Sentences with phrase «lack of administrator»

Two of the top five reasons teachers leave charter schools are lack of administrator support and job security.

54 % of the teachers cited «lack of administrator support» and an unfavorable «school culture and climate» as key reasons why they chose to seek employment elsewhere in the Bay Area.

There are a number of potential explanations for this finding, including a limited supply of effective teachers (it's rational to keep a mediocre teacher if the likely replacement will be no better), a lack of administrator ability to discern teacher quality (their observations are less predictive of value - added than those of outside observers), or a simple unwillingness to make the unpleasant decision of firing someone.

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While the authors report having «found little evidence that the strong tendencies toward religious freedom and religious pluralism led to any lack of religious vitality» in the campuses they visited, their account suggests otherwise: faculty and administrators are afraid to offend students by supporting religious «rules and regulations» or by teaching Christian doctrine.

The distinguished Cardinal Schönborn is frank in the Foreword of this book: «the period following the Second Vatican Council was one of confusion in... the Church,... not least in the educational sphere... teachers, professors, and administrators lacked an adequate understanding of their role as evangelists, charged with transmitting the faith to the next generation.

«So often, women are coerced by unsupportive fathers of the child, family, or a lack of support by employers or school administrators,» she said.

Updike presents the reader of his novels and stories with the pseudo — wise men of today's society — with Jimmy, the big Mouseketeer who quotes Socrates; with the neon owl that advertises pretzels; with Ken Whitman, the scientist living in Tarbox who is considered intelligent in his field but who lacks a basic understanding of life; with Bech the writer, honored in direct proportion to the decline of his literary production; with Connor, the efficient, well - trained administrator of the old people's home who fails to comprehend as much of life's mystery as his simple and sometimes senile wards do.

Certainly the university's efforts to turn Erickson into a scapegoat for the failure of your drug - testing policy is itself a plea of guilty to the most - dreaded charge a university administrator can face from the NCAA: «lack of institutional control.»

And then we have Gazidis, a well - connected and a competent administrator but, as illustrated previously, someone lacking either the conviction or authority required for a role of his stature.

In other school districts, such as Maine Township District 207 and Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire, administrators have brought in major food service companies such as Marriott Corp., which can give children a taste of fast food even if it lacks designer labels from McDonald's or Wendy's.

Or maybe a foodservice staffer, or teacher, or school administrator who has been dreaming about a breakfast program but a lack of funding has been putting things on hold?

The park district «s top administrators, all of whom began in their posts during the last year, say they are well aware of the district «s problems with under - motivated staff, poorly attended activities and a near - lack of outreach.

Were I a college administrator wrestling with rising student enrollment, turning away many a qualified applicant for lack of housing, I might want my county executive out front arguing for expanded facilities.

The Environmental Protection Agency's administrator Lisa Jackson testified to Congress last September that her agency lacks the muscle to restrict the manufacture of BPA and other chemicals.

They see it as a reflection of limited opportunities for administrators to learn about and support effective science teaching; a lack of infrastructure for safer mentoring programs; and pressures to meet external policies.

And I frankly think that teachers and administrators who lack a sense of humor should find another profession.

«Even in countries with strong national policies and laws,» says co-author Susan Garnett Russell, «several factors result in an implementation gap including lack of capacity in government schools, low levels of capacity among civil servants, autonomy of local and school administrators, and discrimination and xenophobia by the host communities.»

If you or your administrators are concerned about the lack of specificity involved in grading with a single - point rubric, Jennifer Gonzales of Cult of Pedagogy has created an adaptation that incorporates specific scores or point values while still keeping the focus on personalized feedback and descriptions of successful work.

A larger percentage of students in Connecticut than in other states attend schools where an administrator reports that absenteeism, tardiness, classroom misbehavior, and lack of parent involvement are not problems or are only minor problems.

One of the greatest barriers to wider usage of TVAAS data by schools has been a lack of teacher and administrator training.

«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.

Given teachers» lack of confidence in their expertise outside the classroom, many legislators, school boards, and administrators «do not believe they require teacher participation» in important decisions.

For instance, when my students were investigating a perceived «lack of respect» around campus, their ultimate goal was to share their research findings and recommendations with a panel of stakeholders (teachers, school administrators, parents).

The NRC report suggests several possible reasons, including a lack of knowledge about such opportunities among teachers and administrators; a bias among principals for more traditional methods; and institutional resistance from district professional development staff who might see their own jobs disappear if teachers bypass their programs and engage in training created from afar.

