Sentences with phrase «for teacher employment»

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Borrowers who believe they are eligible for teacher loan forgiveness may submit an application directly to their student loan servicer after the five years of consecutive, qualifying employment is complete.

For several years, the employment of Catholic teachers has been difficult.

How shall administrators and teachers gain help from such generalities as they struggle to find answers to pressing questions about the extension of the curriculum to four years, about the place in it of Greek and Hebrew, about making better provisions for the theological education and employment of young women?

An Employment Tribunal has dismissed the discrimination claim by a Christian teacher who was sacked for... More

The creole cooks, imbued with principles of French thrift, and adroit as their teachers, quickly discovered the intrinsical value of small essentials to proper food - seasoning, and to the judicious employment of these they have become indebted, in no small degree, for acknowledged proficiency in the attainment of most gratifying results.

Following detailed negotiations between the States Employment Board and representatives from the NUT and NASUWT teachers» unions, agreement has been secured on a package of measures for teachers in Jersey.

At the beginning of her Parliamentary career, Ms Smith - a former economics teacher - served on the Commons treasury select committee before joining the Department for Education and Employment as school standards minister.

A real - time electronic poll of members attending the Conference found that: 55 % said that national standards for supply agencies would most help to secure better employment conditions for supply teachers; 83 % said supply agencies do not fully disclose all fees and charges they make for their services; 61 % said supply agencies do not act to ensure their safety, health and wellbeing at work; Nearly a quarter (24 %) said their supply agency does not make them fully aware of how much they will be paid for each assignment and the same number said they were not paid promptly and accurately by their agency; A third said their agency did not make them fully aware of the type of work they were expected to undertake; 15 % said that their supply agency prevents them from seeking work from other sources; 65 % said supply agencies do not respect and develop their professional skills; Nearly a third (32 %) said they would not recommend their main supply agency to other teachers.

This recommendation sets forth the rights and responsibilities of teachers as well as international standards for their initial preparation and further education, recruitment, employment, teaching and learning conditions.

The UFT on Jan. 13 asked the state's Public Employment Relations Board to order mediation to bring negotiations on a teacher evaluation system for 33 restart and transformation schools back on track, after the city walked out of the talks during the Christmas break week.

On Jan. 15 the UFT was informed by the mediator appointed by the state's Public Employment Relations Board that the city and the Department of Education have refused to take part in mediation designed to help us reach an agreement on a new model for teacher evaluations.

The UFT, which represents teachers at three Victory charter schools in New York City, has cited Victory management at the New York State Public Employment Relations Board for firing educators for union activity, coercing employees to withdraw their union support and discriminating against employees who are union supporters.

The state's Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) has decided to grant the UFT's request for the appointment of a mediator to help break the impasse between the union and the Department of Education over teacher evaluations in 33 schools.

Responding to the country's critical need for STEM teachers, and for teaching that supports students all the way to graduation and employment in ever - expanding STEM fields, education researchers and practitioners have fought hard to build effective approaches, and AAAS has helped to spearhead those efforts, said Rush Holt, AAAS CEO and executive publisher of the Science family of journals.

This workshop will touch on the most common pathways that postdoctoral researchers can use to adjust to permanent residency status, including employment based filings such as Labor Certification for college and university teachers and the Outstanding Professor / Researcher category, as well as categories in which one can self - petition, including the Extraordinary Ability and National Interest Waiver categories.

This becomes significant as teachers and other staff sign yearlong employment contracts, meaning that the charter school is on the hook for these costs whether pupils stay or leave.

Almost all of this firepower is employed to the benefit of Democrats, whose constituencies already incline them to favor policies the teacher unions want - more spending, higher taxes, higher public employment, more regulations, more job protections, more restrictions on competition, more collective bargaining - and who, with union backing and pressure, can usually be counted on for support.

In New York City, for example, a teacher might choose her current contract and a $ 65,000 salary, or the alternative employment terms with a $ 90,000 salary but with no tenure guarantees.

Building on the expansion of the ambassador hub programme, the «Digital Badge» initiative will empower teachers as they look to accelerate young people, making sure they develop the right skills for future employment and success.

Dismissing ineffective tenured teachers, the court held, was a legitimate state interest that could overcome tenured teachers» contractual rights; however, the state had not proven that the existing employment policies were inadequate for carrying out such dismissals.

While grammar schools, teacher workload and funding have dominated education headlines in recent months, the ongoing challenges in teacher recruitment and retention continue to provide difficulties for schools, writes Richard Sagar from the Recruitment & Employment Confederation

Thus, as Figure 2 shows, comparing teachers with professionals in private - sector employment, total employer contributions are higher for teachers whether or not they are also covered by Social Security.

Professor Alan Smithers, director of the Centre for Education and Employment at the University of Buckingham, in Britain, argues that no one teacher is ever accountable, but rather a student's «attainment reflects a whole range of teachers».

Teacher tenure, and the related onerous and costly requirements for dismissing an ineffective teacher, have evolved into a system that almost completely insulates teachers from review, evaluation, or personnel decisions that would threaten their lifetime emplTeacher tenure, and the related onerous and costly requirements for dismissing an ineffective teacher, have evolved into a system that almost completely insulates teachers from review, evaluation, or personnel decisions that would threaten their lifetime emplteacher, have evolved into a system that almost completely insulates teachers from review, evaluation, or personnel decisions that would threaten their lifetime employment.

Districts had to «allocate forty per cent of the monies for teacher compensation increases based on performance and employment related expenses, twenty per cent of the monies for teacher base salary increases and employment related expenses and forty per cent of the monies for maintenance and operation purposes.»

