Sentences with phrase «city teachers surveyed»

Although new state tests will be rolled out this spring based on demanding Common Core national standards, almost 8 out of 10 New York City teachers surveyed said the city's Department of Education has yet to address the new learning benchmarks, including failing to provide any curriculum or other instructional materials keyed to the new standards.

Not exact matches

A teachers» union survey of New York City public schools has shown that in mid-September nearly half of the city's schools had overcrowded classes and the number of overcrowded special education classes in regular schools had more than doubCity public schools has shown that in mid-September nearly half of the city's schools had overcrowded classes and the number of overcrowded special education classes in regular schools had more than doubcity's schools had overcrowded classes and the number of overcrowded special education classes in regular schools had more than doubled.

In surveys with 300 New York City public school teachers that included an open - ended question about the largest threat to school safety, the most common response was a lack of cohesive culture and positive relationships between staff and students.

Conducted by the New Teacher Project, a New York City - based teacher - training organization, the report analyzes the results of a survey of more than 15,000 teachers and 1,300 administrators across four states and 12 disTeacher Project, a New York City - based teacher - training organization, the report analyzes the results of a survey of more than 15,000 teachers and 1,300 administrators across four states and 12 disteacher - training organization, the report analyzes the results of a survey of more than 15,000 teachers and 1,300 administrators across four states and 12 districts.

State Test Scores Flat, City's Rise After Another Year of Tougher Exams WNYC, August 8, 2011» «Teachers have been telling us that they've been taking shortcuts in surveys for more than 20 years,» said Dan Koretz, a Harvard education professor who's been studying state exams.»

On average, teachers in the city of 23 million people spend around a third of their time teaching in class — 14 hours per week compared with the Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS) average of 19.3 hours per week.

Stanford education professor Linda Darling - Hammond and several colleagues, for instance, once surveyed 3,000 beginning teachers in New York City to examine the relationship between their accounts of their preparation program and their confidence in their readiness for teaching.

Evaluations of the impact of the Resolving Conflict Creatively Program (RCCP) in four multiracial, multiethnic school districts in New York City showed that 84 percent of teachers who responded to a survey reported positive changes in classroom climate, 71 percent reported moderate or significant decreases in physical violence in the classroom, and 66 percent observed less name - calling and few verbal insults.

Lavin: Menlo Park School District parent survey and the benevolence of retired California teachers San Mateo County Times, February 25, 2013 «Menlo Park City School District (MPCSD), in conjunction with SurveyMonkey, the world's largest survey company, became the first in the Bay Area to launch the innovative Harvard Graduate School of Education Pre K - 12 Parent Survey.&survey and the benevolence of retired California teachers San Mateo County Times, February 25, 2013 «Menlo Park City School District (MPCSD), in conjunction with SurveyMonkey, the world's largest survey company, became the first in the Bay Area to launch the innovative Harvard Graduate School of Education Pre K - 12 Parent Survey.&survey company, became the first in the Bay Area to launch the innovative Harvard Graduate School of Education Pre K - 12 Parent Survey.&Survey.»

In five cities, we helped students and teachers conduct survey research about their own schools, supported dialogue and constructive action around their research results, and nurtured youth leadership all along the way.

There is wide distribution across school size and students» socioeconomic status, though half of the teachers participating in the survey report teaching in a small city or suburb.

This year, the New York City Department of Education (DOE) is partnering with Panorama Education to offer the Student Perception Survey, a research - based, confidential student survey used across the country to provide teachers with students» feedback about their classroom experiSurvey, a research - based, confidential student survey used across the country to provide teachers with students» feedback about their classroom experisurvey used across the country to provide teachers with students» feedback about their classroom experiences.

In five cities, we helped students and teachers conduct survey research about their own schools and supported dialogue and constructive action around their research results.

The findings are part of the 19th annual survey of teachers and students conducted by Harris Interactive for the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., a New York City - based insurance company.

The report surveyed over 300 New York City public school teachers and found that they concluded that punitive approaches toward children, such as aggressive policing, suspensions and other reactive strategies, actually undermine the human right to education by failing to address the causes of conflict and criminalizing students.

The survey, showing a 56 - 34 percent support for more charter schools, comes just days before thousands of families, teachers and community leaders will rally on the Brooklyn Bridge next Tuesday to communicate a simple message to city and state leaders: charter school families need your support.

Indeed, our city's teachers had a much higher level of dissatisfaction about basic needs than most organizations Gallup has surveyed.

However, we believe the survey provides school leaders and community partners with a rare opportunity to specifically target resources to meet teachers» biggest needs so that, as a city, we can retain our schools» most valuable resource — our dedicated, talented teachers.

To that end, we're launching a second city - wide teacher engagement survey, awarding additional grants to teachers to implement their ideas for retaining educators, and continuing to strengthen the sense of community for educators across the city.

We offer a special shout out to those who are actively engaged in making our city a great place to teach — through our Teacher Advisory Group and Citywide teacher retention Teacher Advisory Group and Citywide teacher retention teacher retention survey.

The Department of Education has been slow to implement discipline reform resources at some city schools, according to a survey conducted at a United Federation of Teachers meeting earlier this week.

In December 2011, we sent out an open online survey to New York City teachers about our initial ideas and received more than 200 responses.

Surveying the landscape of teacher education in New York city: Constrained variation and the challenge of innovation

The City's official survey of teachers, parents, and students consistently lands the school among the top rated in New York.

To this end, we launched a city - wide survey this month, and are facilitating focus groups discussions, of Oakland teachers in order to lift up teachers» voices across our city and spark a conversation about teacher engagement and retention in our city.

The group convened a 16 - teacher policy team last fall to study past and current experiments in teacher pay, survey city teachers about their views, and come up with recommendations about how to change the way city teachers are paid.

The new evaluations roiled the city; 80 percent of D.C. teachers believe it was not an «effective way to evaluate the performance» of teachers, according to a 2010 survey of more than 900 teachers by the local teachers union.

«I don't think suspension rates are a good way to measure a school tone,» said the principal, who argued that the surveys the city currently distributes to teachers, parents, and students are a more accurate measure of school culture.

It includes a five - year, 21.6 percent increase in base pay that will boost the average annual salary of a D.C. educator from $ 67,000 to about $ 81,000 and gives the city's public school teachers salaries comparable to those in surrounding suburban districts, according to a union survey.

Only two teachers left the school, and teachers gave the school a higher ranking for its supportive environment on the city survey.

Exclude charters results from the survey, and the percentage of teachers just within the New York City district agreeing or strongly agreeing that «my school maintains order and disciplined» increased from 77 percent to 78 percent over that period, according to a Dropout Nation analysis of the city's survey data from that perCity district agreeing or strongly agreeing that «my school maintains order and disciplined» increased from 77 percent to 78 percent over that period, according to a Dropout Nation analysis of the city's survey data from that percity's survey data from that period.

Both parents and teachers surveyed by the New York City - based polling group contend that moms and dads are better off at home, raising respectful children who are eager to learn.

More than 80 percent of survey participants supported teachers being paid more for taking on additional roles and responsibilities in their schools, and 79 percent supported educators being paid more to teach in high need schools such as inner city or rural schools.

By comparing responses of teachers and children in the traditional district to peers in charters on the city's annual school climate survey.

This effect of administration is consistent for first - year teachers and the full sample of teachers and is confirmed by a survey of teachers who have recently left teaching in New York City.

Teachers everywhere, from East High School and Glendale Middle School in Salt Lake City to a national survey, agree: social and emotional learning matters enormously, and its assessment deserves and demands a much greater place at the table of school improvement and accountability.