Sentences with phrase «more teachers in the classroom»

The Department for Education (DfE) says teacher recruitment is improving and that there are currently more teachers in the classroom than ever before.

Reduce the adminstrative staff to put more teachers in the classrooms of the non charter management schools.

The unions say their figures show that cuts to school budgets are hitting the front line, but the Department for Education suggested the numbers are «fundamentally misleading», and claimed there were «15,000 more teachers in classrooms since 2010».

While some have regularly portrayed evaluation as a tool for firing bad teachers, evaluation is actually a starting point for keeping more teachers in our classrooms and making them better.

A simple accounting of all the teaching positions lost in the great recessions reveals that the nation would need 377,000 more teachers in the classroom just to keep pace not to mention combat the shameful shortage of teachers of color.

The plan would put more teachers in classrooms and add social support services to the school, which struggles to meet the needs of students from families that move often, many of whom are non-native English speakers.

Not exact matches

It's no joke when people say that teachers have more than one job in the classroom.

If you look at Hettinger's Kickstarter campaign for her «classic spinner,» you'll notice that the prototype looks more like a hatted Frisbee than the toys tormenting teachers in U.S. classrooms.

That will make me a far more effective teacher both in the classroom and in the wider world.

One more story of a classroom prank pulled by the teacher is in order.

But I discovered that these young innovators were far more intrinsically motivated, and when I looked at the pattern of what parents and teachers had both done to encourage intrinsic motivation, I found a kind of remarkable emphasis in the classrooms and among the parents of play, passion and purpose.

Palm Beach County voters in November may be asked to raise their property taxes so teachers could be paid more, in hopes of keeping them in the classroom.

A teacher in Denver said she moved items from a closet in her classroom «to make more space for 9 - year - olds to hide.»

Hippy, yeah I get what you're saying about not learning anything new in school, and not much from the teachers you had, I also read constantly and learned more through my books and travel than in classrooms.

Furthermore, the schools (in general) do not provide teachers with the adequate resources to perform their jobs effectively, such as teacher - requested books for their students; presentation items such as chalk, whiteboard markers, or projectors; basic classroom organizational needs such as storage bins, filing cabinets with adequate files, and functional modern computers with adequate software to make results tabulating more efficient; or motivational equipment designed to reward students for good behavior, scores, or attitudes (grades simply are not enough of a motivational tool).

Some schools have developed comprehensive approaches to teaching character strengths, and in classrooms across the country, teachers are talking to their students more than ever about qualities like grit and perseverance.

And so in these schools, where students are most in need of help internalizing extrinsic motivations, classroom environments often push them in the opposite direction: toward more external control, fewer feelings of competence, and less positive connection with teachers.

More important than the labels of «play - based» or «academic - focused,» though, is what actually happens in the classroom and how teachers respond to emotional situations, so ask about specific scenarios when you're considering a school.

The part - time course entitled «Teaching Sensible Science,» or TSS, will be offered to help teachers develop a deeper understanding and experience of phenomena - based science so that they can feel more confident using this method in their own classrooms.

Breakfast - in - the - classroom has given everyone more one - on - one time: students and teachers, teachers and school nutrition staff, school nutrition staff and custodians, school nutrition staff and students.

In the beginning the teachers wanted the trash picked up more quickly because of some smells in the classroom, [so we worked out a system] where the trash would be placed outside the dooIn the beginning the teachers wanted the trash picked up more quickly because of some smells in the classroom, [so we worked out a system] where the trash would be placed outside the dooin the classroom, [so we worked out a system] where the trash would be placed outside the door.

The teacher can not spend more time with this child than with the rest of the class — and if statistics are to be trusted, we should expect at least three easily distractible children in every classroom.

When it's in the classroom we already get a lot of push back from teachers that it's more work for them.

Your child may be more comfortable in a desk with a separate chair; if the teacher can find one, it may make a real difference in classroom decorum.

Texas requires schools with more than 80 percent of students eligible for free and reduced - cost lunch to serve universal free breakfast, but not necessarily Breakfast in the Classroom, a program where students eat the hot breakfast or cereal in the classroom with their teacher and peers.

Thankfully through my blog I have worked on several charitable projects including child hunger, building playgrounds for communities in need, helping to end teacher - funded classrooms, Rwanda's Path To Peace project and more.

