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June 25, 2005
The Teacher "Tenure" Initiative: Just Say No
Having explained why California voters should vote no on Governor Schwarzenegger's redistricting initiative, I would like to turn my attention to the even worse, so-called, teacher tenure initiative.
Here is the official summary of the proposition from the California Secretary of State:
Increases length of time required before a teacher may become a permanent employee from two complete consecutive school years to five complete consecutive school years; measure applies to teachers whose probationary period commenced during or after the 2003-2004 fiscal year. Authorizes school boards to dismiss a permanent teaching employee who receives two consecutive unsatisfactory performance evaluations. Summary of estimate by Legislative Analyst and Director of Finance of fiscal impact on state and local governments: Unknown impact on school district teacher salary costs as a result of changes in teacher tenure and dismissal practices. Fiscal impacts could vary significantly district by district.
The complete text is available at the State Attorney General's website. The proponent is Bonnie Garcia.
A good survey of all the issues and many links can be found at the Institute of Governmental Studies University of California website.
To start with, we need to be clear on exactly what "permanent employee" means and does not mean in the context of K-12 public school teachers. First "permanent employee" does not mean guaranteed, lifetime employment. Currently, permanent teachers can be terminated for a long list of reasons. Read what Section 44932 and 44933 of the California Education Code say. This is rather long but worth the time.
44932. (a) No permanent employee shall be dismissed except for one or more of the following causes:
(1) Immoral or unprofessional conduct.
(2) Commission, aiding, or advocating the commission of acts of criminal syndicalism, as prohibited by Chapter 188 of the Statutes of 1919, or in any amendment thereof.
(3) Dishonesty.
(4) Unsatisfactory performance.
(5) Evident unfitness for service.
(6) Physical or mental condition unfitting him or her to instruct or associate with children.
(7) Persistent violation of or refusal to obey the school laws of the state or reasonable regulations prescribed for the government of the public schools by the State Board of Education or by the governing board of the school district employing him or her.
(8) Conviction of a felony or of any crime involving moral turpitude.
(9) Violation of Section 51530 or conduct specified in Section 1028 of the Government Code, added by Chapter 1418 of the Statutes of 1947.
(10) Knowing membership by the employee in the Communist Party.
(11) Alcoholism or other drug abuse which makes the employee unfit to instruct or associate with children.
(b) The governing board of a school district may suspend without pay for a specific period of time on grounds of unprofessional conduct a permanent certificated employee or, in a school district with an average daily attendance of less than 250 pupils, a probationary employee, pursuant to the procedures specified in Sections 44933, 44934, 44935, 44936, 44937, 44943, and 44944. This authorization shall not apply to any school district which has adopted a collective bargaining agreement pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 3543.2 of the Government Code.
44933. A permanent employee may be dismissed or suspended on grounds of unprofessional conduct consisting of acts or omissions other than those specified in Section 44932, but any such charge shall specify instances of behavior deemed to constitute unprofessional conduct. This section shall also apply to the suspension of probationary employees in a school district with an average daily attendance of less than 250 pupils.
Anyone who has ever worked in industry knows that the terms of dismissal listed above are as favorable to the employer, in this case the school district, as those generally found in the employee handbooks on most major companies.
Proponents of the initiative argue that teachers are hard to fire and that, therefore, they are seldom fired. It's hard to get data on this. I suppose that few are fired under 44932 or 44933. In industry, when the focus is on hiring far fewer are fired than when there is no pressure to increase staff size. No employer likes this fact but it is a fact. Despite very tight budgets, efforts to hire are still the order of the day in public schools. This is particularly true in math and science.
According to the California Department of Education, California school districts will need to hire 22,073 new teachers for the 2005-2006 academic year. There were 306,553 classroom teachers in California during the 2004-2005 academic year, the last year for which data is available, of which 19,247 were new hires. This amounts to over 6% new hires per year.
Below are the results of a National Association of Colleges and Employers survey on starting salaries in 2005. This is countrywide but I'm sure that, at least on a relative basis, it applies to California as well.
