Reply #21: Observing teachers........

[MyOwnPeace]

Yes, it must be done - and firings can be done, too. But the principal needs the support of the superintendent and the board.
If the teacher happens to be the daughter of a board member, well, I'm sure you can figure how successful I was a getting rid of a teacher that needed to submit her "weekly newsletter" to me before it went home so that I could correct the spelling (and this was for a Kindergarten teacher!). She was also a "screamer" and had kids crying daily.
Since she needed one more "bad" observation from me, she was transferred to another building where the spineless wimp principal gave her satisfactory observations.
Our board wasn't a school board, it was an employment agency.