ABSTRACT
This chapter presents a complex, real-life, accessible case study in expecting the best to provoke and stimulate conversation around practical problems and alternative solutions that confront educational leaders today. These cases cover a wide range of topics, including: teacher evaluations, educational reforms, school safety, cultural differences, undocumented students, and social media. Each case study has three alternative responses written by experienced educational administrators and academics. The respondents were asked to identify the primary problem, along with secondary problems, and to provide a strategy that will address the problems identified. The chapter explains that the teachers, while needing to be able to express their teaching styles individually, should all have similar levels of expectancy, motivation and desire for success. In the past there have been some radical movements to increase performance of tenured teachers. While the teachers were met with opposition and to a certain extent were unsuccessful, it is important to appreciate that the need for change is still evident.
