Central office admin bloat is a real problem, especially combined with “data-driven” decision-making that ignores teachers’ reality in the classroom. #education #teachersoftiktok #edleadership #principalsoftiktok #datadriven

My district is trying to justify cramming 28 kindergartners in a room while they add Assistant Principals, Research Analysts, and Grant Managers. Make it make sense...you can't!

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District: how did you get your graduation rates so high? School admin: all of our students that weren’t going to graduate on time decided to do homeschool based on a conversation we had with the parents. Now they don’t count in our data. District: Great idea! We’ll make it policy

Hopefully it's about to change as we are starting to see some evidence of the downsizing in some districts. I bet if the central office administrators were relocated to schools, there would be a lot of resignations and early retirements. Just saying.

Because of my district's bloated central office, it's millions of dollars in the red. To their credit, they are letting administrators (not teachers) go to balance the budget.

You are spot on. Every admin has their favorite program that they want you to implement and the end result is a combination of 6 prepackaged curriculum that is disconnected from students lives and needs AND a teacher who is stressed, uninspired, uninspiring too

The system to climb the ladder in education seems broken. The only way to increase my salary is to pursue an administrative position. That's what's seen as the overarching goal amongst educators.

The broadbrushing of this admin bloat argument is absurd. Probably true in large urban districts. Most districts 15k and under are actually understaffed in central office. Also, in Tx any instructional coach position is listed as admin which skews the number.

I’m hearing it in small districts too. One high school, 6+ central office admin. That’s bloat.

This guy speaks the truth. As a public educator for 22 years this post is spot on!

Exactly. Data type is crucial. While quantitative data is convenient, qualitative insights from classrooms are essential for making informed decisions at that level. It’s also important to examine the interconnected factors that contribute to the quality of instruction.