Sometimes the threat of being fired came with it. I had to prove my worth in order to receive higher pay and benefits, and I think this is what we need to do to both our teachers and administrators. The cost of education has risen to the heights of the outer solar system and will never get back to earth. Great idea, but there is one hitch. Without co-operation, that idea is a utopia gone bad.
Mentors are a workable solution.
Getting students that have a hard time learning into a mentor program can be difficult. Finding the people to get involved and stay with it no matter what happens is key to it working. Administration contracts for less time can be a Pandora's Box of problems. In the one month that they are not working, they could not be renewed due to politics or lured away to better money. Teacher internship contracts should be part of the education processes for the person who wants to be a teacher.