Sentences with phrase «district teacher the idea»

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When asked what she expects the response to be from other teachers and the district, Wu simply said, «I have no idea what the reaction will be.

District officials are inviting parents, students and teachers to e-mail their ideas at [email protected].

Throughout Santa Barbara County School Districts, superintendents, teachers, and staff have embraced the idea that campuses can be centers of health and wellness.

The Park District of Highland Park gift card is a great gift idea for teachers, kids, moms & dads, or that «hard to buy for» friend or relative.

No Child Left Behind was not great for us either, but certainly Race to the Top» ratcheted everything up, because it became clear that for districts in need to get money that they would have to make all these kinds of measure and punish ideas that they'd put across, like the teacher evaluation piece and all of that.

Having top performing districts be exempt from the law has already been floated by Board of Regents Chancellor Merryl Tisch — an idea that was roundly rejected by the New York State United Teachers, the umbrella group representing teachersTeachers, the umbrella group representing teachersteachers unions.

We sit down with the candidates in groups of three to learn why they are running, to hear their platforms, and to explore their ideas for improving struggling schools and increasing the ranks of teachers of color in the district.

Dr. Smith said the idea of principals leaving their building to observe teachers in other school districts makes little sense.

And thanks to Gwendolyn Hayles who has helped us stay connected to the hip - hop community of the capital district, she has brought in local DJs, producers, engineers, and rappers to come in for 518 day so that the students and teachers can get an idea of what hip - hop is like in Albany.»

Basically, she felt that the list — created by a district over-reliant on the group training model for a certain software or technology tool without including integration ideas — did not reflect the needs of the teachers on her campus.

Smith, the district elementary library media teacher for Atascadero (California) Unified School District, joined the «battle» eleven years ago when retired librarian Erna Wentland approached one of her principals with tdistrict elementary library media teacher for Atascadero (California) Unified School District, joined the «battle» eleven years ago when retired librarian Erna Wentland approached one of her principals with tDistrict, joined the «battle» eleven years ago when retired librarian Erna Wentland approached one of her principals with the idea.

This idea that teachers have to get scripted lessons and unit plans handed down to them from their district doesn't help teachers own their profession.

These coaches spread the ideas of each teacher from classroom to classroom and school to school, ultimately reaching the entire district.

A teacher in our local school district recently posted a question on one of our discussion boards: «I'm having a difficult time coming up with ideas on how to give my students more responsibility and freedom in my classroom.

Besides gaining access to district buildings, these schools also tend to attract principals and teachers who like the idea of working more closely with districts and being part of systemic reform.

The project creates virtual «idea exchanges» and invites teachers in a given district or state to contribute video or written commentaries.

Everyone likes the idea of boosting the number of effective teachers in schools with large numbers of poor and minority students, but in his testimony before the committee, Ed Next executive editor Rick Hess had a few warnings for those who think the obvious course of action is to encourage states and districts to move effective teachers out of schools with affluent kids and into schools with poor kids.

The researchers» first - hand observation and extensive interviewing of student teachers and first - year teachers in three school districts near Salt Lake City during the 1982 - 83 school year revealed that the instructors used their own ideas about teaching about as often as they used methods taught them in education schools.

Let's hope that Seattle and Baltimore are a stronger indication of the future of union - district cooperation around teaching evaluations than is the case of DC and that when properly engaged, unions can embrace the idea of teacher evaluations that include a component for student performance as well as compensation packages that are linked to evidence of effective teaching practices.

In the words of an Education Week reporter, «Both national unions have endorsed the charter idea within fairly narrow limits, requiring district control over the schools and collective bargaining for the teachers within them.»

«Leaders have ideas for teachers, but it doesn't work top - down,» said Julia Rafal - Baer of Chiefs for Change, a nonprofit network of state and district education leaders.

The idea that the district needed to adopt a single, uniform approach to reading instruction grew out of one of the superintendent's monthly meetings with the district's teachers of the year, one elected from each campus.

Inspired by the idea of building closer connections to students» home lives, the district, with a cadre of volunteer teachers, embarked on a goal of visiting every home of the 2,800 kids enrolled.

In addition to the idea that raising the economic benefits of being a teacher could improve the quality of the teaching workforce, the results also suggest one upside to recessions: they may provide a window of opportunity for school districts to recruit strong teachers who might otherwise have chosen a different career path.

