Sentences with phrase «means holding teachers»

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Decisions had to be made from time to time as to where or when services of the church would be held; the church needed to be told of the impending visit of an apostle, or of some prophet or teacher from abroad; a question has been raised as to the good faith of one of these visitors, and there must be some discussion of the point and a decision on it; a fellow Christian from another church is on a journey and needs hospitality; a member of the local congregation planning to visit a church abroad needs a letter of introduction to that church, which someone must be authorized to provide; a serious dispute about property rights or some other legal matter has arisen between two of the brothers and the church must name someone to help them settle the issue or must in some other way deal with it; a new local magistrate has begun to prosecute Christians for violating the law against unlicensed assembly, and consideration must be given to ways and means of meeting this crisis; charges have been brought against one of the members by another member, and these must be investigated and perhaps some disciplinary action taken; one of the members has died, and the church is called on for some special action in behalf of his family in the emergency; differences of opinion exist in the church on certain questions of morals or belief (such as marriage and divorce, or the resurrection), differences which local prophets and teachers are apparently unable to compose, and a letter must be written to the apostle — who will write this letter and what exactly will it say?

It also means that school administrations, teachers, and school boards must be held accountable for student learning and performance without «teaching to the test» or being over-burdened with repeated standardized testing.

Today she holds a Senior Intermediate Level I Certificate, which means that she is classified among the top 50 or so Iyengar teachers in the United States.

They are opposed, for example, to differential pay in response to market conditions (which might mean paying math and science teachers a premium to attract and hold them).

The same underlying assumption — that scientific means of selection and training could guarantee good teachers — held sway at mid-century with respect to mental hygiene.

And it surely doesn't mean that teachers can't be held accountable for student performance.

If differentiation is wrongly interpreted to mean that teachers should hold lower expectations for weaker students and always set them easier learning tasks, then the students will simply fall more and more behind.

Case Description: When holding a student back a year may mean she drops out of school, should her teachers promote her to the next grade level - even if they don't believe she's mastered the skills she'll need to succeed?

In this case that means that the Democratic leaders could hold the public hearing during the day when most parents and teachers would be unable to attend.

That's where an improved form of evaluation — not meant to force teachers out but to encourage them to reflect, self - assess, and hold professional conversations about new skills — is needed.

Teachers hoping to hold on to their tenure rights tend to leave for more stable work environments if they can find them, and parents who have the means tend to pull their kids from the ASD charter schools in search of alternative options, leaving even larger concentrations of low - income, at - risk youth in the ASD schools.

And what this means is that state departments of education, which hold credentialing authority for teachers, will not be able to mandate that the academies require a specific number of courses or types of coursework such as courses on the teaching of reading or mathematics.

These claims are meant to signal to the public that at last «we» are holding our teachers and students accountable for their teaching and learning, but thereafter, again, proficiency cut scores are arbitrarily redefined (among other things), and then five or ten years later «new and improved» tests and standards are needed again.

Educational assessments provide data that give policymakers a «snapshot» of how students are performing and serve as a means of holding teachers, schools, and districts accountable.

But the conflict arises from the fact that it's also good for kids if teachers, as well as all other adults — principals, administrators, I mean everybody involved, including parents — are held accountable for student performance.

That means that this year, if lawmakers hold to their verbal commitment, then beginning teachers should see another $ 2,000 increase that would result in a starting salary of $ 35,000.

I mean, that's how far away we are from a system that holds teachers accountable.

It will take three to five years to determine the reliability of SBAC, and in the mean time, if the state doesn't change course, Connecticut students and teachers will be held accountable for scores on an unproven test.

Correction to the third sentence of the last paragraph of the comment: I meant: «If teachers routinely get 50 in one year and 0 in the next...» (though the reverse holds true as well).

The state added that NCTQ does not clarify what is meant by «teacher roster verification» and provided a link to information accessible by the public pertaining to teacher and other professional personnel in relation to certificate (s) held, HQT status, etc..

