This will keep the relationship
between teacher autonomy and accountability in fruitful balance.
Not exact matches
The focus of the training, delivered via professional - development workshops and phone - coaching sessions, was the personal interactions in the classroom
between teachers and students; the coaches gave
teachers strategies designed to help them build a «positive emotional climate» and show «sensitivity to student needs for
autonomy.»
Teacher sat down with Professor Brian Caldwell to discuss his new book The
Autonomy Premium, which explores the link between student achievement and autonomy in school man
Autonomy Premium, which explores the link
between student achievement and
autonomy in school man
autonomy in school management.
To achieve these objectives, KIPP schools leverage strong student - behavior policies with rewards and sanctions; contracts
between students, parents, and
teachers; longer school days and school on Saturdays; substantial
autonomy for principals; and close monitoring of school performance in terms of student achievement and college readiness.
Some are both familiar and basically applicable, such as «set clear goals,» have checkpoints along the way to gauge (and control) student progress, worry a lot about
teacher quality (principals, too), finance schools equitably, strike the right balance
between autonomy and accountability, strive for a coherent «system,» etc..
The creative tension
between the
autonomy that our expert
teachers value so highly, and the common aspects of shared accountability that enables BASIS Curriculum Schools to maintain academic quality control across the network, is the nexus at the heart of our classroom learning culture.
AAE prides itself in facilitating an open dialogue
between our member
teachers, education reformers, policy makers and the public to promote more
autonomy in American education.
Elementary and secondary
teachers perceived
autonomy in the different factors in identical order, but with significant differences
between their scores.
The three
autonomy models are the result of a hard - fought agreement negotiated in late 2011
between LAUSD and the
teachers union.
«The
teachers in our study confirmed what we at Teach Plus have learned from previous research and from speaking with thousands of
teachers over the past five years: that alignment
between assessments and curriculum, access to highly valued activities, and the
autonomy to choose what's right for students all contribute to how
teachers perceive the value of activities they use to prepare their students for tests, and are all factors that can be changed to reduce wasted time and increase valued instructional time.»
Little's (1992) solution to the tension
between individual liberty and civic responsibility is to find joint work that provides an occasion for
teachers to leave their
autonomy in the classroom in the service of schoolwide issues and goals.
Instead, most
teachers only have the chance to expand their leadership responsibilities by assuming an administrative position, which requires them to leave the classroom entirely.4 Even if
teachers do not want to leave the classroom, pursuing a role in administration may be their only way to achieve increases in pay, responsibility, and
autonomy.5 Although some school districts implement career pathways, diverse leadership roles for
teachers are few and far
between.
The Relatoinship
between Teacher Perceptions of
Autonomy in the Classroom and Standards Based Accountability Reform
Relation
between teachers» early expectations and students» later perceived competence in physical education classes:
Autonomy - supportive climate as a moderator
The study focuses on the question: What are the relations
between teachers»
autonomy support and control and an optimal learning experience among students?
The study is unique in its population and in the distinction it draws
between two types of
teachers» control:
autonomy suppression (explicit control), and conditional negative regard, a phenomenon examined for the first time in
teachers (implicit psychological control).