tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post6716322811732248997..comments2024-03-14T13:50:26.981-04:00Comments on Chaz's School Daze: The City Pulls All Stops To Get "Select" Newbie Teachers Hired While Trying To Kick ATRs To The Curb.Chazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09964739497720364749noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-66231211033211780232017-10-20T21:36:58.564-04:002017-10-20T21:36:58.564-04:00I am a 2nd year ATR producing a documentary about ...I am a 2nd year ATR producing a documentary about ATR’s. Please participate and share your story. Email me at richpiedra@gmail.clom<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11729913269008055740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-16174216777812745852013-08-24T20:26:21.436-04:002013-08-24T20:26:21.436-04:00ATRs were not supervised this year.The ATR supervi...ATRs were not supervised this year.The ATR supervisors did not show their faces at all to help ATR teachers. When I ask one where she was all year she said she should have come but did not. I said it sounds like theft of service. She lied 3 times as to who her supervisor was. Anyone over 10 sick days even with medical certification was given a U. Has anyone had trouble with a missing ATR supervisor. Next stop Office of Special Investigations.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-79077870034426639482013-07-19T22:42:15.535-04:002013-07-19T22:42:15.535-04:00I think that fellow that is trying to get his job ...I think that fellow that is trying to get his job through the postal service had better rethink his strategy. The postal service mostly hires postal employees and doesn't run a job referral service.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-46253241615372603852013-07-19T21:52:27.468-04:002013-07-19T21:52:27.468-04:00Tell that to the principals who keep claiming that...Tell that to the principals who keep claiming that the ATRs are too expensive.Chazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09964739497720364749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-65540004579503178972013-07-19T15:11:33.474-04:002013-07-19T15:11:33.474-04:00This is the 2nd time I had been excessed from my s...This is the 2nd time I had been excessed from my school. I have been teaching there 8 years - S ratings every time - the administration has suggested that I publish my lesson plans, I am well received by my kids and know how to keep a classroom in order - (It takes about three years)- SO...do I deserve this demotion? This loss of tenure? I won't get hired anywhere because I cost too much especially if I have to compete with the "select" crew that are coming up.We ATR are sacrificed so Bloomturd can shrink my school (1200 kids in 2007 - 360 today) before they close it or give it to GreenDot. Screw the DOE. I am done.Zenohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03414245041507489230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-48419676955774493452013-07-19T14:15:52.652-04:002013-07-19T14:15:52.652-04:00Anonymous 7:07, are you in Bloomberg and Walcott&#...Anonymous 7:07, are you in Bloomberg and Walcott's back pocket? Or are you just trying to kiss up to your principal. Anybody and everybody can become an ATR! Join reality, pleaseveteran teachernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-1780414642363933442013-07-18T21:44:43.625-04:002013-07-18T21:44:43.625-04:00A Principal doesn't have to find more budget m...A Principal doesn't have to find more budget money to hire an ATR. The Principal is only charged the average salary of their whole school for any teacher they hire. The following year the average school salary might increase due to hiring an experienced teacher but it won't increase greatly. An experienced teacher or ATR would never cost a school an additional $30,000 in the upcoming school year, please get your facts straight.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-21918426708366316432013-07-18T20:40:37.156-04:002013-07-18T20:40:37.156-04:00Anon: 4:57
Be careful what you say. What goes aro...Anon: 4:57<br /><br />Be careful what you say. What goes around, comes around. You may find yourself as an ATR. Will it be because you couldn't teach or you were difficult to work with? <br />I hope it never happens to you, Your Graciousness.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-8227409484652325942013-07-18T20:33:40.978-04:002013-07-18T20:33:40.978-04:00Anybody, I mean anybody, can become an ATR. The sc...Anybody, I mean anybody, can become an ATR. The scarlet letter attached to ATR teachers is horrible and more importantly, unjustified. In my 15 years of teaching in NYC I have met many ATR's and the vast majority of them are decent, hardworking teachers who just want to do their jobs. Randi "Whine" garten sold them out in 2005. Let us hope that the next contract will allow these teachers to once again be placed in schools and continue their careers in a dignified manner.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-14206201084050972592013-07-18T19:07:53.022-04:002013-07-18T19:07:53.022-04:00atrs don't get hired because they can't te...atrs don't get hired because they can't teach or are difficult to work with <br /><br />are you insane?? this is a joke right because you are obviously certifiable <br /><br />is that you bloomberg - or walcott or any other DOE moron?<br /><br />what a jerk - Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-34105347987579594762013-07-18T19:01:14.308-04:002013-07-18T19:01:14.308-04:00Anon:4:57
Untrue. Its about the salary and the p...Anon:4:57<br /><br />Untrue. Its about the salary and the poor reputation that scumbags like Joel Klein made of them.<br /><br /><br />It's too bad you believe that baloney.Chazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09964739497720364749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-87783645859784433542013-07-18T16:57:32.763-04:002013-07-18T16:57:32.763-04:00The ATR teachers that don't get hired by schoo...The ATR teachers that don't get hired by schools, don't get hired not because their salaries are too high they don't get hired because they either can't teach or they're difficult to work with.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-71541389094866555472013-07-18T07:24:03.952-04:002013-07-18T07:24:03.952-04:00We have been saying the same thing since this nons...We have been saying the same thing since this nonsense started.Tom Forbeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04810111429641235805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-41140466812598860522013-07-17T18:15:15.923-04:002013-07-17T18:15:15.923-04:00What a sham . The DOE is kissing the collective a*...What a sham . The DOE is kissing the collective a**es of these "select" teachers. What does "select" even mean? It means that they were at the top of their classes in the education school that they attended. However, getting all A's in an education school does not mean jack in the inner city schools of NYC. I will not consider any teacher "select" until he or she can prove themselves in the classroom on a day to day basis and handle all of the inherent stress that comes with the job. Only then, will these teachers gain my respect as "select" teachers. Would the NYPD buy cookies and kiss the behinds of recruits at the top of the police academy at graduation? I don't think so. Cops know that top grades in the police academy do not necessarily make a great beat cop. Streetwise experience and an inner sense of knowing how to handle oneself is what matters. That can only be proven out in the streets. The DOE is simply putting on a show to intimidate veteran teachers and try to get young teachers into the system as the DOE knows most of them will wash out in a few years and thus no high salaries or pensions to pay for.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-29798680872764532252013-07-17T17:23:01.853-04:002013-07-17T17:23:01.853-04:00I applied directly to schools through the postal s...I applied directly to schools through the postal service. Haven't heard anything yet. I really don't expect to because I have 20+ years with a salary to match. At this point, I don't care much. I will just try to get through another year of ATRdom. I'm better than them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com