Inappropriate Conduct Between Teacher and Students Results in Termination

In cases where the relationship with individual students is in question, the frequency, type, content, and privacy of the communications all factor into what response the school district should have. I have a background in educational (K-12 and community college) administration and human resources, and for the past sixteen years, I have had my own business as a management and organization development consultant and licensed private investigator. In the latter capacity, I have conducted about 300 workplace investigations, many of them in schools. These investigations have involved allegations of inappropriate conduct by teachers in their interactions with students. I have over thirty years of leadership experience and can certainly provide expertise on this matter. On the face of it, this certainly seems to be a justified termination of the teacher – tenure or no tenure – it is almost always inappropriate for a teacher to send text messages and Facebook messages, including photographs of his/herself in the nude to students – especially when dealing with minors of the opposite sex.