Sentences with phrase «local teacher networks»

STIR is working with state and national governments to build local teacher networks aimed at increasing teacher motivation and professionalism, leading to mastery of classroom practice and improved student outcomes.

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Recruiting good head teachers is even harder — some local authorities have resorted to establishing networked schools with a head in charge of two or three at once.

We not only provide training and curricula to teachers in southern Mexico and Guatemala, but we also help build local networks so educators can sustain this vital environmental education work in their communities for years to come.

The Science Teaching Network focuses on teacher professional development through a summer institute built around best practices in science instruction, including NGSS and local nature and science topics.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Kelsey Thompson PHONE: [phone] EMAIL: [email protected] ATHENS - CLARKE COUNTY SCHOOL GARDEN CHAMPIONS RECOGNIZED [ATHENS, GEORGIA, March 21] The Athens School Garden Network is celebrating local schools, staff, teachers, and community members for their contributions to farm - to - school and garden - based learning in Athens - Clarke County.

The Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum's Science Teaching Network (STN) is a grant - funded program focusing on teacher professional development built around best practices in science instruction, including the Next Generation Science Standards and local nature and science topics.

Supporters of the campaign include the British Humanist Association, Professor Ted Cantle and the iCoCo Foundation, the Association of Teachers and Lecturers, British Muslims for Secular Democracy, the Campaign for State Education, the Centre for Studies on Inclusive Education, the Christian think tank Ekklesia, the Hindu Academy, the Green Party, the Liberal Democrat Education Association, Liberal Youth, the Local Schools Network, Richmond Inclusive Schools Campaign, the Runnymede Trust, the Socialist Educational Association, and the General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches.

Supporters of the campaign include the Accord Coalition, the British Humanist Association, Professor Ted Cantle and the iCoCo Foundation, the Association of Teachers and Lecturers, British Muslims for Secular Democracy, the Campaign for State Education, the Centre for Studies on Inclusive Education, the Christian think tank Ekklesia, the Hindu Academy, the Green Party, the Liberal Democrat Education Association, Liberal Youth, the Local Schools Network, Richmond Inclusive Schools Campaign, the Runnymede Trust, the Socialist Educational Association, and the General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches.

A UFT television ad campaign urging Mayor Bloomberg to protect teachers and schools — not millionaires — is airing on local broadcast stations and cable television networks in the New York metropolitan area from Feb. 12 through Feb. 26.

A UFT television ad campaign urging Mayor Bloomberg to protect teachers and schools — not millionaires — is airing on local broadcast stations and cable television networks in the New York metropolitan area from Feb. 12 - 26.

The Campaign launched in June 2013, and is also already being supported by the Accord Coalition, the British Humanist Association, Professor Ted Cantle and the iCoCo Foundation, the Association of Teachers and Lecturers, British Muslims for Secular Democracy, the Campaign for State Education, the Centre for Studies on Inclusive Education, the Christian think tank Ekklesia, the Hindu Academy, the Green Party, the Liberal Democrat Education Association, Liberal Youth, the Local Schools Network, Richmond Inclusive Schools Campaign, the Runnymede Trust, the Socialist Educational Association, the General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches and a number of local campaign grLocal Schools Network, Richmond Inclusive Schools Campaign, the Runnymede Trust, the Socialist Educational Association, the General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches and a number of local campaign grlocal campaign groups.

The Calgary Science Network: This nonprofit organization matches scientists with local teachers and community groups to judge science fairs, give demonstrations and presentations, and help with science enrichment ideas.

My orientation at Unity Woods is more toward developing teachers and curriculum, networking with not only the local, but the national and international yoga community and my own classes and students.

The clinic is looking to expand by working with local yoga teachers in Chicago to create a network of yoga centers for students to continue their practice outside of the clinic.

Yasodhara Yoga Teachers & Centres are a worldwide network offering Yasodhara Yoga in their local communities.

Although this isn't necessarily a social network, the National Lab Network initiative uses a powerful matching system to connect teachers to any local scientists and engineers that are interested in voluntnetwork, the National Lab Network initiative uses a powerful matching system to connect teachers to any local scientists and engineers that are interested in voluntNetwork initiative uses a powerful matching system to connect teachers to any local scientists and engineers that are interested in volunteering.

One of the best and most widely implemented examples is the GLOBE (Global Learning and Observations to Support the Environment) project, a global network — supported by, among others, the National Science Foundation and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration — of teachers, students, and scientists studying the atmosphere, water quality, soils, and local flora and fauna.

BECSLink's role as the social mobility network, together with their partners from national and local businesses, education charities, and sports and arts organisations are helping us supply outstanding resources and learning opportunities for students and teachers not only from our school, but also from other local schools.»

The network includes primary and secondary specialist master teachers, who deliver CPD to teachers and schools in their local area, lead schools, which take a lead for computing and computer science education within a local area, and university partners, who support the training of master eachers.

The institute is an offshoot of the 13 - year - old Teachers Union Reform Network of NEA and AFT Locals, or TURN, which brings together like - minded union leaders to exchange ideas on improving schools.

But I had a great support network,» including teachers who encouraged him when he turned to writing after his friend was killed, and parents who paid for a local writing class.

Some networks are more diverse and also include principals, teachers, staff members, and local union leaders.

Also, Internet allows the creation of teachers and students networks at local, national and international levels, uniting schools driven by principles of horizontal interactions between learners who are also educators and educators who are also learners, such as the Rede Mundial de Escolas Democráticas (Global Network of Democratic Schoolshttp: / / www.democraticeducation.org /).

