Sentences with phrase «make teacher candidates»

When taking on student teachers at your school, don't overlook the small things that make teacher candidates feel more welcome.

The SWAP accomplishes this goal by making teacher candidates privy to practicing secondary teachers» decision - making (e.g., their rationales for giving certain kinds of assignments and feedback), as well as to the results of those decisions (e.g., their assignment sheets and feedback on student writing).

Not exact matches

They said candidates will be presented to the United Federation of Teachers, parent leaders and other groups, but the chancellor makes the final decision on who is hired.

In that way, we were able to use Teachout's momentum to make modest but important gains for independent politics, winning 5 percent of the vote and getting a number of teachers» union locals to endorse a Green Party candidate for the first time.

Supporters of the new rules say they will alleviate a teacher shortage and make more qualified candidates available to charter schools.

Green Party candidate for governor Howie Hawkins is joining the growing criticism of Gov. Andrew Cuomo for a comment Cuomo made about teachers.

The dark horse candidate talks with Alan about his ideas for demilitarizing the National Guard, raising teacher's salaries and making public transit and public colleges free.

Elections are about choices, and [New York State United Teachers] made the choice not to endorse any candidates because there were issues with everybody.»

With this, Yoga Alliance has made sure that only the deserving candidates receive the title of a Yoga Teacher or a Skilled Yoga Practitioner.

The report makes four recommendations: Develop a new generation of school leaders by supporting career progression; Explore expanding the pool of candidates for non-teaching executive roles to those outside the profession; Support leaders more effectively and provide clear career pathways; Build positive perceptions of school leadership to encourage more teachers to step - up.

In her testimony at the NCATE hearing, American Council of Trustees and Alumni president Anne D. Neal asked that the agency's reauthorization be denied «until it affirmatively makes clear that teacher preparation programs are not expected to judge the values and political beliefs of teacher candidates and asks that its members review and revise their standards accordingly.»

Agencies have a big role to play in making sure that, whilst schools are looking for the brightest and the best candidates, they are providing the best service they can to teachers and education providers to improve the work - finding process.

The unions representing teachers emerged in the 1960s to make sure the interests of teachers were protected in those decisions, using such tactics as collective bargaining, legislative lobbying, and support of candidates friendly to their cause.

The teacher - training programs should be making changes as soon as this fall for teacher candidates, say representatives of the universities involved.

When the school needed an additional first - grade teacher, Lewis - Carter met with the candidates, but it was the current first - grade teachers who conducted formal interviews and made the final choice, since they were the ones who would be charged with teaching their new colleague the Behrman way.

«I want to hear candidates say how excited they are about the upcoming first day and how much they know they will need a good master teacher to tutor and mentor them as they make those dreaded first - year mistakes,» says Patterson.

Perhaps most encouraging, online learning in teacher preparation will make becoming a teacher possible for a broader population of candidates, which lends hope that the country's education system can attract more talent and make the profession more competitive.

As the second recipient of the Global Teacher Prize (awarded by the Varkey Foundation), which acknowledges one exceptional teacher who has made an outstanding contribution to the profession and transforming young people's lives, she was chosen out of 8,000 candidates and 10 finalists from around theTeacher Prize (awarded by the Varkey Foundation), which acknowledges one exceptional teacher who has made an outstanding contribution to the profession and transforming young people's lives, she was chosen out of 8,000 candidates and 10 finalists from around theteacher who has made an outstanding contribution to the profession and transforming young people's lives, she was chosen out of 8,000 candidates and 10 finalists from around the world.

«From vetting candidates and only putting the most suitable ones through to interview stage, to ensuring teachers are supported it make the existing process simpler and the Teacher Application Hub is an important part of that.»

We also have to keep teachers and teacher candidates apprised of current events in education on a state and national level, and we have to help them make sense of the standards and other requirements they will be expected to meet.

«Without exception the work of the candidates shortlisted for this prestigious award was praised by their professional colleagues who recognise the outstanding contribution which HLTAs make to their schools and to the lives of children, families and teachers.»

On Top of the News Seeking Allies, Teachers» Unions Court GOP Too New York Times 9/25/12 Behind the Headline The Long Reach of Teachers» Unions Education Next Fall 2010 In this morning's New York Times, Motoko Rich writes about the growth in donations made by teachers unions to support Republican canTeachers» Unions Court GOP Too New York Times 9/25/12 Behind the Headline The Long Reach of Teachers» Unions Education Next Fall 2010 In this morning's New York Times, Motoko Rich writes about the growth in donations made by teachers unions to support Republican canTeachers» Unions Education Next Fall 2010 In this morning's New York Times, Motoko Rich writes about the growth in donations made by teachers unions to support Republican canteachers unions to support Republican candidates.

