Sentences with phrase «city teachers based»

In February 2012, the New York Times took the unusual step of publishing performance ratings for nearly 18,000 New York City teachers based on their students» test - score gains, commonly called value - added (VA) measures.

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If you start by opening PowerPoint and haphazardly typing bullet points, you're off to a rough start, says Adam Sigel, a Boston - based product manager at New York City - based streaming TV startup Aereo, and teacher of Skillshare's Slide Chi: Advanced PowerPoint Design / Workshop Class.

program that lets kids and their adult caregivers learn about the park first hand by using fun, self - guided worksheets; the NewYork Historical Society, where she developed curriculum guides to help classroom teachers incorporate primary sources into their instruction; the American Museum of Natural History, where she developed a series of teacher guides for the Moveable Museum exhibits and several temporary museum exhibits; and MOUSE, a New York City based non-profit organization that works to train middle and high school students to initiate and manage technology help desks, where she developed curriculum and educational support materials for students, faculty advisors, and MOUSE trainers.

«There's a simple test that we're going to apply to anything that he does... any proposal, and it is this: does it repeal the Last In, First Out law that would allow the city to layoff teachers based on merit this year?»

Wonderschool, a San Francisco - based venture that helps pre-K teachers and child - care providers run preschools out of their homes, plans to open 150 «boutique» programs in the New York City area.

City Hall says Cuomo's plan would simply expedite an already - underway process by the state Education Department to create guidelines for evaluating teachers but leave intact the legal language mandating layoffs be implemented based on seniority.

Though many major, city - based unions are involved in the independent expenditure, Lhota seized on the United Federation of Teachers so he could draw distinctions between himself and de Blasio on education issues.

«The mayor pointed to a series of drills the city is going to implement in schools to educate students and teachers what to do in case of a threat - based attack.

Teachers and directors at pre-K centers in community - based organizations (CBOs)-- which make up about half of all the city's pre-K offerings — make significantly less and have fewer benefits than their counterparts at Department of Education pre-K centers.

The unfinished progressive priorities Cuomo set for himself after negotiating the state budget and in the State of the State were mere afterthoughts in the last week, when lawmakers instead focused on some lower - hanging fruit: a package to combat the heroin epidemic, a pause on Common Core - based teacher evaluations and a bill to let New York City reduce its speed limit to 25 m.p.h.

And between 2008 and 2013, New York City public schools lost 202 certified, school - based arts teachers; school spending on arts and cultural organizations, which provided arts programming for students, declined 47 percent, from $ 25.7 million to $ 13.6 million.

New York State United Teachers, a statewide union, along with national and city - based groups, is hoping to leverage the outrage expressed by parents, teachers and lawmakers over state education commissioner John King's decision to «suspend» four town - hall meetings after a raucous forum in PoughTeachers, a statewide union, along with national and city - based groups, is hoping to leverage the outrage expressed by parents, teachers and lawmakers over state education commissioner John King's decision to «suspend» four town - hall meetings after a raucous forum in Poughteachers and lawmakers over state education commissioner John King's decision to «suspend» four town - hall meetings after a raucous forum in Poughkeepsie.

Betty Rosa, the Regents chancellor and a former New York City school administrator, noted the current evaluation law has created a situation under which teachers in fields not covered by state tests, such as physical education, often find themselves rated on the basis of student achievement in areas that are tested, such as English and math.

The Long Island City - based non-profit has collected $ 45.6 million from the contracts to coach «aspiring principals» and teachers.

Four - out - of - five New York City voters (80 %) support a new teacher evaluation system based on both classroom observations and test scores, with 56 % supporting such a system strongly.

The legislation would give the city the power to base teacher firings on factors other than seniority, including chronic absenteeism and poor student test scores.

Until now, most New York City teachers have been rewarded based on seniority or quantity of graduate education; neither has been shown to improve student achievement.

Bloomberg has repeatedly argued that failing to repeal the law and establish a system based on merit immediately would be devastating to schools as the city moves forward with a plan to lay off 4,666 teachers, which is set to begin as early as this spring.

And it is this: Does it repeal «Last in, first out,» that law, and allow the city to lay off teachers based on merit this year?»

Buffalo School Board Member Theresa Harris - Tigg has a different take on what's going wrong, based on her student teachers from SUNY Buffalo State in city schools.

Although new state tests will be rolled out this spring based on demanding Common Core national standards, almost 8 out of 10 New York City teachers surveyed said the city's Department of Education has yet to address the new learning benchmarks, including failing to provide any curriculum or other instructional materials keyed to the new standaCity teachers surveyed said the city's Department of Education has yet to address the new learning benchmarks, including failing to provide any curriculum or other instructional materials keyed to the new standacity's Department of Education has yet to address the new learning benchmarks, including failing to provide any curriculum or other instructional materials keyed to the new standards.

Let us start anew with space - based research worthy of a great city, where schools and universities work together, where citizens and communities partner to ensure the success of future generations, where Houstonians lead the charge for students, teachers, parents, scientists and engineers far and wide.

