Thank you Tawnell for posting this valuable data. This priceless video record of an often tense meeting has much of value that is on it. Commissioner Marcus Ranger begins a wonderful set of statements at 1:09:50 on the tape linked above. I strongly recommend it be listened to carefully. Many other Commission members were in agreement. In response to attempts to have the Commission break up into committees to listed to testimony he relates experience observing committees in DISD History. It helps explain what happened later in the meeting with the walkout by one committee member who was placed as the chair of what would have been, in my strong opinion, the most powerful committee.
Fortunately I was at this meeting. For anyone concerned about Dallas ISD it was the best entertainment possible to watch so many people passionately concerned about the need for progress in DISD discussing the potential for such plans to be made. The agreement is growing that the needed changes can be made without a misnamed "home rule" charter district taking control of Dallas ISD away from the people.
Dallas must pay attention to what is happening in DISD! "Home rule" is a dangerous distraction!
As of 8-18-14 there were 10,758 teachers on the DISD payroll. 23 have data missing in the open records request spreadsheet I received last week. That leaves 10,735 with time with DISD given. (Note: this is not time as a teacher. DISD would not release that data claiming it was not in digital form: "The breakdown requested is not information that is maintained electronically by the District.") 1,938 of those had 0 years experience being new hires this year. 1,538 were new hires last year and now have one year teaching in DISD. That means that a total of 3,476 teachers, or 32.3%, have one year or less teaching within DISD!
Commissioner Marcus Ranger begins a wonderful set of statements at 1:09:50 on the tape linked from the article linked above. I strongly recommend it be listened to carefully. Many other Commission members were in agreement. In response to attempts to have the Commission break up into committees to listed to testimony he relates experience observing committees in DISD History. It helps explain what happened later in the meeting with the walkout by one committee member who was placed as the chair of what would have been, in my strong opinion, the most powerful committee.
Fortunately I was at this meeting. For anyone concerned about Dallas ISD it was the best entertainment possible to watch so many people passionately concerned about the need for progress in DISD discussing the potential for such plans to be made. The agreement is growing that the needed changes can be made without a misnamed "home rule" charter district taking control of Dallas ISD away from the people.
Dallas must pay attention to what is happening in DISD! "Home rule" is a dangerous distraction!
As of 8-18-14 there were 10,758 teachers on the DISD payroll. 23 have data missing in the open records request spreadsheet I received last week. That leaves 10,735 with time with DISD given. (Note: this is not time as a teacher. DISD would not release that data claiming it was not in digital form: "The breakdown requested is not information that is maintained electronically by the District.") 1,938 of those had 0 years experience being new hires this year. 1,538 were new hires last year and now have one year teaching in DISD. That means that a total of 3,476 teachers, or 32.3%, have one year or less teaching within DISD!
Thank you Tawnell for posting this valuable data. This priceless video record of an often tense meeting has much of value that is on it. Commissioner Marcus Ranger begins a wonderful set of statements at 1:09:50 on the tape linked above. I strongly recommend it be listened to carefully. Many other Commission members were in agreement. In response to attempts to have the Commission break up into committees to listed to testimony he relates experience observing committees in DISD History. It helps explain what happened later in the meeting with the walkout by one committee member who was placed as the chair of what would have been, in my strong opinion, the most powerful committee.
Fortunately I was at this meeting. For anyone concerned about Dallas ISD it was the best entertainment possible to watch so many people passionately concerned about the need for progress in DISD discussing the potential for such plans to be made. The agreement is growing that the needed changes can be made without a misnamed "home rule" charter district taking control of Dallas ISD away from the people.
Dallas must pay attention to what is happening in DISD! "Home rule" is a dangerous distraction!
