Sentences with phrase «in teacher working conditions»

As interest and participation in teacher working conditions initiatives grow, the opportunity to create responses based on the experiences of other districts familiar with working conditions reforms increases exponentially.

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Bennett took to the union's Facebook page at noon, about an hour before the district's plans were released, pledging to defend teachers» «personal leave, comp time and your contractual right to work in safe conditions.»

Supply teachers are facing a raft of exploitative employment practices, including denial of entitlements on pay, pensions and working conditions, a survey by the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union in the UK, has found.

Tens of thousands of teachers across the north - west will be taking strike action today (Thursday 27 June) as a further step in the NASUWT and NUT teacher unions» dispute with the Secretary of State for Education over pay, pensions, working conditions and jobs.

«Women teachers have expressed their deep anger at the way in which they have been treated over recent years and about the successive attacks on their pay, working conditions and job security.

«This government which is a government of change must be prepared to change the narrative by ensuring that teachers are motivated and the condition in which they work are conducive at all levels, so that they can deliver on their professional calling,» he said.

Commenting on the statement on licensing teachers by Tristram Hunt, Shadow Education Secretary, Chris Keates General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union, said: «When this proposal was made by the last Government in 2010, it was in the context of a national framework of pay and conditions of service which recognised and rewarded teachers as highly skilled professionals and which provided them with rights and entitlements to working conditions which supported them in focusing on teaching and learning.

«The ITU leadership wishes the NASUWT success in realising your members» and that of all UK teachers» objectives for fair pay, pensions and working conditions and for quality public education that cares for all.

The NASUWT has been engaged in a continuous programme of industrial action since November 30 2011 over attacks to teachers» pay, pensions and working conditions, excessive workload and job loss.

«Teachers should be commended for their hard work to ensure that standards have been maintained despite the assault on teachers» working conditions and the cuts to budgets in the post-16 sector, which have had a significant impact on the staffing levels and resources available in schools and cTeachers should be commended for their hard work to ensure that standards have been maintained despite the assault on teachers» working conditions and the cuts to budgets in the post-16 sector, which have had a significant impact on the staffing levels and resources available in schools and cteachers» working conditions and the cuts to budgets in the post-16 sector, which have had a significant impact on the staffing levels and resources available in schools and colleges.

«The task of schools in closing the attainment gap is made even harder when teacher supply is in crisis as a result of attacks on teachers» pay, working conditions and professionalism.

The UFT and the DOE on Nov. 18 signed an agreement that addresses the challenging working conditions that speech teachers have faced when documenting their work with children with speech and language delays in the SESIS system.

Teachers in several states have gone on strike in recent months, protesting for better pay and working conditions.

Join an Association of Early - Career Scientists Federación de Jóvenes Investigadores (FJI) The aim of FJI is to improve the working and social conditions of research grant - holders in Spain — PhD students, postdocs, research technicians, and university teachers doing a thesis.

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Thoughtful, well - intentioned advocates such as Charles Kerchner and Adam Urbanski call for unions and districts to work together to foster professionalism, create pleasant working conditions, and involve teachers in governance and decisionmaking (see «Reform or Be Reformed,» forum, Fall 2001).

In particular, it is not known whether teachers leave schools with high concentrations of disadvantaged and low - achieving populations for financial reasons or because of the working conditions associated with serving these students.

Too many students and teachers work daily in crumbling school buildings infested with mold and mice, conditions that make serious learning impossible, a report from the nation's second - largest teachers» union says.

Unfortunately, due to poor working conditions, some students with disabilities are taught by unlicensed teachers and do not get the instruction they need in order to progress.

Based on our findings of what causes teachers to leave their schools, we calculated the salary increases that would be necessary to offset the effects of difficult working conditions in large urban versus suburban schools.

Although we were not able to look at the ways in which all of these factors affect teachers» decisions with respect to their employment situation, we were able to examine directly the impact of salary and certain working conditions.

In addition, the working conditions in urban schools serving low - income children are likely to be rigid, rule - bound, and unpleasant, none of which facilitates enthusiasm among teachers or fosters academic learninIn addition, the working conditions in urban schools serving low - income children are likely to be rigid, rule - bound, and unpleasant, none of which facilitates enthusiasm among teachers or fosters academic learninin urban schools serving low - income children are likely to be rigid, rule - bound, and unpleasant, none of which facilitates enthusiasm among teachers or fosters academic learning.

