Totally Nuts

I have a better solution than some dumb idea that students can "evaluate" teachers when they don't know anything about pedagogy or content knowledge but can dock teachers they simply don't like (which is exactly like principals do with teachers currently, by the way): How about teachers evaluating their principals and having principals' pay entirely dependent on their work performance as supervisors? In fact, I believe Norway does this with their schools. Principals are picked by the teaching staff at their schools, and teachers determine whether principals will keep their jobs the next year or be replaced by another school staff member. It's the only way to fairly evaluate a principal's work performance.

Currently, principals are "supervised" by administrators who are in the central office miles away and who rarely come to the school to "observe" the principal in "action." In other words, they aren't truly supervised at all. This is why there is such a temptation by principals to abuse their power against teachers and support staff knowing they will never be held truly accountable for their actions. If teachers held the upper hand on evaluations of their principals, plus the pay of principals reduced dramatically to be more on the level of a lead teacher than some low rent "executive" or "manager," the abuse that is so rampant against teachers nationwide would stop.