Approximately 400 temporary teachers, which in many cases can not boast of a brilliant qualification will be sent to schools across the city, according to a new controversial plan of the Department of education.
This step would radically reduce the system of supply teachers, as the reserve pool of 800 teachers without permanent positions is costly to the city authorities.
Press Secretary of the Department of education said Monday that about 300-400 teachers will work in schools where after October 15 will still be jobs.
Some school Directors who are used to pick up the missing footage from the open market, dissatisfied with this plan. They want to make their own staffing decisions in their schools.
Critics have for many years argued against the system of supply teachers, claiming that to sack bad teachers is hard enough and that many in the program continue to receive their salaries without working, at the same time, as it should be.
«Students deserve teachers who are selected from a pool of qualified candidates, not those who are forced to work in the schools,» says Jenny Sedlis, Executive Director of the advocacy group StudentsFirstNY.
But the Department of education say that the teachers, who are in the program, will possess all the necessary knowledge and skills to complete the work. Instead of short-term jobs, they will get the opportunity to show themselves, and the schools will be able to determine whether substitute teachers as permanent teachers. If the substitute teacher will work effectively, in a year he will be able to obtain a permanent position.
However, critics also say the new plan could turn into a problem rather than a boon, because teachers who were not good enough to find a good job yourself, go to schools to teach children what they don’t know themselves. And suffer from this will first and foremost students.
