incompetent teacher
collocation in Englishmeaningsofincompetentandteacher
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incompetent
adjective
uk/ɪnˈkɒm.pɪ.tənt/us/ɪnˈkɑːm.pə.t̬ənt/
not having the ability to do something as it should ...
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teacher
noun[C]
uk/ˈtiː.tʃər/us/ˈtiː.tʃɚ/
someone whose job is to teach in a school ...
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Anincompetentteacherdamages the educational opportunities of the children in his charge.
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I am not sure that if section 88 were abolished there would be any more guts to tackle the question of theincompetentteacher.
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At the moment it is virtually impossible to dismiss anincompetentteacher.
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It is unfortunate, because there is a background of discussion about the general question of the security of tenure of the veryincompetentteacher.
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Is she aware that at the present moment it takes almost two years to remove anincompetentteacherfrom post?
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Nevertheless, an uncommitted, worn-out orincompetentteachercan do immense damage.
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I think he would accept that teachers probably know more than anyone else in the school who is anincompetentteacher.
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He also set a target of a matter of weeks to remove a grosslyincompetentteacher.
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It is our contention that the general teaching council is more likely to be able to recognise a competent orincompetentteacherthan the department is.
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A grosslyincompetentteachershould not be allowed to remain in the classroom, adversely affecting the life chances of the children for whom he or she has responsibility.
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No one willingly gives up in this field, but we should not simply assume that this problem is caused by a bunch of incompetent teachers.
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Let me say immediately that there is an open question whether the repeal of section 88 would help to deal with incompetent teachers.
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Are there any statistics or figures to show that there are more incompetent teachers today than there were in the past?
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Children who have been incompetently taught will turn into incompetent teachers.
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Part of my duty was to deal with incompetent teachers.
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Will they reduce the number of teachers, increase the salaries of more senior staff and toughen the procedures for getting rid of incompetent teachers?
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It is as plain as a pikestaff that there must be some power to remove incompetent teachers.
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The working party has been asked to look at ways in which grossly incompetent teachers can be dismissed more rapidly.
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We all agree that we should find a mechanism for removing grossly incompetent teachers.
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The abolition of section 88 is not the way to remove incompetent teachers.
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