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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Elementary principal here - staffing is a bloodbath right now. It's sad that we've gotten to the point of desperately protecting our ineffective teachers, knowing that we won't be able to fill the position with any teacher at all if they leave.

The days of pushing out bad folks and hiring with better teachers seem to be over. What a sad effect it will have on our students and families. [/quote]

Well, the principal and admin team at my child’s HS managed to push out some of our best teachers this past year [b]by micromanaging them[/b] and browbeating them in faculty meetings, so it is hard for me to feel sympathetic to administrators right now.  Among others, we lost an advanced math teacher with a doctorate and 15 years experience as well as two department heads.  [/quote]

+1 and lack of support.  ES[/quote]

The micromanagement of teachers has got to stop. It is crystal clear which teachers need to be carefully watched and which ones are consummate professionals who need to be left alone, so admin needs to stop micromanaging all teachers just because they are worried about a small handful.

Additionally, treating all teachers as though they are preschoolers themselves is unacceptable. Telling them when they are allowed to use the restroom (and chastising them if they have an emergency such as diarrhea or a menstrual issue and therefore have to ask for coverage for a few minutes so they can use the restroom at a "unplanned time"), when they are permitted to drink tea or coffee, or acting as though they have no right to express breastmilk during their planning or lunch break, are just a few examples of the way some admin are treating teachers.[/quote]

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