THERE ARE MORE VACANCIES THAN TEACHERS. THIS MYTH THAT THERE ARE MORE TEACHERS IS A LIE. ALL OF US WHO ARE ATRS AND ARE TEACHING KNOW THIS. ATRS are teaching full schedules at many, if not most of the schools at which they work. Often, they do so, EVEN AFTER, new hires are made to the school. So, there is A NEED for them within the school. The schools are just NOT MAKING POSITIONS AVAILABLE TO THEM. Two of my colleagues were passed over for kids despite putting in hard and appreciated work. One retired in disgust. The second is still working -- still teaching classes. So, she's in an INVISIBLE POSITION which will become available, perhaps, next year and then AGAIN not be offered to her. Meanwhile, the school has a VIRTUALLY FREE TEACHER.
Tilden High School is staffed heavily by ATR's. There are classes that need to be taught. Positions need to be filled. THe principal has UNFAIRLY not been given the opportunity to hire people. (Even if the school IS closing, you should be given A JOB while you are working THAT JOB.)
Instead, he has to fills WHAT WOULD BE FULL-TIME POSITIONS with ATR's. So, all of us are working in in POSITIONS THAT THE DOE DOESN'T PAY FOR. IT'S FALSE ACCOUNTING. If the ATR's left their schools, kids would be without teachers all over the city.
What would Joel Klein then do?
He'd HIRE YOUNG KIDS.
SO THE POSITIONS ARE THERE.
THEY ARE JUST NOT AVAILABLE TO ATR'S.
1 comment:
I agree! I have seen positions denied to ATRs in my dump of a school!
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