 MC Teacher Hiring Practices |
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 Jun 13 2008, 09:00 AM
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Newbie  Group: Members Posts: 2 Joined: 13-June 08 Member No.: 796  |
The Michigan City Schools administrative guidelines state that the principal and staff will interview and make a recommendation to the superintendent who has approval authority and then sends it to the school board for final approval. However, this process is only being carried out for the majority of schools.
There is at least one school where the superintendent stated that he is not taking recommendations. I know of two teachers who were offered positions by the principal, then the offer was withdrawn because the superintendent said that no recommendations were being taken from that one school. Does anybody have any other information on this? The legality of the these inconsistent hiring practices? |
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Jun 13 2008, 10:06 AM
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 Spends WAY too much time at CBTL Group: Admin Posts: 16,425 Joined: 8-December 06 From: Michigan City, IN Member No.: 2 |
There is a rumor out there that one school is totally frozen from hiring, but I don't know if it is true or not, nor any details about it.
BTW, welcome to the site!  |
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Jun 13 2008, 10:36 AM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 2 Joined: 13-June 08 Member No.: 796 |
I'm not sure if it's the same school or not, but it sure sounds like it. Any thoughts on why the freeze? I do know that the union has strong representation at the school in question and we all know about the issues between the union and administration.
Thanks for the welcome, I've been lurking for a while and finally felt compelled to post. |
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Jun 13 2008, 10:59 AM
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Spends WAY too much time at CBTL Group: Admin Posts: 16,425 Joined: 8-December 06 From: Michigan City, IN Member No.: 2 |
Like I said, it was a rumor I had heard, and I am not quite sure that I could make sense out of why something like that would be necessary, or done.
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Jun 13 2008, 04:38 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 195 Joined: 30-May 08 Member No.: 793 |
Some info that I can share is that this "particular school" interviewed 17 prospective teachers and finally decided for the 5 openings that they had. After contacting 4/5 and welcoming them on board, the principal was instructed by downtown administration to call and tell them the positions were no longer available. Many many hours were spent after school and into the evening conducting these interviews. The teachers doing the interviewing believed that they had the ability to make decisions on the hiring of these teachers. Needless to say, they were devastated by the phone call.
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Jun 17 2008, 11:45 AM
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 Spends WAY too much time at CBTL Group: Members Posts: 3,237 Joined: 8-December 06 From: MC Member No.: 3 |
Insider info! Welcome to the Board, Michele!
 The difference between genius and stupidity is that there are limits to genius. Albert Einstein
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