Sentences with phrase «of revamping teacher»

Thanks to the unwillingness of most suburban district leaders to embrace the underlying tenets of the No Child Left Behind Act — and their efforts to perpetuate the myth that traditional districts in the «burbs are doing just fine — they have ignored the innovations (including in the area of revamping teacher compensation) embraced by more reform - minded districts in big cities.

(The paper, though, did not look at new teachers in the current era of revamped teacher evaluations — a form of more individualized accountability and higher stakes.)

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You can be sure I will be lobbying the Board of Regents over the coming months as they begin their new task of assembling a revamped teacher evaluation plan.

Success also revamped its website this week, creating an intricate «virtual tour» of Harlem Success 1, which includes videos of teacher demonstrations and interviews with Moskowitz.

Silver's opinion on revamping teacher evaluations was unclear, but he opposed the education tax credit and increasing the number of charter schools.

«We have students developing schools in India, working with Boston Public Schools and the Boston Teacher Union to develop deeper learning professional development in Boston, working with the state of Connecticut to revamp teacher prep, and so forth,» MehtTeacher Union to develop deeper learning professional development in Boston, working with the state of Connecticut to revamp teacher prep, and so forth,» Mehtteacher prep, and so forth,» Mehta said.

But perhaps most substantially, there is a growing awareness in the world of education reform that the big battles over getting new teacher - evaluation laws passed or school accountability systems implemented are not the end of the story («The Teacher Evaluation Revamp, In Hindsight,» features, Springteacher - evaluation laws passed or school accountability systems implemented are not the end of the story («The Teacher Evaluation Revamp, In Hindsight,» features, SpringTeacher Evaluation Revamp, In Hindsight,» features, Spring 2017).

Former Obama staffer Chad Aldeman took to the pages of Education Next to observe that Obama's aggressive push to revamp teacher evaluation turned into something of a hash in an unusually honest mea culpa (full disclosure: I'm an executive editor with EdNext).

That surprise reversal can be attributed to at least four factors: a wave of new research on teacher quality, philanthropic interest in boosting teacher effectiveness, efforts by advocacy groups and policymakers to revamp state laws on evaluation, and political pressure to dismiss poorly performing teachers.

In 2003 schools chancellor Joel Klein appointed her and the project, through a no - bid three - year $ 5.4 million contract, to the task of revamping the way literacy skills are taught in more than 100 district schools, including most of those in Brooklyn and Queens, the project's mission is to retrain — through onsite workshops, leadership seminars, curricular materials, and an intensive summer institute — primary and upper - grade teachers, administrators from principals up through district superintendents, and central department policymakers.

In addition, Florida embraced sensible education reforms such as alternative teacher certification, the curtailment of social promotion for students lacking basic literacy skills and the revamping of literacy instruction.

The board in Kentucky that certifies teachers is moving to revamp a code of conduct for school employees to prohibit dating, kissing, or sexual intercourse with students.

After 13 years away from the position of program director, Merseth is back this year, and already revamping the T.E.P.'s curriculum to equip teachers with the tools essential to the needs of urban education today.

The plan has since been revamped to include, among other things, compensation for teams of teachers who have a role in moving kids and schools forward.

The U.S. Department of Education has given grants to 20 universities to revamp their special education teacher - preparation programs, a step the department says is key to increasing the numbers of highly qualified teachers in that field.

In New York State, for example, as of late 2015 only one tenured teacher had been fired through its revamped evaluation and dismissal process.

If the extension makes it into the final spending bills for fiscal year 2011, advocates say, that could mean more states will take the reform - minded steps emphasized in the Race to the Top program, such as revamping their teacher - evaluation systems and lifting caps on charter schools, in order to get a slice of the competitive grants.

In order to meet the standards of federal legislation such as No Child Left Behind and Race to the Top ~ state departments of education have revamped a great deal of their educational infrastructure such as assessment programs and teacher certifications.

Then, nearly a decade ago, he became commissioner in Massachusetts, where he embraced the Common Core, revamped teacher evaluation, and championed turnaround strategies for some of the state's most - challenged districts.

Jon Wilson, a head teacher of Duffryn High School, Newport, told the BBC that he has asked for the buildings at his school to be revamped for the past 13 years with no action taken, warning that a «whole generation of schools» across Wales are in a similar situation.

Revamp our funding mechanisms to let teachers assemble their own curricula from numerous individual sources instead of forcing them to rely on single comprehensive packages from national textbook factories.

This realization that relationships matter when it comes to student success is exactly why Mapp is now on a personal quest to revamp the open house in America — to make this time - honored back - to - school event a useful tool for parents and teachers and not just something a school ticks off as «done» at the beginning of the year.

Chalkbeat Colorado has an excellent rundown of what's happening under Colorado's revamped teacher evaluation law.

