I have had to play the boss role on multiple occasions. These have included everything from being on social media during instructional time or supervision, leaving a student in the class unsupervised, completing incident reports, completing report cards on time and taking extended breaks during the school day. It is not my favourite part of my job but these are non negotiables and often involve student safety. The only issue that I have ever had is when the teacher is resisting change and then I will have to write a letter of clarification or document a verbal reprimand. 

It’s stressful when you have to play the boss role. 

As the boss, I point to policy that helps to make sure we have good system in place for equity an fairness towards all students as educators. That way I can be kind and give a directive with the deeper purpose, student success, still highlighted. 

I've had to play the boss role when addressing content issues with AP teachers who refuse to teach all content that will be on the exam. I've to use a mixed approach and I did not particularly enjoy it. 

Boss role is my least favorite role. I have had some challenging conversations with people which have directly led things getting done. I have also had conversations where I should have been more direct, and I wasn't which led to misunderstandings and behavior not changing. 

There have been a few times recently when I have had to play the boss role when it comes to a paraprofessional. I really do not like or dislike anything in particular about it, it is simply part of the job. 

There are certain initiatives that I've put into place and told teachers that they needed to follow it. On the one hand I knew it needed to happen, but on the other hand I did give them some leeway in how it exactly got done so they felt like it wasn't another thing added to their plates. 

I have had to play the boss role when a task is not followed to completion. It happens often for state reporting and federal funding requirements. It also happens when there are accountability issues. I dont like being the boss. I prefer to let others have voice and recognize responsibility but the focus needs to be on best practices-not what feels right or good! 

I have had to play the boss role after teacher observations and instructional practices needed to be changed. The teacher was not using Responsive Classroom and the students were not respecting them. Not many people enjoy confrontation but it is necessary. We, as instructional leaders, need to make sure our students are receiving the best education they can. 

The 'boss role' is part of being an administrator. I try to be professional at all times. Also, being clear is very important because you want the receiver of the information to understand the message. 

I've had to play the boss role when teachers have not been following some of the basic guidelines for managing student behavior. You know, with a teacher's sending multiple kids out of a classroom during several class periods, and not making those connections with students. And then, what did I like about it? Just you know,
making sure that this teacher was aware that this is non-negotiable this, you know, that this practice needs to change. There's other approaches that you need to take. I don't know if I can say I really liked it, but it's you know, it's a fact of life when you're a supervisor. But yeah, they're certain non-negotiables, like you mentioned about attendance or getting grades out on time or anything, you know behaviors that should not be sent to the office.

I've had to play the boss on several occasions. I've had to establish some guidelines for students using phones and headphones in classrooms during instruction. I don't mind doing it because we all understand that they interfere with instruction. What I dislike about it is that some teachers in my building will not follow directives if they do not want to. So then the next step is to have a one on one conversation about why they are not following the expectation. Some teachers in my building just do not care if students pass or fail. We have lots of work to do.