Sentences with phrase «teacher project say»

Education reform groups like StudentsFirstNY and the New Teacher Project say a lawsuit against New York State inspired by the Vergara case could change local tenure laws and present a long - awaited opportunity to legally assess long - term sticking points with the unions, such as merit pay and seniority rules.

At this point, the New Teacher Project says two things.

Not exact matches

Brandon Minoff, a student at Stoneman Douglas High School, said in an interview with CNN that a teacher assigned him to work with Mr. Cruz on a group project two years ago.

As Joyce Joyner, Area Supervisor said «It is a school project that brings everyone (teachers, foodservice, students, and custodial staff) together in collaboration».

Gareth Todd Jones, head teacher of Pen Pych Community Primary in south Wales, one of the participating schools, said that the «Message to Dad» project had revealed great sensitivities in children.

For example, if he says, «I got a bad grade on my project because the teacher didn't explain how to do it,» ask, «What could you have done about that?»

Your teen may be tempted to blame other people by saying things like, «My science teacher never told me that project was due,» or «I did the work but my math teacher never graded it.»

A group of about 30 students and teachers was assembled to work on the project, a process Curran said he found fascinating.

That program matches a group of students and teachers with a project for an outside partner, such as a government or business or local agency, said Melinda Geist, Prairie View media center director.

The Executive Director of the Centre for Family Peace Initiative, Mr Chinedu Ikogwe, said the project would re-orientate parents, teachers and other stakeholders to address the problems of children, including the upsurge of criminal gangs, drug abuse, cult activities and juvenile crimes across the country.

Commenting on the reports in the media that the Secretary of State for Education, Rt Hon Michael Gove MP, is to apologise to Parliament for errors contained in the Government's list of schools to be rebuilt or refurbished under the Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union, said: «The Government's decision to scrap over 700 projects to rebuild or refurbish schools was an unnecessary and disastrous development that history will judge to be bad for children, bad for education and bad for local communities and the economy.

Commenting on the Local Government Association's claim that more than # 160 million has been spent by councils on Building Schools for the Future (BSF) projects axed by the Coalition Government, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union, said:

Speaking to the BBC, former head teacher and government consultant on the planned pilot project, Peter Walker said: «It doesn't cause any harm whatsoever, a child still has a right to say no, indeed so does a parent, it doesn't disrupt the running of the school, it's relatively cheap to do and brings great benefits like improved performances.»

«A teacher evaluation system is his signature education accomplishment and I can't imagine that he would move toward dismantling a reform he fought so hard for,» said Campbell Brown, founder of the Parents Transparency Project.

Picente said the project, which helps local teachers inspire and educate students in key skill areas needed by local high - growth employers, is supported by the Community Foundation of Herkimer and Oneida Counties, Workforce Investment Board, Mohawk Valley EDGE, BOCES and National Grid.

Nathaniel Wight, a literacy teacher and one of the collaborators of the project, said, «My own objective was to try to illustrate what would happen if these shop classes that do such amazing things with students were taken away.»

Gates announced the switch in a speech before the Council of the Great City Schools, saying the foundation will wind down its work promoting teacher evaluation and ratings and cease to provide new funding for those projects.

Speaking at the last public hearing before the City Council and City Hall finalize next year's budget by the June 30 deadline, Mulgrew said the UFT has repeatedly brought ideas to the table on how to close the city's projected budget gap without teacher layoffs, such as cutting back on outside contractors at the Department of Education or using a portion of the city's rainy - day fund.

In a statement, Rep. Tenney said «The Noyce project will be beneficial to both teacher scholars and administrators at SUNY Cortland, providing them with an opportunity to discover innovative ways to develop stronger STEM teaching programs in high - needs districts.

«In our experience with over 30 sites,» said PhysTEC project director Dr. Monica Plisch, «we have found that a champion in the physics department is essential to increasing the number of physics teachers.»

Although most reformers say that they want to raise student achievement, many projects focus on interim targets, like attracting more students into STEM fields, training more and better math and science teachers or improving the skills of those already in the classroom, and strengthening curricula.

«The only reason I made it as far as I did is because of special teachers along the way who let me know that I was capable and I could do it,» said Torok - Storb, looking back at her impoverished childhood in a public housing project in Erie, Pennsylvania.

For teachers who are new to PBL, or who don't have time to develop standards - based projects from scratch, this kind of resource «can lead to high - quality work,» he says.

«The work that Christina and Jessica did on the video library PITF project provided the master's students in my classes with examples of teachers at work with students of various ages, learning styles, and literacy challenges,» says Lecturer Pamela Mason.

