Sentences with phrase «more head teachers»

Mr Gibb said: «Such absence is still a problem but it is clear that more head teachers are refusing simply to wave through parents» requests to take their children out of school for term - time holidays.

In addition, more head teachers than last year agree that their school has sufficient funding for resources such as furniture and their ICT infrastructure.

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Brian Lightman, leader of the ASCL head teachers» union, said schools faced «serious shortages» in maths and science teachers and called for a more co-ordinated approach to teacher recruitment.

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Arundel and Brighton is seeking a new head teacher to uphold its ethos... More

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Rt Rev Steven Cottrell, Bishop of Chelmsford has spoken to a group of head teachers to encourage them... More

Like his more speculative contemporary Ptolemy, a moderate Gnostic teacher, he undoubtedly thought of himself as standing in «the apostolic tradition» in a «succession» of teachers.24 Like pagan teachers and rabbis, Justin laid hands upon the head of each disciple on the completion of the course.25 At his trial, Justin, philosopher - prophet - teacher, describes the «school» where he has been teaching for the examining prefect, who will presently put him and several of his students to death.

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I guess the first child really is the hardest in a lot of ways because I'm in no way nervous or worried about ETot heading on to school, he's so strong willed and independent I'm more worried about his teachers keeping up with him than how he'll fare.

If you speak to heads, teachers and cooks about the school meals they provide, they want to be given a little bit more freedom to make their own choices.

Backlash over the rollout of the Common Core learning standards, along with aligned state tests and new teacher evaluations, came to a head last April when more than 20 percent of the state's eligible students refused to take the state standardized math and English language arts exams.

«In this particular matter, it is more of an issue of morality since the student is not directly under the head teacher.

With some 63 days more to the polls, it is only a matter of time for the teacher to dump his chalk and pen and head to the house of parliament or for the DCE to get a raise in status.

Head teachers, teachers and careers advisors within schools must do more to raise awareness of apprenticeships as a viable option for their students» futures, according to apprentices at a recent Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) event.

At present, more than half of expelled children are returned to their school, undermining the standing of the head teacher, he argued.

United Federation of Teachers» head Michael Mulgrew has taken the mayor's push as an attack on seniority and a move designed to cut costs by getting rid of more highly paid tTeachers» head Michael Mulgrew has taken the mayor's push as an attack on seniority and a move designed to cut costs by getting rid of more highly paid teachersteachers.

Heads and teachers should run schools and they should be more accountable to parents instead of politicians.

The head of New York state's largest teachers union says arming teachers won't make schools safer, but he says schools should have more protection.

But as the teachers I practiced with planted little «nuggets» of philosophy in my head, I became more intrigued with the concept of yoga off the mat.

«Techbridge girls are more interested, more motivated, and more willing to stick to long - term projects,» says eighth - grade science teacher Dan Fleming, who heads up the Techbridge club at John Swett Elementary School.

A committee set up to tackle social mobility in Kent grammar schools will hear from seven head teachers amid councillors» fears that more should be done.

In fact, paying elementary age children to read books did as much to boost their ability as more popular approaches such as smaller class size, Head Start, and bonuses to teachers for working in at - risk schools, the study determined — and was much cheaper, too.

Randi Weingarten, 50, who adds the national presidency of the AFT to her current responsibilities as head of the United Federation of Teachers, its New York affiliate, has had much more on - stage experience in the theatre of American politics.

Russell Hobby of head teacher union the NAHT said that the government's failure to offer teachers a more generous deal has harmed recruitment, saying: «We are really starting to see the effect of that policy on recruitment.

By employing head - mounted cameras on students, and using time - lapse photography, they say it's now possible to get a much more comprehensive perspective of overall classroom ambience to better measure teacher performance.

The new plans are being considered based on the findings of a review of youth justice by former head teacher Charlie Taylor, which found that the youngsters could be rehabilitated more effectively if education was put at the heart of the system.

I am committed to devolving more powers and funding to schools, and empowering teachers and head teachers to ensure that they are in the driving seat of school improvement in Scotland, supported by parents and children and young people themselves.

