Sentences with phrase «because head teachers»

In the election it became a significant doorstep issue, not least because head teachers discovered the power of sending a letter home to millions of parents.

Wilshaw said: «Too often this is what inspectors see all the time — they go into secondary schools and because head teachers are so concerned about filling their sixth forms to ensure that their budgets are strong, they will give the wrong advice to youngsters and be selfish in their careers advice.

Not exact matches

Although I'm usually quick to head out and avoid the people traffic (typical Type - A personality), I try to thank the teacher after every class because I am truly thankful to them for guiding me through such a great workout, and it boosts my self - esteem tremendously.

A Roman Catholic school is forcing a successful head teacher out of his job because he is not a Catholic.

«No, this stuff isn't getting to me, the shootings, the knifings, the beatings, old ladies being bashed in the head for their social security checks, teachers being thrown out of a fourth floor window because they don't give A's.

I guess the first child really is the hardest in a lot of ways because I'm in no way nervous or worried about ETot heading on to school, he's so strong willed and independent I'm more worried about his teachers keeping up with him than how he'll fare.

Talk to the head teacher if your child isn't wearing the uniform, including PE kit, because you can't afford it.

The only photos available are taken by over-enthusiastic head teachers on ancient cameras or me on my mobile, the images invariably fuzzy because I've been too busy scowling at anyone and everyone delaying our escape.

The quality of Head Start suffers partly because only half the teachers are required to have a college degree, and their pay is far lower than that of public pre-k teachers, he said.

This is something which has been very well documented and mourned in a report from the National Academy of Sciences that was issued by a committee headed by Norman Augustine just a few months ago and this report — which is called «he Gathering Storm» — lays out in some detail the concern that that [leaves us] with a long hole over the next couple of decades, because of weaknesses in [the] way we fund basic physical sciences, the way we are training people to do physical sciences, the way we treat science in elementary and high - school programs — all of those factors, the way we pay teachers, the way we use the patent system where we try to provide incentives in some of the physical sciences; we are losing our leadership gradually to other countries, especially in Europe and [of] particular concern in Asia, where the rise of science in, particularly China, to a certain extent India and other parts of Southeast Asia, are cause for long - term concern.

Although I'm usually quick to head out and avoid the people traffic (typical Type - A personality), I try to thank the teacher after every class because I am truly thankful to them for guiding me through such a great workout, and it boosts my self - esteem tremendously.

Our amazing Teacher's Assistant, Caleb, said that the definition of a spiritual warrior is one who heads towards pain and invites it in, because they have learned to «break open.»

Charter supporters threw a Hail Mary pass in the form of a ballot initiative; the reason they had to take such extreme measures was because the teachers have had the legislature in a head lock for a decade.

David Hopkins, who Morris appointed to the key role of head of the Standards and Effectiveness Unit at the Department for Education and Skills, believes that «when students begin to take ownership of the learning behavior, you see something quite transformational taking place inside the school, because then it is the students who actually control learning rather than the teacher.»

Local head teachers have stated that they may have to cut school hours because of cash shortages and in response to this school governors have warned MPs that they will stop working.

«I began to understand the limits of the «talking head» model of professional development and began to imagine a way that I could teach kids and teachers at the same time, because the other thing that happened was I was just desperately missing working with students.

In a submission to the Education Select Committee, head teachers have claimed that many schools are forced to call 999, because mental health services within education institutions are inadequate.

Head teachers» leaders have also warned that fewer appeals are likely from state schools because of the cost of re-marking, with fees costing between # 20 - 60 per paper.

Andrea Curtis, Head Teacher of Bushfield School, said: «The World of Work activity supported literacy development and critical thinking skills because the children had to listen to what was said and digest that before asking another question.

Very often these partnerships have little to do with their charitable status — they arise from good relationships between head teachers in a local area or because a school is an active part of a large group of schools, state and independent.»

The reason why Academy MATs do not want to take on these schools, that compete with other schools serving more affluent postcodes that produce higher mean CATs score intakes, is because in most cases they know they can do no better than the existing heads and teachers.

Every state school head teacher in West Sussex signed a joint letter to the prime minister warning that they could have to cut school hours because of a lack of funding.

EAST LANSING, Mich. — The new head of the Michigan Education Association says the union became involved in a recall effort against a sitting legislator because voters are frustrated with public school funding and taxes, while a teacher and former local union president says teachers are frustrated with union spending on recalls, according to separate media reports.

