Creates a Teachers’ Bill of Rights that designates teachers as the primary authority in classroom matters and authorizes immediate removal of disruptive or threatening students under defined conditions.
It’s a sad day when we have to pass legislation to accomplish something so fundamental. I suggest rather that we hire and retain competent school leadership, support them with efforts to hire and retain competent teaching staff, and allow them to “run this business” the way it should be run. We should protect the competent from BS attacks by stupid parents and fore those there too incompetent to protect. Parents (the ones that aren’t stupid) should “know” that their school is being run with competence and they should know that if it isn’t the school staff will be relieved of their positions and replaced.
This is such a no-brainer and sorely needed. During Covid, my son was offered his first free Master's degree in Teaching if he would teach for 2 years in a disadvantaged school here in Mississippi. He never intended to teach, but he wanted to work and he thought it would be a good learning experience. He finished those 2 years and got out. He then traveled to England and got a different degree altogether. One of the biggest reasons he said he would not do that work is because in each class, there are 2 or 3 students who monopolize the time and hold everyone else hostage with their behavior. Of course, they continue to do this because principals generally aren't supportive of disciplinary action. They aren't directly affected by the child's behavior. All this does is keep every child learning at the level of the lowest common denominator. He tested those kids in the 8th grade and almost half couldn't read above a 3rd grade level! He said the amount of work one has to do to hold someone back is a job on its own. He enjoys the English language and enjoyed most of the students. However, he said schools are now just glorified daycare centers and the pay would have to triple and overtime be counted separately for him to even consider putting himself through that nonsense on a daily basis for 30 years. When teachers aren't allowed to run their classrooms, they become nothing more or less than a high school graduate. Why even get the degree?
Absolutely NO regarding the first paragraph on this proposal. Too often there are either greenhorn teachers with little to no experience who will have a personality clash with a child and they will systematically bully said child - we had experience with this in Kindergarten with a girl straight out of college who also attended college during covid which limited their experience. She was a nightmare for my grandson. OR on the other side of the coin, you have a wornout individual who should have retired 10 years ago and should no longer be allowed near children. The principal (hopefully a good one) should always be involved from the start - there should ALWAYS be someone to be another individual to intercede.
It’s a sad day when we have to pass legislation to accomplish something so fundamental. I suggest rather that we hire and retain competent school leadership, support them with efforts to hire and retain competent teaching staff, and allow them to “run this business” the way it should be run. We should protect the competent from BS attacks by stupid parents and fore those there too incompetent to protect. Parents (the ones that aren’t stupid) should “know” that their school is being run with competence and they should know that if it isn’t the school staff will be relieved of their positions and replaced.
This is such a no-brainer and sorely needed. During Covid, my son was offered his first free Master's degree in Teaching if he would teach for 2 years in a disadvantaged school here in Mississippi. He never intended to teach, but he wanted to work and he thought it would be a good learning experience. He finished those 2 years and got out. He then traveled to England and got a different degree altogether. One of the biggest reasons he said he would not do that work is because in each class, there are 2 or 3 students who monopolize the time and hold everyone else hostage with their behavior. Of course, they continue to do this because principals generally aren't supportive of disciplinary action. They aren't directly affected by the child's behavior. All this does is keep every child learning at the level of the lowest common denominator. He tested those kids in the 8th grade and almost half couldn't read above a 3rd grade level! He said the amount of work one has to do to hold someone back is a job on its own. He enjoys the English language and enjoyed most of the students. However, he said schools are now just glorified daycare centers and the pay would have to triple and overtime be counted separately for him to even consider putting himself through that nonsense on a daily basis for 30 years. When teachers aren't allowed to run their classrooms, they become nothing more or less than a high school graduate. Why even get the degree?
Absolutely NO regarding the first paragraph on this proposal. Too often there are either greenhorn teachers with little to no experience who will have a personality clash with a child and they will systematically bully said child - we had experience with this in Kindergarten with a girl straight out of college who also attended college during covid which limited their experience. She was a nightmare for my grandson. OR on the other side of the coin, you have a wornout individual who should have retired 10 years ago and should no longer be allowed near children. The principal (hopefully a good one) should always be involved from the start - there should ALWAYS be someone to be another individual to intercede.