Education Reform in the Twenty-First Century by Erinn Brooks

Author:Erinn Brooks
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9783030611958
Publisher: Springer International Publishing

5.2.3 Turnover Track

Finally, the “turnover track” includes teachers and TAs who resign or are terminated. Membership in this group is apparent prior to an actual turnover event for a few reasons. First, administrators communicate staff members’ potential in formal ways. As a result, staff are keenly aware of one another’s reputations and, by extension, their placement on particular tracks. Second, some staff who find themselves on the turnover track begin to talk candidly about their reputations and intentions. Their comments call attention to the disparate treatment that staff members receive as they come to occupy divergent tracks. For example, recall Ms. Holmgren, who became an Eclipse teacher following four years of experience at another charter network. Early on during my fieldwork, I asked Holmgren how long she had been working at Eclipse. She responded, “This is my first year—and it will also be my last.” To my surprise, she continued,It was bad from the very first day because the students were out of control. I remember looking at [another new teacher] at the end of the first day, and we were both like, “What the fuck?” We have all these stupid meetings about data, but the students don’t care, and most of the parents don’t care either…. I’ve never been at a school where the administration is so hands-off. [Two students] came 40 minutes late to my first period today, and [VP] Adams said they were skipping and I should write them detentions. Write the detentions yourself if you caught them! He just doesn’t want to be the bad guy.

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