The relationship between being taught and learning is proportional to attitude. A principal may know what the teacher needs to do, but unless the teacher is willing to implement his recommendations, his leadership will produce few positive results. You can force teachers to assist or react through autocratic means. A dominating, roughshod approach to supervising teachers alienates participation and creates negative thoughts. Teachers may do what the principal says out of respect for the position, but the lack of their heart's involvement will minimize the results.
Relationships are private.
What a principal does, in many instances, affects the entire staff even though his intentions are of a personal nature. A principal must use caution and pray for wisdom when dealing with relationships, especially with those of the opposite sex. He should prepare himself to know what to do, when to do it, and why it should be done. Supervision is a valid staff development responsibility, a responsibility ignored in too many Christian schools. The failure to supervise the teaching staff engenders mediocrity, and for a Christian, mediocrity is unacceptable.