As of 8-18-14 there were 10,758 teachers on the DISD payroll. 23 have data missing in the open records request spreadsheet I received last week. That leaves 10,735 with time with DISD given. (Note: this is not time as a teacher. DISD would not release that data claiming it was not in digital form: "The breakdown requested is not information that is maintained electronically by the District.") 1,938 of those had 0 years experience being new hires this year. 1,538 were new hires last year and now have one year teaching in DISD. That means that a total of 3,476 teachers, or 32.3%, have one year or less teaching within DISD!
Does anyone know any school district where almost 1/3 of their teachers have one year or less experience in the district? Why are teachers leaving DISD in such great numbers? See more DISD teacher turnover data in section 6 at www.dallasisd.us
Tawnell reported in the Morning News on the Monday 9-22-14 meeting with a link to the video of the meeting and some very valuable data. This is a priceless video record
of an often tense meeting. Fortunately I was at this meeting. For anyone concerned about Dallas ISD it was the best entertainment possible to watch so many people passionately concerned about the need for progress in DISD discussing the potential for such plans to be made. The agreement is growing that the needed changes can be made without a misnamed "home rule" charter district taking control of Dallas ISD away from the people.
Dallas must pay attention to what is happening in DISD! "Home rule" is a dangerous distraction!
As of 8-18-14 there were 10,758 teachers on the DISD payroll. 23 have data missing in the open records request spreadsheet I received last week. That leaves 10,735 with time with DISD given. (Note: this is not time as a teacher. DISD would not release that data claiming it was not in digital form: "The breakdown requested is not information that is maintained electronically by the District.") 1,938 of those had 0 years experience being new hires this year. 1,538 were new hires last year and now have one year teaching in DISD. That means that a total of 3,476 teachers, or 32.3%, have one year or less teaching within DISD!
Does anyone know any school district where almost 1/3 of their teachers have one year or less experience in the district? Why are teachers leaving DISD in such great numbers? See more DISD teacher turnover data in section 6 at www.dallasisd.us
Commissioner Marcus Ranger begins a wonderful set of statements at 1:09:50 on the tape linked from the article linked above. I strongly recommend it be listened to carefully. Many other Commission members were in agreement. In response to attempts to have the Commission break up into committees to listed to testimony he relates experience observing committees in DISD History. It helps explain what happened later in the meeting with the walkout by one committee member who was placed as the chair of what would have been, in my strong opinion, the most powerful committee.
Fortunately I was
at this meeting. For anyone concerned about Dallas ISD it was the
best entertainment possible to watch. It involved many people passionately concerned
about the need for progress in DISD discussing the potential for such plans to
be made. The agreement appears to be growing on the Commission that the needed changes can be
made without a misnamed "home rule" charter district taking
control of Dallas ISD away from the people.
Here is the committee plan that suddenly appeared over the break during the 9-22-14 meeting:
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| Home-Rule Charter Commission Committees presented 9-22-14 |
Study the above list as you listen to Commissioner Rangers comments mentioned above.
Dallas must pay
attention to what is happening in DISD! "Home rule" is a
dangerous distraction from data as to what is happening now within DISD!
As of 8-18-14
there were 10,197 teachers on the DISD payroll. 22 have data missing
in the open records request spreadsheet I received last week. That
leaves 10,175 with time with DISD given. (Note: this is not time as a
teacher. DISD would not release that data claiming it was not in
digital form: "The breakdown requested is not information that is
maintained electronically by the District.") 1,866 of those
had 0 years experience being new hires this year. 1,477 were new
hires last year and now have one year teaching in DISD. That means
that a total of 3,343 teachers, or 32.8%, have one year or less teaching
within DISD!
Does anyone know
any school district where almost 1/3 of their teachers have one year
or less experience in the district? Why are teachers leaving DISD in such
great numbers? See more DISD teacher turnover data in section
6 at www.dallasisd.us
anyone know any school district where almost 1/3 of their teachers have one year or less experience in the district? Why are teachers leaving DISD in such great numbers? See more DISD teacher turnover data in section 6 at www.dallasisd.us 
