Sentences with phrase «new teacher candidates»

Misti is a mentor teacher for new teacher candidates from California State University, Dominguez Hills and has also mentored teachers from USC and UCLA.

Have local districts play a role in alternative teacher preparation by offering apprenticeships that combine university coursework with extensive classroom experience as a way of attracting new teacher candidates, including those who will enter the profession as a second career.

A majority also see the quantity of new teacher candidates decreasing, and more view the quality of those candidates as decreasing rather than increasing (p. 31).

New teacher candidates today are spending nearly $ 5 billion and 302 million hours of their time on requirements that won't help them become a good teacher.

It has only held one program accountable for its consistently low performance by reducing the number of new teacher candidates that the institution could admit.

An initiative of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Teachers Project, the Meritorious New Teacher Candidate program is the first regional reciprocal - licensing agreement in the country.

A new teacher candidate in Finland, for example, is given a copy of the elementary school curriculum, and the training over four years gives teachers deep understanding of the specific content they will teach at each grade and subject, including all the possible questions and misunderstandings students might have about that curriculum.

Not exact matches

For certification as a school nurse - teacher, a candidate must possess a bachelor's degree, have completed six semester hours of professional education courses, hold a registered nursing license in the state of New York, have participated in the child abuse identification and school violence prevention workshops, and have fingerprint clearance.

Mrozek, who's listed as an election district director on the New York State United Teachers website, detailed several ways members could support Small in her race against Republican candidate Chris Jacobs, including distributing literature at the homecoming football game, displaying lawn signs and volunteering for phone bank shifts.

Green Party of New York Gubernatorial candidate Howie Hawkins talks about key campaign issue and introduces Lee, a public school teacher and union activist, who discusses the importance of Education to the campaign.

In an election year in which the front - running Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Cuomo is pitching a statewide property tax cap, New York State United Teachers» backing of Mangan may be calibrated to remind Democratic leaders of the union's political clout.

In the memo that became public last Friday, Sugarman said de Blasio and his team had worked with the New York Hotel Trades Council union, the United Federation of Teachers, and political consultants to channel at least $ 971,000 in 2014 to three upstate Democratic senate candidates.

Photo Credit: The Suffolk Democratic Committee returned a $ 100,000 union campaign contribution from The New York State United Teachers during the 2014 election because the union sought to steer the money to Democratic State Senate candidate Adrienne Esposito in possible violation of state election law, according to documents and Suffolk Democratic officials.

Here's teachers - union cat's - paw Zephyr Teachout, the ludicrous left's candidate for New York governor last year, on the topic:

This system already exists in New York City, and it has enabled dozens of grassroots community advocates - including librarians, teachers and tenant leaders - to challenge corporate - backed candidates and win election to city office.

An independent expenditure committee aligned with the New York State United Teachers union has dropped hundreds of thousands of dollars on mailers and TV ads bolstering Democratic state Senate candidates running in key swing districts.

In a final burst of campaign spending, the New York State United Teachers union over the weekend shelled $ 575,272 on mailers for Democratic candidates since Friday.

This development leaves the United Federation of Teachers (UFT) along with education reform advocates without a candidate to support in the general election, according to the New York Daily News.

In the final count for what had been a close battle for town council seats, incumbent R / C / I candidate Barbara Zell retained her seat with a final count of 1181, and former Onteora teacher Michael Boms, now at SUNY New Paltz, won a seat with 1118 votes.

«There will be no letters of support from New Windsor residents who recall Dubaldi as mastermind of baseless attacks on candidates Chris Eachus, a respected NFA teacher he accused of supporting child molesters, or Diane Newlander, who wanted a dog park, or Bonnie Brennan, a respected international civil rights attorney and domestic abuse victim he accused of being a criminal.»

The 2016 presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo - Addo, has assured nursing and teacher trainees across the country of the full restoration of their allowances if he is voted into power.

The New York State United Teachers union on Thursday issued endorsements in a slew of congressional and state legislative campaigns, backing candidates in battleground races, but also staying clear of some others.

... the teachers» union leadership opposed any alternative candidate to the governor in last year's election, from the mild - mannered liberal Democrat Zephyr Teachout who challenged Cuomo in the party primary, to the radical Green Party ticket of Howie Hawkins and Brian Jones, who is himself a former New York City teacher.

