A Sticky Affair: Evaluating Teachers 

 Resource 2: Letter from a Parent, located in the ANGEL Course Resources folder, provides background information for this assignment, including a scenario and the letter to the superintendent containing allegations of possible instructional misconduct on the part of Ms. Paulson, a technology teacher.

ii)       Responding to the Parent’s Letter

(1)   Write a formal response letter including a return address, date of letter, complete name of recipient, salutation, body of the letter, and a closing. This is standard business letter format.

Follow the letter with a rationale for and insight into why you chose to say what you said in the response letter to Mrs. Robertson. APA format is not required, but solid writing skill in APA style is expected.

iii)     Developing a Plan of Action

(1)   Assume the principal’s role and develop a plan of action for an investigation into the allegations of possible misconduct on the part of Ms. Paulson. Your plan of action should be a minimum of 750 words.

iv)     Addressing the Situation

(1)   Using the information in Resource 2 and your plan of action, write an essay of 1250-1500 words in which you describe whether this issue is one of teacher evaluation of adequacy in the classroom or one of negligence. Defend either choice. Determine the consequences for Ms. Paulson and rationalize them. Assess any failure on the principal’s part in providing adequate instructional supervision. Identify any professional development that needs to occur before and whether or not Ms. Paulson returns to the classroom. Describe Ms. Paulson’s rights with regards to the allegations and how you will preserve those rights during your investigation. Explain how you might re-establish trust with the student and parent.

Submit all three parts of the assignment as one deliverable to the instructor

NOTE:  For a professional presentation please remember to include the Rationale and Standards that apply to this assignment.