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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]I am a principal (not in MCPS), and would rather hire the bright teacher who may not know all the teaching strategies but is a great collaborator over the teacher who can teach really well in the classroom, but doesn't get along with anyone. [/quote]

Interesting perspective. I guess I can understand how you would [b]value keeping peace in your kingdom over performance in the classroom with the students.[/b] Its more of a problem for you if your staff doesn't get along. If your school already gets strong test scores I guess it doesn't matter if you don't have the teacher who is amazing in the classroom. Sad but your comment really shows what goes wrong with school administration. [/quote]

You must not be in a leadership position, pp. That's really small-minded. It's also short-sighted because it presumes that "peace in the kingdom" somehow leads to less productive output (in this case, performance). The reality is a brilliant but difficult person doesn't extract good performance out of anyone -- colleagues or students. Teaming and collaboration are the most effective workplace models, and ultimately lead to greater achievement. The brilliant but difficult loner who successfully transforms failing students only exists in movies.[/quote]

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