Sentences with phrase «numbers of teachers»

Change involves some risk and given the large numbers of teachers who voted to ratify the contract they obviously feel it is worth the risk.

In schools where ICs are working with larger numbers of teachers, it is extremely difficult for coaches meeting with individual teachers to have a measureable impact on overall student achievement.

«There is simply no evidence to support the assertion that large numbers of teachers are not performing well, despite a hostile climate, with pressure from Ofsted and workload at unsustainable levels.

Because of the high numbers of teachers needed in England's schools and the high level of staff turnover - about 7 - 8 % of the workforce - between 35,000 and 40,000 newly trained teachers are needed every year, experts say.

Goals around increasing the numbers of teachers in mathematics, science, special education and other hard - to - staff subjects were dismissed as weak because they included no steps for achieving them or benchmarks by which progress could be measured.

The space asking for numbers of teachers is often left blank, and administrative expenditures in 2016 were underreported by more than $ 4 million.

They'll be told that their schools» test scores are about to fall off a cliff and that huge numbers of teachers, thanks to new evaluation systems, are about to be rated as ineffective.

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

It compares the findings about numbers of teachers working in a library role with the overall teacher cohort in terms of location, school sector and socio - economic status of schools.

Around the globe, increasing numbers of teachers and school leaders are flipping their classes.

Attention to test scores in the value - added estimation raises issues of the narrowness of the tests, of the limited numbers of teachers in tested subjects and grades, of the accuracy of linking teachers and students, and of the measurement errors in the achievement tests.

Districts equalize the numbers of teachers working in schools, so the schools in low - income neighborhoods don't get extra slots to compensate for the inexperience of their teachers.

For example, since last year's election, there has been a notable increase in female candidates in Massachusetts, as well as record numbers of teachers in Oklahoma leaving the classroom for the campaign trail.

They also will help develop training programs for the large numbers of teachers who follow.

So, the numbers of teachers who are leaving, and when they leave, in both of those areas — whether it's primary or secondary, and within subject areas — is likely to be very different.

The numbers of teachers in Scotland has increased by 506 following the government's investment in schools through the Attainment Scotland Fund, statistics show.

Nontrivial numbers of teachers also have experience in industry, science, and universities.

Larger numbers of teachers would be included in more promising Phase 2 validation experiments.

Because of limited resources, including numbers of teachers and students, those schools struggle to offer breadth in the curriculum.

Various Phase 1 experiments could be run through it, with small numbers of teachers at first, so that many experiments could be run concurrently.

We offer education institutions a discount for multiple unit orders thus allowing large numbers of teachers and pupils to unleash their creative potential!

«And, that's often still missing - we still have a work organisation that is based on the Industrial Age, you know where we have fixed classroom hours, numbers of teachers and students and so on.

They shared smaller incentives among large numbers of teachers and principals rather than giving larger awards to the highest - achieving staff.

By contrast, roughly equal numbers of teachers would choose salary increases as would choose class - size reduction.

Rather, their deep - seated incentive structures focus them on either increasing their prestige by doing more academic research or on serving as cash cows for their parent institutions by enrolling large numbers of teachers and then serving them at a very low cost.

According to the latest figures from the National Audit Office, the numbers of teachers leaving the profession have increased by 11 per cent during the past three years.

Our members report that growing numbers of teachers are leaving the classroom due to increased levels of bureaucracy and a dramatic deterioration in student behaviour.

Those who want to reward teachers on the basis of measured performance should consider whether it is worth the trouble and expense to implement value - added assessment if the only outcome is to reward small numbers of teachers.

In a blog post dated March 29, 2011, Diane Ravitch makes the same point: «The gains under Rhee were no greater than the gains registered under her predecessor Clifford Janey, who did not use Rhee's high - powered tactics, such as firing massive numbers of teachers.»

Finally, teachers object strongly to the massive amount of reporting and editorializing abot MCAS results and believe that the unfair comparisons drawn between urban districts and affluent suburban communities are destructive to the educational climate and demoralizing to vast numbers of teachers, students, and parents.

And, that's often still missing — we still have a work organisation that is based on the Industrial Age, you know where we have fixed classroom hours, numbers of teachers and students and so on.

A speech made by Mary Bousted, general secretary of the ATL, questioned former Secretary of State Education Michael Gove's intentions when in the position, stating that «not only are record numbers of teachers leaving the profession mid-career, but there is also a crisis of teacher supply».

The ACWP report suggests this may be down to differences in primary and secondary school environments where:» teachers tend to teach larger numbers of students, and students have to deal with larger numbers of teachers.»

With this logic in mind, we examined the effect of the New York City school - wide merit pay program at schools with different numbers of teachers with test - taking students.

The Labour Party claims that the so called «teacher crisis» is being worsened by record numbers of teachers leaving the profession, with 50,000 reportedly leaving this year alone.

Also, numbers of teachers are very good, and they are miserably paid.

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.»

For instance, roughly equal numbers of teachers were praised for seemingly opposing characteristics, such as «dedicated» and «easygoing.»

Turns out, a shrinking enrollment among the student body in Buffalo Public Schools does not equate to shrinking numbers of teachers and staff.

Commenting on the publication by the Department for Education (DfE) of «National Standards of Excellence for Headteachers», Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union in the UK, said: «With increasing difficulties in recruiting new headteachers, and with record numbers of teachers wanting to leave the profession, the Coalition Government has failed to recognise the damaging effect of its policies on the morale and confidence of teachers and school leaders.

«Despite the fact that women predominate in terms of numbers of teachers, this research confirms that it is men who are passported to early career success and rapid promotion.

Research by the National Association of Teachers of Religious Education has found that one in three schools will significantly reduce the resources and numbers of teachers it dedicates to RE.

Chris Keates, NASUWT General Secretary, said: «It's wholly unacceptable that increasing numbers of teachers are reporting that they are being told that being abused and assaulted is part of the job.

While this is almost certainly not what the compilers intend, it is almost certain to be read that way by large numbers of teachers.

«Yes, you can fund a reasonable number of teachers, or firemen, or whatever cutesy thing you want to use to make it seem important, but spread out across the whole system it will not have a significant impact.»

The real estate site Redfin published a widely read blog post that said the number of teachers in San Francisco who could afford a house was exactly zero.

Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear.

A recent seminar in Religion, Drama and Literature at Drew University, held with the help of the Danforth Foundation under the auspices of the Commission on Literature of the National Council of Churches, attracted a good number of teachers of English.

The multigenerational list of those who would have been flushed away is incomplete but includes a doctor, a medical student, several nurses, and an even greater number of teachers, plus a headmaster, two scientists, a systems engineer, a musician, an occupational therapist, a dental technician, a physiotherapist, a draftsman, some pastors, and several skilled tradesmen.

Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear», thus ushering the Great Apostasy, then the end will come!