Sentences with phrase «hear teacher concerns»

The key item we took away from Governor Haslam's latest proposal is his willingness to hear teacher concerns.

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If you are concerned your child has a bad teacher, either your child has come home from school telling you terrible stories about their day, or you have heard awful stories from other parents.

«The Assembly Majority has heard the concerns of New York's educators and parents and we know that teachers» performance and that of New York's students may not be truly reflected in test scores.

«Students, parents, teachers and other concerned community members from across the state have heard from Governor Cuomo,» said AQE spokeswoman Nikki Jones.

«Classroom teachers will be bitterly disappointed that Nick Clegg deliberately avoided taking the opportunity to discuss the Coalition Government's policy on education and hear the concerns of frontline staff.

While many of the concerns have centered on students and teachers, little has been heard about the impact on student teachers.

The conference heard concerns from new teachers about the impact of excessive workload and bureaucracy on their ability to focus on teaching and learning.

«One of the concerns that I hear from teachers is the challenges of utilizing the modules when they're teaching in the classroom.»

Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia, since taking office in July, has heard the concerns of parents, teachers, students, school administrators, union leaders, and community and business leaders, spokesman Jonathan Burman said in a statement.

Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer said in a letter that he's heard from many parents from all three schools concerned about whether «their school will be demolished imminently,» and «where the DOE will send students, teachers and staff whose buildings it has torn down,» and that these unanswered questions have created «significant anxiety.»

Even so, later onset deafness can occur at any age and GPs can arrange for a child to have a hearing test at any age if a parent or teacher has concerns.

The last concern I've often heard is that online learning will undermine teachers» professional judgment.

«The one concern I hear most is the time it takes to plan and gather things to make PL work,» says Susan Moon, a fifth - grade teacher at West Pelzer Elementary School, in West Pelzer, South Carolina.

Whenever I work with teachers, I always hear the genuine concern about coverage of material.

Brenda Frazier, a K - 12 psychologist in the Williamsport (Pennsylvania) Area School District who attended the conference, said she has heard concerns from teachers about making adjustments for explosive children.

Jean Roberts, a member of ATL, said although teachers needed to «make our voice heard» in the government's consultation and say no to «already failed baseline assessment being brought back ``, she has concerns about the lack of a mention of key stage 2 SATs.

Thomas: I sometimes hear teachers voice concerns about outsourcing content instruction to technology because they feel personally responsible for students» learning.

I hear parents, teachers and community members talking about their concerns over their children's online behavior, and rightfully so.

A further 74 per cent of teaching staff claim they have already heard head teachers express concern over funding, while 59 per cent are implementing or due to introduce bigger class sizes to accommodate funding cuts.

However, the most significant concern I hear from prospective candidates and veteran teachers is they want their efforts and opinions to matter and be respected by all members of the greater community.

Mr Whiteman continues: «I'd be very surprised indeed if you hadn't heard from a head teacher or a parent expressing concerns about school funding over the last few months.»

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has heard evidence from a number of educational authorities about concerns regarding the value for money of the the government's teacher recruitment methods.

In his article «The «Quiet» Troubles of Low - Income Children,» Weissbourd delves deeply into many teachers» lack of concern or plain inability to recognize individual students» vision and hearing problems.

In the St. Louis area, school districts tend to be divided along racial lines, and a New York Times reporter covering the story of the transfers heard from white parents in receiving districts who expressed concern that troublemakers will be among the transfers, and that teachers may have to slow down to allow the students from struggling districts, which are predominantly black, to catch up.

They can protest this characterization all they want, but one reason we've heard so much about pre-K in the past few years is that, as far as many reformers were concerned, the big and interesting fights on teacher evaluation had already been won.

«Whenever I go to meet teachers this issue always comes up, and I come back here, and I challenge officials: Why am I hearing these concerns when the retention rate is very stable, as it is, and has been for a decade?

«Since the beginning of the school year, we have heard from teachers and administrators voicing their concerns that too much change is hitting their classrooms at once... This confluence of changes jeopardizes the success of our teachers, and thus our students... We've hear their concerns loud and clear, and understand.»

