Sentences with phrase «on behalf of teachers as»

As the leading voice on educator preparation, AACTE has long advocated on behalf of teachers as well as the institutions that prepare them to enter the profession, and we're proud to partner with other education organizations on this work.

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The New York City Employees» Retirement System; the New York City Fire Department Pension Fund; the New York City Teachers» Retirement System; the New York City Police Pension Fund; and the New York Board of Education Retirement System, as joint filers (NYC Retirement System), c / o The City of New York, Officer of the Comptroller, 633 Third Avenue, 31st Floor, New York, New York 10017, which in the aggregate held 12,707,578 shares of common stock on November 15, 2011, the New York State Common Retirement Fund, whose address is the same as that of the NYC Retirement System, which held 19,560,008 shares of common stock on November 22, 2011, and the Illinois State Board of Investment on behalf of the State Employees» Retirement System of Illinois, c / o 180 N. LaSalle Street, Suite 2015, Chicago, Illinois 60601, which in the aggregate held 928,927 shares of common stock on November 18, 2011, the Judges» Retirement System of Illinois and the General Assembly Retirement System of Illinois, as co-filers, intend to submit a resolution to stockholders for approval at the annual meeting.

Thus a teacher is not and never can be a civil servant... Whatever authority he may possess to teach and control children, and to claim their respect and obedience, comes to him from God, through the parents and not through the State, except in so far as the State is acting on behalf of the parents.

Decisions had to be made from time to time as to where or when services of the church would be held; the church needed to be told of the impending visit of an apostle, or of some prophet or teacher from abroad; a question has been raised as to the good faith of one of these visitors, and there must be some discussion of the point and a decision on it; a fellow Christian from another church is on a journey and needs hospitality; a member of the local congregation planning to visit a church abroad needs a letter of introduction to that church, which someone must be authorized to provide; a serious dispute about property rights or some other legal matter has arisen between two of the brothers and the church must name someone to help them settle the issue or must in some other way deal with it; a new local magistrate has begun to prosecute Christians for violating the law against unlicensed assembly, and consideration must be given to ways and means of meeting this crisis; charges have been brought against one of the members by another member, and these must be investigated and perhaps some disciplinary action taken; one of the members has died, and the church is called on for some special action in behalf of his family in the emergency; differences of opinion exist in the church on certain questions of morals or belief (such as marriage and divorce, or the resurrection), differences which local prophets and teachers are apparently unable to compose, and a letter must be written to the apostle — who will write this letter and what exactly will it say?

General News of Saturday, 12 May 2018 Source: Kwabena Danso - dapaah Osei Assibey Antwi, Kumasi Mayor The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) has donated amount of five thousand Ghana Cedis to Jackson Foundation, a philanthropist organization to help increase the number of professional teachers in the country The donation was made on behalf of the Assembly when students from Jackson Educational (JEC) under the Foundation, graduated as trained teachers to assist few in the system.

New York State United Teachers, which filed the petition on behalf of five Buffalo teachers, made the same argument, but also argued that Paladino's comments violated his duty as a board member and role model for the school coTeachers, which filed the petition on behalf of five Buffalo teachers, made the same argument, but also argued that Paladino's comments violated his duty as a board member and role model for the school coteachers, made the same argument, but also argued that Paladino's comments violated his duty as a board member and role model for the school community.

New York State United Teachers, meanwhile, filed the petition on behalf of five Buffalo teachers, arguing that Paladino's comments violated his duty as a board member and role model for the school coTeachers, meanwhile, filed the petition on behalf of five Buffalo teachers, arguing that Paladino's comments violated his duty as a board member and role model for the school coteachers, arguing that Paladino's comments violated his duty as a board member and role model for the school community.

As a yoga teacher potentially working with these students, it is essential to be knowledgeable and prepared in order to give each student the best possible yoga experience that maximizes the benefits of gentle chair yoga on their behalf

But when technology is used to personalize on behalf of students, it often acts as a prohibitive intermediary between the teachers and students.

But when policy intervenes to reshape the teacher's priorities, it is invariably on behalf of the laggards, for they are the beneficiaries of major governmental efforts — such as NCLB and IDEA — to advance the education of youngsters who face difficulties and to reward schools and teachers that accomplish this.

In his infomercial on behalf of for - profit education enterprises, there is a technological determinism that assumes no opposition from or conflict with special interests such as teacher unions, administrators, and education bureaucracies.

