In an ideal world,
if teachers and staff at a struggling high school voiced a strong commitment to improving instruction, developing their skills, and challenging their own beliefs about student abilities, their superintendent would just smile and say, «Great.
Peltz's take: «I feel that
if teachers and staff are showing the kids how to use the technology in an appropriate, productive manner, we'll be in compliance.»
Not exact matches
If there's an emergency, a
teacher can use the app to set off an alarm, access an evacuation plan,
and chat with any other
staff member in the school.
If you're bound by the foolishness of anti-gun politicians in prohibiting trained
teachers and staff from defending students, then a bucket of rocks is actually a reasonably good idea.
Be attentive to the students,
teachers,
staff and class - mates who may be very different from you; listen for God in all of them, even
if you don't think you're going to find God there.
«
If not, ask a
staff member to email photos of the school
and teachers.»
If your teen has special learning or behavioral needs, meetings can be scheduled with
teachers and other school
staff to consider setting up or revising individualized education plans (IEPs), 504 education plans, or gifted education plans.
if school administrators weren't too busy to plan
and would approve parent volunteer lunch monitors then parents could fill some of the lunch room void by left by over-extended cafeteria
staff and teachers, explaining to kids what lunch options were
and encouraging the healthier choices as well as providing more prompts in the cafeteria as students have their tray.
Also, be sure to let
teachers and school
staff know about your child's needs so the school environment can be adapted
if needed.
Ask
if copies of the Center for Science in the Public Interest's Constructive Classroom Rewards can be distributed to
teachers and other school
staff.
If all children are to be given the chance of a good education, regardless of their background, the Government needs to ensure that classrooms are
staffed by fully qualified
teachers, class sizes need to be reduced
and the poverty gap closed.
The average cost of cases that reach a decision was $ 174,902, which includes legal fees,
staff salaries
and benefits, salary
and benefits for a substitute
teacher, settlement costs (
if any),
and salary
and benefits of the accused employee.
If the majority of
staff vote for affiliation with a statewide labor union called the New York State United
Teachers, the library's board
and management must begin negotiating a collective bargaining agreement.
Investigators from the city's Education Department interviewed Ms. Zuvic
and members of her
staff last year after receiving a complaint, but some
teachers, having heard nothing since, wondered
if the case was being ignored.
She also pondered what would happen
if teachers were allowed to choose their own
staff development goals
and how they would be coached to reach these goals.
[From the parent point of view]
if something went wrong, bang «I'm going to see the principal
and I'm going to tell them what I think», bang «I'm going to demand to see the
teacher now, I don't care
if it's nine o'clock in the morning, I want to see them now»; yet [that
staff member has] got 25 kids in front of them that they're trying to teach.
In schools,
if you get inside the data
and actually have a look at what the students are doing, what their areas of strengths are, where they need to build, perhaps as a school there might be some areas of weakness, then you can target some professional development for
teachers and maybe target some additional support
staff in the classes.
Despite a well protected school spending budget under the present parliament, the
IFS believe that increasing pupil numbers
and staff wages will contribute to the possible funding cuts, while
teachers» pensions
and national insurance contributions could also be effective.
While increasing numbers of school districts offer pay incentives to address math
and science
staff shortages, the authors conclude that «compensation
and working conditions must evolve further
if school systems are to address the challenge of staffing math
and science classrooms with
teachers of strong academic caliber.»
In partnership with CLG, the West Clermont team came to recognize that an effective
and sustainable reform plan could come about only
if it was initiated by those doing the school's work at the ground level, namely,
teachers and administrative
staff.
With an always - on recording — where the
teacher safely retains control of the data —
teachers can revisit time slots of interest to them
and,
if they want, even make them available to a remote coach or colleague, to work on how
and why certain lessons
and deliveries resonated.Model lessons can be shared with junior
staff to help them see what techniques really engage
and inspire students, sharing the intelligence
and professional development gains.
«After Literature Night, the comments sheet is on every child's desk,» says Grover, «
and if a child's page isn't filled with comments,
teachers and other
staff members make sure that every child has many comments
and compliments written on their page.
