Shun an Intolerant Colleague?
August 01, 2024
Appears in August 2024: School Administrator.
Ethical Educator
Scenario: A gay male elementary school administrator strives to make his school an LGBTQ-affirming space. He is in an interracial relationship, which he makes known to supportive students, families and colleagues. The superintendent has asked him to share teaching practices with another principal in the district who is known for being intolerant of LGBTQ and not at all culturally responsive to minority families. Normally happy to assist in such ways, the school administrator is hesitant because of the other principal’s personal beliefs. Should he stand his ground or set aside the hesitation? 
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The Ethical Educator panel consists of
- Sheldon H. Berman, author of Implementing Social-Emotional Learning: Insights from School Districts’ Successes and Setbacks.
- Susan Enfield, superintendent-in-residence, ILO Group, Normandy Park, Wash.
- Baron Davis, CEO and founder, The Neogenesis Group, Columbia, S.C.; and
- Maria G. Ott, Irving R. and Virginia A. Melbo chair in education administration, 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.
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