Some of the most effective charter schools thrive because the culture of the organization is nimble and informal, inspiring teachers to work as cohesive, trusting teams and put forth monumental effort on behalf of the neediest students.

I think they said they were happy to do it as long as they felt that whilst they were preparing late into the evening they could then feel like this could be an effective lesson, the students could appreciate it and that they, the teachers, would feel that they were making progress on behalf of their students.

This survey was conducted online within the U.S. by Harris Poll on behalf of University of Phoenix between March 29 - April 3, 2017 among 1,001 U.S. adults aged 18 and older, who are full - time employed as teachers in grades K - 12 with at least an undergraduate degree.

Duncan's tenure as secretary has been marked by a number of significant accomplishments on behalf of American students and teachers.

Lobbyists, communications staff, and, in the case of this hearing, teachers on a panel asked to state the union's position from their perspectives as classroom teachers also speak on behalf of the CTA.

The Trust will also be submitting and publishing our response to the rest of the World Class Teachers consultation paper as well as a separate response on behalf of the CPD providers we work with on our GoodCPDGuide.com database.

Rather than solve Connecticut's unconstitutional school funding formula, as he promised, Malloy has repeatedly worked to destroy the very lawsuit that he helped bring on behalf of Connecticut's students, parents, teachers and taxpayers.

We plan to democratize the Chicago Teachers Union, hereinafter referred to as CTU and turn it into an organization that fights on behalf of its members and the students we educate.

As the new TK - 8 Mathematics Coordinator at Ravenswood, I was reached out to by Beacon Academy's principal on behalf of her 3rd grade team, which consisted of three novice first year teachers.

As per a more detailed post about this lawsuit, «The state's largest association for teachers filed a second lawsuit on behalf of a Knox County teacher, calling the use of the Tennessee Value - Added Assessment System (TVAAS), which uses students» growth on state assessments to evaluate teachers, unconstitutional.

The district and school have policies to ensure families and teachers work as a team on behalf of their students.

Barbara started her career in education as a teacher of learning disabled students in Norfolk, Virginia and has trained teachers on behalf of two educational publishing companies.

As the 2018 National Teacher of the Year, Manning will spend a year traveling nationally and internationally to represent educators and advocate on behalf of teachers.

To advocate effectively on behalf of students, principals and teachers must continue to support and uphold the constitutional, civil, and due process rights of all students.Student Achievement Schools should prepare students for the challenges that they will face as they transition from one stage of life to the next by helping students focus on gaining the skills, knowledge, and understandings today that they will need tomorrow.

He was essentially in attendance, on behalf of the state as their «expert witness,» to «only speak to [teacher] evaluations in general.»

So while he testified on behalf of the state, he also testified he was not necessarily in favor of the consequences being attached to the state's teacher evaluation output, even if as currently being positioned by the defense as «low - stakes.»

Originally seen as a challenge to teacher seniority, Reed vs. California was filed in 2009 by the ACLU on behalf of students at three low - income schools against the state and the LA Unified school district, alleging that widespread seniority - based layoffs enacted during the budget crisis of 2008 — 2009 disproportionately affected low income and minority students, depriving them of equal access to a quality education.

As the late Albert Shanker said in 1985, when he was president of the American Federation of Teachers: «Teachers must be viewed... as a group that acts on behalf of its clients and takes responsibility for the quality and performance of its own ranks.&raquAs the late Albert Shanker said in 1985, when he was president of the American Federation of Teachers: «Teachers must be viewed... as a group that acts on behalf of its clients and takes responsibility for the quality and performance of its own ranks.&raquas a group that acts on behalf of its clients and takes responsibility for the quality and performance of its own ranks.»

Save for a few NAACP branches (including its affiliate in Connecticut, have stepped up in the discussions over Gov. Dan Malloy's school reform effort, and advocated on behalf of Bridgeport mother Tanya McDowell, who will serve five years for trying to provide her child with a high - quality school), the nation's oldest civil rights group offers nothing substantial on addressing issues such as ending Zip Code Education policies, expanding school choice, addressing childhood illiteracy, and revamping how teachers are recruited, trained, paid, and evaluated (especially when it comes to bringing more black men into the teaching profession).

But at the very moment that the children of the land face certain defeat, parents, teachers, the teacher's union (known as the Hartford Federation of Teachers) and other public education advocates rally together to speak out on behalf of their children, the school, the importance of public education and what iteachers, the teacher's union (known as the Hartford Federation of Teachers) and other public education advocates rally together to speak out on behalf of their children, the school, the importance of public education and what iTeachers) and other public education advocates rally together to speak out on behalf of their children, the school, the importance of public education and what is right.

