Another ugly fact is if a vindictive or incompetent administrator wants to get rid of you, he or she can do it with the full support of the district and thus taxpayers. Teachers are under the mistaken belief they actually have rights.
I say this at the link:
Too bad, so sad, these Barbie doll bimbos (beloved by administrators because they are cheap and malleable) want to argue they were laid off and think they were better than teachers who had years in and actually know how to do their jobs It takes YEARS to be a good teacher, despite bimbos' claims to the contrary. One of these days THOSE bimbos will be veteran teachers, or teachers with more than one or two years in, or over 50, and they will soon discover this "reform" is nothing but an attempt to legalize age discrimination and cheat teachers out of their future pensions or deny them vesting altogether. The reformers don't care one bit about the kids and their rights to a stable learning environment, which having revolving door teachers does NOT allow. It's all about the money, always has been, always will be.
The public has been so brainwashed into believing "tenure" is a "lifetime job" when in fact it is nothing of the kind in K-12 public education. In theory it means a teacher cannot be fired without "due process" and has a right to a continuing contract. I say "in theory" because in reality the schools are so infested with lousy and incompetent administrators, beginning at the principal level, teachers discover they have no rights at all, certainly far fewer than in the private sector. Good principals are almost nonexistent in public ed; those who were good bailed out of the system when the idiotic reforms took hold a decade ago. So the ones who remain are the dregs unless they are at an age right before retirement. If these idiots want to get rid of a teacher, they can pretty much do it and for any reason or even fabricate a reason. Once the termination process starts, it is next to impossible for a teacher to "win" these rigged hearings. At WCSD, district officials encourage colleagues to lie under oath, destroy documents, deny witnesses for teachers, collude with the "union" and
continued) law firm, and other criminal acts but school officials cannot be prosecuted. The arbitrators, who are supposed to be impartial, are paid for by district monies and have hearings on school property. The hearings are a total farce. Although I know from experience WCSD's scheme of getting rid of teachers, this is standard operating procedure in almost every school district in the United States. Far from helping teachers, the "unions" are typically in bed with the districts and cut deals in some hope these corrupt officials will be in line for some cushy golden parachute district job when they leave their "unions." Most teachers thrown out are not thrown out for real misconduct; a principal can merely decide he or she doesn't want you or wants to cover up their own ineptitude and fabricate a case with the knowledge THEY cannot be removed from their jobs (they are unionized and tenaciously tenured).
Because the districts don't want to spend the money on litigation, they try to starve unwanted teachers into settling by forcing them on unpaid leave if they are "dismissed" by the principal. Of course a teacher gives up all legal rights in doing so and for a pittance in some mistaken idea the "resignation" would help them in future jobs, but there is no evidence of this. Many thousands of teachers lose their jobs each year besides reduction in force, contrary to the lies that it is "impossible" to fire a teacher. It is laughably easy.
"Tenure" in reality protects school districts from even more litigation by teachers by putting the brakes on a principal's worst impulses to get rid of people he or she doesn't want. But once that process of termination happens, it is almost impossible for a teacher to win an administrative hearing or afford an appeal or afford to sue in civil court.
THIS is the reality of teaching in Nevada and in other states.
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