Negligence

What Principals Need to Know About Avoiding Liability

Inbunden, Engelska, 2006

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A science teacher forgets to remind her students to wear their safety goggles during a chemistry experiment and one student is injured when the caustic chemical he is working with splashes into his eyes. A teacher is late for recess duty and a student falls from the swings and is injured. A principal sends one teacher and one student teacher on a field trip with sixty-five students to the seashore when two students slip away and drown. Are these educators liable for the injuries and the deaths of these students? Principals must know the law of negligence and apply its theory in order to successfully lead today's schools. Negligence: What Principals Need to Know About Avoiding Liability provides case studies, legal analyses, and practical applications that will help principals achieve effective leadership.This book an excellent primer on the tort of negligence and what steps can be taken to reduce injuries and avoid liability. Written in a readable format, it is a must-read for experienced, beginning, and aspiring principals.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2006-12-20
Mått149 x 226 x 20 mm
Vikt345 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor184
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9781578865000

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Part 1 ForewordPart 2 Preface: On Being a PrincipalPart 3 Part I: Introduction and ResearchChapter 4 IntroductionChapter 5 Research on Liability and the PrincipalPart 6 Part II: Case StudiesChapter 7 Case StudiesPart 8 Part III: Tort Liability and Its DefensesChapter 9 Tort LiabilityChapter 10 Defenses to a Finding of Negligence: When an Accident Happens—What Next?Part 11 Part IV: Applications of Tort LiabilityChapter 12 Hazing: More than an Innocent InjuryChapter 13 Negligent Hiring: Did We Hire the Wrong Person?Chapter 14 Educational MalpracticeChapter 15 Sexual Abuse of Students: Case Studies on LiabilityChapter 16 Vicarious Liability for Harm Caused by School EmployeesChapter 17 Do Not Resuscitate Orders: The Psychological Impact of a Do Not Resuscitate OrderChapter 18 Safety Plan, Communication, and the PressChapter 19 The Proactive, Prudent PrincipalPart 20 Part V: AppendicesChapter 21 Appendix A: Case Studies RevisitedChapter 22 Appendix B: Handbook Policy on SupervisionChapter 23 Appendix C: Tort Liability HandoutChapter 24 Appendix D: Liability and the Science LabChapter 25 Appendix E1: Tort ScenariosChapter 26 Appendix E2: Discussion of Tort ScenariosChapter 27 Appendix F: Local Legal Issue: Their Cup Runneth OverChapter 28 Appendix G: Selected Cases for DiscussionChapter 29 Appendix H: Tort Liability TestChapter 30 Appendix I: Court Case: The Toothpick and the Ear

Thank you, Todd A. DeMitchell, for writing this book! Both new and veteran principals will benefit from all the information you provide. I particularly like the extensive use of case studies and the tools for examining our own practices and procedures. This book is chock-full of materials that can prompt self-reflection in both administrator and teacher meetings. This is a must-read for any principal.