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Books on: teacher tenure

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Tenure for Socrates: A Study in the Betrayal of the American Professor

Book by Jon Huer; Bergin & Garvey, 1991

Subjects:

Academic Freedom--United States, College Teachers--Tenure--United States

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...Hence the drama and tension at tenure time. The drama and tension are all the more commonplace at tenure time because no one really...makes a "good" scholar and teacher. Elaborate procedures are...most campuses for making fair tenure decisions. But such procedures...
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The Hidden Professoriate: Credentialism, Professionalism, and the Tenure Crisis

Book by Arthur S. Wilke; Greenwood Press, 1979

Subjects:

College Teachers--Tenure--United States, Higher Education And State--United States, Sociologists--United States

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...Recommend Promotion for a Mediocre Teacher Without Actually Lying...R. E. "How to Solve the Tenure Problem: Departmental or College...Toward a New System of Academic Tenure." Educational Record 52...Competence: A Reexamination of Teacher Evaluation Procedures." Phi...
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Teaching for Tenure and beyond: Strategies for Maximizing Your Student Ratings

Book by Franklin H. Silverman; Bergin and Garvey, 2001

Subjects:

College Teachers--Tenure--United States, College Teaching--United States--Evalutaion, Student Evaluation Of Teachers--United States

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...application for promotion and tenure. Consequently, he or she...for the remainder of their tenure as chairperson, regardless...period, it is crucial that your teacher ratings and other documentation...level of making you a poor teacher may be excused because the...
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Publishing for Tenure and Beyond

Book by Franklin H. Silverman; Praeger, 1999

Subjects:

Academic Writing--United States, Authorship, College Teachers--Tenure--United States, Scholarly Publishing--United States

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...WHY VIEWING PUBLISHING FOR TENURE AS A GAME IS HELPFUL It only...told when they are hired that tenure decisions are based on their...opportunity to be considered for tenure. They apply for tenure in...faculty almost exclusively as teachers and do not require PFT. However...as more of them adopt the teacher-scholar model.
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Academic Advancement in Composition Studies: Scholarship, Publication, Promotion, Tenure

Book by Richard C. Gebhardt, Barbara Genelle Smith Gebhardt; Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1997

Subjects:

College Teachers--Tenure, English Language--Rhetoric--Study And Teaching--Authorship, English Language--Rhetoric--Study And Teaching--Research, English Language--Rhetoric--Study And Teaching--United States--Vocational Guidance, English Teachers--Employment--United States, Report Writing--Study And Teaching--United States--Vocational Guidance

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...position, as well as for tenure and promotion to higher...presents a problem for some teachers who had been hired without...are not eligible for tenure. 1 As some universities...and be an excellent teacher." Today, this is...the department, this teacher can do a lot to build...ESL and basic-skills teachers to pursue classroom...

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Journal Articles on: teacher tenure

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Teacher Tenure: Illinois School Board Presidents' Perspectives and Suggestions for Improvement

Journal article by Thomas A. Kersten; Planning and Changing, Vol. 37, 2006

Subjects:

Academic achievement, Education reform, Labor unions, School boards, Students, Teacher evaluations, Tenure

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...public school teachers, it did lay...for future teacher tenure laws. (Huvaere...performing teachers. (Huvaere...the Illinois teacher tenure law has undergone...agreed that teacher tenure protects good teachers from arbitrary...
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Teacher Tenure Is Not the Real Problem

Journal article by Perry A. Zirkel; Phi Delta Kappan, Vol. 91, 2010

Subjects:

Crist, Charlie--Education policy, Florida--Education policy, Teacher tenure--Laws, regulations and rules, Teachers--Laws, regulations and rules, Teachers--Tenure, U.S. state governors--Education policy

Collections: Education, Entire Library

Teacher Tenure Is Not the Real Problem...tenure for newly hired teachers and substituted, in...difficult to fire a bad teacher, it doesnt have to do with tenure or the law, but with...administrators when evaluating teachers. For example, two of my colleagues studied teacher ratings in Pennsylvania...
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Cumulative Evidence of the Relationship between Work Tenure and Generalized Locus of Control among Teachers

