Sentences with phrase «group for public school teachers»

He spoke on Wednesday evening before about 100 public school teachers at a panel hosted by Educators 4 Excellence, an advocacy group for public school teachers, at the Scholastic Corporation headquarters in SoHo, focusing on two of the most controversial issues of the last year: Common Core implementation and teacher evaluations.

Not exact matches

Most recently, he was a vice president at Educators for Excellence, a progressive non-profit group focused on public school teachers and school policy.

Notable donors: Voice of Teachers for Education Committee, a group associated with education union NYSUT; Coalition for Public Charter Schools, a pro-charter school political action committee; Neighborhood Preservation PAC, a fund representing building owners around the state; New York State ALF - CIO, a state trade union; Angela Battaglia, Vito Lopez's longtime girlfriend; Councilman Stephen Levin.

Groups like Citizen Action and the Alliance for Quality Education have long been fighting against tests used to determine if teachers and schools are effective and are fighting the push by members of the current school board for more charter schools and potentially conversion of some public schools into charters.

Yeah, so I actually as a young person, I had a really interesting opportunity, went to public schools; and my high school German teacher, who was all of 24 years old at that time, brought a group of his university friends for a camping trip in Russia, and one person canceled, so they had an extra slot.

While BFA faculty were accustomed to teaching students who had previously come from public schools, the fact that the DHS students came all at once as a large group made the transition somewhat harder for the students and for the BFA teachers.

We find that total employer contributions for both groups of public school teachers are higher than for private - sector professionals.

While the overall employer contribution rate for public school teachers is higher than for private - sector professionals, the group average may mask differences between teachers who are and are not covered by Social Security.

The same BLS report provides separate tables with data for the two appropriate occupational groups: public school K — 12 teachers and private - sector «management, professional, and related» workers.

In response to administrators» and teachers» worries about the vocabulary skills of Boston Public School students, a group of researchers and educators — assembled by the Strategic Education Research Partnership (SERP) in collaboration with the Boston Public Schools, and directed by Harvard Graduate School of Education Professor Catherine Snow — designed a curriculum supplement called Word Generation, for sixth - to eighth - grade classrooms.

So it's disappointing that Weingarten did not use this opportunity to call for retirement security for all public school teachers, our largest group of college - educated, middle - class workers.

The main findings from the Education Next — PEPG survey reported in this essay are based on a nationally representative stratified sample of U.S. adults (age 18 years and older) and oversamples of Hispanics and non-Hispanic blacks, public school teachers, and residents of Florida (the last group for supplemental analyses not reported here).

Leaders of the new effort, «Project Appleseed,» hope to establish strong state - level Parents for Public Schools organizations comparable in stature to the state affiliates of the national teachers» unions and other groups.

St. Louis has a strong public school cartel, an alliance of teachers union leaders, central board administrators, and various public - school interest groups that has an established routine for managing the schools and is typically skeptical of any proposal for change.

Thirty years later, in a brightly colored library in a public elementary school in Milton, Massachusetts, Howard greets a group of fifteen teachers gathered for their third day of Efficacy training — an intensive, four - day seminar that he and his staff of twelve have spent the last two decades developing.

Chartering empowers thousands of African American families to create a vibrant new public - school sector in Harlem; it liberates a group of Minnesota teachers to start and run their own schools; and it provides a Teach for America alum the freedom to start a network of college - prep charters serving Mexican immigrants in Texas.

Freitag soon discovered The Fairfax Transition to Teaching Partnership, an alternative certification program based at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. Students spend one year interning at a Fairfax County (Virginia) public school — substituting, observing, assisting teachers, and working with students one - on - one and in small groups — and take summer and evening courses required for certification.

Although a few members have been prominent supporters of charter school expansion, the group has tended to support traditional public - school interests like greater funding for struggling schools and pay raises for teachers rather than choice proposals.

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«Rick DuFour issues a clarion call that both celebrates the greatest generation of teachers and appeals to that distinguished group to push for more — all with the desired outcome of ensuring our students have an opportunity to successfully transition to the next stages of their lives beyond the public school.

