[quote=AN][quote=CA renter]I’ve known a couple of teachers who were anti-union, but they are few and far between because the union is the only thing protecting teachers from some very dangerous, power-hungry, and domineering administrators and parents.[/quote]It’s called life.[/quote]
Not in schools, it’s not. Nor should it be. Some administrators come in with a major agenda. I’ve known of principals who were totally opposed to the teaching of phonics in any way. In one case, if the principal happened to walk past a classroom and the teacher was working on letter sounds, the teacher would be written up. Enough write-ups, and the teacher could lose his/her job. This was at an elementary school…with over 90% ESL students, no less!
Needless to say, the union had its work cut out with that one.
Teachers need to have protection from administrators and parents who want to push their own agendas. I can’t think of any other job (other than politics) where a person has more wannabe bosses and where everyone from the POTUS to the local mom who never graduated from high school (and everyone in between) wants to dictate exactly how they need to do their job.
