Currently, California's
tenure process creates a «do or die» scenario, whereby school and district leaders must decide within 18 months if a teacher can be permanently at the front of a public classroom.
Not exact matches
Eckroth has a reputation for introducing innovative solutions during his
tenure at Hertz, where he spearheaded efforts to automate the car rental
process,
create efficiencies and introduce self - service systems and
processes.
It
created a slower, tougher
tenure process for teachers, and would base layoff and recall procedures on teacher evaluations rather than on seniority.
«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.»
Indiana passed laws that
created an expansive voucher system, made teacher
tenure contingent on effectiveness, limited collective bargaining, ended the
process of firing teachers in order of seniority and required teacher evaluations to be «significantly informed» by student performance on standardized exams.