Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Seattle Schools Community Forum: TFA Class of 2012-13: Three

Seattle Schools Community Forum: TFA Class of 2012-13: Three:


TFA Class of 2012-13: Three

At the August 7, 2012 meeting the Board Executive Committee considered the schedule for the motion to approve the conditional certificates for the Teach for America corps members who were hired for this fall. There are three of them: two hired as elementary teachers at Emerson and one hired as a Special Education teacher at Aki Kurose. The discussion at the Executive Committee meeting was about whether to introduce the motion at the August 15 Board meeting and vote on it at the September 5 meeting, or to introduce and vote on the motion at the August 15 meeting, skipping the traditional two-week period for public input. Without this gap there will be no opportunity for public input.

If the Board doesn't vote until September 5, then the district submits the request for the conditional certificates