Sentences with phrase «holding teachers»

Whatever the future uses of value - added measures, the idea of holding teachers accountable for student performance seems here to stay.

• Make teaching a true profession — with training and pay to match — while also holding teachers more accountable for their results in the classroom.

Regardless of what the court decides, the idea of holding teachers accountable for student performance seems here to stay.

And only if that system holds all teachers responsible for results (as opposed to only those administering high - stakes testing in four of the twelve years of schooling) can it improve.

In the meantime, unions are calling for a delay, not in implementation of the standards but in holding teachers accountable for test results.

And we should expand truly alternative routes to the teaching profession and hold teacher preparation programs accountable for the effectiveness of the product they deliver.

It's unjust to not hold teachers in poor communities to these same high standards.

The state holds its teacher education institutions accountable for the preparation of their graduates.

Can we expect teachers to include SEL practices into their classroom without having the state hold teachers or schools accountable for it?

We then hold teachers accountable when they follow that advice and fail, as they inevitably must.

All told, barely 1 in 5 parents hold teachers, schools, districts or states «most responsible» for a child's learning.

Certainly not a major teachers union leader at a time when the national movement is toward holding teachers accountable.

Some hope that current education reform efforts — raising standards, holding teachers accountability, creating more charter schools — could help persuade these parents to keep the faith with big cities.

One wonders how well Green Dot holds its teachers.

In effect, this technique holds teacher quality constant by comparing the relative performance of white and black students under the same teacher.

Why hold the teachers solely responsible for the tenure dilemma?

That's why I regularly hold Teacher Direct sessions across the country so that teachers can ask me questions and I can hear their views.

And the way a lot of school «reformers» want to hold teachers supposedly accountable is wrong.

Principals must commit to creating an environment where «excellence is the expectation» and they must never stop holding every teacher and child in their school accountable for teaching and learning.

Much focus on improving education involves holding teachers accountable for student achievements.

They expect school leadership to objectively and fairly manage according to clear educational goals, and to hold teachers objectively and fairly accountable to those standards.

Lets hold the teacher union accountable too for not fighting for their members or is this something we should not talk about.

There are too many other factors that contribute to overall student achievement in school for the state to hold teachers completely accountable for student test scores.

The so - called professional - responsibility program will hold teachers more accountable for student test scores, attendance, and graduation rates.

And I would go further to say that whole concept of holding teachers and students accountable for these skills doesn't make sense and isn't supported in the research.

But it does not hold teacher - preparation programs accountable for the performance of their graduates in the classroom.

However, we want to hold teachers responsible but we really don't hold students responsible.

To use these ephemeral effects to then hold teacher education programs accountable seems even more problematic.

Can we expect teachers to include SEL practices into their classroom without having the state hold teachers or schools accountable for it?

This competitive grants program required states to hold teachers accountable in a way that made student test scores a «significant factor» in personnel decisions.

The Obama administration is taking steps to strengthen teacher preparation by holding teacher preparation programs accountable for how well they equip teachers to succeed in the classroom.

At the same time, Cuomo has been intent on holding teachers more and more accountable for their students» performance on those tests.

Bachelor's degree — holding teachers with at least 17 years on the job would see a decline in the present value of future earnings, if we assume a 30 - year teaching career.

SLOs are objectives that are teacher - developed and administrator - approved to help hold teachers accountable for their students» growth, although growth in this case is individually and loosely defined, which makes SLOs about as subjective as it gets.

During her time in Memphis, Christine held teacher leader positions as Mentor Teacher, Data Driver, and Math Instructional Driver.

Ensuring student success in schools means holding teachers and other staff accountable for quality work directly impacting student achievement.

UNC also offers additional teaching endorsements for those who hold teacher licensure in Colorado and other states and countries.

I have plans of holding my teacher friends hostage... [Read more...]

I think the push towards taking noncognitive skills seriously met up with the push towards holding teachers and schools accountable.

As a teacher, I need a backpack that has a place for my laptop, a spot for my water bottle and coffee thermos, a pocket to carry snacks and enough space to hold my teacher books as well as papers.

To state what should be obvious but doesn't seem to be: When it comes to attendance, we should probably hold teachers to a higher standard than we hold at - risk teens.

This autonomy almost always comes with tight bureaucratic accountability not only in terms of checks and balances but also holding teachers and schools to account of outcomes through standardised test scores.

And only if the assessment system holds all teachers responsible for results can the system improve (as opposed to high - stakes testing in four of the twelve years of schooling).

Blaha points to the esteem in which families hold teachers as an opportunity to have schools, communities, and families work together.

Associate Professor Shane Phillipson, who co-authored the report with Adjunct Senior Lecturer Sivanes Phillipson, said the study showed parents generally hold teachers in high regard»... with 89 per cent agreeing their children's teachers are very capable and 85 per cent believing the school curriculum will help their child with their future careers».

Holding Teacher Preparation Accountable: A Review of Claims and Evidence, conducted by Marilyn Cochran - Smith and colleagues at Boston College (MA), investigated two primary questions: What claims does each initiative make about how it contributes to the preparation of high - quality teachers?