Sentences with phrase «changing teaching workforce»

I suspect two dominant trends have been shaping the national narrative about the changing teaching workforce.

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Rather than focusing solely on changing the demographics of their workforce — an effort that can take decades as staff retire and are replaced — the district's model centers on teaching current educators how to think differently.

«Integrating 21st - century skills into teaching and assessment... is not only an economic imperative, driven by changes in the workforce, but a vital aspect of improving student learning,» says «Measuring Skills for the 21st Century,» a white paper scheduled for release Nov. 10 by the Washington - based think tank Education...

Wishing away the funding problems won't change the fact that current defined benefit pension plans are simply not delivering sufficient retirement benefits to the majority of the teaching workforce.

Teaching workforce expert Professor John Howson described the cuts to bursaries as «very risky» and claimed that changes could result in a «yo - yo effect» which risks «creating a crisis in primary where there isn't one».

Teaching is not just about preparing students for a particular workforce, but to also become agents of change that have a positive influence within humanity.

In crafting their proposal, the Commission needs to consider the impact that policy changes will have on individual teachers and the teaching workforce as a whole.

on the changing trends in the teaching workforce.

If you point out that the teaching workforce has increased by about 40 % in the last three decades (adjusted for changes in student population), people blame special education (see below).

The «Teachers working later» review was set up in October 2014 to ensure pension age - changes do not have a detrimental effect on the teaching workforce.

The paper examines the progress — or lack of progress — made to address diversity of the teaching workforce and uses the findings as a basis for recommending change.

More than 50 AACTE member institutions in 25 states applied to be a part of this NIC, known as Changing the Demographic Makeup of the Teaching Workforce.

«So, I don't know about a tipping point, but clearly, they are getting back to the point where they are going to have to look at reductions in their teaching workforce, if nothing else changes, and depending on what happens with enrollment, that could be very problematic,» he says.

Additional time, tools, and support can affect the entire teaching workforce in a school or district by making all kinds of other changes — from induction programs to teacher leadership opportunities — possible.

Until states make such changes, they will continue to impose large retirement savings penalties on significant portions of their teaching workforce.

This type of turnover is less relevant for this analysis of changes in the teaching workforce, since most teacher turnover is voluntary.

Wishing away pension funding problems won't change the fact that current plans are simply not delivering sufficient retirement benefits to the majority of the teaching workforce.

The bill misses an opportunity to emphasize new investments focusing on elevating the teaching profession and fails to push for policy changes targeted at maintaining and recruiting a diverse, high - achieving workforce of teachers and leaders.

While this brief focuses on Act 10's impact on Wisconsin teachers based on the data available, the same forces driving changes in the teaching workforce can also affect the broader public sector.3 Proponents of Act 10 insisted that reducing collective bargaining rights for teachers would improve education by eliminating job protections such as tenure and seniority - based salary increases.

The demographic composition of the teaching workforce is predominantly female (76 percent) and white (82 percent), and these trends have changed little over time, though the composition of the student body has become increasingly diverse.