What state are you in? In California, only two years are
needed for tenure. However, during those two years the
teachers better kiss up and volunteer for everything. All
rights for probationary teachers were given away, when the
two year tenure program came. When I received tenure years
back, we had to have three successful years of teaching. If
a teacher was weak, during that time, people from the
district office came out to help the teacher succeed. If
they still failed after proper steps were taken, the
district could then be dismissed. NOW they don't even have
to state a reason. They can just tell the teacher he/she
won't be back.

In California, the teacher would have to do something illegal
to get fired. We have a couple of teachers one my staff who
happened to pass through tenure early on. They are
absolutely awful. My principal tried changing grade levels
on the one, but she filed a lawsuit. She is morbidly obese
and milks the handicap issue. The district just caved in and
she got her way. It's sad for tenure to protect such a
person who is really harmful to children.

Yet on the other hand, without tenure there's politics. They
certainly know how to use it out here. Under the current
system some outstanding teachers have been let go because
they didn't have tenure and somebody's relative was waiting
in the wings for that position. NICE HUH???

> Glenn Beck on Fox News was attacking the teaching profession
> on the news yesterday. I was so upset that I actually sent
> him an email. This is what I sent him. If his verbal
> attacks on teachers upset you, maybe you should send Fox
> News or Glenn Beck an email.
>
> I am a National Board Certified Teacher in IL. I am half
> way through my Masters of Education in Reading and Literacy.
> I teach in a Title One School in IL, and I am a highly
> qualified Teacher. I was very offended by your comment
> about teachers who do nothing in the classroom, and that
> teachers should not receive tenure.
>
> The facts that you stated on the air were not accurate. You
> didn't represent both sides of the issue.
>
> It takes 5 years to reach tenure; which requires multiple
> evaluations on your teaching performance. If the school
> thinks you are an outstanding teacher, then after 5 years of
> full-time teaching, you can receive tenure. You still can
> get fired even if you have tenure. Tenure teachers still
> continue to get evaluated for their teaching performance
> ever year until they retire.
>
> Tenure protects teachers and the students. If there was no
> tenure, the school districts would fire teachers who began
> to make too much on the pay scale to help save money,
> regardless if they were excellent teachers or not. For
> example... Mrs. Smith has a Masters Degree in Science and is
> teaching for 15 years now, let's lay Mrs. Smith off and hire
> someone fresh from college and save 20K. This is why tenure
> is in place, so quality teachers are retained and protected.
> Tenure also protects teachers from a political system of
> Principal's firing teachers to hire their friends and
relatives.
>
> Did you know that 55% of teachers leave the profession
> before 5 years of teaching, because they can't deal with the
> demand and stress of the profession. I guess the pay and
> summers off still couldn't keep them in the classroom.
> Hmmmmm, I wonder why, since you said that the job was so
easy.
>
> Did you know that I don't receive a paycheck during the
> summer? My last paycheck was June 9th and I won't receive
> another paycheck until September. I have the summer's off,
> because I don't get paid to teach in the summer.
>
> Please stop bashing hard working teachers on your show.

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