A campaign charity is calling for parents to have more power to voice concerns about a school and demand the removal of head teachers.

A committee set up to tackle social mobility in Kent grammar schools will hear from head teachers amid fears that more should be done.

School Minister Nick Gibb said that the figures reflect the fact that head teachers now have greater powers and more confidence to exclude students.

Russell Hobby, general secretary of the school leaders union NAHT, has responded to warnings that more young people may yet travel to conflict ridden Syria during the school holidays by saying head teachers can not be expected to be «counter-terror experts».

Former teacher, head of computing / ICT, and head of education at Digital Schoolhouse, Shahneila Saeed, explains how computing can be demystified through play, allowing students to not only understand the subject but, more importantly, enjoy it.

In the meantime, teachers looking for more rapidly updated information can head to the sites of digital textbook providers like Palo Alto — based nonprofit CK - 12 Foundation or Curriki, based in Washington, DC, to acquire the newest version or even remix a digital textbook of their own.

In response to Morgan's plans, Russell Hobby, general secretary of the National Association of Head Teachers, said: «The workload challenge can be solved by more intelligent accountability, better planning and fewer changes from government — constant short - notice disruption is not conducive to the focus required for good quality teaching.

Life's last editor, Bill Shapiro, who heads up the project, wants students, teachers, and parents to use the site to make history more tangible.

Now more than a decade old, at various times the school tried consensus - based governance and failed, struggled to get teachers to collaborate on instructional strategies, and butted heads over race and student favoritism.

This is why teacher reform is now more radioactive than vouchers: Rather than taking a long, winding road, it attacks the core problem head - on.

Cambridge, MA — When current U.S. education secretary, Arne Duncan, headed the Chicago Public Schools in 2004 - 05, the city implemented a new collective bargaining agreement that covered teacher dismissal policy: principals were given more flexibility to dismiss non-tenured teachers.

She said: «Teachers and heads in the thousands of existing state schools in the UK which are facing real - terms cuts in funding for their pupils will be dismayed to see the Chancellor throwing more money at free schools and grammar schools.

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«If you speak to heads, teachers and cooks about the school meals they provide, they want to be given a little bit more freedom to make their own choices.

Under the leadership of head teacher Dean Coombes, the school is now rated «Good» by Ofsted and sits in the top 10 nationally for the proportion of lower ability pupils who gain five or more GCSEs at grade C and above.

Charles is one of over 260,000 English - speaking teachers now teaching internationally, and many more are heading that way thanks to the significant growth in international schools.

Even so, more than 2,000 Head Start teachers and administrators attended the training session.

It's proven academically, but more to the point it's proven in the bright eyes and busy attitude of the kids and the fantastic commitment of their head teachers.

The survey, which asked over 1,100 head teachers, insinuated that 31 per cent of school leaders believe that more than half of their new starters in Reception had arrived under - prepared in some way, with 78 per cent claiming that they pupils behind expected levels in speaking and without the social skills expected at the age of four.

With the move to push responsibility for school budgets down to head teachers and away from local authorities, there is an opportunity to introduce lots more schools across the state sector to the Firefly platform.

Head of education, Justin Donovan, has said that teachers in subjects facing a shortfall could still earn more to ensure sufficient teachers are recruited, but Rob Ward from the National Union of Teachers (NUT) has criticised the plans, saying that it will put off potential teachers from coming to theteachers in subjects facing a shortfall could still earn more to ensure sufficient teachers are recruited, but Rob Ward from the National Union of Teachers (NUT) has criticised the plans, saying that it will put off potential teachers from coming to theteachers are recruited, but Rob Ward from the National Union of Teachers (NUT) has criticised the plans, saying that it will put off potential teachers from coming to theTeachers (NUT) has criticised the plans, saying that it will put off potential teachers from coming to theteachers from coming to the island.

With schools facing increased costs amounting to 4.5 per cent due to pay rises, National Insurance contributions and pension deficits, it's no wonder that more than 90 per cent of 1,000 head teachers surveyed by the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) say that their finances are going to be critically under pressure for 2015/2016.