Sentences with phrase «on school staffing»

The School Workforce Census (SWF) is the main source of information on school staffing in England.

In New York, TNTP gathered data on the school staffing rules of the city teachers union contract.

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Similarly, if teachers employed by the public are assigned to teach on parochial school premises, they tend to come under the administrative aegis of the parochial rather than the public school (not that they teach religion, but that they otherwise function to some degree as adjunct faculty, increasing with tax funds the staffing resources of the parochial school — a consideration apparently underlying two 1985 decisions but not well articulated by the Supreme Court)

If there are changes that you feel would be beneficial, are they possible right now and if not, what would it take to make those changes (for example, you mention the creation of recipes, but perhaps there is already someone on staff very capable of creating the recipes, but the school kitchen doesn't have the equipment or staffing hours to cook the food).

On the field trip we toured Portland Public School District's central offices and central kitchen, Portland State University's food services department, and OSHU's (Portland Hospital) food and nutrition services all to see how they are adapting their menus, staffing, purchasing and more to include sustainable foods into their offerings.

«Teachers, as usual, have worked hard to ensure that standards have been maintained despite this upheaval and the cuts to budgets in the post-16 sector, which have had a significant impact on the staffing levels and resources available in schools and colleges.

Cuomo's original receivership plan, based on a Massachusetts law, would allow an individual or non-profit overhaul the operations and staffing of a school or district whose students had been underperforming for three years.

«There's a school of thought that says special elections can be costly if they're on their own day as opposed to a day when there are other elections going on,» he said, due to the costs of opening and staffing polling places.

«Teachers should be commended for their hard work to ensure that standards have been maintained despite the assault on teachers» working conditions and the cuts to budgets in the post-16 sector, which have had a significant impact on the staffing levels and resources available in schools and colleges.

A 24 - year - old who might have been best known for playing on the 2010 Skaneateles High School state champion soccer team has become a poster child for all that is wrong with staffing problems in the Trump White House, and held up as proof that the administration lacks focus on the nation's opioid epidemic.

Driving this are significant costly agency staffing to cover vacancies, rising demand for placements for children in care, and difficulties making savings on home - to - school transport for children with special needs.

Many schools are enrolled in the Sheriffs» Association's Rapid Responder program, which allows those responding to a school emergency immediate electronic access to critical information on the school's layout and infrastructure, staffing and student personnel.

The city will also spend $ 2 million of its total arts budget to hire five borough - based arts teams to provide guidance on staffing and instruction, and $ 1.4 million to expand school partnerships with outside cultural institutions.

The New York State Council of School Superintendents, in a commentary on the budget proposal, wrote that schools need money for staffing, employee benefits and energy costs, more than technology.

According to the NYPD's Executive Budget Hearing Report, the additional school safety agents will be sent as «meal relief» to schools with only one safety agent; the 911 operators will be staffing the newly opened Public Safety Answering Center II in the Bronx; and the traffic enforcement agents will be primarily dispatched in Manhattan to enforce the «Block the Box» initiative, aimed at enforcing the prohibition on vehicle operators obstructing traffic at an intersection.

UFT President Michael Mulgrew issued a statement in response to the DOE's report on staffing changes at out - of - time schools.

We begin by using the Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS) data (see sidebar for a description of the datasets on which we rely) to provide an overview of demographic changes to the teacher workforce since the late 1980s.

A perfect storm of greater demand for teachers, fewer people entering the profession (particularly in key subjects), severe pressures on schools funding and a restrictive migration system, means that schools are having to think outside of the normal channels of recruitment to more flexible staffing models to cope with these challenges.

When one considers that supply teaching staff make up less than three per cent of school staffing costs, compared to the almost seven per cent spent on administrative and clerical staff, it's clear that agency spend is a minor factor in the budgetary difficulties some schools find themselves in.

With the vast bulk of any school's expenditure being on staffing costs, it is important enough to warrant its own process.

Staffing and resource availability and constraints on student choice, for instance, a schools» decision to make a language compulsory, are incorporated into the subject selection module and built into the timetabling program.

We plan a set of at least three papers based on these data as well as a comprehensive literature review on the topic of staffing high - poverty schools.

But if school leaders adopt blended learning merely to increase out - of - district enrollments, increase course offerings, boost credit completion rates, lower staffing costs, or decrease the demands placed on teachers, then blended - learning technologies will become increasingly cheap, convenient, engaging, and easy to use without necessarily improving students» academic or life outcomes.

Some educators remain cautious, though, citing concerns about the effects of bonuses on teachers, principals, and school staffing.

Charter schools and districts are hopping in the game, but — for now — the districts are leading on staffing innovation at larger scale.

While NCES currently gathers information on salaries and benefits through the quadrennial Schools and Staffing Survey, this survey does not collect information that would permit comparisons with other professions.

Cost: Free information on curriculum, enrichment activities, staffing, school schedule, and community programs; $ 17 per year for detailed comparative data and parents» reviews in the states where profiles are offered.

