Wednesday, July 2, 2008

recommended reading -- moved forward from several days ago

Bad Tenured Teachers Hard to Fire
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4 comments:

scot s w said...

I'm sure there's lots of room for debate, but it seems quite certain that a person serving a sentence for a crime ought not remain on the school district's payroll.

We're all better off if awful teachers find something else to do. Sometimes, they probably need to be assisted in their career change.

Teachers have to be treated as professionals and protected against arbitrary or unfair treatment from administrators who find it easier to scapegoat than problem-solve. But there are also some teachers who just have to go, and it's stupid that it's this hard to fire them.

Incidentally, getting rid of the worst of the lot probably would do a lot to improve the school environment for other educators.

June 30, 2008 at 12:05 PM
Bud said...

I think that the teacher's skills as a classroom organizer, pedagogue, and dedicated employee who loves children has little to do with driving habits. We have to ask ourselves to what extent it is the job of administrators to define the moral; and behavioral standards of the teachers.

This is why it takes so long to fire them. A long look has to be taken at what that [person has done which is so egregious that it rises to the level of job loss.

July 1, 2008 at 9:28 AM
scot s w said...

I would think being detained behind bars for a crime is a really good reason to fire them. If you can't come to work...

Happens to everyone else.

Or should we consider imprisonment the teacher's equivalent of baseball's "disabled list," ??

Also, I take your comments to mean that lacking the skills to teach effectively is a good reason to end a person's employment as a teacher. I agree.

July 1, 2008 at 11:50 AM
Bud said...

I'd agree that bad behavior is a disqualifier for many jobs, but exactly what is bad behavior? It used to be if the teacher didn't go to church Sundays, he could be fired.

Scot, I do agree with your last line.

July 3, 2008 at 9:11 AM

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