How to ‘Manage Up’ in a School Setting
- Donna Spangler
- Feb 22, 2022
- 1 min read
As if educators didn’t already have enough on their plates, many of us find that we also need to manage our supervisors—principals, superintendents, and others—so we can better serve our students. For example, you might have a supervisor who is mismanaging the allocation of substitutes or downplaying disciplinary issues. Or perhaps your supervisor simply has a different work style than you do.
If scenarios like these describe you or your situation, you aren’t alone. A 2019 Robert Half survey of workers showed that almost half of the respondents quit their jobs because of their supervisor.
But this doesn’t have to be the end of the line. While occasionally supervisors can make our jobs more challenging, there are concrete strategies to skillfully “manage up.”
Offering the AAHH framework, this article equips educators with tools to improve communication with school leaders and influence change from any position...
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