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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m curious, what does a typical day as a principal look like at a real DCPS Title I school look like? I don’t want to hear about the experiences at barely Title I schools like Payne, John Lewis, Garrison, Marie Reed, etc. I’m talking about the real Title I schools in DC.[/quote]

I'm assuming by "real Title I schools" you mean high at-risk Title I schools. High at-risk usually comes along with a higher special education population and higher levels of community violence or safe passage issues. So in a "real Title I school", the principal will have all the same responsibilities as in a non-Title I school but will also likely have more IEP meetings, more students with disruptive behaviors, more coordination of special ed aides and co-teacher schedules, and more planning for attendance and truancy interventions along with more community safety coordination.

I shadowed a high at-risk Title I principal and saw all of the above plus some classroom visits and instructional team meetings. That principal's day ended with a student attacked after dismissal (in the neighborhood not at the school) so then they had calls and meetings until late evening with the family, MPD, DC agencies and others to create safe passage plans as the attack was related to some unending neighborhood issue.[/quote]

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