Sentences with phrase «causing teachers concern»

The four main areas causing teachers concern were financial and workplace worries, as well as personal and health problems.

Not exact matches

abortion as a standard part of health - care provision, insisting on programmes of sex education that promoted a range of sexual activities and downgraded marriage... all this and more gave great cause for concern and brought together a group of doctors, teachers, social workers and others anxious to take some action.

While not completing work is a cause for a teacher to be concerned, teachers are more likely to notice disruptive and loud students compared to students who quietly fall behind.

I'd let the teacher know that this kind of play isn't linked to violence, and isn't cause for concern unless a child is unable to engage in other activities, or is exhibiting other signs of aggression — repeated physical fights with other children or extremely violent play that can't be interrupted.

«This is the last issue we need to crack in New York City and to do that we need to locate the voters who are really concerned and who will vote on charters, vote on parochial schools, vote on the problems caused by the strength of the teachers» unions,» 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.

During stakeholder consultations, educators raised concerns the assessments would be an extra burden to teachers already struggling with a hefty workload, lead to a possible narrowing of the curriculum, and cause stress for students and parents.

He wrote that «undue emphasis upon average test results, upon school - to - school and teacher - to - teacher comparisons... may cause the teacher... to neglect the interests of the pupils, and to be concerned instead with subject matter objectives and with higher average scores for their own sake.

But instead of asking why that is, and exploring why teachers compete for charter jobs with at - will agreements or one - year contracts, they write of union - busting tactics at several charters, see low rates of unionization as a «cause for concern,» and wind up recommending that state laws provide an automatic union vote in the first year of each charter.

A study published by the Future Leaders Trust (FLT) has found that an extra 1,000 head teachers are likely to be needed over the next five years, causing further concerns in the school leadership recruitment shortage.

The teacher clearly defines the feedback context (small - group instruction and transitions), provides specific and targeted examples of the problem (calling out, causing distraction), expresses in personal terms what this means to her («As his teacher, I'm concerned...»), gives a basis for her claims by tracing the behavior's impact on others (degraded learning environment), and seeks advice from the receiver on how best to resolve the conflict («Can you offer any ideas?»).

Relying on underprepared, out - of - field, and substitute teachers is a cause for concern.

FundEducationNow.org is determined to arm children, parents, teachers and concerned citizens with the power to speak out against the Florida Legislature's plan to defund public education, disrespect professional educators and cause deep and lasting harm to the state's 2.6 million school children.Thanks to thousands of volunteer hours and in - kind donations, FundEducationNow.org quickly grew into a statewide non-partisan alliance of dedicated advocates.

The nature of the inappropriate behavior is cause for concern for teacher educators who are expected to teach and assess dispositions and who must decide whether or not a prospective teacher is ready for the ethical responsibility of teaching children.

Stagnant wages have caused many teachers to hit their boiling points, and there is widespread concern that the state can only look forward to a massive exodus of teachers who will seek considerably higher salaries in neighboring states like Tennessee, South Carolina and Virginia — unless lawmakers take quick action to bring teachers» salaries up.

Serious cracks had formed in the credibility of NCLB's harsh accountability measures causing parents, teachers and districts to voice concern.

Since then, the LA TImes has reported that District 4 School Board challenger Kate Anderson supports Superintendent John Deasy's teacher evaluation guidance and that District 4 School Board member Steve Zimmer supports the idea of a district - wide guidance but is concerned about potential delays caused by union objection.

«We urge the Government to think again, to listen to the concerns of parents, governors, teachers, heads, councillors and MPs, including its own backbenchers, and press the pause button before it causes any more chaos for children.

This idea was once cause for concern, because it belied the quest for the single code of «best practices» that would certify teachers as true professionals.

SUNY's teacher certification proposal is cause for concern in maintaining this expectation.»

As far as I'm concerned, the (small) differences they report in achievement might as well be real or true, but to claim that teachers caused the differences because of their effectiveness, or lack thereof, is certainly false and untrue.