It is known widely as the «teacher professionalism» agenda, but it in fact substitutes the faà § ades of professionalism - the lengthy training, peer - controlled licensing boards, and certificates of advanced proficiency - for the hallmarks of a true profession, whose members possess specialized skills and knowledge and whose employment and compensation are based on reputation and performance.

(The sum is «substantial» in one respect, at $ 4 billion, minor in another, compared to $ 80 billion to sustain teachers» employment in the stimulus act, or to the total sums spent at state and local levels for schools and teachers.)

When she puts bad and weak teachers on notice, she doesn't realize that she's targeting a historic avenue of middle - class employment for African Americans in the city.

So, teachers work 9.4 % fewer days for 8 % less pay, full benefits and two more years of guaranteed employment.

As a consequence, «the adults «collective employment and political interests» are turning the children's opportunity for learning while in school «on its head» and instead the system is providing job guarantees to teachers as well as «preserving the political power of the Board and the Superintendent.»

When state law essentially guarantees public employment for ineffective teachers in California, low - income families pay one way or another — either in the form of salary incentives to retain and redistribute effective teachers, reductions in other services required to pay for those salary incentives, or because such policies usually fail to completely offset the burden, in terms of the lowered achievement of their children.

But even if teachers were able to fill the gap with additional work at $ 30 per hour - an unreasonable expectation for teachers seeking part - time employment - their annual earnings would increase by only $ 9,600.

The new apprenticeship will provide hands - on experience for new recruits and a chance to learn from excellent, experienced teachers during training, as well as the incentive of potential employment as a qualified teacher at the end of the course.

Mentoring can help fight the talent exodus on two fronts — firstly keeping senior teachers professionally fulfilled and engaged for an extra few years of employment, and also ensuring that their wisdom and experience is passed down to the new generation of NQTs.

Thousands of schools for African American students across the Jim Crow South were built with the backing of the Rosenwald Fund, one of the earliest and most important foundations in education; philanthropist Grace Dodge founded Teachers College, now at Columbia University, in 1887, which led to training of teachers in pedagogy; the Ford Foundation was involved in promoting the employment of classroom aides, National Merit Scholarships, and the development of Advanced Placement curricula and tests; the National Board of Professional Teaching Standards grew out of work funded by Carnegie Corporation of New York, which also funded the Educational Testing Service to develop objective ways of measuring academic merit, which led to Teachers College, now at Columbia University, in 1887, which led to training of teachers in pedagogy; the Ford Foundation was involved in promoting the employment of classroom aides, National Merit Scholarships, and the development of Advanced Placement curricula and tests; the National Board of Professional Teaching Standards grew out of work funded by Carnegie Corporation of New York, which also funded the Educational Testing Service to develop objective ways of measuring academic merit, which led to teachers in pedagogy; the Ford Foundation was involved in promoting the employment of classroom aides, National Merit Scholarships, and the development of Advanced Placement curricula and tests; the National Board of Professional Teaching Standards grew out of work funded by Carnegie Corporation of New York, which also funded the Educational Testing Service to develop objective ways of measuring academic merit, which led to the SAT.

This is the government's recent replacement for the former employment - based routes, and it is proving very popular with schools seeking to train teachers in certain subjects.

Queensland's Minister for Education, Training and Employment John - Paul Langbroek said it would make sure every school teacher is performing at their best.

The school also operates effectively with private sector organizations providing training for overseas teachers seeking employment in the UK.

Teachers embraced unionism for a simple reason: they wanted to be involved in shaping the conditions of their employment.

The ideal dataset to address this question would track teachers from the beginning of their careers through retirement, and include information on their demographics (including gender) and public school employment for each year.

The graph below looks at DCRB's withdrawal assumptions for 25 - year - old teachers beginning their employment in 2006 and 2012.

Moreover, federal trial courts in Pennsylvania (Snyder v Millersville, 2008) and Connecticut (Spanierman v. Hughes, 2008), allowed school officials to terminate a student teacher's placement for making inappropriate postings on MySpace and the employment of a teacher who posted unacceptable material on Facebook, respectively.

There is concern that induction support is inadequate for beginning teachers in temporary employment and in «hard to staff» schools;

When we set off for college, he told each of us that we could major in anything we liked as long as we could find employment when we graduated — as a nurse, teacher, or secretary.

Employment and tort law provides the framework for protection for teachers and there are a number of legal claims available such as discrimination, constructive unfair dismissal and data protection breaches.

More recently, The Third Circuit, in a case from Pennsylvania, affirmed a school board's motion for summary judgment in response to a teacher's claim that officials violated her free speech rights for terminating her employment over comments she posted on her blog (Munroe v. Central Bucks School District, 2015).

«It is highly likely, however, that where a teacher is driving during school hours, on school business, where they are responsible for the pupils in their care and subject to disciplinary procedures, this would be viewed as either being paid whilst they are driving or driving as a consequence of their employment.

That teachers are unable to obtain regular or ongoing or full - time employment (that's a demand issue), they just can't get the work they're trying to get so they leave for that reason.

Survey data from the 2013 Staff in Australia's Schools survey indicates that the most common activities for a student prior to entering a teacher education course was full - time employment, followed by higher education.

A report by the Australian Council for Educational Research shows a promising outlook for employment growth over the coming years, with a spike in demand for secondary teachers expected from 2018 due to a large number of high - school teachers reaching retirement and a growing population of school students [1].