Week Eight – Firing a Teacher – David Bell

Firing a teacher
Brookhaven Wesleyan ChurchI interviewed Pastor John Walton the assistant pastorMarch 16, 2009

How do you get rid of an ineffective teacher?

The first thing that Pastor John said was that “you shouldn’t have one” I thought that was pretty funny.

1. Communicate: first we need to communicate that there is an issue.

2. Replace: tell them you have some one who will come in and replace them.

3. Respond: tell then why you are replacing them.

4. Reposition (depends on situation): Move him to another area where he can be an assistance to someone. Bump him down to a more “hands on” kind of job rather than a “lecture-based” job.

5. Rejuvenate them to a different interest. Sell them to a different job. Just because one is bad in one area, does not mean that they are inefficient at life. Pastor John says that “failure is the event, not the person”. Everyone has strengths; we just have to utilize them… Let the inefficient teacher know that all have gifts and help plug them into a position of their own interest.