Advice for Principals After School Mergers: Avoid an "Us and Them" Mindset
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Some schools have joined together. This is called a merger. When schools merge, two schools become one school.
Experts give advice to school principals. A principal is the head of a school. The advice is for principals after a merger.
The advice says: do not think about "this side" and "the other side." This means teachers and students should not feel like two different groups. They must feel like one school.
Two places are getting ready for the new school year. One is Phu Xuan. The other is Long Dien. Phu Xuan is working fast to be ready.
Both places had school mergers. Now they must prepare for students and teachers to start the new year together.
Vocabulary15 words
- merger
- when two things join to become one
- principal
- the person who leads a school
- school year
- the time when school classes happen
- mindset
- the way a person thinks about something
- prepare
- to get ready for something
- advice
- words that help you know what to do
- staff
- the people who work in a place
- group
- people who are together
- urgent
- needing action very soon
- district
- a small area with its own government
- commune
- a small area in a country, like a small town
- unite
- to join together as one
- expert
- a person who knows a lot about something
- term
- a period of school time
- community
- people who live in the same area
Quiz
Answer key
1. Two schools becoming one school 2. Experts 3. True
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Some schools have joined together. This is called a _____.
Experts give advice to school _____.
The advice says: do not think about "this side" and "the other _____."
Teachers and students should feel like one _____, not two groups.
Two places are getting ready for the new _____ year.
One is Phu Xuan. The other is Long _____.
Phu Xuan is working fast to be _____.
Both places had school _____.
Now they must _____ for students and teachers to start the new year together.