A path - breaking study of teachers in Texas reveals that working conditions matter more than salary

Our lack of information about employer - initiated moves may lead to an underestimate of the improvements in pay and working conditions achieved by teachers who move voluntarily, but the size of this underestimate is probably not very large.

In order to accommodate students with dyslexia, general education teachers must understand what the condition is and what alternate means work best for accessing information.

So the unions and the boards often settled their differences by negotiating changes in «working conditions,» thereby avoiding teacher strikes.

At issue in the dispute were critical issues like teacher salaries, working conditions, and teacher evaluations.

If some teachers could earn improvements in their wages and working conditions from their own efforts rather than from the efforts of their organized representatives or affiliated politicians, then more - effective teachers would have little reason to support the unions financially or politically.

Research conducted by the University of Pennsylvania's Richard Ingersoll, among others, shows that general working conditions, the degree to which teachers have classroom autonomy, and other non-monetary factors are at least as important a consideration as salaries in explaining teacher attrition.

Probably the most significant change is in the make - up of the teacher population and working conditions in schools.

«Incentives to work in low - performing schools are not the sole answer — too often, it's large class sizes, poor working conditions, and a lack of support from administrators that drives teachers away from high - poverty rural and inner - city schools,» she said.

Kevin Courtney, deputy general secretary of the National Union of Teachers (NUT), said:» We need to see real and significant changes to teachers» working lives, both in terms of pay and conditions as well as reducing the punishing accountability system that is overburdening the profession and blighting children and young people's educationTeachers (NUT), said:» We need to see real and significant changes to teachers» working lives, both in terms of pay and conditions as well as reducing the punishing accountability system that is overburdening the profession and blighting children and young people's educationteachers» working lives, both in terms of pay and conditions as well as reducing the punishing accountability system that is overburdening the profession and blighting children and young people's education.»

Plummeting morale, pay and budgetary restraints, stress and challenging working conditions are all having an impact on teachers; many are being driven out of the profession, and now we are seeing fewer are choosing to enter it in the first place.

Too often, we focus on the negativity that surrounds the profession in the news, and conversation turns to working conditions, class size, union issues or other outside forces that teachers have little control over.

Acknowledging the changing roles of teachers, country representatives shared their policies and ideas in three areas: induction and support of beginning teachers, working and learning conditions to support teacher growth, and differential roles and compensation to retain outstanding teachers.

Teacher salaries have increased more than 42 percent in constant dollars over the past half century, while educators» working conditions, health plans, and retirement arrangements have become ever more commodious.

In a recent survey by Public Agenda, more than 80 percent of teachers said that without unions, they would be vulnerable to the vagaries of school politics, and their salaries and working conditions would be much worse.

Stir in lack of teacher mobility, inadequate induction programs, poor working conditions, the lowest unemployment in three decades, and a growing salary gap between teachers and other college graduates — a difference of more than $ 32,000 for experienced teachers with master's degrees — and you have created the worst shortage of qualified teachers ever.

Teacher knows best that politics can make for nerve - wrackingclassroom work conditions, particularly in an era when almost anyslip of the tongue or tweak of the psyche can make it onto YouTubebefore the period is even over.

Staff commitment is especially critical in the tough economic conditions that schools are facing today as teachers continue to work in a continually stressful environment, sometimes on low pay.

On average, U.S. teachers earn only about two - thirds of the salaries of other professions with comparable preparation, there is little room for advancement within the profession, and the working conditions in many public schools are challenging at best.

«NASUWT members and teachers generally have been appalled by the EIS statements, which have not diminished their anger about cuts to their pay, deterioration in their working conditions and crushing workload burdens.»

It restored collective bargaining prerogatives on all working conditions for teachers — some of the union's power had been stripped in earlier legislation.

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 coloIn 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 coloin 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.

It also implies a teacher working in conditions that enable them to access their «best self».

Led by Katherine Bassett, herself a former state teacher of the year in New Jersey, the network is working to improve «the conditions, capacity and culture necessary to support great teaching and learning.»

Create productive school environments, including supportive working conditions, administrative supports, and time for teachers» collaborative planning and professional development — all of which help attract and keep teachers in schools.

Notwithstanding the requirements of this subdivision, participation in professional development outside the regular school day or regularly scheduled working days of the school year shall be volitional for teachers, unless otherwise agreed upon as a term or condition of employment pursuant to collective bargaining under article 14 of the Civil Service Law.