clear we are really facing possibly offs and if we need to make the tough decisions about who stays in our classrooms we have to do it in a way to make sure the best teachers are the ones left. >> the mayor doesn't have a good enough plan and the united federation does not have a plan, we need a plan in place, and what is that plan so of the 4,47 teachers being laid off are not the best teachers. >> we did not hear a plan, so a group of 11 teachers spent four months on our team coming up with a set of object of criteria that would correlate with student achievement to make sure we kept the best teachers. the these criteria: teachers who receive unsatisfactory rating and in the absent teacher reserve pool who are for longer than six months who receive full salary and benefits but do not teach full time. and third, teachers who have excessive absence. >> this isant union. i can tell you.