Do you think that tenure promotes lazieness, or rewards teachers and professors for a good job, or something else? I am looking foward to hearing from you.
2006-11-26 13:48:40 · 6 answers · asked by i♥TheDoors! 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Teaching
Bound's hubby here:
Tenure does not guarantee a teacher (or professor) a job ... this is a misconception. If an educator has tenure, they can still lose their job, for CAUSE! What tenure really does, is protect an educator from arbitrary and caprecious dismissal. Teaching is a very political profession.
Remember the teacher that you didn't like because you didn't get that "A"? Without tenure, that teacher, no matter how good he or she is, could lose their job, just because someone with the ability, could get them fired.
Tenure does not protect an educator's job if they commit a crime, if they assault a student, or anything else ... what it does mean, is that the school board must state a defendable reason why the teacher is being dismissed! Dismissal for a tenured teacher is generally accompanied by certificate action, where they will usually lose their right to teach forever!
2006-11-26 14:37:22 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Tenure is good for the good teachers and awful for those teachers who are NOT good. Unfortunately to remove a teacher with tenure is extremely expensive so most districts just wait them out or make life so uncomfortable for them that they leave on their own accord.
I don't think tenure promotes laziness. I think some people were never meant to be teachers and as they aged it has become more apparent
2006-11-26 23:34:27 · answer #2 · answered by musiclady007 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Tenure rewards good teachers because if they were not good, they would not last long enough to recieve it. Also, tenure helps to preserve the quality and values of the education which has been given in the past instead of allowing even stricter guidelines be enforced.
Tenure is Good!!! The alternative is retirement, and they are still capable of doing a good job. And if you have a fit about retirement, then when you turn 60, you can keep on working and I expect you to, regardless of your situation.
2006-11-26 22:22:20 · answer #3 · answered by CJT 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The concept makes absolutely no sense to me. Nobody should be guaranteed a job just because he/she has done it for a long time.
Sorry, folks -- I've had classes with MANY tenured professors over the years. It quite obviously has absolutely nothing to do with being good or bad at it. Indeed, it seems to be given to extremely bad teachers in many cases.
EVERYBODY who works should have regular performance reviews. EVERY contract should be (and I think is at this point) "at will" employment. There ALREADY are labor laws that prevent dismissal for spurious reasons. There is no reason to keep this antiquated practice. Tenure is useless.
2006-11-26 21:52:43 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
only think we learned in my economics class TENURE IS BAD...
2006-11-26 21:50:24 · answer #5 · answered by Love Exists? 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
I second what Musiclady had to say.
2006-11-27 00:27:09 · answer #6 · answered by Arrow 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