I saw this article in The Chief Leader civil service newspaper. City Comptroller Scott Stringer is proposing starting a teacher residency program to slow the growing retention crisis in NYC which is a main cause of a growing teacher shortage. Our friend Chaz covered it too.
From the Chief:
City Comptroller Scott Stringer has called on the Department of Education to introduce a large-scale residency program that would add 1,000 Teachers to city public schools in order to combat growing problems with Teacher retention.
Teacher turnover and attrition have become a “crisis,” according to a report released by the Comptroller’s Office June 24. Of the 4,600 teachers hired during the 2012-13 school year, 41 percent were no longer working for the DOE by 2018. Citywide, the turnover rate was 15 percent.
That churn contributed to city public schools having a less-experienced workforce: almost a third of Teachers in the system had less than five years on the job, the report noted. Studies have shown that more-experienced Teachers are more effective. A Teacher shortage affecting the entire state has also exacerbated the staffing woes.
The report showed that less than 30 percent of city Teachers who were surveyed believed they were very well-prepared to lead a class after finishing their courses. Some teaching programs required as little as 40 days as classroom training. Mr. Stringer believed that providing Teachers more on-the-job experience before they’re hired would encourage them to stay.
Teacher residencies are not a bad idea but if experience matters, why are there hundreds of Absent Teacher Reserves, mostly experienced, without regular classrooms? I can't get too enthusiastic about teacher residencies under current NYC education conditions.
But the prevailing orthodoxy is that experienced teachers are all out-of-touch racists, and that only perky 22 year olds can reach the youth today!
ReplyDeleteSo which is it? Truth be told, if school districts wanted to retain teachers, they would scrap the Danielsons Disaster. It is used as a tool by vindictive admins on power trips to harass and intimidate otherwise good teachers.
It’s higher in the rest of the country. This is Stringer kissing up to the UFT for an endorsement to be the next mayor.
ReplyDeleteThat UFT endorsement means so much. NOT
ReplyDeleteSame old story. I just quit after 16 years. Not worth it anymore. Giving away tons of money, medical, pension, etc...Just doesnt matter. Too much torture.
ReplyDeleteThis is intentional. High turnover means no legacy costs... no pensions, and no retiree healthcare. It also allows the new teacher "professional development" gravy train to keep rolling. There is an awful lot of bureacratic bloat which is supported by high teacher turnover.
ReplyDeleteAgree with 537, I am quitting soon as well, just waiting for the retro so it is not stolen from me by the doe and uft, ya know, I already did the work, for the last 10 years, its my money. Anyway, I will be leaving with under 20 years, cant take the pain.
ReplyDeletehang on till at least 20.
ReplyDeleteits worth it in the end.
living well is the best revenge they say.
@5:37 should have least made it to 20 years. I am going into 18th, want to make it to 20.
ReplyDelete5:37 and 11:20
ReplyDeleteDon't quit! That is what they want you to do! This is systemic, and veteran teachers need to stand together to fight! Contact your local politiicans...Especially if they're Democrats. The DOE is supposedly run by a "tale of two cities" mayor who is supposed to help the working class person, yet teachers in NYC have never been treated this badly. Contact the UFT officials, and let them know that you're tired of their inaction. James is correct...tachers have to start fighting back individually to help make it a collective effort. If everyone starts to fight back, it becomes a collective effort. Fear losing your livlihood more than fear reprucussions from fighting back.
If you are close to the end, it is much less stressful. What can any administrator do to you? Ineffective teaching takes two years to prove.
ReplyDeleteI will be the 3rd...While i am well aware of the benefits of lasting 20 years, i am also aware of the disgusting aspects of the job and the torture I go through every day, as well as the discomfort I live through thinking about September through June. I have been on a never ending search on the Open Market for a school I actually want to work in, which has failed for almost 2 decades. At some point, you realize that there is no longer any point.
ReplyDeleteWhy work? If a dem wins next year I would get free medical anyway...
ReplyDeleteWhen this job s destroying your life, probably not worth it unless desperate for the money
ReplyDeleteAdd me to the list. I emailed a resignation date today. Will get the next retro payment in October then I'm gone.
ReplyDeleteIf you can stay, stay. If you can't, try to get another city job so you can add to your retirement. Worse comes to worse, try to get a state job. You must investigate!-but it is possible to combine your time to put together a retirement-although it will be less generous. Read "The Chief" or visit the employment websites for some ideas.
ReplyDeleteI couldn't handle the DOE, I left and found another job. And soon I will retire (and will have to find a post retirement job.) Just remember that you are a good person.
P.S Also investigate to see if you can take a leave of absence or a sabbatical. Sometimes a little break is all you need to get through to the end.
ReplyDeleteTotally agree with PS. Just remember there is a two year commitment to teach after a year long sabbatical.
ReplyDeleteTook one in 2017, cant take another. If the Open Market wasnt a fraud, maybe...
ReplyDeleteI have read so many articles on how the principals in the NYC schools are so vindictive. I was discontinued in my first year of teaching. After, two and a half years I received a job offer in another license area, but the principal withdrew her nomination after she found out that I was discontinued. During my first year of teaching, I started as a cluster teacher, then in the last quarter of the school year I was placed in a classroom which was already managed by another teacher. I had four observations by AP from different centers and all gave me a "U". I was devastated. Even more when I was told that I would be discontinued. This is really making a long story short, as it all had to do with age, race and religion bias. They all ganged up on me. And, I did not have impression that people could be so evil even those who act religious.
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ReplyDeleteWow. I just found this website. I see that many veteran teachers feel that Danielson evaluations are harmful to the success of teachers. I'm a somewhat new teacher that has dealt with this atrocity last school year (I worked in a Charter school before transferring). Not only was I working in unlawful conditions, but the AP had it out for me especially after I had to file a grievance on her. Every time she observed me, I got so many ones with no real explanation on why. The children were attentive, they were on task, they were productive, participating. So, I had to go through the dreadful process of rebuttals and filing a complaint. Being a new teacher with no tenure, that was scary. I'm afraid to go back to this school this year. I felt that last year they had a plan to sabotage my career. The Danielson Rubric would be better if it was more clear and direct. It's so vague and one-sided which leaves a lot of room for biased/ unfair observations. Any advice would be helpful. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteSign our petition to get rid of the evaluation system and then spread the word about us please.
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