Teachers And Friends: Check-out This Online Petition To End The Blacklisting Of NYC Educators

[Smarmie Doofus]

I'll simplify: during the Bloomberg era, the city established this barbaric policy of red-flagging probationary teachers who had been "discontinued" ( fired) before their probationary period was up. Although the stated rationale for the firing is always pedagogical, much more often it is actually political and/or personal and simply dressed up in ed-speak. One teacher I know, primary provider for two minor children, was "discontinued" to make room on payroll for someone's relative.

So... you ask... why not just go apply at another school? You *can't*. You can apply.... but the principal can't hire you. You are blacklisted at all 1,700 NYC schools.

There is only one school system in NYC. The aforementioned teacher has since left the profession they trained for ( two master's degrees; dozens of licensing hoops to jump thru, etc.).
This... or something similar.... has happened to 450 teachers in just the last two years here.

Here's the petition. It takes about one minute to read and 15 seconds to sign.


https://www.change.org/petitions/new-york-city-department-of-education-save-the-careers-of-discontinued-teachers

The time is ripe for this kind of redress of grievance here. We have a less-hostile mayor and a chancellor who actually knows what she's doing.

And who knows; if successful, there could be policy implications for other districts around the country with contemptible personnel policies toward educators.

Thanks.

[Adam051188]

1. great move.

A teacher's job used to be something like instilling a desire for knowledge, understanding, and awareness of the world around you. That job description landed them the position of enemy #1 of right wing politics in america.

now the job revolves around standardized testing. every one and then one or two teachers forgets that change. gotta remind them and set an example. what a brilliant idea to stop the bleeding while someone who at least appears on the surface to be not completely beholden to our owners is in charge.