What school safety issue do you perceive to be most pressing currently? Why did you select this issue? What might school leaders do to address this issue? Incorporate principles from the textbook and/or course videos in your response.
Select one of the case studies at the end of the chapter on school safety. Answer all the questions at the end of the case study. Discuss any other unresolved issues that might not have been addressed by one of the questions. Incorporate principles from the textbook and/or course videos in your response.
Evaluate the concept of distributed leadership. Do you perceive it as an effective model for school administration? Justify your answer. Incorporate principles from the textbook and/or course videos in your response.
Regarding searching a student’s person, property, or locker, compare how circumstances may differ depending on whether it is a school administrator or a police offer requesting and conducting the search. Explain how probable cause and reasonable suspicion are different and how those differences may affect a prospective search.
Distinguish differences in organizational management between public and private schools. What special challenges might public and private school administrators face in organizational management that their counterparts might not face to the same degree? Incorporate principles from the textbook and/or course videos in your response.
Discuss how school-community relations may be maximized to assist in one of the other topics addressed in this course (e.g., vision development, school improvement, instructional leadership, curriculum development, faculty professional development, budgeting, finance, and school safety). Incorporate principles from the textbook and/or course videos in your response.