Equity - oriented Applicants: What do prospective teachers say about the achievement gap and does it make them more attractive candidates?

Which sense was reinforced by a third event at this year's convention: accompanying her overwhelming election as the next NEA president, Lily Eskelsen Garcia has made clear in interviews that among her missions — above all, «winning back public trust» for teachers — is loosening the partisan bonds and beginning to support whichever candidates will do the most for teachers, even including Republicans!

University supervisors, teacher candidates and mentor teachers — who make up our triads — are invited to attend.

Teachers have an absolute right to organize, to collectively bargain, and to make their case for who they believe the best candidate would be.

In making the case against further teacher union endorsements of Clinton, the blog Defend Public Education meticulously chronicled Broad's relationship with the candidate, going back to a visit Broad made in 1983 to the Arkansas home of Clinton and her husband, then - Gov.

Ideal candidates want to make a direct impact in the lives of students and teachers and thrive on building systems, leading teams, managing projects, and thinking through complex operational and logistical challenges.

Learn how a data - based teacher candidate assessment tool helps principals make informed hiring decisions and place a quality educator in every classroom at Amarillo ISD.

A teacher's exemplary classroom practice, deep content knowledge, and effective communication skills may make him or her a good candidate for teacher leader work, but additional preparation is often needed to help the new teacher leader use this knowledge and experience to lead others.

In brief, they include raising admission standards for teacher - preparation programs, making licensure contingent on candidates» demonstration of specific skills, and overhauling their process for approving programs.

To make sure that teacher candidates are ready and able to teach before they begin their careers.

The principal is often responsible for interviewing prospective candidates for job openings within their building as well as making recommendations to the superintendent for hiring a new teacher.

This revamped approach to the training, support, and assessment of teacher candidates has demonstrated that it is possible to meaningfully assess and differentiate first - year teacher performance and make sound certification and retention decisions based on the evidence.

Still, the education research and practice communities have made substantial progress in appreciating these challenges and responding with an array of measures and metrics intended to satisfy various goals, including public accountability, program improvement, and information to prospective teacher candidates.

There are various kinds of teaching permits, and California has changed its permit requirements over the years, but in general permits allow schools to hire teachers who are not fully credentialed in a given subject area provided that they (the school) can demonstrate that they have made an effort to find fully credentialed candidates.

The movies were assigned as a component of an elementary science methods course to help teacher candidates frame their understandings of science ideas and science content through the medium of movie - making technology.

How teacher and leadership candidates are trained can make all the difference in developing teachers and school leaders with the knowledge and skills to propel their students ahead.

The use of these reflective journals helped the teacher candidates analyze what they had experienced and make sense of the experience for their professional growth (see also Rudney & Guilaume, 1989 - 1990).

Additionally, such experiences help the teacher candidates realize that «schools, as professional communities, are made up of numerous persons in various roles: students, parents, administrators, professional and non-professional support staff and other teachers in the schools as well as members of the professional community at large» (p. 659).

These recommendations from classroom teachers would go a long way towards attracting more candidates to the teaching profession and making sure new teachers have everything they need to be prepared for the classroom on day one.»

The findings show that the external information the teacher candidates received through the selected readings and demos, as well as the carefully structured synchronized observations, helped greatly in enhancing their understanding of VS. Because teacher candidates have limited cognitive skills to help them make sense of their experiences (as described by Hudson, Bergin, & Chayst, 1993), it was necessary to structure the information gathering process so the teacher candidates could be carefully guided in their learning.

Providing teacher candidates with a field experience that promoted TPACK for the project would require teacher candidates to possess TK, or the personal knowledge and use of basic technical skills with the technology tool being used in the process (in this case, movie making with iMovie).

Will teachers on the hiring committee have only the power to recommend a candidate or final decision - making power?

Trump also said he would support merit pay for teachers and use the bully pulpit afforded by the presidency to advocate for candidates who run on making «school choice» more widespread.

By providing a forum to blend these experiences, teacher candidates will make powerful contributions to the literacy development of their students.

The support of the teacher candidates and the opportunity to work in a university environment were also noted by the student learners (and their VIPs) as making them feel important, while providing a glimpse into a future they had not previously considered.

The use of different technologies in this pilot field experience helped the teacher candidates understand that technology plays an important role in VS, especially in making the virtual aspect of VS less noticeable.

McIntyre et al. (1996) added that the teacher candidates» years of public or private schooling experience could make them «familiar with a school's classrooms and routines, and therefore, with the context of the field experience placement» but warned that this familiarity could be a barrier to professional growth during field experiences (p. 173).

Excerpts appear below: This report examines the case for making candidate diversity and ability equally important criteria in the recruitment and selection of teachers.