Sentences with phrase «do job tenure»

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Some may wonder why adjuncts do not get a well - paying non-academic job while they search for a tenure - track position.

We know Oliver from his tenure at Tyco and believe he will do an excellent job.

«This doesn't even take into account any of the job growth under other companies Bain Capital invested in during Mitt Romney's tenure.

In an interview with Sports Illustrated's Pete Thamel and Thayer Evans, Brady Hoke discussed his hopes to land a «power 5» job next year, what he meant when he said Jim Harbaugh should not have punted on 4th and 2, and things he could have done better during his tenure in Ann Arbor.

Not only does he love his job, but shortly after he began his tenure, the building recession hit.

Here is a quote from Michelle Obama's address to the National Science Foundation that should concern Dr. Johnson but I am sure does not: «Women account for 47 % of new PhDs in the sciences, but only 28 % of tenured positions... Family formation, notably marriage and childbirth or adoption of children accounts for the major loss of female talent from the job pool between receipt of PhD and achievement of a tenured position in the sciences.»

How many jobs did he create during his tenure in office and how many industries did he establish?

As a former head of a church, I objected to this idea during Prof. Mills» tenure, and I am adding my voice now to the people who are objecting to this idea by telling government to stop it... Lets allow religious groups to do whatever they want to do, but government should concentrate on its mandate by providing jobs and putting up infrastructural developments with such monies,» he admonished.

She was committed to seeing the library grow during her tenure and I wish her all the best in her retirement after a job well done,» Legislator Mills said.

Trump's motivation for the withdrawal is the same as for Obamacare and numerous other things he has done, is doing, or expressed intent to do within his presidential tenure, and it has nothing to do with jobs, the U.S. economy, U.S. national security, or anything else of consequence to Americans.

He's been in office a short time, let's dump the ones in both parties that have assumed lifetime tenure and have done nothing but cash their campaign contribution checks and helped to build a public sector dictatorship where there are no private sector jobs.

«During his tenure as Police Commissioner, Ray Kelly has done a great job keeping our city safe while creating the oversight, transparency and internal safeguards that the nation's largest police force should have.

This led to nagging self - doubt: Did I even want a tenure - track job?

I have a yearly contract, so I have less job security than tenure offers — though this doesn't worry me because in reality I can stay as long as I, with the help of my team, continue to secure funding for my research.

Relevant to early - career scientists are sections on choosing an adviser and a dissertation committee; finishing the dissertation; preparing to succeed at an interview, job talk, or meeting presentation; what to expect from your mentor and committee and what to do if they fall short; how to create effective cover letters and CVs; what to focus on while working toward tenure; what to do if your English is not perfect; what errors to avoid in grant proposals; and much more.

If, as seems to be the case, a fraction of scarce tenure - track faculty jobs go to «postdocs» who already have funding, then institutions that don't allow postdocs to apply for grants put their postdocs at a disadvantage.

So how do those all - important admissions decisions, which essentially determine who will be landing tenure - track jobs 5 to 10 years hence, get made?

And when scientists do get these jobs, and the major grants that they need to achieve tenure, they are usually in their late 30s and 40s.

Although it is true that most postdocs do receive valuable training during their tenure, it is also true that employees in other professional jobs are constantly learning and honing their skills.

Even when they do snag a tenured or tenure - track job on the same campus as their spouse, many end up second - guessing the offer, wondering whether they got it only because the university wanted to attract — or keep — their partner.

By that standard, earth scientist Alexis Templeton and biophysical chemist Amy Palmer did a lot wrong in their search for tenure - track jobs.

«Not getting tenure prodded me to look for a job earlier than I might have done,» he says.

In a stroke of bad luck, he lost his funding at about the same time the tenure committee reached its decision, which didn't help his job search.

Although the program is not a perfect solution — the fit isn't always right, interns must keep one eye out for their next job, and their short tenure limits the type of work that can be done — it offers a life preserver to recent graduates floundering in a suddenly troubled job market.

Yet, with funding in place, the project begins to suggest a different way of doing science, in which, instead of competing fiercely to win a series of contests (for fellowships, jobs, grants, or tenure) salaried scientists get paid to carry out disinterested work in a professional and precise way.