Taken together, these findings contradict the idea that the teachers who live and work in a district turn out at high rates because they are public spirited, committed to education, or socially advantaged; they bolster the notion that self - interest is in fact mainly responsible.

Consequently, by that year's end, we launched a district video - hosting website that featured 26 classroom clips of local teachers sharing lesson ideas and best practices.

Many district leaders who have recently adopted the idea say that it gives them an advantage in competing for teachers, who understandably like the idea of the same pay for 20 percent fewer days at work.

Do you have any other ideas for how districts can support teachers who are implementing PBL?

While ideally that district would abide by IDEA and keep those children in - district to comply with the «least restrictive environment» mandate, that would require, at the least, a separate classroom, an occupational therapy room, a teacher trained in Applied Behavior Analysis, and an instructional aide.

You will learn so much from just talking with colleagues about what projects and lessons they are using with their students.I teach at a summer program for gifted and advanced students, where I work with other teachers of gifted in the school district, and I always pick up new ideas and methods from hanging around them.

Bass tells Assistant Principal Matt Curtis that even though it is late in the year, he still has to show some teachers the district's code of student conduct and explain to them the idea of progressive discipline.

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Teachers have no idea how much money their local school districts spend per student, they just want more spending.

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Get ready for an intensive day of learning and practice, from which you will leave prepared to return to your district or office with new ideas to power up success for students and teachers.

While this can be the preferred model for district administrators when looking at continuing education requirements, teachers are finding ways shake up the idea of traditional ongoing professional learning opportunities.

Her roles include: membership on the school instructional leadership team and math leadership team; serving as district - wide Unit Study Seminar Facilitator for the BPS Math Department and as a district - level Developing Mathematical Ideas facilitator for the district; and facilitating Math Professional Development Sessions for Math teachers in the district.

One of the program's requirements was that districts create systems for awarding bonuses that differentiated between teachers — the whole idea of bonuses is to reward above - average performance.

Join the thousands of teachers and school districts throughout the U.S. and internationally who are using these innovative resources to engage students in thinking about important fundamental ideas in science and mathematics that make up the building blocks of enduring understanding.

I know it's a simplistic idea, but I honestly — over decades — have come to the conclusion... if we did just that, if we said, «Let's start with a language of instruction in this district, let's make sure that our feedback to teachers using our observational protocols within our walkthroughs and our observations and structural rounds, you know, is aligned in that language of instruction.

One of his money - saving ideas is to cut $ 2 billion in state spending by shifting teacher pension costs to school districts.

We believe in the importance of informed, empowered educators so we hosted a house party to bring together teachers from both charter and district schools in order to discuss the current state of the budget and to engage in a conversation around ideas to involve and inform more teachers.

The exchange program would give urban teachers opportunities they wouldn't have elsewhere, Sternberg said, and allow teachers to exchange ideas between districts.

«We have taken on the complexity and controversy of this issue and produced a new way forward for teacher evaluation, one that unites ideas from our union and our district and considers input from our peers, community members and most important - our students,» said April Bain, a math teacher at Downtown Magnets High School.

«Our district can learn from the bold ideas of these teachers, who want to put new policies and practices in place that allow teachers to grow, achieve and advance alongside their students.»

With obvious enthusiasm, Grazda continues, «The more teachers at our school and in our district can learn about this work, exchanging ideas and building a repertoire of strategies, the more students will benefit.

«The idea is, you take a school or a district that's willing to bleed on the cutting edge, and then share those lessons so the next district doesn't have to bleed as much,» said Kathy DiRanna, statewide director for the K - 12 Alliance, the teacher professional development organization that is spearheading the initiative.

The results on our district - wide culture and climate survey for 2nd - 4th grade students indicate 86 % of our students agree that their teacher or teachers listen to their ideas; and 96 % of our students believe that teachers treat them with respect.

Also in attendance will be district - and state - level administrators who want to find new and better ideas for leading their organizations to higher effectiveness levels, as well as staff developers and university professors who want to discover better ways to support teachers and administrators in improving their practice.

Before joining IDEA, Pablo worked in the Weslaco Independent School District for ten years: five years as a classroom teacher, four years as a curriculum facilitator, and one year as the principal of Beatriz Garza Middle School.