What a Tenure-Free Future Looks Like
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Office of Freeholder xxxxx xxxxx
County of xxxxx, NJ
April 3, 2015
Hello?... Joey, hey how are you?... Good, good... Yeah, I got your email... OK, let me see if I got this right:
You've got a councilman who needs a favor for his niece: she's an artist... yeah, young people, what're you goin' do?... and she needs a job, and is thinking about teaching. No training as a teacher, no education degree... yeah, don't worry, that's fine, we'll get her into an alternate route thing...
And then you've also got this "friend" who's been "generous." He's got a kid who wants to be a bowling coach. We could make that happen, but why don't we make him a teacher too; then he can coach during the season, and teach during the rest of the year. Is he good at anything?... You think he's OK at math?... Yeah, I think we
Office of Freeholder xxxxx xxxxx
County of xxxxx, NJ
April 3, 2015
Hello?... Joey, hey how are you?... Good, good... Yeah, I got your email... OK, let me see if I got this right:
You've got a councilman who needs a favor for his niece: she's an artist... yeah, young people, what're you goin' do?... and she needs a job, and is thinking about teaching. No training as a teacher, no education degree... yeah, don't worry, that's fine, we'll get her into an alternate route thing...
And then you've also got this "friend" who's been "generous." He's got a kid who wants to be a bowling coach. We could make that happen, but why don't we make him a teacher too; then he can coach during the season, and teach during the rest of the year. Is he good at anything?... You think he's OK at math?... Yeah, I think we