Education 251 – Final Study Guide Teacher Tenure

Protects teachers from being fired for personal, political, or other non-work related reasons; Protects the firing of experienced teachers to hire less expensive new teachers

Justifiable reward for years of positive evaluations by school administrators

Protects teachers from being dismissed after false accusations from students

Helps guarantee innovation of teaching

Creates complacency because teachers know they are unlikely to lose their jobs

Makes it costly to remove teachers with poor performance or whom are guilty of wrong doing

Some states grant tenure after only 3 years

Doesn't necessarily promote the education of children