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    This is due to the Tenure System that keeps teachers from being fired when they teach at a school for a certain amount of time. Therefore, should the tenure system in public schools be eliminated? Some argue that tenure protects teachers from unfair dismissal; for instance, when teaching unpopular ideas. Also, it would be unfair to fire teachers in order to save expense, due to the fact that older teachers get paid more because of their experience. Other people agree that the tenure system in public

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    Tenure and Termination Tenure is a position aspired to by all beginning teachers. Tenure is a form of job security that teachers can earn after they reach a certain level of professionalism (Scott, 1986). Once a teacher has earned tenure they are able to maintain an on-going employment contract within an educational system, as long as they abide by the rules and regulations outlined in their contract. Many states have created tenure policies to protect competent teachers from malicious accusations

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    in higher education tenure would be the brass ring; a fitting end to a career of service, education, and research. But what is tenure? Defined in the 1940 Statement of Academic Freedom and Tenure, tenure is first the freedom of teaching, research, and extramural activities, secondly, it is a sufficient degree of economic security to make the profession attractive to men and women of ability (American Association of University Professors, 1970). The process of defining tenure was a collaborative

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    On September 21, 2015 the Budget and Personnel Committee for the Department of English met to review Assistant Professor Kathleen Lamp’s case for promotion to Associate Professor with tenure. The Committee voted 6 to 0 in favor of recommending Professor Lamp for tenure and promotion. Dr. Lamp is a scholar of rhetorical theory, practice, and education and joined the English department in fall semester 2010. Her published scholarship since arriving at ASU includes one book, The Rhetoric of Augustan

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    We Must Reform Teacher Tenure Essay

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    Teacher tenure is life-long job protection for teachers who have been employed as a teacher for one or more years depending on the state. The purpose of teacher tenure is to protect teachers from being fired for political or personal reasons. It also prevents school districts from eliminating experienced teachers in favor of less expensive teachers. The fundamental problem with teacher tenure is that it is given to a teacher after only one year on the job and requires little to no additional effort

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    there are two types of faculty, tenure track faculty and non-tenure track faculty. A tenure track is a position permitted after a probationary period to an employee. The probationary period typically lasts five to six years and in the duration of that time they are being evaluated by other tenure faculty, having inside and outside arbiters review their scholarship and also having their overall enactment being observed by deans, chairmen, and an oversight committees. Tenure track faculty includes those

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    exactly is teacher tenure?". Well, in short teacher tenure is a permanent job contract for school teachers. Teachers can earn tenure by proving their teaching skills over a specific number of years while working at the same school. In most cases the number of years a teacher must work at the same school is anywhere from two to seven years. After receiving tenure a teacher cannot lose his or her job without just cause, for example obvious incompetence or severe misconduct. Tenure offers job security

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    Abstract This paper will effectively detail the issues surrounding policy as it pertains to teacher reform for New Jersey Tenure Laws. I will discuss why this new reform has made it impossible to terminate non-effective teachers because of the protection that TEACHNJ provides. I will also discuss inaccuracies as it pertains to accountability and transparency under the new tenure laws. Lastly, I will discuss the teacher rating system and evaluation system that rates teachers in four categories, from

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    While there are several reasons educators say they need tenure, the most common one is job protection. This could possibly stem from the time before tenure when educators were fired for any reason. Many like to point out that the time before was possibly one of the worst times to be a teacher because of all the petty reasons one could have been fired. For example, if one was from a different political party than the principal then said educator could be fired. Many female educators like to point

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    political fight, that of educational reform. When considering educational reform, teacher tenure reform becomes the hot topic under scrutiny. According to Greenwald (2010), “…teacher tenure represents all that is wrong with the system – protecting ineffective and unprofessional teachers” (p.20). However, statements like this take a one size fits all approach, which is generally a path of ignorance. Teacher tenure was created from a fight for First Amendment protections and freed teachers from harsh

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