The initiatives we have emphasized in policy discussions — class - size reduction, curriculum revamping, reorganization of school schedule, investment in technology — all fall far short of the impact that good teachers can have in the classroom.

In weighing their options, members of the new administration would do well to read Chad Aldeman's reflections on their predecessors» efforts to overhaul how American teachers are evaluated, an agenda the Obama team pursued through a series of incentives for states devised within the executive branch (see «The Teacher Evaluation Revamp, in Hindsight,» features).

In my piece I cited a randomized controlled trial of the Teacher Incentive Fund (TIF), which provided competitive grants for districts to revamp their evaluation and compensation systems.

Aldeman is the author of «The Teacher Evaluation Revamp, In Hindsight,» which will appear in the Spring 2017 issue of Education Next.

A series of violent incidents in the city's schools — including contentious encounters involving police — have eroded trust and divided some students, teachers, and administrators, making the district's efforts to revamp school security challenging.

The promise of federal money has prodded 11 states to revamp their laws to allow for more charter schools, for new plans to remake failing schools, and to create more incentives to attract better teachers.

[33] The system is now going to revamp teacher evaluations, removing the third party evaluator and instead placing control in the hands of principals whose own skills and abilities are often sorely lacking.

Gov. Chris Christie repeatedly has said education reform will be his top priority of the lame duck session, including proposals for revamping how teacher tenure is granted and retained.

Daniel Loeb, Paul Singer and dozens of other hedge - fund managers have poured millions of dollars into promoting charter schools in New York City and into groups that want to revamp pension plans for government workers, including teachers.

Although Grier has not touted master's degrees for teachers, he and his staff have worked with the University of St. Thomas and the University of Houston to revamp their graduate programs for principals.

The Republican governor supports the teacher - tenure initiative as part of a broader «reform agenda» that calls for revamping...

House lawmakers adopted a bill putting a one - year pause on revamping Michigan's teacher evaluation system Thursday, and required that when the new system takes effect, student testing makes up half of teachers» scores.

Green Dot allowed teachers to approve the new evaluations, as part of a revamped employment contract.

The state affiliate of the National Education Association, which had worked closely with state officials in the first round, is opposing the second - round application over concerns about a legislative proposal that would significantly revamp how teachers are evaluated.

Despite some victories this year — passage of a state ballot measure for more school funding and a revamped L.A. school board that the union perceives as more «teacher - friendly» — many instructors said they felt beaten down by large classes, staff cutbacks, rising teacher dismissals and public disrespect.

In New York, Commissioner of Education David M. Steiner and the state board of regents this month put forward a broad package of changes that would include revamping the state's standards - and - assessment system, raising the cap on the number of charter schools, allowing additional institutions to train teachers and principals, and setting new demands for districts to turn around low - performing schools.

After 39 applicants went home losers from the first round of the Race to the Top competition, many states regrouped and raised the stakes for round two — changing laws to revamp teacher evaluations, drumming up more support from districts and teachers» unions, and getting more aggressive about turning around low - performing schools.

We can revamp our teacher evaluation systems and fire all of the «bad» teachers in our midst tomorrow but it will not make an appreciable impact on the quality of education for our students.

This revamped approach to the training, support, and assessment of teacher candidates has demonstrated that it is possible to meaningfully assess and differentiate first - year teacher performance and make sound certification and retention decisions based on the evidence.

The scores are so skewed and out of alignment with the reality of what real writing entails that, in the spirit of justice and fairness, it should either be completely revamped by teachers or eliminated.

Without No Child, there would be no Common Core, no overhaul of teacher evaluations (or focus on revamping how we recruit, train, and compensate teachers), or no expansion of school choice options.

How Music Got Free: The End of an Industry, the Turn of the Century, and the Patient Zero of Piracy: Be they school choice advocates or activists for revamping teacher quality or even standards and accountability proponents, many reformers have a tendency to believe that their favored solution will transform American public education.

Revamping the tenure system will rid Connecticut schools of ineffective teachers.

Arizona's state officials publicly sparred with the administration after it was threatened with being placed into high - risk status for refusing to count graduation rates for 20 percent of a school's ranking on the state's new accountability system (versus 15 percent), and for not revamping its teacher evaluation system to meet the waiver's requirement.

• Stand for Children has lobbied in support of bills revamping teacher evaluation in all 10 states in which it has an office.

In 2011, when this elementary school in rural West Defuniak adopted the new Common Core standards, many teachers revamped their lessons to phase out the creative writing that is typically taught in the early years of elementary school.

This means continuing the revamp of curricula and standards, overhauling how we recruit, train, evaluate, and compensate teachers, and using new approaches to building cultures of genius in which all children can thrive and succeed.