Now, as you watch the bouncing ball, note that although one can't imagine that Pryor was trying to «doctor» the job posting, the advertisement did include the rather odd addition that, «A 092 Certificate (Intermediate Administrator), or 093 Certificate (Superintendent), Sixth Year Diploma in Educational Leadership, or an Ed.D. (Doctorate in Educational Leadership) may be
substituted for one (1)
additional year of the General
Experience» and «An advanced degree and five (5) years of managerial experience in the oversight of the development or administration of an educational bureau, system, operation, school or service may substitute for the General Experience and the Special Experien
Experience» and «An advanced degree and five (5) years of managerial
experience in the oversight of the development or administration of an educational bureau, system, operation, school or service may substitute for the General Experience and the Special Experien
experience in the oversight of the development or administration of an educational bureau, system, operation, school or service may
substitute for the General
Experience and the Special Experien
Experience and the Special
ExperienceExperience.»
It's not a
substitute for the specific professional help — specialist help — that they may need, but just as is the case with a child with any sort of
additional need, or any sort of disability, that opportunity for them and for their family to participate along with many other families and many other children who are unique in their own ways, and who are examples of different categories of diversity, can be such an important
experience that shapes their identity, that shapes their sense of themselves, I would say, for the rest of their lives.