ABSTRACT
If the incompetent teacher fails to demonstrate sufficient improvement during the salvage stage, the administrator begins to concentrate on how to get rid of the teacher. At this juncture the administrator has essentially two options: (i) attempt to dismiss the teacher; or (ii) attempt to induce the teacher to submit a resignation or to request an early retirement. The difference between these two types of terminations is by no means trivial for the incompetent teacher. Dismissal stigmatizes the teacher, while the induced resignation or early retirement offers the teacher an opportunity to record his or her termination as a voluntary exit and, thereby, avoid public humiliation and professional stigma.
