Sentences with phrase «change teacher seniority»

The California State Board of Education moved forward on regulations Wednesday that would change teacher seniority rules statewide despite heavy resistance from statewide teacher unions.

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Mulgrew called the attacks on pensions, the threat of teacher layoffs, the fight to change seniority layoff rules, the targeting of teachers in the Absent Teacher Reserve pool, and the record number of proposed school closings «part of the mayor's strategy to throw everything at us at once.teacher layoffs, the fight to change seniority layoff rules, the targeting of teachers in the Absent Teacher Reserve pool, and the record number of proposed school closings «part of the mayor's strategy to throw everything at us at once.Teacher Reserve pool, and the record number of proposed school closings «part of the mayor's strategy to throw everything at us at once.»

In other areas, such as a proposal to change seniority rules for school teachers or allocate $ 500 million next year in competitive school aid grants, a column titled «Compromise (if any)» is left blank, suggesting more distance between the three leaders at the time the memo was prepared.

Education reform groups like StudentsFirstNY and the New Teacher Project say a lawsuit against New York State inspired by the Vergara case could change local tenure laws and present a long - awaited opportunity to legally assess long - term sticking points with the unions, such as merit pay and seniority rules.

Sedlis said a potential legal complaint would likely focus on lengthening New York's probationary teaching period and changing the way teacher seniority is used.

Earlier this week, Bloomberg warned that unless teacher seniority rules are changed so good, newer teachers could be retained over more senior but weaker instructors, the city could have to lay off nearly every teacher hired in the last five years.

Changes would make it easier to fire workers and base teacher layoffs on performance instead of seniority.

This is primarily because seniority rules strongly discourage teachers» changing employers, which means they can't use the threat of resigning to curtail management abuse.

A crusading local superintendent's effort to change his district's teacher recruitment and retention practices can be brought to a halt by the state's seniority law, tenure law, and collective - bargaining statutes.

Such changes are controversial because the idea of measuring a teacher's contributions to student learning contests the predominant labor management model in education: salaries and benefits that increase with experience, and layoffs based on reverse order of seniority.

In 2000, more than 30 grassroots groups and foundations found common ground and agitated successfully for contractual changes that made it easier for schools to fill teaching vacancies with outside hires and harder for unwanted teachers with seniority to bump talented first - year teachers from the classroom.

If nothing else changes, won't teachers with seniority request those grades, thus taking themselves out of the equation?

This much we know: Mayor de Blasio gave in to the union's demands for sizable raises but got very little in return - no premium sharing of health - care costs, no higher co-pays, no guaranteed dismissals for ineffective teachers who don't even teach full time, no changes to the rigid seniority - based salary schedule, nothing.

Granted there are many issues with seniority / tenure protecting bad teachers that must be changed, maybe as a condition, but pay is too low.

However, a new bill in the Legislature would change the law to give schools the power to take into account factors besides seniority, such as a teacher's performance, when making layoff decisions.

They also, along with others troubled by New York's — particularly NYC's — notorious achievement gaps, yearned to release school leaders from the muzzle of LIFO, which requires that teachers be laid off by seniority, not effectiveness, and change old - school subjective teacher evaluations to reflect student academic growth, measured in part through standardized test scores.

Guenther sees major changes on the horizon, including the possibilities of year - round school with four - day weeks, sharing staff with neighboring districts in virtual classrooms and rewarding teachers for performance instead of only seniority and educational attainment.

He used the event to publicly burnish his credentials as a successful fighter for changes sought by the school - choice movement, such as vouchers and eliminating seniority - based teacher tenure.

For now, the Los Angeles district's teachers are still laid off and rehired based on seniority, but that could change at some or all of the city's schools.

... We're talking about an opportunity now for transformational change across Illinois in that principals will have the power to dismiss ineffective teachers, that they'll be able to hire who they want, that they'll no longer be forced to accept teachers they don't want in their buildings, and that when layoffs happen, they'll be able to let people go based on performance, not just seniority — and in Chicago they'll be able to lengthen their day and year which has been just a horrible inequity for decades.

While this brief focuses on Act 10's impact on Wisconsin teachers based on the data available, the same forces driving changes in the teaching workforce can also affect the broader public sector.3 Proponents of Act 10 insisted that reducing collective bargaining rights for teachers would improve education by eliminating job protections such as tenure and seniority - based salary increases.

According to the fact sheet posted on the website of an organization supporting the lawsuit, Students Matter, a favorable ruling would fundamentally change policies with respect to teacher tenure, dismissals, seniority, and evaluations, all areas where union work - rules have prevented effective management of public schools.

When traditional public schools have to lay off teachers because of enrollment shifts or changing student needs, they are required (in New Jersey and nine other states) to lay off tenured teachers with the least seniority, even if that teacher won a Teacher of the Yearteacher won a Teacher of the YearTeacher of the Year award.

TRENTON — The first major change toNew Jersey's tenure law in a century, but one that leaves intact the practice of laying off teachers based on seniority, won unanimous backing today of a Senate committee.

The group has advocated for the end of teacher seniority and changes to tenure laws, and now has begun funding programs in underperforming districts in New Jersey.