You are a teacher coordinating your high school's volleyball club, which recently had an election to choose a team captain. However, the chosen team captain, Valerie, is known to gossip about newer team members. The runner-up, Emily, has not shown such behaviors but is a much weaker volleyball player. What should you do?

In this scenario Valerie has won the election, which poses some concerns as her previous history of gossip might negatively affect team dynamics, especially for the newer members of our volleyball team. However, taking her out of this role would alienate the team as well, and would call into question the entire election process in the first place. The first thing I would do is talk with Valerie, congratulate her, and then seek to learn more about... (+ 177 words)