«Free schools are better placed to drive up standards and give parents what they want because they give more control to heads, teachers and governors, rather than politicians and bureaucrats.»

David Simmonds, head of the Children's Board at the Local Government Association said that phasing the school building announcements could be difficult - because authorities and head teachers needed to plan, and because the demand is high and urgent.

«Rebel head teachers succeed in spite of the system, not because of it,» he says.

Many head teachers say that the tests damage children's education because they encourage teachers to «teach to the test», so that other subjects are squeezed out of the curriculum.

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Last week, the ASCL head teachers» conference warned that schools could have to cut hours because of deepening funding problems.

«We want as many schools as possible to take advantage of the significant benefits academy status brings because it means more schools run by great heads and teachers, not local authority or Whitehall bureaucrats, and more children getting a first - class education.

Russell Hobby, leader of the National Association of Head Teachers, said: «Heads are increasingly forced to rely on supply agencies because they can't find permanent staff in time.

When she recorded the experiences and opinions of male primary teachers, one Asian infant school deputy head told her that he was given a place on a PGCE teacher course just because he was a man, without a formal interview.

A letter from every head teacher in West Sussex circulated to 100,000 parents in October said there were risks of shorter school weeks and fewer teachers because of funding pressures.

«Ofsted don't demand this, but because they are so subjective, because they are so fallible and because your job, the school's future and your leadership team's future depends on what they say, our head teachers now routinely demand the impossible.

Lassen — among the group Chalmers refers to as «sociopathic child - haters who are only teachers because they got tenure after two short years» — doesn't suffer Bart's foolishness, responding to the mischievous one's skeleton - in - the - closet prank by buzzing the top of his head with clippers.

There have been warnings from head teachers» leaders that because of the cost of re-marking, fewer appeals are likely from state schools.

«That's why I'm delighted to approve a pay deal today which gives heads the freedom to offer their best and most experienced teachers a two per cent pay rise, something that is only possible because we trust heads and governors to decide how to reward their staff.»

Albert Shanker, the head of the AFT from 1974 to 1997, believed that teachers» unions should be affiliated with the AFL - CIO in part because teachers could do a much better job of educating students if educators were part of a coalition that fought to reduce income inequality, and provide for better housing and health care for children.

Sam Freedman, the head of research at Teach First, which places high - achieving graduates into schools with disadvantaged intakes, said that even among teachers, there is hostility to the notion that what they do can be analysed and replicated: «The idea of learning heuristics seems bad because you're not discovering your inner teacher.»

The GTCS rules around the subjects that Scottish teachers are allowed to teach have been criticised for being too strict because they constrain the ability of head teachers to determine the curriculum in schools and prevent experienced teachers who qualified outside Scotland from being able to take up teaching posts.

But it must be getting too cold at AFT headquarters this winter, so union administrators headed south to oversee the Orange County Classroom Teachers Association because it is in «a serious state of dysfunction.»

In response to today's figures, Russell Hobby, general secretary of the National Association of Head Teachers, said: «Official statistics mask the reality that school leaders are still sometimes forced to appoint staff who are less experienced or able than they would like because of a lack of applications for a post; it is about quality, not just the numbers in post.

«The announcement is all the more intolerable, because the government's own policies cause more delays to school improvement than any head teacher ever could.»

The National Association of Head Teachers said authorising absences was «difficult territory for schools because they are so severely held to account for attendance figures».

Particularly if head teachers are frightened, if school leaders are frightened, if teachers are frightened to speak out because of fear for their jobs, fear they won't be promoted.»

This is not the first time Mr Gibb has said this so he will continue to deny there is a crisis.Even if he was correct the solution is not to train as many teachers as possible because they would still be inexperienced and a great number of these will leave in the first 5 years after they have qualified.Mr Gibb needs to do some serious talking to teachers which is something I suspect he is reluctant to do and so the government will keep burying its head in the sand and the problem just will not go away.I take my hat off to all the teachers who ply their craft under very trying circumstances.

Head teachers have argued that this year's results should not be used to measure schools» achievements because of the likely volatility in the system.

It believes the system will be less bureaucratic and that head teachers should take more control because they know what is best for their pupils.

The UK risks being cut off from the rest of the world because of a reluctance to learn languages, a leading head teacher will warn.

Schools could soon be facing severe financial hardship which could affect standards because of cuts to their budgets, head teachers warn.