Visual - Spatial Learners often cause great concern to the classroom teacher, and the parent at home.

And commonly cause concern, among their parents and teachers.

Hopefully, the millions put into Florida political campaigns by teachers unions will not cause elected officials to put teacher concerns above those of the public good.

As form tutors or subject teachers act in the first instance in dealing with low - level disruptive behaviour and in identifying early causes for concern

If anything, Malkin seems to be more in common cause with traditionalists and teachers» unions opposed to Teach For America's very existence than with the taxpayers (including families and their children) for whom she expresses so much concern.

Rather than making a series of empty, unfilled promises, these policies would actually improve teachers» working conditions, students» learning conditions, and school funding; would protect public schools from inequities of funding caused by the proliferation of charter schools; and would «encourage» the decision makers who currently establish public education policy to play within the rules, or forfeit the thing they are really most concerned about: those sweet, sweet campaign contributions.

[20] KIPP schools have been able to report high rates achievement that are apparent in almost every study, but the way that they burn out both students and teachers should be cause for concern.

But to claim that teachers in such schools are causing poor achievement is certainly cause for concern, not to mention a professional and research - based ethics concern as well.

Oppenheim speaks of growing up in Washington and California, his father's Russian ancestry and education in China, his father's career in engineering, his mother's background and education in English, living in Richmond El Cerrito, his mother's love of the arts, his father's feelings toward Russia, standing out in the community, his relationship with his older sister, attending Richmond High School, demographics of El Cerrito, his interest in athletics during high school, fitting in with the minority class in Richmond, prejudice and cultural dynamics of the 1950s, a lack of art education and philosophy classes during high school, Rebel Without a Cause, Richmond Trojans, hotrod clubs, the persona of a good student, playing by the rules of the art world, friendship with Jimmy De Maria and his relationship to Walter DeMaria, early skills as an artist, art and teachers in high school, attending California College of Arts and Crafts, homosexuality in the 1950s and 1960s, working and attending art school, professors at art school, attending Stanford, early sculptural work, depression, quitting school, getting married, and moving to Hawaii, becoming an entrepreneur, attending the University of Hawaii, going back to art school, radical art, painting, drawing, sculpture, the beats and the 1960s, motivations, studio work, theory and exposure to art, self - doubts, education in art history, Oakland Wedge, earth works, context and possession, Ground Systems, Directed Seeding, Cancelled Crop, studio art, documentation, use of science and disciplines in art, conceptual art, theoretical positions, sentiments and useful rage, Robert Smithson and earth works, Gerry Shum, Peter Hutchinson, ocean work and red dye, breaking patterns and attempting growth, body works, drug use and hippies, focusing on theory, turmoil, Max Kozloff's «Pygmalion Reversed,» artist as shaman and Jack Burnham, sync and acceptance of the art world, machine works, interrogating art and one's self, Vito Acconci, public art, artisans and architects, Fireworks, dysfunction in art, periods of fragmentation, bad art and autobiographical self - exposure, discovery, being judgmental of one's own work, critical dissent, impact of the 1950s and modernism, concern about placement in the art world, Gypsum Gypsies, mutations of objects, reading and writing, form and content, and phases of development.

• Monitor student behavior within the classroom as indicates in the IEP plan • Provide discrete trial instruction to assigned students on an individual and group setting • Assist lead teacher in developing lesson plans according to the specification charted out in the school curriculum • Ascertain that the classroom is safe and conducive to learning new concepts • Provide assistance to students by escorting them to and from services throughout the school • Ascertain that verbal support is provided to students to promote and direct their activities • Conduct student assessments and chart out causes of concern to ensure early intervention • Handle crises situations by ensuring student safety and wellbeing, in accordance with school protocols

A new teacher is always a cause for concern for parents, who bank on their child's comfort within the classroom to perform well during the academic year.