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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wouldn't it be crazy if they actually hired people who are teachers or experts in education for these type of jobs.  [/quote]

But these jobs are so far removed from classroom jobs—legal issues, hiring, fundraising, facilities, dealing with parents, long term planning. Etc etc etc. There is a reason these jobs pay so much…they are incredibly complex. [/quote]

Problems arise when the focus is not on teaching. teachers, and students. The HOS should not be far removed from the classroom and needs to be more than a bureaucrat.[/quote]

An HOS has to focus on all of it.  Teachers, students, parents, curriculum, facilities, fundraising, finances, admissions, legal matters, and more.  I don’t know what the perfect amount of classroom experience would be to satisfy all the opinions, but a future HOS has likely made the move to administration by the time they are in their early to mid 30s.  So there will always be some lifelong teachers that scoff at and resent the limited classroom experience of some administrators. [/quote]

It’s not really as complex as people make it out to be. [/quote]

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