Sentences with phrase «addresses issues of teacher»

A team - oriented approach to teaching, one that encourages educators to think about the success of a student well beyond the year they spend in a particular classroom, is a vital part of education, agreed panelist Tim Daly, president of the education nonprofit TNTP, which addresses issues of teacher quality.

The inter - sectorial / agency committee is mandated to deliberate and submit proposals to address the issues of teacher absenteeism and...

NCLB has been a great success in the sense that no one disagrees with its goals: accountability for results, addressing issues of teacher quality, putting a spotlight on the learning of all students, and better targeting of funds to districts serving the most disadvantaged students.

In return for this flexibility, states participating in the pilot must commit to: build their capacity for school reform; take the most significant actions for the lowest - performing schools, including addressing the issue of teacher effectiveness; and use data to determine the method of differentiation and categories of intervention.

Guidelines may also address issues of teacher or peer involvement in revising draft work or in deciding on what to identify as a best piece.

It also means addressing the issue of teachers» pay which has fallen steadily behind other graduate professions.

Nine teacher preparation programs in Middle Tennessee have come together in an unprecedented alliance to collectively address the issue of teacher diversity in Metro Nashville Public Schools.

Not exact matches

Apple shareholders Jana Partners and the California State Teachers» Retirement System (CalSTRS) are urging the company to address the growing issue of iPhone addiction among youths

Undergraduates always believe that they can avoid those outcomes, and teachers and administrators think they can warn against them without having to address the broader issue of unchaste conduct.

I guess most of my high school science teachers were pretty conservative and simply didn't address controversial issues like evolution or the Big Bang.

[15] Focusing on the cup, Cyprian writes that he has been constrained to address this issue because of the «ignorance or naïveté» of some people, who in consecrating the Lord's cup and in its administration «do not follow the precepts and practices of Jesus Christ our Lord and God, the Author and Teacher of this sacrifice» (1.1).

A follow - up inspection published in 2014 reported that «at the time of the emergency inspection, the head teacher was unaware of the regulations regarding the promotion of partisan political views in teaching... This issue has now been appropriately addressed... The regulation is now met.»

I was in awe of the articulate and mature manner the students addressed these issues with their teachers and administrators.

These were the responses to a teacher's comment about wanting to address, «Very creative and out of control cheating issues that high schools are experiencing.»

«Workload and pay are racial justice issues and the Government needs to take action to address the concerns of BME teachers.

«A term is not long enough to address the issues that a teacher could be facing for a variety of reasons.

«We trust the professionalism of our head teachers to work with their staff to ensure they receive the support they need and to see that any issues are addressed,» they added.

«Some issues that we were hoping to see addressed were not, among them the baselining of funding in the budget for initiatives such as legal aid for anti-eviction services and Teacher's Choice, a program that reimburses educators for the purchase of classroom supplies of their choice,» she said.

Commenting on the report published today by the Education Select Committee into PSHE and SRE in schools, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union in the UK, said: «The NASUWT recognises that the Select Committee is trying to address a difficult and contentious issue.

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.

Suswam, while addressing some members of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) in the area, defended his government, saying that the non-payment of workers» salaries was a global issue and not peculiar to Benue state.

SUNY, which trains 25 percent of the New York's educators, is trying to address the issue because the state's school districts are now seeing a shortage of qualified teachers.

Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, who addressed the Conference, said: «It is scandalous that in the 21st century teachers are still reporting that homophobia is still an issue for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and intersex pupils and staff and that many LGBTI teachers do not feel safe in their schools.

Please make sure you work with your parents and teachers in your community to talk about those things and to address the issue of opt - outs from a perspective of what we are losing out on if we don't have assessments in place for students.»

Later Saturday, de Blasio addressed the issue again at the United Federation of Teachers» spring conference to a crowd that is often at odds with Cuomo.

The State Education Department is creating a task force of teachers of English language learners and other stakeholders to assess and address issues surrounding Part 154, the new state regulations governing English language learner instruction.

American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten will meet with Newtown teachers Tuesday to discuss how schools have been addressing issues that arose in the wake of the Dec. 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School STeachers President Randi Weingarten will meet with Newtown teachers Tuesday to discuss how schools have been addressing issues that arose in the wake of the Dec. 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School Steachers Tuesday to discuss how schools have been addressing issues that arose in the wake of the Dec. 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting.

