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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A poor performer is a teacher who's not cutting the mustard.  Even when your concerns are brought to the principal's attention, you receive the inevitable pity party.  We get the pep talk of being patient and before u know it, the school year has ended.[/quote]

Not the same poster, but I have seen teachers that struggled with depth of content knowledge, lack of classroom control, but my biggest issue with teachers has been an inability to connect critical elements of learning to an assignment.  I see this most directly in extending kids writing skills.  Too often teachers say write, without going back and edit and supplement details.  Kids just don't learn to improve.

These are often not "poor performers" but rather just ok and for many kids that can be a disaster.  I personally don't believe this is all the fault of teachers, I think the school system does the same thing in not helping new teachers build the critical skills needed for classroom control, and connecting learning elements.  It is like when DC told teacher you must have the standard listed on the wall like that really imparts what the class needs, they need to make sure a teacher has either the skill or knowledge to do that standard, not worry about posting it on the wall. [/quote]

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