«Techbridge girls are more interested, more motivated, and more willing to stick to long - term projects,» says eighth - grade science teacher Dan Fleming, who heads up the Techbridge club at John Swett Elementary School.

Principal Wade Martin says the project brought together core and elective teachers who wouldn't ordinarily collaborate.

«The Catalog - Canceling Challenge is a pretty simple, free, and fun project that empowers kids and has real impact,» says the projects founder, fourth - grade teacher Ted Wells.

Kristof De Waegemaeker, a teacher from Belgium, said, «This project gave the students the opportunity to actively learn about different cultures and countries.

Though they don't save the school any money in heating or lighting, «they get kids thinking about how they can, through small projects and day - to - day activities, begin to live a more environmentally conscious life,» teacher Jill Krysinski says.

«The teachers» forensic science project centers around a crime scene — nothing gory or in bad taste, but something that will use many of the science skills and techniques the students have acquired,» says Onsager.

«Education leaders are probably not strategically planning to put their lowest - performing students with their least - experienced teachers, but that is the result we are finding,» said Sarah Glover, the data project director, in a telephone briefing this morning with reporters.

You hear a lot of teachers saying, «I want to do an iMovie project [or another app].»

But you can have success as a Title 1 teacher, he says — three - quarters of projects on DonorsChoose.org are funded by donors the teachers don't know — often corporations or people visiting the site to support public education.

It's a three year project, every year we've been conducting individual interviews with out - of - field teachers, we've had group interviews with the teacher and a mentor (where they've had them) and I have to say in some of our schools they don't always have one so we haven't been able to do that.

Feedback from industry Bill Mitchell, director of education for the BCS, said: «Thanks to Microsoft's and the DfE's matched funding the QuickStart Computing project will be able to provide CPD toolkits to 40,000 teachers by April, as well as providing free online access to the QuickStart resources for teachers everywhere.

The study found that teachers who have been through the Barefoot project are more confident than their peers: 84 % said they understood computational thinking, compared to a baseline of 57 % among their peers.

Instead of saying, «We need dictionaries,» one teacher wrote on their DonorsChoose.org project, «We don't have dictionaries, so my students can't look up definitions of words they don't understand when they are reading.

Minister Birmingham said the Teacher Performance Assessment project delivers on the recommendations of the Teacher Education Ministerial Advisory Group and builds on its reforms to date to strengthen accreditation standards.

School Reform Minister, Nick Gibb said: «I am delighted that BT is extending the successful Barefoot project, providing innovative support for primary teachers on the new computing curriculum.

«Crossroads Christian School and JenuineTech.com also host four online projects per year, which teachers are encouraged to get involved in,» Wagner said.

«Kids want to do a project that's real and engaging,» says Donna Cole, a middle school science teacher at Edison Elementary School, in Bow, Washington, who uses a CIESE curriculum about earthquakes and plate tectonics called Musical Plates.

Mission's Kimberly Campisano, one of the teacher - advisers involved in the project, says, «Working with the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art has given me the opportunity to share what I know firsthand about the urban teaching experience, and the importance of art in activist education.»

Boyle says the No Project has been working with some teachers and superintendents, but not enough.

«Two of our science teachers, Robert Clingan and Paul DeChant, have created a project that not only keeps the students engaged but has them offering to return and help after they have been gone a year or two,» says Tim Onsager, assistant principal of West Bend (Wisconsin) West High School.

Sylvia Martinez, president of Generation YES, says the platform enables teachers to design project plans and classroom lessons that are aligned to the Common Core.

«We are trying to help schools become more responsible in teaching and implementing the First Amendment,» said Sam Chaltain, a former teacher who is the First Amendment Center's coordinator for the project.

But Ariela Rozman says The New Teacher Project has grown since Rhee left, from 140 people and a $ 20 million budget to this year's staff of 210 and budget of $ 32 million.

«I wanted to create a project that would invite teachers to dream from outside the box about what schools and classrooms should be like,» said Warlick, «and then paint their dreams on the Web for others to see and share.»

Though Dillon mentions value - added modeling, he says that the Gates researchers use it «as a starting point,» and spends most of the rest of the piece discussing their use of cameras to capture teachers in action in the classroom — they hope to have 64,000 hours of classroom video by the end of the project and have already begun the process of looking for «correlations between certain teaching practices and high student achievement» and «scoring» the lessons.

Ariela Rozman, CEO of The New Teacher Project (TNTP), says she's seen this often.