Sentences with phrase «district teachers in the room»

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In preparation for the program, the district hired about 800 new teachers, installed room dividers in hundreds of classrooms, and devised a new curriculum that focuses only on basic skillIn preparation for the program, the district hired about 800 new teachers, installed room dividers in hundreds of classrooms, and devised a new curriculum that focuses only on basic skillin hundreds of classrooms, and devised a new curriculum that focuses only on basic skills.

Knee also misses an opportunity to address the elephant in the room that any education business must face: the impact of such companies on their customers or end users, including effects on student learning, teacher quality, school productivity, or district cost savings.

District officials say there is no room in the $ 330 million budget to meet the teachers» demands for higher salaries and smaller classes.

While ideally that district would abide by IDEA and keep those children in - district to comply with the «least restrictive environment» mandate, that would require, at the least, a separate classroom, an occupational therapy room, a teacher trained in Applied Behavior Analysis, and an instructional aide.

The kids love to show off their rooms, and it helps break down the walls that have often existed between teachers and parents in the district, Riley says.

School leaders in tough districts were working the room like frantic politicians, trying to draw potential teachers to visit their booths with offers of candy, water, and other freebies.

Districts admittedly have different constraints on when and how they hire teachers, but might there be room to identify, engage, and commit the very best candidates for our most important roles earlier and in ways that excite them?

Brought on by a legislative order to trim class sizes in K - 3, school districts will seek respite or significant funding boosts from lawmakers in the New Year, lest local K - 12 leaders be forced to lay off thousands of teachers across North Carolina to make room for more core subject teachers.

That's because no district in the country can afford to staff its schools in the same way as The Equity Project School, and because there will be plenty of room to argue that factors other than teacher pay have caused its success.

«The district's move was brought about by the pressure generated over the last few months from parents, school communities and educators,» he said, adding that it would «ameliorate some of the horrible conditions that educators face in the actual teacher jail rooms.»

The abundance of variation in teacher absence behavior, both between districts and within, means that there is room in many districts and individual schools for teachers to have adequate access to paid leave while being absent less frequently.

While H.R. 2218 is a step in the right direction in terms of charters, we are hopeful that we will see movement in giving states and local districts the room they need to create systems that works for students and teachers alike.»

Though recent years have seen tremendous progress toward collaboration and sharing ideas between teachers, whether with grade - level teams, content - alike teams, district or personal learning networks, teachers still struggle with how they can implement what they learn in their room with their students.

One source of measurement — the 2013 - 2014 Educator Effectiveness Report from MI School Data, a report summarizing how Michigan school districts rate the effectiveness of their teachers and administrators — shows we have significant room for improvement in Michigan.

Clearly Obama struck a nerve, surprisingly in a room full of educators in Madison, which has a school district and a union that have long prided themselves on the quality and professionalism of teachers here.