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[quote=Anonymous][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.[b] Teaming and collaboration are the most effective workplace models, and ultimately lead to greater achievement. [/b]The brilliant but difficult loner who successfully transforms failing students only exists in movies.[/quote]

5:17 here. Thank you PP for so eloquently clarifying the thinking behind my post. [/quote]

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