Sentences with phrase «more teacher input»

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Widely affirmed proposals call for the restructure of low - performing schools, more emphasis on the basics, safer classrooms, more rigorous graduation standards, periodic measurement of progress through some kind of standardized tests, longer days and year - round schooling, decentralization into smaller learning communities and greater freedom for those smaller units, smaller classes, better - qualified teachers and improved salaries, more parental input and more equitable funding.

They're out now in draft form, but officials are still seeking more input from parents, teachers and member of the public.

She says teachers will have more input to review the test items and how they match up with the new Common Core standards.

Elia, who began her career as a teacher, said the tests are being revamped, and teachers will have more input into the test design and questions in future years.

«This process is much more inclusive, and we're getting more opportunities for input from teachers and others in the educational community,» says spokesman Dave Albert.

The previous administration continued the discussions from where Kufour left and added more workable inputs, allowed the teachers to discuss it in depth.

The Utica City School District is delaying a plan to make the school day longer in order to gather more input from teachers, parents and students.

«As a New York City public school teacher for 25 years, I've seen what our children need to succeed: smaller class sizes, more parental involvement, and balanced input in the education process from all members of the community,» Dromm said in a statement.

Korn, said the teachers in the union also have hopes that they will have more input into the next set of exams

She said teachers will have more input to review the test items and how they match up with the new Common Core standards.

The commissioner says New York teachers who are seeking more input into standardized tests that will be used to rate their performance, will get more chances to design tests going forward, under a new contract signed with testing company Questar.

The commissioner said New York teachers, who are seeking more input into standardized tests that will be used to rate their performance, will get more chances to design tests going forward, under a new contract signed with testing company Questar.

Commissioner Elia, who began her career as a teacher, says the tests are being revamped, and teachers will have more input into the test design and questions in future years.

They boil down to climate (warm and friendly behavior), input (the tendency for teachers to devote more energy to their special students), output (the way teachers call on those students more often for answers) and feedback (giving generally more helpful responses to the students for whom teachers have the highest hopes).

The Piano Teacher, based on a novel by Elfriede Jelinek (apparently largely autobiographical, which is disturbing news in itself), is much more classical in style, though as before it demands considerable input from the viewer: Haneke deliberately avoids making any comments on the film's action, letting the audience judge for themselves.

Specifically, spending increases associated with court - mandated reform are much more strongly related to improvement in measured school inputs (e.g., student - to - teacher ratios, length of the school year) than ordinary spending increases.

The teacher input can vary depending on age and ability, but there is scope to delve deeper into the relationship between Atman and Brahman and Moksha and A-level students tend to give much more analytical answers when reflecting on their experience of the meditation.

«Research shows that behavior support programs are more likely to be successful when input is provided by teachers, students, and the school psychologist and others, compared to a behavior program developed by one person and bestowed upon the teacher,» she says.

Researchers from RAND studying the first year of Vermont's implementation of portfolio assessments for fourth and eighth graders found that the development of portfolios (work was selected by students with input from classroom teachers) had several positive educational outcomes: Students and teachers were more enthusiastic and had a more positive attitude about learning, teachers devoted «substantially more attention» to problem solving and communication (two areas represented by portfolios), students spent more time working in small groups or in pairs, and teachers felt the portfolios afforded them a new perspective on student work.

Your input will help us continue to improve the content to make it even more relevant to you — and, by taking part, you'll go in the draw to win a Teacher Wellbeing Pack.

More than 1,500 students, parents, teachers, and community members, representing every school open prior to Katrina, offered input.

This led some economists of the time to conclude that «input - based» policies such as providing more money to schools, reducing class sizes and improving teacher qualifications had «failed», and that improvements in schools now depended on giving teachers direct incentives to raise student performance:

An elementary principal, for example, arranged for in - service training inputs on reading strategies for her teachers, while the junior high principal recruited external in - service expertise to support her vision for more constructivist forms of pedagogy.

«Because our teachers provided input, we're hoping this is a seamless transition to the more rigorous standards that they can build upon,» he said.

Elia, who began her career as a teacher, said the tests are being revamped, and teachers will have more input into the test design and questions in future years.

The draft accountability rules, to be released this summer, will encourage states to identify high - and low - performing teacher preparation programs across all kinds of educational models, not just those based in colleges and universities; urge a transition from current input - based reporting requirements to a focus on more meaningful outcomes; and likely limit program eligibility for TEACH grants — which are available to students who are planning to become teachers in a high - need field in a low - income school — to only effective teacher preparation programs.

Since 2005, some 35 states have enacted new legislation on principal assessments aimed at putting less emphasis on «inputs,» such as how well particular leadership tasks are met, and more on student «outcomes» and the leadership behaviors likeliest to improve instruction, according to research by the National Comprehensive Center for Teacher Quality.

