Sentences with phrase «of teachers granted»

«Our goal is to raise more than $ 3,000 which will go toward funding of teacher grants.

Not exact matches

Granted, downloading a set of textbooks and teacher guides isn't the same as taking classes; then again, for many people self - paced learning is the best kind of learning.

Three commissioners may grant some of the nation's largest refineries a tax refund of more than $ 135 million — money Texas» cash - strapped schools and other local governments have been counting on to help pay teachers and provide other public services.

A total and permanent disability (TPD) discharge relieves you from having to repay a William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan (Direct Loan) Program loan, Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) Program loan, and / or Federal Perkins Loan (Perkins Loan) Program loan or complete a Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education (TEACH) Grant service obligation on the basis of your total and permanent disability.

Granted, it takes more time for some of us... I shook so badly the first time on stage, my 12th grade teacher kindly helped me continue a bit further... and then, walked me off carefully.

My taxes pay for a lot of things that we take for granted, police officers, teachers, public schools, our highway systems and bridges, roads and light fixtures for our everyday usage and our countries defense by way of paying our men and women who are defending our lives right now both here and abroad.)

The federal government has assisted the movement through a grant of the National Institute of Health for more than $ 20,000, to educate public school teachers in TM.

Christian teachers took for granted the existing structure of society, with its known moral problems and dangers.

Grant says that Polycarp was a teacher of «both Irenaeus and a valentine Gnostic named Florinus».

45 participants attended, 23 of whom were fully funded by grant funding from Cape Classics in order to serve teachers coming from communities serving the poorest of the poor.

He wasn't prepared for what many LAUSD teachers and coaches are accustomed to when it comes to scheduling, travel and the things a coach takes for granted when a vast majority of his team lives a short drive away.

The demands of their multi-grade assignments are great, but most Waldorf schools can not afford to provide them with the mentoring and professional development opportunities that are commonly granted to class teachers.

Tia is also involved in all aspects of the sanctuary's educational programming — developing curricula and interpretive materials, developing and implementing classroom teacher professional development, working on numerous grants in communities and schools, and developing and teaching natural history and food - based programming.

In 2006, state lawmakers passed legislation establishing a Farm to School grant program, which helps fund school gardens, teacher professional development, farm field trips, local food taste tests and the integration of nutrition into the curriculum.

Nancy Grant, M.D., an obstetrician in Portland, OR, has a hefty collection of clueless dad stories: «My patient's teacher informed the guys they may have sympathetic pregnancy symptoms.

I spent almost 4 years of my life trying to get the funding for that Point of Sale system — we applied for grants, we looked for a private funder, we approached the city — until finally we were able to get it funded through a parcel tax which was sold to the voters as a pay increase for our hard working and underpaid teachers, but which also contained a small portion vaguely dexcribed as «technology.»

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, D - Manhattan, told Fred Dicker in a radio interview this morning that he hoped Gov. Andrew Cuomo would intercede in the ongoing dispute between the New York City education department and United Federation of Teachers over school improvement grant funding.

«The question that we should ask is how can you inherit a budget deficit of 9.3 % of GDP, proceed to reduce taxes, bring down inflation, bring down interest rates, increase economic growth (from 3.6 % to 7.9 %), increase your international reserves, maintain relative exchange rate stability, reduce the debt to GDP ratio and the rate of debt accumulation, pay almost half of arrears inherited, stay current on obligations to statutory funds, restore teacher and nursing training allowances, double the capitation grant, implement free senior high school education and yet still be able to reduce the fiscal deficit from 9.3 % to an estimated 5.6 % of GDP?

In addition, teachers whose students» test scores are consistently low; those who have failed to secure their teaching certificates on time; those who haven't had a permanent position for six months or more; those who've faced department probes leading to substantiated allegations of misconduct; and those granted an extension regarding tenure could also be dismissed.

In late December, the state's education commissioner froze some of the state's $ 700 million dollars in Race to the Top grants, saying some schools, including in New York City and several upstate cities, had not complied with the teacher evaluation requirements.

In its review of the contract, Educators 4 Excellence, an advocacy group of teachers that often was aligned with the Bloomberg administration's goals, gave the contract a barely passing grade and said it «overlooked several critical issues,» such as class sizes and a tenure - granting process that the group believes ought to be more closely linked to teacher performance.

[16] Kennedy received the backing of the New York State United Teachers and realtors, while Grant received the support of the Independent Democratic Conference, a breakaway group of state Senate Democrats who sided with Republicans in the Senate.

New York State has agreed to adopt high - stakes testing and controversial teacher evaluation systems tied to Common Core State Standards for a one - time installment of $ 700 millions in federal Race to the Top grant money.

Katko said he would vote for any bill that would provide federal grants to schools for the hiring of resource officers, but he believes it would be a mistake to also arm teachers.

