Sentences with phrase «number of teachers they hire»

Why does the number of teachers hired in New York City seem to bear so little relation to the number of students enrolled?

And this has mainly been caused by a dramatic increase in the number of teachers hired per student — a policy that benefits only the unions.»

In fact, they're already using other fund sources to significantly increase the number of teachers they hire.

Not exact matches

The inclusion of a number of almost ridiculous coincidences within the storyline (ie Dwight's ex-wife is Ethan's daughter's teacher, Ethan eventually hires Dwight as his lawyer, etc) certainly doesn't help matters, although it does remain fairly easy to overlook such concerns thanks to the uniformly effective performances (Phoenix is especially good here).

They commonly serve disadvantaged students; they are all under pressure to attract parents and to satisfy a small number of authorizers; one school may deliberately imitate another by adopting a policy that seems to be working in the other school; schools may also imitate one another unconsciously (as when teachers who have worked at one school are hired by another and bring their knowledge with them).

The new policy would have eventually based teachers» salaries in part on evaluations by the principal and a number of outside evaluators hired by the district.

A 2005 study by the New Teacher Project, the national nonprofit organization that works with school districts to recruit high - quality teachers, examined five urban districts and concluded that seniority - based transfer privileges written into contracts often force principals «to hire large numbers of teachers they do not want and who may not be a good fit for the job and their school.»

Most districts trying to reduce teacher turnover and increase the number of well - qualified teachers in their schools have focused on improving hiring and recruitment practices.

43 % of New Teachers in New Jersey Plan to Leave Classroom Teaching; Nearly Half are Mid-Career Entrants At a time when U.S. schools will need to hire over two million new teachers to serve a growing number of students and replace a large cohort of retiring teachers, new research findings from the Harvard Graduate School of Education suggest that 43 % of new teachers do not anticipate staying in the classroom as full - time teachers for their entire Teachers in New Jersey Plan to Leave Classroom Teaching; Nearly Half are Mid-Career Entrants At a time when U.S. schools will need to hire over two million new teachers to serve a growing number of students and replace a large cohort of retiring teachers, new research findings from the Harvard Graduate School of Education suggest that 43 % of new teachers do not anticipate staying in the classroom as full - time teachers for their entire teachers to serve a growing number of students and replace a large cohort of retiring teachers, new research findings from the Harvard Graduate School of Education suggest that 43 % of new teachers do not anticipate staying in the classroom as full - time teachers for their entire teachers, new research findings from the Harvard Graduate School of Education suggest that 43 % of new teachers do not anticipate staying in the classroom as full - time teachers for their entire teachers do not anticipate staying in the classroom as full - time teachers for their entire teachers for their entire careers.

While the declines are not good news for schools — it means they're competing for a smaller number of candidates — a recent paper found that teachers hired during the recent recession tended to be stronger than those hired during better economic times.

The education services industry (which includes teachers) is one that, according to the most recent data, can be characterized as having a high amount of job openings and a low number of hires.

The numbers have shifted a bit since 2008, partly in response to a fall in teacher hiring in the wake of the last recession, but there are still far more new teachers in the classroom than there were two decades ago.

The number - one quality that probably binds all of our principals in hiring teachers is measuring the candidate's willingness to self - reflect, which is why all of our teachers first have to do a sample lesson before they get hired.

Choice schools, moreover, need not hire teachers on the basis of governmental criteria used by public schools such as the number of education courses completed.

At a time when U.S. schools will need to hire over two million new teachers to serve a growing number of students and replace a large cohort of retiring teachers, new research findings from the Harvard Graduate School of Education suggest that 43 % of new teachers do not anticipate staying in the classroom as full - time teachers for their entire careers.

Faced with difficulties recruiting enough certified teachers, many school districts hired large numbers of uncertified teachers.

Pensions could be paid if districts hired large numbers of new teachers — and encouraged many of them to leave before their contributions fully vested.

The two populations — uncertified and AC teachers — differ in a number of ways: AC teachers are less likely to be black or Hispanic, tend to be several years younger when hired, and attended colleges with substantially higher median SAT scores (see Figure 1).

Within this decade, U.S. schools will have to hire 2 million teachers to replace those leaving the profession and to accommodate a growing number of students.

A number of states greatly expanded emergency permits to allow hiring of untrained teachers to meet these demands — which is the classic definition of shortage.

The campaign is a collaboration between DPS, Denver - based charter management organizations (CMOs), the Denver Mayor's Office, and local foundations to accelerate efforts to substantially increase the number of teachers and leaders of color hired and retained in Denver's schools.

When large numbers of teachers can not pass the tests, schools are almost compelled to hire them on emergency permits.»

