Dismissal Doesn't Have to Be Difficult: What Every Administrator and Supervisor Should Know

By Chet H. Elder

Book Overview

In Dismissal Doesn't Have to be Difficult, author Chet Elder gives lie to the universal belief that tenure is a firewall of protection for unsatisfactory teachers. Elder provides school administrators with a simple method, called Exit Counseling, to rid their schools of mediocre, marginal, and incompetent teachers. He teaches principals how to build a case and document it so tightly that virtually any union challenge will fail. His theory is simple straightforward, clear, and concise.

Elder watched and learned a lot about teacher dismissal over the 32 years he spent as an education association UniServ Director in Maryland and Delaware. Having "worked the other side", he shares the techniques, tips, and even the traps he learned and used over the years. He has interacted with hundreds of administrators and teachers, he knows both sides' vulnerable spots, and in Dismissal Doesn't Have to be Difficult, he shares that knowledge.

In case format, Elder uses his "war stories" to illustrate and confront school reform, incompetence, insubordination, negligence, union secret weapons and tactics, grievance avoidance, and bouncing lemons. This book is a user friendly, handy reference every administrator and supervisor should have on hand.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1578860997
• ISBN13: 9781578860999
• Release Date: March 2004
• Publisher: R & L Education
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.8" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

A book for every supervisor and leader

Dismissal Doesn't Have to be Difficult: What Every Administrator and Supervisor Should Know is a book that every supervisor, manager and team leader in every government MUST read. This book addresses the importance of assuring that every worker at every level is able to do the job they have been hired to do. The facts apply to every level of worker from entry to the highest administrator and to elected officials. If a person can not do the job, they need to be removed to assure effective and cost efficient service delivery to the taxpayers. I have recommended this book to my readers in both of my book, Fire Chief Lessons learned climbing the ladder and The Fire Chief's Tool box. Many supervisors in the fire service have commented on how valuable this book as been to them in their efforts of assuring effective service to the public.