These reports offer teachers and education support professionals (ESP) recommendations to create a system of continual professional learning with an intense focus on student needs, and they were created with input from two expert panels and task forces focused on how educators, including ESP, can work even more effectively to help students, their families, and communities.

Help us push the UFT leadership to be more democratic and inclusive of rank - and - file teacher input, and lend your expertise towards fighting what Diane Ravitch calls the «corporate education deform movement.»

Kopp is particularly enamored by high - performing charter schools, which succeed because they do whatever it takes to hire and retain good teachers, a zero - sum game that most schools can not win without more resources — those dreaded «inputs.»

Regulate the amount, speed, and vocabulary of your teacher talk to ensure you do not give more input than students are able to process.

Assemblyman Felipe Fuentes (D - Sylmar) had revived a long - dormant bill, AB 5, in the last few weeks of the legislative session to push forward his plan for a statewide uniform teacher evaluation system featuring more performance reviews, classroom observations, training of evaluators and public input into the review process.

«The process should have included more input from teachers, parents and other stakeholders.»

Among other things, they found teachers tend to be more satisfied with their jobs if they perceive that their principal clearly communicates expectations and vision, discusses instructional practice with teachers, and highly values teacher input.

Specifically, teachers who reported having less classroom autonomy and lower levels of collective faculty input in school decisions were more likely to leave their schools, the report states.

In addition, more seasoned teachers will have a personal budget to spend on professional development, and more input on how their job evaluations will work.

We sought input from teachers who are currently or have recently been involved in either formal or informal teacher leadership programs at state, district or school levels — and coincidentally, three of the four work in Jefferson County (Kentucky) Public Schools, the largest district in Kentucky with more than 150 schools and representing both urban and suburban settings.

The Literacy Advisory Board members focus areas are to provide input on ways RIDE can more strongly support teachers in their efforts to implement good teaching based on Rhode Island content standards, review instructional resources and curriculum to determine their utility as foundations for good teaching and learning and serve as a vital channel of communication among RIDE, PreK - 12 educators, institutions of postsecondary education, and Rhode Island professional organizations.

«Given the lack of broad - based stakeholder input into the waiver, the unrealistic timelines for implementing the teacher evaluation system under the waiver, the lack of research - based support for evaluating teachers based on student performance on state tests, and the dearth of vetted alternative measures of student learning available to use for teachers other than those teaching grades 5 - 9 reading and math, we recommend the Legislature delay taking action to implement the waiver's teacher evaluation system requirements, and urge the commissioner to continue to negotiate for more flexibility in the waiver regarding the teacher evaluation requirements, as well as to seek an extension from USDE regarding the timeline under which to implement the new system,» Eaton testified.

If more charter schools begin to use their flexibility of governance and enrollment to find new ways of giving teachers input in school decisions and enrolling integrated student bodies, we could see exciting new models unfold.

In fact, when teachers have more input in key school decisions, teacher turnover can drop from an average of one in five teachers leaving each year to just one in 25 (Ingersoll, 2003).

With input from teachers and other experts, Public Impact has published numerous school models that offer different possibilities for time use and role flexibility, making the best use of great teachers» valuable time and returning the respect you deserve by paying more for reaching more students with excellence.

In contrast, schools that provided more discretion and autonomy to classroom teachers, as well as schools with higher levels of faculty input into school decision - making, had lower levels of minority teacher turnover.

But instead of leaving teacher effectiveness completely up to local educators, its Encouraging Innovation and Effective Teachers Act (PDF) surprisingly requires states and districts to develop teacher evaluation systems that use multiple measures of evaluation; incorporate student achievement data; include more than two rating categories; are tied to personnel decisions; and are developed with input from parents, teachers, and otheTeachers Act (PDF) surprisingly requires states and districts to develop teacher evaluation systems that use multiple measures of evaluation; incorporate student achievement data; include more than two rating categories; are tied to personnel decisions; and are developed with input from parents, teachers, and otheteachers, and other staff.

More than 1,000 parents, students, teachers and community leaders participated in 8 community vision meetings to introduce the Vision framework and garner input.

Teachers and other education experts across Tennessee have provided input on these changes to ensure students have enough time to successfully take the test while opening up more time for regular instruction and activities.

Tennessee's changes to how it evaluates teacher preparation programs are a significant shift from the more traditional focus on input measures.

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Teachers teach more effectively when they work in professional cultures where their opinions and input are valued.

Education reform issues like teacher tenure, teacher certification, teacher evaluations, early childhood education, charter schools, school funding and more need input from all educators.