Sentences with phrase «head teachers authority»

We are certainly giving back head teachers authority in that.»

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The First Vatican Council included language like (the Pope) «is the true vicar of Christ and head of the whole Church and faith, and teacher of all Christians; and that to him was handed down in blessed Peter, by our Lord Jesus Christ, full power to...» This transfer of power depends on the Roman Church's understanding of the Office of the Keys which I do not agree with, but their statements make it clear that the Pope's authority as the Roman Church understands it is derived from Christ's.

Recruiting good head teachers is even harder — some local authorities have resorted to establishing networked schools with a head in charge of two or three at once.

Submissions to the School Teachers» Review Body show that everyone else consulted — local authorities, head teacher associations, governor associations and all of the teacher unions — oppose the idea.

Sarah McCarthy - Fry: We are certainly committed to backing head teachers» authority when pupils» behaviour warrants exclusion.

As schools move away from local authority control and the government gives them an increasing amount of autonomy to spend their budgets as they see fit the need for teachers, the reason for ICT heads and school leaders to visit Bett strengthens.

This makes clear that the support provided by governors, local education authorities and academy chains to head teachers is equally as important as that provided to a teacher by line manager or head of department.

Making older buildings safe Schools (local authorities, governing bodies and head teachers) have a moral, legal and financial duty to ensure that their premises are safe.

Local authorities are calling for a new policy that allows head teachers to be able to approve pupils taking family holidays in term time.

With the move to push responsibility for school budgets down to head teachers and away from local authorities, there is an opportunity to introduce lots more schools across the state sector to the Firefly platform.

With no new source of money available to give teachers raises this year, the best hope for heading off the job action appeared to rest with the Chicago School Finance Authority and the school board.

Adopt a whole life value approach The EFA should consult with all stakeholders, including central government, local authorities and head teachers.

Responding to Wilshaw's comments, Russell Hobby, general secretary of the National Association of Head Teachers, said: «In order to guarantee that any improvements are sustainable and felt across the city, local school leaders need to be able to rely on the local authority, the DfE [Department for Education] and the Regional Schools Commissioner to back them up.

Target Audience: 10,330 copies distributed to head teachers, Academies, and Local Education Authorities, throughout the UK, six times a year.

We want to work with schools - with parents, pupils, teachers, head teachers, support staff, local education authorities and civil servants to run a number of studies to find out what the ideal starting time is, and how schools can manage this.»

David Simmonds, head of the Children's Board at the Local Government Association said that phasing the school building announcements could be difficult - because authorities and head teachers needed to plan, and because the demand is high and urgent.

Head teachers may apply to the local authority to issue a penalty notice and may authorise their staff to do so.

The protest, ahead of next week's Budget, has been organised by regional groups of head teachers representing schools with 3.5 million pupils in 30 local authorities from Cornwall to Cumbria.

Governing bodies and head teachers of local authority maintained schools are required by law to comply with the STPCD's provisions.

He added: «Regional Schools Commissioners are using their local knowledge to hold schools to account and thanks to that expertise, and the support of head teacher boards, they are able to take swift and targeted action to tackle underperformance rather than schools being left to stagnate under local authority control.»

But they will have to balance this with fears that if they agree to give extra funding to West Sussex schools, there will be a queue around the block from head teachers in other local authorities.

There is no way in hell that heads, unions, academy chains, local authorities or teachers should be engaging with this rot.

«We want as many schools as possible to take advantage of the significant benefits academy status brings because it means more schools run by great heads and teachers, not local authority or Whitehall bureaucrats, and more children getting a first - class education.

Local authority virtual heads, who oversee children in care, should work with psychologists to develop training courses for teachers, it says.

A head teacher at one of the Trojan Horse schools said parents tried to undermine her authority and descended on the school during an Ofsted inspection.

This could include taking schools away from local authority control, converting them into academies - directly funded by central government - and putting them under the leadership of high - achieving head teachers.

Mary Bousted, head of the ATL teachers» union, said: «We are concerned that more than 20 % of free schools have been established in areas where there is no shortage of school places and, since they are not part of the local authorities» planning procedure, they make it difficult for parents to get their child into a local school of their choice.»

Recently, most local authorities have been following a policy of reducing the number of principal teachers in secondary schools by combining departments and having PTs titled «curriculum leaders» or «faculty heads», who essentially carry out the same responsibilities but over more than one department.

She has a wide range of experience as an early years teacher, a primary head and as a local authority adviser.

Local authorities need clear guidance to monitor the air that children breathe as well as more resources and funding to tackle it,» said Russell Hobby, general secretary of the National Association of Head Teachers.

She has previously worked as a youth worker, primary school teacher, a local authority behaviour adviser and for a university as a deputy head of education.

I think Cody hit the nail on the head when he said that teachers» deference to authority could be a reason that they have been so slow to react to the attacks to our profession.

Published six times a year our readers are architects, specifiers, contractors, project managers, local authorities, head teachers, business managers, college leaders and university estate departments.

Jules White, the West Sussex head teacher who has co-ordinated a funding campaign in 17 local authorities, said: «The government said that it had heard the message from the electorate.

David Laws, Minister of State for Schools, and Michael Gove, the Secretary of State for Education, have written to all primary school Head teachers, and David Laws has written to Local Authorities with details of how this money should be used.

The Coalition for Evidence - based Education (CEBE) includes education researchers, politicians, think - tanks, funders, government departments, local authorities, education organisations, teachers and head teachers.

Being unable to answer this question themselves, the head - teacher sought legal advice from the local authority.