Sentences with phrase «among lead teachers»

New skills and knowledge also lead to increased confidence among lead teachers and a stronger commitment to teaching.

Not exact matches

Chief among these problems were certain teachers who had risen up within the church and were leading people astray by what they taught.

In the run up to 2010 the Conservatives held a narrow one per cent lead among all teachers.

While the reform alliance provided data showing trial lawyers» campaign contributions were tops among influence blocs, the New York Public Interest Research Group put teacher unions far in the lead in combined lobbying and campaign donations.

In October, Drakes and Donovan will be among a group of teachers giving a presentation on their experiences using the Toward High School Biology unit and helping to lead a workshop to introduce the new unit to attendees of the 2017 Area Conference of the NSTA, the world's largest organization of science educators.

«We anticipate that the report will spur discussions among faculty and lead to schools» reflecting on whether they're incorporating the principles into their daily practice,» she said, noting the report is not just for teachers but has relevance for the whole school, including administrators, coaches and counselors.

For instance, a decrease in teacher - student closeness or school safety, or an increase in academic competition among peers, may lead to lower self - esteem and higher anxiety and loneliness among students.

And, YogaU is excited to announce that two of our leading teachers, Dr. Loren Fishman and Judith Hanson Lasater, will be among the featured presenters at this year's conference.

Among new teachers leading math or science classes in 1993 - 94, 31 percent had STEM degrees, 20 percent did in 2000 - 01, and in 2008 - 09, 30 percent had majored in one of those subjects.

Open classrooms lead to increased interaction among teachers, creating a greater sense of autonomy, satisfaction and ambition.

In fact, Finnish primary school teacher education programmes that lead to an advanced, research - based degree are so popular among young Finns that only one in 10 applicants is accepted each year.

As the authors of a study finding lower rates of anti-Jewish views among private school graduates than public school graduates noted, «private school teachers can lead meaningful discussions about sensitive topics, whereas public schools are constrained by rigid neutrality and are particularly sensitive to matters of religion.»

The lead teacher at Grand Rapids University Prep Academy, a 6 — 12 school, was among the district's first participants to attend a program at Harvard.

English teacher Kate Reber is among those leading the curriculum effort.

A fifth set of sensitivity tests was possible because I have information on other policies that lead to differential pay among teachers.

But among them, the teacher unions are almost always the most active and powerful, and they generally take the lead in championing the cause of employee interests in politics.

Weak controls at the front end lead to highly inconsistent quality among entrants to teacher preparation programs and ultimately new hires.

As the College's first CEO, she will lead the new independent body for the teaching profession and work to further develop the profile and role of the college among teachers and stakeholders in the education sector.

Putting students in charge of their own parent - teacher conferences has helped students feel more confident in their accomplishments, and led to greater engagement among both students and parents at this Chicago school.

Among the founding faculty was Chezare Warren, now an assistant professor at Michigan State University, a young math teacher who jumped at the chance to help design a curriculum for these students — many of whom had never thought college to be an option for them — that would consider their unique stories and focus on understanding the factors that would lead...

To that end, Moje also leads Clinical Rounds in Secondary Teacher Education, an extensive research, development, and teacher education project focused on developing sophisticated disciplinary literacy teaching practices and assessment tools among both novice and veteran middle and high school teTeacher Education, an extensive research, development, and teacher education project focused on developing sophisticated disciplinary literacy teaching practices and assessment tools among both novice and veteran middle and high school teteacher education project focused on developing sophisticated disciplinary literacy teaching practices and assessment tools among both novice and veteran middle and high school teachers.

Specifically, we've called for giving teachers tools to use assessments to inform instruction, minimizing test prep (which research suggests does not necessarily lead to increased test scores), focusing on student growth rather than absolute proficiency, and using test scores as only one measure among many in high - stakes decisions.

Player found that greater autonomy — more freedom to choose materials and develop lesson plans — helped led to higher levels of job satisfaction among rural teachers.

However, the Lesson Study model, which involves regular (meeting two or three times a month) collaborative activities, builds a routine among the small group of teachers that actually leads to teacher and student learning over time.

The critiques are many, including that teacher evaluation does not: measure teachers accurately with its drive - by observations by principals and third parties; take into account teachers» varying roles and working conditions; reveal measurable differences among teachers (absence of actual differences would make the profession unique on planet Earth); lead to better professional development; and more.

A strong sense of community among teachers leads to more effective instruction and greater satisfaction with working conditions.

It discusses how teacher - led schools offer more autonomy to teachers, share decision making responsibilities among teachers, and make the principal position optional.

Still, the school is likely wrestling with the question of whether dividing up the technology budget among discrete teachers will lead to the best purchasing decisions and designs or whether pooling demand across classrooms may eventually benefit children and teachers alike.

