The Importance Of Tenure In California Schools

I Have Tenure and There’s Nothing You Can Do About It Did you know the rainforests in South America are in trouble? Yeah my Spanish two teacher made us do a project on it! Yup, tenure… Throughout my ten years of attending public California schools I have heard many stories of horrible teachers that have been in the school for a long time. One of my personal stories is of my Spanish two teacher; She was more concerned with the planet and convincing us to get solar panels, that she did not care about our education and success, unless it involved saving the earth. After her class, I was very turned off to learning more Spanish and other languages. That is why I am here today to explain one of the major problems in schools. Tenure in California educational system negatively affects the quality of education by …show more content…
1By having tenure, tenure itself becomes the goal for teachers instead of education, which negatively affects the quality of their teaching. In California, for example, teacher tenure decisions are made after only eighteen months on the job, compared to three years in New York and 31 other states.(5) In having the probationary period for teachers trying to obtain tenure so short, they only have to truly teacher for a couple years before receiving tenure. Once the teacher receives tenure, they can sit back and do as little or as much work as they want. California teachers are granted tenure after just two years, which is more quickly than in all but four states, while lawmakers across the country have been moving to make teacher performance the defining feature of layoff