Bloomberg Close To Revealing New Teacher Tenure Plan
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Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced Thursday he will soon unveil his overhaul plan of how New York City teachers receive tenure.
Speaking at the Urban Education Summit at Columbia University, Bloomberg said education is the most important endeavor the city is engaged in, and that tenure should be an honor.
"Within the next few weeks we will present teachers and principals in our public schools with what we think is a new fair and detailed framework for how teacher's tenure decisions will be made," Bloomberg said. "It's a process that will focus on teacher effectiveness and helping students learn and grow over the course of the year, especially struggling students for whom English is not their first language and students with learning disabilities."
Also at Columbia, Schools Chancellor Joel Klein echoed the mayor, saying he wants to make sure tenure is earned and not just granted.
Last year, Mayor Bloomberg made teacher report card grades part of the tenure process for the 12,000 third through eighth grade English and math teachers who receive those grades.
The tenure overhaul is expected to include ways to judge every teacher on students' improvement while in their classroom.