While Indiana's
current tenure system hasn't made it impossible for teachers to be fired, the new system will make it easier for all teachers, both new and experienced, to be let go.
Our member educators are in agreement that
the current tenure system is not working and teachers should not be fired solely based on seniority.
The leaders of the state's teachers unions aren't happy with how Gov.Dannel P. Malloydescribed
the current tenure system in his State of the State address Wednesday — «the only thing you have to do is show up for four years» — but they say they are willing to work with him on his proposed reform.
Not exact matches
First, you must recognize that the
current structure of medical schools and universities, with their anachronistic, rigid «up or out» promotion and
tenure systems, were designed to accommodate the male physician - scientist of earlier generations whose career ambitions were supported by stay - at - home wives who assumed all household and child - rearing responsibilities.
«The
current system (with its big churn factor) creates its own demand for a constant supply of post doctorates into academia, and more
tenure track positions will probably have the effect of reducing the number of [postdoctoral] positions available.»
«What I would challenge is whether in fact the
current process by which we go through
tenure review is inviolate, or whether, in fact, like all the things we do that are built on tradition, there are times when it is worthwhile to reflect on whether it is a perfect
system.
Ending
tenure without ending the
current pension
system would create some impossible pressures; teachers nearing certain vesting thresholds, for instance, would have a target on their backs.
Sen. Phil Berger is a longtime proponent of doing away with teacher
tenure, saying that the
current system does not remove bad teachers from the classroom.
He even backed the highly controversial Vergara lawsuit that charged that the
current system of awarding
tenure to teachers is unconstitutional.
We need more teachers who are passionate about closing achievement gaps, but
current teacher
tenure systems deter «our best and brightest,» writes E4E -...
Opponents of the
current K - 12 teacher
tenure system in California often say the process is too easy, and that, unlike at the university level, it is no longer a professional benchmark that rewards hard work and success in the classroom.
She saw, behind closed doors, what the public can't: the «dance of the lemons,» a term that broadly describes controversial tactics LAUSD utilizes to cope with
tenured teachers who can't teach but, under the
current system, can not be fired.
Ruiz's bill would do away with the
current system that grants
tenure automatically after three years.
Though Mr. Cuomo, a Democrat, offered up $ 1.1 billion in new school aid, he attached strings that could kill the deal for allies of the teachers» unions in the Assembly: a much more rigorous teacher evaluation
system to replace the
current one, new hurdles for teachers on the path to
tenure, and an expansion by 100 of the limit on the number of charter schools statewide.
The new
system also makes it easier for
current teachers who have achieved
tenure, those considered «established,» to be fired.
This district is to use these data, along with student growth ratings, to inform decisions about teachers»
tenure, retention, and pay - for - performance
system, in compliance with the state's still
current teacher evaluation
system.
Michelle Rhee who, as many of you know, is the founder and
current CEO of StudentsFirst, as well as former Chancellor of Washington D.C.'s public schools who during her
tenure there, enacted a strict, controversial teacher evaluation
system (i.e., IMPACT) that has been at the source of different posts here and here, most recently following the «gross» errors in 44 D.C. public school teachers» evaluation scores.
Tenure charges will then be handled by an arbitrator instead of an administrative law judge, which is the
current system.
The members will promote, hire and fire on the basis of performance of job description requirements, just like a real business, unlike the
current CREA boondoggling in - house support
system for
tenured, politically correct types.