Teaching+for+Tenure

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Job Security
Tenure provides teachers with [|job security] as long as they are performing their duties up to current standards and remaining professional throughout their employment. The qualification strives to eliminate dismissals based on personal feelings or political matters in the community. For example a woman would get fired for being pregnant, or a teacher would be getting fired just because the board of education at the school did not like the teacher. Also tenure prevents from firing more experienced teachers, that get paid more, for less expensive teachers who have little to no experience. Tenure is usually awarded after three to five years, if you work continuously at the same school, depending on the school's policies. When a teacher is hired they begin there on a probationary status, typically three to five years, during which time the school board and the superintendent can elect not to renew their contract for the following year. Once the probationary period is served, teachers are offered continuing contracts renewable on a yearly basis.[|<1>]

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There is an argument against tenure that says, you can't fire a teacher that has received tenure. This is not true. To fire a teacher that has tenure may be harder then firing someone who did not recieve tenure. If a teacher with tenure is not doing their job to the school's standards, they can still be fired. What makes the process longer there are many steps the administration has to follow including notifying the teacher of what they have done wrong and filing a complaint as long as the [|due process rights] are followed. [|<2>]

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