Sentences with phrase «if teachers and leaders»

While teacher preparation and professional development are not generally thought of as accountability indicators, students are not likely to achieve the standards if teachers and leaders are not adequately prepared to teach them.

This is especially important if teachers and leaders within a school have separate racial backgrounds and cultural identities as the students.

Not exact matches

WASHINGTON, Nov 16 (Reuters)- From Pataskala, Ohio, to Conroe, Texas, local government leaders worry that if Republican tax - overhaul plans moving through the U.S. Congress become law, it will be harder for them to pave streets, put out fires, fight crime and pay teachers.

If a business leader, teacher or coach is stubborn and refuses to make changes despite evidence that what they're doing is not successful, then their efforts will eventually end in failure.

Of course, if you are referring to a formal teacher, that is standing up as a teacher / leader I can see the issues, but i expect most readers / listeners are not in that category and would want to be encouraged to «teach Scripture» rather than told to «correct yourself».

And if you can, counterbalance the negativity with positive black role model (s)- pastor, teacher, neighbor, or youth group leader.

It would be great if everyone would live as the Bible suggests, but then how could it be expected when every other teacher, pastor, and priest is either gay or a pedophile and their leader the pope would rather shuffle them around rather than remove them from «service» to God.

[Note, because I know someone will ask: In my book, and in the weeks to come, we'll look at Paul's references to the women of Ephesus and Corinth to see if his specific instructions to those churches override an egalitarian perspective or negate the significance of female prophets, teachers, disciples, leaders, and apostles elsewhere in Scripture.]

Again on Thursday, Lewis called on CPS to sit down with union leaders to negotiate better terms for teachers if the school day and school year is extended.

If we can remember to retain our role as teacher and leader and keep ourselves calm and in control, and avoid matching our teenagers inconsistent personalities all will be more successful in the end.

If we can teach those skills to our children (and model it with our partners), and teachers are taught how to practice this in the classroom, and world leaders are taught how to dialogue in government, what a joyful world it would be!

«If you work in a district like that, no matter how effective you are you come out with a scarlet A on your head,» he said, to applause from the audience, which included state legislators, Board of Regents members, school board leaders and teachers union officials.

To union leaders and public education advocates, it looks as if Cuomo negotiated the bill in order to appease the political left before a tough campaign season and then waited until after he won re-election to announce plans to veto it, exacting revenge on teachers, who are among his biggest critics.

NYC schools will lose $ 300 million if leaders from the UFT and DOE don't agree on a new teacher evaluation system by January 17th.

Earlier this month, legislative leaders called for a two year moratorium on all effects of the Common Core, for both students and teachers, and said if Regents did not act, they would.

Earlier this month, legislative leaders called for a two year moratorium on all effects of the Common Core, for both students and teachers, and said if the Board of Regents did not act, they would.

A group of Brooklyn teachers, chapter leaders and UFT representatives met on June 7 at a local diner with City Councilman Vincent Gentile to make sure he understood the severe problems facing overcrowded District 20 schools and how much more severe those problems will become if the city lays off 4,200 teachers and cuts another 1,500 teaching positions.

James I've just put a bet on Gove as the next PM, I even know old fashioned teachers Union leaders who liked his reforms, something Charles Clarke was proposing If he becomes PM we'll have Tory government still 2040 and that's if remain just win tIf he becomes PM we'll have Tory government still 2040 and that's if remain just win tif remain just win too

You know people talk about this as if it is a recent thing, and really we've known about the standards since 2008 - 2009, and we have an incredible team of teachers and leaders in Randolph who worked really hard right away to start to look at the standards.»

«If we encourage national policy documents that promote these teaching practices,» says study co-author Elizabeth Barnes of Arizona State, «perhaps we can increase acceptance of evolution among our students, future teachers and future political leaders.»

If they combine the smart use of those tools with equally smart investments in teacher and leader effectiveness, the goal of having every student succeed will start to seem less like the horizon line we can't reach and more like the finish line we can.

It has been evident for some time that the Federal Government is keeping a close watch on teachers and educational leaders and that it has a preferred, if not popular view of the nature of teacher preparation, professional development and training.

JE: And so, the implications of that for teachers and school leaders — obviously it's very early on isn't it, in the school «career» (if we can call it thaAnd so, the implications of that for teachers and school leaders — obviously it's very early on isn't it, in the school «career» (if we can call it thaand school leaders — obviously it's very early on isn't it, in the school «career» (if we can call it that).

What would the social - emotional environment of middle schools look like if school leaders, teachers, and reformers listened to 11 - year - olds as they looked at the nature of their schools and classrooms?

If school leaders and teachers adopt blended learning as a strategy to personalize learning, increase students» academic mastery, and develop students» noncognitive skills, then the technology will improve along those dimensions.

But if school leaders adopt blended learning merely to increase out - of - district enrollments, increase course offerings, boost credit completion rates, lower staffing costs, or decrease the demands placed on teachers, then blended - learning technologies will become increasingly cheap, convenient, engaging, and easy to use without necessarily improving students» academic or life outcomes.

