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By Dr. Harry Tennant
Tuesday, March 22, 2011 In The News: Principals In Plano ISD Have Been Invested With Tremendous Power To Remove Their Bottom Tier Teachers In a school board meeting last night, Plano ISD committed to eliminating teaching jobs as part of their second round of layoffs they've deemed necessary in response to looming cuts of $35-65 million. Perhaps the most interesting sentence in this article is: "Principals are tasked with figuring out who will go." We all know that even the most well-meaning educators can be ineffective in the extreme, yet under normal circumstances it is extremely difficult for principals to remove ineffective teachers from campuses in Texas schools. It is even more difficult in many other states. Having said that, Plano ISD (and many other Texas districts) will likely have a unique opportunity to terminate their bottom tier teachers soon without so much of the necessary due process required in "normal" budget times. According to the WFAA story below, Plano ISD will ask principals to make the decision based upon certification, documented performance, professional background, and seniority. I would bet most districts are asking central administrators to do this task, with significant input from campus administrators. Seems like it is in reverse in the example here. There are so many varied responses by Texas districts to the 2011-2013 budget slash. Feel free to share your comments below! Posted at 6:37 PM Keywords: In The News , Budgets , School Financing , Texas , Plano ISD , Personnel , Principals 2 Comments |
