Reply #8: They get to audition for their jobs--the Union and the teachers caved. So the firings worked.....

[msanthrope]

Look at everything the union gave into----and they still have to apply for their jobs--



Plan to rehire Central Falls teachers is put in place

01:00 AM EDT on Wednesday, May 26, 2010

By Jennifer D. Jordan

Journal Staff Writer

CENTRAL FALLS — Eighty-seven teachers at Central Falls High School who were to be fired this summer will keep their jobs once they write an essay, conduct a five-minute lesson and interview with the school leadership team.

The May 15 agreement outlines 17 points, including the six conditions Gallo wanted teachers to agree to in February to transform the struggling school. They include lengthening the school day, eating lunch with students, submitting to more rigorous evaluations, providing extra tutoring to students and agreeing to 90 minutes of weekly professional development after-school and some summer training.

School leaders and teachers have also agreed to collaborate on professional development and on creating a new school schedule. The union agreed to give up the annual “job fair” and instead permit administrators to hire and staff classes based on the quality and experience of the candidates.

Also, the union caved on their lawsuit....

As part of the pact, the union said it would withdraw unfair labor practices complaints it had filed against the school district.

http://peoplesworld.org/r-i-calls-truce-in-war-on-teachers/