teacher tenure song

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[vivalaleta]

What other job in America gets the luxery of "tenure"? Would you like your garbage men to have it? Sure, he keeps spilling trash and breaking my cans but he has TENURE. How much less should we undervalue one of the most important jobs there is?

We live in a small town and have had really wonderful teachers and some that, if they had ANY other job, would have been let go. Oh, but it was too late. They were entrenched. Tenure is an archaic and unuseful thing. Let's get rid of it.

[vivalaleta]

The problem with tenure is it covers too wide of difficulties. What if a teacher is just a poor performer? I've had to deal with very snide and completely disinterested teachers. They knew that unless they broke a law (and were convicted) I was dead in the water. Tenure is obsolete.

[ticks4ticks4]

@MsJanetWood True--administrators, too, are WAY overpaid!

[ticks4ticks4]

@netherfield2000 Again, if ease of entry (not as a substitute) were that easy! And I could afford college--incl. teaching credential-& GUARANTEED employment upon completion! You bet--I sure would be a teacher! But of course, the teachers with YEARS of senior will have "grandfather clause" status. It's about SENIORITY. And going through the motions of "pretending to care" and "pretending to be inspiring". I'd even get involved with the PTSA. "GO THROUGH THE MOTIONS"!

[MsJanetWood]

@ticks4ticks4 Administrators make much, much more than that! And, what do they do exactly? Walk around with a clipboard in one hand and a latte in the other!

[ticks4ticks4]

@ticks4ticks4 Sorry, I meant tell you to search for "Teachers UNIONS Gone WIld" on YouTube!

[netherfield2000]

Try working in an rough area. Every year in, you earn your battle scars. Is it so much to ask that if a teacher lasts for more than a few years, that they have the right to keep their job? There are assessments in place to weed out problems or mentor staff.

You can complain all you want, but I challenge you to go into a classroom and teach for a year.

[ticks4ticks4]

@MrJammer90 Because: 1) I cannot afford college; 2) the ease of entry into the field is lacking; 3) I would lack the SENIORITY (remember---merit means NOTHING in terms of job security).

[destinylorance]

Tenure is only a teacher's right to know why they are not being renewed. Tenure is only a process. I believe that it is a person's right to know why they are not renewed.

[MrJammer90]

Tenure should not be eliminated because administrators would use that to get rid of teachers that were getting close to retirement or take on extra duties. I have witnessed teachers getting harassed by those in power and if not for the union, they would've lost their jobs. We all agree bad teachers should be fired. (There are a couple at my school that need to go.) However, I see many lazy and incompetant people in the private sector that keep their jobs because their boss is family or a pal

[MrJammer90]

I prey for your health and I hope and wish you all the luck. However, I work at a school where the teachers work their butts off and we have tenure. I for one teach 6th grade, coach the girls' basketball team after school, leader of safety patrol etc....I have worked in many jobs and found teaching the most demanding job by far.Just because I have tenure, does not prevent me from working hard. It is called pride.

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@MrRandyDick True, but in my county, teachers K-12 teachers (regarding if you're Kindergarten or 12th grade or in-between), you start at $39,415 AT LEAST (with an additional stipend if you have a Master's Degree), and get raises by the year after your tenure kicks in after 2 years. After 12 years, it's over $88,000 per year!