Sentences with phrase «improve teacher recruitment»

Increasing teacher leaders» autonomy may also improve teacher recruitment and retention — particularly in high - poverty schools.

Alliance joins The College - Ready Promise (TCRP), a $ 60 million Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Initiative to improve teacher recruitment, training, and retention efforts.

In addition to supporting the development of public charter schools, the center will support the expansion of existing initiatives to improve teacher recruitment in Nashville.

Speaking to the National Association of Head Teachers in Liverpool, Mr Hinds offered more support to improve teacher recruitment and retention.

The Seattle Teacher Residency is a central strategy to improve teacher recruitment and retention in Seattle Public Schools.

Improve teacher recruitment and retention by erasing 50 % of student debt after 5 years for any new teacher working in an area facing challenges.

Ministers hope the proposals will improve teacher recruitment and retention rates.

So, whilst it's certainly not the silver bullet that we all wish we had to solve the crisis within teaching, more strategic use of data within workforce planning could and should be helping schools and MATs to improve their teacher recruitment and retention, and to drive performance.

After the legislation unanimously passed the House on March 28, the Kentucky Senate would not go along with the plan, which was intended to improve teacher recruitment and preparation.

Congress, states, and districts must invest in STEM and CTE teacher quality by improving teacher recruitment, preparation, and professional development.

Not exact matches

«Teachers» pay has improved in recent years and so too has recruitment and retention.

In voting 96 - 1 to renew the Higher Education Act for five years, the Senate last month accepted a proposal that would authorize $ 300 million over five years in competitive grants to improve teacher education and recruitment programs.

Additional research that validates these measures of teacher effectiveness on non-tested outcomes would have important implications not only for teacher recruitment, assessment, and placement, but also for improving overall life trajectories of students.

Most districts trying to reduce teacher turnover and increase the number of well - qualified teachers in their schools have focused on improving hiring and recruitment practices.

A Department for Education spokesperson said: «These figures show an improving recruitment picture, with two per cent more people due to start postgraduate teacher training than this time last year.

Among the many issues that teachers and administrators in ABC have tackled together are curriculum development, textbook selection, recruitment and hiring, mentoring, teacher evaluation and support, and use of data - based decision making to improve student performance.

The Department for Education (DfE) says teacher recruitment is improving and that there are currently more teachers in the classroom than ever before.

The Philadelphia school district is overhauling its human - resources department in an effort to improve hiring practices and address complaints that inefficiency has hurt teacher recruitment.

If we are truly serious about improving student learning, we must think anew about teacher recruitment, placement, evaluation, professional development, retention, and separation.

The joint statement warns that «as pay and prospects improve in comparable occupations» further pressure will be placed on teacher recruitment and retention.

streamlining the teacher registration, recruitment and induction processes throughout all states and territories to improve teacher mobility

He believes the concept could see teachers become senior leaders by the age of 30 and help improve recruitment for teachers.

Washington — A Senate panel last week held the first of a planned series of hearings on proposals designed to improve teacher training and recruitment.

«Last week the education secretary announced a strategy to drive recruitment and boost retention of teachers, working with the unions and professional bodies, and we've been consulting on how to improve development opportunities for teachers, whether they decide to move into a leadership role or want to continue teaching in the classroom.

It follows that many of our staff work exclusively with us and have done for some time — schools that work with Key Skills Education as their education recruitment agency will have access to this exclusive network of teachers and considerably improve the schools chances of finding good to outstanding teaching staff for any given vacancy.

This inability to make informed, data - driven decisions represents a major hurdle to any school or MAT looking to improve their current teacher recruitment and retention activity.

In this webinar, a scholar and a practitioner will outline the research on the minority - teacher population, the challenges faced in the recruitment and retention of such candidates, and what one district program has done to improve working conditions and professional development for teachers of color.

Last year one in five of the Teach First cohort were professionals who changed career to become a teacher, and the charity hopes to improve in this number with the new recruitment drive starting on 18 January.

Stay on top of trends in teacher preparation, recruitment, and new - teacher support — as well as ways to improve your professional advancement — with the new issue of EL ®.

During his tenure in Delaware, his team focused on improving policies and practices across the educator effectiveness continuum: educator preparation, licensure / certification, recruitment, placement, evaluation, professional learning, and teacher - leader career pathways.

