Ethical Dilemmas Of Mr. Sumpter

I do not feel that Mr. Sumpter has any validity to his decision-making process. He is not being ethical and supporting his students’ needs of additional language development. The policy has not been enforced at his school building and he is already prepared to handle noncompliant students. He should be planning on how to better support his teachers so that they can support his/her students. He should not allow others to pressure him without a clear statue or policy in place that states he has to follow a regulation. The fact that he tried to make a joke on language during the moment his teachers were disagreeing was not appropriate. Moreover, he has allowed the climate of the school to decrease moral by allowing teachers to speak derogatorily …show more content…
Sumpter does not seem to be serving his teachers. As a building leader, he should be providing support and training to his teachers so that they can use different strategies to improve his/her instruction. Even if Mr. Sumpter should be using his state testing data to identify sub-groups of students who need a specific program of study in order to address academic areas of concern. He should be utilizing the two teachers who have his/her Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages endorsement to model strategies or lessons for other teachers. Those two teachers should be providing professional development focusing on the instructional practices of Long-Term English Language Learner Framework. In order to serve his students, Mr. Sumpter needs to serve his teachers and use the resources he already has on his campus as well as reach out to the resources his district has. Mr. Sumpter should inquire about professional learning opportunities to improve his own instructional practices when working with students who speak English as a second language since he does not seem to understand that the demographic have changed since he was a teacher. Mr. Sumpter needs to better serve his teachers so that they can serve his/her students …show more content…
Sumpter was quick to put an end to a conversation that could have escalated and destroyed his school’s climate. Although, the climate already seems to be in turmoil with the teachers not seeing eye to eye on how to teach students who speak other languages. The worst has already happened; teachers have formed ‘clicks’ and are not collaborating and utilizing each other as a valuable resource for his/her students. The tension will continue and will have a ‘them verse us’ mentality. If Mr. Sumpter is unable to make drastic changes, the culture of the school will not improve. There seems to be a set culture of English only in the classrooms with the exception of the teachers who are motivated to use the students as a resource for communicating and teaching other students. Furthermore, Mr. Sumpter’s decision will not increase student achievement due to the fact that the teachers will not see a need to improve his/her own teaching. The students and families will not feel welcomed at the school and achievement will decrease. The teachers who support bi-lingual students may transfer to other schools taking away any support those students may have felt when in their