To make this story short, I counted all of the students that this one particular teacher teaches, then i counted how many are failing. The number as just over 50%.
Is this grounds to get him fired? He does not have tenure and was fired from the mathematics department at the same school.
2007-03-15 18:11:21 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Teaching
bring this to the attention of the principal at the school or the district's superintendent. they would be able to evaluate the teacher's performance better than anybody here.
2007-03-15 18:19:45 · answer #1 · answered by Richard H 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In most states it is easier to fire a non-tenure teacher. In fact in my state a first year teacher can be let go without cause and if there is any doubt we do that. It becomes harder year after year to fire a teacher. Often times the administration will call an inept teacher in and offer to not write a bad recommendation if the teacher will just voluntarily leave the district. This is more of a win/win situation. It gives the teacher an opportunity to find other employment and the teacher may do well under other teaching circumstances. The district avoids any messiness that firing can cause.
Just because over 1/2 of the class is failing, does not indicate that the teacher is poor. I was in that same situation one year with a math class and I know my name was brought up to the school board. When the students' records were checked closer, many of them had already failed the course and were repeating and some were taking it against the counselor's advice. Some never did pass the course. Also the class was large with 38 students and made it difficult to give any individual attention other than during study periods or before or after school. I retired after 35 years of teaching and never encountered that situation again.
So many factors are involved and they must be evaluated and the best win/win solution employed as possible.
2007-03-16 02:16:25 · answer #2 · answered by lizzie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Assuming that this is high school, let's put the situation in a larger context and ask how many students are actually graduating on time? In NYC, the figure is 43%. Therefore, should we fire all of these teachers who can't get the kids to pass? Clearly not.
What might be more useful is to engage the administration to "encourage" the teacher to use the data from his failing students to drive his instruction. If poor pedagogy is an obvious cultprit, then the administration should be encouraged to provide professional development.
The process to fire an incompetent teacher is a tedious one requiring sustained documentation over a period of time. If you are a parent then you can encourage the principal or assistant principal to support and supervise the teacher. If there is no progress then you can appeal to the superintendent.
Good Luck!
2007-03-16 01:41:54 · answer #3 · answered by scores 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unfortunately, this is not proof that he is a poor teacher, because a teacher cannot be held responsible for the behavior of other human beings (the students). However, you may request to have the principal monitor this teacher's teaching habits, since inspectors are fairly common nowadays. This will easily get an incompetent teacher fired.
2007-03-16 01:18:27 · answer #4 · answered by Brommy A 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Depending upon the area in which you live, a teacher must be given due process before being dismissed. Our administration must talk with the teacher and implement an improvement plan that is acceptable to both parties. Unfortunately it is very difficult to get rid of poor teachers, but the process does protect the rest.
I would imagine that 50% failures would be an area of concern to the district, but I don't think that alone would result in dismissal.
2007-03-16 01:21:09 · answer #5 · answered by dkrgrand 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Flunked you, did he? Get over it, and stay awake in class.
2007-03-16 01:19:48 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