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A 3 page research paper that consists of a 1 page essay on the topic of the principal's responsibility for curriculum design and implementation issues and then 2 pages that answer questions pertaining to a case study having to do with mandatory drug testing as a requirement for athletic participation. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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Larson v. Independent School District in 1979, a principal was ruled to be negligent for not supervising the physical educational curriculum and the practice of a first-year teacher more closely
(Strahan 298). When implementing curriculum design and innovations, principals should be cognizant that "No court has found that teachers have a First Amendment right to choose their own curriculum or
class management techniques" if these factors contravene school policy (Strahan 297). However, several court cases have addressed the requirement that principals are obligated to make school policy and instructional supervision
clear. Under the philosophy of site-based leadership, a principals responsibility for instructional leadership increases. In Larson, the principal was operating under a district policy that required that office to "develop,
organize, and implement the school curriculum," as well as assign duties to teachers (Strahan 298). By selecting an inexperienced PE teacher and then not supervising that teacher properly, the court
held the principal responsible for an accident that left an eighth grader a paraplegic (Strahan 298). As this indicates, the responsibility of the principal for curriculum design and implementation
is indeed crucial. Case study: Drug testing in relation to cocurricular activity This case study posits that as a principal at a small high school where concerns about the
use of steroid drug abuse among athletes has arisen, this principal has brought a recommendation before the school board that has been adopted and requires the all students undergo drug
testing before they will be allowed to participate on school sports teams. A seventh-graders parents have refused to sign the permission slip for the test and have threatened to file
suit. The first question asks if the principal should attempt reconciliation with the parents and permit the child to participate. While the principal should definitely try to help the
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