Sentences with phrase «employed by charter schools»

That effort should continue within the traditional school framework and might also benefit from the ideas employed by charter schools, if the initiative wins voter approval.

For example, comments like those made by U.S. Representative Buck McKeon are representative of the support shown by some federal policy makers: «We should incentivize charter school expansion at the state level while increasing awareness about the most effective strategies employed by charter schools, because charter schools rest on the pulse of education» (McKeon, 2011).

Teachers employed by a charter school shall be subject to the state teacher retirement system under chapter 32 and service in a charter school shall be creditable service within the meaning thereof.

Not exact matches

Note the average teacher salary is not available for most charter schools because staff are employed by a charter - school management company and fall into the category of contract employees.

They just have to imitate a few of the key features employed by KIPP and other successful charter schools.

Many have observed that the highly structured learning strategies employed successfully with low - income students by «no excuses» charter school providers would be far less welcome in other environs.

Icahn Superintendent Jeff Litt (left) employs the curricular material developed by E. D. Hirsch (center) at the network of charter schools founded by Carl and Gail Icahn (right).

According to the Common Core of Data, DCPS employed nearly 3,800 teachers in 2010 - 11, so even though the retirement system also includes other classes of workers employed by DCPS (certain public charter school employees are also eligible to be participants), the vast majority of DCRB's members appear to be DCPS teachers.

Much of the unease has been stirred up by teachers» unions; charter schools do not usually employ unionised teachers.

Thelma Ellis Dickerson, of course, was Michael Sharpe's mother and the founder of Jumoke — so, while employed by Dickerson's son, and after propping up charter schools and shilling for Malloy's ed reform bill (which handed public schools over to operations such as Jumoke / FUSE), Simpson gets an award?

In a prior version of SB 793, the bill simply required charter schools to publicly disclose all employees» salaries, without making note of whether or not they were employed by the for - profit management company.

Gary Robichaux, the ReNEW group's chief executive during the shenanigans, remains employed by the six - school charter network in an advocacy position at his same $ 154,000 salary, officials said.

Maybe including charters in LAUSD's enrollment process would be a way of making them more accountable for using the standard enrollment methods employed by district schools.

Los Angeles Unified School District alone employs 27,747 teachers, which doesn't account for the thousands more employed by charters (typically younger and more likely to burn out) or private school teaSchool District alone employs 27,747 teachers, which doesn't account for the thousands more employed by charters (typically younger and more likely to burn out) or private school teaschool teachers.

The strategies some parents have employed to be included on a CEC are to submit an application for an appointed position by the borough presidents and / or encourage parents with children in both district and charter schools to apply for the CEC.

GCSA's GaTAPP program is designated for teachers who are employed by a Georgia charter school, but are not traditionally certified in a post-secondary college or university school of education.

Charter schools nationally are achieving some success employing creative approaches to the challenges posed by English language learners, according to a new report from the Center of American Progress.

For start - up charter schools, the petition must be signed by «a number of parents or legal guardians of pupils that is equivalent to at least one - half of the number of pupils that the charter school estimates will enroll in the school for its first year of operation» or «a number of teachers that is equivalent to at least one - half of the number of teachers that the charter school estimates will be employed at the school during its first year of operation.»

According to a 2009 analysis by Erica Frankenberg and Genevieve Siegel - Hawley, 16 states had laws that permit or require charter schools to employ positive steps to bring about greater levels of racial and / or socioeconomic diversity.54

Then the state took over most of the schools and chartered them to dozens of nonprofits led by volunteer boards, almost all of which employ their teachers on a year - to - year basis.

In another attempt to account for the funding shortfall, Michigan's Republican lawmakers proposed last month legislation that would expand charter schools and privatize teacher hirings by employing from for - profit companies.

But what about teachers employed by public charter schools that are not required to participate in state teacher pension plans?

(e) The board shall establish the information needed in an application for the approval of a charter school; provided that the application shall include, but not be limited to, a description of: (i) the mission, purpose, innovation and specialized focus of the proposed charter school; (ii) the innovative methods to be used in the charter school and how they differ from the district or districts from which the charter school is expected to enroll students; (iii) the organization of the school by ages of students or grades to be taught, an estimate of the total enrollment of the school and the district or districts from which the school will enroll students; (iv) the method for admission to the charter school; (v) the educational program, instructional methodology and services to be offered to students, including research on how the proposed program may improve the academic performance of the subgroups listed in the recruitment and retention plan; (vi) the school's capacity to address the particular needs of limited English - proficient students, if applicable, to learn English and learn content matter, including the employment of staff that meets the criteria established by the department; (vii) how the school shall involve parents as partners in the education of their children; (viii) the school governance and bylaws; (ix) a proposed arrangement or contract with an organization that shall manage or operate the school, including any proposed or agreed upon payments to such organization; (x) the financial plan for the operation of the school; (xi) the provision of school facilities and pupil transportation; (xii) the number and qualifications of teachers and administrators to be employed; (xiii) procedures for evaluation and professional development for teachers and administrators; (xiv) a statement of equal educational opportunity which shall state that charter schools shall be open to all students, on a space available basis, and shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, creed, sex, gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, age, ancestry, athletic performance, special need, proficiency in the English language or academic achievement; (xv) a student recruitment and retention plan, including deliberate, specific strategies the school will use to ensure the provision of equal educational opportunity as stated in clause (xiv) and to attract, enroll and retain a student population that, when compared to students in similar grades in schools from which the charter school is expected to enroll students, contains a comparable academic and demographic profile; and (xvi) plans for disseminating successes and innovations of the charter school to other non-charter public schools.

Only those already enrolled in or employed by Relay and two paid advocates forConnecticut charter schools spoke in favor of approving Relay.

The so - called Parent Empowerment in Education Act (SB 1718) was framed as allowing parents at a public school to vote to «turn around» their school by employing several options, including charter conversion.

The bills were backed by philanthropy - funded organizations that support charter schools, which generally do not employ union teachers.

Sources say they justify the attempt to block the new school by alleging workers recruiting families for the new school disparaged Hope Academy and Academy Charter and employed other recruiting practices that the existing charter schools considered Charter and employed other recruiting practices that the existing charter schools considered charter schools considered unfair.

Manatee County schools support the local economy by educating more than 48,000 students at 62 public and charter schools and employing more than 7,000 people.

To be eligible for the California Extra Credit Teacher Home Buying Program, you must be employed by a K - 12 public school, Charter School, county / continuation school, or by the school disschool, Charter School, county / continuation school, or by the school disSchool, county / continuation school, or by the school disschool, or by the school disschool district.