Sentences with phrase «around issues of teacher»

The public and policy debate around education has also changed dramatically — particularly around issues of teacher quality and charter schools — due in large part to the work of these individuals.

The National Education Union welcomes the DfE's new emphasis on policy co-ordination around issues of teacher recruitment, retention and development.

Not exact matches

According to the Fall / Winter 2011 issue of Renewal: A Journal for Waldorf Education, published quarterly by AWSNA (the Association of Waldorf Schools of North America), «There is a drastic shortage of trained Waldorf teachers — class teachers, as well as early childhood / kindergarten... This shortage exists in North America and around the world, including in English - speaking countries such as Australia, New Zealand, Great Britain, and Ireland.

We view this as an issue of how to provide the best teachers for schools during a very difficult time around layoffs.»

Commenting on the announcement by Ofqual around issues related to GCSE Computer Science, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT — The Teachers» Union, said: «The NASUWT recognises that Ofqual has a critical responsibility to establish and maintain public and professional confidence in the qualification system.

StudentsFirstNY has stepped in to rally parents around the issue of improving teacher evaluations.

«Are rules about firing teachers the kinds of issues that courts should decide, while questions about funding schools are ones that should be left to the legislature — or is it the other way around?»

So, in response to this we pulled together a debate between an eclectic panel of education experts including: chair of the Education Select Committee Neil Carmichael MP; a head teacher who turned her own school's performance and ability to recruit and retain its staff around 180 degrees; an ex-tutor from an FE institution who left teaching due to work load issues; and an academic completing a PhD on the topic of work strain in the sector.

The England - wide search will see children and young people nominate teachers and school staff who go above and beyond the call of duty to support students around issues such as bullying, relationships, family life and mental health.

Education Week and Education Week Teacher have gathered years of Q&A s with some of the field's most prominent education scholars, leaders, and practitioners talking about important issues around schooling.

It could be a number of things: it could be better recording processes by the jurisdictions, could be them being able to finally ask the question and encourage people to identify, and probably I think the most positive aspect is it could be because of heightened awareness around the issue by MATSITI of cultural safety — it could be that some of those teachers felt more comfortable in identifying by 2015 than they did in 2012.

The PZC tackles challenging issues about the kind of teaching and learning that should be done in classrooms all around the world, but is not being done, in part because of the pressure for certain performances on certain kinds of standardized tests, in part because teachers teach what they were taught and in the ways that they were taught 10 or 50 years ago.

Many teachers associate a wide variety of challenges and concerns with group work: kids goofing off, copying from each other, and letting one student do all the work, as well as issues around the teacher not feeling in control.

To increase awareness of world hunger and to help find solutions to the problem, an organization called Feeding Minds, Fighting Hunger provides teachers with a comprehensive curriculum on hunger issue designed for use on or around World Food Day, which is October 16.

Stone said the manifesto is «somewhat of a line in the sand» but also an organizing tool to «bring together solutions - oriented teachers around a common set of beliefs» about issues relevant to their profession.

Newspapers.com enables teachers to look up newspapers online around the country so students can catch the local sentiment about a variety of local, national, and international issues.

According to a survey by the British Educational Suppliers Association (BESA), teachers see ICT training as a key requirement with 51 per cent of primary school teachers and 49 per cent of secondary school teachers admitting they need guidance around e-safety issues.

He said, «Rethinking policies around seat - time requirements, class size, compensating teachers based on their educational credentials, the use of technology in the classroom, inequitable school financing, the over placement of students in special education — almost all of these potentially transformative productivity gains are primarily state and local issues that have to be grappled with.»

Principals take on the role of manager and facilitator of change, while teacher leaders take on responsibilities around issues of teaching and learning.

The event, taking place at the Leicester Marriot Hotel from Tuesday 28 to Wednesday 29 March, seeks to bring together teachers and school leaders from around the country to engage in discussions around the key issues facing education and to share best practice around the use of education technology.

HL: Harry had learnt, teacher as a facilitator, he understood the language, and we did a lot of language immersion around entrepreneurship and he just said «no, this is not on, Miss Lewis has already spoken to you and told you, she is a facilitator, she doesn't want to have to deal with behaviour issues» and they just went silent.

One of the issues we have, I suppose, is that we've had many reviews over the years of teacher education and the teacher workforce, and many recommendations have come out of those, particularly around the support for early career teachers, and a number of things in different states have been put into place, particularly over the last five to 10 years.

Early career teacher attrition is seen as an issue of concern around the world.

Press coverage of the teachers unions is usually assigned to an education reporter, which ensures the story will be framed around education issues.

