The sixteen step process to fire a bad teacher

School board reviews lengthy process for firing low-performing teachers

By Andrea Zelinski, City Paper, Tuesday, July 23, 2013 - Metro Nashville Public Schools officials are opting to use poor teacher evaluations for the first time this year to help justify firings, but members of the school board expressed little concern about the new expected practice.

 Instead, the members appeared more concerned with aspects not under their control, such as the formula for grading certain teachers and the board’s statutory role in processing dismissals, which are dictated by state law.(link)