Looking back, I can see that my colleagues
and I were struggling to counteract powerful tendencies that work against high student achievement in urban schools:
If teachers work in isolation, if there isn't effective teamwork, if the curriculum is undefined and weakly aligned with tests, if there are low expectations, if a negative culture prevails, if the principal is constantly distracted by nonacademic matters, if the school does not measure and analyze student outcomes, and if the staff lacks a coherent overall improvement plan — then students fall further and further behind, and the achievement gap becomes a chas
If teachers work in isolation,
if there isn't effective teamwork, if the curriculum is undefined and weakly aligned with tests, if there are low expectations, if a negative culture prevails, if the principal is constantly distracted by nonacademic matters, if the school does not measure and analyze student outcomes, and if the staff lacks a coherent overall improvement plan — then students fall further and further behind, and the achievement gap becomes a chas
if there isn't effective teamwork,
if the curriculum is undefined and weakly aligned with tests, if there are low expectations, if a negative culture prevails, if the principal is constantly distracted by nonacademic matters, if the school does not measure and analyze student outcomes, and if the staff lacks a coherent overall improvement plan — then students fall further and further behind, and the achievement gap becomes a chas
if the curriculum is undefined
and weakly aligned with tests,
if there are low expectations, if a negative culture prevails, if the principal is constantly distracted by nonacademic matters, if the school does not measure and analyze student outcomes, and if the staff lacks a coherent overall improvement plan — then students fall further and further behind, and the achievement gap becomes a chas
if there are low expectations,
if a negative culture prevails, if the principal is constantly distracted by nonacademic matters, if the school does not measure and analyze student outcomes, and if the staff lacks a coherent overall improvement plan — then students fall further and further behind, and the achievement gap becomes a chas
if a negative culture prevails,
if the principal is constantly distracted by nonacademic matters, if the school does not measure and analyze student outcomes, and if the staff lacks a coherent overall improvement plan — then students fall further and further behind, and the achievement gap becomes a chas
if the principal is constantly distracted by nonacademic matters,
if the school does not measure and analyze student outcomes, and if the staff lacks a coherent overall improvement plan — then students fall further and further behind, and the achievement gap becomes a chas
if the school does not measure
and analyze student outcomes,
and if the staff lacks a coherent overall improvement plan — then students fall further and further behind, and the achievement gap becomes a chas
if the
staff lacks a coherent overall improvement plan — then students fall further
and further behind,
and the achievement gap becomes a chasm.
So
teachers who excel at their jobs or teach hard - to -
staff subjects, such as math
and science, are paid the same as
if they were mediocre or could be replaced easily.
Most school
staff members begin to see parents as partners once they know that they'll ask questions when information is unclear
and, in courteous ways, let
teachers know
if their child is having a problem with a class.
In my view it is enormously valuable to have a
teacher within the school itself to coordinate rehearsals
and events, liaise with other
staff, follow up on children who have missed lessons (finding out
if there is an underlying financial or family problem of some sort), meet with parents at the regular parents» evenings, arrange for permission slips for an event, work with the drama specialist / enthusiast on plans for a musical.
The NRC report suggests several possible reasons, including a lack of knowledge about such opportunities among
teachers and administrators; a bias among principals for more traditional methods;
and institutional resistance from district professional development
staff who might see their own jobs disappear
if teachers bypass their programs
and engage in training created from afar.
But she deeply cares
if «
teachers trust the principal at his or her word,» whether «
teachers trust each other,»
if students say
teachers treat them with respect,
and if parents say that a school's
staff «works hard to build a trusting relationship with parents.»
Teachers like Hanan Huneidi, a 7th - through 12 - grade
teacher for at - risk students in the Bay Area, California, says she feels that
if she includes LGBTQ content in her lessons,
staff and students assume she's trying to push a particular agenda because she's gay.
Hart
and her fellow principals can hire
and fire
teachers, but
if student scores start slipping, Ronan
and his corporate
staff will replace the principal
and keep the school.
For several days in early January, Michaelis
and support
staff members met with classroom
teachers in grades three to six charged with identifying students in different subgroups (Hispanic, African American, English language learners, special education) at levels 1
and 2 with the best chance of scoring at a higher level on the math, reading, or writing section of the CMTs,
if they received intensive, targeted remediation.
