Sentences with phrase «champion those teachers who»

I am a teacher because of the many great champion teachers who believed in me despite my labels and developed my love for learning.

And we need to champion those teachers who value their students» families and find respectful ways to work with them.

Not exact matches

It is unclear whether federal acting secretary of education John King — New York's former state education c ommissioner who championed the Common Core and helped usher in the use of teacher evaluations tied to state assessments under No Child Left Behind and the federal Race To The Top grant program — will give his blessing.

Rosa has garnered support from the state's teachers unions as well as test refusal leaders, but Common Core advocates are fearful that Rosa will undo the work of her predecessor, Tisch, who championed the Common Core and the use of student test scores in evaluating teachers.

Cuomo, who championed the new teacher evaluation system, and who has feuded publicly with teachers and their union, has also taken a step back.

Cuomo, who championed the new teacher evaluation system and feuded publicly with teachers and their union, has also taken a step back.

Specifically, one or more faculty members who choose to champion physics teacher education in combination with institutional motivation and commitment can ensure that such initiatives remain viable.

Set after the war, with Ip Man relocated to Hong Kong, it replaces the foreign devils that were the occupying Japanese Army with the colonial British foreign devils ruling Hong Kong in 1950 and sets the honorable sensei against a corrupt cabal of martial arts teachers lead by Sammo Hung (who is also the film's fight choreographer) and a champion boxer called The Twister (Darren Shahlavi), a British brute with a powerful punch and a killer instinct.

The man who has been dubbed a «champion for children» shares some insights he has gained through countless meetings with youngsters and discusses how teachers can more effectively reach them.

Additionally, 69 % of teachers suggested that it would be helpful for each school to have a lead teacher for financial education who could champion the subject, while 65 % believe that schools need outside support to teach financial education well.

Leadership: effective teacher development requires leaders who actively champion and prioritise it.

«Teachers have been really great — they have really embraced the new system and we have found we have quite a few technology champions who are helping other teachers with the system,» Cameron Taylor, the eLearning coordinator for grades 7 to 1Teachers have been really great — they have really embraced the new system and we have found we have quite a few technology champions who are helping other teachers with the system,» Cameron Taylor, the eLearning coordinator for grades 7 to 1teachers with the system,» Cameron Taylor, the eLearning coordinator for grades 7 to 12, said.

There is also a lack of female mentors and role models with whom female teachers can identify and who can encourage and champion them.

Aggrieved teachers deserve a better champion, one who can provide a fair and comprehensive reading of evidence.

The classroom teachers, administrators, professional artists, arts - integration specialists, and community leaders who are champions of the program are eager to see it replicated in schools and school districts elsewhere.

People have been waiting patiently for the teachers unions to champion school reform since the days of Al Shanker, who served as AFT president from 1974 to 1997.

The only force standing in their way is the teachers union — «the champions of equity,» who «define solutions that drive excellence and success for all students,» as described by former NEA president Dennis Van Roekel in his keynote address to the Representative Assembly in July 2014.

The Safer Internet Day theme this year sums it up — a better internet begins with each and every one of us, whether it's a teacher championing online safety in school, a child who doesn't just stand by when they see cyberbullying, or a tech company that takes time to listen to children's needs.

Earlier this year, the Fordham Institute's Mike Petrilli — a former Bush - administration official and NCLB champion who has since expressed concerns about the law — observed: «The question of whether affluent and disadvantaged kids need a different kind of education — different instructional strategies, different curriculum, maybe even different kinds of teachers — is a serious one.

Through ongoing field research and workshops our team of educators is continually developing new understandings of how teachers who «teach like champions» propel powerful student learning.

Select articulate teachers to serve as California TOYs who will effectively represent the state's teachers; motivate and inspire other educators; and champion the positive contributions of the teaching profession.

After my first observation with her, I joked that she was «teaching like a champion» two decades before Doug Lemov sat down to write his book (a fact that would surely not surprise Doug, who has long said that he merely names and describes what great teachers already do).

The Caucus of Rank and File Educators (CORE) is a group of dedicated teachers, retirees, Paraprofessional School Related Personnel (PSRPs), parents, community members and other champions of public education who fight for equitable public education and hope to improve the Chicago Teacher's Union (CTU) so that it fights both on behalf of its members and on behalf of Chicago's students.

Opportunity # 2: Both a critical pedagogy advocate and a deeper learning champion would object to the fact that many traditional classrooms emphasize the wisdom and authority of the teacher (who is often white) over the curiosity, skills, and active agency of the students in the classroom (increasingly students of color).

«The event demonstrated there's a chance we'll find an early learning champion who will value the importance of high - quality early learning programs for all of California's kids with teachers who are compensated fairly,» said Patricia Lozano, executive director of Early Edge California, an advocacy organization promoting expanded early education programs.

If our students are to be successful in this new era of assessment, we need teachers who are assessment champions, building assessment literacy and capacity in every school.

Even those who champion value - added measures caution against using them as the sole means of evaluating teachers.

It aims to increase subject expertise, promote research and champion university access within schools by supporting PhD graduates to become excellent teachers and research leaders, who are committed to closing the gap in attainment and university access.

