rve at least teacher that is credentialed that has spent a year or more in a credentialed program so i also read so much on teacher preparation how could he that is to success in the success of children but when i locate our schools and look at the paper that was given to me with all the reds and yellows and ground zero i think what is going to happen to the red schools they need to build a team i know that through the not novice overwhelm that people actually think that maybe this is a political debate and maybe for some people that is but for me when i go to the boyfriend and look at the eyes of the

bayview principle they say please no more tfa teachers i want to support the promises and every time we lose a teacher 10 to $20,000 for us so when we see after our fifth year retention rate of tfa for traditionally it is upwards of 60 percent that's a good argument for the traditional trained teachers i'm so thankful for the education any children received in the sfaufld that's part of reason i'm on the board i'm really thankful for the opportunity my children have today bus of the education they received in k through 12 through the sfaufld and if i have to thank people i can look back at every teacher

and principle they had and say to them the same thing thank you very much and i feel like we're trying to build what we are trying to build in the lower performance schools not only the team for the rest of the teacher but the continuity for the students that teacher you had in kindergarten or fourth grade sees the same teacher that teacher says yeah fifth grade and going to middle school this of him we build i also i understand that my colleagues have a vote to make too i'm going to say i'm shocked that actually this vote of 15 teachers now has called caused so much controversy and divided the board in the district in a

certain way and has actually hit people teachers against pits teachers against teachers and board members and in some instances friends against friends that's disturbing i want to say to the folks that wrote me not a noise overwhelm you know who you were i ask you to respect my vote and opinion because quite frankly i have a larger responsibility on my shoulder that's the education of all the children in the san francisco unified school district (clapping.) questions or comments. >> commissioner mendoza-mcdonnell. >> thank you. i hate following

sandy (laughter) so it is funny sandy you were commenting about what this issue has done to use it is really interesting to have the communications we've had go amongst ourselves we august it to disagree on a mob number of things that is one of the more contention conversations as well as other community members this is my take this was brought to us because we have a teacher shortage problem and so i'm coming to pr this we have a teacher shortage proximate cause we have not been funded we have continuance loofrz and teachers wanted to

come to the professionalism i don't blame them this is a perform on every single school year you had to think did having you have a job in the fall many of you taught in the summer in order to make ends meet and many don't qualify to purchase a home in san francisco our teacher be professionalism as a whole is underfunded and disrespected and has not held a place in the communicated where we all know you deserve so i want to start with that. the pipeline that we want to have is bleak and we've had real challenges filling the possum and when this contract come to use it was without the knowledge

of understanding who this was a solid plan in place for us to take into consideration the strategies we need to put before us so we don't have a a hundred classrooms in the fall empty because we don't have a teacher hired for that classroom had this is what were any dilemma likewise so i have emergency room go back let me start in a different place then i was be to go my kids went to first name elementary and james middle school and my kids were low performing schools with how concentration of latino families and very few families that said to go to the school we on a

regular basis dealt with teacher turnover part of our realty and none of the teachers were tfa teachers so part of our realty we have to find ways to support our teachers to stay and i feel that way about our tfa teachers too this is not the peace cooper not do our two years and go we're role trying to build a community that are committed to our children and as i said this is where the dilemma lies what you sign up for is a two year commitment many of you stay because you've caught the bug and found a place where you belong but we need to stop dividing where the teachers come from and support all the teachers in all our classrooms

(clapping) so that a all our students are served if our strategy is to go to expand our program that involves our unit and stanford and san francisco state university i'm so for that this is where our quality teachers come from their homegrown we need them in the system i believe tfa there are cracks in the model but i believe there are at the end of 5 years 20 percent of the teachers that come from tfa that stay when by the way is a low percentage but that 20 percent in my mind is 20 percent of people not come into the teaching professionalism

otherwise when you're in college before you before with you got kroultd to come to tfa i were going somewhere else and going to do smog >> you helped to influence and our children many of you stayed to do other things within the education system you can see that by many that come from the public schools so there are a couple of things i think we need to seriously consider so to tfa in order to w work why our school district weep e we'll hire the teachers but american people mou that helps us to work you with to change things that

works for your school district so if the option is all in the same way or we'll be divided this is not a model that is a perfect fit for our strict and quite frankly this is a courageous board that has made it possible to do some things no other school district has done our proposal to work closely with us to make changes that make our model fit our district and to our school district and our non-tfa teachers you know we heard one of the members saying we embrace our brothers and sisters if the tfa in the classrooms that needs to get our

