I don't think anyone should be guaranteed a job for life. It is ridiculous.
The very very very few educators who have jobs guaranteed for life are college professors.
No k-12 teaching contract I know grants such immunity from firing.
If you can find me an example of a k-12 public school teachers' contract that grants immunity from firing, please do by all means direct me to it.
I submit to you that you have been mislead by the media into thinking tenure means something it onlyu very rarely means and that such tenure exists only in SOME universities, and for a very small number of professors.
It is indeed very hard to get rid of a tenured teacher in K-12. I had a continuing contract as many of my colleagues and no longer subject to review. Some of my colleagues, honestly did not belong in the classroom any longer.
There should have been a continuing review, and no tenure. I was also a Consultant who mentored new teachers, evaluated them and recommneded firing if need be.
Another sister program was for experienced teachers who were referred by the principal, who may have been tenured but were poor performing and were counselled and mentored. Failing this help, with the cooperation of the union, they were let go. But of course this was only because this was a union project and and never did a friend of the union enter this project despite the wishes of the principal. lol.
Show me a teachers contract that grants tenure prventing a teacher from being fired, please.
I don't think you can.
Go ahead, show me one.
I double dare ya.