tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2107771807786048171.post8058229095596443765..comments2023-09-16T05:28:56.592-07:00Comments on EXCESS'D - A Teacher Without a Room: A Year of Living Aimlessly?Zenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03414245041507489230noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2107771807786048171.post-1619774737754993362013-09-01T11:41:06.156-07:002013-09-01T11:41:06.156-07:00I don't think as an ATR you can be "force...I don't think as an ATR you can be "forced" to take any position permanently that you don't want. This "forced" placement practice ended some time ago. But you may be "forced" to take a long term coverage assignment at a school you don't want. I read that somewhere and it would be wise for you to check with the UFT. In the future what will happen to ATRs is unknown right now. We live with caution.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2107771807786048171.post-34695088212170154272013-08-27T07:21:36.443-07:002013-08-27T07:21:36.443-07:00Like yourself I became an atr this past june throu...Like yourself I became an atr this past june through no fault of my own. My question is can an atr be forced into a position at a school that they do not want to work at(documented bully principal) if they have a vacancy? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2107771807786048171.post-59859375010839169042013-08-25T15:25:19.437-07:002013-08-25T15:25:19.437-07:00I am entering the ATR pool this September 2013 aft...I am entering the ATR pool this September 2013 after being excessed from my high school which was slated to close, received a reprieve with the caveat that the 3500 student school downsize to 1000 students as per the gracious Walcott. So this June, the massive first round of excessing began and I was part of the first cut. I have 7 years teaching and have never been an ATR. I feel that being an ATR after 7 years is not my fault. I do not think of this development as my fault or due to some incompetency on my part. I am a victim of the system. <br /><br />I went on some interviews, all at terrible schools, where I see my future job threatened in two years because of this biased "get rid of senior teachers" evaluation system, so I refused to take a position. I feel I will have better luck keeping my job by being an ATR for the time being. I figure it will take a while for the slaughter of teachers to subside (i.e. all the "ineffectives" given out in the next two years and resultant firing) before protests can take effect. In other words I feel I am buying time (a little) from being among the first ones to be fired. I need my job. This is survival, and if anyone wants to think less of me because I am an ATR let them. They will probably be on the unemployment line before me. <br /><br />At my old school there will be a double whammy. In June 2014 the next round of excessing will occur along with the giving out of ineffectives. I especially feel for the math teachers who are now all over ten years of teaching and have the majority of students who cannot pass algebra, geometry or trig even on class tests much less some state test that will comprise 20/20 of the teacher's evaluation which will result in them being mandatorily rated "ineffective." I also feel for the science teachers who teach Living Environment as students have been failing that regents regularly since I started teaching 7 years ago. My Special Ed teacher friends who still have positions feel like they are all hopeless because no provisions have been made for disabled students who can't pass the regents, any regents. So anyone who wants to look down on me for being an ATR can envy me when in two years I may still have a job while they don't. Let's just be real and not delusional about our present future as teachers...the slaughter is about to begin and no appointed teacher is safe unless you have students who are all levels 3 and 4, and that might not save you as students are notorious for not taking assessment tests seriously (i.e. acuity and pre-SAT). Why would they take student "growth" tests seriously, especially when they find out teachers will lose their jobs if they the students don't do well. So laugh at me for being an ATR if you want. I'll be watching the slaughter to see how it goes for you. For those of you who can see the writing on the wall, let's all pray. ATR safety will probably be temporary but hopefully the new mayoral candidate will eventually change this corrupt, insidious DOE systemic attack on all of us teachers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com