Re: FCPS should layoff Instructional Coaches and Elementary schools foreign language "teachers"
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Date: November 13, 2014 09:36PM
Wrong! Wrote:
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> are there bad teachers? Sure.
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> Protected by union/principals/school board?
> Bullshit.
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> It's cheaper for fcps to hire new inexperienced
> teaches than it is to keep experienced teachers,
> period. If there's a experienced teacher that
> sucks, they'd be fired long ago. The "teacher
> unions" in VA have no teeth, there's no "tenure"
> in VA.
>
> Get off the fox news teat.
You are dead WRONG that crappy teachers are dealt with appropriately. Not sure if the problem is with the Principals and/or FCPS "Process" and/or if the Teachers Union has anything part of this. The Union probably does not have much influence but they may offer to help a teacher if they think they are wrongfully terminated.
The problem with teachers is the "customers" are kids, it is hard for parents to get the straight scoop, but the school Administrators were not born yesterday and they just do NOTHING to sort things out.
We did get one teacher that was total crap and a young one put on probation and I think she decided to quit once she was backed into corner. She needed to go, had kids reading in class rather than doing appropriate work, making up grades, not returning graded papers, not updating Blackboard. Principal gave us all sorts of lip service how good the teacher was, how many people liked her. Well you turn the heat up high enough things will happen, but most parents are too wimpy to rock to the boat and are afraid their kids will be retaliated against.
When you have a crap teacher, what is worse - retaliation or having an entire wasted school year? A new graduate came in mid year, turned out to be an OUTSTANDING 1st year teacher that would put other veterans to shame! I believe when she went out to get married a few years later, she had all the Blackboard pages up to day and published each day by the sub. This lady ROCKED!
But I can tell you we are the poster family for crappy teachers and the Principals are the main problem from what I can see. When I speak with neighbors that had kids and former students that are out of graduate school about a crappy teacher taught for 22 years and hear that the teacher was a train wreck from day one, why did this teacher get to stay around for 22 years?? Teacher retired, we thought we were done with her, NO, she comes back as a substitute!!!
So there is a MAJOR problem here and the Administration CHOOSES not to address the issues.
There are EASILY 6+ teachers in my kids High School that should go, they are ALL well know "BAD" teachers, some have had so many kids transfer out to online classes there are only 7 students left in the class. This is CLEARLY something that people are aware of and CHOOSE to ignore.
If I performed the way some of these teachers perform, I would not last a week in a "real" job.
So think this is BS all you want, but this is not just one school, one set of Administrators, the SYSTEM needs to be turned on end and the stupidity has to STOP.
Oh yea, think of all the MONEY FCPS would likely save in doing this as well.
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