Through an advisory council of business leaders, community members and educators, increased funding for professional development, the designation of teacher leaders to lead the work, and expectations of central office to partner with the school in development of the work (among other things), we created a model for other high schools to follow.

It is apparently the case that collegial relationships among adults in the school, whether principal - teacher or teacher - teacher, lead to stronger focused instruction.

Mindset Shifts and Parent Teacher Home Visits, a study funded in part by Flamboyan Foundation, commissioned by the Parent Teacher Home Visits (PTHV), and led by RTI International, suggests home visits decrease implicit bias among educators.

Teacher - leaders should lead the great majority of professional development in schools, and should be paid and empowered to develop excellence among teaching peers.

The researchers will then conduct in - person interviews and focus groups with teachers and parents from four large districts using PTHV to better understand whether and how meeting families in their home leads to positive mindset shifts among teachers and parents.

Gwinnett County, Prince George's County, Md., and Springfield, Mass., for example, are among those using screening tools, such as Gallup's PrincipalInsight, that allow them to quickly gather information on why a candidate wants to be a school leader and his or her likely ability to foster collegiality, or motivate teachers, students and parents.20 To ensure that would - be candidates genuinely want to lead schools and not just get a salary bump that comes with an advanced degree, Chicago, St. Louis and Springfield, Ill., require would - be leaders to agree to serve as principals for a set number of years.

MM: Leading Educators has already reignited passion for improving instructional practices among my team of teachers that attended LEI!

In this case, for the first time in my professional life, teachers took the lead in transforming their classroom experience into a policy statement intended to promote balanced assessment and the development of assessment literacy among all stakeholders.

Analyze the comprehensive teacher collaboration program that the struggling Sparks Middle School in La Puente, Calif., implemented to avoid shutdown, later leading to its No. 1 ranking among its 100 peer schools in the state.

These dramatic disparities created urgency for a team of 17 teachers and administrators among E4E - Minnesota's membership, leading them to spend several months researching and developing recommendations to close the teacher diversity gap.

Execution of some RSP services, possibly BID services, and serving as the lead RSP teacher among the special education team;

My never ending quest to find something good that teachers unions do for children or taxpayers has led to some pretty strange dead ends, but lately we have hit on a couple of items that even the most jaded among us can't quite digest.

Peer / group - led: Teachers facilitated group work that allows students to teach and learn among another

Arizona was among the pioneers of the American charter school movement when it passed its law back in 1994, and has led the way ever since, in no small part because of its high scores in the areas of school autonomy, teacher freedom and the wide latitude it allows for freedom to innovate.

A school is more likely to retain effective teachers, a new study reports, if it is led by a principal who promotes professional development for teachers, is characterized by collaborative relationships among teachers, has a safe and orderly learning environment and sets high expectations for academic achievement among students, a new study reports.

Many educators, policymakers, and other stakeholders worry that increasing selectivity may lead to a less racially diverse teacher workforce, as minority candidates generally score lower on many of the current selectivity metrics used by teacher preparation programs.14 Others maintain that the diversity gap will only continue to grow in the decades to come, even with a focus on the recruitment and retention of the current generation of prospective teachers.15 Instead, those skeptical of the United States» ability to attain both goals offer solutions such as increased cultural competency among the existing teacher workforce to inspire and encourage a more diverse generation of future educators.16

A meta - analysis conducted by Marzano, Waters, and McNulty (2005) found that several promotion - focused behaviors among school leadership are linked to higher levels of student achievement, including (1) serving as a change agent (challenging the status quo and leading efforts that have uncertain outcomes); (2) demonstrating flexibility (being comfortable with major changes and dissent); and (3) being an optimizer (encouraging innovation by portraying a positive attitude about teachers» ability to achieve what may seem to be beyond their grasp).

After earning her MA in education leadership at Stanford, Solar joined Bridgespan and advised leading education organizations on their core strategies to amplify their impact on students, teachers, and communities in California, Kentucky, Tennessee, and DC, among others.

But it wasn't enough to counter Evers» popularity among educators, whom he said have suffered under Republican policies that have made them pay more for benefits while being subjected negative rhetoric from the GOP - led state Capitol, developments that he maintained have contributed to the state's teacher shortage.

One study found that high familiarity with the NETS (for teachers and for students) led not only to higher use of technology in the classroom in general, but also higher use of discipline - specific technology tools among teacher educators (Friedman et al., 2009).

But they also said they found evidence of imprecision in the Times analysis that could lead to the misclassification of some teachers, especially among those whose performance was about average for the district.

The Teach to Lead Initiative, a partnership of the US Department of Education, the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards and ASCD, has given me a platform to create a wave of health consciousness among teachers, parents, students and -LSB-...]