Whats the best way to go about getting a new music teacher at school?

Question

I am currently in year 11 and doing music1 as a subject for my HSC. I have this teacher who doesnt do his job, basically to teach us and who has for nearly every official assesment, broken numerous rules in excepting assignments late with no penalty and no doctors certificate, And as a whole class we feel we wont do well in the HSC on account of these things, plus a number of other reasons. My question is about what the right way is to go about approaching the right people to have this teacher replaced. We, the whole class have already written a formal letter to our principle to address the situation, however Im wondering if theres more we should do first, what exactly would be the correct grounds for a teacher to be replaced?.. things like that.

Id like to acknowledge that in no way am I doing this for any dislike for the teacher, I'm doing this purely because of the implications having a poor teacher will have on not only my music marks, but my whole HSC as if you do badly in music, it drags every other subject you have done down too. Don't begrudge me of my future.

Answer 1

What's an HSC?  Is this in a public school?  How long has the teacher been there?  What state/country is this school in?  What specific rules has he broken?  (in my experience, the decision to accept/reject late assignments usually isn't mandated by the district...)

If this is in the US, education laws vary from state to state, and policies can vary wildly from district to district.  The principal is a good first step.  I'd also recommend finding out who is on the school board, and taking this issue (politely!!) to one of them.  

Writing a formal letter is a good idea, but it might also help if you have some adults on your side.  Parents, and especially other teachers in the building.  A letter written entirely by a class of students could give an impression that you don't intend -- the principal might think that there are just personality clashes between the teacher and students in that class.

Now, the other side of this is that the public schools I've come in contact with are pretty quick to grant their teachers tenure...usually after 3 years of "satisfactory" teaching.  If this teacher has tenure, you're going to have a very hard time getting him fired.  But, you MIGHT be able to convince your administrators to reassign him to another position in the district.

Answer 2

document every action and its consequence.

/ non consequence.

i dont know what the HSC is but if its a private school take it to the board.

if its a state school take it to the district if the principal wont do anything. u've said u;ve tried to go to them and have they had a chance to respond? demand a meeting with the princip to see what action can take place.

get some parents on board.