Shanker had the idea in 1988 that a group of public school teachers would ask their colleagues for permission to create a small school that would focus on the neediest students, those who had dropped out and those who were disengaged from school and likely to drop out.

For instance, a study by the group Public Agenda found that 85 percent of teachers and 73 percent of parents felt the «school experience of most students suffers at the expense of a few chronic offenders.»

Independent groups start charter schools with public - school funds, yet in return for a renewal process based on achieving goals articulated in a charter document, they have more flexibility around management and educational programs: their teachers need not be unionized, for example.

Ford was a world history teacher at Garinger High, a predominantly minority school in Charlotte, but, last year, he accepted a position as program director for the N.C. Public Schools Forum, a public school research and advocacy group in RaPublic Schools Forum, a public school research and advocacy group in Rapublic school research and advocacy group in Raleigh.

Community and youth - led groups, along with the Milwaukee Teachers Education Association — together known as Schools and Communities United — are working towards a walk in at every single public school in Milwaukee for the schools all students dSchools and Communities United — are working towards a walk in at every single public school in Milwaukee for the schools all students dschools all students deserve.

The Caucus of Rank and File Educators (CORE) is a group of dedicated teachers, retirees, Paraprofessional School Related Personnel (PSRPs), parents, community members and other champions of public education who fight for equitable public education and hope to improve the Chicago Teacher's Union (CTU) so that it fights both on behalf of its members and on behalf of Chicago's students.

The Northeast Indiana Friends of Public Education (NEIFPE) «was founded in 2011 after a small group of friends, teachers, and retired teachers traveled to Washington D.C. for the Save Our Schools March.»

In 2014, parents of students at Horace Mann Elementary School in Northwest Washington, D.C., spent over $ 470,000 of their own money to support the school's programs.1 With just under 290 students enrolled for the 2013 - 14 school year, this means that, in addition to public funding, Horace Mann spent about an extra $ 1,600 for each student.2 Those dollars — equivalent to 9 percent of the District of Columbia's average per - pupil spending3 — paid for new art and music teachers and classroom aides to allow for small group instruction.4 During the same school year, the parent - teacher association, or PTA, raised another $ 100,000 in parent donations and collected over $ 200,000 in membership dues, which it used for similar initiatives in future years.5 Not surprisingly, Horace Mann is one of the most affluent schools in the city, with only 6 percent of students coming from low - income famiSchool in Northwest Washington, D.C., spent over $ 470,000 of their own money to support the school's programs.1 With just under 290 students enrolled for the 2013 - 14 school year, this means that, in addition to public funding, Horace Mann spent about an extra $ 1,600 for each student.2 Those dollars — equivalent to 9 percent of the District of Columbia's average per - pupil spending3 — paid for new art and music teachers and classroom aides to allow for small group instruction.4 During the same school year, the parent - teacher association, or PTA, raised another $ 100,000 in parent donations and collected over $ 200,000 in membership dues, which it used for similar initiatives in future years.5 Not surprisingly, Horace Mann is one of the most affluent schools in the city, with only 6 percent of students coming from low - income famischool's programs.1 With just under 290 students enrolled for the 2013 - 14 school year, this means that, in addition to public funding, Horace Mann spent about an extra $ 1,600 for each student.2 Those dollars — equivalent to 9 percent of the District of Columbia's average per - pupil spending3 — paid for new art and music teachers and classroom aides to allow for small group instruction.4 During the same school year, the parent - teacher association, or PTA, raised another $ 100,000 in parent donations and collected over $ 200,000 in membership dues, which it used for similar initiatives in future years.5 Not surprisingly, Horace Mann is one of the most affluent schools in the city, with only 6 percent of students coming from low - income famischool year, this means that, in addition to public funding, Horace Mann spent about an extra $ 1,600 for each student.2 Those dollars — equivalent to 9 percent of the District of Columbia's average per - pupil spending3 — paid for new art and music teachers and classroom aides to allow for small group instruction.4 During the same school year, the parent - teacher association, or PTA, raised another $ 100,000 in parent donations and collected over $ 200,000 in membership dues, which it used for similar initiatives in future years.5 Not surprisingly, Horace Mann is one of the most affluent schools in the city, with only 6 percent of students coming from low - income famischool year, the parent - teacher association, or PTA, raised another $ 100,000 in parent donations and collected over $ 200,000 in membership dues, which it used for similar initiatives in future years.5 Not surprisingly, Horace Mann is one of the most affluent schools in the city, with only 6 percent of students coming from low - income families.6