This means that teachers in all subject areas will be held responsible for increasing students» writing proficiency.

The roles and responsibilities required of teachers traversing career pathways should also hold meaning and provide value to the school community, including other teachers.

That means students and teachers will not be held to the stricter standards of Common Core, under which instructors face more stringent accountability and risk termination for under - performing pupils who do not reach specific academic benchmarks set by the program, for an additional five years later than originally expected.

«Highly qualified» teachers, according to the federal No Child Left Behind law, must hold a major or minor college degree in the field they teach, demonstrate competence on either the Praxis I or Praxis II exams, and have state certification, meaning they completed a college program in education.

For the past several decades, American education reformers have focused on reading and math test scores as the primary means of holding schools and teachers accountable for improving student performance.

Contreras and those who work with him say he places a high value on using various types of data, whether that means creating a personalized schedule for English - language learners instead of relying on a computer, or holding monthly «portfolio meetings» of principals that feature videos of teachers in the classroom and robust discussions of their practices.

Trump's move scraps new requirements for programs that train new K - 12 teachers and rolls back a set of rules outlining how states must carry out the Every Student Succeeds Act, a bipartisan federal law meant to hold schools accountable for student performance.

He held that the state's scoring thresholds for rating a teacher ineffective, developing, effective or highly effective are invalid — which means in practice that teachers can't be rated «ineffective» based only on student performance.

If the announcement is as impressive as suggested, it would mean that the leadership of Connecticut's teacher unions have finally moved 180 degrees from the position they held on January 25, 2012 when the CEA and AFT joined with the other members of Governor Malloy's Performance Evaluation Advisory Council (PEAC) to approve the so - called «teacher evaluation framework» that inappropriately and unfairly mandates that student's standardized test scores be a major factor in the teacher evaluation process.

Yes — this means that teachers are not to speak negatively about the tests or say anything negatively about these tests in their classrooms or in public; if they do they could be found in violation of their contracts, that they themselves signed or had to sign to get or hold their teaching position.

That means that the beliefs teachers hold about students — whether true or not — influence student performance, even when those beliefs are not explicitly shared.

This means that teachers will be held to new expectations in the way they instruct students.

The new bill gives control back to state and local governments by allowing them to create their own school accountability and teacher evaluation systems so as to provide greater flexibility in deciding how much weight test scores hold as a means of performance measures and teacher qualification.

He will «hold our schools and educational professionals responsible for failure, and we will use our power under the teachers» contract, and other means, to do it.»

Teachers are held accountable and by all means, we should be, however, the children did not begin with the teachers and therefore neither should accountTeachers are held accountable and by all means, we should be, however, the children did not begin with the teachers and therefore neither should accountteachers and therefore neither should accountability.

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Just Publishing is a blog maintained by Derek Haines, a grumpy, old English teacher, author and habitual blogger, who has a long held interest in self - publishing, as a means of freedom of expression rather than as an avenue to instant riches and fame.

have obtained full state certification as a teacher or passed the state teacher licensing examination, and holds a license to teach in that state, except that when used with respect to any teacher teaching in a public charter school, the term means that the teacher meets the requirements set forth in the state's public charter school law; and

The IDers differ from the Creationists in that the Cers tried to attack evolutionary theory while holding fast to a literalist reading of Genesis — the 4004BC flood, whatever — and the IDers simply aim for «teaching the controversy», meaning that they want «Intelligent Design» to be part of the Biology curriculum as a counterpoint to evolution, but they are willing to concede ground on evolution so long as the «grand design» is kicked off by a creator (tacit in their educational material but the teachers know what to say to the students on this).

A single space means you realize not everything your teachers taught you in high school still holds true.

Also in 2011, the SCC held that a decision may imply a particular interpretation of a statutory provision, even if the decision - maker has not expressed an opinion on that provision's meaning (Alberta Teachers» Association, 2011 SCC 61).