Competition For Central Falls High Jobs

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More than 700 applicants for teaching positions

CENTRAL FALLS, R.I. (AP) - Nearly all the teachers and other staff members who lost their jobs in the mass firing at Central
Falls High School have reapplied.

But they are facing intense competition. Superintendent Frances Gallo tells The Providence Journal that more than 700 people have applied to work at the school, and she
expects that number to grow.

Gallo said 87 teachers, guidance counselors, librarians and other staff have applied to keep their positions. One teacher decided to retire.

http://www.wpri.com/dpp/news/local_news/central-falls-competition-for-teaching-jobs

[FBaggins]

1. In other CF news...

...ABC's "Extreme Makeover" contacted the district last week about applying for a total renovation of the school.

[mzteris]

2. with their payrates, who wouldn't? n/t

[FBaggins]

6. Their pay rate was a function of extraordinarily high service times.

There's nothing special about the school that says that new teachers would inherit a pay rate or that guarantees that the median pay won't change.

[mzteris]

7. even without the "years of service" multiplier-

I seem to remember they paid pretty well. That was some months ago,though, so I could be mistaken. I thought it was a "contract" with union so wouldn't the new teachers still be covered? (Again, working from memory here.)

[FBaggins]

9. They aren't.

They're paid "pretty well" compared to the almost-poverty-level of the local community, but not of the surrounding areas (where most the teachers very likely live)

I thought it was a "contract" with union so wouldn't the new teachers still be covered?

The new teachers would be paid based on their own years of experience/education/etc. Yes, it's the same scale, but the reason that the reported median was seemingly high was because the majority of the teachers were at the TOP of that scale.

There's little reason to assume that the replacement teachers would be there (especially if P2B's suspicion panned out and they were TFA teachers)... but if they WERE that experienced, then they're likely transfering from very comparable pay rates (taking cost-of-living in to account).

[proud2BlibKansan]

10. I feel reasonably certain average pay will go down.

Central Falls is the only high school in its district. So there Is no school in that district for teachers to transfer FROM and still be employees of that district - and take no cut in pay. So the vast majority of teacher applicants are going to be from other districts or brand new teachers. This group will all be new employees in the Central Falls district. So they will be making LESS than this year's staff on average.

I don't see how this mass firing can NOT be a money saving move for this district. Of course if they have high legal bills from a court challenge that could cut into their profit. :)

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11. Almost certainly.

I don't know whether you're certain that the local contract favors experience only if it is within the district (there's a range of possibilities from what I've seen), but a high percentage of CF teachers had VERY long tenures. Any mix (even a reasonable one) from this large a pool of applicants is likely to result in a lower average even if their contract doesn't distinguish between experience in/out of the district.

I don't see how this mass firing can NOT be a money saving move for this district.

If that was their priority, wouldn't they have started with that option?

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3. Only a moron, a scab actually, would apply there

But the attitude of the privatizers is that there are so many teachers out of work, they can treat their current employees like shit. And these cheapo bimbos will also be treated like dirt if these firings are allowed to stand.

[mzteris]

5. why do you call teachers "cheap bimbos"?

:shrug:

[proud2BlibKansan]

4. How many are Teach for America?

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8. No word at this point

Or even if most of them are certified to teach.

[mzteris]

13. found this though:

30 Teach for America graduates to get R.I. jobs
01:00 AM EST on Saturday, January 16, 2010
By Linda Borg
Journal Staff Writer

PROVIDENCE — A nationally recognized alternative teaching program called Teach for America is coming to Rhode Island this fall, installing 30 recent college graduates in Providence schools, a charter school in Cumberland and one or more other urban school districts.

In Rhode Island, 20 of the Teach for America recruits are coming to Providence this fall, where they will be hired to fill openings in math and the sciences. A smaller number of teachers will be hired by Democracy Prep, a regional charter school in Cumberland that opened last fall.

. . . Once hired by the district, Teach for America members become members of the local teachers union.

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12. this part should make some happy

(well, as happy as they can ever be...)

"the principal and three assistant principals cannot return to the high school"

Oh- and the three who've already been "hired back" :

"The Board of Trustees Tuesday night reappointed the three teacher-leaders who head the high school’s learning academies and who will work closely with the new principal and his two assistants: Jane A. Bernardino, Deanna Camputaro and Joshua Laplante."


I can't find an online copy of the agreement anymore. All my links are now 404 and can't find new ones.. Anyone?