PDED 518AX - Topics in Professional Educ

Institution:

University of Michigan-Dearborn

Subject:

Professional Education

Description:

Topic: The Michigan Teacher and Tenure Rights for Tenured Teachers. Discussion: Tenure rights during layoff and recall, subterfuge and economics necessity, leave and return from leave, definition of incompetency, reasonable and just cause, due process, IDP for tenured teachers, Szopo factors, Professor Kenneth Grinstead's test for terminating a tenured teacher, misconduct outside the school, insubordination, discharge, demotion, and suspension of tenured teachers, timelines and union contract. Student will read, discuss, evaluate and work in groups representing different positions such as the Tenure Commission, school board and administration, as well as the teacher and the union. Several landmark decisions will be discussed.

Credits:

1.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.umd.umich.edu/

Phone Number:

(313) 593-5000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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