Sentences with phrase «improved teacher recruitment and retention»

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Not exact matches

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

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.

«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.

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.

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.

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.

«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.

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.

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.

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

Improving the retention of minority teachers recruited into teaching, by addressing the factors that drive them out, could prevent the loss of recruitment resources invested and lessen the need for more recruitment initiatives.»

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

The paper highlights a number of steps BPS can take to improve the recruitment, hiring, and retention of teachers of color, including many that the district undertook to successfully increase teacher diversity in the late 1990s and that can be reinstated.

The initial focus of the MPA was to improve the education of children through better preparation, recruitment and retention of teachers.

This intentional, internal pipeline improves the recruitment, induction, and retention of teachers by offering individuals the opportunity to progress through four talent - development levels.

Amyas Morse, head of the National Audit Office, said: «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.»

The Milwaukee Education Partnership (MEP) was formed by educators and civic leaders with the overarching goal to improve the education of children through better teacher preparation, recruitment and retention.

There are real challenges around recruitment, retention and improving teachers» satisfaction with their jobs, particularly in our most disadvantaged schools.»

(e) The board shall establish the information needed in an application for the approval of a charter school; provided that the application shall include, but not be limited to, a description of: (i) the mission, purpose, innovation and specialized focus of the proposed charter school; (ii) the innovative methods to be used in the charter school and how they differ from the district or districts from which the charter school is expected to enroll students; (iii) the organization of the school by ages of students or grades to be taught, an estimate of the total enrollment of the school and the district or districts from which the school will enroll students; (iv) the method for admission to the charter school; (v) the educational program, instructional methodology and services to be offered to students, including research on how the proposed program may improve the academic performance of the subgroups listed in the recruitment and retention plan; (vi) the school's capacity to address the particular needs of limited English - proficient students, if applicable, to learn English and learn content matter, including the employment of staff that meets the criteria established by the department; (vii) how the school shall involve parents as partners in the education of their children; (viii) the school governance and bylaws; (ix) a proposed arrangement or contract with an organization that shall manage or operate the school, including any proposed or agreed upon payments to such organization; (x) the financial plan for the operation of the school; (xi) the provision of school facilities and pupil transportation; (xii) the number and qualifications of teachers and administrators to be employed; (xiii) procedures for evaluation and professional development for teachers and administrators; (xiv) a statement of equal educational opportunity which shall state that charter schools shall be open to all students, on a space available basis, and shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, creed, sex, gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, age, ancestry, athletic performance, special need, proficiency in the English language or academic achievement; (xv) a student recruitment and retention plan, including deliberate, specific strategies the school will use to ensure the provision of equal educational opportunity as stated in clause (xiv) and to attract, enroll and retain a student population that, when compared to students in similar grades in schools from which the charter school is expected to enroll students, contains a comparable academic and demographic profile; and (xvi) plans for disseminating successes and innovations of the charter school to other non-charter public schools.

She executes the state's strategy to improve recruitment and retention of effective teachers and manages a portfolio of strategic compensation pilot projects in approximately 18 districts.

It dedicates $ 1.1 billion to increasing base salaries for all teachers, allowing $ 300 million to be set aside for locally - determined differentiated pay initiatives to improve recruitment and retention of hard - to - staff positions.

Instead, public school advocates wanting to improve the recruitment and retention of a talented and diverse teaching pool should focus on how North Carolina's teacher pay compares to the pay in other professions requiring a college education.