heads around we see the program where you are who our supporting then i think this is going to be a real challenge i don't knowwhere he go we this afternoon. had the privilege of sitting with jones and sat with neglecting inventing gingrich though they don't believe necessarily in the philanthropy or the ideal lodge and building in things we can work with our children deserve

to be taught in the safe and nutritious classroom with adults that care for them that's our common ground i hope we find a common ground we as cults and grown up and decision makers find that common ground i want to tell us that we do need to find ways to partner better and at the end of the day for me what i don't president reagon empty classrooms on the first year of school more do you want any of our children to have to experience a substitute a different substitute everyday for the first 3 months of school because we don't have enough teachers to fill our clamors and we have to find ways to come

together to insure when we talk about educators we talk about them brotherhood and proudly andadly and proudly and i'm - what's that i'm really interested in knowing more how we get them i've header or heard this time after time and interested in working with tfa to change their model to be more accommodating to the school district and i'm interested in bringing up together all our teachers to do the right thing for all our students so they are a safe and nourishing classroom with a caring adult for a teaching environment that benefits them going forward thank you.

>> commissioner norton. >> so i want to thank everyone for coming out and everybody on the board for on all sides for a substantive discussion as commissioner wynns said i want to associate michelle with the comments that commissioner mendoza-mcdonnell made on all sides it's been a hard discussion for us but instructor you've heard loud and clear that the board wants long term recruiting strategy that results in a steady public testimony have teachers that is a positive outcome i think we shall fairly united in that and i for myself i'm going to hold the destructibility responsible for clamors that are staffed by a permanent teacher i don't want to see entry

classroom i'm held accountable and sfusd give me the tools i'm going to hold you accountable for the teachers in our classroom. >> commissioner vice president haney first thank you to the colleagues and the way we've handled this discussion tonight and even though this was absenteesier the last time around but in terms of a much deeper understanding of all the issues not only the issues aren't tfa contracted but the much broader essential conversation how we get the best people into the clamors and support them to stay here that trans sends the certification program and past interns and

non- non-credentialed whether a condition as commissioner fewer said what we deliver on what we say and live social justice not only on paper but for our students by supporting the adults that are there for them in the clamor everyday and for anything that is footprint in this conversation for anyone in the room or tfa teachers or anyone to feel disreplaced that's in and out our intention everyone had the deepest respect and trust and honor for the work you do everyday and so i want to while we have a classroom full of teachers thank you for that that this is a conversation for us above all to support and insure that the folks we get into the clamor can stay here and commit

to a long term way in the last board meeting we sent this to committee to have a part of broader conversation when this is brought forward 40 percent increase in the tfa teachers it felt like it came in a silo we had a 3 hours conversation we considered those deeper and broadly conversation and again not just about how we do our recruitment but our retention for the first year teachers whether we have the thinking deduction programs whether it is fully funded i can tell you as part of the conversations that was communicated to the destructibility and everyone in the district is that we want 0 see those programs fully fund and need to see 0 these programs

fully fund you'll expect to see a new level of commitment to insuring that all our teachers have to commit to being taefrpd in san francisco unified school district so the unit voice is incredibly important the instead of folks are here i agree that the teacher residency program is a program to built out in san francisco unified school district that's the level of training and experience no our classrooms before a teacher takes over a classroom and the participating is incredible to insure we're able to have that happen you know, i also have a deep receptionist for the

instructor and the district staff to get a hopefully qualified teacher and what our staff told us this year particularly in light of the questions and concerns around we heard about a teacher short term that is a tool they need in their tool box i horde that and had long conversations and respect him for bringing back to amend versions that heard some of the questions and concerns that were brought forward by the full board and is this an ongoing conversation it about continue in the budget process and i fully enforce the points by commissioner tour-sarkissian's about how we make this model for tfa again it is not about the amazing, wonderful incredible people in the room it is about

whether or not this model works for us as a district and fits into our goals and values and needs to serve all the students so that's going to be an ongoing conversations we've made through the process completely clear i know the strubtd has heard this loud and clear what are our priorities this is going to be on ongoing confidence not to just talk about tfa and i've heard the points around privatization and the anti union this is not for me not what this is about and in any wayendorse that and whether or not the disrupt has the tool and his understand of our values as a district is an ongoing conversation and will

