Chet H. Elder

Dismissal Doesn't Have to be Difficult

What Every Administrator and Supervisor Should Know

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Produktbeschreibung

Author Chet H. Elder provides school administrators with a simple method, called Exit Counseling, to rid their schools of mediocre, marginal, and incompetent teachers. He teaches principals how to build a case and document it so tightly that virtually any union challenge will fail. His theory is simple straightforward, clear, and concise.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: R&L Education
• Seitenzahl: 144
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. März 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 220g
• ISBN-13: 9781578860999
• ISBN-10: 1578860997
• Artikelnr.: 21070008

Autorenporträt

Chet H. Elder

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Foreword
Chapter 2 1. Dismissal Doesn't Have to Be Difficult: Making Dismissals
Simple, Professional, and Positive
Chapter 3 2. Insubordination Flows Too Freely: An In-Depth Examination of
Insubordination and How to Eliminate It
Chapter 4 3. School Reform's Greatest Obstacle: How Deadwood in the
Classroom Stands in the Way
Chapter 5 4. Ignoring the Weapons You Have: Overlooked Opportunities to Act
Chapter 6 5. Kids Make the Tough Calls Easy: One Simple Question Makes Hard
Evaluation Decisions Easy
Chapter 7 6. Dismiss a Teacher: Five Easy Calls: Dismissible Behaviors That
Can't Be Overturned
Chapter 8 7. Documentation: The Key to Success
Chapter 9 8. Consistency Is Critical: Inconsistency Is the Union's Best
Friend
Chapter 10 9. Time Limits and Deadline Dates: Why You Can't Afford to Let
Them Slide
Chapter 11 10. Personality Conflicts: Do You Have to Put Up with Them?
Chapter 12 11. "I Just Can't Do It": Building the Confidence Necessary to
Dismiss
Chapter 13 12. Don't Pass Up the Gimmes: Learn What They Are and What to Do
About Them
Chapter 14 13. Only the Excellent Teachers Get Tenure: Eliminate the
Marginal and Mediocre Nontenured Teachers
Chapter 15 14. Tenure Is Not a Firewall for the Unsatisfactory Teacher: The
Most Overrated Myth in Public Education
Chapter 16 15. Why Principals Are Reluctant to Act: Learn the Number One
Reason and How to Get around This Obstacle
Chapter 17 16. Don't Worry About Those Outside Organizations: How to Handle
Groups with Powerful Initials
Chapter 18 17. Does the Union Have a Secret Arsenal? Find Out the Truth
Behind the Union's Most Powerful Weaponry
Chapter 19 18. Exit Counseling: More Than Just a Euphemism for Firing
Chapter 20 19. Don't Let Fairness Become and Albatross: Why You Should
Avoid Going Overboard in the Name of Fairness
Chapter 21 20. Being a Buddy or Being a Boss: What Research Says about the
Good Guys
Chapter 22 21. The Politics of Teacher Dismissal: Recognizing the Political
Realities of Dismissal and Learning How to Deal With Them
Chapter 23 22. How to Avoid Grievances: The RAW Method
Chapter 24 23. Peer Assistance and Review Program: Is It Right For You?
Chapter 25 24. My Most Memorable Cases: Learn From These True Stories
Chapter 26 25. Learn From These True Stories
Chapter 27 Appendix A: The Dismissal Doesn't Have to be Difficult
Checklist
Chapter 28 Appendix B: Incompetency Defined
Chapter 29 Appendix C: Negligence Defined
Chapter 30 Appendix D: Cases Summarized
Chapter 31 Bibliography
Chapter 32 Index
Chapter 33 About the Author