Though he expected to hear concerns and even protests to making videos of teachers leading instruction, he has experienced neither.

In this way, the parent is able to have a fuller understanding of the context of their concerns and is able to ensure that their concerns are heard by their child's teacher.

A 30 - plus year veteran of the district who has risen from the teacher ranks, King wants to connect with parents and share her plans for the district, then hear their concerns — standard practice for an incoming schools» chief.

Warren's concerns are shared by national teachers unions, which the Washington Post reports Monday are «mounting an aggressive campaign» against DeVos before Wednesday's hearing.

A meeting with the principal of Christina's school — which we'll call Forest View — to hear his thoughts and concerns about specific teachers helped Jan know what approach to take in fostering professional development for her coachees before she met with them.

The concerns I hear most often from teachers about video lessons:

The hastily called hearing sought to be a forum for the various groups to air mounting concerns about implementation of the new standards and especially the new testing, which will not only gauge how much students have learned but will also be used in measuring teacher performance under the state's new evaluation guidelines.

Members of the state's Mastery Examination Committee heard parent, teacher, and superintendent groups» concerns about SBAC.

Education Committee Co-Chair Rep. Andy Fleischmann and Senate Co-Chair Gayle Slossberg heard teachers» and parents» concerns about SBAC testing and took action by advancing this legislation.

Hearing these divergent voices helps us understand better what different groups mean when they talk about school reform: policymakers and business leaders want new skills and higher standards; parents in disadvantaged communities worry about their children's lack of hope and eroding values; teachers and principals want the central office to take their concerns seriously; students want schools to be more respectful and engaging.

Cohen and Executive Director Mark Waxenberg expressed teachers» support for SB 380 An Act Concerning the Exclusion of Student Performance Results on the Mastery Examination from Teacher Evaluations to members of the legislature's Education Committee at a public hearing.

It's not that teachers haven't heard about the new standards; rumors about their effect on high school electives has raised concern among not only teachers, but parents as well.

Since the teachers agreed to participate in a study concerning progressive teaching strategies, we thought they would be intrigued with these unfamiliar sounding strategies and want to hear from experienced teachers advocating for them — so intrigued that they would take the extra step to learn more about effective teaching strategies.

Hearing the concerns of teachers about lack of collaboration and planning around the Common Core in Charlotte, North Carolina, high school teachers Joanna Schimizzi and Rob Leichner decided to take the lead improving Common Core implementation in their district.

Since the passage of First to the Top legislation in 2010, as our organization has travelled across the state, we have heard from both parents and educators with concerns about the collection, use and potential misuse of student and teacher data.

Perhaps in response to some of the concerns articulated by TCTA and others, the commissioner of education sent a letter to House Public Education Committee members in advance of the hearing regarding his position on the teacher evaluation guidelines submitted to USDE.

Bay Area News Group's Joyce Tsai reported in the Mercury News on the hearing, in which the Petitioners — a group of California teachers, parents and concerned taxpayers — asked Judge Barry -LSB-... continue]

Indiana school corporations are required to submit new teacher evaluation programs to the state Department of Education by next month, but some legislators expressed their concerns about the law at an education study committee hearing Tuesday.

This last point is absolutely vital, because one concern that I sometimes hear about video in the classroom is that teachers will resist being filmed — or might submit only their best lessons for review.

While we are working on improving resources, we have also heard concerns from teachers about being evaluated during a transition to a new state assessment.

On March 7, 2016 one of the bills that the Connecticut General Assembly's Education Committee held a public hearing on was Senate Bill 380, AN ACT CONCERNING THE EXCLUSION OF STUDENT PERFORMANCE RESULTS ON THE MASTERY EXAMINATION FROM TEACHER EVALUATIONS.

On March 7, 2016 the Connecticut General Assembly's Education Committee held a public hearing on Senate Bill 380, An Act Concerning the Exclusion of Student Performance Results on the Mastery Examination from Teacher Evaluations.

When parents report that teachers don't understand their concerns, what they're usually saying is that they don't feel they're being heard.