Now that we have evidence attesting to the enormous contributions of the most effective educators, if we are truly serious about improving student learning and closing the achievement gap, we must think anew about teacher recruitment, placement, evaluation, professional development, retention, and separation.

Lead Adviser: Edison Schools Inc., based in New York City, will offer overall management advice, including assessing the effectiveness of professional development; improving teacher and principal recruitment and retention; strengthening classroom management; and preparing an 18 - month action plan for the school system's incoming chief executive officer.

The PDE has also proposed several new initiatives worth watching as they develop, including: a statewide teacher recruitment initiative aimed at high school students; a pathway to teaching specifically for paraprofessionals; pilot programs for improving mentoring and induction; and initiatives to improve the diversity of the workforce.60

To increase the effectiveness of teachers, the district estimates it will need $ 3.75 million for literacy and math coaches who will be based at struggling schools; $ 2.3 million for training teachers in proven instructional strategies; $ 2.46 million for strengthening the preparation, recruitment, and mentoring processes for all staff; and $ 660,000 for improving working conditions and staff retention.

What to know: The Mississippi Department of Education's (MDE) plan stands out for aligning its teacher recruitment and retention efforts with its ambitious goals for increasing student academic achievement by 2025 and clearly stating its role in supporting districts to address equity concerns.10 The MDE recognizes that in order to reach its stated goals — which include a proposed graduation rate of 90 percent for all students by 2025 — they must also support districts in recruiting and retaining teachers of color who are prepared to improve student outcomes.

The flexibility provided by ESSA presented an opportunity for states to invest in pipeline - spanning changes that address several components of the teaching profession.48 While most states focused primarily on one or two aspects of the pipeline to improve in their ESSA plans or addressed challenges and solutions in broad terms, other states presented a more holistic theory of change with targeted strategies that address the entire pipeline — from the intentional recruitment of diverse teachers and more clinical teacher preparation experiences, to data - driven professional development and career advancement frameworks.

«Until the department meets its targets and can show how its approach is improving trainee recruitment, quality and retention, we can not conclude that the arrangements for training new teachers are value for money,» said NAO head Amyas Morse.

The report recommends a «northern schools programme» to improve recruitment of high - quality headteachers, governors and teachers.

And one thing is certain, if there are shortfalls in recruitment to teacher training now, they are likely to get worse if the economy improves any further.

In February, Schools Week reported on the findings of the education select committee's teacher recruitment and retention inquiry, which called on the government to give all teachers the chance to formally improve their professional development as one way to boost retention rates.

Improving school organization, management, and leadership can support improved retention of minority teachers, according to this report, which examines and compares the recruitment, employment, and retention of minority and nonminority teachers over the past quarter century.

As a not - for - profit organisation, we are committed to projects that will improve education and outcomes for children and young people, such as our recent work on teacher recruitment and retention, and our work on social mobility.

Whiteman added the remit for the STRB was a missed opportunity for the government to tackle the recruitment crisis by improving pay for teachers.

Now we know that teacher recruitment in an improving economy has always presented a big headache for schools and politicians alike.

Develop teacher recruitment strategies that include sufficient and sustainable financial incentives coupled with efforts to empower school principals with the authority and autonomy to improve working conditions for teachers.

Improve teacher and school leader recruitment efforts through increased collaboration between school districts and postsecondary institutions.

At a time when Arizona is facing challenges that include improving literacy, the high school graduation rate, the recruitment and retention of effective teachers and leaders, and ensuring equitable funding for its schools, these are critical questions.

There have now been a few successful lawsuits brought to challenge various versions of these tests, with rulings centering on tenuous connections between the skills being tested and those necessary to do the job.120 To address some of these underlying concerns, the TeachNY Advisory Council, supported by a grant from the New York State Department of Education, drafted policy recommendations in May 2016 around teacher preparation recruitment, selection, and cultural competence in the hopes of finding ways to improve teacher quality and diversity.121

We need to ensure schools are not having to fight for staff, by improving the recruitment and retention of teachers and leaders.

HB 719: would create a task force to consider alternative compensation systems and other ways to improve teacher compensation and teacher recruitment.