Maine's school boards are being urged to eliminate seniority clauses from teachers» contracts as the result of a state high - court decision, handed down this summer, that state law does not protect tenured teachers at the expense of
nontenured teachers in layoff decisions.
Majority - white schools in Minnesota have half as many
nontenured teachers as schools with large numbers of black, Asian, Hispanic or American Indian students, according to the Department of Education.
But principals who could not find qualified candidates among that group were allowed, under the policy, to
hire nontenured teachers instead.
In their book Off - Track Profs:
Nontenured Teachers in Higher Education, John Cross of Bloomfield College and Edie Goldenberg of the University of Michigan, Anne Arbor, name calculus and other math courses as subjects widely taught by adjuncts.
In Virginia, for example,
nontenured teachers are evaluated annually, whereas tenured teachers can expect a performance review every three years.
Low - scoring principals focus more on formal, summative observations, providing limited, non-threatening feedback, primarily to
nontenured teachers.
L.A. Unified officials have also stressed that administrators do not need to show cause when recommending dismissal for
a nontenured teacher.
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a nontenured teacher, I am growing more and more concerned about helping educators protect themselves, their students, and their careers by CAREFULLY monitoring what they post online.
However, the district retained six
nontenured teachers in positions for which Elliott was certified to teach.