Extra Pay During the School Day

Type: Article
Topics: District & School Operations, Ethics, School Administrator Magazine

August 01, 2022

Ethical Educator
Scenario: Bagpiper

When a suburban school district hired a new middle school band director, he was asked to continue the school’s prior involvement as a host site for a series of one-day music festivals for students throughout New England. The band director scheduled the popular music festivals at his school over five Fridays, all during the school day. He received his usual band director salary and was paid a stipend totaling $1,800 by the nonprofit that ran the festivals for his work as a site coordinator and a judge.

Did the band director commit a conflict of interest by accepting the stipend?

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The Ethical Educator panel consists of

  • SHELDON H. BERMAN, AASA lead superintendent, Redmond, Ore.;
  • ROARK HORN, the Pomerantz endowed professor in educational excellence, University of Northern Iowa;
  • CHRIS NICASTRO, former Missouri commissioner of education; and
  • MARIA G. OTT, Irving R. and Virginia A. Melbo chair in educational administration, Rossier School of Education, University of Southern California.

Each month, School Administrator draws on actual circumstances to raise an ethical decision-making dilemma in K-12 education. Our distinguished panelists provide their own resolutions to each dilemma.

Do you have a suggestion for a dilemma to be considered? Send it to: magazine@aasa.org.

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