Sentences with phrase «although teachers and school staff»

Although teachers and school staff think they know when bullying is happening, research shows they only know a fraction of what goes on, and that students tell their parents more often than teachers (Fekkes, Pijpers, & Verloove - Vanhorick, 2005).

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Although school was out for students and teachers, we continued to work with school nutrition directors, managers, and their staffs across the country, preparing for the implementation of breakfast - in - the - classroom in Pennsylvania, Georgia, Virginia, and beyond.

Although TFA corps members do perform a short - term public service by filling vacancies in hard - to - staff schools, they deflect attention from the lack of trained and experienced teachers who should be filling those seats.

On July 1, 2010 a new state law took effect that allowed charter schools to use up to 30 % non-certified teachers and administrators, although Connecticut's regular district public schools were still required to have 100 percent of their staff certified.

Although all schools want to pay their teachers more — and all teachers would like to be paid more — the folks at Edkey Inc. are «committed to fiscal responsibility with the funding available to increase compensation for all staff at our schools,» Plitzuweit said.

Although uncomfortable, it would be worthwhile for administrators to do a thorough and comprehensive exit interview to take an honest look at why staff departures are occurring because this is the only way to truly cultivate a more efficient approach to not only hiring and training teachers to adopt to school cultures, but to improve retention to ensure that students can maintain the consistency of teacher and support service providers.

Although I was not the principal in 2010, from talking to my staff it is evident that there were some common factors contributing to this poor performance: lack of ownership for the whole school, no consistency of learning expectations from teacher to teacher, and a lack of consistency in student behavior expectations.

Although many states now staff their schools with teachers prepared through alternative certification routes, there is a growing concern about the quality and relevance of the programs to produce excellent teachers, especially teachers to serve the teaching fields with the most needs — math, science, special education and English as a second language and bilingual education.

Although the impact of poverty certainly should be acknowledged, some of the challenges of high - poverty schools — less - qualified teachers, staff turnover, fewer resources, or limited access to advanced coursework — are the consequence of policy decisions for which local and state officials should be held accountable.

Although the AFT has scheduled a «labor action» during the convention (Sunday afternoon), instead of protesting against the Chicago attack on the teachers in six schools (and a few others not as complete or dramatic), the nation's teacher union will be protesting at a hospital (St. Joseph's) on the lakefront in support of the nurses and other hospital staff trying to organize medical workers at Resurrection hospitals in Chicago.

Although Sheringdale is a small school, in addition to two full - time and one part - time classroom teachers, music lessons and individual support for children with special educational needs are provided by men and there are three male support staff.