continue to prioritize and do what it takes as as board to support all our teachers to be able to be successful in the clamor and stay here and commit to a successful career. >> commissioner walton. >> again, i want to thank everyone for coming out tonight over the past two weeks i've had the opportunity to have deep discussions about this spoken with educators at all levels and deans at colleagues and entertains former tfa teachers and former alumni district lisp i'm more convinced two weeks later this is not good for the district than i was two worgz (clapping.) i was month to month with a group have teachers at everett we had a deep conversation that

lasted over an hour when i said to them i'll repeat tonight i have an alarm that goes off on my phone 7 days a week is it good for children that's it and this is something i keep reminding me everyday before i step into month to month and everyday before i go into the world is a reminder is it good for children i heard a lot of conversation not much conversation is this go for children 900-0000 in q ta carry offer so as we think about strategies for teacher recruitment let's keep that on our minds i'm very sorry some of us feel a 20 percent retention rate for children is

good enough for the children not enough to move the no evidence in filling in the gaps for the children of our school the model didn't work for sfaufld change it today not tomorrow change it now our kids deserve the best you've horde reservation and talk about how they're not perfect and knowing that we have to be bold to say no to strategies that don't work and not best for your kids and just to prove that is not an attack on our alternative credential programs look at the data that is presented in the last two weeks san francisco residency is retain over 80 percent have teachers this is not about the

krenld programs this is not it my decision does not effect the current alumni this is not a attack on tfa we're not going to continue to port in san francisco a model it set up for teachers not to stay in the district we need the aggressive hiring institutions across the bay area and building pathways from within our own district heck i paid an application fee for the program state and so i'm committed to making sure that i play my role (clapping.) and then there's this idea of how many projected positions we're going to need in the next year if you do math it is 3

percent staenl inconsistent it is instantaneously insignificant not an answer for latter or when we get here not fall those 15 positions are not the answer i've been told my entire life that things are impossible things are impossible it's impossible to me to be sitting before you yet i'm here this idea we can't accomplish the goals in terms of the hiring the teachers we need for the fall i'm not buying that and finally with you'll see issues we face in our schools how drop-out rates for latinos and foster care students the gap represented by those minority the issues of family fidget and affordability that effects our schools and the focus on the

fact we're not going to approve something for 16 teachers i am not you've got to be kidding me tfa is a wait and see model we don't have time we've done that i've heard people say status quo that puts a danger in my heart status quo i didn't get elected to do do status quo jim colorado link eirlins between 2010 and 2014 resaw an increase in graduation rates in all groups year trend 2010 to 2013-2014 for sfusd graduation rate is up from 77 points 2 percent to 7 did

percent plus, however the 5 year drop-out rates is slightly occupy comparing larry last year to this year our graduation rate decreased and the dropout rates increased dramatically by 3 percent 8.9 to 11.9 percent the dropout rates increased except for washington we're analyzing the data but appears our drop out our disproportion english learners and black students with i p if by the aggregate the data from last year to this year it shows an increase in asian students and whites up and

debris graduation rates among all others ethic groups latinos and african-americans now i know we're dealing with a there g requirement we may see some ever that you can't tell me this is more important i can't and will not support this (clapping.) >> i want to close out the discussion thank you all the speakers that come out and the colleagues for keeping the discussion by and large professional and we're a family reporter we're a family sfusd is a family i just want to remind us from whatever origins do we

agree with each other all the time but we can be professional recognizing we say a different role to play i want to recap some of the finding that were spared by the let the record show committee last year, we saw very compel data about the teacher storage shortage the drop in enrollment not only in enforcement but completion of teacher training programs it is not sfusd that is statewide and invading we're seeing critical decline in the public testimony so i share concerns about filling 4 hundred teacher positions by august and share concerns about long term substitutes in some of the classes on opening day but i shire concerns of other things about things leaping at some of

the mother needy schools and i think the discussion has been healthy in terms of really surfacing some of the bigger issues to name 3 support for first year teachers some of my colleagues powder we need to do a much better job and starting to have more resources to do secondly to improve recruitment and retention district wide we discussed at the personnel and labor committee are we to improve the application to sfusd need to improve our website portal and expand the bilingual positions to look at chinese print and are chinese radio as outlets and address the foolishness affordability for