Teachers College, Columbia University (that's the way they write their name, apparently), Young Audiences New York and One Percent for Culture hosted a mayoral candidate forum on July 30th focused on The Future of Education, Arts and Culture in New York City.

Free all - day programs can also be a lifeline to parents struggling with sky - high child care costs, points out Brian Jones, a former New York City elementary school teacher, current Green Party candidate for lieutenant governor of New York State, and parent of a young child approaching preschool age.

The New York Badass Teachers Association announced its endorsement of Green Party candidate for governor, Howie Hawkins.

New York State United Teachers opted not to endorse Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Republican challenger Rob Astorino or any of the minor party contenders, including Green Party candidate Howie Hawkins.

She drew comparisons to New York Green Party gubernatorial candidate Howie Hawkins, who pushed the debate on fracking into the daylight and won surprise endorsements from the New York's public employee newspaper, The Chief, four democratic clubs, and six teachers unions.

Weingarten, former president of New York City's United Federation of Teachers, voiced a last - minute robocall supporting current lieutenant governor Hochul last September when the former Buffalo congresswoman faced what appeared to be a serious challenge from an anti-Cuomo insurgent candidate, Tim Wu, in the Democratic primary.

These so - called «independent expenditure» campaigns are a growing force in New York elections: The New York State United Teachers union spent over $ 4 million to boost mostly Democratic candidates in 2012, and two downstate Super PACs spent over $ 500,000 supporting Duanesburg Democrat Cecilia Tkaczyk's bid for state Senate.

The Green Party candidate for Lieutenant Governor, Brian Jones, a teacher and union member from New York City, strongly criticized the temporary moratorium until 2017 on including student performance on Common Core - aligned test scores in the state - mandated teacher evaluation system.

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

The Green Party candidate for Lieutenant Governor, Brian Jones, a teacher and union member from New York City, added strong criticism of the temporary moratorium on including student performance on Common Core - aligned test scores in the state - mandated teacher evaluation system until 2017.

Earlier Thursday, New York State United Teachers announced it would not endorse a gubernatorial candidate.

MIDTOWN — The school year is almost over, but New York's mayoral candidates are gearing up for a long summer courting the city's teachers.

The Buffalo union, along with its parent group New York State United Teachers, funneled thousands of dollars and other resources into the races, backing candidates who seemed willing to resolve the contract dispute.

It was paid for by VOTE - COPE, the campaign arm of the New York State United Teachers, and sent to voters in the districts of Republican Sen. Mark Grisanti of Buffalo and Hudson Valley GOP candidates Sue Serino and Terrence Murphy.

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

Independent expenditures were also used by New York State United Teachers to support four Democratic candidates, including Sen. Joe Addabbo, who was re-elected in Queens, and Terry Gipson, who ousted Sen. Steve Saland, R - Poughkeepsie.

New Jersey's alternative - certification plan, which allows prospective teachers to bypass traditional teacher - training programs, has attracted nearly 1,000 candidates, one fouth of whom are from the state's parochial and private schools, a state education official reported last week.

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.

Jay Mathews describes some of the reasons that interest in teaching may have grown among the best college students: fast - start teacher training programs like Teach for America, new teacher training programs that offer instruction tailored for teachers entering inner city schools, and teaching residencies in which candidates work with experienced teachers for a year.

About half of the 15 candidates in Harvard's new Teacher Fellows program are students of color, according to Katherine K. Merseth, a Harvard Graduate School of Education professor who designed the program.

He said that reading the portfolios and working with new teachers not only gives him a good picture of the certification candidates but also helps him assess his own performance, even after 25 years in the classroom.

About half of the 15 candidates in Harvard's new Teacher Fellows program are students of color, according to Katherine K. Merseth, a...

Because only 10 % of applicants pass the rigorous admission system, the story goes, the secret is to recruit new teachers from the top decile of available candidates...

The most common entry ages are 23 and 24, just after candidates complete college (California requires most new teachers to go through a Master's program before earning a license).

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.

Tuition tax credits and changes in the state's teacher - pension system are among the issues that divide New York's gubernatorial candidates, Lieut. Gov. Mario M. Cuomo, the nominee of the Democratic and Liberal parties, and Lewis Lehrman, who will be on the ballot as a Republican, a Conservative, and an independent.

As part of his campaign plan for lifting children out of poverty, Democratic presidential candidate Bill Bradley recently proposed spending more on child care and early - childhood education, guaranteeing health care for all children, and creating a new program to recruit teachers for urban and rural districts.