Sentences with phrase «additional raise for each teacher»

Almost $ 7 million would go toward boosting the local supplement, a relatively small additional raise for each teacher.

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Arizona's largest school district and some others will resume classes after lawmakers approved money for teacher pay raises and additional education funding.

«The NASUWT raised questions about the provision of study leave and additional non-contact time for newly qualified teachers who chose to pursue the Masters qualification, about the impact that the scheme could have on teacher workload and working hours for newly qualified teachers, the external mentors and the school workforce generally, and about the costs associated with the scheme.

Gillum promised an additional billion in education funding is he's elected, while Levine is mulling a $ 10,000 raise for teachers.

Districts will receive funds, roughly $ 300 per pupil annually, which can be used to raise the minimum teacher salary, improve entry into the profession for new teachers, fund leadership roles, hire additional teachers, and provide training and support to teachers in leadership roles.

Menomonee Falls and Greendale eliminated additional pay for extra duties and froze scheduled raises for teachers who had reached certain professional - development goals.

In an unusual and controversial move, the New York State Board of Regents has approved a budget proposal that would require school districts to use 1986 - 87 increases in operating aid solely for the purposes of raising teacher salaries and hiring additional teachers.

Title I was created to help these schools better serve their students by providing school - wide services and whole school reforms tied to raising student achievement, such hiring additional teachers and classroom aides; improving curriculum; enhancing parent involvement; or extending learning time for students who need extra help.

In New York, Commissioner of Education David M. Steiner and the state board of regents this month put forward a broad package of changes that would include revamping the state's standards - and - assessment system, raising the cap on the number of charter schools, allowing additional institutions to train teachers and principals, and setting new demands for districts to turn around low - performing schools.

Master teachers receive a 10 % raise annually and also bear additional responsibilities for mentoring and planning and executing professional development.

A hidden piece of the school finance equation is private money raised by parent organizations, funds that give schools flexibility to pay for additional supplies, field trips, and classroom teachers.

They have already voted no to across the board teacher salary increases and continued the freeze on teachers» salaries that has been in place for 5 years (at the same time passed a tax break for the wealthy, and now, with reduced revenue can not give raises), increased class size, taken away additional pay for Masters degrees, eliminated most of the state's teacher assistants, gone after tenure and offered the top 25 % of the teachers in a district $ 500 to give up their tenure immediately, increased the number of charter schools (many funded by Republicans in the private school business) and finally, the most recent scheme pondered is to let kids go to any school in the state regardless of their home county.

We absolutely hope and expect that it will raise additional questions about what's supporting teachers to be successful right now, and what we need to work and thrive in Oakland for years to come.

With an average salary of $ 76,000 (not including employee benefits or pensions), Chicago teachers were already among the highest paid in the nation and the new deal included a 7 percent raise over three years, with additional raises for experience and education.

Maybe you and the legislators should think about some of the other state and county employees that are unable to get any kind of raise because the legislators seem to always come through with some additional amount for teachers every year.

Of course, the problem is even where teachers have agreed to a wage freeze you have increasing costs — without additional state aid — those extra dollars will have to come from the local property tax which is much more unfair for the middle class than raising money through the income tax (assuming you don't let the millionaires off the hook like the Governor did).

Through multiple changes to the state code, New Jersey has raised the GPA entrance and exit requirements for potential teachers, raised the entrance exam requirements for teacher education so that only the top third of test takers can become education majors without passing additional examinations, has added the Pearson administered edTPA performance assessment on top of the PRAXIS II examination as an exit requirement, and has expanded student teaching into a full year experience.

Another example involved preservice teachers who raised money and, in consultation with the host teacher via email (conducted directly with the host teacher without faculty involvement), purchased a set of reference books for the host classroom, additional books for the school library, and supplies for the host teacher (they had found that the teacher was spending over $ 500 per year of her own money on class materials).

They could choose if they want to keep money for teacher assistants or divert it for additional raises.

It's a double whammy for classroom teachers because teachers will be required to increase their pension contributions, eroding whatever raise the union negotiates with the district, and the additional dollars districts spend on pension debt are dollars that can't be spent elsewhere.

Commentary might include suggestions for ways to further improve practice (building on the research findings), the contributions of the teacher's research to the early childhood field, discussion of broader theoretical issues raised by the teacher research, connections to other empirical studies or the professional literature, or additional questions that are raised by the research.