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August 6, 2012

Rise & Shine: Speculation has begun about Stuy’s next principal

by Philissa Cramer, at 6:51 am

News from New York City:

  • Stuyvesant High School’s principal has resigned. (GothamSchools, Times, WSJ, Daily News, Post, NY1)
  • Stanley Teitel’s departure comes amid an investigation into cheating, which critics say is rampant. (Post)
  • Where the ultra-elite school’s next principal will come from is the subject of speculation. (Daily News)
  • The School Construction Authority is spending 10 times as much on injuries than in 2002. (Post)
  • Two teachers so far are getting backpay in the Fort Hamilton HS payroll scandal we reported. (NY1)
  • Many teachers at Lehman High School are not returning, even though they now can. (Daily News)
  • A city teen says she was arrested for appropriately using a student Metrocard last week. (Daily News)
  • Two competing groups are emerging to respond to the sex abuse scandal at Horace Mann. (WSJ, Times)
  • A Queens janitor was fired after asking to suck an early college high school student’s toes. (Daily News)
  • A teacher from Washington Heights’ M.S. 324 attended a sustainability camp this summer. (Daily News)

And beyond:

  • Hundreds of schools have lenghtened their years to boost learning, and more might follow suit. (Times)
  • Virtual charter schools are an emerging sector, but some states are rejecting them. (N.J. Spotlight)
  • N.J. Gov. Chris Christie is set to sign into law a bill to overhaul teacher tenure and firing rules. (WSJ)
  • Less than half of Texas’s high school graduates met the state’s standards for college readiness. (Times)
  • After-school tutoring, long common among Asia’s elite, is now spreading to less affluent families. (Times)
  • Whether Boston parents prefer proximity or safety in their schools depends on where they live. (Globe)
  • The Times says TNTP’s recent report on teacher retention proves new evaluations are needed.

Last week on GothamSchools:

  • City teachers shell out money and time for extra training during the summer. (Thursday, Friday)
  • A charter school principal-training program’s first week included a lot of introspection. (Friday)
  • A dustup over teachers unions’ stance on sex abusers started at a state education meeting. (Thursday)
  • Sweeping payroll problems have landed Fort Hamilton High School under investigation. (Wednesday)
  • A new group is pushing for a greater role for teens in local and national schools policy. (Wednesday)
  • A comptroller’s audit criticized the DOE for expanding a technology initiative too quickly. (Wednesday)
  • Turnaround’s end means the end of a “master” and “turnaround” teacher program, too. (Tuesday)
  • A city nonprofit found that students who struggle in high school are likely to struggle later on. (Tuesday)
  • Principals of ex-turnaround schools got details about hiring, school names, and more. (Tuesday)
  • A TNTP report says school districts are keeping weak teachers and letting top ones leave. (Monday)
  • In a rare move, a city charter school offered free public space has opted not to use it. (Monday)
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  • Jeffjaguar

    What is sickening and disgusting is the way almost all the news media have treated the story at Stuyvesant.  He did not resign.  He retired; something he was quite entitled to do at any time he wished thanks to his more than 40 years of devoted service to the students of the city as a teacher, assistant principal and then a principal.  A true indication of the way one used to become a Principal and gain the experience necessary to properly carry out the job.  But then again the Supreme Leader wouldn’t have a clue as to that.  After all, he gave us Cathie Black and then Dennis Walcott.

  • PSprinkle

    RE: Christie Tenure Bill

    I am glad to see that it is more difficult to maintain tenure. While I am not sure if yearly review is the right answer, I would prefer that it be renewable every four/five years.

    The emphasis on multiple measures to evaluate a teacher is good as well. While the test scores may not be as high as we want, a teacher can keep tenure through other contributions to the school.

    There needs to be a strong vetting process for who gets tenure. It appears that this bill is lacking this.

    The framework for the NYCDOE for last year is one example:

    http://schools.nyc.gov/NR/rdonlyres/08DA702B-08CD-4CE8-B186-7B025D89E150/0/EffectivenessFrameworkforTenureDecisionMaking201112.pdf 

  • Pogue

     Let me edit to help your meaning…

    “I am glad to see that it is more difficult to maintain ‘due process’.”

    “While the test scores may not be as high as we want, a teacher can keep ‘due process’ through other contributions to the school.”

    “There needs to be a strong vetting process for who gets ‘due process’.”

    There we go.

