tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post990557647232272236..comments2024-03-14T13:50:26.981-04:00Comments on Chaz's School Daze: Why Can't Renewal Schools Recruit Quality Teachers?Chazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09964739497720364749noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-35331840034168773212017-03-26T00:34:37.351-04:002017-03-26T00:34:37.351-04:00Mulgrew and Fariña are part of the corruption.Mulgrew and Fariña are part of the corruption.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-53988261264680940062017-03-26T00:32:18.548-04:002017-03-26T00:32:18.548-04:00Fariña is part of the culture of corruption.Fariña is part of the culture of corruption.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-90259026304742726372017-03-26T00:30:35.650-04:002017-03-26T00:30:35.650-04:00Exactly that is the agenda. Systemic age discrimin...Exactly that is the agenda. Systemic age discrimination.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-5610156767590383642017-03-25T00:33:17.229-04:002017-03-25T00:33:17.229-04:00Systemic age discrimination.Systemic age discrimination.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-35464297199599274942017-03-24T15:55:51.538-04:002017-03-24T15:55:51.538-04:00These ridiculous observations by field supervisors...These ridiculous observations by field supervisors must end.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-1186647058309423872017-03-24T04:46:43.477-04:002017-03-24T04:46:43.477-04:00A high number of unsatisfactory ratings are being ...A high number of unsatisfactory ratings are being delivered again this year. Observations out of license, observations on students an ATR just met seem acceptable. Lame reasons, and opinions of supervisors in which a supervisor may not be an expert of the subject area are allowed. Disciplinary meetings on attendance or any type of bizarre reason are acceptable. Still some lucky ATRs have not had a supervisor, or has not been observed. The observation process is being used in an arbitrary, and capricious way in most cases to demoralize ATRs. Instead of reducing class sizes by putting ATRs back to the classrooms, the limited resources are going to waste. Some of us believed in a change of tone, but the reality is that it is getting worse. We have a department of education badly run by consultants, lawyers and bureaucrats instead of a department run by input of teachers that rewards and appreciates effort and good teaching. Also experience it is considered a liability, and a reason to be a target.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-70695110365195578142017-03-16T22:00:28.049-04:002017-03-16T22:00:28.049-04:00Totally right, and they are not getting better wit...Totally right, and they are not getting better with newbies.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-56408032653477019612017-03-16T06:27:47.388-04:002017-03-16T06:27:47.388-04:00Taking a rotation in an elementary school with a 7...Taking a rotation in an elementary school with a 7-12 license? No wonder these ATR supervisors think we are all idiots. All you had to do to call any UFT office, other than the Bronx.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-50370983375400651082017-03-15T19:02:08.698-04:002017-03-15T19:02:08.698-04:00Monte,
All the UFT and DOE has to do is end fair s...Monte,<br />All the UFT and DOE has to do is end fair student funding- no more ATRs. Monte, you told me that yourself! Norm is right, all the renewal schools I've been placed as an ATR over the past few years in the Bronx are filled with veteran staff members- not newbies. I believe this is why they are closing them. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-32926997026980836662017-03-15T18:48:58.016-04:002017-03-15T18:48:58.016-04:00Sorry to say but as an atr never take a placement ...Sorry to say but as an atr never take a placement position unless you really have too. It's a lose lose situation. They will use you and spit you out at the end of the year. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-4495440066734054082017-03-15T17:53:47.348-04:002017-03-15T17:53:47.348-04:00Same crap, they want uncertified newbies.Same crap, they want uncertified newbies.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-69335426797163825382017-03-15T17:52:13.998-04:002017-03-15T17:52:13.998-04:00The DOE is not going to change, they keep doing th...The DOE is not going to change, they keep doing the wrong thing over and over.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-84621194064608382442017-03-15T17:49:43.114-04:002017-03-15T17:49:43.114-04:00Very good. They are treating us like garbeig.Very good. They are treating us like garbeig.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-5720936388132005952017-03-15T15:45:42.724-04:002017-03-15T15:45:42.724-04:00Mr Monteforte,
I do not believe Mr Asher has any ...Mr Monteforte,<br /><br />I do not believe Mr Asher has any intent to place ATRs into permanent positions. However, I do believe he is placing ATRs into more appropriate settings. For example, not placing someone with a 7-12 license in elementary. For that I am happy because I hated elementary. <br /><br />But with a new mayor possibly coming in asher has no authorityAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-3932895657387727192017-03-15T14:13:17.662-04:002017-03-15T14:13:17.662-04:00My story is almost identical to anonymous 10:37 ex...My story is almost identical to anonymous 10:37 except I ended up losing my job. I worked at Richmond Hill High School as well and in the 2013-2014 school year was an effective teacher as well as the two preceding years. However at the end of the 2014-2015 year I was ineffective and was discontinued. Me and somebody else were unfairly evaluated just to meet their quota and to artificially make it look like they were weeding our and getting rid of all the "ineffective teachers." Nobody should work in a renewal school under any circumstances. