District officials do not
expect teacher layoffs in the «immediate future» though, said Randy Pridgeon, LCS divisional director of secondary schools, since many students may opt to take both electives.
Not exact matches
Reynolds said three
teachers were excessed from the school in February and he
expects they will lose two more if there are
layoffs.
If the rules remain, the newest
teachers will be the first to lose their jobs if the
expected layoffs go through.
Our analysis of multiple factors indicates that, as
expected, seniority plays an important role in determining whether
teachers receive a
layoff notice.
Teachers who join E4E are
expected to support value - added test - score data in evaluations, higher hurdles to achieving tenure, the elimination of seniority - driven
layoffs, school choice, and merit pay.
However, it is a rare education reporter,
teacher who receives a
layoff notice (however unlikely to be acted upon), or parent who was
expecting to have the highly regarded but
layoff - vulnerable Ms. Jones for her 3rd - grade child in the fall, who sees the matter in historical perspective or with objectivity.
The confidential responses from districts indicate how schools are likely to be different next year as a result of these cuts, which are
expected to include
teacher layoffs.
A small group of Chicago
Teachers Union members and supporters rallied Thursday outside City Hall to protest
expected layoffs and repeat a long - standing call for using surplus tax - increment financing funds to help Chicago Public Schools.
Teacher layoffs are not
expected because the district's annual staff attrition rate is higher than the anticipated cuts.
Those options include student reassignments and, as
expected, massive
layoffs among arts, music and physical education
teachers to make way for hundreds of new core subject
teachers.
As you would
expect, the suit demands that New York State's tenure,
teacher dismissal, and reverse - seniority
layoff rules be struck down because they violate the Empire State constitution's provision that all kids are provided sound basic education.
: The worst student to
teacher ratios in the country; near the worst per pupil funding in the US; low starting salary schedules that shortchange new
teachers so the oldest
teachers can be overpaid, though all do the same work; LIFO policies so that younger
teachers are always fired first no matter how good they are and no matter how poor senior
teachers are;
teacher layoffs expected at every recession, with waves of recessions
expected indefinitely; bad funding in the absence of recessions and worse funding in recessions; constant loading with additional requirements and expectations; poor and worsening
teacher morale; poor and worsening working conditions; ugly architecturally uninspired facilities and often trashy temporary classrooms; inadequate learning materials, resources and technology; inadequate administrative support with the worst student / administrator ratios in the county; inadequate librarian, psychologist, behavioral specialist, counselor, nurse support due to the worst ratios; inadequate student discipline structures; and much more...
Although I disagree I do appreciate you taking the time to add to the discussion — what about the E4E pledge that members are supposed to sign —
Teachers who join E4E are
expected to support value - added test - score data in evaluations, higher hurdles to achieving tenure, the elimination of seniority - driven
layoffs, school choice, and merit pay.