The Problem Of A Teacher

Some teachers have up to 30 plus students per class and up to 6 or more classes each day. This can pose a challenge with the teachers on how effectively they can work with students on a one-on-one level. Unfortunately, a situation can also arise in which the teacher does not necessarily bother with teaching students and are not bothered if they begin to fall behind.

When one is a teacher they know that they need to teach the material that is needed for students succeed and excel during testing. Teachers should have no fear in being dismissed if they are doing the job that they were hired for. In the other hand, if one is not doing their job teaching then that is simply one owns fault when getting fired. There are many workers who work hard to get what they deserve such as high pay and benefits. Then why do are there laws which protects teacher’s jobs only? In school districts across America there are stories as found in an article from Meghan Mathis as she writes, “New York faced intense scrutiny and criticism in 2009 when it came to light it had been paying full salaries to nearly 700 tenured teachers who had been accused of poor performance or wrongdoing. These teachers were paid not to teach, but rather to sit in a guarded room from start to finish of each day.” How is the government benefitting our society by using tax payer’s dollars to pay for teachers to idly sit in a room when these dollars could be used to introduce new programs into the classroom or better yet a teacher willing to do the job?

Removing a teacher from his or her position is very difficult to do. “Tenure benefits the state by helping to create a permanent and qualified teaching force” (Underwood, Webb 36). This makes it difficult to let a teacher go even when it is to make the school a better environment for the students. Although teachers do have the right to freedom of speech and are able to exercise their First Amendment right, that freedom is in a way limited by the school board. Pickering v. Board of Education (1968) is a great example of this. A high school science teacher was terminated by the board of education because a letter he wrote was published in one of the community’s newspapers. The letter discussed the unequal funding between academics and athletics. After

As a future middle school teacher, I know I have much to learn. I have to learn how to effectively make engaging lesson plans that meet the academic standards of my content, I have to educate myself on how to efficiently and promptly determine all of my student’s different learning styles and motivation, and I have to learn how to professionally build classroom management and a safe classroom environment, while still developing a sincere relationship with my students. However, of all the things I still need to learn, there is just as much that I have already learned which has helped build and strengthen my beliefs on what I believe a middle school teacher is and my responsibility as such.

Too many teachers lack the ability to educate their students, and prepare them for the future, and too few of these ineffective teachers are losing their jobs. Firing an incompetent teacher requires getting the union, the school board, the principal, and the judicial system involved, followed by thousands of dollars in legal fees. It is seldom that a teacher is ever fired. One California school spent eight thousand dollars to fire one teacher protected by tenure (Stephey). The trouble that schools must go through to fire an inept teacher deters schools from firing the teacher. The teacher will keep his job, and continue to poorly educate students and prepare them for the future.

Should a teacher ever get fired for going above and beyond to help their students gain basic principles that will allow them to become better individuals? Unfortunately for Pat Conroy this was his case and he got fired for doing what he thought was the best for his students. In the film Conrack, published in the year 1974 teacher Pat Conroy was assigned to teach in an island in South Carolina where the people living in the island were isolated from the rest of the state. The students in the island were not performing academically in the level they should have been because previous teachers treated them as inferior. The school system had failed to give the students a proper education to succeed in life. However for the better of the island

When bad teachers are not being fired, the students do not learn as well, so bad teachers essentially do not do their job, but get paid anyway. TIME, on October 30, 2014, notes, “Bad teachers “substantially undermine” a child’s education. That, Treu wrote, not only “shocks the conscience” but also violates the students’ right to a “basic equality of educational opportunity” as enshrined in California’s constitution.” Bad teachers bring students down too, since bad teachers have negative effects on a child’s education. However, these bad teachers should not bring down these students, since they also defy the constitution. Moreover, bad teachers are rarely fired, so they continuously bring these negative effects on students, even though their

At home, or elsewhere, students may not feel like doing homework and instead play games, hang out with friends, go online, or anything else. A paper that would normally take an hour could take two or more at home. Frustration from not knowing what to do or having too much to do could cause a one to disdain homework in general or from a specific teacher resulting in giving up on that class/s. Students that don’t have access to the internet and have to type a paper or research could utilize the time that an off period gives, especially during block days when periods are 90 minutes long. Off periods not only give pure work time, but allows more time to do necessary tasks before, during, and after school.

Teachers need a break. They are inside all day teaching so they need a break. They need fresh air and can talk to the other teachers. They need time to regroup have

Teachers are very vital for school. Without the teachers there would not be a school. However, what happens when a teacher is teaching poorly and the school wants to fire him/her? What would be the process? Actually, according to ProCon.org, "It costs an average of $250,000 to fire a teacher in New York City." So schools are literally spending millions on firing bad teachers that are protected by tenure. Thus, lowering the budget of the school itself. This is the reason why numerous schools lose money each

It can also take up a while for those tenured teachers to get removed from the school due to them not performing as the way they should be. In an article from the teacher tenure, it explains that in New York City it costs an average of $250,000 to fire a teacher in New York City. Also, that it in Michigan it can take up to 335 days to remove a tenured teacher in Michigan before the courts get involved. It shouldn’t cost that much, or take that long to get an underperforming tenure teacher out of their job. Since those tenured teachers know that they have job stability, they do whatever they want and however way they want

As a student, I have been inspired by a few teachers at both my primary and secondary schools to seek an interest in the teaching profession. One year after finishing secondary school where I obtained most of my passes I took some time to reflect back on my twelve years at school and the few critical incidents that have cultivated my thinking about teachers and teaching. Some incidents were positive and others negative, but all assisted to shape the type of teacher I want to be in the future! A few critical incidents that shaped my thinking were the first time I came first in a class, the evening I approached the lackadaisical teacher and the day where I was escorted out of class.

The future of the world is in the hands of the children. Whether the future be a positive or negative one depends on the children and the education they receive. The education of a child is so valuable that one needs to consider the importance of the child's education. Also, one needs to consider how to go about nurturing those bright minds so one day they can become independent individuals. As Educators, one needs to be aware of the short-term effects as well as the long-term effects in which education may play on the child's views of the world.

In Los Angeles, the traditional definition of the word "affordable" must be abandoned when searching for housing. If you are relocating to the Los Angeles area from a mid-sized city or small town, the first thing you should do is let go of what "affordable" means in places other than Los Angeles. "Affordable" in The Midwest and The South is $650 for a nice one bedroom apartment. In Los Angeles, $600 per month will land you in a roach infested downtown flop house or sharing a one bedroom apartment with three roommates. So, what are you willing to put up with? What kind of nightlife do you enjoy? What is your diet like and can you survive without a Whole Foods or Trader Joe 's near by? Do you depend on the amenities and safety of the suburbs?(Schools and family oriented information will not be covered in this article, because as a resident and educator, I would NEVER suggest moving children into this adult oriented metropolis) Families should head for what is known as 'The West Side ' and unfortunately there are no 'affordable ' neighborhoods out west. When a single person or couple is determining what is "affordable" in Los Angeles, they must consider location, amenities and crime rates. The following breakdown of neighborhoods within Los Angeles County and Hollywood provides insight to the eclectic "affordable" sections of town: Looking for an affordable neighborhood might lead you to Koreatown, where a large studio apartment averages about $750 per month. A low rent

In addition to both teacher and student experiencing low levels of motivation, little to no attention is paid to the