Sentences with phrase «collective voice of teachers»

The corporate reform narrative is based on three assertions, 1) that the collective voice of teachers is unwelcome in the discussion of the direction of education, 2) that a single metric — high stakes standardized test scores — can discern effective schooling, and 3) that the marketplace and profit motive are the best way to improve schools.

Not exact matches

In a world that likes to pigeonhole people, Albert Shanker was a paradox.He was one of the fathers of collective bargaining for teachers, but also one of the strongest voices for teacher professionalism.

Expanding collective bargaining for teachers to more states and to more education issues will give educators greater voice, and in so doing, indirectly strengthen the voice of students.

I need for the voices of teachers to resound the most at that collective decision - making table and be heard the most by the politicians enacting educational law.

UESF is the collective voice of San Francisco Unified School District teachers and paraprofessionals, organized and professional educators committed to learning and to the bond between students and their teachers.

In the contexts where we have observed the richest forms of inquiry, teachers have had a voice in all aspects of inquiry processes, from conceptualizing problems to choosing professional resources to contextualizing new ideas in practice to monitoring progress based on their collective goals.

Connect with fellow advocates and allies: Organizations like the National Network of State Teachers of the Year (NNSTOY) are focused on supporting teachers who speak up for their students through resources and networks to build collectivTeachers of the Year (NNSTOY) are focused on supporting teachers who speak up for their students through resources and networks to build collectivteachers who speak up for their students through resources and networks to build collective voice.

Teacher unions must provide leadership for the collective voice of their members.

What are some ways to give voice to the wisdom of teachers in individual classrooms and add to the collective knowledge base of staff, as well as the school's capacity to boost student learning?

I whole - heartily believe that our union power derives from the strength of our collective action, which is why I support unification with Chicago Teachers Union that will strengthen our voice and political power.

Although school officials say the reasons for the departure of young teachers are primarily due to relocations and the tendency for millennials to change jobs more frequently, the increase coincides with the aftermath of Act 10, which effectively eliminated collective bargaining for educators and reduced their voice in the workplace.

Rather, an activist teaching identity implores teachers to embrace their collective voice and refuse to yield to narrow, managerial, understandings of teacher professionalism.

According to charter and school integration authors Richard D. Kahlenberg and Halley Potter (2014), Shanker and the early backers of the Minnesota law believed that these schools should be guided by three tenets: experimentation, or the ability to use innovative approaches to teaching and learning that could inform and influence reforms in traditional public schools; teacher voice in the design and operation of the school — something Shanker saw as a direct result of collective bargaining; and integration, in the sense that schools should be ethnically, racially, and socioeconomically diverse.

In taking the step to unionize, teachers and staff recognized that having a collective voice enhances their ability to advocate on behalf of the students and families they serve, says IFT president Dan Montgomery, who is an AFT vice president.

NCTR represents the collective voice of residencies, propelling a national movement to transform teacher preparation by illustrating how the core elements of the residency model develop effective teachers and improve student achievement.

In a statement Weingarten said, «This is the same group that has worked for five years to stifle the voices of teachers, and strip them of collective bargaining and other rights and tools to do their jobs.»

This School Board has been implementing their innovative strategy over a number of years, incorporated all partners — including teacher unions and support staff — and built a budget in support of this collective vision, with ongoing parent and student voice that continue to inform these changes.

According to the Shanker Institute report, attrition is «the most significant impediment to increasing the diversity of the teacher workforce,» with minority teachers» strongest complaints related not to being concentrated in urban schools serving high poverty, high - need communities, but because of «a lack of collective voice in educational decisions and a lack of professional autonomy in the classroom.»

Founded as alternative to the partisan politics and collective bargaining of the teacher labor unions, AAE has provided a professional option for teachers seeking a voice that puts students first for over two decades.