I do think they can be taught in the classroom — I think most of us can think of a teacher in our past who helped us develop one or more of those skills — but I don't think we yet have an ideal model for exactly how to teach them in the classroom.

Many daycare centers are inspected for licensing purposes, in some cases caregivers are supervised (many classrooms have more than one teacher), and a director oversees the entire operation.

Few things can upset a teacher more than telling her that your child is bored in her classroom.

This may sound daunting, since they have professionally trained teachers, however, they also have 25 or more children in a classroom, all the same age, with just one adult teacher.

And in today's classroom, where teachers must compete with digital distractions for their students» attention while trying to satisfy increasingly demanding academic standards, it is more important than ever that educators be able to combat apathy, instill vital problem - solving skills, and create a climate that maximizes learning.

Teachers and instructors will be able to help your child feel better when they know you are willing to coordinate with them to make the atmosphere in the classroom and the picnics more enjoyable and most suitable for your child.

This can not be done in a classroom where twenty - five children congregate with one teacher... The learning disabled child should not have to share his teacher with more than six to eight other children, at least not during those portions of the day when the key subjects — reading and arithmetic — are being taught.»

Do avoid the temptation to produce more workbooks or worksheets — these are of limited value, and mainly used in the classroom so that the teacher can ensure that all the students have understood.

For more than 25 years, our experienced education staff has been working side - by - side with teachers in classrooms throughout Chicago, helping them become more comfortable teaching science.

This policy brief outlines the reasons educators need to learn more about adoption issues, explains the negative consequences of a lack of knowledge, and proposes steps that teachers, schools, curriculum developers and institutions of higher education can make progress toward placing all children and families on a level playing field in the classroom and beyond.

Our bid was rejected because the Teachers Union stooped common - sense education reforms like allowing more charter public schools and demanding more accountability from teachers in the classroomTeachers Union stooped common - sense education reforms like allowing more charter public schools and demanding more accountability from teachers in the classroomteachers in the classroom.»

· over three quarters of teachers experienced classroom temperatures in excess of 24 degrees on more than a quarter of days during the survey period (four weeks in summer 2011);

Still, education remains a top - tier issue, even as the more pitched battles over charter schools, teacher evaluations and classroom standards for testing have been quietly de-emphasized in recent legislative sessions.

State lawmakers earlier this year agreed to a package of education policy changes that linked test scores to evaluations as well as in - classroom observation and made it more difficult for teachers to obtain tenure.

We have made a start, but we now need to give teachers more freedom over what and how they teach in the classroom.

Minority students across Erie County would do better in school if they saw more teachers who look like them in the classroom or in the halls.

Marching around saying it's «bullshit» whilst our politicians tour their constituencies in stab - proof vests, our bankers screw society for personal gain, our teachers describe classrooms as battlegrounds, our towns and parks have become no - go zones most evenings, our social workers come across the most appalling instances of abuse, just to name but a few of the most obvious examples - well, I think you need to produce a little more than some statistics and a bit of bad language to turn the narrative around.

But in recent weeks, Cuomo has indicated he will begin to emphasize a new direction in education after a legislative session that saw yet more changes to the state's teacher evaluation system that linked performance reviews to tenure as well as student test scores and in - classroom observation.

«Trusting teachers and freeing them up from the daily grind of targets, testing and inspections that change as often as the weather will ensure that there is more time spent on what teachers do best, providing a stimulating and fulfilling experience for all our youngsters ensuring success and interest in the classroom and beyond»

The Cambridge University research for the NUT found a «noticeable change in the climate of schooling» as some teachers offered incentives such as snacks or «credits» towards a day off school in a bid to encourage unruly pupils to pay more attention in the classroom.

The ad goes on to portray workers constructing a building, chefs cooking at a restaurant, and teachers and students interacting in a classroom, with the narrator linking the new casinos to job creation and more money for schools.

A Uniondale High School health teacher has been pulled from the classroom because of a recent Facebook post in which he says he failed two students more than a decade ago — in part because they refused to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance.

The move comes after NYSUT pushed back this year against efforts by Gov. Andrew Cuomo to overhaul the state's teacher evaluation system, with the performance evaluations linked to both standardized test results and in - classroom observation, while also making it more difficult for teachers to obtain and keep tenure.

Teachers in the Kingston City School District returned to the classroom this year with more to think about than usual.