The event, held at the Rubin Museum in Manhattan, honored five people who have demonstrated exceptional commitment to enacting positive change in education: Tanell Pendleton, an English teacher who has worked at Bronx Haven High School for eight years, and Michael Wolach, founding teacher and instructional coach at Jill Chaifetz Transfer School, both of whom have worked with Eskolta on multi-year projects on topics ranging from developing students» academic mindsets to implementing outcomes - based grading; Cristal Cruz, a graduate of Brooklyn Frontiers High School, who, after facing significant challenges during school, graduated as salutatorian, enrolled in college, and is now working at Good Shepherd Service to support students in the same way she was supported; and Jeff and Tricia Raikes, co-founders of the Raikes Foundation and part of the founding team of Microsoft, who have become champions of school improvement by establishing national initiatives such as the Mindset Scholars Network and the Student Agency Improvement Community.

Ravitch has developed a powerful following among public school teachers, who have found in her a champion amidst what they see as a governmental assault on their profession.

Additional speakers include Gary Chartrand, chairman of the Florida State Board of Education; Frank Biden, the president of Mavericks in Education and the brother of Vice President Joe Biden; Jeanne Allen, pioneering education reform champion and founder of The Center for Education Reform; Wendy Howard, the founder and executive director of the Florida Alliance for Choice in Education; Christie Bassett, 2015 Florida Teacher of the Year and a teacher at Highlands Park Elementary School in Polk County, Florida; Jason Fischer, member of the Duval County School Board; Lisa Graham Keegan, senior advisor to National School Choice Week and the former superintendent of public instruction for Arizona; and Randan Steinhauser, an advisor to National School Choice Week, who will join the event live via satellite from Austin,Teacher of the Year and a teacher at Highlands Park Elementary School in Polk County, Florida; Jason Fischer, member of the Duval County School Board; Lisa Graham Keegan, senior advisor to National School Choice Week and the former superintendent of public instruction for Arizona; and Randan Steinhauser, an advisor to National School Choice Week, who will join the event live via satellite from Austin,teacher at Highlands Park Elementary School in Polk County, Florida; Jason Fischer, member of the Duval County School Board; Lisa Graham Keegan, senior advisor to National School Choice Week and the former superintendent of public instruction for Arizona; and Randan Steinhauser, an advisor to National School Choice Week, who will join the event live via satellite from Austin, Texas.

Each of the teachers mentored, advocated for and championed three students who needed an educator in their lives who believes in them and their capacity for learning and success.

Her genius was in the construction of a public identity of partial affiliation — a university - based historian who never wrote an academic dissertation, a former government official whose career in public service lasted less than two years, an overseer of the national testing program with no particular expertise in testing, and a champion of public school teachers who has never taught in a public school.

A leader that will create an organizational culture where teachers can be heard and who will champion student achievement with unwavering resolve.»

Despite this, LAUSD's Deasy bio still says he's «a man on a mission» who's «championed rigorous and ambitious learning opportunities for youth, fair teacher and administrator evaluations, pay ‐ for - performance, staff development and training, and data ‐ based decision ‐ making.»

An incumbent Democratic governor who has pushed anti-labor bills and his running mate, Paul Vallas, one of the nation's leading champions in the effort to destroy public school teachers, their unions and the public education system.

Principals, working with district leadership, assemble an interdisciplinary launch team comprised of highly effective teachers who will implement and champion LDC in their schools.

Start by providing learning opportunities to selected, and ambitious, teachers who will then train other teachers who work closely with them (we call them our ICT Champions).

Rosa has garnered support from the state's teachers unions as well as test refusal leaders, but Common Core advocates are fearful that Rosa will undo the work of her predecessor, Tisch, who championed the Common Core and the use of student test scores in evaluating teachers.

Shortly after he was elected with CEA's first endorsement in 2010, the governor of this state disrespected every teacher with his «tenure» comment, then promoted Common Core, supported the corporate education movement through charter schools, advocated for more and more standardized testing, hired an education commissioner who had absolutely no public school experience (in fact had ties to charter schools), chipped away at teacher security through negative tenure reform, and championed the complete elimination of the state contribution to the retired teacher's health insurance fund.

As explained in the technical paper, the SGP model championed by New York State claims to account for students who are English Language Learners (ELL), students with disabilities (SWD) and even economically disadvantaged students as it determines a teachers adjusted mean growth percentage.

In One Wish, I met a former figure skating champion who craves a quieter life and Mr. Hottie High School teacher, Troy Headly, who is on hand to prove to her that it doesn't have to be all that quiet.

And his fans included prominent cultural minds, like Peggy Guggenheim and Clement Greenberg, who attended lectures by Hofmann and championed his efforts as both an artist and a teacher.

Not to discount the positive influence of Mr. Gore and Ms. Maathai and others on the list, but my list would include my students, my own children, and the many teachers and school administrators I know who are championing sustainability as a higher calling despite the tough questions they must figure out (the students) or face (the administrators) as a result.

The Safer Internet Day theme this year sums it up — a better internet begins with each and every one of us, whether it's a parent regularly engaging with their children's digital lives, a teacher championing online safety in school, a child who doesn't stand by when they see cyberbullying, or a tech company that takes time to listen to children's needs.