Sentences with phrase «largest teacher population»

He stressed that his union holds the largest teacher population in basic and second cycle schools, «therefore if you want to take any decision that affects education in Ghana, you can not sidestep us.»

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A larger population would mean more children, and hence a greater demand for schools, teachers, books, transportation, and so forth.

The district had no training space that could accommodate groups larger than 50 people, limiting its ability to efficiently train larger groups of teachers, offer curricula to a larger population of students, or...

Convinced of the transformative power of such a course, he envisioned the potential spreading of yoga and inner peace within the correctional facility in a sustainable way: Yoga teachers within would reach a larger inmate population and in turn benefit to the entire prison.

Furthermore, schools with large populations of low - income students are shown to have trouble attracting and attaining skilled teachers, with obvious implications for a child's educational experience.

Similarly, in Singapore, applicants to teacher - training programs are carefully selected, with a large proportion coming from the top 30 percent of the college population.

09, a public school teacher in Lawrence, Mass., a city north of Boston with a large Spanish - speaking population.

With a large share of the population convinced that schools and teachers should be given more money, or at least be held harmless, few if any interest groups or politicians have an incentive to dramatize the fact that spending levels and teacher salaries are much higher than most people believe.

The Troops - to - Teachers program run by the Department of Education has attracted many more men and African - Americans to the teaching profession, when compared with the new - teacher population at large, according to a report last week from the Government Accountability Office.

I compared teacher and nonteacher pay for 2003 in the 15 largest metropolitan areas, accounting for roughly one - third of the U.S. population.

For instance, just 35 percent of teachers in schools with large minority student populations say their school is «very good» when it comes to having a safe and respectful atmosphere, compared with 68 percent of teachers in schools with few minority students.

The findings from a study that included only a few teachers can not yield reliable findings that apply to a larger population.

A report by the Australian Council for Educational Research shows a promising outlook for employment growth over the coming years, with a spike in demand for secondary teachers expected from 2018 due to a large number of high - school teachers reaching retirement and a growing population of school students [1].

And it's true that some of the teachers in rural areas might not have the same academic qualifications — particularly in a place like Oaxaca, which for all its tourist delights of its capital is one of Mexico's poorest states, with a large indigenous population and substandard infrastructure.

This book, edited by prominent teacher educator Mary E. Dilworth, considers the unique qualities, challenges, and opportunities posed by that large population for the teaching field.

This is consistent with the notion that the apparent achievement gains associated with having a black teacher reflect in part the relatively low quality of white teachers who work in more disadvantaged schools and in schools with large populations of African - American students.

A substantial body of research demonstrates that schools with large populations of poor, non-white and low - achieving students, on average have more difficulty attracting and retaining teachers (Boyd et.

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Who knows, 90 % of the population attending public schools could end up with larger class sizes, less innovation, less upkeep for their buildings, older text books, teachers who are paid at a lower rate, and in general all of the ingredients that accompany an inferior education.

Teachers, parents and community members devised a strategy to help their large population of English - language learners, based on solid educational research and the committee's experience with Windham's children.

EDUCATION A new report by the National Center for Education Statistics found that 94 % of teachers spend an average of $ 479 for classroom supplies per year, with teachers who work at schools with a large population of low - income students spending the most money.

While the elementary schools surrounding Isthmus Montessori have a large population of English - language learners, this charter school would have 44 percent fewer bilingual resource teachers and specialists per student than those schools.

Although white teachers still are a large percent of the teaching population, the decline in white teachers was steeper in LA Unified than any other race.

In the face of so many challenges and obstacles — designing new curricula aligned with Common Core, teaching a large population of English language learners and grappling with the reality that 75 percent of their students qualify for free or reduced price lunch — Burton's teachers wanted a protected, regular time slot to come together, look at data and figure out which of their teaching methods worked and which ones didn't so they could bring their students along on a path toward success.

Significantly, the teachers who gave the maps the highest approval rating were those who worked closely with the large population of Spanish - speaking students who are learning English.

We found that contextual constraints such as availability of technology tools and characteristics of student population had large impacts on the teachers» development of TPACK, as previously suggested by Koehler and Mishra (2005, 2008) and McCrory (2008).

