Sentences with phrase «of teacher tenure say»

Proponents of teacher tenure say that it is not a guarantee of a job — rather, it is a guarantee of due process rights.

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In its review of the contract, Educators 4 Excellence, an advocacy group of teachers that often was aligned with the Bloomberg administration's goals, gave the contract a barely passing grade and said it «overlooked several critical issues,» such as class sizes and a tenure - granting process that the group believes ought to be more closely linked to teacher performance.

Unless he is willing to take on the MTA and its many out of control unions, the teacher» union together with tenure and guaranteed return on teachers» pensions and the police unions on Long Island, he has nothing to say and will not get my vote.

Just about the same percentage of voters say teacher tenure should not be based on test scores either.

-- A solid majority of voters surveyed — 62 percent — said they agreed with Cuomo's proposal to make public school teachers eligible for tenure after five years, instead of the current three - year requirement.

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.

She said the city's controversial absent teacher reserve, a pool of teachers without full - time jobs but who are still paid by the city, is «a clear example of tenure gone wrong.»

Bloomberg expressed pleasure with the results, saying in a prepared statement, «Making tenure an earned distinction rather than an automatic right will help our teachers get better and ensure that more of them can develop into not just good but great teachers.

UFT President Michael Mulgrew said that the DOE was not doing enough to support new teachers in response to the DOE's announcement that just 55 percent of eligible New York City public school teachers received tenure last year.

I have actually heard one tenured professor say of another, with blithe condescension, «He's not done anything important in years — the only reason he retains any stature at all is that he's apparently quite a terrific teacher.»

Pollsters Steve Farkas and Ann Duffett reported in 2010 that 86 percent of teacher preparation professors say it should be «easier to terminate unmotivated or incompetent teachers — even if they are tenured.»

he helpfully explains that Weingarten, said to be «demonized by the film,» is obliged to represent the «thousands of teachers who depend on tenure.»

The lawsuit is the first of what many analysts expect will be numerous legal challenges around the country following a landmark decision in June by a California Superior Court judge who struck down the tenure system there as unconstitutional under state law, saying it unfairly saddled students in high - needs schools with low - performing teachers.

Gov. Chris Christie repeatedly has said education reform will be his top priority of the lame duck session, including proposals for revamping how teacher tenure is granted and retained.

School officials testifying in the case said that as a practical matter, they have to decide by March of a teacher's second year whether to fire the teacher or approve tenure.

He said the state simply prohibits the linking of student data to decisions on teacher tenure, not teacher effectiveness.

«If tenure is an open door, and you are basing it upon growth and looking at a student as a score and a number, as opposed to the socio - economic conditions they are coming from, you are going to lose a lot of really good, dedicated teachers,» she said.

Speaking to a downtown meeting of California newspaper publishers, the mayor said he would lobby for changes in state law that would alter the rules for evaluating teachers and for granting tenure to teachers.

Speaking for the bill, Liz Sanders, an English teacher and bargaining leader for the California Teachers Association at De Anza High in Richmond, said the current time limit presents districts with a predicament: «Either grant tenure while unsure or dismiss struggling teachers,» continuing a churn of new tTeachers Association at De Anza High in Richmond, said the current time limit presents districts with a predicament: «Either grant tenure while unsure or dismiss struggling teachers,» continuing a churn of new tteachers,» continuing a churn of new teachersteachers.

Citing a long list of recent laws that many argue will hurt public education, Ravitch anticipated a brain drain for the state thanks to bad policies, said that charters and vouchers do not save kids from failing public schools but instead pave the way for resegregation, and bemoaned the loss of teacher tenure.

Nonetheless, 77 percent of teachers surveyed said that they would oppose eliminating tenure.

«This mechanism of having access to more information on teachers to inform the tenure process is available in most school districts,» Wyckoff said.

«Our members want to make sure policymakers understand how teachers themselves would reimagine tenure and due process rather than leave it up to the courts to decide,» said Co-Founder and Co-CEO of E4E Evan Stone.

Scott Smith, a third - year English teacher at Seneca Valley High School in Germantown, said the tenure protections that he won last year eliminated a source of stress.

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.

Mr. Duncan issued a statement saying the ruling could help millions of students who are hurt by existing teacher tenure laws.

