Mulligan
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The teachers union in Illinois (the IEA) is very strong and very, very politically attached to the Dem Machine which has ruled Chicago and most of the state for decades. It's easy to blame administrators for not disciplining or firing incompetent teachers until you stop and look at the strenth and terrorism-like tactics of the union. Especially in cases where termination is dependent on a long period of documentation and the behaviors and measurements could be subject to interpretation, it's career threatening for a principal to attempt to remove a teacher.
+1!
I had a graduate class that focused a lesson on the above. Not ever working in that state, I was amazed at the process that goes on over there. From what I was taught, every time there was a documented deficiency and they corrected it within the time frame, the clock was reset , so that the deficiency and correction process continued indefinitely. Everything was written down on what you could be asked to do or not do. I guess that's mostly with my unfamiliarity in working with unions is why I was so surprised.