Teachers clearly value the support that the CAS Master Teachers provide, with over 99 per
cent of those teachers benefiting from CPD, reporting that the CPD provided was high quality, implementable and would have an impact in the classroom.
Teachers clearly value the support that the CAS Master Teachers provide, with over 99 per
cent of those teachers benefiting from CPD from CAS Master Teachers reporting that the CPD provided was high quality, implementable and would have an impact in the classroom.
Not exact matches
A study
of Illinois
teachers by Maria D. Fitzpatrick found that, when given the opportunity to purchase pension credits to boost their
benefits, they were only willing to pay 19
cents for a dollar
of future compensation.
With the School Travel Forum 2015 Survey
of over 2,000 secondary school
teachers showing that 22 per
cent of school trip organisers are still opting to make their own travel arrangements and bypass the quality, safety and financial security
benefits of travelling with an assured provider, going forward it is our role to win over those
teachers who are still unaware
of the technical and professional support that is at their disposal.
Linked to this is
teachers» understanding
of the
benefits to be gained from these solutions, which 36 per
cent of primary schools consider to be a barrier.
Teachers too are seeing the
benefits, with 75 per
cent of them saying they are confident in using ICT in the classroom to enhance the learning environment.
Seventy - one per
cent want a closer relationship with
teachers compared to 62 %
of secondary school parents, and two thirds (66 %) feel their child would
benefit from them being more involved.
Understanding between
teachers, students and their peers also
benefit, with 71 per
cent of students reporting that they felt that their
teachers better understood their learning habits, whilst 70 per
cent felt that they were getting on better with their peers following the trip.
Indeed, 96.6 per
cent of secondary schools currently take residential trips, with each organising an average
of 2.6 a year, so figures prove that the educational
benefits of LOtC are valued by the majority
of teachers.
Thanks to a series
of deals Philadelphia struck with the AFT local, along with increases in pension contributions, led to a 53 percent increase in spending on
teachers»
benefits between 2002 - 2002 and 2011 - 2012, according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau;
benefits accounted for 27
cents of every dollar spent on
teacher salaries in 2012, versus 21
cents a decade earlier.
Government changes to the discount rate (a rate
of interest used to value the
Teachers» Pension Scheme) mean that even though the scheme
benefits have been cut and employee contributions increased, employer contributions have risen from 14.1 per
cent to 16.4 per
cent.
However, on average,
teachers were willing to pay just 20
cents of their current compensation for a dollar
of future retirement
benefits; hence, these
teachers preferred current wages over pension wealth by a factor
of five - to - one.