Sentences with phrase «in teacher productivity»

We validate our use of nontest student outcomes to assess differences in teacher productivity using the quasi-experimental teacher switching methods of Chetty, Friedman, and Rockoff (2014) and find multiple cases in which these tests reject the validity of candidate nontest outcomes.

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Teachers experience it, as they watch former protégées surpass them in productivity and acclaim.

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In their research, Leslie Huling and Virginia Resta found: «If a bad hire costs a company nearly 2 times the employee's initial salary in recruitment and personnel costs as well as lost productivity, then each teacher who leaves the profession during the induction years likely costs taxpayers in excess of $ 50,000.&raquIn their research, Leslie Huling and Virginia Resta found: «If a bad hire costs a company nearly 2 times the employee's initial salary in recruitment and personnel costs as well as lost productivity, then each teacher who leaves the profession during the induction years likely costs taxpayers in excess of $ 50,000.&raquin recruitment and personnel costs as well as lost productivity, then each teacher who leaves the profession during the induction years likely costs taxpayers in excess of $ 50,000.&raquin excess of $ 50,000.»

As well as this, sending homework electronically through email and shared intranet spaces has improved the productivity of both students and teachers; this is because students can deliver homework to teachers in a quicker time and teachers can spend less time marking physical copies of work.

Knee also misses an opportunity to address the elephant in the room that any education business must face: the impact of such companies on their customers or end users, including effects on student learning, teacher quality, school productivity, or district cost savings.

My own research suggests that replacing just 5 % to 8 % of the least effective teachers with an average teacher would noticeably boost the achievement of our current students and would pay off lavishly in the future, through their enhanced productivity and faster economic growth.

«I do not maintain equipment; I instruct teachers and other school staff in the use of technology for personal productivity and in how to integrate technology into their curricula.

Chetty et al.'s evidence shows that bad teachers cost hundreds of thousands of dollars in lost income and productivity each year that they remain in the classroom.

The only way to implement any of these reforms successfully, within budget and at scale, is to help excellent teachers increase their productivity: swap portions of excellent teachers» time with digital instruction so they can teach more classes with similar or even smaller group sizes; let them delegate nonessential tasks to other adults; use digital tools to save time on instructional monitoring and planning; put them in charge of other teachers; and let the willing have more students to nurture under their strong wings.

Although the term «productivity» is typically regarded as a four - letter word in K - 12 conversations, teacher productivity means nothing more than how much good a given teacher can do.

In the long run, if teachers are not paid in accordance with their productivity, many will leave teaching, and similarly productive workers will choose not to enter the professioIn the long run, if teachers are not paid in accordance with their productivity, many will leave teaching, and similarly productive workers will choose not to enter the professioin accordance with their productivity, many will leave teaching, and similarly productive workers will choose not to enter the profession.

Now schools must pay higher prices for skilled teachers, but they do not receive higher productivity in return.

Students, teachers and others interested in eLearning can benefit from using Mind Maps to boost productivity.

Thus, jettisoning DB pensions, as the authors recommend, can be expected to cause increased turnover and attrition of our most - effective teachers, hurting productivity and quality, in other words, exactly the wrong solution for our schools.

If the assumptions about productivity in the education realm are correct, however, schools face a higher price for skilled workers even though skilled teachers are no more productive than they used to be.

However, until schools develop an appropriate digital school ecosystem, adopt a culture that empowers the teachers, students and parents, and support all that take a lead role in the use of the digital in teaching, they won't be able to take advantage of those opportunities and continually enhance their productivity.

In a 2001 study, Robert Strauss and William Vogt found that the productivity of teachers is driven primarily by their knowledge of subject matter rather than of pedagogical techniques.