But edtech innovations hold real promise for improving student learning outcomes if education leaders use them to redesign classroom and school models in ways that transform teachers» instructional practices.

As I read through the article written from the lens of a teacher and school leader, I became curious as to how our parents would respond if given the opportunity to speak up about what they want teachers to know.

If the teacher is getting exemplary student - achievement gains and student survey reports, a school leader should give the teacher the leeway to use a different instructional style.

If all of these leaders turn to action now, the stream of professional learning already flowing in 60 schools could become a vast river of learning and job opportunity for U.S. teachers — and their students.

If Horace Mann was the key educational figure of the 19th century, and John Dewey of the first half of the 20th, then Al Shanker, the legendary leader of the American Federation of Teachers, deserves that title for the second half of the 20th century.

Likewise, if a teacher is performing well on the classroom observations and student surveys but had lower - than - expected student - achievement gains, a school leader might give the teacher the benefit of the doubt for another year and hope that student achievement gains will rise.

This public «edu - trip of open learning» is just a taste of what primary, secondary and post-secondary schools are able to offer if they elect to become «connected and transparent learning environments,» granting students, teachers and leaders access to today's social media tools.

So imagine what each of us — teachers, students, and school leaders — could do as individuals, for the people we love, and the world we live in if we give our very best, if we practice smarter, embrace challenge, trust in our teachers, colleagues, mentors, and parents and replace «can't» with a deafening «yet»!

If you weren't able to connect during that week, every moment of the #PennFinn13 trip was captured on our team's blog of 30 + entries to encourage continuous dialogue, learning and relationship - building among trip attendees and those students, teachers and leaders who continue to carry the conversation on Twitter and our Facebook page.

Teachers and school leaders, if they like to learn, do so through observation of and conversation regarding perceived «best practices.»

Surely we'd be in a better place if, for example, school systems were concrete about what great teaching looks like (as Andy suggests) and made sure that teachers and school leaders bought into that vision.

Teachers, parents, school leaders, state policy makers, researchers, and yes, even philosophers, are likely to develop far more nuanced and insightful, empirically justified, and pragmatically effective responses to dilemmas of educational ethics if they explore these issues together...

If a school leader balances the teaching talent on each team so that there are no discernable differences between teams at different grade levels, then parents don't worry so much about «poor» teachers, because they know that there will be strong and less - strong teachers on every team that their child could be on.

If school leaders want teachers who can do more than just survive the classroom, however, they need to better understand how emotions are expressed, and also how they can be managed; that is, the theory of emotional intelligence, or EI.

If so, education leaders might want to make available more funds for the salaries of teachers of remedial courses and, if necessary, look for other areas in which costs can be reduceIf so, education leaders might want to make available more funds for the salaries of teachers of remedial courses and, if necessary, look for other areas in which costs can be reduceif necessary, look for other areas in which costs can be reduced.

There are exceptional teachers, but we need to support the professional development of all teachers, and we can do so if we invest in the scientific base of the teaching profession and empower those very exceptional teachers to become leaders who inspire other teachers.

There's a huge opportunity here... if teachers and state leaders can seize it.

These can be used by maths leaders and classroom teachers for planning or assessment purposes Pupils need to be able to read and understand this vocabulary if they are to make good progress in mathematics.

There are whole strands dedicated to leaders, ICT managers, and teachers — if you're looking for inspiration then what better place to get it than listening to the experiences of other schools?

... If teacher leaders and school officials learn to use this development wisely, it may prove to be the most therapeutic educational development of this century.»

Indeed, here is a widely discussed 1967 prediction from former teacher Robert Doherty and labor leader Walter Oberer (from their book Teachers, Schools Boards, and Collective Bargaining: A Changing of the Guard): If the «movement to improve the status of teachers by collective action is successful, if... teachers... come close to realizing what they seem to be striving toward, the concern over purely employment matters will Teachers, Schools Boards, and Collective Bargaining: A Changing of the Guard): If the «movement to improve the status of teachers by collective action is successful, if... teachers... come close to realizing what they seem to be striving toward, the concern over purely employment matters will declinIf the «movement to improve the status of teachers by collective action is successful, if... teachers... come close to realizing what they seem to be striving toward, the concern over purely employment matters will teachers by collective action is successful, if... teachers... come close to realizing what they seem to be striving toward, the concern over purely employment matters will declinif... teachers... come close to realizing what they seem to be striving toward, the concern over purely employment matters will teachers... come close to realizing what they seem to be striving toward, the concern over purely employment matters will decline.

5 Reasons Why PBL May Not Be Working at Your School TeachThought.com Drew Perkins makes important points school leaders should consider if they really want PBL to take root, for example: «Your projects are asking questions important to teachers, not to your students» and «You haven't engaged in the collaborative PBL process as a leader but you're expecting your teachers to.»

What if teacher leaders coached colleagues and used self - and peer - assessment strategies?

Students would be much better off if policymakers and education leaders were to focus on student achievement results as a way to assess teacher quality overall, and to assess the quality of teacher preparation programs supported by federal and state dollars.