«We are proud of the steps New York City has taken in recent years to strengthen tenure but we also recognize that we still don't have a fully fair, efficient system that protects teachers and students,» said April Rose, a fourth grade teacher in Queens, N.Y. «Our vision for tenure is to set a high bar and a clear process, and in doing so, allow district and school leaders to focus on more pressing concerns like reducing attrition among educators in their first few years and creating safe, supportive school environments.»

Twenty - five percent of voters said the state should keep tenure for public school teachers to provide them job protections and the freedom to teach potentially controversial topics without fear of reprisals.

But Sen. Phil Berger, a key proponent of the new contract system, said tenure made it too difficult to get rid of bad teachers.

As for tenure: 89 % of teachers agree that tenure should reflect evaluations of teacher effectiveness, 92 % say tenure should not protect ineffective teachers, and 80 % say that tenure should be periodically re-evaluated.

Forty - three percent of respondents said they somewhat support or strongly support teacher tenure practices, and nearly the same amount said they somewhat oppose or strongly oppose them.

Using teacher tenure as an example, he said, «we have an education system that puts the comfort of adults ahead of the comfort of children.»

At that time, Dan Wesier, the chief labor relations officer for the DOE was quoted as saying that the TPU would ``... ensure we have the capacity to seek the removal of all ineffective tenured teachers..».

People say we shouldn't worry because we have tenure but two ineffective ratings in a row shifts the burden of proof onto the teacher to prove that he / she is not incompetent.

The best possible tenure system can only be developed with many voices at the table, including the voice of my union, says E4E - Los Angeles teacher Phylis...

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.

«What we want at the end of the day is to get to a place where there isn't tenure in the traditional sense and we have renewable contracts for teachers based on their evaluations,» said Michael Vrancik, chief lobbyist for the New Jersey School Boards Association.

Nearly 4 of 5 Tuck supporters, 79 percent, said they wanted to eliminate teacher tenure protections while 69 percent of Torlakson voters said preserving due process protection was a higher priority.

He said he is open to revising the law that grants teachers tenure after two years and including student test scores as «a tool in the toolbox of teacher evaluation.»

The institute aims to make big changes to the state's education system, including ending teacher tenure and enacting vouchers in the form of «tuition tax credits,» along with other efforts that critics say would privatize education in the state.

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At the time of his retirment from Hartford, Andrea D. Johnson, the president of the Hartford Federation of Teachers, said that Adamowski had «little to no regard, nor respect for the union and therefore teachers,» and that he «showed this many times during his tenureTeachers, said that Adamowski had «little to no regard, nor respect for the union and therefore teachers,» and that he «showed this many times during his tenureteachers,» and that he «showed this many times during his tenure.»

A landmark Colorado law that ties teacher evaluations to the progress of their students on achievement tests could help build momentum for a national movement that seeks to overhaul how instructors» tenure and pay is earned, education leaders say.

Deasy's tenure has been contentious because of what his critics say was his unwillingness to compromise on hot - button issues including teacher evaluation and employment.

Retroactively abolishing tenure for teachers, Hobgood said, violates the contract clause in the U.S. Constitution and «amounts to an unconstitutional taking of plaintiffs» property rights in their existing contract,» which violates the state constitution.

Last year, Miller said, she told three of 13 teachers up for tenure that they wouldn't get it.

«I have a lot of agreement with the president and Arne Duncan on these education issues, and I've said that publicly many times,» Christie said in March at a televised forum on education.Christie has said that he and the president often see eye to eye on charter schools, teacher evaluation, and tenure reform among other topics.

NEPTUNE — Newark Mayor Cory A. Booker said Monday that he backs Gov. Chris Christie's education reform measures — including school choice and teacher tenure changes — but he is critical of the new plan for higher education.

The regulations adopted by the New York State Board of Regents based on the 2010 law changing how the evaluations must work includings a line that says the new evaluations must be «a significant factor in employment decisions such as promotion, retention, tenure determinations, termination, and supplemental compensation,» as well as how teacher and principal development is approached.

National Education Association President Dennis Van Roekel issued a statement saying the North Carolina legislature's attempt to eliminate tenure was misguided and would have hurt the ability of districts to recruit high quality teachers.