The schools vary widely in funding levels and other resources, from those that can barely make ends meet on per - pupil allotments that are lower than other high schools in the area to a few schools that amass large budgets from multiple sources and boast extraordinary technology and staffing.

The CPRE study noted school personnel systematically reported lack of staffing and space as key barriers to implementing the discipline reform — when they needed to remove students from the classroom but lacked staffing and space for in - school options, they continued to rely on out - of - school suspension.

The report provides solid information on PCSB's history, structure, schools portfolio, activities, processes, budget, staffing, and governance.

With the evolving changes to family dynamics, more parents are needing out of school hours» care, more schools are providing it on - site and the regulatory and staffing challenges continue to get more complex.

When asked about their spending focus for the school year 2014/15, the survey shows that primary schools are more likely to focus spending on continuing professional development (CPD), training, teaching aids, books and digital content than in 2013/14, while reducing the focus on staffing and building works.

Investing in stationery When asked about their spending focus for the school year 2014/15, the survey shows that primary schools are more likely to focus spending on continuing professional development (CPD), training, teaching aids, books and digital content than in 2013/14, while reducing the focus on staffing and building works.

Recently announced changes to regulation for out of school clubs regarding staffing ratios come in to effect on 1 September this year.

Clare Othman, Operations Director, Supply Desk, specialists in matching school staffing needs with the best available SEN staff - permanent, long - term and supply - gives her top tips on how to identify dyslexia in students Teachers who are able to identify dyslexia in affected students provide a wonderful benefit to those students.

Other education experts, such as those from the National Council on Teacher Quality, dismiss the narrative of a national shortage, saying instead that the school staffing gaps are localized by subject area and geography.

On the contrary, the model of self - governing schools — whether private or public — with significant control over their own operations, staffing, curricula, and budgets is far more likely to serve the ends of performance - based reform.

Innovating Toward Sustainability: How Computer Labs Can Enable New Staffing Structures, and New Savings Using wage and staffing data from states, authors Marguerite Roza and Suzanne Simburg project the financial and staffing implications of one innovative school model (the Rocketship lab rotation) to highlight potential impacts on the schooling workStaffing Structures, and New Savings Using wage and staffing data from states, authors Marguerite Roza and Suzanne Simburg project the financial and staffing implications of one innovative school model (the Rocketship lab rotation) to highlight potential impacts on the schooling workstaffing data from states, authors Marguerite Roza and Suzanne Simburg project the financial and staffing implications of one innovative school model (the Rocketship lab rotation) to highlight potential impacts on the schooling workstaffing implications of one innovative school model (the Rocketship lab rotation) to highlight potential impacts on the schooling workforce...

This paper, written for the Rural Opportunities Consortium of Idaho, offers policymakers and philanthropic leaders a set of recommendations to capitalize on the potential of technology to serve students: expand broadband access to schools lacking it, create an elite corps of proven teachers who would be made available to students across the state, and provide districts and schools with the flexibility to develop new models of staffing and technology and to achieve the most strategic combination of personnel, facilities, and technology.

Rather than manage how schools spend their money through rules and regulations (such as set staffing configurations or specific delivery models), this finance model focuses on how to distribute monies more equitably among schools.

Each of the three schools runs the program with a different staffing configuration — based largely on what was in place before the program launched.

The success of the Central Falls deal rested significantly on Rhode Island super-chief Deb Gist's aggressive moves last fall, in which she interpreted the basic education program (enacted last summer by the state's Board of Regents) to mean that seniority would no longer be a factor in school staffing.

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This could include comparing the resources put into pastoral care, such as staffing and support services, and surveying a sample of pupils to see their views on school life.

The only way to correct this problem is for districts to use real salaries when staffing schools and for state lawmakers to allow districts to base personnel decisions on job performance instead of just seniority.

Average district per - pupil spending does not always capture staffing and funding inequities.14 Many districts do not consider actual teacher salaries when budgeting for and reporting each school's expenditures, and the highest - poverty schools are often staffed by less - experienced teachers who typically earn lower salaries.15 Because educator salaries are, by far, schools» largest budget item, schools serving the poorest children end up spending much less on what matters most for their students» learning.

The DCPS funding formula does differentiate public funding based on the number of students at each grade level and in different special needs categories, including special education, English language learners, and those «at risk» for academic failure.38 DCPS would not disclose how or if it factors in parental donations when determining school budgets or allocations.39 However, it did report not having a policy to equitably redistribute parent donations or to prohibit these additional dollars from being put toward staffing.40

First, lawmakers killed a bill that would have given school districts the ability to make teacher staffing decisions based on performance evaluations.

A recent CRPE report on staffing priorities in SEAs shows that very few people are assigned to the work of «school improvement.»

During phases of the school year when timing is everything — and where compromising on skills and abilities isn't an option — using talent management solutions with features designed specifically for K - 12 education can be the difference between meeting staffing needs and hiring long - term substitutes.