Brian Jacob and Lars Lefgren find no relationship between teachers» pay and their performance in a mid-sized, western school district (see «When Principals Rate Teachers,» research, page 58); and Eric Hanushek, Steven Rivkin, and Daniel O'Brien, in a 2005 working paper published by the National Bureau of Economic Research, report no relationship between teacher productivity and changes in pay, suggesting that surrounding districts do not pull the most effective teachers from the city by offering higher steachers» pay and their performance in a mid-sized, western school district (see «When Principals Rate Teachers,» research, page 58); and Eric Hanushek, Steven Rivkin, and Daniel O'Brien, in a 2005 working paper published by the National Bureau of Economic Research, report no relationship between teacher productivity and changes in pay, suggesting that surrounding districts do not pull the most effective teachers from the city by offering higher sTeachers,» research, page 58); and Eric Hanushek, Steven Rivkin, and Daniel O'Brien, in a 2005 working paper published by the National Bureau of Economic Research, report no relationship between teacher productivity and changes in pay, suggesting that surrounding districts do not pull the most effective teachers from the city by offering higher steachers from the city by offering higher salaries.

Allowing teachers to shine in their passions goes a long way in building teacher productivity and ensuring retention of valued staff, Schlie told Education World.

Therefore, in order for teachers to encourage productivity and boost attainment, in - class disruption must be kept to a minimum.

He said, «Rethinking policies around seat - time requirements, class size, compensating teachers based on their educational credentials, the use of technology in the classroom, inequitable school financing, the over placement of students in special education — almost all of these potentially transformative productivity gains are primarily state and local issues that have to be grappled with.»

The productivity of Australian workers and the longer - term economic growth of the nation depend upon improvements in teacher quality and teacher effectiveness.

Like the failing systems in some other anglo - speaking nations, we have a runaway workload constraining teacher productivity.

Kuepa wants to contribute, through the introduction of blended learning, to improve performance, leverage teacher capacities and boost productivity and competitiveness among young workers in Latin America.

She is involved in several research projects, including a study examining the relationship between national culture and student achievement, creativity, and productivity, and an ongoing international comparative study of effective teachers serving disadvantaged students in the United States and China.

Teacher Retirement Benefits: Defining a More Active Role for SEAs and Their Chiefs In this essay from The SEA of the Future Volume 2, Marguerite Roza and Michael Podgursky draw on their research on productivity and pensions to look in depth at the startling long - term costs of educator pension systems.In this essay from The SEA of the Future Volume 2, Marguerite Roza and Michael Podgursky draw on their research on productivity and pensions to look in depth at the startling long - term costs of educator pension systems.in depth at the startling long - term costs of educator pension systems...

The effectiveness of the model has been studied in over 20 years of research and field - testing about: (a) the effectiveness of the model as perceived by key groups, such as principals, teachers, students, and parents; (b) research related to student creative productivity; (c) research relating to personal and social development; (d) the use of SEM with culturally diverse or special needs populations; (e) research on student self - efficacy; (f) the use of SEM as a curricular framework; (g) research relating to learning styles and curriculum compacting; and (h) longitudinal research on the SEM.

The productivity camp has more faith in pedestrian notions of essential knowledge and the teacher's central role.

In short, the education research community needs to prime the pump of evidence - based education with a supply of research findings that are of immediate relevance to workaday decision - making, e.g., recruiting tools that enhance the effectiveness of the workforce; ways to increase the productivity of the central office; and differences in the impact of available curriculum materials for particular types of teachers and studentIn short, the education research community needs to prime the pump of evidence - based education with a supply of research findings that are of immediate relevance to workaday decision - making, e.g., recruiting tools that enhance the effectiveness of the workforce; ways to increase the productivity of the central office; and differences in the impact of available curriculum materials for particular types of teachers and studentin the impact of available curriculum materials for particular types of teachers and students.

Another way to improve productivity, where computers can make a difference in education (or could make a difference), is to actively substitute computers for teachers.

