Sentences with phrase «hiring new teachers into»

Superintendents were also pleased with the idea to pay beginning teachers more, citing the difficulty they anticipate in hiring new teachers into the profession.

Not exact matches

A 2005 study by the New Teacher Project, the national nonprofit organization that works with school districts to recruit high - quality teachers, examined five urban districts and concluded that seniority - based transfer privileges written into contracts often force principals «to hire large numbers of teachers they do not want and who may not be a good fit for the job and their school.»

As Ingersoll notes, our teacher workforce was «graying» for most of the last 25 years, driven both by existing teachers aging into the profession and an increase in the hiring of older «new» teachers.

The Friday - night firings came one month into the new school year, and only weeks after Rhee hired 900 teachers to help open classes for the fall.

We have poured more money into schools, hired an army of new teachers to reduce class size, expanded professional development, and retained more experienced teachers — everything that the teacher unions have in mind when they repeat their mantra that we know what works and just need the resources to do it.

Districts will receive funds, roughly $ 300 per pupil annually, which can be used to raise the minimum teacher salary, improve entry into the profession for new teachers, fund leadership roles, hire additional teachers, and provide training and support to teachers in leadership roles.

Too often, education leaders respond to teacher shortages by rushing into quick - fix solutions, like paying hiring bonuses for new teachers, without taking the time to diagnose their real teacher pipeline problems.

Most of the schools (121) had only one 1st - grade class, which was split into two classes when the new teacher was hired.

It's been obvious for years that comparability can be achieved over five to seven years by taking advantage of retirements: when senior teachers retire, the school they leave gets enough to hire a new teacher and the difference goes into an equalization pool for the worst - staffed and lowest - funded schools.

All new teachers hired after a specific date are put into the different tier with reduced benefits, while senior teachers hired before the date remain in the better, more generous plans they were hired into.

[vi] If one were doing a rigorous cost - benefit analysis of retention, one would want to take into account a variety of other factors, including the extent of excess capacity (i.e., open seats) in schools currently, the additional costs (if any) of hiring new teachers and / or expanding building space, etc..

The New York City Department of Education (NYCDOE) is planning to move as many as 400 teachers out of the district's Absent Teacher Reserve (ATR) and into full - time classroom positions at schools this fall, regardless of whether those schools want to hire them.

«For the average charter school facility in New Jersey, with an average enrollment of 274 students, this translates into $ 388,532 — enough to hire more than eight additional teachers,» said the analysis released by the New Jersey Charter School Association, the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools and the Colorado League of Charter Schools.

Catering to a mix of new hires and teachers who have been at the school 20 years, Pinto encouraged staff to visit nearby schools; she hired a full - time science teacher and tried to breathe new life into math, writing and technology programs.

Teachers hired before January 1, 2014 retain the traditional defined - benefit pension plan or can choose to opt into the new plan.

The plan for expansion has included moving multiple excellent teachers into new leadership positions, expanding the Tubman operations team to cross two campuses, and hiring 25 new staff to join the already existing 100 staff members.

If you are so inclined, you may also want to read the recent Washington Post (10.24.16) article, entitled «The big problem with the Obama administration's new teacher - education regulations», in which the chair of Connecticut College's Education Department co-wrote that the «academy provisions» which were incorporated into ESSA (after initially being developed by the two charter lobbyist organizations New Schools Venture Fund and Relay Graduate School of Education) would exempt «entrepreneurial «start - up programs» (i.e. teacher preparation «academies»)... from many of the requirements that states will enforce for other programs — such as hiring faculty who hold advanced degrees or conduct research, holding students to certain credit hours or course sequences, or securing accreditation from the field's accrediting bodies.&raqnew teacher - education regulations», in which the chair of Connecticut College's Education Department co-wrote that the «academy provisions» which were incorporated into ESSA (after initially being developed by the two charter lobbyist organizations New Schools Venture Fund and Relay Graduate School of Education) would exempt «entrepreneurial «start - up programs» (i.e. teacher preparation «academies»)... from many of the requirements that states will enforce for other programs — such as hiring faculty who hold advanced degrees or conduct research, holding students to certain credit hours or course sequences, or securing accreditation from the field's accrediting bodies.&raqNew Schools Venture Fund and Relay Graduate School of Education) would exempt «entrepreneurial «start - up programs» (i.e. teacher preparation «academies»)... from many of the requirements that states will enforce for other programs — such as hiring faculty who hold advanced degrees or conduct research, holding students to certain credit hours or course sequences, or securing accreditation from the field's accrediting bodies.»

Putting aside why Jumoke, the charter school management company that was hired to take over and run the Dunbar elementary school is looking for four new teachers, over a month into the new school year, the job posting announces that the charter school company wants educators who will «sweat the small stuff» and are committed to «embracing the challenges facing urban schools with a mantra of «No Excuses» and a willingness to do «Whatever it takes.

Districts are re-working school assignment and transportation plans, retro - fitting closets and offices into classroom spaces, reducing elective courses, and hiring between 3,000 and 5,400 new, possibly under - prepared K - 3 classroom teachers.

Beyond technical skills, internal teachers can also educate new hires on company culture, processes and where they fit into the business strategy.