Audrey Soglin: executive director, Illinois Education Association Mark Sass: social sciences teacher, Legacy High School, Denver, CO; 2014 Hope Street Group National Teacher Fellow Cynthia Robinson - Rivers: former director of Teacher Retention and Recognition, D.C. Public Schools Chris Poulos: Spanish teacher, Joel Barlow High School, Redding, CT; Teacher - Leader in Residence, CT State Department of Education; vice president, National Network of State Teachers of the Year; Connecticut Teacher of the Year 2007 David Low: high school science teacher, The Sound School, New Haven, CT; 2013 New Haven Teacher of the Year; vice president of high schools, New Haven Federation of Teachers Tony Klemmer: founder and president, National Academy of Advanced Teacher Education and The Center for Better Schools Emily Ayscue Hassel: co-director, Public Impact Celine Coggins: founder and chief executive officer, Teateacher, Legacy High School, Denver, CO; 2014 Hope Street Group National Teacher Fellow Cynthia Robinson - Rivers: former director of Teacher Retention and Recognition, D.C. Public Schools Chris Poulos: Spanish teacher, Joel Barlow High School, Redding, CT; Teacher - Leader in Residence, CT State Department of Education; vice president, National Network of State Teachers of the Year; Connecticut Teacher of the Year 2007 David Low: high school science teacher, The Sound School, New Haven, CT; 2013 New Haven Teacher of the Year; vice president of high schools, New Haven Federation of Teachers Tony Klemmer: founder and president, National Academy of Advanced Teacher Education and The Center for Better Schools Emily Ayscue Hassel: co-director, Public Impact Celine Coggins: founder and chief executive officer, TeacSchool, Denver, CO; 2014 Hope Street Group National Teacher Fellow Cynthia Robinson - Rivers: former director of Teacher Retention and Recognition, D.C. Public Schools Chris Poulos: Spanish teacher, Joel Barlow High School, Redding, CT; Teacher - Leader in Residence, CT State Department of Education; vice president, National Network of State Teachers of the Year; Connecticut Teacher of the Year 2007 David Low: high school science teacher, The Sound School, New Haven, CT; 2013 New Haven Teacher of the Year; vice president of high schools, New Haven Federation of Teachers Tony Klemmer: founder and president, National Academy of Advanced Teacher Education and The Center for Better Schools Emily Ayscue Hassel: co-director, Public Impact Celine Coggins: founder and chief executive officer, TeaTeacher Fellow Cynthia Robinson - Rivers: former director of Teacher Retention and Recognition, D.C. Public Schools Chris Poulos: Spanish teacher, Joel Barlow High School, Redding, CT; Teacher - Leader in Residence, CT State Department of Education; vice president, National Network of State Teachers of the Year; Connecticut Teacher of the Year 2007 David Low: high school science teacher, The Sound School, New Haven, CT; 2013 New Haven Teacher of the Year; vice president of high schools, New Haven Federation of Teachers Tony Klemmer: founder and president, National Academy of Advanced Teacher Education and The Center for Better Schools Emily Ayscue Hassel: co-director, Public Impact Celine Coggins: founder and chief executive officer, TeaTeacher Retention and Recognition, D.C. Public Schools Chris Poulos: Spanish teacher, Joel Barlow High School, Redding, CT; Teacher - Leader in Residence, CT State Department of Education; vice president, National Network of State Teachers of the Year; Connecticut Teacher of the Year 2007 David Low: high school science teacher, The Sound School, New Haven, CT; 2013 New Haven Teacher of the Year; vice president of high schools, New Haven Federation of Teachers Tony Klemmer: founder and president, National Academy of Advanced Teacher Education and The Center for Better Schools Emily Ayscue Hassel: co-director, Public Impact Celine Coggins: founder and chief executive officer, TeaSchools Chris Poulos: Spanish teacher, Joel Barlow High School, Redding, CT; Teacher - Leader in Residence, CT State Department of Education; vice president, National Network of State Teachers of the Year; Connecticut Teacher of the Year 2007 David Low: high school science teacher, The Sound School, New Haven, CT; 2013 New Haven Teacher of the Year; vice president of high schools, New Haven