Arne Duncan, the Obama administration's secretary of education, having previously served as schools superintendent in Chicago, one of the nation's most troubled school districts, gave back - to - back speeches early in his tenure decrying the state of the field: «By almost any standard, many if not most of the nation's 1,450 schools, colleges, and departments of education are doing a mediocre job of preparing teachers for the realities of the 21st - century classroom,» and «America's university - based teacher preparation programs need revolutionary change, not evolutionary thinking.»

Though Anderson doesn't say much about his qualifications for the job or education track record, he describes the heroics of Bobb's current job as emergency financial manager of Detroit's beleaguered schools — Michigan's governor says he «doesn't take any prisoners» and isn't «afraid to make the hard calls» or «fire people» — and notes the coincidence of Bobb's tenure in the Motor City expiring next June, about the same time as Henderson's interim contract ends.

Moreover, districts will do a better job evaluating and providing feedback to teachers after tenure, so employment decisions can be made on the basis of the quality of instruction.

Before gaining tenure, he said, «you stress about, «Does this not just affect the kids, but does it affect my job?»&raDoes this not just affect the kids, but does it affect my job?»&radoes it affect my job?»»

But tenured schoolteachers do not have the same job security as tenured university professors.

Poll respondents» mixed views on tenure doesn't mean they think teachers are failing at their jobs.

In the published presentation of results, the question about teacher tenure asks: «Do you support or oppose tenure for teachers, the practice of guaranteeing teachers lifetime job security after they have worked for a certain amount of time?»

This tenure system, according to the handout, should also address «the mistaken notion that tenure «is a job for life» while keeping protections in place to ensure members» jobs are not threatened for inappropriate personal or political reasons that have nothing to do with classroom effectiveness.»

The corporate reformers have done a good job of persuading the media that our public schools are failing because they are overrun by bad teachers, and these bad teachers have lifetime tenure because of their powerful unions.

Tenure does not guarantee teachers a job, but instead mandates that due process be followed before tenured teachers are dismissed.

Eskelsen García said that going forward, the union must emphasize that tenure doesn't mean teachers have a job for life, it simply ensures due process when they face dismissal.

The problem is, tenure does not guarantee teachers a job, does not offer any lifetime employment security, and, regardless of the implication of Time's question, does not just happen after a «certain amount of time.»

Teacher tenure was never intended to be and does not serve today as a guarantee of a job for a school teacher — rather, it is a protection of due process rights.

If you thought tenured teachers couldn't lose their jobs, you're not alone — it's a common misunderstanding, but that doesn't make it accurate.

This reversal did not determine that the quality of education was compromised by tenure or job protections for teachers or that students were deprived of their constitutional right to an education.

Fraisse also told the court that if principals did not adequately perform their job functions, including evaluating teachers for tenure, he would have them removed.

I agree that some of the tenure language should be changed to make it easier to dismiss teachers who are not doing their jobs, yet this lawsuit was an attempt to gut teacher union protections without really solving the problems of educational inequities.

AFT President Randi Weingarten admitted to CBS News earlier this year that in some places teacher tenure does amount to a job for life, and her union has put forward its own teacher - evaluation proposals.

The evaluation system is left up to the principals judgement and with two lessons (tenured teacher) evaluated and weighted so high, it leaves teachers feeling like they have no power to prove that they do their job.

If enough students don't pass the tests two years in a row, even tenured teachers can lose their jobs.

Since the beginning of the school year 359 ATR teachers were hired with the understanding that, tenure or not, they'd lose their jobs if they didn't receive good evaluations (and, presumably, go back the ATR); of those, 113 were hired permanently, with their salaries subsidized by the DOE.

The fact that L.A. Unified's school leaders has done a shoddy job of evaluating its teachers — with 60 percent of tenured veterans and 30 percent of new hires going without performance assessments in the 2009 - 2010 school year, according to the National Council on Teacher Quality — is evidence of how poorly the district has done in living up to its obligation of providing all children attending its schools with high - quality education.

Contrary to the claims of the billionaires and millionaires, tenure doesn't guarantee a teacher a job; it instead guarantees that teachers have the right to due process.

So, Mr. Cunningham, thanks again for all that you and Education Post do to «honor teachers for the work they do every day as professionals», and shining the bright reformer spotlight on the serious problems in public education today — by attacking unions, working to eliminate teacher tenure and job protections, and supporting the proliferation of for - profit charter schools (under the guise of «school choice») that under - perform and siphon money away from public schools.

«There are some folks who think tenure means a job for life, which it does not mean.»