Before then, teachers with seniority could claim whatever job they wanted, displacing novice teachers without so much as having to interview with a principal. Teachers who could not find jobs or were not happy with ones available went into the A.T.R., at full salary. Reserve teachers do monthlong rotations in schools, frequently serving as substitutes, and some get longer temporary assignments. The department says the new policy of placing teachers in vacancies is expected to reduce the size of the pool by half. Principals who are forced to take the teachers will observe them over the course of the year.

Source: New York Times August 18, 2017 22:43 UTC