Any effort to weed out poor teachers would we welcome and long overdue. There is a massive problem within the public system where bad teachers bounce around from school to school because the process to remove them is incredibly difficult. A major problem is that principals and vice principals (management) a also members of the ATA, so there is a disincentive for them to take disciplinary action against incompetent employees.
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Originally Posted by Temporary_User
A typical route is to get a 4 year degree and then enter into the 2 year education program.
From friends who have went through the education program they told me it is competitive to get in and that you typically need a minimum of 3.0 to get into the program (changes every year due to number of applicants). I wouldn't even say those standards are low let alone abysmally low.
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Having a decent GPA in undergrad does not necessarily mean they are well suited to teach. A problem with the education curriculum is that it focus on theory with minimal assessment of practical teaching ability. My friend (junior high teacher) had a student teacher working with her class who was totally inept at teaching and obviously was not cut out for it. My friend (along with the other teachers at her school) gave a failing assessment back to the education faculty with a blunt recommendation that this individual look at another career path. This was ignored by the faculty and this person was graduated and is now teaching in the CBE. An example of how bad teachers are allowed to enter the system.