Watch: 60 Minutes w/Katie Couric - $125,000 Teachers w/o Tenure
"The difference between a great teacher and a mediocre teacher
is several grade levels of achievement in a given year."
Principal Zeke Vanderhoek
"It's not okay to be just okay."
-TEP teacher about expectations of teacher quality, 60 Minutes
is several grade levels of achievement in a given year."
Principal Zeke Vanderhoek
"It's not okay to be just okay."
-TEP teacher about expectations of teacher quality, 60 Minutes
Two must-watch videos below.
#1 60 Minutes Interview by Katie Couric about TEP: a publicly-funded, privately-run charter school "experiment" where teachers receive $125,000 salary with no tenure. It's called TEP and stands for The Equity Project.
#2 Randi Weingarten, head of American Federation of Teachers (teacher union), interview
with Couric regarding tenure.
Among some of jaw-drop stats and statements - out of 55,0000 tenured teachers in NY, only 7 were removed for poor performance.
Yet, this is more than a tenure story - it really gets at the core of tenure - which is teacher evaluation. The three levels of evaluation for teachers at TEP are key:
1) Is classroom managed to support instruction?
2) Are the students
#1 60 Minutes Interview by Katie Couric about TEP: a publicly-funded, privately-run charter school "experiment" where teachers receive $125,000 salary with no tenure. It's called TEP and stands for The Equity Project.
#2 Randi Weingarten, head of American Federation of Teachers (teacher union), interview
with Couric regarding tenure.
Among some of jaw-drop stats and statements - out of 55,0000 tenured teachers in NY, only 7 were removed for poor performance.
Yet, this is more than a tenure story - it really gets at the core of tenure - which is teacher evaluation. The three levels of evaluation for teachers at TEP are key:
1) Is classroom managed to support instruction?
2) Are the students
