Teachers do need to be held accountable but the current trend seems to be to give them the blame for anything outside of “perfect” in the classroom. Just the other day the principal of the school where I have taught for 15 years, decided I needed to be mentored (by a teacher who has taught 1/2 days for 4 years), because there were too many failing grades in my classes. Never mind that the number of missing assignments of the failing students is higher than the number of students themselves. The fact I’ve reminded them of their assignments several times doesn’t matter either, it is my fault. Sigh, this too shall pass (although I’m not so sure of some of the kids.)
Teachers do need to be held accountable but the current trend seems to be to give them the blame for anything outside of “perfect” in the classroom. Just the other day the principal of the school where I have taught for 15 years, decided I needed to be mentored (by a teacher who has taught 1/2 days for 4 years), because there were too many failing grades in my classes. Never mind that the number of missing assignments of the failing students is higher than the number of students themselves. The fact I’ve reminded them of their assignments several times doesn’t matter either, it is my fault. Sigh, this too shall pass (although I’m not so sure of some of the kids.)