  • http://twitter.com/nycdoenuts nycdoenuts

    ‘There needs to be a strong vetting process for who gets ..’ due process rights on the job. hmm…Can’t say as I follow the reasoning there.

  • guest

    We’ll see how many teachers get back pay when the magnitude of what happened at Fort Hamilton and indeed throughout the city becomes apparent.

  • guest

    Oh please….the tenure process last year was simply more of the same nonsense from Bloomberg and his anti teacher tirade prevented many teachers who should have received tenure from getting it.

  • http://twitter.com/nycdoenuts nycdoenuts

    ohh.. so .. As teachers, we need to earn our way to a point where we can avoid being simply fired if the test scored are too low. Now I get it!

  • Seethruyou

    Sprinkle your leaking, You agree with Chrisie, ask the teachers in the state of New Jersey what they think of him. You work in the Bronx worry about whats happening in your state. I forgot your nose is so far up the e4e kaka that you can’t tell whats going on. You should be ashamed of your hidden agenda.

  • Jodama

    At some point there will be a teacher shortage.  I say this as a veteran teacher who loves to teach.  I am, however, so happy to be at the end of my career.  Given what I see going on around me, I would have never spent tens of thousands of dollars to go to Columbia and get a teaching degree today.  The school I work in has a young staff, not one of those kids is planning to be in our school three years from now.  They are in their twenties and rightly so want to explore the world – some are going to teach in Bhutan or other far-flung places.  One is thinking of med school. All of them are fine teachers but none of them plan to remain teaching in NYC for the long run.  The system has been completely destabilized.  Perhaps with the best of intentions for the kids – but whatever the intentions the neediest kids will continue to get a full menu of new teachers who practice on them. Ironically, the men who put these policies into practice will continue to send their children to schools with small class size and experienced teachers.

  • PSprinkle

    What incentives can we put into place to encourage all teachers to stay in the most difficult to serve schools?

    I don’t think it is an absolute that new teachers will leave the field though as you suggest some inveitably will

  • http://twitter.com/TeacherArthurG Arthur Goldstein

    Also, there was an SOS convention last weekend. It was amazing. Please consider covering it.

  • Seethruyou

    After each of your comments it shows how much you really don’t know about your profession. You say your a uft rep but with your comments you show that you have no idea what you are doing.
    Teachers teach because they love working with children. They will tolerate whatever goes on as long as they can be productive in their classrooms. You have shown with your comments that you don’t respect this way of teaching without having any experience in your field. Yes i know you have been working for 4 years but really thats not a lot of time working.Keep up the harassment of your fellow workers as this will lead to a mass exodus of hard working people who will leave the city and get jobs in the suburbs. The city will become the minor league and will be the place where teachers start but run away as fast as they can. You have jumped on the bandwagon of teacher bashing and your a teacher my god where is this profession going. Its really getting sprinkled on.
    The profession is hard enough without someone from within helping to destroy it. You are not part of the solution you are the problem.

  • ExasperatedEducator

    Similar sad blog post here:
    http://exasperatededucator.blogspot.com/

  • Turnaround Teacher

    There is an article in today’s Daily News about the after effects of “Turnaround” at Lehman and the mass number of teachers still planning to leave despite the arbitration decision.

  • Mr. Flerporillo

    The photograph accompanying the Daily News story about the “Queens janitor” merits a Pulitzer nomination.

  • Tim

    . . . in the “Timeless Art of Seduction” category. 

  • Abc123

    Over 50 percent of new teachers have left the profession before their 5th year teaching…

  • Michael Fiorillo

    DOEnuts,

    Don’t expect reasoning when someone – or some bot – is producing talking points.

  • Nycdoenuts

    And as a matter of record, they start out in the difficult schools, and do their best to move on to the better schools with the “easier” students.
    Your question about incentives to keep them there is a bit misguided. The solution there doesn’t center on policy, the way your question implies (with the word incentives), but on school leadership. How can we focus the discussion on creating good school leaders who know how to keep those good teachers in the difficult to serve schools and know how to develop them? Those good principals know very well how to create incentives for great teachers to stay and teachers -real teachers- don’t by in large get out of bed in the morning for a big paycheck.

    Just a thought.

  • Mr. Flerporillo

    If I may state the obvious, I believe Ms. Sprinkle is simply saying that tenure should be granted less freely than it’s currently/has been granted.  It’s a debatable assertion, but the debate is about policy, not logic.

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