You Don't Work for the School Board - You Work for Me

This statement was spoken by a local superintendent to his staff. He felt that he needed to say this since many of his employees were jumping off the chain of command by bypassing administrative supervisors and instead going straight to school board members with issues. One reason the superintendent felt the need to make this statement is because this caused a change in dynamic between the superintendent and school board. The school board now has been alerted to issues and it has brought them into the day to day operations. This undermines the vision of the superintendent and his administrative staff since now there is an extra step of “checking in” with the school board before any instructional decisions can move forward.