- Accounting (private): $44,564
- Management trainee: $35,811
- Teaching: $29,733
- Consulting: $49,781
- Sales: $37,130
- Accounting (public): $41,039
- Financial/Treasury analysis: $45,596
- Software design/development: $53,729
- Design/construction engineering: $47,058
- Registered nurse: $38,775
And here in lies the problem. There is a need to grow a teacher cadre at about 6% a year with a starting salary that is among the lowest of any profession requiring a four year college degree. Actually, more than fours years are required to get a teaching credential.
The following is anecdotal but I believe it represents the experience of many new teachers during the current two-year probationary period. I take this from a report by Joseph Arrieta one of the regular contributors to The Left Coaster :
My wife got her degree and her credential, which took five years. She signed a one year contract her first year for $24,000 a year, worked incredibly long hard hours in extremely trying conditions, and was told at the end of the year her services were no longer required.
One week before the next school year started she got a call—could she sign another 1 year contract and show up to work in a week? She hustled like mad to get all her materials back to her room and worked like a Trojan again for nine months. Again in June the letter came—thank you very much, please beat it.
Again she got the call, this time three weeks before the year started. In her third year her principal, who had total power of her future as a teacher, gave her tenure and a real professional slot in the school. Now she could plan, feel settled, get to truly know and commit to the staff and community, and look forward to raking in the big bucks.
Even if this turns out to be an isolated case, and I'm sure it isn't, just the rumor of such treatment combined with the low starting salaries will make it even more difficult to hire new teachers. And if this is true in general, it is even truer in science and math where skills are still widely sought in industry.
In addition to increasing the time it takes for a teacher to become a permanent employee, they want to give the School Districts the authority to fire any teacher that has two consecutive negative reviews. If you read section 44932 section 3, you know that they already can fire teachers for unsatisfactory performance. This new provision adds nothing and it may limit the ability of a district to take action if it must wait two full academic years.
If Californians are interested in bringing excellence to the classroom they need to increase teacher salaries so that hiring problems will be eased and no one will need to worry about keeping the inferior teachers in a frantic effort to keep even with classroom needs. And make no mistake; if this initiative is passes the cost of education will go up. And it will go up higher and faster then if we just did the right thing in the first place.
Just say, No!
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|Thu, 10-18-2012 - 1:28pm
This is something that's been coming up among my IRL circle lately. It seems like the intensity, focus, asynchrony and quirkiness common in gifted kids can be difficult to distinguish from situations where there is really a problem. You get kids who compensate so well that ADHD or spectrum issues are missed, or others who are pushed to a diagnosis that isn't really there. Has anybody run into this? I'd particularly be interested in hearing from folks in public school, since I hear so much about stampedes to label/medicate kids who are difficult or require more attention.
|Thu, 10-18-2012 - 4:10pm
No such issues with us. Both mine could be very intense but also had strong focus and impulse control. My youngest has some mild dyslexia/dysgraphia issues and was able to compensate with giftedness but every elementary teacher recognized on their own that what they saw on paper was not representative of his abilities. They did a good deal verbally and with handwriting accomodation in the earlier years, it wasn't an issue. In kindergarten and 1st, his teachers described him as "squirrely" but quickly added that it was to be expected at 4 and 5. They dealt with it by giving him various jobs that had him up and moving. After 1st, didn't come up again (though he continues to be the kid with a job even in middle school.)
I saw the opposite happen with my nephew. Also highly gifted but DID have ADHD. His mother refused to treat it for years thinking it was a gifted thing alone and it was a disastor. She did try meds in middle school and he thrived academically and socially. However, she felt like he wasn't her son on the meds and so she took him off and refused to try other methods. He barely graduated high school and is pretty much homeless (crashes on friend's couches) and steadily unemployed now nearing his 30's.
