Putting the “super” in SUPERvisory Officer

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Duty to Supervise Performance and Behaviour

Performance: “about the work”

Behaviour = Conduct: “about the worker”

Objective Measurement

Why people complain about the principal: Perception vs Reality

Change

Unhappy employees complain

Discipline/Performance Review: Delivering…

Allegations of Principal Misbehaviour

Typical Complaints: Human Rights or Workplace Harassment

Harassment is more than a feeling

Ordinary exercise of supervisory duty

Allegations: possible adjudicators College of Teachers Was the behaviour professional misconduct?* Incapacity?** Tribunals Did bad behaviour occur? Was the process fair? Employer Board Did bad behaviour occur? What discipline, if any, will be imposed? Civil Justice System * Did bad behaviour result in injury, loss? Criminal Justice System Was the bad behaviour criminal? Steps: Discipline or Fitness to Practice Investigation * Dispute resolution or Hearing Outcomes: Exoneration* Limitations Undertakings Revocations Venues: Grievance Arbitration OHR Tribunal Occ HS Bd Discipline upheld, modified, or quashed Steps: Investigation Exoneration Discipline Steps: Lawsuit filed Investigation* Examination for Discovery* Trial * settlement Award made to plaintiff if loss/injury determined and quantified Police Investigation Charge Trial Not guilty Guilty/Penalty

Most common vulnerabilities

Communication

Financial Management

Work Style

Principal Challenges: Isolation

Principal Challenges: Family Status

Personal Leadership Resources

Emotional Resources

Habits of highly regarded SO’s

Presume good intentions

Respect and Civility