Federation of Teachers Tony Klemmer: founder and president, National Academy of Advanced Teacher Education and The Center for Better Schools Emily Ayscue Hassel: co-director, Public Impact Celine Coggins: founder and chief executive officer, Teateacher, Joel Barlow High School, Redding, CT; Teacher - Leader in Residence, CT State Department of Education; vice president, National Network of State Teachers of the Year; Connecticut Teacher of the Year 2007 David Low: high school science teacher, The Sound School, New Haven, CT; 2013 New Haven Teacher of the Year; vice president of high schools, New Haven Federation of Teachers Tony Klemmer: founder and president, National Academy of Advanced Teacher Education and The Center for Better Schools Emily Ayscue Hassel: co-director, Public Impact Celine Coggins: founder and chief executive officer, TeacSchool, Redding, CT; Teacher - Leader in Residence, CT State Department of Education; vice president, National Network of State Teachers of the Year; Connecticut Teacher of the Year 2007 David Low: high school science teacher, The Sound School, New Haven, CT; 2013 New Haven Teacher of the Year; vice president of high schools, New Haven Federation of Teachers Tony Klemmer: founder and president, National Academy of Advanced Teacher Education and The Center for Better Schools Emily Ayscue Hassel: co-director, Public Impact Celine Coggins: founder and chief executive officer, TeaTeacher - Leader in Residence, CT State Department of Education; vice president, National Network of State Teachers of the Year; Connecticut Teacher of the Year 2007 David Low: high school science teacher, The Sound School, New Haven, CT; 2013 New Haven Teacher of the Year; vice president of high schools, New Haven Federation of Teachers Tony Klemmer: founder and president, National Academy of Advanced Teacher Education and The Center for Better Schools Emily Ayscue Hassel: co-director, Public Impact Celine Coggins: founder and chief executive officer, TeaTeacher of the Year 2007 David Low: high school science teacher, The Sound School, New Haven, CT; 2013 New Haven Teacher of the Year; vice president of high schools, New Haven Federation of Teachers Tony Klemmer: founder and president, National Academy of Advanced Teacher Education and The Center for Better Schools Emily Ayscue Hassel: co-director, Public Impact Celine Coggins: founder and chief executive officer, Teacschool science teacher, The Sound School, New Haven, CT; 2013 New Haven Teacher of the Year; vice president of high schools, New Haven Federation of Teachers Tony Klemmer: founder and president, National Academy of Advanced Teacher Education and The Center for Better Schools Emily Ayscue Hassel: co-director, Public Impact Celine Coggins: founder and chief executive officer, Teateacher, The Sound School, New Haven, CT; 2013 New Haven Teacher of the Year; vice president of high schools, New Haven Federation of Teachers Tony Klemmer: founder and president, National Academy of Advanced Teacher Education and The Center for Better Schools Emily Ayscue Hassel: co-director, Public Impact Celine Coggins: founder and chief executive officer, TeacSchool, New Haven, CT; 2013 New Haven Teacher of the Year; vice president of high schools, New Haven Federation of Teachers Tony Klemmer: founder and president, National Academy of Advanced Teacher Education and The Center for Better Schools Emily Ayscue Hassel: co-director, Public Impact Celine Coggins: founder and chief executive officer, TeaTeacher of the Year; vice president of high schools, New Haven Federation of Teachers Tony Klemmer: founder and president, National Academy of Advanced Teacher Education and The Center for Better Schools Emily Ayscue Hassel: co-director, Public Impact Celine Coggins: founder and chief executive officer, Teaschools, New Haven Federation of Teachers Tony Klemmer: founder and president, National Academy of Advanced Teacher Education and The Center for Better Schools Emily Ayscue Hassel: co-director, Public Impact Celine Coggins: founder and chief executive officer, TeaTeacher Education and The Center for Better Schools Emily Ayscue Hassel: co-director, Public Impact Celine Coggins: founder and chief executive officer, TeaSchools Emily Ayscue Hassel: co-director, Public Impact Celine Coggins: founder and chief executive officer, Teach Plus