«What is especially troubling about the states that failed to work with teachers unions is that, as teachers well know, the common denominator for all good schools is an environment where the adults work together on behalf of the students,» Weingarten said.

He believes that a BAME teacher's skills are first «acknowledged and then endorsed / promoted» by a white individual who acts as a «broker» on behalf of the interests of the minority ethnic individual.

I am excited to be a part of the charter school movement both as a former teacher and now as a legal advocate on your behalf.

This powerful book serves as an invitation to action — on behalf of a brighter future for teachers, schools, and children — on behalf of a better tomorrow for our society.

When those of us who work on behalf of educators first saw the outline of President Trump's proposed budget two months ago, we expressed our concern that as a nation we would undermine the support teachers and principals need to help students achieve success in school and beyond.

Teacher pension costs are included on the Teachers Pension line item (this includes both the CPS» employer share of the pension costs as well as the cost of the additional pension benefit that CPS pays on behalf of employees).

«This is an exciting and historic day for the Chicago Public Schools as we launch this new approach in recognizing and supporting our teachers for all the work they do on behalf of our students,» said CPS CEO Jean - Claude Brizard.

They will hear directly from policymakers about the current thinking and future prospects for education legislation in Congress and have the opportunity to share first - hand experiences as an education leader to inform lawmakers» efforts on behalf of students, teachers, and schools.

On behalf of Connecticut parents, students and teachers, I'm writing to request that the Working Families Party of Connecticut follow the lead of your colleagues in New York State and join us here as we fight back against the unfair, inappropriate and discriminatory Common Core SBAC testing program.

Maria Pereira, who also finished up her tenure on the Bridgeport Board of Education this week and former Connecticut Superior Court Judge Carmen Lopez, who has been the driving force on behalf of Bridgeport's students, parents and teachers deserve equally loud accolades as well

All of us involved in the case — recall that Jesse Rothstein and I served as the expert witnesses on behalf of the plaintiffs, and Thomas Kane of the Measures of Effective Teaching (MET) Project and John Friedman of the infamous Chetty et al. studies (see here and here) served as the expert witnesses on behalf of the defendants — knew that all of the plaintiffs» claims would be tough to win given all of the constitutional legal standards would be difficult for plaintiffs to satisfy (e.g., that evaluating teachers using their value - added scores was not «unreasonable» was difficult to prove, as it was in the Tennessee case we also fought and was then dismissed on similar grounds (see here)-RRB-.

The grant program, now in its 4th year, directs $ 50,000 of member dues toward strengthening the capacity of state chapters to operate as an organization and to advocate on behalf of the interests of teacher preparation in the state, as well as toward bolstering the relationship between the state chapters and AACTE.

The National Association for Bilingual Education is an American advocacy group that provides teacher training, educational leadership, and lobbying efforts on behalf of legislation regarding individuals learning English as a second language.

On behalf of the state's children, teachers, public schools and taxpayers, the plaintiffs argued that Connecticut's school funding formula failed to ensure that every child had access to a quality and productive education, as guaranteed by the state constitution.

Although Harris's assertion that doing this would also help prevent principals from saving truly ineffective teachers (e.g., by countering teachers» value - added scores with artificially inflated or allegedly fake observational scores), on behalf of principals as professionals, I find insulting.

In his writing, Hofmann eloquently stood up on behalf of artists, teachers and the general human ability to appreciate art, by saying, «The great majority of people have the means of approach to plastic beauty as part of their natural equipment.

This is something of a giant relief to me, as I used to work with academics in a previous life, and considered the prohibition on teachers copying on behalf of students to be quite bizarre.

The Appellant, the British Columbia Teachers» Federation, filed a grievance on behalf of its membership as a whole against the Surrey School Board.

The Court's decision in California State Teachers» Retirement System v. Alvarez — a suit brought on behalf of Wal - Mart Stores, Inc. — refused to adopt the Delaware Court of Chancery's recommendation that, as a matter of federal due process, a judgment in one derivative action should not bind the corporation or its stockholders in another derivative action unless either (i) the first action has survived a motion to dismiss because a pre-suit demand on the corporation's board of directors would have been futile or (ii) the board has given the plaintiff authority to proceed on the corporation's behalf by declining to oppose the derivative suit.