Government and primary school administrators must address this concerning lack of scientific literacy in our young learners.

We also need to address traditional experts» biases clinging to their narrow domains, parents» old personal experiences biasing their views, and teachers» and administrators» lack of training and leadership, respectively.»

It also gave school administrators the opportunity to discuss the incident, and usually the student's general lack of academic progress, with the parent.

Teachers can communicate with administrators, exchange ideas with other teachers and subject - area experts, and communicate with parents, all the while breaking down invisible barriers such as isolation of the classroom, fear of embarking on an unfamiliar process, and lack of assurances of success.

lack of personnel, lack of money, lack of time... students who have weak skills, teachers whose content and pedagogy need big shifts... administrators who are still learning what good common core instruction in their teachers should look like... you name it, this is a work in progress.

The survey's authors note that teacher educators cited a lack of pressure from school administrators as the reason they did not require coursework in measurement for pre-service teachers.

The most common problem when implementing SEL programs is a lack of teacher and administrator support for the program (Durlak, et al., 2011).

The greatest barrier to wider usage of TVAAS data has been a lack of teacher and administrator training.

As a result of school closings and student transfers, teachers, administrators, and parents in a set of receiving schools reported: a) lack of necessary resources, staff, and professional support; b) disruptive and demoralizing climate; c) negative effects on teaching and learning; d) problems with safety and discipline; e) schools were «set up for failure» due to a history of declining resources and lack of district support.

I truly believe excellent teachers innately educate in this manner, but that training of lesser naturally inclined teachers and administrators is lacking in these fundamental elements.

Instead of trained professionals with Connecticut experience, Pryor has handed the operation over to a former Achievement First, Inc. administrator Morgan Barth who managed to spend a number of years illegally teaching at a Achievement First school despite his lack of proper state certification.

Adding to the problem is the lack of diversity among superintendents and other school administrators, such as principals who actually make hiring decisions.

They also say the new standards lack input from Indiana parents, teachers and administrators, which is why Ritz suggested a series of statewide meetings to gather input on the Common Core.

An AFT report «Passing on Failure» delineates several reasons for student failure: «immaturity, weak curriculum and instruction, excessive absenteeism, lack of effort, failure of teachers and administrators as well as parents to use practices that promote high achievement, and failure due to a combination of factors listed above.»

In 2012, the frustrations and hopes of a nationally representative sample of school counselors and administrators reflect the central message of this report: although counselors and administrators believe in the college and career readiness mission of counselors, a lack of focus, training, accountability, and resources for counselors stands in the way of real progress.

Educators, parents and administrators shared thoughts on how implicit biases, lack of cultural competency and educators of color impact disciplinary action in schools.

But as I progressed through the program, I became more aware of the lack of qualified school administrators currently leading positive changes in our schools and I wanted to be part of the solution.

These factors include the implicit biases of teachers and school administrators and how these biases affect their perceptions of challenging behaviors; the lack of support and resources for teachers; and the effect of teacher - student relationships.

After 40 years working in California public schools I've observed that most probationary teachers are non-reelected because an administrator didn't get around to evaluating properly, or the teacher was too outspoken about student rights and lack of resources or the administration didn't expend time or resources to help the teacher succeed.

The Center for American Progress (CAP) identified some of these obstacles in a November 2012 study of early - adopter states, including restructuring and staffing state education agencies; lack of capacity and the tight fiscal climate; debates concerning local control and the proper role of the state; training administrators who will be conducting new teacher evaluations; and determining how to evaluate teachers who do not teach in tested subjects or grades and therefore lack student achievement data (McGuinn, 2012).

One significant reason for that is the lack of bureaucracy, which allows teachers and school administrators to recognize problems and make quick adjustments to improve their effectiveness.

State Superintendent Dr. Carey Wright expressed her «concern and alarm» about what employees witnessed at the high school, and said administrators lacked a sense of urgency about the seriousness of the plan, although she recommended its approval.

This past January, a group of concerned stakeholders including teachers, administrators, and members of the Latino and Asian communities held a forum to address the lack of resources for bilingual education.

Did you know a lack of board, officer, and campus administrator training can result in a material violation of your charter?

Concurrent with these troubling findings, school administrators and law enforcement officials find themselves in the untenable position of having to make critical decisions about bomb threat incidents with few established best practices, outdated protocols, and a complete lack of education - based training.

Closing schools before sharing a clear, well - thought out plan for the City's educational and economic future signals a perilous lack of accountability from our public administrators.