In order to recognize outstanding practice and to foster development, the NYCDOE is committed to ensuring that the most effective educators are rewarded with tenure. For more information regarding tenure updates and guidelines, please review the following resources:
Teacher Tenure
New Resources
- Talking Tenure is a guide for principals which offers strategies for supporting teacher tenure throughout the probation period.
- The Teacher Tenure PowerPoint Teacher Edition is a teacher tenure PowerPoint presentation to facilitate tenure discussions across the city.
- The Teacher Tenure PowerPoint is a teacher tenure PowerPoint presentation for use with principals and school based evaluators to facilitate tenure discussions across the city.
Existing Resources
- The 2017-18 Teacher Tenure User Guide outlines the tenure process for this school year.
- The 2017-18 Teacher Tenure Decision-Making Framework is a tool designed to guide principals and superintendents through a rigorous process for determining tenure.
- The 2017-18 Teacher Tenure Action Timeline is an overview of key tasks and deadlines for principals and superintendents.
- For detailed guidance on extending teachers, please review the Process for Extending a Teachers Probation document.
- The extension agreement is printed in TNS with your teacher's name, completion of probation date, etc.
- For detailed guidance on denying teachers, please review the Process for Denying a Teachers Completion of Probation document.
- Teacher Tenure Frequently Asked Questions can also be reviewed.
Principal and Assistant Principal Tenure
- The Principal Tenure Decision-Making Framework and the AP Tenure Decision-Making Framework include a list of standards and expectations of effective leadership to guide tenure decisions for principals and assistant principals who are in their final probationary year.
- The AP and Principal Tenure Overview Slide Deck and AP and Principal Tenure Webinar can be used by school leaders and superintendents to facilitate tenure discussions across the city
Please use the below documents to support the making of AP tenure-decisions:
- The AP Tenure Toolkit outlines the tenure process for APs.
- A step-by-step guide for Extending an AP's Probation.
- A step-by-step guide for Denying an AP's Completion of Probation.
- For guidance around discussing tenure decisions with APs, please see the Framework for Assistant Principal Tenure Conversations.
Education Administrators (EA) Tenure
The EA Tenure Decision-Making Framework includes criteria and expectations of effective leadership to guide tenure decisions for EAs who are in their final probationary year.
The Tenure Notification System
The Tenure Notification System (TNS) is an online application for Principals and Superintendents to ensure a more rigorous and meaningful teacher tenure granting process that distinguishes our most effective teachers. There is a quick overview for Submitting a Tenure Recommendation. The TNS Manual provides an overview of using TNS and here you may find a key that provides an overview of TNS guidance and special status codes.
Contact Us
- Please contact your BCO Human Resources Director with questions about the tenure process.
- Please contact your senior field counsel with questions about denying, discontinuing, or extending an employee.
- Please contact your superintendent with questions about submitting evidence at the time of the recommendation.
- Please email SeniorityProbationTeacherTenure@schools.nyc.gov with technical questions relating to the Tenure Notification System (TNS).
Celebrating Tenure
Celebrate tenure with your employees by printing and completing the following completion certificates: