Moral Legal Decisions As A School Principal

Assessment Description
As a principal, you will be expected to make numerous sound and moral legal decisions regarding student rights in the school setting. Examples of such student right issues include freedom of speech, locker and backpack searches, personal privacy, and due process for students with exceptionalities. A principal must act with integrity and fairness to ensure the school system is held accountable for every student’s academic and social success. To be an effective leader and decision-maker on such issues, the principal should be familiar with cases that specifically speak to student rights in the educational arena.
Part 1: Case Analysis
Using the “Case Analysis Template,” address each step of the decision-making model to render a decision for Case 14. ONLY USE QUESTIONS AS GUIDE TO FORMULATE PAPER AND ENSURE ALL INFORMATION IS INCLUDED IN RATIONALE PART 2 BELOW
Part 2: Rationale
Support the case analysis with a 500-word rationale explaining the decisions you made and how those decisions:
Include how that solution:
• Support the school’s vision and mission and safeguard the values of democracy, equity, and diversity.
• Promote social justice and ensure that individual student needs inform all aspects of schooling.
• Promote collaboration, trust, learning, and high expectations.
Cite the case and any other source documents as appropriate.
APA style format is required for the body of this assignment, and solid academic writing is expected, and PSEL standards should be referenced using APA 7th edition documentation guidelines.
This assignment uses a rubric. Review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.