Shocked--Job eliminated
Posted July 11th, 2003 by Suzanne
Help! Our local district (in WI) just informed about 26 of us (by certified mail!) that our positions have been "eliminated" because we do not have an associate degree/2 yrs. of college credits required by 2006 under the new NCLB Act. Anyone who meets the requirement is not laid off. (a total of 5, although they are not necessarily educational degrees...) We were told last Fall that we could either take some kind of test, or attend workshops, etc. to meet the requirements. Has anyone else experienced similiar treatment by their district?! How can this be LEGAL?!! Our union has been nofified, of course, and I expect this to heat up. Our administrators are using this as an excuse to "clean house"; it's not the degree issue at all. They do not want to deal with test assessments, etc. What are other districts in Wisconsin doing? Can anyone give me input/advice as to what course of action your district is taking regarding this issue? We are angry, confused, shocked, upset (a few appropriate adjectives) to say the least. Most of us have 5-15 years experience in our jobs and have spent countless hours at workshops, seminars, courses (taken on our own initiative) and are dedicated to our students and love our jobs. I would appreciate any input...please! :cry:
Work Keys
I have taken and passed the Work Keys test however other paras in my classroom have not. There hasn't been anything said to any of us about having to pass the test. I am afraid for the paras that I work with. Does anyone know why we are not being pushed to get this done? Are they just going to lay off people with no notice? Or should we just figure that since we are all still working that somehow they have been Grandfathered in? And how is it that we are hiring new people to this day who have not taken the test? Is the law not in effect yet? If so when does it start?
Shocked--Job eliminated
The reason you have been laid of is because of the No Child Left behind law that our goverment passed a few years ago. There is a way around all of this. You can take a test called the para-pro assement. The test is not that difficult to pass. There are study guides on the web for this. Your school can even give you the test on sight via. Internet. Just search the web for the para-pro infomation. I know in Oklahoma and Texas it worked for the aids. I hope all works out for you . God Bless, If you can not find any info email me at ljerri@yahoo.com and I will help you.
math
they have different ways to write out word problems and different ways to solve it.
Shocked job elimination
I also took the para pro assesment test a couple of years ago. We were told that you either had to have a 2 year associates degree or better or pass the para pro assesment test by a certain date ( I don't remember what that date was). I also took it on line at my place of work. It was not a difficult test to take. What I don't understand is... Did they not inform you of the test? If not I would be asking why. Oh and by the way it can be taken more than once. I only needed to take it once but I thought you should know that if you don't pass it you can retake the test.
Shocked--Job eliminated
Job elimination
Shocked--Job eliminated
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