Incompetent but fit to teach?
I’ve always believed that it really is best to lead by example. I hope that I can pass that on to my kids in the hope that they could become good leaders themselves.
Of course not everyone sees it that way, such as the former Victorian teacher reported in the Australian today who told his class, ”Don’t f..king swear at me.”
This is what his previous principal had to say about him:
“She (the principal) said of his performance, ‘it was a nightmare’ and that it was only good fortune that a child in the teacher’s care did not suffer any serious injury,” the panel’s report states. “The principal said it did not seem to matter to the teacher what was said about his behaviour or what help was offered. He simply ‘charted his own course’.”
This same teacher is now actively teaching in NSW, but his name is protected so that you can’t know if he’s teaching your kids.
With a serious and straight face, the Victorian Institute of Teaching came to the following conclusion:
“The panel determined that the teacher was guilty of incompetence, but remained fit to teach.”
So there you have it. I wonder how the good teachers feel about the new standard for teaching in Victoria? You don’t need to be competent to hold down a teaching job here, alive and breathing will do.
Does it make you wonder about the people who you are entrusting with your kids education?