Journal article by Cyril J. Sadowski; Education, Vol. 114, 1993

Subjects:

Career development--Research, Teachers--Tenure

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...relationship between work tenure and generalized locus of control among teachers. by Cyril J. Sadowski...relationship between tenure and locus of control among teachers. Consistent with the...by elementary school teachers. Dissertation Abstracts...Herr, A. (1977). Teacher expectations and locus...
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Beliefs about Post-Tenure Review; the Influence of Autonomy, Collegiality, Career Stage, and Institutional Context

Journal article by Kerry Ann O'Meara; Journal of Higher Education, Vol. 75, 2004

Subjects:

College faculty--Evaluation, College teachers--Evaluation, Teacher evaluation--Public opinion, Teacher tenure--Evaluation, Teachers, Rating of--Public opinion, Teachers--Evaluation, Teachers--Tenure

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...American College Teacher, 1998; Blackburn...beliefs about post-tenure review Research shows...through that post-tenure review process...terrific classroom teacher. He doesnt want...2000) Post-tenure faculty development...American College Teacher. (1998). National...
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When Post-Tenure Review Policy and Practice Diverge: Making the Case for Congruence

Journal article by Melinda Wood, Chrstine Des Jarlais; Journal of Higher Education, Vol. 77, 2006

Subjects:

College faculty--Analysis, College teachers--Analysis, Teacher tenure--Analysis, Teachers--Analysis, Teachers--Tenure

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...of the trail? Post-tenure review in the Oregon...24). New York: Teachers College Press, Teachers College, Columbia University...July 21). Beyond tenure. The Chronicle of Higher...program reviews. Radical Teacher, 48, 11-12. Reed...97). New York: Teachers College Press, Teachers...

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Magazine Articles on: teacher tenure

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A Modest Proposal for Teacher Tenure Reform

Magazine article by Richard Greenwald; In These Times, Vol. 34, September 2010

Subjects:

Education reform, Employment, Fiscal years, School systems, Tenure

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...Modest Proposal for Teacher Tenure Reform by Richard Greenwald TEACHERS TODAY FEEL EVER MORE...deeper appreciation of teacher professionalization. Teachers should prepare written...should be part of the tenure process, and it should...tenure to ensure that no teacher becomes complacent...
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Overselling the Myth of the Bad Teacher and Tenure

Magazine article by Harold Kwalwasser; School Administrator, Vol. 68, January 2011

Subjects:

School districts, Teachers

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...districts most in need of better teachers have had a hard time filling...wants to be forced to keep bad teachers. (When I was general counsel...constantly irritating.) Tenure makes a mockery of what should...But the myth of the "bad teacher" is simply too simple a fairy...reform. Even if 10 percent of teachers are fired, that still leaves...
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Don't Pit Tenure against Contingent Faculty Rights

Magazine article by Steve Street; Academe, Vol. 94, May/Jun 2008

Subjects:

Academic freedom, Boards of trustees, College students, Colleges & universities, Councils, Higher education, State government, Teachers, Tenure

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...money secured for more tenure-track lines - to adapt...Association of University Teachers has done with its proposal for part-time tenure, or as the University...continuing to support tenure for part-time faculty...American Federation of Teachers calls for legislative...
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Uncovering 'the Hidden Costs of Tenure'

Magazine article by Scott Reeder; The Quill, Vol. 94, September 2006

Subjects:

Investigations, Journalism, Public records, Teachers, Tenure

Collections: Entire Library

...Uncovering the Hidden Costs of Tenure by Scott Reeder Chicago reporter...difficult it is to fire Illinois teachers. Its a refrain that could...investigation, one Illinois teacher union leader asserted that under-performing teachers are routinely fired even if...seriously amiss in Illinois teacher accountability system. The...
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I Turned Down Tenure; Why Other Professors Should, Too

Magazine article by David Helfand; Washington Monthly, Vol. 18, June 1986

Subjects:

American Association of University Professors--Standards, College teachers--Tenure, Columbia University--Faculty, Teachers, Rating of--Standards

Collections: Entire Library

...house radicals. Tenure is in the process...directed merely at the teachers political views...three--all good teachers--had left, one...Because of this tenure-caused rigidity...confidence in the teachers abilities before...lengthened pre-tenure probation to 11...

