ERIC Number: ED259448
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1984
Pages: 3
Abstractor: N/A
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: N/A
EISSN: N/A
Dismissing Incompetent Teachers. ERIC Clearinghouse on Educational Management: ERIC Digest, Number Five.
Ellis, Thomas I.
Dismissing incompetent tenured teachers is a difficult and time-consuming task. Contrary to popular opinion, however, that task is not impossible. Effective dismissal of incompetent teachers requires thorough, valid, and well-documented evaluation procedures, appropriate remediation efforts, and a fair hearing prior to dismissal. (TE)
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Due Process, Elementary Secondary Education, Teacher Administrator Relationship, Teacher Discipline, Teacher Dismissal, Teacher Evaluation, Teacher Improvement
Publication Sales, ERIC Clearinghouse on Educational Management, Center for Advanced Technology in Education, University of Oregon, 1787 Agate Street, Eugene, OR 97403 (free).
Publication Type: ERIC Publications; ERIC Digests in Full Text
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Administrators; Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: National Inst. of Education (ED), Washington, DC.
Authoring Institution: ERIC Clearinghouse on Educational Management, Eugene, OR.
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A