Comments on: Hiring halted in turnaround schools as legal battle takes shape

By: JoJoK

JoJoK — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 16:14:00 +0000

I am with you on all but one point. The teachers who retained their jobs at my school do care, but so do the more than two-thirds of our teachers who were let go. We need unity more than ever, and if you choose not to go back to your school, you are giving Bloomberg exactly what he wants. This is a much bigger issue than whether a school “wants you” or not. It’s about saving public education from bureaucrats who know little about education. I say put on your armor and go back to your school with your head held high. Principals come and go, and Bloomberg will be out soon enough as the walls of the DOE come crumbling down. Fight for yourself, for your students, for your colleagues, for your school, for public education, and for truth.

By: Save our schools

Save our schools — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 02:14:00 +0000

The turnaround model is just discrimination against experienced veteran teachers, and this where we need to have our focus. Next year Bloomberg will complain that ATRs need time limits if they cannit find a job, then he will lay off ATRs. It is time we fight the turnaround model as discriminatory against teachers.

By: FuktheDOE

FuktheDOE — Wed, 09 May 2012 22:25:00 +0000

I’ll drink to that!

By: Turnaround Observer

Turnaround Observer — Wed, 09 May 2012 19:39:00 +0000

If turnaround is stopped everyone wins: Bloomberg gets credit for being an innovative education mayor without the risk of the turnaround process (3,000 teachers, interviews, committees, etc.) blowing up in his face and the UFT gets credit for standing up to the purely political decision of the mayor. Both sides should reach this agreement out of court!

By: Cheers to the High Life

Cheers to the High Life — Wed, 09 May 2012 15:35:00 +0000

Stop crying ….. make a change in your daily schedule. Begin drinking on your prep periods in your car. This will make you feel a little better. If not, try some Hennessey during your preps BUT please do not let these morons drive you out. This is an awesome job. Hey, we need people like you! Cheers (clink/clink). Enjoy the high life my good friend!

By: turnaround teacher #2

turnaround teacher #2 — Wed, 09 May 2012 13:08:00 +0000

I have zero desire to stay in my current “turnaround” school. No one has given me the indication that they want me to, and I am too good to wait for the DOE and the union to get their crap together–something tells me I am not the only teacher to feel this way. So, good job, DOE, UFT and CSA. You are driving away the good teachers this city needs and keeping the ones who don’t care.

By: Turnaround Teacher

Turnaround Teacher — Wed, 09 May 2012 11:24:00 +0000

At Lehman, we were told that they would be posted on the new schools page (as I linked above) and that when they went up our admin will inform us. So far nothing, and the same seems to be true at several other turnaround schools. I do know that the DOE submitted postings to the UFT for approval.

By: NY 2

NY 2 — Wed, 09 May 2012 01:05:00 +0000

This is exactly how I feel too. Enough said, thanks!

By: TeachmyclassMrMayor

TeachmyclassMrMayor — Wed, 09 May 2012 00:21:00 +0000

Turnaroud, do you know of any schools that is being “turned” by Mayor Napoleon that has even posted the “jobs” for the in-house applications yet? Not where I work.

By: A Brooklyn Turnaround Victim

A Brooklyn Turnaround Victim — Tue, 08 May 2012 22:08:00 +0000

This is killing us in our schools. The constant uncertainty, the different messages you get from the Principal….you don’t know if you are coming or going….

By: Tommy Calderon

Tommy Calderon — Tue, 08 May 2012 21:50:00 +0000

Wish you the best but please don’t let these fools push you out if you are not ready. Like every other incompetent in the last 12 years they will all be gone and we will all still be here to continue serving the children of this city.

By: Former Teacher

Former Teacher — Tue, 08 May 2012 21:21:00 +0000

Well said. Thank you for your service.

By: Gotta Luv This

Gotta Luv This — Tue, 08 May 2012 20:56:00 +0000

I LOVE IT. I MEAN SERIOUSLY, I LOVE THE WHOLE CHAOTIC MESS. NO ONE CAN FIGURE ANYTHING OUT. MAYOR BLOOMBERG, WITHOUT A DOUBT, IS THE ALL TIME WORST EDUCATIONAL MAYOR. THERE IS NO DENYING IT. IT IS A MESS!!!!! JUNE 12, LAST DAY OF CLASSES IN HIGH SCHOOLS —- SEE YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!

By: R.I.P. Richmond Hill

R.I.P. Richmond Hill — Tue, 08 May 2012 20:50:00 +0000

If I hear Bloomberg or any other politician call the teachers in these schools “underperforming” again, I’m going to lose it. Most teachers in my school tutor zero period, teach five classes, have a smaller learning community meeting one free period every day, have a meeting with E.P.O.’s one free period a week, staff and department meetings, curriculum mapping meetings, I.E.P. meetings, etc., and now we have to spend time creating a resume, cover letter, education statement, and a portfolio so we can try to keep our jobs in schools where the students are primarily learning needs or English Language Learners. We’re lucky to have five minutes to use the bathroom, much less actually have a lunch break! And instead of being appreciated for all this time and effort while working with some of the most difficult students (I bet the number of gang members and the criminals in my school number in the hundreds) and the students who need the most help, we are called “underperforming”. Hey Mayor Bloomberg, Mr. Steinberg, or Mr. Walcott, why haven’t you ever even stepped foot in my building?! How do you have a clue what’s really going on? After dedicating my life for almost 20 years to this career in this great city, I’m done. I’ve never received an unsatisfactory lesson, I’m never absent, I’ve even held off on starting a family due to my dedication as a teacher, coach, and supervisor. I would rather find a new career where I’m not a scapegoat for selfish and corrupt politicians. What an utter disgrace.

By: Turnaround Teacher

Turnaround Teacher — Tue, 08 May 2012 20:24:00 +0000

Corrections “was” no way…to make hiring “decisions”

By: Turnaround Teacher

Turnaround Teacher — Tue, 08 May 2012 20:22:00 +0000

Well as far as I could tell there way no way to make hiring decision within a week yet, since no posting for the schools are listed yet… http://schools.nyc.gov/community/planning/newschools/Hiring