Certainly, I feel that ADHD is over-diagnosed. I do feel that elementary classrooms are not often well suited for the typical male (gifted or not.) Personally though, with all the gifted kids we know, I think only one was recommended for ADHD screening. His parents homeschooled him until high school instead and he's doing really well (and dating my DD who seems to find his quirky hyperness rather charming lol.)
|Fri, 10-19-2012 - 7:54am
My son thrived all thru elementary school and was even elected to student council in 5th grade, but when he got to middle school, everything went downhill because of his undiagnosed Asperger's (very mild, we just thought he was a little quirky). He was unable to read the social cues of his peers and teachers and completely shut down.
It took until 8th grade to get a diagnosis, and by then we knew we were taking him out of public school, so we never went through the process to get an IEP. Once we'd figured out what sort of environment he needed, we knew he'd be okay. He's now a sophomore in HS and thriving because he is in a very small, caring school. He feels emotionally safe there, something he'd been missing for the three miserable years of middle school.
|Fri, 10-19-2012 - 12:47pm
|Fri, 10-19-2012 - 1:45pm
Having the same problem with Internet explorer, posting from chrome. Hopefully, a short-term problem! I was able to see posts on some threads with IE, but not on others (gave an error).
As to the initial question, I think the problem goes beyond gifted kids to all kids. Since so much of behavior is on a continuum, it can be very difficult to decide when a difference is a problem that needs to be fixed. Is the distracted, messy kid normal or does he have ADD Inattentive? Is the quirky introvert with few friends OK, or is she on the autism spectrum? Even if a family decides the problem needs to be fixed, what is the remedy when the problem is minimal? Put a kid on medication that can have very negative side effects? Put a kid in a social skills group that may not help anyway? Get accomodations at school that may feel like punishment? One answer is to let the kid function at their level, but it can be very difficult to accept that an incredibly gifted kid appears to be a slacker or that your child is sitting home alone every weekend. We all want our kids to be as successful as they can be.
There is also the question as to whether a kid with a high score on an IQ test, but with performance that is better than average, but not as good as the IQ score would suggest, has an LD. Alternatively, are other personality traits (that are within the range of normal) causing the less than stellar performance. A kid may not be interested in getting all As or may simply decide that playing computer games is more enticing than doing homework. Is the school responsible for giving a kid accomodations if they are not performing as well as they might or are they just not as good of a student as the kid that may have a lower IQ but work much, much harder? Or course, the other question is whether the school is testing the right things in assessing kids understanding of material.
The mis-match between intellectual age and actual age can be more pronounced in gifted kids, because their intellectual age can so far exceed their actual and emotional age. As parents our job is to meet the needs of both, but it can be very difficult. A child may need a multi-grade skip to be intellectually challenged, but the content of the material and the maturity of the other students may be too much to handle.
There are often no easy answers. I have tended to err on the side of not needing to fix things, but not always sure that is the best path.
|Fri, 10-19-2012 - 6:58pm
I've been having login and posting problems myself since the upgrade. Sorry guys, it's taking a bit to get the kinks out. If I am slow to respond to posts, it's due to technical difficulties.
|Fri, 10-19-2012 - 6:58pm
I've been having login and posting problems myself since the upgrade. Sorry guys, it's taking a bit to get the kinks out. If I am slow to respond to posts, it's due to technical difficulties.
|Fri, 10-19-2012 - 8:01pm
Agree, Singrorge. It's a complicated issue that involves behavior, intellect, temperament, and even the match of the school to the kid. I've also erred on the side of not fixing things--apart from changing schools--but I'm also not sure it's always been the right approach.
Ashmama, I've also found that our greatest school experiences have been had at small, caring schools. It's interesting that a school's academic level can be less important to the well being of a gifted child than the flexibility and support provided by the school.
|Fri, 10-19-2012 - 10:02pm
|Sat, 10-20-2012 - 10:52am
Deborah, I had that same message about not being authorized to post but it seems to have resolved. I'm running firefox on an old mac.
