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If you want to change your school tenure culture you must commit to the needed changes, then hold them in place for approximately five years until the institutional memory of the old culture is lost.

The tenure culture service has proven to be successful and valuable.  It has been used successfully in several New York State school districts. (Contact us for references).  We have delivered the in-district Tenure Culture Service in the following format, adjusted to district needs and interest.  School districts move into and through this service one step at a time - completing one step before deciding to go to the next step.

PRIOR TO YEAR ONE
1.  Meeting with district administrators to review the service.

YEAR ONE
2.  Providing the "Tenure: Developing a Culture of Quality and Accountability" workshop (5 hours) to all administrators - during the summer or over two days early in the school year.
3.  Providing the "Effective Evaluation of the Problem Teacher" workshop (5 hours) to all administrators - during the summer or over two days early in the school year.
4.  Meeting with the Board of Education (optional).

YEAR TWO
Summer or early fall
5.  Reviewing two or three evaluations written by each/every administrator (pre meeting), then meeting with all administrators in small groups (5-6 administrators, strategically grouped) to review strengths and weakness in evaluation writing style and content.
Winter or early spring
6. Meeting with all administrators in small groups (5-6 administrators, strategically selected) to discuss problems and issues in  evaluation  writing style and content.
7.  Consulting with individual administrators making tenure decisions regarding problem teachers.

YEAR THREE
Summer or early fall
8.  Repeat # 5.
Starting in early fall
9.  Work with one or two administrators,  as a training model for all administrators., to help them "case manage" (PIP, key decisions, content and timing of evaluations) a problem teacher.

LATER YEARS
Additional meetings, training, and discussions as needed.

NOTE 1: If two or three district want to work together we are able to coordinate this service through a local BOCES.

NOTE 2: Additional management services available via a fee-for-services agreement.

NOTE 3: This a management service not a legal service. The service providers will not perform or accept engagement as attorneys or legal representatives.

James M. Merrins, Ed.D., Executive Program Administrator  >>>> CONTACT ME

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