Last year there were 455 probationary teachers, three years or less. This year about 300 probationary teachers. Because of the lay offs and realignments, the percentage of teachers on probationary status in special Ed should have dropped from about 1/3 to almost none. There are currently around 1,000 regular, full-time classroom teachers on the payroll through program 200, doing regular, full time classroom instruction in grades K-12.
David's list appears to consist entirely of elementary and K-8 schools. It doesn't give you an idea which schools have the least experienced teachers because it makes 4 years the cut off. Without the realignment last year there probably wouldn't be any teachers in the elementary grades employed by the district for less than 5 years due to the impact of several consecutive years of enrollment declines at the elementary level, and class size increases within the past few years. In the spring of 2004 there were only about 50 probationary teachers in elementary grades (though program 200), and about 100 tenured teachers in their 4th and 5th year of employment. -Doug Mann, King Field candidate for 8th ward city council http://educationright.com/blog REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[email protected] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
