Sentences with phrase «including new teachers»

And all educators, including new teachers, should be able to connect those principles to their practical implications for the classroom.

Cuomo is tying much of the increase to approval of his education policy changes in this year's budget, including a new teacher evaluation system, addressing failing schools by having them taken over by a state monitory and a strengthening of charter schools.

At Tuesday's meeting, Pryor and his staff reported on progress made in key reform areas, including a new teacher evaluation system and a new set of academic goals called the Common Core State Standards.

The final sticking points of the spending plan, resolved Tuesday, include a new teacher evaluation plan and changes to teacher tenure.

The $ 68.7 billion budget, unveiled at City Hall, includes no new teacher layoffs and no additional cuts from those laid out when the administration previously updated its budget in the fall.

Besides his ethics promise Cuomo insists he will only increase state education spending by $ 327 million if the Legislature does not accept his sweeping education reforms, which include a new teacher evaluation system and an increase of the charter school cap.

We've expanded our team to include a new teacher and an academic coach, and are gearing up to kick off teacher recruitment for the fall when we'll add a school counselor, a director of services and partnerships, an office manager, and several more teachers.

He has received national attention for moves favored by reformers, such as opening 75 new schools operated by outside groups and staffed by non-union teachers; introducing a pay - for - performance plan that will eventually be in 40 Chicago schools; and working with organizations, including The New Teacher Project, Teach For America, and New Leaders for New Schools, that recruit talented educators through alternatives to the traditional education - school route.

This month a last - minute filibuster shelved several of Ms Martinez's education reforms, including a new teacher - evaluation system.

Educators were feeling overwhelmed by a steady stream of new initiatives, including a new teacher - evaluation system.

Many TFA supporters point to the spinoffs launched by TFA alums, including The New Teacher Project (TNTP), the Knowledge Is Power Program (KIPP), and YES Prep and argue that many of those who initially entered education through TFA have gone on to become influential change agents.

Washington's application included new teacher and principal evaluations; a focus on science, math and technology; and a new school accountability system to force struggling schools to make dramatic reforms.

U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan, who described overall performance as modest, credited those particularly large gains in some states to the introduction of the new, more rigorous «Common Core» standards and other initiatives the Obama administration has promoted, including new teacher evaluations.

He oversaw a vigorous expansion of the federal role in the nation's 100,000 public schools, largely bypassing Congress to induce states to adopt landmark changes, including new teacher evaluations and academic standards.

And those services will be provided against a backdrop of much stronger principal and teacher accountability for academic outcomes, including the new teacher performance bonuses included in a historic contract ratified in mid-November.

In Monroe County, Georgia, for example, the locally developed dashboard includes data on organizational effectiveness (including new teacher retentions, facilities quality, and internet access); student, staff, and community engagement (including the number of business partners, staff attendance, and music performances); professional learning; and student performance on a range of measures.

School year support includes New Teacher Saturdays, instructional technology and Teach Like a Champion technique sessions, and campus - based New Teacher Touch Points.

PBIS and SEL can be integrated into a range of school practices and procedures, including new teacher onboarding processes focused on equity, collaborative professional learning, district policies aimed at reducing suspensions, and restorative practices.

King was also a former charter school leader in Boston and New York who led a series of school reforms that included a new teacher evaluation system using student standardized test scores.

Meanwhile, Governor Malloy's 2012 education law includes a new teacher evaluation system that will be used to determine whether teachers should be retained or fired.

As New York state schools chief from 2011 to 2014, King clashed with parents and teachers over his efforts to implement the same policies — including new teacher evaluations and new Common Core standards and tests — that the Obama administration has pushed hard nationwide.

Our current partners include New Teacher Center, San Jose State University, Sunnyvale School District, San Mateo County Office of Education, San Mateo County Juvenile Program Department, Sequoia Union High School District and the Wright Institute of Psychology.

This includes the new teacher evaluation pilot program that is part of the revised version of Gov. Dan Malloy's school reform package contained in what is now Public Law 116, which will only involve eight - to - 10 districts; the fact that NEA and AFT affiliates are still opposed to this plan and are also battling reformers over another evaluation framework that uses student test score data that the unions had supported just several months earlier also raises questions as to whether Connecticut can actually earn the flexibility from federal accountability that has been gained through the waiver.

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Expect to see new ways for teachers to share expertise, including professional development plans and mentoring programs.

, an educational gaming platform used by 50 million monthly users in grades K - 12, includes in its new report responses from 580 US teachers, primarily from public schools, who answered questions about technology in their classrooms.

Her agenda also includes proposals to connect every US household to high - speed internet by 2020, train 50,000 new computer science teachers, increase the research and development budgets of the National Science Foundation, and bolster cybersecurity, Reuters reported Tuesday.

Other huge allocators include the California State Teachers» Retirement System ($ 22.6 billion); the Washington State Department of Retirement Systems ($ 16.1 billion); the New York State and Local Retirement System ($ 14.9 billion); and the Oregon Public Employees Retirement System ($ 14.1 billion).

The Liberal platform also promised a number of new tax expenditures, including the Teacher's Tax Benefit, the Building Trades Equipment Tax Benefit, and the GST rebate for new rental housing construction ($ 760 million over four years).

