Proactively Mitigating School Leader’s Emotionally Draining Situations

Auteurs-es

  • Katina Pollock University of Western Ontario
  • Fei Wang University of British Columbia
  • Cameron Hauseman University of Manitoba

Mots-clés :

school leadership, student discipline, emotional exhaustion, well-being, work–life balance, work intensification

Résumé

This case study focuses on emotionally draining situations for school leaders in the context of work intensification. Specifically, it draws upon real-life reports from Canadian studies (Alberta Teachers' Association, 2014, 2017; Leithwood & Azah, 2014; Author, 2014, 2015, 2017) to present a fictitious scenario. This case depicts a high school principal who must simultaneously deal with student discipline, interact with parents, conduct classroom walk-throughs, complete tasks associated with being an instructional leader, and work with teachers—to name a few. Readers are encouraged to connect research to practice through several teaching activities that include: a jigsaw discussion approach; a think-pair-share approach; a forum theatreapproach,and, a pro and con gridapproach. 

Biographie de l'auteur-e

Fei Wang, University of British Columbia

Assistant Professor

Department of Educational Studies

Faculty of Education

University of British Columbia

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Publié-e

2019-07-23

Numéro

No. 190 (2019): CJEAP Issues and Challenges of Educational Administrators’ Workload Intensification: Part One

Rubrique

Special Issue: Cases

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