Sentences with phrase «of teachers ranked»

It had 1728 queries about data and 28 % of its teachers ranked below the Effective level.

The American Federation of Teachers ranked 25th in campaign spending with almost $ 12 million.

She rightly condemned the public release of teacher rankings based on student test scores in New York City.

Not exact matches

Among their ranks are MP Erin O'Toole (captain, Canadian Armed Forces), Jim Leech, CEO of the Ontario Teachers» Pension Plan (RMC graduate), Tim Hodgson, former CEO of Goldman Sachs Canada (reserve officer, Canadian Armed Forces), and Larry Stevenson, former CEO of Chapters (captain, Canadian Airborne Regiment).

This case in not about the need to separate church and state; it's about the need to separate ignorant, scientifically illiterate people from the ranks of teachers.»

As for the well - known «medicine men and women» who travel with their groupies and for - profit organizations, Ramona Soto Rank, Klamath tribal member and director for the Affiliated Tribes of the Northwest, likes to remind seekers after authentic Native healers and spiritual teachers that these individuals seldom speak of themselves in such terms.

Eliot somewhat overstates his case in omitting mention of numerous clerical executives who had come up through the academic ranks as scholars and teachers.

The unintended consequence of these supportive actions have opened a virtual Pandora's box, revealing a smorgasboard of s@xu = al depravity that runs the gamut from NAMBLA to growing ranks of pedophile teachers, emboldened by the brazen behaviors seen in «Pride parades» and an increasingly risque mainstream media that panders to the lowest common denominator in entertainment.

The teachers here constitute a distinct estate or rank, mentioned before the clergy proper, and called collectively «the choir of teachers.»

A teacher leaned over to the new freshman mother and said, «Don't worry, freshman are not aware of the rankings.»

Find out how you can join the ranks of happy Music Together teachers worldwide!

As for non-credit schools and classes, the basics rank high among hot topics to be taught this fall, says veteran teacher Jean True, owner of True Cuisine in Glen Ellyn.

Commenting on the use of the English Baccalaureate as a new method of ranking schools, Christine Blower, General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers the largest teachers» unioTeachers the largest teachers» unioteachers» union, said;

Last week, teachers voted to keep the Caucus of Rank - and - File Educators at the helm of the Chicago Teacherteachers voted to keep the Caucus of Rank - and - File Educators at the helm of the Chicago TeachersTeachers Union.

Lee, a public school parent, was the Movement of Rank and File Educators (MORE) candidate for president of the United Federation of Teachers union in 2016.

That law allowed for the pensions of subsequently elected legislators to be taken after a criminal conviction, and defined «public official» in a way that also included rank - and - file state employees but excluded police officers, firefighters and teachers.

The union broke rank with the state organization New York State United Teachers, when it endorsed law professor Zephy Teachout instead of Governor Cuomo.

This is not spin, but the subtler work of explaining what it's doing and why: «There are no natural teacher - politicians in its ranks».

The departing schools chancellor, Joel I. Klein, defended the release of the rankings in an e-mail to school staff members, acknowledging that they had limitations but calling them «the fairest systemwide way we have to assess the real impact of teachers on student learning.»

She said even if they are not connected to the rankings of teachers and students, they are useful in finding out the weak points in instruction.

Betsy Combier, a paralegal who defends accused teachers, contends Mulgrew has avoided scrutiny: «Rank - and - file members resent the secrecy around something that should be celebrated,» she said of the marriage.

Open Secrets, a project of the nonprofit Center for Responsive Politics, ranks the American Federation of Teachers and the National Education Association — the nation's largest teachers unions — as the 9th and 11th most generous givers to Democrats out of more than 18,000 super PACs during the 2016 electioTeachers and the National Education Association — the nation's largest teachers unions — as the 9th and 11th most generous givers to Democrats out of more than 18,000 super PACs during the 2016 electioteachers unions — as the 9th and 11th most generous givers to Democrats out of more than 18,000 super PACs during the 2016 election cycle.

THERE ARE many teachers like Jia Lee, a member of the Movement of Rank and File Educators caucus inside the UFT, who disagree with the concessionary strategy of their union's leadership.

The ranks of the anti-Cuomo protestors were stronger, with more than 1,000 teachers and public education advocates marching through the Empire State Plaza concourse, clogging security checkpoints into the Capitol and rallying on the Million Dollar Staircase in a boisterous protest of the governor's plan.

Example 2 A tin of ideal milk was 90p then and cents 2.5 today, meaning this same rank could enable the teacher afford 277 tins in 2008 but 440 tins now.