In his blog The Elephant In The (
Staff) Room — Why We Need To Talk About
Teacher Wellbeing (The Huffington Post, 14th March 2017), Nick Haisman - Smith, Chief Executive at Family Links
and the Nurturing Schools Network, makes the point that «it is impossible to support the social
and emotional health of young people,
if we as
teachers do not attend to our own emotional health».
As applied, this means that
if teachers or other
staff members leave classrooms or other locations where they are supervising students unattended, even for brief periods, then they
and governing boards face potential liability for reasonably foreseeable harms such as fights
and injuries from thrown objects.
Parents in Australia say
teacher quality is the most important factor when choosing a school for their child,
and if their school had extra cash the majority would choose to spend it on more
teachers or better pay for existing
teachers, followed by more support
staff.
This typically begins the season where
teachers,
staff,
and even administrators reach out to families to ask
if they are returning for the next school year.
Parents in Australia say
teacher quality is the most important factor when choosing a school for their child,
and if their school had extra cash most would choose to spend it on more
teachers or better pay for existing
teachers, followed by more support
staff.
The information obtained by a mentor through interaction with the new
teacher while engaged in the mentoring activities of the program shall not be used for evaluating or disciplining the new
teacher, unless withholding such information poses a danger to the life, health, or safety
if an individual, including but not limited to students
and staff of the school; or unless such information indicates that the new
teacher has been convicted of a crime, or has committed an act which raises a reasonable question as to the new
teacher's moral character; or unless the school district or BOCES has entered into an agreement, negotiated pursuant to article 14 of the Civil Service Law whose terms are in effect, that provides that the information obtained by the mentor through intervention with the new
teacher while engaged in the mentoring activities of the program may be used for evaluating or disciplining the new
teacher.
If you have the time
and money for a larger effort, impress everyone with a
staff lounge makeover or a supply cake with all the supplies your
teachers will need.
In 2016, a former
teacher at North Nicholas High, an ALS school in Florida's Lee County, alleged in a federal lawsuit that
staff there helped students cheat
and tampered with grades, falsifying course completion forms for some failing students to make it look as
if they passed.
Individual schools still may chose to eliminate some
staff positions
if enrollment declines,
and some
teachers will have to be shifted around based on school - level budget changes.
In contrast,
if a large school district wants to redesign its processes for recruiting new
teachers by changing when applications are due
and offers of employment are made, it would be exceedingly rare
if it either had anyone on
staff or could find anyone in a local university who would be interested
and able to carry out an experiment on the issue.
Support
staff are being exploited
and it is children's education that suffers,
if they are not being taught by qualified
teachers and supported adequately by the valuable support
staff.
«
If every single student,
teacher,
staff,
and family member follows through 100 percent, then 100 percent of us will achieve.»
Category 6:
Teacher and staff evaluations by peers, students,
and parents; performance - based pay
and at - will employment (
if applicable).
If there's a loss of 100,000 students, we lose 10,000
staff, administrators
and teachers and more.»
If you are
teacher, school support
staff, administrator, or someone who supports educators having a voice in the policy decisions that impact their classrooms, sign our Declaration of
Teachers» Principles
and Beliefs.
Reducing or eliminating funding for these programs would also be especially harmful to charter management organizations that recruit heavily from the AmeriCorps alumni network, including KIPP, Success Academy Charter Schools,
and Green Dot Public Schools, all of which have formed official «career partnerships» with City Year, or Uncommon Schools, which advertises on the AmeriCorps alumni career site.34 Likewise, public charter schools
and traditional districts looking to fill hard - to -
staff schools
and subject areas also rely on AmeriCorps - funded
teacher residencies
and teaching fellowships
and would likely be in trouble
if these programs disappeared.35 For example, Achievement First, a network of public charter schools, has described Teach For America as «its most effective recruiting source,» hiring both AmeriCorps members
and alumni from the program.36
As an outgrowth of the faculty meeting the students should have each
teacher in their school (
and staff members
if possible):
If I were running a school I'd probably want to evaluate
teachers using a mixture of student test score gains, classroom observations,
and feedback from parents, students,
and other
staff.
My message to district leaders,
teachers,
staff,
and the community was that I intended to lead in the way that I felt was right for Montgomery County, even
if I ran afoul of federal policy positions.