|Sun, 10-21-2012 - 8:11pm
This will be an interesting line to follow. We, ourselves, are on the line. DS was diagnosed mild to moderate high functioning autism - without question. Even though we had been dealing with the sensory issues for years at that point, I was shocked as I thought he leaned more toward the highly gifted side of things. More therapy and they think he's twice exceptional. A few more years of various therapies and now, everyone is questioning the autism diagnosis. Is it still applicable? Did he recover? Was he misdiagnosed? Is he still on the spectrum and just able to hide his issues? We don't know. We had the IQ test come in to see if profoundly gifted could explain some of this. Did not test high enough. Actually, the test was done at a young age, so it was all in pictures - which is DS's weakest area. Again, strange because spatial/picture stuff is supposed to be a strength of autism. We're going to see what happens with the vision therapy stuff. The current theory is maybe exceptionally gifted with visual learning disabilities and not autism at all. We just don't know. So it's all an experiment.
I am mixed about it. I'd love to not be on the spectrum or one of those cases where early intervention made the difference between on and off (which I think it did, personally). But if he comes off the spectrum, does that mean he is no longer eligible for the therapies which has helped him get to where he is today? Will he need them again as he continues to develop?
I think when you are talking about the population that is iffy, then the line is a bit gray where the spectrum ends. I think schools need the diagnosis to justify the costs. But I've seen other schools who will do anything to not put a label on the kid - which leads to no support for the kid.
I've also seen state regulations on testing and qualifying for services differ between the states. When we first tested for state services (age 3), we had just received the official diagnosis for autism (we had been followed as a 'autism-like' since he was 11 months). However, he could do well enough to be at the low end of acceptable (around 10%ile) in his weakest areas and he blew away the high areas (due to his cognitive abilities), that he 'averaged' ok. When he was being tested for school/state services, they told me point blank he would not qualify. They said the test and criteria were not perfect, he definitely needed help, and he was the kind of kid that fell through the cracks within the system. Seek help privately.
Another issue is the doctors! When I raised concerns about DS to the ped, she looked point blank at me and said she had a son on the autism spectrum. DS was NOT autistic. She resented all the talk on television that has parents scared and asking questions. Then proceeded to chew me out for even suggesting such a topic to her. I dropped her immediately as our ped. The sad thing is I saw a similar response from our second ped (different office). It took the third ped to find one that said she was happy I was having DS checked out and to let her know what we needed from her.
So yes, it is a gray area there. People are much more comfortable with the idea their kid is quirky due to 'giftedness' instead of ADD/ADHD or autism. So they wait and see what happens. Society tells them wait and see, and the doctors say wait and see. The problem with it is that waiting means you lose that window of opportunity.


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I have a 2006 bmw 325i. recently the service engine soon light came on. The mechanic I took it too reset the code and said he thought it was the water pump. Any suggestions? He has already charged me $170 and wants another 600. He said he did not know for sure if a new pump was wrong.
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Answer #1Superbob December 18, 2010, 15:15Master
I don't think a water pump would set a code unless it was leaking so bad that the engine overheated. There should be no doubt about the water pump in that case. If your mechanic isn't sure, you may need a second opinion.
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the check engine light only illuminates if its evap emmisions related.forget that mechanic and take it to advance auto or auto zone if your check engine light is on they'll check it for free.
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As alleged in the criminal complaint, on October 18, 2011 at approximately 7:45 a.m., COVILL, a former employee of the U.S. Postal Service, approached his former supervisor in her office at the U.S. Post Office on Weston Road in Hartford and confronted her about his inability to regain his job after being terminated. COVILL's former supervisor asked COVILL to leave, and when his former supervisor turned around, COVILL shoved her from behind, causing her to strike her head against the front of her desk. COVILL then told the victim "You'll be sorry," and left the building.
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Following his federal arrest today, COVILL appeared United States Magistrate Judge Thomas P. Smith in Hartford.
If convicted of the charge of assaulting a federal official, COVILL faces a maximum term of imprisonment of 20 years and a fine of up to $250,000.
U.S. Attorney Fein stressed that a complaint is only a charge and is not evidence of guilt. Charges are only allegations, and the defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
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Jenson Button topped the timesheets in final practice in what proved to be a battle of the two McLarens.
