A tenure extension incident
A young friend, third year teacher, brought his portfolio in this week, so the administrators in his school could review it in making their tenure determination. He got the answer the same day – the same answer over a dozen colleagues, all who were up for tenure, got – extended. They did not review the portfolio. They did not come up with a real reason. “You will better next year.” “There are just a few things you could work on.” “…classroom environment…” (peers consider that one of this teacher’s greatest strengths) “TDR well above average, but inconsistent…” (75th percentile with one group, 60th with another). More than a dozen teachers got the same. You see these people? They cheat. They lie.
How common has this become?
We suspect that principals are under orders to deny tenure more frequently. We believe that they have specific