Also, Internet allows the creation of teachers and students networks at local, national and international levels, uniting schools driven by principles of horizontal interactions between

The new Research Schools will work to build networks between schools in their local region, and will use their expertise to support up to 1,000 schools by providing training and professional development to senior leaders and teachers; supporting schools to develop innovative ways of improving teaching and learning; and encouraging schools in their network to make use of evidence - based programmes and practices through regular communication and events.

With digital record keeping, phones in the classroom, and access to local networks to communicate with parents, administrators, and colleagues, teachers can spend more time teaching and less on paperwork.

One of the key principles behind the Network of Excellence (NoE) is local, face ‑ to ‑ face training by teachers for teachers — to help them deliver the new curriculum.

Martini could talk all day about Agency by Design, a small network of local teachers who are experimenting with new ways to assess students that is consistent with hands - on, maker education.

One of the key principles behind the Network of Excellence is local, face - to - face training by teachers for teachers to help them deliver the new curriculum.

During Samuelson «s tenure, the district networked and partnered often with local universities, and community college faculty members and staff, to provide teacher training.

Recognizing the importance for teachers to resemble their student populations and be invested in the local community, a charter school network in California is offering teaching jobs to graduating seniors.

A school placed under the Commissioner's Network would not be allowed to keep its family - controlled school governance council; instead, it would be replaced by a turnaround committee whose parent representative would be appointed by the National Education Association or American Federation of Teachers local.

Each year, HTHCV hosts a Community Networking Lunch where local nonprofit organizations, businesses, and community groups meet with teachers to share organizational challenges and brainstorm ideas for collaborative projects that students can undertake for school credit.

The district networks and partners often with local universities and community college faculty and staff members to provide teacher training and certification.

We are a diverse team of 13 teachers who met over several months to review research on different national efforts to address teacher attraction and retention, as well as local strategies being proposed or piloted by UTLA, Los Angeles United School District (LAUSD) and local charter networks.

• CPS Network Chiefs • CPS Principals • CPS Teachers • CPS Parents • CPS Students • CPS Charter Schools • CPS Dept. of Arts Education • National Cultural Advisors • Local Arts Partners • Arts Advocacy • Higher Education • Philanthropy • Civic Leadership

We utilize the experience and talents of veteran progressive leaders within the Teacher Union Reform Network as well as other local union leaders whose skills and knowledge base can be of use to their colleagues.

Other groups include NewTLA, a caucus within Unified Teachers Los Angeles, the city teachers union, and the New Millennium Initiative, a network of educators in five cities that tries to influence local and state education pTeachers Los Angeles, the city teachers union, and the New Millennium Initiative, a network of educators in five cities that tries to influence local and state education pteachers union, and the New Millennium Initiative, a network of educators in five cities that tries to influence local and state education policies.

In light of the extremely positive feedback from participants and their line managers, we are now looking to broaden the reach of the programmes and strengthen the local subject - specific and cross-sector teacher networks they are forging.

We are a diverse group of 13 teachers who met for nine weeks to review both national attempts to improve Common Core implementation for unique student populations, as well as local strategies being proposed or piloted by LA Unified, Partnership for Los Angeles School, Youth Policy Institute and local charter networks.

Coalition Members: PCAPS (Philadelphia Coalition Advocating for Public Schools) includes: Action United, AFT Pennsylvania, AFL - CIO Central Labor Council, Fight for Philly, Boat People SOS, Jewish Labor Committee, Jobs With Justice, Juntos, Media Mobilizing Project, Neighborhood Networks, Occupy Philadelphia Labor Work Group, Pennsylvania Working Families Organization, Philadelphians Allied for Responsible Economy (PHARE), Philadelphia Federation of Teachers (PFT Local 3), Philadelphia Home and School Council, Philadelphia Student Union, SEIU 32BJ Local 1201, UNITE HERE Local 634, Working America and Youth United for Change (YUC)

Janet Downs, a former secondary teacher and campaigner for the Local Schools Network, which supports maintained schools, said: «I can't see any advantage apart from schools being able to offload more challenging pupils.

We met for six weeks to review research on different national attempts to improve teacher compensation as well as local strategies being proposed, endorsed or piloted by National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, National Education Association Committee on Effective Teachers and Teaching, LAUSD and local charter networks.

Members of the State and Local ESSA Implementation Network include NSBA, the National Governors Association, the National Conference of State Legislatures, the National Association of State Boards of Education, AASA: The School Superintendents Association, the National Association of Elementary School Principals, the National Association of Secondary School Principals, the American Federation of Teachers, the National Education Association, and the National PTA.

For example, Manzanilla's partnerships with the teacher education programs and two local school reform networks meant that staff had to take on a lot of additional work: supervising student teachers, attending network meetings, hosting visitors, presenting at conferences, and completing assessments their network partners needed for their own accountability reports.

TURN is a nationwide network of more than 200 union locals from the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and the National Education Association (NEA) that... Read More

TURN is a nationwide network of more than 200 union locals from the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and the National Education Association (NEA) that work together to promote progressive reform in education and teacher union practices.

VCEE supports a statewide network of university - based Centers for Economic Education that provide materials and professional development to teachers and ongoing collaborative support with local school divisions.

For example, a teacher preparation program may want to highlight its success placing alumni in selective and high - paying districts — where the needs are great — and work to improve its local alumni network so that it functions as a mentorship program for novice teachers.

Date: April 2015 Purpose: RFP for teacher networks, designed to deepen the implementation of the Common Core by leveraging effective tools and strategies; teacher leaders capable of scaling them to teachers in national and local networks; and network / system partnerships Amount: $ 3,510,000 Term: 21 Topic: College - Ready Regions Served: GLOBAL NORTH AMERICA Program: United States Grantee Location: San Francisco, California Grantee Website: http://www.WestEd.org