Sentences with phrase «teacher contract flexibility»

This past month Bluum, in partnership with Idaho Charter School Network, hosted a working session to dive into what the new Teacher Contract Flexibility law could mean for charter schools.

In April, Bluum, in partnership with Idaho Charter School Network, hosted a work session to dive into what the new Teacher Contract Flexibility law could mean for charter schools.

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«Too many schools want to create space for younger, cheaper teachers or even unqualified staff who they can place on temporary contracts, giving them flexibility over performance or funding, or both.

Progressive Redesign Opportunity Schools of Excellence (PROSE), created under the new UFT - DOE contract, gives schools flexibility in designing their schedules, programming, teacher evaluation systems and other aspects of their school environments so that they are able to implement innovative school improvement strategies.

Just five of the teacher contracts in the nation's largest school districts grant school leaders the kind of flexibility they need to run schools well, but two - thirds of the rest do not obviously hamstring administrators with rules applying to teachers, according to a report released today by the Thomas B. Fordham Institute.

Summer school is just around the corner, and flexibilities in teacher contracts and program policies make it an ideal time and space to develop new methods and standards for parent communication.

However, he said, autonomy from the district is not nearly as important as flexibility in labor contracts, and that requires a separate agreement with the teachers union, United Teachers Los teachers union, United Teachers Los Teachers Los Angeles.

He says the tradeoff of a thinner union contract was worth it because it gives teachers «flexibility and autonomy where the district won't have much say.

But what the union boss leaves out is that for teachers to have more flexibility they would need to tear up the telephone book - size union contract that dictates every little move a teacher makes.

They focused on flexibilities from the contract relating to the hiring and retaining teachers, especially in the face of impending layoffs.

This week, the Los Angeles Unified School District and the United Teachers of Los Angeles (UTLA) announced a tentative contract agreement that creates more autonomy for teachers, giving them greater flexibility in the classroom over curricula, materials, hiring practices, and fTeachers of Los Angeles (UTLA) announced a tentative contract agreement that creates more autonomy for teachers, giving them greater flexibility in the classroom over curricula, materials, hiring practices, and fteachers, giving them greater flexibility in the classroom over curricula, materials, hiring practices, and finances.

The coalition also called on legislators to restore the bill's original framework for helping the state's lowest - performing schools, saying the legislation should «include significant flexibility in redesigning local contracts» to help teachers and principals improve student achievement.

The vast majority of charter schools, nationwide and in Chicago, are not unionized, and the flexibility that teachers and schools gain from not having a typical union contract does seem to make a difference — one researcher found that nonunion charters in Milwaukee performed better academically.

Current teacher contracts and termination statutes may limit the flexibility school districts have in making necessary expenditure reductions during a school year.

Union contract reforms got their start from charter schools showing how teacher freedom and flexibility improves student achievement.

Pavlov also said allowing charter schools and traditional districts to contract with outsiders to provide teachers is intended to allow districts flexibility and cost saving, not break unions, as critics contend.

And for the past year, Governor Charlie Baker has failed to gain legislative approval to create «innovation zones» in which a select group of schools within a district would gain charter - school - like flexibility to extend school days and get around other teacher contract provisions.