Sentences with phrase «before tenure decisions»

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The sources said Pruitt's decision to put Greenwalt in charge of his international travel, which came just months into his tenure at EPA, fit a pattern of Pruitt assigning the most sensitive responsibilities to his small cadre of aides who had previously worked with him in Oklahoma before he became EPA administrator — aides who sources said were more likely to acquiesce to his demands, even as other EPA staffers objected to Pruitt's spending and travel decisions.

The single least expected and most significant finding of our study of junior faculty was that their success — defined as tenure or extension of contract — is a function not of how well they perform but of decisions the institution makes before they arrive.

«He had no role in the lawful decision to have Rivkin review the matter, and the notion that four months into his tenure he exerted pressure on the Town of Oyster Bay to amend their agreement with Singh — which TOB had already done on their own on three separate occasions before Ed became County Executive — is a total fiction,» Keating said.

It uses two years of information before making any decisions, and it defers to districts and individual teachers to make the ultimate decisions (the teachers aren't necessarily fired, they just lose their tenured status).

Additionally, supermajorities of California voters support policy changes to elevate teacher quality, including either eliminating teacher tenure or lengthening the time before teachers receive tenure from the current eighteen months to at least four years, taking performance into account when making layoff decisions, and making it easier to let go of underperforming teachers.

He said the court had made it clear that if the revised evaluation process can be used for decisions to grant tenure, «then it obviously must be considered before denying tenure.»

Lusi's portrait of SDEs» contentious tenure as facilitators of teaching and learning processes, the crowded political stage, and the complex decisions to be made before setting coherent vision leads readers to feel sympathetic towards the department charged with ensuring every child in its state receives high quality education.

According to another poll from last year, even most educators believe that a teacher should serve in the classroom at least five years before an administrator makes a decision about whether or not to grant tenure.

The Court considered the composition, tenure, and powers of the Saskatchewan Workers» Compensation Board before holding that the decision - maker was expert on the matter before it.

Screening of employees both before they're hired and also periodically throughout their tenure of employment can help employers make better hiring decisions and ensure the right people are retained.