In order to attract and retain the excellent teachers that students in this country deserve, school districts must adopt human capital best practices used to attract talent, increase productivity, and improve outcomes within high - performing organizationIn order to attract and retain the excellent teachers that students in this country deserve, school districts must adopt human capital best practices used to attract talent, increase productivity, and improve outcomes within high - performing organizationin this country deserve, school districts must adopt human capital best practices used to attract talent, increase productivity, and improve outcomes within high - performing organizations.

In seeking funding for initial or ongoing costs, schools might consider calculating and sharing the savings in other costs — such as preventing costly, unwanted staff turnover — and productivity gains when teacher - leader roles lead to better staff retention and stronger outcomes for more studentIn seeking funding for initial or ongoing costs, schools might consider calculating and sharing the savings in other costs — such as preventing costly, unwanted staff turnover — and productivity gains when teacher - leader roles lead to better staff retention and stronger outcomes for more studentin other costs — such as preventing costly, unwanted staff turnover — and productivity gains when teacher - leader roles lead to better staff retention and stronger outcomes for more students.

iEngage Discover how to increase the level of active student engagement in your classroom with this one - day, interactive workshop that explores classroom iPad initiatives and teacher productivity tools.

Teacher Tools are a set of productivity tools that make it easy for educators to share free, educational and inspiring resources from PBS LearningMedia with their students in a way that engages students while teaching them 21st century skills.

Examining the research, VocabularySpellingCity created a teacher productivity tool in which:

A recent study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has concluded that each dollar invested in a Massachusetts school nurse program saved $ 2.20 in averted medical costs and lost productivity and wages for parents and teachers.

Although the teacher has obtained snacks for his students to increase their productivity in the afternoons which will likely have some impact on their classroom performance, he has not yet secured guided reading materials which are far more likely to «address key constraints of increased class performance.»

In the right panel, the teacher's productivity profile (solid) is compared with the profile for her school (dashed).

As I explored the authors» thinking about discussion in student learning, I was struck by the mirroring of the same issues in teacher learning and productivity in PLCs.

In the area of professional technology skills, university faculty members and K - 12 teachers identified practices encompassing NETS - T, Standard I, understanding technology operations and concepts; Standard II, planning and designing learning environments and experiences; Standard III, teaching, learning, and the curriculum; and Standard V, productivity and professional practice (ISTE, 2002).

In order to provide preservice teachers with the exposure and experience they need to become comfortable with technology beyond productivity and social networking, teacher preparation programs must examine the best methods for providing the needed information, whether through modeling, explicit instruction, or collaboration during the practicum (Jones, Cunningham & Stewart, 2005; Keeler, 2008; West & Graham, 2007; Williams & Foulger, 2007).

As it was inevitable for school leaders to call themselves CEOs, it was also inescapable that students and teachers would be viewed instrumentally in terms of their productivity.

Technology integration in accordance with the technology standards goes above and beyond what Graham et al. (2009) called productivity or teacher presentation of information.

As a result, he said, in places like Shanghai, «the system is good at attracting average people and getting enormous productivity out of them,» while also, «getting the best teachers in front of the most difficult classrooms.»

This model secures staff members» full participation in the school's decision - making processes, promotes meaningful collaboration and harmonious work relations, generates passion for accomplishing goals, and boosts student and teacher productivity.

Instead, we find that differences in returns to experience on teacher productivity, which is significantly higher in the charter sector, explains most of the observed cross-sector effectiveness gaps.

Similarly, in his visits to schools across the nation, Pflaum (2004) found that computers were rarely used to facilitate and enhance instructional practice and more often were used for student and teacher productivity.

The six standards of NETS - T state that teachers should have knowledge and skills in the areas of technology operations and concepts; planning and designing learning environments and experiences; teaching, learning, and the curriculum; assessment and evaluation; productivity and professional practices; and social, ethical, legal, and human issues surrounding the use of technology in K - 12 schools.

She became a principal to provide other teachers with the tools, guidance and partnership that helped shape her own career, and to build a team that would continuously bring about growth and productivity in a school community.