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<blockquote data-quote="LittleDudesMom" data-source="post: 344304" data-attributes="member: 805"><p><span style="font-size: 12px">I share some of the same ideas at Witz on this one. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">Additionally, No Child Left Behind has nothing to do with bad teachers getting hired or being retained. In every profession there are those who are "less qualified", "not as good", and are "in wrong position". It's just the same with teachers - some are really not qualified, some are better or worse than others, while still others made a mistake in their choice of career!</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">One of the reasons we have managers and supervisors in private industry is to oversee the "worker bees". We pay one of our employees more, not because he does a better job than anyone else, but because we pay him to be our eyes and ears in the field. The same applies to the teaching profession. School administrators are the field supervisors. Administrators have a lot of power when it comes to the hiring and firing of teahers - don't let anyone fool you into thinking they don't. A strong PTA also has power. The School Board has power. The superidenant has power. I've seen a principal reassigned to a "downtown administrative position" because of a strong group of parents who took their concerns to the board. I have also seen teachers let go by a principal because the "best interests of the kids" was not being maintained by keeping her on.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">There are always going to be bad teachers just like their are bad accountants, plumbers and artists. It's a fact of life.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">What makes the difference are tuned in and involved parents and a strong school administration. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">I would like to know what town those 88 teachers that were fired worked in and what happened to the administrators at the school. It is beyond comprehension that all 88 teachers were bad. It's statistically unbelievable.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">Sharon</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LittleDudesMom, post: 344304, member: 805"] [SIZE=3]I share some of the same ideas at Witz on this one. [/SIZE] [SIZE=3][/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Additionally, No Child Left Behind has nothing to do with bad teachers getting hired or being retained. In every profession there are those who are "less qualified", "not as good", and are "in wrong position". It's just the same with teachers - some are really not qualified, some are better or worse than others, while still others made a mistake in their choice of career![/SIZE] [SIZE=3][/SIZE] [SIZE=3]One of the reasons we have managers and supervisors in private industry is to oversee the "worker bees". We pay one of our employees more, not because he does a better job than anyone else, but because we pay him to be our eyes and ears in the field. The same applies to the teaching profession. School administrators are the field supervisors. Administrators have a lot of power when it comes to the hiring and firing of teahers - don't let anyone fool you into thinking they don't. A strong PTA also has power. The School Board has power. The superidenant has power. I've seen a principal reassigned to a "downtown administrative position" because of a strong group of parents who took their concerns to the board. I have also seen teachers let go by a principal because the "best interests of the kids" was not being maintained by keeping her on.[/SIZE] [SIZE=3][/SIZE] [SIZE=3]There are always going to be bad teachers just like their are bad accountants, plumbers and artists. It's a fact of life.[/SIZE] [SIZE=3][/SIZE] [SIZE=3]What makes the difference are tuned in and involved parents and a strong school administration. [/SIZE] [SIZE=3][/SIZE] [SIZE=3]I would like to know what town those 88 teachers that were fired worked in and what happened to the administrators at the school. It is beyond comprehension that all 88 teachers were bad. It's statistically unbelievable.[/SIZE] [SIZE=3][/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Sharon[/SIZE] [SIZE=3][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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