How do you tell a teacher they need to retire when they are not performing well?

I am writing an ethical paper on how you tell a teacher they need to retire due to whatever the reason.

Public Comments

1. You don't. You leave it up to the principal and others who are responsible for that.
2. Why would you presume to tell another person, and an adult at that, that you know what they should do with their life? It's really not your place to say something so presumptuous. I'd find another topic for your ethics paper if I were you.
3. well start with talking with other people who attened the class and see if it is an over all opion. Then maybe get a petition started and talk with other members of the faculty
4. First off - it is NEVER the students place to tell a teacher that. That is something that should be left up to the administration. Even then, it needs to be handled very carefully. You can't tell a teacher they need to retire - they need to be helped to make that realization on their own.
5. you don't tell them anything. they might know that they need to retire but maybe they still need the money or they have a serious issue with their bills
6. a student should never tell that- the teacher will make his life miserable is he doesn't retire, you should tell smoeone in the school - the pshycologist (sorry- misplelled), anyone who you trust to keep your name anonymous and who will do something about it and help you
7. If you are just writing a paper on how to do this, telling a teacher something like this has to come in stages. First, performance reviews have to reflect this throughout the year (or tenure, if the teacher has been there for a while). If there is no improvement between reports, then usually there's some sort of counseling or training that has to happen. And if that fails, the principal, dean, or whoever is in charge has an obligation to tell the teacher that in the best interests of the school and the students, that the teacher probably should not return the next school year or semester. The whole process depends on what level you're at. The public schools have their own system of evaluations (done by peers and administration), versus the college level where it's all handled within each department. But the process _should_ be the same. If you're looking for the ethical angle on this, I think it's that there has to be a set process for something like this to occur. Ethically, it's bad to have a teacher think they're doing well and they're told by their administration and others that they're doing well, and then all of a sudden they're told that they need to move on. I've seen this happen before where great teachers have been bolstered by administration and were later told that they weren't needed. Ethically that didn't sit right - how could you do one thing and then turn around and do something completely opposite of what you've done over the past year? This may get more difficult with older staff that has been there for a while. Those people sometimes feel that they're entitled to be there or that they're allowed to screw up a bit more because of their past. But the process _should_ hold them to the same standard. Of course, most of the time it doesn't, and the older, tenured folks are given much more leeway to correct any problems they may have. Now is that ethical? In my opinion, no it isn't. But that's what happens not just in education, but in the workforce in general. Now, the other answers listed mention that students don't have a place to do this, which is true. A student has no real direct influence on a teacher's job security. But students can discuss with administration or voice concerns in teacher evaluations (if those exist at the particular school or college). Eventually, the right people will take notice and take appropriate action. But as to your original question about your paper, I think that it's all in the evaluation process. If the processes are followed, then there should be no surprise to anyone when someone is told not to come back the next year.
8. This is definitely not a call for a student to make. "Not performing well"??--by whose standards? A student's assessment of effective teaching practices may be somewhat biased or skewed. The best person to determine if a teacher should retire is the teacher and administration. If the teacher is still there after all these years of working, s/he must be doing something right. For your ethical paper; I'd switch the topic simply because there is no ethical basis for a student to have that conversation with a teacher.