In order to reduce the amount of streaming in the school, the principal must
address teacher attitudes towards grouping students by ability, must talk with those parents who want to hang on to ability grouping, and must address the fact that they can't change grouping practices without reorganising professional learning, assessments, teaching plans and so on.
This approach may also help with
addressing teacher attitudes and beliefs in ways that support theoretical understandings and broadened conceptions of literacy in addition to technical skills (Shoffner, Oliveira, & Angus, 2010).
Not exact matches
Participants took part in a real - time electronic poll which explored their views on a series of issues relating to their profession: Among the results were: over three quarters of BME
teachers considered themselves to be ambitious, yet stated they are being held back by racial discrimination, and the
attitude of senior colleagues; nearly two - thirds (62 %) of BME
teachers felt their school or college was not seriously committed to
addressing their professional development needs and aspirations; 63 % of BME
teachers said their employers were not committed to ensuring their mental and physical wellbeing at work, with workload cited as the single most negative factor impacting on their wellbeing; the vast majority of BME
teachers felt the Government does not respect and value
teachers and does not understand the day to day realities of teaching (99 %); three quarters of BME
teachers said they were not confident that their headteacher will make professional and fair decisions regarding their future pay.
This fourth «J' therefore focuses on helping
teachers address these control issues by adopting a just - in - case
attitude toward computers.
Our overall measure of school trust, on the basis of approximately two dozen survey items
addressing teachers»
attitudes toward their colleagues, principals, and parents, proved a powerful discriminator between improving and nonimproving schools.