Public School Teachers and Administrators: How should we fire them?

[saras]

73. It's ALWAYS down to the administrators.

Good administrators can hire and fire competently within any system, even if it is inefficient and they don't like it. They are also competent to improve the system if it is a problem, and THAT, not managing day-to-day issues, is their REAL JOB.

Bad teachers who aren't supported and protected by administrators are rare, and don't last long. If you find a BUNCH of bad teachers in a school, you almost always find an administration dedicated to hiring them over others.

If the ADMINISTRATORS don't have the money to do THEIR job well, AND to support the teachers in doing THEIR jobs well, it is also part of their jobs, not teachers' jobs, to address THAT issue. They should NEVER be against teachers as a whole, or they are failing their primary responsibility, which is to do the administrative work to support the teachers in teaching. The school NEEDS teachers, it doesn't need administrators.