The de Blasio administration's tactic of granting tenure to more teachers changes a course set by Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who reduced the portion of eligible teachers getting tenure to a low of 53 % during the 2012 - 13 school year.

90 % of school districts have been granted waivers from the state education department that put off the new teacher performance standards until at least next March.

It is unclear whether federal acting secretary of education John King — New York's former state education c ommissioner who championed the Common Core and helped usher in the use of teacher evaluations tied to state assessments under No Child Left Behind and the federal Race To The Top grant program — will give his blessing.

The teacher evaluation requirement originated in 2010 after New York was awarded a grant of nearly $ 700 million under the federal Race to the Top program.

The state's education commissioner says she's open to granting waivers to delay new teacher evaluation for an additional year, saying the new systems should not be hastily pushed through because of an arbitrary date.

The United Federation of Teachers, for example, was granted back pay in the form of 8 - percent wage increases because Bloomberg gave similar raises to other unions but not the teachers when he was inTeachers, for example, was granted back pay in the form of 8 - percent wage increases because Bloomberg gave similar raises to other unions but not the teachers when he was inteachers when he was in office.

The committee will review and award enrichment grants for programming outside of the annual school budget, based on requests by administrators, teachers, and during the annual grant cycle.

The Education Department says it approved six of seven school improvement grants, but only if the district is able to reach agreement with on a teacher evolution plan with the Buffalo Teachers Federation by July 1.

The Government of Ghana has finally fulfilled its promise to the 38 assisted Government teacher trainees in the country by paying out their feeding grant to the colleges through the GetFund.

I grant you it may be a bigger factor elsewhere but there are a lot of bigger reasons then my kids teachers salary.

Students of the Colleges of Education who were after so many months, not paid their feeding grant arrears showed their displeasure in the media through their Association, Teacher Trainees Association of Ghana, National Union of Ghana Students and the Teacher Unions, until Government Released GHC 62.7 m Feeding Grant Arrears to be paid to Colleges of Education.http: / / ghanapoliticsonlingrant arrears showed their displeasure in the media through their Association, Teacher Trainees Association of Ghana, National Union of Ghana Students and the Teacher Unions, until Government Released GHC 62.7 m Feeding Grant Arrears to be paid to Colleges of Education.http: / / ghanapoliticsonlinGrant Arrears to be paid to Colleges of Education.http: / / ghanapoliticsonline.com

In one of her most significant actions as state education commissioner, MaryEllen Elia has granted Buffalo Superintendent Kriner Cash unprecedented power to make changes at the district's most struggling schools, bypassing the teachers union contract and sparking a likely court battle.

Commenting on today's announcement from the Labour Party that it will reinstate student grants and EMA support if it wins power at the next general election, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union in the UK, said:

A Board of Regents» move last week that paves the way for undocumented immigrants to get state - granted professional licenses, including teacher certifications, is prompting some ongoing blowback among Republican lawmakers.

Tenure will only be granted when a teacher gets five consecutive years of effective ratings.

The National Teachers Council (NTC) of the Ministry of Education has announced that teachers will now have to pass a special examination before being granted the licence tTeachers Council (NTC) of the Ministry of Education has announced that teachers will now have to pass a special examination before being granted the licence tteachers will now have to pass a special examination before being granted the licence to teach.

The governor also touted the state's new teacher evaluation system, which he championed, as it was a requirement of New York's $ 750 million Race To The Top federal grant award.

The mass granting of waivers to delay the new teacher rating system comes as political leaders, including President Obama and his Education Secretary Arne Duncan, are shifting away from an emphasis on standardized testing.

The teacher evaluations, agreed to as part of New York's federal Race To The Top grant, will be completed by schools within the next year.

ALBANY — The head of the city teachers union dismissed as «a load of crap» state Senate GOP efforts to tie the renewal of a law granting Mayor de Blasio control over the city school system to an expansion of charter schools.

It is also endangering tens of millions of dollars in federal Teacher Incentive Fund grants earmarked for its teachers, because it has not adopted a system which recognizes and highlights great teaching.

Cuomo championed the teacher evaluation system, which is a requirement of the federal Race To The Top grant program, through which New York won $ 700 million in 2010.

This week on the Campbell Conversations, host Grant Reeher speaks with Kevin Ahern, a product of the Syracuse City school system, a longtime English teacher in the system, and currently President of the Syracuse Teachers Association.

Ninety percent of school districts have been granted waivers from the state education department that put off the new teacher performance standards until at least next March.

The mayor said he needs to get rid of the teachers in order to salvage some $ 60 million in school improvement grants for the failing schools.

Under the terms of federal School Improvement Grants that the DOE was awarded to help these schools succeed, the school district and the union must jointly develop a teacher evaluation system in low - achieving schools that receive the funds.