A new posted and yet to be promoted diploma teacher (at a rank of Snr Supt 2) was taking home cents 247 in September 2008.

His education commissioner, Stefan Pryor, is unpopular with some rank - and - file teachers because of his support for charter schools and for the way that reforms were carried out in recent years.

«The Chautauqua Lake Central School District has consistently ranked among the top school districts in the region and has one of the lowest pupil - teacher ratios.

We sit down with the candidates in groups of three to learn why they are running, to hear their platforms, and to explore their ideas for improving struggling schools and increasing the ranks of teachers of color in the district.

The Movement of Rank and File Educators (MORE - UFT) voted unanimously at our last General Body meeting to propose that the United Federation of Teachers, instead of sitting out this gubernatorial race, endorse the pro-public education platform presented by Howie Hawkins for Governor and Brian Jones for Lieutenant Governor.

Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña, the New York City teacher who rose through the ranks to head the largest school system in the country, announced on Dec. 21 that she would retire by the end of the academic year.

If a teacher is rated ineffective on either of those two components, they can not be ranked effective overall, and can only be ranked what's known as «developing.»

Ranking toward the bottom of the survey — Buffalo developer Carl Paladino, deputy mayor Steve Casey and last — Buffalo Teacher Federation President Phil Rumore.

I am requesting that the Department of Education send a high ranking official to address the teachers, parents and students and answer any questions regarding the current choice of principal.

On his Jan. 4 weekly radio show, shortly after the launch of the UFT's new TV ad campaign urging him to come to an agreement on teacher evaluations, Mayor Bloomberg compared the union to the National Rifle Association, claiming both organizations are out of touch with their rank and file.

But really better training of science teachers, better pay for teachers, more investment in school infrastructure, building, science equipment — that's a huge challenge for the nation, in which we are clearly losing internationally just by every ranking; we do much less well than we should.

Other researchers point to the model of Finland, where educational theories, research methodologies and practice are all important parts of teacher education, according to Pasi Sahlberg, who in 2011 wrote Finnish Lessons, an account of how the country rebuilt its education system and rose to the top of international math and literacy rankings.

Because it is true in education that what gets tested gets taught, ATC21S is preparing for the international hand - wringing from low - ranked countries by offering videos of classrooms where the researchers say teachers and students are getting it right.

When you graduate from this program, you'll join the ranks of some of the most successful, effective, and fulfilled meditation teachers on the planet.

«As a former elementary teacher, I've had lots of professional development and my experience with Integrative Nutrition ranked at the top.

From your first class until the day, perhaps, that you decide to join the ranks of Yoga Yoga Teacher Training graduates, we are here to serve the needs of our students and the yoga community at large.

After one of the students attempts suicide, however, the director of the school has no choice but to call for an emergency parents» meeting to remove the teacher, but because Ms. Drazdechova is also a high - ranking official of the Communist Party, parents are hesitant to sign a petition to transfer her out.

Less flashy, unlikely to cause the uproar and division we viewed in his body of work give, I had originally ranked Michael Haneke's Code Unknown (second part of the double bill) somewhere in the The Time of the Wolf pack, several notches below Funny Games, Cache and The Piano Teacher.

At Paris's Opera Populaire in 1870, a young, clear - voiced soprano named Christine Daaé (Emmy Rossum) leaps from the ranks of Madame Giry's (a somber, heavily French - accented Miranda Richardson) ballet chorus to the center stage spotlight, thanks to the tutelage of a mysterious teacher — the titular Phantom (Gerard Butler), a musical genius whose facial disfigurement keeps him living behind a mask and deep in the tunnels underneath the opera house.

Di, whose gimlet eyes calculate the precise rank of each girl in the St. Mathilda's social hierarchy, is too besotted with Miss G to notice that the teacher's tales of adventure sound a little off.

There is a sizable jump up in teachers» average percentile rank to 50 for the 2008 cohort (see Figure 1), driven mainly by the proportion of teachers with SAT scores that fall in the top quartile of the distribution.

In a new international study1, the UK ranks among the highest in terms of time teachers spend on admin, which could otherwise be used teaching in the classroom.

The same folks who gave us a system that ranked 99 % of teachers as effective and which left teachers with no objective defense against politics at the school - leader level.

Arkansas ranks fourth among the 50 states and the District of Columbia for its efforts to improve teacher quality.

We can compare the distributions of percentile ranks of SAT scores over time for new teachers entering the workforce the year after receiving their bachelor's degree (beginning teaching in the 1993 — 94, 2000 — 01, and 2008 — 09 school years) to those of other college graduates in the same cohort working full time the year following graduation.