Week 9: Firing a Teacher

I interviewed Pastor Matthew Trexler at Starbucks on February 18th.

This is a list of the advice that Pastor Matthew gave me concerning how to remove a teacher. These are in no particular order.

- Confront head on and share goals with the teacher that can possibly fix the current problem.
- Develop a timeline for yourself to approach and find a solution to the issue, which includes both helping and removing the teacher.
- Review their spiritual gifts.
- Never tell them that they are doing an "awful" job.
-Equip and coach them to see if they just need help in ministering because you don't want to lose willing volunteers.
- Go to them and ask them how they feel about how their ministry is going. They may understand the problems they are having and willingly tell you. This can be extremely helpful in the process because if they recognize their own problems it makes removal easier for you as a pastor.
- 100% honesty is critical.
- Share with them how you as a leader perceive their ministry.
- Ask them if they are enjoying the ministry.
- Find other possible roles for them to serve in if they are willing and desire to continue to serve in another capacity.