Sentences with phrase «good teachers in»

I had really good teachers in primary and high school, all of whom really pushed the message that I could go and do whatever I wanted to do.

Recent research from the US shows that having good teachers in a school improves the performance of the teachers around them.

As we continue the conversation about teacher quality, let's listen to the voices of educators who have a deep and nuanced understanding of teaching and learning: to Pam Grossman on the essential role of teacher retention in the development of teacher quality; to Linda Darling - Hammond on the importance of treating teachers as professionals, providing them with opportunities to learn with one another: what keeps good teachers in schools; to Anthony Cody on the complex nature of learning, and of the relationship between great teaching and dynamic learning.

* The inclusion of a school value - added component in teachers» evaluation scores negatively impacts good teachers in bad schools and positively impacts bad teachers in good schools.

This isn't to say that there aren't many good teachers in urban school districts.

To keep good teachers in troubled schools, we must develop the collaborative culture, collective responsibility, widely dispersed leadership, schoolwide commitment to the learning of each student, and celebration of incremental progress that characterizes high - performing professional learning communities.

While schools struggle to recruit good teachers in much of the urban north and on the coast, London is swimming in them.

«Getting good teachers in front of classrooms is tricky,» and it will likely «still be a challenge without tenure, possibly even harder.

On May 14, 2014, TCTA had the opportunity to ask legislators to do the same when giving invited testimony before the Texas House Public Education Committee on teacher evaluation, working conditions and keeping good teachers in the profession.

We know from research that the main issue with regard to these shortages is teacher retention and that factors such as high - quality preparation, good compensation and working conditions, the ability to exercise their judgment in the classroom, and access to high - quality professional learning opportunities responsive to teachers» identified goals will help keep good teachers in the classroom.

Hanushek, Kain et al. 2002 suggest that increasing pay is not likely to prove effective in keeping good teachers in low - income schools.

According to the American Federation of Teachers, «The film's central themes — that all public school teachers are bad, that all charter schools are good and that teachers» unions are to blame for failing schools — are incomplete and inaccurate, and they do a disservice to the millions of good teachers in our schools who work their hearts out every day.»

It's a critical way to attract good candidates into the charter school sector and to keep good teachers in the charter school pipeline.»

At a time when research is increasingly pointing to working conditions as being more important than higher pay in keeping good teachers in the classroom, the teachers in the comprehensive evaluation programs say that the combination of extensive evaluations and coaching they receive makes their working conditions more professional, and thus more attractive.

Major new drive to be launched to recruit and inspire good teachers in disadvantaged areasFunding for a major drive to use good teachers to narrow the...

You can also pre-order our new book here, which was written to support good teachers in their quest to become even better teachers.

More than a few eyebrows were raised when School Board member - elect Monica Ratliff appeared at a Thursday Educators for Excellence (E4E) event and seemed to signal support for some kind of a test - based pay system to attract and keep good teachers in LA classrooms.

Third, in determining the allocation of «effective» teachers, a critical problem is that while we know that good teachers matter enormously and have confidence in our ability to identify good teachers in various ways, we don't have any reliable way to consistently identify good teachers from state capitals — much less from Washington.

If we could find ways of keeping good teachers in the classroom — perhaps by giving these successful teachers the additional compensation it would take to encourage them to make teaching a lifelong career — then we could probably boost student performance significantly.

To be sure there are some very good teachers in CA and there are some very bad ones, ones who have no business in the teaching profession.

Economists from Harvard and Columbia studied 2.5 million people for over 20 years and concluded that those who had good teachers in elementary and middle school earned more money as adults than peers who did not.

Good teachers in every subject will adjust their teaching based on what students know at each point.

A 1996 study conducted in Tennessee found that students who had three good teachers in a row improved their performance markedly.

The black market in test papers is rife and good teachers in good districts earn good money on the side providing students with worked examples.

Good teachers in vibrant classrooms are necessary for children — and nations — to succeed.

Best Teacher in the World: My mom, Robin Held, who was honored as «Educator of the Week» by a local news station.

so many permutations, you could make a very good teacher in algebra, that aside hope we don't throw away our chances to widen up the gap like we always do when our rivals slip up.

But these things can be ironed out and he's got a good teacher in Felipe Massa to help him improve.

«We also have to remember the public education system is about the students and we want to get the best teachers in the classroom that we can,» Cuomo said in earlier in the year.

This is because the rules make it hard to get the best teachers in front of the students who need them most.

Cuomo wants to see better teachers in classrooms and called existing teacher evaluation procedures «baloney.»

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.

He said he joined other teachers of the year in drafting the letter because as individuals vetted by the state Education Department, they represent some of the best teachers in the state, and he hoped that status would give them some moral authority.

Members of Governor Cuomo's new Education Reform Commission should continually ask themselves a single question: Would this lead to better teachers in our classrooms?

In the past year I've been fortunate enough to have practiced with some of the best teachers in the world.

We shelter them from the minor risk of using sharp knives as their skill level permits for fear of a minor cut, and yet, experience is the best teacher in this regard.

You and the Mat hosts the very best teachers in the healing arts from around the world to make the highest quality yoga education accessible in Orange County and the East Bay.

Contact us at [email protected] to learn more about this unique opportunity to learn from the best teachers in the Southeast!

Of course, having a good teacher in any tradition can help one feel a closer connection to the style taught — and this was true for my experience too.

«I've had the best teacher in this sense.

She is reluctant until Robert promises the widow that he will make sure her children are taught by the best teacher in Kampala.

Mel studied with some of the best teachers in the business: Lesly Kahn of Lesly Kahn & Company, John Rosenfeld of John Rosenfeld Studios, & Billy O'Leary of The Actor's Path.

For example, we might begin by modeling, «Do you believe that Mr. Ferlazzo is the best teacher in the world?»

The Best Teachers in the World: Why We Don't Have Them and How We Could observes, as is now customary, that nothing is more important for student achievement than teacher quality.

Our current policies have not a prayer of producing the best teachers in the world.

Our willingness as a nation to fight for the best teachers in the world is the best measure of our commitment to the future achievement of our children.

We've got best practice — we've got the best teachers in the world, the best schools in the world, the best leaders in the world, but it's not uniform.»

As I recently told American Youth Policy Forum, «If you have a good teacher in charge of a classroom to do what is necessary to educate the kids, the kids learn.

If you always get focused attention from the best teacher in school, you will never learn how to deal with (or survive, for that matter) a problematic boss.

At the heart of the raft of pledges, is to place the very best teachers in the most challenged schools and the commitment to ensure a good primary education for every child.