Other education related initiatives include resolving the issue of the Alberta teachers» pension plan shortfall and preventing a teachers» strike for five years; creating 1000 new spaces for post-secondary education students in energy, the environment, and economic studies; and creating 6000 new apprenticeship seats.

It has been the trend of American churches for some time to venerate marriage as the holy grail of human experience — in spite of the obvious preference of New Testament teachers — including Jesus — for singleness (Matthew 19:10; 1 Corinthians 7).

If the fashion in which the basic New Testament proclamation has been interpreted in the preceding chapter has validity, then talk of the resurrection of Christ is a way of affirming that God has received into his own life all that the historical event, designated when we say «Jesus Christ», has included: his human existence as teacher and prophet, as crucified man upon his cross, in continuing relationship of others with him after that death, and along with this what has happened in consequence of his presence and activity in the world.

In a new multi-year distribution agreement between Bacardi and Beam Suntory, Bacardi will be responsible for the sales and distribution of select Beam Suntory products in Brazil, including Teacher's, Maker's Mark, and Jim Beam.

Contributions have included the construction and furnishing of new school buildings and financial assistance enabling additional teachers and cleaners to be hired.

As a result, JLS revised its homework policy, provided its teachers more professional development and encouraged them to try new strategies, including not giving homework at all, which at least one teacher did, or giving ungraded homework assignments.

Committee members will also include: Brian Brady of Mikva Challenge, Dr. Byron Brazier of the Apostolic Church of God, Celine Coggins of Teach Plus, Sarah Cobb of Neighborhood Parents Network, Guillermo Gomez of The Healthy Schools Campaign, Timothy Knowles of the Urban Education Institute, Karen Lewis from the Chicago Teachers Union, Phyllis Locket of New Schools for Chicago, Father Michael Pfleger of St. Sabina's Church, Juan Soto of Pilsen Neighbors Community Council, Alderman Latasha Thomas, Robin Steans of Advance Illinois, Senator Kimberly Lightford.

While many kids — including my own — are sad to see summer end, for too many of our of nation's children, back to school is more than new textbooks and teachers — it's about the relief of getting access to school meals again.

Once the new salad bar program is approved, create a communications plan to inform the school community about it, including parents, students, teachers, and custodians.

Those models include: Child FIRST, Early Head Start - Home Visiting, Early Intervention Program for Adolescent Mothers (EIP), Early Start (New Zealand), Family Check - Up, Healthy Families America (HFA), Healthy Steps, Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY), Nurse Family Partnership (NFP), Oklahoma's Community - Based Family Resource and Support (CBFRS) Program, Parents as Teachers (PAT), Play and Learning Strategies (PALS) Infant6, and SafeCare Augmented.

According to the Fall / Winter 2011 issue of Renewal: A Journal for Waldorf Education, published quarterly by AWSNA (the Association of Waldorf Schools of North America), «There is a drastic shortage of trained Waldorf teachers — class teachers, as well as early childhood / kindergarten... This shortage exists in North America and around the world, including in English - speaking countries such as Australia, New Zealand, Great Britain, and Ireland.

She has given presentations about breastfeeding and led support groups in various settings, including a half way house for incarcerated mothers, a crisis pregnancy center, a school for Montessori teachers, and at her church as part of the class attended by expecting and new parents in preparation for the baptism of their baby.

Also, in many states including New York all coaches, PE teachers, nurses, and athletic trainers are required to learn how to recognize concussion symptoms so that kids can get help as soon as possible.

State Commissioner John King suspended federal improvement grant funding for 10 districts — including NYC — that failed to live up to their commitment to reach agreements with their teacher and principal unions on new performance evaluations).

An anonymous Senate Republican, who does not represent New York City, said his conference is growing aggravated by Mayor Bloomberg's «do - or - die» approach to lobbying on key issues - including the release of teacher performance evaluation data — an issue he lost on to the teachers» unions.

A coalition led by the New York State United Teachers and the Alliance for Quality Education is launching a direct mail campaign today slamming Democratic senators who voted «yes» on a budget resolution that included Gov. David Paterson's proposed education spending cuts.

NYSUT's spending came as Gov. Andrew Cuomo proposed a series of changes to the state's education policies, including a new criteria for teacher evaluations, a strengthening of charter schools and making it easier to close schools deemed to be «failing.»

Mrozek, who's listed as an election district director on the New York State United Teachers website, detailed several ways members could support Small in her race against Republican candidate Chris Jacobs, including distributing literature at the homecoming football game, displaying lawn signs and volunteering for phone bank shifts.

Yet its donors include groups and individuals with wide - ranging business with the City of New York — including the American Federation of Teachers, developer Two Trees Management and supporters of the effort to ban horse carriages in Central Park.

[22] Maloney, unsurprisingly, gained the endorsement of his former boss, Bill Clinton, [22] along with the nod from major unions in the state, including the New York State United Teachers, the state AFL - CIO, and some large SEIU locals.

Yesterday marked the end of a second straight sub-par fiscal year for most of the nation's state and local public pension funds, including all five New York City funds and the New York State Teachers» Retirement System (NYSTRS).

In late December, the state's education commissioner froze some of the state's $ 700 million dollars in Race to the Top grants, saying some schools, including in New York City and several upstate cities, had not complied with the teacher evaluation requirements.