Getting some dry running for the first time this weekend, Button and Lewis Hamilton proved to be in a class of their own as they lapped the 5.615km Yeongam circuit.
Button crossed the line with a 1:36.910 as the chequered flag fell to to take the P1 slot off Hamilton by 0.289s.
Mark Webber was third ahead of the two Ferraris of Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa.
However, it must be noted that Sebastian Vettel did have the pace on the softer option tyres, he just also had the traffic of Jaime Alguersuari and was not able to put in a clean lap without catching - and being slowed - by the Toro Rosso driver.
Report: Track temperature was up to 29'C as Practice Three got underway under cloudy skies and with a damp spot at the end of pit lane. Bruno Senna was the first out while Nico Rosberg posted the first time, a 1:41.389 for the Merc GP driver.
Mark Webber was the next to lead the way, followed by Michael Schumacher and then Sebastian Vettel, who clocked a 1:39.799 inth early running. Lewis Hamilton overhauled Vettel at the front, posting fastest times in all three sectors on his way to a 1:38.210.
Bruno Senna, meanwhile, hit a wet kerb, put his Renault into a spin, and clipped the wall at Turn 14 with the nose of his car. The Brazilian kept it run, through a 180' and headed back to the pits. HRT's Daniel Ricciardo stalled in pit lane and needed a helping hand from his mechanics.
Halfway through final practice Felipe Massa was but was a full second off Hamilton's time while Jenson Button, who is using a new chassis - number 01, was third ahead of Schumacher, Fernando Alonso, Rosberg, Vettel and Jaime Alguersuari.
Button ventured out again, improving to second and closing the gap to Hamilton to a tenth. However, the 2008 Champ responded with another run of fastest sector times and increased it to 0.295. Alonso took third off Massa.
Button finally put together the lap that overhauled his team-mate, jumping ahead by 0.015s. Hamilton responded again, moving 0.410s clear of Button. Alonso, who was third, pitted only to be surrounded by a sea of Ferrari personnel blocking the media from getting a good look at his new front wing.
With ten minutes remaining, most switched to the softer option tyres with Button closing the gap to Hamilton only for the latter to once again extend it. Webber went from 14th to third, Vettel from 10th to nowhere as he came up behind Jaime Alguersuari, next lap was more of the same with Vettel finally passing Alguersuari at the very end of it to take ninth.
Button put in a late charge to take the P1 slot off Hamilton with Webber finishing in third place.
01. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1m36.910 18 laps
02. Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1m37.199 + 0.289 18 laps
03. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1m37.723 + 0.813 23 laps
04. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1m38.029 + 1.119 21 laps
05. Felipe Massa Ferrari 1m38.434 + 1.524 18 laps
06. Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1m39.559 + 2.649 23 laps
07. Vitaly Petrov Renault 1m39.612 + 2.702 20 laps
08. Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1m39.660 + 2.750 22 laps
09. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1m39.695 + 2.785 22 laps
10. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m39.743 + 2.833 25 laps
11. Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1m39.847 + 2.937 22 laps
12. Jaime Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m39.851 + 2.941 20 laps
13. Sebastien Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m39.964 + 3.054 21 laps
14. Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1m40.005 + 3.095 17 laps
15. Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 1m40.030 + 3.120 18 laps
16. Bruno Senna Renault 1m40.451 + 3.541 28 laps
17. Pastor Maldonado Williams-Cosworth 1m40.529 + 3.619 20 laps
18. Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 1m40.711 + 3.801 22 laps
19. Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Renault 1m41.909 + 4.999 18 laps
20. Jarno Trulli Lotus-Renault 1m41.945 + 5.035 13 laps
21. Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth 1m43.275 + 6.365 19 laps
22. Jerome D'Ambrosio Virgin-Cosworth 1m44.377 + 7.467 16 laps
23. Vitantonio Liuzzi HRT-Cosworth 1m44.421 + 7.511 22 laps
24. Daniel Ricciardo HRT-Cosworth 1m45.958 + 8.233 11 laps


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