(UK) Schools get power to remove poor teachers within a term

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Underperforming teachers can be removed within a term under new powers being introduced in September.

Under the new arrangements, first announced last May, schools will be able to remove poor teachers from the classroom quickly. The process currently takes a year or longer.

The three-hour limit on observing teachers in the classroom will also be scrapped, to allow schools to decide on observation times. And teachers will be assessed every year against a set of key skills known as Teachers' Standards. The measures cover state schools in England.

The Department for Education is also consulting on proposals that would place a duty on schools to share information – if requested – on whether a teacher had been investigated for poor performance. This is aimed at stopping poor teachers being shuffled from school to school.

full: http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2012/jan/13/schools-power-remove-teachers-term

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1. In my school district, a probationary

teacher can be fired at will, no reason necessary. Some teachers spend years at probationary level.