Sanson: TNBATs is a group that helps and supports teachers, parents, and public schools so that we can be better teachers for our students.

A replacement for the much criticized No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, the reauthorization gained support from groups as diverse as The National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, the National Education Association, the National Parent Teacher Association, The National School Boards Association, the National Governors Association and Fairtest, an organization that addresses issues related to fairness and accuracy in testing.

Combine the struggles in improving literacy with low levels of classroom management skills among many teachers (another problem traceable to ed schools), the arbitrary nature of traditional school discipline practices, and the problems within American public education attributable to racialist practices such as ability grouping, and it is little wonder why the overuse of suspensions is such a problem for our kids.

A small group of Chicago Teachers Union members and supporters rallied Thursday outside City Hall to protest expected layoffs and repeat a long - standing call for using surplus tax - increment financing funds to help Chicago Public Schools.

They plan to lead the committee and work with the Department of Public Instruction and groups representing teachers, school boards, administrators and advocates for charter and private voucher schools.

The difference for this group — participants in the Montana public schools» most successful online credit recovery programs — seems to be access to teachers who can help them troubleshoot technical difficulties and content - related challenges, according to the study, «Online credit recovery: Enrollment and passing patterns in Montana Digital Academy courses,» released last month by REL Northwest, a branch of the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences serving Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington.

Malloy implemented an extremely prejudicial evaluation system for teachers, brought in Common Core and its associated testing (SBAC), crushed the OPT OUT movement, reduced funding for public schools while increasing funding for Achievement First Charter Schools, increased funding for CONNCan (a private Charter School advocacy group), appointed Stefan Pryor (CEO of Achievement First) as Commissioner of Education, vastly increased standardized testing throughout the state, and tried to abolish of tenure for teachers, all endorsed and supported by Melodie Peters against the wishes of the membership schools while increasing funding for Achievement First Charter Schools, increased funding for CONNCan (a private Charter School advocacy group), appointed Stefan Pryor (CEO of Achievement First) as Commissioner of Education, vastly increased standardized testing throughout the state, and tried to abolish of tenure for teachers, all endorsed and supported by Melodie Peters against the wishes of the membership Schools, increased funding for CONNCan (a private Charter School advocacy group), appointed Stefan Pryor (CEO of Achievement First) as Commissioner of Education, vastly increased standardized testing throughout the state, and tried to abolish of tenure for teachers, all endorsed and supported by Melodie Peters against the wishes of the membership in CT..

AACTE is among the 50 national education groups representing teachers, principals, superintendents, parents, and other civic organizations that have issued a joint statement in support of public education and are celebrating the critical roles for public schools in developing future generations of successful citizens.

It's interesting to see the range of groups in the alliance: American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, American Association of School Administrators, American Association of School Personnel Administrators, American Federation of Teachers, American School Counselor Association, Association of School Business Officials International, Council of Chief State School Officers, National Association of Elementary School Principals, National Association of Secondary School Principals, National Association of State Boards of Education, National Education Association, National Middle School Association, National School Public Relations Association, National Staff Development Council, National PTA, National School Boards Association and Phi Delta Kappa International.

In return, the Public Consulting Group promised to have the comprehensive EasyIEP special education software system in place for the 2012 - 2103 school year and that teachers would receive the training they needed in September 2012.

Charter schools are formed by groups of parents and teachers who petition local school boards or the state superintendent of public instruction for a charter.

During the week of November 20, over 150 parents, student, teacher and community groups from more than 15 cities nationwide participated in the National Week of Action for the Public Schools All Our Children Deserve.

Absent from the trip were teacher's groups and others in Florida who criticize the tax credit scholarship program for diverting needed funding from the public schools to send children to private, often religious, schools that don't have to meet state standards.

