When my district assigns new principals to schools, they do no allow the principal to choose his/her administrative team

My district has a legacy of moving teachers from school to school when they probably should be terminated. I provded support for improvement and formal professional development opportunities.  The teachers refused to attend after school sessions and there is little time built into the school day for professional development opportunities. I write the teachers up and proceed through the disciplanary process however, teachers usually wind up at another school doing the same thing. These teachers continue their legacy of bad instruction and as a result, children suffer.What do you do with a teacher who is not interested in improving and you don’t have the authority to fire?

Students that have a history of violent anti-social behaviors commit a serious offences and are expelled to a disciplanary school. The student is restored to a neighborhood school after 6 months to one year. At the neighborhood school the student continues displaying violent anti-social behaviors. The school addresses the issues utilizing all the inteventions and resources at its disposal. However the violent anti social behavior continues and the student is again assigned to a disciplanary school for 6 months to 1 year.The cycle then repeats and the student does not change. This situation can cause many problems at the school site.  I’m afraid something really bad will happen unless this issue is dealt with. How does your district handle chronically violent students?

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