Home Hot Topics Articles Directors' Choice Awards About Us / Contact Us Activities & Curriculum Activities for Outcome-Based Learning Arts & Crafts Music for Learning Recommended Reading Sharing Boards: What Do YOU Think? NEWSlink Current National News Conference Calendar Topics In Early Childhood Education Art and Creativity in Early Childhood Education Job Sharing Board State Licensing Requirements Stay Connected! Each month we'll send you an email filled with articles and ideas for your classroom. Subscribe Now Date: 12/7/2005 1:21:00 PM Author: Terri Subject: Is it fair? What kind of message is it sending teachers when a director goes behind the teacher's back and rearranges the classroom? I dont think this is a productive form of management but it happens all the time in my experience. It happened recently to a coworker who told me the director never dicussed it with her, never pointed out changes to be made, but rather just went in during the teacher's off hours and completely changed the room arrangement. If a director feels there are problems then shouldnt she first discuss it with the teacher who is the one who actually spends 8 hours a day in there? Many of the things she changed were purely superficial. She put books out on the tops of the cubbies where children cant reach them, but for "decoration". the teacher prefers a clean, uncluttered appearance to the cubbies. Has this happened to you? Can you imagine if a principle came into a third grade classroom while the teacher was away and changed the room arrangement without consulting the teacher?! It would be considered overbearing and petty. But in daycare although there is much rhetoric about empowering teachers, it seems directors too often expect teachers to follow, not lead, including in terms of how their rooms are arranged and how the class operates. Name: Email: Subject

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