«If you're running, zeroing in on the physical means paying attention to your breathing, listening to your feet hit the pavement, and, yes, ditching the music,» explains Cooper Chou, a New York City - based yoga and meditation teacher at New York Health and Racquet Club, who is also a runner.

Chrissy Carter is a New York City — based yoga teacher at YogaWorks.

Sara Auster is a certified Sound Therapy Practitioner and meditation teacher based in New York City.

New York City - based yoga teacher Jenn Tardif a bonafide expert on ritual, aims to solve for just that with her wellness brand 3rd Ritual, launching today.

Marisa McClellan is a food blogger, canning teacher, and cookbook author based in Center City Philadelphia.

Claudia Friedlander, DMus, NASM - CPT is a voice teacher and fitness trainer based in New York City.

In a nutshell, this is the mission of Kula for Karma, a New York City - based nonprofit organization of trained volunteer yoga teachers who provide breath work, therapeutic yoga and meditation classes at no cost to people in need, particularly those who are facing illness, disease and chronic pain, or recovery from abuse, trauma and addiction.

Ally is a New York City - based yoga and meditation teacher with a private healing and counseling practice.

Cambridge, UK About Blog CAMYOGA is a Cambridge based non profit social enterprise created to benefit the health and wellbeing of the people of Cambridge, and those from all over the world wishing to train as teachers at a centre of excellence, in a city of excellence in the UK.

Based on an incredible true - life story — Michelle Pfeiffer stars as former U.S. Marine LouAnne Johnson, a first - time high school teacher assigned to a class of tough but smart inner city students...

Precise, too, are Davis» career choices since studying under acclaimed Montreal, Quebec — based acting teacher Jacqueline McClintock and then moving to New York City eight years ago to train at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre.

Another teacher helps his inner - city students rise above their environment by teaching them the mysteries of math and calculus in the movie Stand and Deliver (also based on a true story).

The New York City school district's experience in implementing a new data - management system aimed at making a wealth of student - level data available to teachers is the subject of a new report by Education Sector, a Washington - based think tank.

Conducted by the New Teacher Project, a New York City - based teacher - training organization, the report analyzes the results of a survey of more than 15,000 teachers and 1,300 administrators across four states and 12 disTeacher Project, a New York City - based teacher - training organization, the report analyzes the results of a survey of more than 15,000 teachers and 1,300 administrators across four states and 12 disteacher - training organization, the report analyzes the results of a survey of more than 15,000 teachers and 1,300 administrators across four states and 12 districts.

The Los Angeles - based Green Dot Public Schools and the United Federation of Teachers have selected a site in the South Bronx where they will open a new charter high school in New York City next fall.

That city's merit - pay plan proposed in 2002 was overwhelmingly voted down by teachers (1892 to 73), even though it did not base bonuses on student test scores.

But since its inception in 2005, Democrats for Education Reform, a political action committee based in New York City, has sought to use campaign donations to smooth the way for policies such as expanding charter schools and differential pay for teachers that are sometimes opposed by traditional Democratic constituencies.

The New York City - based foundation said it hopes its new «students at the center» grant program will help train teachers to abandon traditional 40 - minute lectures for more - active approaches in the classroom, such as problem - solving, critical thinking, and hands - on learning.

Then Senator Barack Obama said, «Cities like Denver have already proven that by working with teachers, this can work, that we can find new ways to increase pay that are developed with teachers, not imposed on them and not just based on an arbitrary test score.»

The New York City - based College Board, the nonprofit organization that owns the Advanced Placement brand, said more than two - thirds of the 134,000 ostensible AP - course syllabuses submitted for review by teachers from 14,383 secondary schools around the world were immediately approved.

From her early passion for literacy as a middle school Humanities teacher to her current work in developing leaders, common themes in City's work are collaboration, evidence - based discussion, asking the right questions, thinking and acting strategically, and learning through doing.

Preceding him are the likes of Jean Anyon, for example, who writes in the Teachers College Record, «The structural basis for failure in inner - city schools is political, economic, and cultural, and must be changed before meaningful school improvement projects can be successfully implemented.

On Top of the News City Ends Teacher Performance Bonuses New York Daily News 07/18/11 Behind the Headline Does Whole - School Performance Pay Improve Student Learning Education Next Spring 2011 New York City has officially ended a three - year, $ 56 million program that awarded bonuses to teachers based on schoolwide performance.

Besides challenging seniority - based layoffs, the shortage of experienced math and science teachers in inner - city districts — a problem that single salary schedules make worse — could inspire a lawsuit.

And that's kind of a role that we can fulfil, bringing those organisations that are based in the city together for teachers [here] and saying «yes, we can provide a home for that PD and we can reach an audience and we can see its value».

In New York City, the United Federation of Teachers has a joint project with the school district to integrate standards - based teaching in the district.

As it compiles information on «effective» leader and teacher practices from its third cohort of low - income schools across the nation, the New York City - based New Leaders for New Schools principal - training program is pushing to make the resulting resources more user - friendly.

Estimates by Raj Chetty, John Freidman, and Jonah Rockoff based on New York City teachers and students show that a top teacher can add a quarter of a million dollars to the future incomes across her class.