A group of Suffolk County school district superintendents have sent a letter to state education commissioner John King urging him to address their concerns about over-testing, the fast pace of mandating Common Core standards inside the classroom and issues with new teacher and principal evaluation programs, according to Friday's Newsday cover story.

Promising to build more SHS schools than NDC's 200 without addressing the related issues of what else you will do to ensure that more teachers are not only trained, but employed to produce quality education to our children, will not do.

It also included a discussion of positive initiatives which activists, practitioners, teachers and studio owners can take to address these issues.

«Since having enough high - quality teachers is essential to the effective operation of the school system, these are issues that the Department needs to address urgently.»

In response to the statistics, Kevin Courtney, Deputy General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers, said: «While, clearly behaviour issues have to be addressed for the sake of the whole school community, there is no quick fix.

Sometimes, she pointed out, principals or teachers have needs that seem to have no bearing on instruction; if those needs are not addressed, those people will never reach the point of grappling with instructional issues.

Christine Blower, general secretary of the National Unit of Teachers, commented: «This Budget offers more of the same — the foundations of economic growth eroded instead of strengthened, and more bad news for teachers and parents.This Budget does not address the pressing issues in education fundingTeachers, commented: «This Budget offers more of the same — the foundations of economic growth eroded instead of strengthened, and more bad news for teachers and parents.This Budget does not address the pressing issues in education fundingteachers and parents.This Budget does not address the pressing issues in education funding.»

So it's more seamless, more supportive, and it helps actually address the issues to begin with, early on, it allows them to do that, and so they aren't exacerbated, [they're] de-escalated and then the teachers are less stressed and they enjoy their work more and that sort of thing.

Working together, parents and teachers addressed students» behavioral issues early on, enabling the school to reduce suspensions to five in the year following implementation of the Parent - Teacher Home Visit Project.

«At the national level, we're on the verge of investing billions in our educational system, and the return on those investments is going to be jeopardized unless these health issues are addressed in a much more cogent way,» said the study's author, Charles E. Basch, a professor of health and education at Teachers College, Columbia University.

There have been documented instances of strong consequences for teachers addressing the Ferguson issue inappropriately.

Among the more salient conclusions are: 1) that what children bring to school is vastly more important than what happens thereafter, as the Coleman Report found; 2) in examining all of the variables that impinge on student academic performance (teacher effectiveness, socio - economic advantage, appropriate evaluation criteria, etc.), none is demonstrably more significant than time spent learning «one - on - one»; and 3) that only an individualized computer program can address all these issues effectively and simultaneously.

There seems a growing recognition that value - added gains are a fair and important indicator of school performance and they address an issue that has crippled education reform for decades: Poor alignment between teacher training, teaching practices, and public policy.

In a new forum in Education Next, Education Trust honcho Kati Haycock and Stanford economist Rick Hanushek address the issue of whether and how to more «equitably» distribute teachers.

We worked tirelessly during the year to put together a program that would address pressing issues regarding the role of education in building peace and inclusion, as well as the importance of empowering teachers to transform our education systems.

Districts from California to Texas to North Carolina are tapping into these new funds to address two of the thorniest issues in education today: how to develop fair and accurate ways to measure effective teaching, and how to find sustainable strategies to balance the distribution of experienced teachers, who now tend to be disproportionately represented in high - performing (and typically more affluent) schools.

In addition to producing award - winning and policy - relevant scholarship on the influence of culture in education, she is a superb teacher whose courses deftly address highly - charged issues of race, ethnicity, and social status,» Ryan said.

A DfE spokesman said: «As part of her ongoing discussions with unions, the secretary of state has invited teacher and headteacher unions to a new programme of talks to discuss the issues raised by their members and how we can work together to address them.

But many teachers and administrators remain hesitant to address gay, lesbian, and transgender issues, since they are loath to discuss sexuality in any form, afraid of the backlash from conservative parents and community members.

In a new forum in Education Next, Education Trust honcho Kati Haycock and Stanford economist Rick Hanushek address the issue of whether and how to more «equitably» distribute teachers (full disclosure: I'm an executive editor of Ed Next).

At Winthrop University in Rock Hill, S.C., each program area issues an annual analysis of teacher - candidate performance, as well as plans to address weaknesses revealed by the data.

Past research has shown that mentors can help to address the persistent issues of teacher shortages and job dissatisfaction, preventing new teachers from burning out and leaving the profession.

And there are tough policy issues — teacher turnover, measurement of teacher effectiveness, varying teacher career paths, variable pay and incentives — that must be addressed in a comprehensive compensation package.