Responsible administrators are obligated to confront poor teacher performance. Guides principals through 12 steps to take in the confrontation process that include the following: gathering information, waiting for a specific incident, developing a file, meeting with the teacher, helping the teacher to improve, and working with the teacher union.…

Describes 6th Circuit Court of Appeals decision in "Cockrel v. Schelby County School District," involving a fifth-grade teacher's claim that she was unlawfully terminated for teaching a unit on the industrial use of hemp, thus violating her First Amendment right of free speech. (PKP)

Study of four schools reveals that principals generally view Chicago's systemwide Uniform Discipline Code (UDC) as an administrative convenience, but teachers are not as enthusiastic. The existence of the UDC has made little impact on the improvement of discipline management. (BJV)

Reviews court decisions since Pickering v. Board of Education and Mt. Healthy v. Doyle, and suggests guidelines for balancing teachers' claims of first-amendment protection with need for orderly school administration. Ends by summarizing lawful restrictions on criticism of administrators and notes the elements of litigants' respective burdens of…

Immoral behavior does not automatically provide the basis for dismissal of a teacher or administrator. There must be a proven causal connection or nexus between the behavior and job performance. (Author/WD)

The common practice of keeping negative information about a faculty member quiet if he agrees to resign quietly is criticized by some who find it unethical or illegal. They feel employers should disclose full employment records. Others warn that colleges may invade the privacy of a professor or defame him by passing on unsubstantiated charges to a…

Incompetent teachers must be identified and assisted, and if they fail to improve, they must be dismissed. An eight-point strategy for school district administrators to use in identifying and assisting less competent teachers is presented. (RM)

Discussed are several teacher leadership strategies which can be used to circumvent disruptive pupil behavior and maintain effective student control in the science classroom. Strategies include starting and closing procedures for each class period and late assignment policies. (DS)

Highlights research which analyzes administrative response to unsatisfactory faculty performance at 158 western public community colleges. Results showed a narrow range of strategies used by administrators to respond to hypothetical personnel situations, with dismissal and counseling most used. (AYC)

The role of primary school teachers and community attitudes toward these teachers in Sefwi Wiawso District, Western Ghana, are examined. Problems that teachers confront as a result of conflicts between national institutions and community expectations are discussed. (Author/MJL)

Teachers are increasingly being awarded court cases for infringement on their civil rights by boards of education. (LH)

A detailed checklist and timeline for ensuring due process are provided for adverse personnel actions, and the need to supplement this with expert, same-jurisdiction legal advice is stressed. This approach emphasizes the importance of treating due process as an ethical as well as a legal requirement. (SLD)

This case addresses the events that unfolded after a high school teacher displayed a Confederate flag in the classroom as a visual aid to instruction on the causes and effects of the Civil War. Although the curriculum specifically required students to learn the meaning and use of symbols and provided for the use of the flag, and the principals…

The article compares the employment regime for academics in UK HEIs with that of faculty in US HEIs. It considers, "inter alia", "progressive discipline", "at will contracts", "the Model Statute", "academic freedom", "faculty misconduct" and "academic underperformance".…

Interviewed 64 students in eight elementary classrooms to assess their means-ends problem-solving ability in two socialization domains teachers value highly: task demands and the interpersonal. Found students' problem-solving ability in the task demands domain relates to teacher control orientation, which, like effective parenting, has as its…