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Removing the worm from the apple

Removing the worm from the apple. The need to eliminate teacher tenure By Jessica Mittelstaedt. What is Teacher Tenure?. Pros:. Cons:. Can’t be fired! – Even if they are a terrible teacher! It costs thousands of dollars to fire tenure teachers. Teachers get lazy.

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Removing the worm from the apple

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  1. Removing the worm from the apple The need to eliminate teacher tenure By Jessica Mittelstaedt

  2. What is Teacher Tenure? Pros: Cons: Can’t be fired! – Even if they are a terrible teacher! It costs thousands of dollars to fire tenure teachers. Teachers get lazy. Status granted to a teacher after a probationary period, indicating that the position or employment is permanent. • Get to keep a job.

  3. Changes in the evaluation process • Teachers should not be allowed to administer state evaluation tests to their own students. • Conduct in class must be of a professional manner; no sleeping while on the Job! • Teacher evaluations should be done more often and on a surprise basis. • Teachers should be evaluated on the support and help that they give to students, and not simply a score.

  4. Take accountability • Principals must have support in hiring and firing substandard teachers. • Aggressively challenge teacher unions. • Support the decision to fire lemons. • Stop “the dance of the lemons!”, the transfer of teachers from one school to the next passing the problem. =

  5. Teacher unions Detroit School System • Poor minority graduation rates • Restrictions placed by union teachers • Pupil test scores not used in evaluations

  6. The need for change • American education system is falling behind when compared to other country's. • Low graduation rate for minorities • Inner cities are struggling to reform and raise standards • Teachers are not the only factor that affects education, but they are the most affective and should be the easiest one’s to fix.

  7. Teacher unions New Orleans School System • Hurricane Katrina washed away what was one of the nation's worst school systems and started fresh with new energetic ideas – without tenure. • Uses teacher performance based on pupil test scores. • Uses charter schools without union teachers. • Requires parent and teacher support for pupils.

  8. Change • Teacher unions resist all forms of change – We shouldn’t need to have a hurricane to fix the tenure problem. • More than one type of evaluation should characterize an educator • What defines a “good or great teacher” from the “Bad worm in the apple teacher” Or

  9. It costs thousands to fire a tenure teacher.

  10. Conclusion • We need to eliminate teacher tenure! • Reconstruct our system so that: A. You can fire lemon teachers B. keep great teachers who deserve to stay. C. Children don’t have to struggle by lemons and enjoy learning. Thank You

  11. Works Cited • "I Did Not Slow Down Once I Got Tenure." Chronicle of Higher Education 57.18 (2011): D15. MasterFILE Premier. EBSCO. Web. 28 Mar. 2011. • Knowles, Timothy. “The Trouble With Teacher Tenure.” The Wall Street Journal 18 June, 2010. Web. 25 Mar. 2011. • Olson, Elizabeth G. “American teachers under attack.” CNNMoney.com 23 Mar. 2011. Web. 25 March 2011. • Register, Sam. et al. "Why we can't get rid of failing teachers." Newsweek (Pacific Edition) 155.11 (2010): 30. MasterFILE Premier. EBSCO. Web. 27 Mar. 2011. • Zirkel, Perry A. "Teacher Tenure Is Not the Real Problem." Phi Delta Kappan 92.1 (2010): 76-77. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. Web. 28 Mar. 2011.

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