I could well be wrong, but my sense is that if you gave back 25% of your
salary, you would send such a strong message to your board and your faculty,
that you might be a much better position to move forward with needed
changes.
Regarding the worry about job tenure. If things don't go well with your
board, couldn't you always go back to being a teacher?
Fred
On Sun, Jan 10, 2010 at 12:05 AM, Phil Kassen <pkassen@lrei.org> wrote:
> It might make sense to reserve 25% of a head's salary for a bonus, the
> amount of which would be determined by risks taken and goals achieved. As
> a
> head, one way in which I am able to take modest risks is that my board is
> supportive. Creating agreement between board and head about manageable
> risks would allow a school's leadership to move ahead with less worry about
> job tenure.
>
> On Sat, Jan 9, 2010 at 2:40 PM, Norman Maynard <nlm1@verizon.net> wrote:
>
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > There is an easy way to test this hypothesis. Headmasters could give
> > > themselves a 25% salary cut this year (bringing them back into line
> with
> > > recent salary increases of teachers) and we can all watch and see if we
> > > have
> > > a little bit more creativity from our leaders next year.
> > >
> > >
> > Fred,
> >
> > I know you to be a smart guy, so - I'm assuming this is a rhetorical
> > suggestion.
> >
> > ; )
> >
> > Norman Maynard
> >
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