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Newspaper Articles on: teacher tenure

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Colorado Toughens Teacher Tenure Rules

Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), June 13, 2010

Subjects:

News agencies--Laws, regulations and rules, Political parties--Laws, regulations and rules, Political parties--United States, Teachers--Laws, regulations and rules, The Associated Press--Laws, regulations and rules

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Colorado Toughens Teacher Tenure Rules. Byline...the rules for how teachers earn and keep the...tried to modify tenure, Colorados law...National Council on Teacher Quality, which...changing the way teachers are recruited and...by moving to tie teacher evaluations to...specifically changed its tenure laws as Colorado...partially grading teachers on student test...
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Rhee Seeking to Revamp Rules on Teacher Tenure in District

Newspaper article; The Washington Times (Washington, DC), May 24, 2010

Subjects:

Federal aid to education, Government aid to education, Teachers

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...to Revamp Rules on Teacher Tenure in District. Byline...method to lay off teachers. Her hands, like...to do the same on teachers. Supporters of school...unfit and ineffective teachers. Arizona abolished its teacher-seniority rules...
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U.S. Chamber Pushes GOP-Backed Reforms for Nation's Schools; Parental Choice, Ending Teacher Tenure

Newspaper article; The Washington Times (Washington, DC), May 5, 2011

Subjects:

Chambers of commerce--Political aspects, Donohue, Thomas J.--Political activity, Parenting--Political aspects, Teachers--Political aspects, U.S. Chamber of Commerce--Political aspects

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Parental Choice, Ending Teacher Tenure. Byline: Ben Wolfgang...chamber wants to overhaul the teacher tenure system and tie instructors...access to the most effective teachers, reads a portion of the chambers...makes major changes to how teachers and school administrators...
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Challenging Tenure in D.C. Rhee Tackles the Holy Grail of Teachers' Contracts

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, November 5, 2008

Subjects:

Teachers

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Challenging Tenure in D.C. Rhee Tackles the Holy Grail of Teachers Contracts. Byline...the Holy Grail of the teacher-union contract...fees to fire a tenured teacher. The result is that...attempted to fire a tenured teacher in the 18 years preceding...fires about two tenured teachers per year. Does anyone...But no one defends tenure as a way of protecting...
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District 211 Candidates Talk Tenure for Teachers

Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), March 27, 2011

Subjects:

School districts, Teachers

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...reminded the audience tenure laws are set by the...Illinois School Code, teachers are eligible for tenure after teaching four...Under the districts teacher evaluation policy...rise with each year a teacher is employed, said Gerber...estate professional. "Teachers have to earn the opportunity...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: teacher tenure

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Tenure , in Education

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

TENURE , in education in education...diligence and efforts of some teachers, that it sometimes provides...positions for incompetent teachers, and that it tends to...opportunities for younger teachers. A tenured teacher may be dismissed for adequate...
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Academic Freedom

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...includes the property right of tenure of office (see tenure , in education). Essential...primarily theological, and any teacher or scholar who extended inquiry...Joughin, Academic Freedom and Tenure: A Handbook of the AAUP (rev...
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Da Ponte, Lorenzo

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...ta, 1749 1838, Italian librettist and teacher, b. Ceneda as Emmanuele Conegliano...a post he held until 1790. During his tenure Da Ponte wrote the librettos for numerous...life in New York City as a celebrated teacher of Italian. A pioneer in the dissemination...
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Clemenceau, Georges

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...States, where he spent several years as a journalist and a teacher. Returning to France in 1869, he was mayor of Montmartre...became minister of the interior and then premier. During his tenure the first crisis over Morocco was settled and the alliance...
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Williams, Rowan Douglas

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...D.Phil., 1975). Ordained a priest in 1978, he was a teacher, dean, and chaplain at Cambridge (1977 86) and a professor...and opposed Western (especially American) militarism. His tenure as Anglican primate has been marked by worsening relations...

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