Sentences with phrase «increased classroom staff»

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Most concerning, class sizes are growing and classrooms host an increasing number of students with learning challenges or other special needs — with too few staff and resources made available to support them.

In elementary schools we had to increase labor hours to have staff identify and count meals in the classroom.

The report listed «educational resource deficiencies» that were familiar to the platoon of school leaders — ranging from increased class size and libraries being repurposed for classrooms to staff cuts and the reduction of pre-K programs from full - day to half - day.

This simple numerical comparison (leaving aside other factors affecting the classrooms in Spanish universities such as the large number of students in many centers and the increase in the type of «unquantifiable» work that this generates for teaching staff) shows that the «civil servant professor» has a significant decrease in availability of time for research compared to members of research - only institutes.

While increasing numbers of school districts offer pay incentives to address math and science staff shortages, the authors conclude that «compensation and working conditions must evolve further if school systems are to address the challenge of staffing math and science classrooms with teachers of strong academic caliber.»

The 3 year programme will see staff trained as «digital champions», and receive ongoing support to increase their confidence and skills in using technology in the classroom.

Knowledge lifts have increased in some topic areas by as much as 49 % and the staff is increasing their selling power — All without the need to bring people into the training classroom, and at an annual cost for the entire organization that is less than a single training program.

Among 657 Playworks partner schools across the country surveyed in Spring 2017, 95 percent of school staff reported an improvement in overall school climate; 97 percent witnessed an increase in the number of students engaged in healthy play during recess; and teachers reported an average of 19 recovered learning hours in the classroom.

As described in further detail in the discussion of the proposed rule for § 1302.92, this proposed change will ensure teaching staff receive effective professional development, based on a growing body of research demonstrating the effectiveness of intensive professional development for improving teacher practices in early care and education settings [301302303] and research demonstrating that such strategies support are associated with improved teacher practice in the classroom and a positive increase in classroom quality.

Unfortunately, teacher compensation has not kept pace with increases in salaries in other sectors.38 According to a 2016 nationally representative survey of more than 3,000 teachers, nearly half of teachers would leave teaching «as soon as possible» if they could find a higher - paying job.39 Furthermore, most teachers are not rewarded for working in hard - to - staff schools, in shortage areas, or for their excellence in the classroom.

Each district school board shall provide funding for the professional development system as required by s. 1011.62 and the General Appropriations Act, and shall direct expenditures from other funding sources to continuously strengthen the system in order to increase student achievement and support instructional staff in enhancing rigor and relevance in the classroom.

In her various roles, including as an school principal, Janet has mentored other school leaders, supervised and supported faculty and staff, provided a climate and culture for school improvement, developed rigorous performance goals, and trained staff to use student achievement data to increase student success and create standards - based classrooms.

Where library media staff collaborates with classroom teachers, reading scores average increases of 8 % at the fourth grade level and 18 % to 21 % at the seventh grade level.»

The group's recommendations include increasing the starting salary by a third; creating a «career ladder» so teachers can be rewarded for strong performance without leaving the classroom; introducing bonuses for teachers who receive top ratings on new teacher evaluations; and paying more to draw teachers to hard - to - staff subjects, such as science or special education.

They would complain about the increase in bureaucracy and the added staff outside the classroom, and they didn't like it.

This collaboration focuses on the process of thinking and learning among teachers, creates a common thread that brings staff together, and values the teacher as the instructional decision - maker within the classroom, resulting in significant improvement in teacher practice and an increased desire to continue to grow professionally.

The authors describe the continuous staff development, provide examples of how the strategies worked in classrooms of different subject areas, and cite the increased levels of student achievement.

Efforts to increase access to technology included enhancing wireless and network infrastructures, rewarding excellent classroom teachers with devices, and sending key staff to professional development.

- Training teachers and staff in classroom management to increase communication and work with students to reflect on how their actions impact others; and

At a minimum, then, such evidence suggests that to increase the achievement of diverse student populations, leaders should assist their staffs in implementing the school and classroom conditions warranted by this research — «school leader as policy implementer.»

Through the use of TORSH Talent, early education centers and preschools can increase the frequency of coaching and feedback conversations with staff across classrooms and even across geographically diverse centers or schools.

Routman's experiences as a classroom teacher, Reading Recovery teacher, language arts coach, and staff developer led her to see schoolwide collaboration and high - level, professional learning as a necessity for increasing and sustaining achievement.

While 90 percent of teachers participated in short - term training, just 22 percent observed classrooms in other schools, according to a 2009 study published by Learning Forward (formerly the National Staff Development Council), an international organization focused on increasing effective teacher training.

In addition, when students and teachers are allowed to have food in the classrooms, the custodial staff has complained that it increases their workload and is hard on the facility.

In 2015, CCS Bard rebuilt and expanded its Library and Archives, doubled its number of classrooms and teaching spaces and increased staff dedicated to the collection.

The program is a cohesive unit with single room occupancy, alarmed doors, highly supervised classrooms and higher staff to resident ratio increased structure and security.