I don't think its any harder to get rid of either. Most of it has to do with the admin and documentation, etc. Lazy or incompetant admin makes it as much difficult as anything else.

That's exactly what my experience has led me to believe.

Thanks. I know that in my experience with poor performers, following established procedures and taking the needed steps in turn almost always produced the desired results, even when an employee union was involved. The union representatives seemed very aware of the problem employees and were generally cooperative during the process. They seemed more concerned about strictly following the established procedures than anything else.

On the other hand I was much less impressed with the hiring procedure for principals. At least in the process I was involved with.

Bill Maher touched on the "bad teacher" issue on Friday night.

The part (New Rules) starts up at 2:28, just in case you want to skip ahead.



BTW, Bill's right.