Each section includes an outline of principal responsibilities and common errors that can interfere with successful intervention. Also included : - How to use progressive discipline to fairly correct unwanted behaviours - How to set up a school-level misconduct meeting - Why just cause is a key defence against legal backlash - How due process can avoid technical errors during a disciplinary action - Why privacy is paramount.