Sentences with phrase «gave teachers a choice»

It gave teachers a choice between a traditional defined benefit plan and a hybrid plan that combined a less - generous defined benefit with a defined contribution component.

South Carolina gives teachers a choice between a traditional defined benefit pension plan and a more portable option but does not create true parity between the two options.

The authors hypothesized that perhaps giving teachers a choice made teaching more attractive.

Once professional development offerings are set, leaders should give teachers a choice of sessions to attend.

Therefore, giving teachers choice and more options in PD, in terms of both content (what teachers learn during PD) and format (how PD is delivered), is more likely to support teachers» use of technology in classrooms effectively.

The union's argument that giving teachers choice would decimate the unions is simply a scare tactic.

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From then on because I was so passionate about science I always had a good relationship with all my teachers and the thirst for knowledge I was given at age 12 stayed with me hugely influencing my subject and career choices later.

With community support, we eliminated high - fructose drinks from school vending machines and banned sweets from classroom parties (a hard swallow for those drinking the same sugary punch as Cookie Crusader Sarah Palin); changed the tuition - based preschool food offerings to allergy - free, healthful choices; successfully lobbied for a salad bar and then taught kids how to use it; enlisted Gourmet Gorilla, a small independent company, to provide affordable, healthy, locally sourced, organic snacks after - school and boxed lunches; built a teaching kitchen to house an afterschool cooking program; and convinced teachers to give - up a union - mandated planning period in order to supervise daily outdoor recess.

If you speak to heads, teachers and cooks about the school meals they provide, they want to be given a little bit more freedom to make their own choices.

We know that teachers need choices and flexibility, so we're excited to give Nature on the Go teachers a choice for the second part of the program, which takes place after a Nature Museum educator visits the classroom.

Nevertheless, Cuomo was successful this year in forming a new teacher evaluation system as well as making it harder for teachers to obtain tenure — a move that state lawmakers felt they had no choice but to accept given the policy's linkage to an increase in school aid.

Cuomo should focus on increasing the discretion principals have to remove bad teachers — and on giving kids the choice to get out of classrooms with poor teachers by going to charter schools.

The deal they secured in the New York Budget reduces student testing, puts the best teachers in our classrooms while removing ineffective ones, and gives schools more resources and families more choices.

«We must reward donations to support public schools, give tax credits to teachers who pay for classroom supplies out of pocket, and ease the financial burden on families who exercise choice in sending their children to a nonpublic school.

Neither he nor most of the group's major donors would comment on their support, though Mr. Jones said in a statement, «Maintaining the status quo is unacceptable, and that's why StudentsFirstNY and others are fighting for reforms that can give parents more choices, ensure that only the best teachers are in the classroom and make sure that the best interests of the children in the system are put first.»

I don't give multiple - choice questions in my teacher - created quizzes because I don't see a real skill in completing those.

is a collection of ideas for so - called choice assignments, where students are given the autonomy to choose how to express their knowledge to their teacher.

And they are grounded in teachers» lived experiences of giving students autonomy only to be disappointed by the choices students make.

Once the rules are in place and students understand logical consequences, teachers can move on to other aspects of the Responsive Classroom approach, such as Academic Choice, which gives students more flexibility in their learning.

The right to hire or not to hire a teacher is limited by teachers» «transfer rights,» which gives them first choice on a place in another school.

To identify more precisely the independent effects of the multiple factors affecting teachers» choices, we use regression analysis to estimate the separate effects of salary differences and school characteristics on the probability that a teacher will leave a school district in a given year, holding constant a variety of other factors, including class size and the type of community (urban, suburban, or rural) in which the district is located.

Other models exist for giving students more voice and choice in their work and the opportunity to work alongside teachers as collaborators, rather than as subordinates.

While teachers have a set of formative and summative assessments to document student progress, the PYP and MYP units of inquiry create conditions that give all students a choice in how they demonstrate what they have learned.

And when teachers (and other public employees) have been given a choice between defined benefit pensions and defined contribution plans, the vast majority typically chooses the defined benefit pension plan.

Teachers create this kind of classroom environment by discussing rules and sanctions, giving choices, listening to students, and caring about how students feel.

As Robin Lake recently wrote: «Given the largely successful push by teachers unions and other opponents of public school choice to brand charter schools as a conservative, partisan issue, the last thing public charter schools need is to have the next president feed the «end of public education» narrative.»