After offering substantial financial incentives, they identified a subset of the high value - added teachers willing to move between schools and recruited a larger number of low - income schools willing to hire the high - value - added teachers.

He raises a number of issues including his assertion that states should be responsible for the hiring and employment of teachers and that school boards should devote themselves to the improvement of student learning and should not concern themselves with the running of schools.

The teachers in an edfirm have full authority to decide how they spend their revenue, including the amount of space they rent from the school district, the nature and amount of learning resources they buy or rent, and the number and types of staff they hire.

Adamowski and his lackeys at the National Council on Teacher Quality (he's on the board, which he did not disclose when he hired them to assess Hartford schools) stated that it would be better if districts just cut the number of paid sick days teachers have.

Differentiated hiring plans relate to a new system for professional growth in which teachers are promoted based on performance over time rather than simply years of service, number of graduate level credits earned, etc..

However, the large number of teachers being hired as «alternatively certified» should offer us an opportunity to find out.

The mandate, however, did not come with an appropriation of additional funds to hire more teachers or to build out more spaces to accommodate the increased number of classrooms.

State austerity measures resulted in eliminating support staff, reducing the number of new teacher hires, and increasing class sizes.Hussar, W. J., & Bailey, T. M. (2014).

These are likely only very crude estimates of the actual number of teachers who will be hired and the number of new teachers who will be required, but it is illustrative to consider trends.

This new report, produced by the National Center for Education Statistics, covers six different areas: elementary and secondary enrollment; enrollment in degree - granting postsecondary institutions; high school graduates; degrees conferred; elementary and secondary teachers (including the number of teachers in elementary and secondary schools as well as student - teacher ratios and new teacher hires); and expenditures of public elementary and secondary schools.

Thousands of Chicago teachers, for instance, have felt the sting of layoffs and furloughs in the past two years, even as the massive Chicago Public School system, bound by contract, continues to annually hire a specified number of TFA corps members.

Matt, enough... You of all people know that AF schools discriminate against non-English speaking families, they refuse to take their fair share of students who need special education services, they out - migrate any students with behavioral issues, they engage in discipline policies that most would consider child abuse, they refuse to hire or certify their teachers in appropriate numbers...

Because the school was seen as in danger of closing, it was difficult to attract candidates, so she hired a number of brand - new teachers, which created its own difficulties, she said.

Applications are dropping and costs are up as independent schools wage a facilities arms race and try to deal with escalating technology and staffing costs — at Catholic schools, because the number of nuns is down 72 percent since the mid 1960s, and they have gone from comprising most of the teachers to fewer than 2 percent of them, requiring the hiring of higher - paid lay teachers.

These schools face a small number of undesirable options: increase class sizes, cancel classes, or hire underprepared teachers.

The number of African - American teachers remained the same and one less Asian teacher was hired.

However, mandating small class sizes means hiring more teachers to get to an ideal number of students per class.

Overwhelming numbers of California voters supported many of the same policy solutions as school districts, including loan forgiveness and service scholarships, mentoring and support for recently hired teachers, and expanding residency - type programs.

Removing seniority as a factor in hiring decisions when considering teacher transfer requests, and reducing the number of transfer rounds from two to one

Furthermore, overwhelming numbers of voters supported many of the same policy solutions as school districts, including loan forgiveness and service scholarships to incentivize new teachers to enter the field (85 %) and mentoring and support for recently hired teachers to increase their retention (90 %).

Hispanic and Asians candidates were hired at a proportional rate to the number of applicants, making the imbalance unique to black teachers.

Given the size of the displacements this year due to budgetary reasons, drops in enrollment, school actions and relatively small number of vacancies for which schools are hiring, we felt it most important to offer this service and support to our recently displaced teachers as they have had a condensed time period to search for work compared to teachers displaced in prior years.

Ms. DeJesus, of the teachers» union, said she thought almost every city school needed to hire one or two teachers, which would put the numbers required in the «thousands.»

The number was so high because inner - city schools like ours tend to have a disproportionate share of teachers just starting their careers, and in last year's layoffs, the most recently hired were the first to receive pink slips.

The paper highlights a number of steps BPS can take to improve the recruitment, hiring, and retention of teachers of color, including many that the district undertook to successfully increase teacher diversity in the late 1990s and that can be reinstated.

Increasing the number of teachers of color requires intentional preparation and hiring, providing ongoing support, and addressing college affordability.

He also noted that Montgomery's starting teacher salaries lag behind several Washington - area jurisdictions, which he said could be an issue as the school district prepares to hire a large number of teachers.

A large number of school districts still struggle to hire qualified teachers, especially in subjects such as special education, math and science.