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-21716873040784555622017-03-15T10:59:13.159-04:002017-03-15T10:59:13.159-04:00I don't know about staffing at most renewal sc...I don't know about staffing at most renewal schools but I do have an idea about JHS 145x which will probably voted to be closed at next week's PEP meeting. The battle to keep it open has been led by a 17 year teacher. At last week's hearing a number of vet teachers spoke. The NY Times article the other day made the point that when the original school was broken up into 3 schools by Klein in 2008, the others got the newer teachers (now vets) and 145 retained the senior teachers. So it is an experienced staff which is one of the reasons I believe it and not others is being closed -- to turn the vets into ATRS.ed notes onlinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15018047869059226777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-22945974390789181472017-03-15T10:37:52.592-04:002017-03-15T10:37:52.592-04:00I was at Richmond hill h.s last year. I came in as...I was at Richmond hill h.s last year. I came in as an effective experienced teacher from the ATR pool in Oct. I worked my butt off, never even having a period to eat. By the end of the year I was a developing and sent back into the ATR pool. I was so unfairly evaluated, probably to meet their quota and will no longer take a position in a renewal school.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-85908612100638302422017-03-14T23:04:14.050-04:002017-03-14T23:04:14.050-04:00Farina is giving out patronage jobs to her friends...Farina is giving out patronage jobs to her friends in these renewal schools. Many of them are being paid over $2000 a day. Some of them were on the verge of being terminated from their positions as principals. Even Asher's job is a sham, he's being hidden as head of ATR placement until the heat is off him and he can go back into a real position. Do an expose on this NY Post - Farina is up to her eyeballs in it. She should be brought up on criminal charges.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-79484722641246716222017-03-14T21:37:17.332-04:002017-03-14T21:37:17.332-04:00Mr. Monteforte:
If what you say is true, its been...Mr. Monteforte:<br /><br />If what you say is true, its been a failure so far. In my school there are two ATRs placed there last week without a vacancy in their field.Chazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09964739497720364749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-32793817547598301202017-03-14T21:35:17.512-04:002017-03-14T21:35:17.512-04:00IF they really gave a crap, they would say ok, may...IF they really gave a crap, they would say ok, maybe we exempt these kids from the Regents system and have a Danielson Lite rating system, just to build some confidence and get things running. Maybe restructure the school day so it better meets the needs of the population. Focus more on portfolios as opposed to tests, tests, tests. Oh, no, wait, that would require original thought, never more.<br /><br />What was it Einstein said about doing the same thing over and over again? I had a principal who said, and did, the same thing. She's a principal no more.Highly Effective King Clovishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14653858157695141774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-43464318185577240052017-03-14T21:07:11.523-04:002017-03-14T21:07:11.523-04:00
Chapter Leaders,
To enable you to interact with ...<br />Chapter Leaders,<br /><br />To enable you to interact with any ATRs that might come your way, we are hearing more and more that the recently repositioned Principal from Brooklyn Tech, who has been put in charge of the ATR placement program, is working diligently on aligning teaching vacancies with ATR certs/licenses for placements. Let’s hope that this results in some holes being filled with qualified people on a long-term basis.<br /><br />Monte<br />John M. Monteforte<br /><br />Special Representative, Bronx HSAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-67675724971886737512017-03-14T20:49:55.773-04:002017-03-14T20:49:55.773-04:00Fariña should leave as soon as possible. They real...Fariña should leave as soon as possible. They really do not know what they are doing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-10377625843149505002017-03-14T14:55:46.290-04:002017-03-14T14:55:46.290-04:00All the renewal schools have already been slated t...All the renewal schools have already been slated to close. All of the money is a front to award Farina's friends, give experience to those with no administrative experience and give the appearance to UFT members and the general populace that everything that can be done is being done. Mulgrew knows it. The problem is that is its either this or Moskowitz gets them. Farina needs to go, post haste.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-32935085901814528162017-03-14T13:26:55.807-04:002017-03-14T13:26:55.807-04:00Even if you are designated a "highly effectiv...Even if you are designated a "highly effective" teacher, a year at a Renewal School will have you down to "developing" at best - and maybe "ineffective."<br /><br />Working with challenging populations of students is not something you want to do under the Cuomo/De Blasio/Mulgrew evaluation system.reality-based educatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01712885202661371924noreply@blogger.com