Sentences with phrase «find at least some teachers»

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Fourthly, the idea of residential houses which brings together teachers and at least post-graduate students as a community of intellectual seekers of truth or some equivalent of it should find a place in the life of a college.

At least this high a percentage would be found among church school teachers.

And on June 21, 2002, the New York Times, in «Silently Shifting Teachers in Sex Abuse Cases,» noted a study of 225 complaints against teachers from 1990 — 94 and found that in only one percent of the cases did superintendents follow up to ensure that molesting teachers didn't continue teaching, while at least 16 percent of the teachers were able to get new teachiTeachers in Sex Abuse Cases,» noted a study of 225 complaints against teachers from 1990 — 94 and found that in only one percent of the cases did superintendents follow up to ensure that molesting teachers didn't continue teaching, while at least 16 percent of the teachers were able to get new teachiteachers from 1990 — 94 and found that in only one percent of the cases did superintendents follow up to ensure that molesting teachers didn't continue teaching, while at least 16 percent of the teachers were able to get new teachiteachers didn't continue teaching, while at least 16 percent of the teachers were able to get new teachiteachers were able to get new teaching jobs.

The new teacher evaluations were approved in the state budget, but the State Board of Regents has found a way to delay their impact at many schools for at least another year, if schools can demonstrate that it would be a hardship for them to meet this year's November deadline.

The new teacher evaluations were approved in the state budget, but the New York State Board of Regents has found a way to delay their impact at many schools for at least another year, if schools can demonstrate that it would be a hardship for them to meet this year's November deadline.

Not only are ethical standards for research much stricter, but most U.S. teachers are at least vaguely familiar with the findings at Spruce Elementary School and wouldn't be so easily duped.

And now, as a result of a juried paper appearing in the prestigious journal Science, we find that, in at least one case, Arsenic can replace Phosphorous, making this a piece of information that needs to be made available to teachers and students any way possible.

In addition, a survey of English language arts classrooms published by the Fordham Institute found that most elementary - school teachers, at least in the early stages of common core implementation, assigned books based on students» abilities, rather than grade - level complexity, as the standards state.

A 2015 report from the Acoustical Society of America found that more than 18 per cent of primary and secondary school teachers in the US miss at least one day of work per year due to voice disorders.

What we've found, in the UK at least, is that when we've given this material to teachers they've been really interested and they've immediately gone off and done things differently.

However, there could have been different effects in different schools that were driven, at least in part, by the fact that wealthier or higher - achieving schools may find it easier to replace retiring teachers with experienced teachers from other schools.

On top of that, each subject included at least a dozen standards, yet teachers had to find a magic formula to come up with a single grade.

CAP found that 87 percent of new teachers stayed in the profession for at least three years, and close to 70 percent of new teachers stayed for at least 5 years.

So every year, at least 800,000 teachers in the U.S. are chronically absent, meaning they miss about 9 million days of school between them, resulting in roughly 1 billion instances in which a kid comes to class to find that his or her time is, more often than not, being wasted (or if you prefer, about a billion hours of wasted class time, since students in the early grades don't have «periods»).

The Instructional Leadership strand is designed for individuals who have taught at least three years, seek to increase their knowledge of instruction and curriculum in their subject area (science, mathematics or social studies) or English Language Arts (ELA) at the elementary and secondary levels, and are interested in finding ways to extend their influence beyond the classroom into areas such as coaching, curriculum development or teacher research.

Research in the private sector has found that in order to affect a worker's motivation, annual bonuses need to be at least 5 to 8 percent of salary — about $ 2,000 for a typical teacher.

The booklet lists at least 500 «special days and weeks» that teachers and administrators might find useful as a basis for academic or com - memorative activities.

For instance, they find that a disadvantaged black male's exposure to at least one black teacher in elementary school reduces his probability of dropping out of high school by nearly 40 percent.

Teachers can find similar programs through the Association of Institutes for Aesthetic Education, which tracks at least twenty - five such institutions nationwide.

The research also found, however, that providing at least 3 seconds of wait - time tended to have a positive impact on both the students and the teachers.

Debate continues about the validity of these findings, but there is no denying that these programs operated in a far different social and demographic setting than programs today and that they were «hothouse» programs: Run by top - notch specialists, the programs served fewer than 200 children, cost at least $ 15,000 per child per year in today's dollars, often involved multiple years of services, had well - trained teachers, and instructed parents on effective child rearing.

«I would strongly recommend keeping a journal to any teacher who can find at least one other colleague or friend to read it,» Bambino told Education World.

Responding to teachers» complaints of unusually high deductions for union dues from their paychecks in the summer of 2002, the American Federation of Teachers launched a financial audit and found at least $ 4.6 million missing from the treasury of its local affiliate, the Washington Teacherteachers» complaints of unusually high deductions for union dues from their paychecks in the summer of 2002, the American Federation of Teachers launched a financial audit and found at least $ 4.6 million missing from the treasury of its local affiliate, the Washington TeacherTeachers launched a financial audit and found at least $ 4.6 million missing from the treasury of its local affiliate, the Washington TeachersTeachers Union.

