The involvement by states in
teacher employment issues is largely unknown, not just to the general public, but to policymakers themselves.
Not exact matches
The state Public
Employment Relations Board on May 15 rejected an appeal by the city's Department of Education of PERB's earlier decision to appoint a mediator to help resolve the
issue of
teacher evaluations in 33 schools.
«A Bad Bargain: How
teacher collective bargaining affects students»
employment and earnings later in life» will be available Tuesday, November 17 on educationnext.org and will appear in the Winter 2016
issue of Education Next, on newsstands by November 20.
A semi-separate
issue is the question of tenure itself: should
teachers, often by the age of twenty - five, obtain guaranteed lifetime
employment in a school system on the basis of a few years of satisfactory evaluations?
Along with Alexander Willen, Mike is the author of a new study in the latest
issue of Education Next with the title «'' A Bad Bargain: How
teacher collective bargaining affects students»
employment and earnings later in life.»
That
teachers are unable to obtain regular or ongoing or full - time
employment (that's a demand
issue), they just can't get the work they're trying to get so they leave for that reason.
In contrast, if a large school district wants to redesign its processes for recruiting new
teachers by changing when applications are due and offers of
employment are made, it would be exceedingly rare if it either had anyone on staff or could find anyone in a local university who would be interested and able to carry out an experiment on the
issue.
During the award presentation, CIC President Richard Ekman noted that Chait «is a popular and gifted
teacher... [and] an imaginative researcher who has created fresh understandings of critical campus
issues, ranging from shared governance, to faculty
employment and evaluation, to academic freedom.»
He raises a number of
issues including his assertion that states should be responsible for the hiring and
employment of
teachers and that school boards should devote themselves to the improvement of student learning and should not concern themselves with the running of schools.
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.
The measure echoes many of the controversial and polarizing
issues that are part of the Vergara v. California court ruling of 2014, when a state superior court judge throw out California's
teacher employment laws, ruling them unconstitutional in helping keep subpar
teachers working in poor schools.
Human Resources
Employment Policies and Practices (hiring, firing, evaluations, and wage and hour
issues); Collective Bargaining and Working with Unions; Workplace Policies Regarding Email Internet Privacy and
Teacher / Student Interactions; Personnel Responsibility Particular to Public Schools and
Teachers (FERPA, mandated reporter status, 4th and 5th amendment student rights, etc.); Workers» Compensation; Workplace Wellness; Avoiding Burnout; Best Practices for Employee Leaves; Appropriate Handling of Sexual Misconduct Allegations
In addition to training
teachers, administrators, and other school leaders on
issues such as tenure, special education,
employment discrimination, employee whistleblowing claims, student harassment and anti-bullying law, ethics, governance, and student rights, Teresa has argued before the New Jersey Supreme Court, has substantial experience in federal and state courts, and has tried numerous disputes to conclusion in the New Jersey Office of Administrative Law.
On June 10, after a two - month trial, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Rolf Treu
issued his tentative ruling in Vergara, declaring unconstitutional five state laws providing
teachers»
employment rights.
Rather than the current system of open consultation for every
teacher at Alliance, UTLA would only allow one «exclusive local representative of the faculty in matters relating to enforcement or administration» to speak or negotiate on behalf of staff with their supervisor about
employment related
issues covered in the contract.
Standard Professional Certificate I (SPC I),
issued to
teachers during at some point after
employment at a Maryland public school or accredited nonpublic school
While nonprobationary
teachers should have due process for any termination, it is important to differentiate between loss of
employment for and
issues with far - reaching consequences that could permanently impact a
teacher's right to practice.
In other words,
teachers would no longer have to ability to just talk through
issues as they arise with their principal on basic
employment issues.
Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner
issued an executive order yesterday designed to prevent government employees (including
teachers) from being forced to pay union dues or fees as a condition of
employment.
Employment Matters, including drafting
teacher contracts and addressing
teacher discipline or termination
issues