Those of us who undertake school - led teacher training, or represent providers which do, are being increasingly consulted by politicians, policy - makers and civil servants on solutions to issues around teacher recruitment and retention.

The task group frames the danger this way: «How can we be sure that teaching supervisors are themselves developed and equipped in cultural competence outcomes in order to supervise beginning teachers around issues of race, class, culture, and gender?»

Issues around teacher workload and stress are well known and likely to have contributed to the total of 2.21 million days lost in 2013 - 14 — an average of 4.3 days for every teacher.

In addition to early morning pickets at schools, the Chicago Teachers Union plans a full day of teach - ins and rallies at sites around the city during a one - day strike Friday that the union promises will shut down the schools, according to a preliminary schedule issued Monday.

At the same time, the other teachers in the study who were able to get around the issue of access show that this barrier can be overcome when they are determined enough to use technology.

«While it is a sad indictment on society as a whole that we are still required to discuss and organise around issues of racism, the NUT Black Teachers Conference has been instrumental in helping members challenge and achieve change within their schools and colleges.

The state affiliate of the American Federation of Teachers has voted to withdraw support for the second - round application over concerns about the state's approach to turning around low - performing schools, among other issues.

Findings from these studies on the nature of the relationship between teacher leaders and principals indicates that principals seek out teacher leaders» input around instructional issues, but that this relationship can vary.

March / April 2018: Urban, Suburban, Rural, and Frontier — This issue will shine a light on various types of school communities, providing strategies for universal challenges such as parent engagement, afterschool and summer learning, technology and broadband connectivity, teacher recruiting and retention, poverty, and wrap - around services.

In addition, to facilitate the use of these materials, the case includes an issues matrix with links to video clips and text organized around three sets of issues — mathematics concepts and connections, teacher decision making, and classroom management.

«Specialist units that help schools to strongly challenge bullying around LGBT issues and support teachers with supporting students are a great idea... perhaps even a few centres where some vulnerable students can spend some of their curriculum time, on a temporary basis, to support them back in to mainstream school.

In the coming months, AACTE also plans to issue a competitive call for proposals around a new Networked Improvement Community for AACTE members focused on the preparation of special education teachers.

In honor of National Save for Retirement Week, we've created a Buzzfeed - style quiz to help you better understand teacher retirement plans and the issues around them.

Teachers haven't received meaningful raises in six years, and there is a lot of frustration around not only that issue, but also the lack of classroom resources.

Geoff Barton, leader of the ASCL head teachers» union, said this was a «step in the right direction and an acknowledgment of the huge level of concern around the country on this issue».

This includes forming a literacy leadership team, creating a collaborative learning environment, developing a school wide plan to address the professional development needs of teachers, and develop their own capacity around the issue.

Then it turns around and spends much of those dues on politicking; CTA alone spent over $ 211 million on politicking from 2000 - 2009 — frequently on issues that have nothing to do with teachers or kids — and supporting causes that are contrary to the positions of many of its members.

This would give teachers time to learn the instructional shifts required to teach for higher academic standards while some of the issues around measuring student performance are worked out.

Then it turns around and spends much of those dues on politicking — over $ 211 million on politicking from 2000 - 2009 — frequently on issues that have nothing to do with teachers or kids — and supporting causes that are contrary to the positions of many of its members.

In our next webinar debate, on Thursday 5th July at 7 pm, we'll be exploring the issues around the time and resources needed by teachers in order to collaborate effectively, not just for lesson planning but also for peer observations and evaluation of student work.

Contract negotiations in Chicago have centered on issues like healthcare benefits and length of the school day, but a major sticking point remains around teacher evaluation and compensation.

This included responsibility for multiple education curricula (including a complete review of the early childhood curriculum), leading work around teacher supply and workforce issues, professional development for teachers, work on establishing a new assessment system with no national test -LRB-!)

He said, «Rethinking policies around seat - time requirements, class size, compensating teachers based on their educational credentials, the use of technology in the classroom, inequitable school financing, the over-placement of students in special education — almost all of these potentially transformative productivity gains are primarily state and local issues that have to be grappled with.»

This weekly contact kept me connected with preservice teachers beyond the classroom and supported interaction around issues of importance to the preservice teachers.

At Teachers College, she is founder and faculty sponsor of the Racial Literacy Roundtables Series where for eight years Doctoral and Master's students, and scholars in the field of education facilitate informal conversations around issues of race and diversity for the Teachers College community.

At this weekend's convening, approximately 300 educators from around the country will gather to discuss these issues, and to brainstorm ways to increase the number of black teachers in our schools.