Principals are implementing large - scale initiatives such as the Common Core State Standards, administering new teacher evaluation systems that require incredible amounts of time and energy, meeting the needs of increasingly diverse student populations, and analyzing copious amounts of data to inform school improvement.

This book shows teachers how to collect, analyze, and act upon data about multilingual learners — a large and growing population of students.

Some consider the state's stringent certification requirements for bilingual education teachers to be one of the biggest barriers to serving the needs of the state's large (and growing) ELL student population.

Atlanta Public Schools Chief Financial Officer Lisa Bracken said the school district has higher costs for several reasons: The expense of city living drives up teacher pay; the district has «low population» schools that lack economies of scale but are kept open «due to urban traffic constraints and community needs;» many students need extra services because they have learning problems or disabilities, don't speak English fluently or come from poverty; and the district has a large unfunded pension liability with growing obligations.

Themed training sessions for small or large groups of special education teachers, general educators, and related support staff that focus on such areas as leadership development, program development, group dynamics, essential tools instruction, advancements in special and alternative education practices, and the most effective methodologies and modalities for working with challenging populations of students.

An English - as - a-second-language teacher told me about subjecting the school's large population of African immigrants to days of grueling standardized tests that they often did not understand.

In collaboration with teachers and counselors, Jones's team dramatically improved the graduation rates, and led a college matriculation program that resulted in a significantly larger college - going population.

Schools with large minority populations employ double the amount of first - year teachers as schools with low minority populations.

Working with a large population of ELLs, the teachers implemented strategies suggested by BetterLesson coaches to help the students improve.

Regie Routman has more than four decades of experience as a national and international leader, teacher, and coach working in diverse schools with large populations of students from low - income families and English language learners.

As the following BLS salary data indicates, the larger population typically pays off with higher salaries for teachers.

We study the effectiveness of teachers certified by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) in Washington State, which has one of the largest populations of National Board

The only thing standing in their way was a state law requiring that parents, teachers and the local community had to play a role in selecting a «turnaround» model and there was little interest in a Washington D.C. charter school company that had virtually no experience running schools with a large Latino population, a significant number of English Language Learners and a large special education population.

This report finds that while the population of teachers of color overall is growing, Black and Native American teachers are a declining share of the teacher workforce and the gap between the percentage of Latinx teachers and students is larger than for any other racial or ethnic group.

Programs in three states with large DLL populations — California TK, Illinois, and Texas — require lead teachers to have a bilingual certification if working with DLLs.

Over the past six years, millions have been invested in teacher training, instructional materials, and new leadership at the San Diego Unified School Distric schools, which have large English - learner and low - income populations.

Montalvin teacher scholars are focusing on academic language instruction to support all students, especially their large English Learner population.

While the percentage of Latinx students is high and growing, less than 8 percent of the nation's teachers identify as such.5 The recent increase in the Latinx population means that the teacher diversity gap — as measured by subtracting the percentage of teachers6 of a certain race or ethnicity from the percentage of students7 of that same race or ethnicity — is largest for Latinx students.

The study also found that teachers in schools with large populations of students who are eligible for free or reduced - priced lunch indicated a greater need for professional development in writing than those at schools serving fewer students in that population.

Research also shows the benefits of being taught by teachers of color for all students, yet we are faced with an increasingly large gap between the diversity of our teacher workforce and the diversity of our student population.

We've selected the secondary school level as an illustration because of the relatively large population of teachers represented by this area.

Validation for preschool MDD (based on meeting all DSM - IV symptom criteria) has been supported by the finding of a specific symptom constellation that was distinct from other psychiatric disorders and stable during a 6 - month period.22 Additionally, alterations in the hypothalamic - pituitary - adrenal axis reactivity similar to those known in adults with depression, greater family history of mood disorders, as well as observational evidence of depressive affects and behaviors were detected in preschoolers with depression, providing further validation.22,25,27 - 30 More recent findings from a larger independent sample (N = 306) ascertained from community sites (and serving as the population for this investigation) have replicated the findings described above and have also demonstrated that preschoolers with depression display significant functional impairment evident in multiple contexts rated by both parents and teachers.24

This study examines the psychometric properties of the Vanderbilt AD / HD Diagnostic Teacher Rating Scale (VADTRS) and provides preliminary normative data from a large, geographically defined population.