Studies also have found that teachers coming through alternative routes perform at least as well, if not better, on state licensing exams than traditional graduates.

Programs such as that or just teachers finding flexibility in their timetable — which I know is really hard in a time of a crowded curriculum — but to somehow give children the time to do some independent reading if possible during every school day, [or] at least three or four times a week.

However, the research design did not permit causal inference, and these findings could be at least partially due to students» or teachers» selection into the programs.

Nonetheless, the research on the long - term effects of teachers finds that English teachers have at least as much of an effect as math teachers.

The press release at least mentioned the study's finding that «having a higher percentage of teachers with master's degrees and extensive teaching experience appears to have comparatively little effect on student achievement across states.

While these findings can not speak to the effectiveness of various certification policies, they at least dispel the notion that only the traditional route to teaching can produce good teachers.

The findings are based on a nationally representative stratified sample of 1,184 U.S. adults (age 18 years and older) and oversamples of 684 teachers and 908 residents in zip codes with at least one charter school in the year 2009 - 10.

The resulting curriculum, originally known as «EngageNY,» spread rapidly nationwide, and a 2015 RAND survey found that an astonishing 44 percent of elementary school teachers in Common Core states reported using EngageNY at least once a week, more than any other math program, and 13 percent said they used Eureka Math.

To address this challenge, TFA relentlessly collects, analyzes, and uses data about the performance of the students in the classes taught by individuals trained through the program and has found that many of their teachers help students achieve at least a year's worth of growth every year.

In California, we find that SIG schools were able to improve student performance and families» assessment of the schools and they did this, at least in part, both by improving the composition of the educator workforce through differentially retaining more effective teachers and by improving the professional supports for teachers in the school.

Studies with more detailed measures of teachers» education levels and coursework in subject areas found that, at least in math and science, academic preparation does positively influence student achievement.

JM: External research has validated TFA's findings on teacher effectiveness: a June 2004 study by Mathematica Policy Research found that TFA teachers perform at least as well as traditionally prepared and certified teachers in similar schools, while a 2006 study published in Education Next (see Kane, Rockoff, and Staiger, «Photo Finish,» research, Winter 2007) found the same to be true in New York City.

A longitudinal study of Missouri teachers found that 12 percent of teachers worked at least one year part time or full time following retirement.

Although districts throughout the state and in many parts of the nation are struggling to find enough teachers to cover all classrooms, the numbers from California are at least encouraging after the recession years when interest in the teaching profession waned.

The researchers studied approximately 100,000 black students who enrolled in third grade in North Carolina's public schools between 2001 and 2005 and found that the risk of dropping out for black students decreased by 29 percent if they had at least one black teacher in third through fifth grades.

Similar to what we discovered for schools, however, not all teachers were found to be exemplary, at least according to the judgments of our expert ratings of teacher accomplishment.

Previous research has found a number of benefits for teachers, or at least for some teachers in certain circumstances, from participating in online teacher communities (Hur & Brush, 2009; Lieberman & Mace, 2010; Schlager et al., 2009).

Evaluations should be based on at least a few years» scores.The district also must find a fair way of evaluating teachers whose students don't take the annual tests and should look at multiple ways of measuring achievement, including student portfolios and graduation rates.

These findings stand in stark contrast to the significant body of research that shows that novice teachers are less effective than their more experienced peers, as well as the experts who believe that most people need at least a year of residency training.12

From the abstract: Authors of this report find that «within the 30 states that [still] require student learning measures to be at least a significant factor in teacher evaluations, state guidance and rules in most states allow teachers to be rated effective even if they receive low scores on the student learning component of the evaluation.»

A distinguishing trait of the world's best school systems - systems that regularly outperform the school systems in the United States - is that they «invest in high - quality preparation, mentoring and professional development for teachers and leaders, completely at government expense,» according to an international analysis.39 If U.S. school districts were to heed that finding, they would, for starters, provide mentoring for all novice principals for at least a year.

A statewide poll of unionized teachers in traditional public schools found that 85 percent support extending the probationary period to at least three years.

The deadline for applications was extended at least twice — with Schools Week reporting in May that few teachers had been found.

The government wants to find lead schools in the west Midlands and south - east for its programme, which will have a budget of at least # 298,000 and will «test the best approach to supporting teachers who have taken time out of their careers».

Janet thinks there is at least one Rudy in every classroom and it's up to good teachers to find and nurture them.

LPI also conducted an analysis of the annual Schools and Staffing Survey and found that new teachers who had at least one semester of practice teaching were more than three times less likely to leave the profession after a year than those who had no practice teaching.

But early adopters say they have at least begun to pinpoint what hasn't worked, and what teachers and principals find most useful.