Again, though, the new ESEA should allow states great latitude in structuring that right (for instance, they could give that choice to individual teachers, or allow a school - by - school vote); regardless, each state will have to figure out what to do with its pension obligations to teachers who switch to the new contract.

In the research by the pair, teachers were given a dozen hypothetical multiple - choice questions where they were asked for help by students, teachers, and administrators.

Whatever the topic — English, history, math — teachers allow for different types of learning by giving students choices.

A study by Matthew Chingos and Martin West found turnover is higher among teachers who pick the portable account compared to those in the pension plan, but the difference is relatively small and is to be expected, given that those teachers have made an affirmative choice for greater mobility.

«To me,» reflects Karen Heathcock, a Broadus Wood Elementary School third - grade teacher, «maker is just giving students the choice to learn in a way that makes sense to them.»

The third contrasts parental choice with other «possibilities» — like rigorous academic standards and competent teachers — again giving the impression that they are alternatives to vouchers rather than (as is in fact the case) entirely complementary.

In our balanced budget I proposed a comprehensive strategy to help make our schools the best in the world — to have high national standards of academic achievement, national tests in 4th grade reading and 8th grade math, strengthening math instruction in middle schools, providing smaller classes in the early grades so that teachers can give students the attention they deserve, working to hire more well - prepared and nationally certified teachers, modernizing our schools for the 21st century, supporting more charter schools, encouraging public school choice, ending social promotion, demanding greater accountability from students and teachers, principals and parents.

Given the choice between a Gold Star Teacher serving more children and the alternative, many or most parents will likely prefer the larger class.

«If you speak to heads, teachers and cooks about the school meals they provide, they want to be given a little bit more freedom to make their own choices.

In her first PBL unit, a new teacher learns how giving her students voice and choice will ignite their passions and enhance their learning.

However, teachers feel more engaged with their teaching as they have more choices in their classes, and students feel more motivated and engaged in their learning, as they are given more freedom and choice.

However, within the classroom, a teacher can become a charismatic adult and model a resilient mindset, identify and communicate islands of competence to students, and give them a sense of autonomy and choice in the work they do.

We can leverage technology to grade assessments - particularly if they are multiple choice assessments, but there are very thoughtful ways to grade more open response assessments - to give teachers time to then analyse those results and plan for action.

IEP Meeting Reminder - Quick form reminds parents and teachers of upcoming IEP meetings Project Choices Visual Checklist - This visual checklist helps teacher track the type of project and gives students an opportunity to choose a type of project for open - ended assignments such as school fairs, museum projects, book reports, group work, etc..

Entry - level teachers will find it in their best interest to choose the new system, if given a choice.

The teacher should think through what the project requires students to do, both in terms of academic tasks (such as writing an editorial, creating a poster, summarizing an argument) and in terms of the process of completing the project (discussing ideas and making choices in a group, giving constructive feedback on others» work, or making an oral presentation).

While some teachers or districts may prefer lower expenditures on retirement benefits in exchange for higher base salaries, neither teachers nor local school districts are given that choice.

Given the largely successful push by teachers unions and other opponents of public school choice to brand charter schools as a conservative, partisan issue, the last thing public charter schools need is to have the next president feed the «end of public education» narrative.

But choice unleashes new forces that work from the bottom up to redistribute power, to give schools and teachers strong incentives to perform, and to hold them accountable - through consequences that are automatically invoked (the loss of kids and resources)- if they don't do a good job.

And Johnna Coleman, a teacher in training in Wisconsin, noted that «giving students choices can be as simple as allowing them alternate seating, and as complex as giving them different options of ways to assess their knowledge instead of a standard test.»

To be effective, teachers of young children must strategically weave instruction into activities that give children choices to explore and play.

For instance, fourth - grade teacher Kevin Durden gives kids additional choices, such as creating a PowerPoint slide show or a comic strip (using Comic Life software) or filming a skit (using Flip video cameras).

«I think we give them more autonomy now and mostly they do meet our high expectations and students have really thrived in this environment because the teachers have been willing to allow students that choice and freedom of where and how to work,» Fuller shares.

Given the vastness of the terrain, the course will be grounded in three education policy / reform initiatives that have gained considerable currency over the past decade: (1) Standards and Accountability (2) Teacher Quality & (3) School Choice - Vouchers and Charter Schools