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Speech On Discipline In School

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School DISCIPLINE…
…the challenge that can make or break a principal
School discipline is the single biggest challenge facing a principal. Successful education can only take place in an orderly and controlled environment. The safety and security of the teachers and students is dependent on a well-disciplined school. Discipline means the students are polite, neatly dressed, well-mannered and hard working. The school is litter-free and free of vandalism. Teachers are firmly in control of classroom behaviour and the students have a good work ethic. Gangs, bullying and general harassment is not allowed. There have been many skilful and knowledgeable heads of school who have failed because they did not have control of the discipline of the school. …show more content…

It is not good for the principal’s stress, but students need to know who is in charge and why they are at the school. This is why many heads are known as “the boss”.

The key is then to go back to the office and sit quietly while the rest of the school is humming with urgency and energy to get things done properly. The principal can now return to being the servant leader of the school.

“Demand and command leadership” and the need to be assertive, as long as it is only periodically, can be good for the school. A good rant (loud and assertive leadership) is good for discipline and results, but bad for the heart!

Chapter Forty Four
Communication Technology in Schools
The digital age and social media have changed how principals work. Everything is faster. The time for principals to ponder before reacting to an issue, problem or query is almost non-existent. In a world of instant communication and gratification people want an answer immediately, which makes leadership of a school instantaneous, allowing very little time to contemplate an answer. People seem to be both impulsive and reckless when using social …show more content…

All of this means a principal has to be on guard all the time and ready to react quickly, accurately and effectively. Far too often the principal has to react to an incident without the time to investigate and reflect on a carefully considered response. Now responses have to be quicker to avoid escalation of incidents and the spread of inappropriate rumours.

When every student, parent and teacher has a mobile phone in a school community, bad news travels fast and is twisted and manipulated as it passes through the different

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