Tenure

Teaching Profession Opinion Reason #3 Why CTA Needs to Reimagine Tenure NOW
Before I move on to reason number three for why the California's Teacher Association (CTA) needs to reimagine tenure now, let me recap reasons number one and two. Reason number one is to restore faith in our public school system. Reason number two is because we need to ensure that our most vulnerable students are with our best teachers. Reason number three: Teachers want it.
Phylis Hoffman, June 29, 2015
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Recruitment & Retention Respondents File Brief Countering Unions' Claims in Vergara Appeal
The appeals process in the Vergara case will likely close out 2015.
Stephen Sawchuk, June 24, 2015
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Teaching Profession Opinion Reason #2 Why CTA Should Reimagine Permanent Status Now
The appeal to the Vergara case will be heard very soon. I don't claim to be psychic so I am making a well educated guess here when I say I think the appellate court will remand the decision for further study. This leads me to reason #2 why the California Teachers Association (CTA) should reimagine tenure now: The most vulnerable students need the best teachers.
Phylis Hoffman, June 23, 2015
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School Choice & Charters Opinion Reason #1 Why CTA Should Reimagine Permanent Status Now
As a union representative (I sit on UTLA's House of Representatives), it is clear to me that our teaches union must restore public faith in public education through advocacy of some common sense change such as reimaging permanent status as a tenure system for teachers similar to those in place for college professors.
Phylis Hoffman, June 15, 2015
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Supporters of public education rally at the New York State Capitol on March 26, 2015, in Albany, N.Y. Lawmakers ultimately included several of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposals to tie increases in school spending to revisions to teacher evaluation in a recently passed 2015-16 budget bill.
Supporters of public education rally at the New York State Capitol on March 26, 2015, in Albany, N.Y. Lawmakers ultimately included several of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposals to tie increases in school spending to revisions to teacher evaluation in a recently passed 2015-16 budget bill.
Photo by Mike Groll/AP
Recruitment & Retention N.Y. Budget Accord Seeks to Tighten Rules on Teacher Quality
A last-minute budget deal in New York will have major implications for how the state’s teachers are trained, evaluated, and granted tenure.
Stephen Sawchuk, April 13, 2015
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Teaching Profession New York Budget Agreement Brings Changes, Uncertainty on Teacher Issues
The tentative framework would tighten tenure and dismissal processes and require the state education department to develop a new teacher-evaluation system.
Anthony Rebora, March 30, 2015
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Teaching Profession Judge: Lawsuit Targeting N.Y. Teacher Tenure May Continue
Unions say they'll appeal a Staten Island judge's decision March 12 to permit a challenge to the state's teacher-employment protections to move forward.
Stephen Sawchuk, March 13, 2015
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BRIC ARCHIVE
Jonathan Bouw for Education Week
Recruitment & Retention Opinion Teacher Tenure: An Innocent Victim of Vergara v. California
School administrators, not teacher-tenure laws, are responsible for "ineffective" educators, writes former teacher and principal David Finley.
David Finley, March 3, 2015
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Teaching Profession Opinion Vergara Part 3: Reimagining Tenure
In my 20-plus years of teaching one thing I have learned is teachers need the protection of tenure to effectively advocate for their students. I joined the most recent Educators 4 Excellence-Los Angeles (E4E-Los Angeles) policy team out of a strong desire to preserve tenure, along with collective bargaining rights and our unions. Here are some of the big takeaways of our recommendations for creating tenure for teachers in California.
Phylis Hoffman, March 3, 2015
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Teaching Profession Opinion Vergara Part 2: Tenure Is a Misnomer
Permanent status, that's what I have earned as a second grade teacher in the state of California. I didn't even notice that my pay-stub had changed from the words "Probationary" to "Permanent." I didn't get a letter of congratulations from the superintendent, nor from my principal. It was just another ordinary day. The term tenure in California is used strictly with higher education faculty members.
Phylis Hoffman, February 23, 2015
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Teaching Profession Opinion Vergara Part 1: March 15, 2008
For me this lawsuit, Reed v. State of California, which was won but then turned-over on appeal, lingers large in the backdrop of Vergara; it's the white elephant in the room every time I talk about teacher evaluations or effective teachers.
Phylis Hoffman, February 19, 2015
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Teaching Profession Could Minnesota Be Next for a Vergara-Style Lawsuit?
One of the California lawyers in the Vergara case hints that constitutional provisions in Minnesota make it ripe for a similar challenge.
Stephen Sawchuk, November 21, 2014
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Teaching Profession Opinion Crappy Lessons, Quarterbacks, and Giving Teachers Space to Experiment
America Achieves Fellow and New York City Math Teacher John McCrann offers a thoughtful commentary on due process rights.
Cristina Duncan Evans, November 17, 2014
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Law & Courts Opinion Why I Joined Educators 4 Excellence
As a veteran teacher, I feel it's more important than ever for classroom teachers to speak up about their profession and to drive education policy instead of reacting to what the policymakers do.
Phylis Hoffman, November 10, 2014
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