Answer & Explanation:Read Case Study, from chapter 7 from the book that you summarized it for me which you can find it here then post a response of at least 250 words about the following questions:Question-How could this situation been avoided? Was the district wrong in granting such a transfer? As a principal dealing with a marginal teacher, what support or assistance would you need?Assisting the Marginal TeacherCase Study Alison Nutt was a ten-year veteran at Mt. View High School in a school district that had only one high school. She taught home economics and while she was never a candidate for teacher of the year, she had never been put on probation or given any particular reason to think that her evaluation was less than sat-isfactory. She knew that her program was dropping in enrollment, but she accredited the decline to the emphasis students and their parents were placing on academics rather than on the vocational programs of the high school. In the spring of the year the enrollment data was even more a problem for Nancy Conard, the principal. Students were signing up for classes for the following year and there was a major problem in the home economics department: There were not enough students for a half-time teacher let alone a full-time teacher with tenure. At about the same time, the assistant principal, who had been conducting the evaluations of Alison for the past five years met with the Nancy over the enrollment problem and said he was not surprised. Alison seemed to lack interest in the program and in teaching students. She wasnt doing anything particularly wrong but the lack of excitement for both program and students was increasingly more apparent to the assistant principal. Conard made an announced visit to Alisons classroom and concurred with the evaluation of the assistant principal. In the postobservation conference with Alison, Nancy did not expect the turn of events. Alison was very anxious as she waited for the conference to be held in Conards office. Conard did not know exactly how she would proceed other than sharing the data that she gathered during her visit to the
classroom and offering to help Alison reflect on the data. Hopefully, she could get Alison to come up with some reasons for the low enrollment and her apparent lack of enthusiasm. After some normal chitchat, Nancy launched into revealing the data from her observation. Almost immediately Alison interrupted and said that she did not like teaching at the high school level and never really did. Tears followed. She explained to Nancy that she really liked the child growth and development classes in her college course work and felt that she would be much better in the elementary school. That was her interest and true love in the teaching field. Conard met with the superintendent and they agreed that maybe a good transfer would be best for everyone. One of the elementary principals, who had a vacancy at the third grade level, was contacted and asked if he would interview Alison and see if there was a match between her skills and the needs in the third grade. He concluded that she needed to visit some third grade classrooms and make sure that this is what she wanted. She did and showed sparks of enthusiasm about the possibility of teaching at that level. The elementary principal outlined his requirements that included college courses in the teaching of reading and math, and a general course in teaching at the elementary level. Alison was very agreeable because the district also agreed to pay for the classes. The elementary principal went over the job description with Alison, explained it to her and when she agreed with it, had her sign it. School started and it wasnt long before there were complaints about Alison and her lack of understanding of third graders and the curriculum. Alison was given feedback and more time to improve. Things were not working and, in fact, were getting worse. The superintendent, principal, and Alison had a conference wherein she broke down and cried. She thought the district had been very good to her and tried to accommodate her transfer but that she did not like teaching and wanted to quit but her husband wouldnt let her because the family had become dependent on the two incomes.