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New Teacher Project: late hiring, placement process and evaluations hinder SFUSD retention
Summary
A New Teacher Project presentation to the board found late hiring and non-mutual placements cost the district candidates and reduce principal and teacher satisfaction; it reported 38% of tenured and 48% of probationary teachers plan to leave within five years and recommended earlier contracts, mutual-consent placements and evaluation reform.
The New Teacher Project presented findings to the Board of Education on Feb. 3 identifying staffing, hiring and evaluation practices that limit San Francisco Unified School District's ability to recruit and retain teachers. Tim Daly and Andrew Garland summarized four main findings: late hiring causes loss of candidates to other districts; many placements are not made by mutual consent and produce poor matches; the…
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