What is the bottom line after reviewing this excellent sequence of postings.
1. More emphasis is needed on initial screening of rebbeim hired for teaching positions in our yeshivos.
2. There needs to be a separate track for yungerleit pursuing semicha who want to teach so that they are required to take special course in educational methods and techniques and demonstrate proficiency in the nuts and bolts of preparing lesson plans, etc. This is as important as their mastery of t’nach, Talmud, meforshim, etc.
3. Training programs should be established for rebbeim already in the system to provide some opportunity to improve their teaching skills.
4. Decisions on termination of non-performing rebbeim should be made on a timely basis and not deferred over and over again.
5. While some centralized “post-termination” job counseling and financial assistance program for those rebbeim who are not cut out for teaching would be ideal, I’m not aware of how such a program would be realistically be administered or funded given how decentralized and fragmented our yeshivos and mosdos are.