Question

A long-time high school principal has announced his retirement. He was respected by his

students and loved by his staff and community. The superintendent and school board realized

that they had to fill the position with someone of equal caliber. In order to help with this process,

the superintendent is putting together a task force of 21 community and school members to

review and make recommendations about candidates for the position. You have lived in the

community for six years, but you do not have strong relationships with the superintendent or

members of the community. You also do not have strong feelings about the school district or

who becomes the next high school principal. The superintendent has asked you to lead the task

force, but frankly there are a number of other things that you would rather be doing this how would you response this

Answer 1

Answer :-

First of all you should thank the superintendent for such a wonderful opportunity but after that you should respectfully decline to lead the task force.

After that you should state that selection of the new principal is the responsibility of the school board and superintendent and task force should not be part of the hiring process of new principal as it is not reponsibility of the task force.

Further you should also speak to superintendent that you don't have enough time to lead the task force however you are ready to become the member of the group and help them in the best possible way.