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The Marginal Teacher

Item # 098

By C. Edward Lawrence, Myra K. Vachon, Donald O. Leake & Brenda H. Leake

Simplify complicated teacher dismissals by doing your homework!

Are you faced with the difficult task of teacher evaluations? Does the burden of proof fall to you in cases of teacher dismissals? For over a decade, principals have turned to The Marginal Teacher as a resource for ensuring instructional competency in their schools.

This third edition of The Marginal Teacher offers timely solutions for successfully dealing with marginal teachers. Lawrence illustrates the proper actions that principals should integrate into the evaluation processes to successfully gather documentation to help improve or terminate an ineffective teacher.

Complete with tools and resources to streamline the evaluation process, you’ll find:

An updated PC or Mac CD-ROM with customizable forms, checklists, calendars, and teacher dismissal documentation
Understanding the evaluation process, procedures, policies, and new legislation
Handling nontenured teacher dismissal
Integrating classroom observation techniques
Dealing with teacher misconduct
Incorporating action steps for conducting the school level dismissal meeting
Let this time-tested guide ease the difficult task of teacher dismissal.
(Corwin Press, 2001)