Coalition Members: PCAPS (Philadelphia Coalition Advocating for Public Schools) includes: Action United, AFT Pennsylvania, AFL - CIO Central Labor Council, Fight for Philly, Boat People SOS, Jewish Labor Committee, Jobs With Justice, Juntos, Media Mobilizing Project, Neighborhood Networks, Occupy Philadelphia Labor Work Group, Pennsylvania Working Families Organization, Philadelphians Allied for Responsible Economy (PHARE), Philadelphia Federation of Teachers (PFT Local 3), Philadelphia Home and School Council, Philadelphia Student Union, SEIU 32BJ Local 1201, UNITE HERE Local 634, Working America and Youth United for Change (YUC)

• Karim Kai Ani, Founder, Mathalicious • Justin Cohen, President, School Turnaround Group, MassInsight • Rafael Corrales, Co-Founder, LearnBoost • Roxanna Elden, Teacher and Author, See Me After Class • Bill Ferguson, Maryland State Senator • Alex Grodd, Founder, Better Lesson • Kirabo Jackson, Assistant Professor, Northwestern University • Andrew Kelly, Research Fellow, American Enterprise Institute • Neerav Kingsland, Chief Strategy Officer, New Schools New Orleans • Hailly Korman, Associate, Morrison and Foerster • Jennifer Medbery, Founder, Drop the Chalk • Ana Menezes, Partner, The New Teacher Project • Mickey Muldoon, Manager of External Affairs, School of One • Evan Stone and Sydney Morris, Co-Founders, Educators for Excellence • Stephanie Wilson, Chief of Staff, Aspire Public Schools

There will be lots of important allies in the defense of public education — superintendents, principals, public school parents and students, civil rights groups — but only the teachers unions have the political muscle to defend the institution of public education that is so vital for our democracy.

The group recruits accomplished teachers who want to take on leadership roles within their schools or to advocate for public policy changes without leaving their classrooms.

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(MSA) Military Impacted Schools Association (MISA) National Alliance of Black School Educators (NABSE) National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC) National Association for Music Education (NAFME) National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP) National Association of Federally Impacted Schools (NAFIS) National Association of Graduate - Professional Students, Inc. 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As a group of classroom teachers who came together to build a new public school several years ago, my colleagues and I saw the Common Core standards as an opportunity to grow as professionals and create transformational experiences for our students.

Special education teachers typically do the following: • Assess students skills to determine their needs and to develop teaching plans • Adapt lessons to meet the needs of students • Develop Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) for each student • Plan, organize, and assign activities that are specific to each students abilities • Teach and mentor students as a class, in small groups, and one - on - one • Implement IEPs, assess students» performance, and track their progress • Update IEPs throughout the school year to reflect students» progress and goals • Discuss students» progress with parents, teachers, counselors, and administrators • Supervise and mentor teacher assistants who work with students with disabilities • Prepare and help students transition from grade to grade and after graduation Special education teachers in public schools are required to have at least a bachelor's degree and a state - issued certification or license Most states require a degree specifically in special education.

Officials of the District of Columbia Public Schools, or DCPS, have added teacher - voice - organization opportunities such as the Hope Street Group National Teacher Fellowship, the Teach Plus Teaching Policy Fellowship, and the U.S. Department of Education's Teaching Ambassador Fellowship to their list of leadership - training experiences in DCPS's career - ladder program for teachers known as the Leadership Initiative For Teachers, oteacher - voice - organization opportunities such as the Hope Street Group National Teacher Fellowship, the Teach Plus Teaching Policy Fellowship, and the U.S. Department of Education's Teaching Ambassador Fellowship to their list of leadership - training experiences in DCPS's career - ladder program for teachers known as the Leadership Initiative For Teachers, oTeacher Fellowship, the Teach Plus Teaching Policy Fellowship, and the U.S. Department of Education's Teaching Ambassador Fellowship to their list of leadership - training experiences in DCPS's career - ladder program for teachers known as the Leadership Initiative For Teachers, or LIfor teachers known as the Leadership Initiative For Teachers, teachers known as the Leadership Initiative For Teachers, or LIFor Teachers, Teachers, or LIFT.