Sentences with phrase «organizations representing teachers»

The 16 - member panel, which includes the heads of national organizations representing teachers, principals, school boards, superintendents,...

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The coordinating council is the district - recognized parent organization under state education regulations, representing the interests of parents, not teachers, while the PTO is a separate organization that represents parents as well as teachers who are parents.

«The teachers we represent believe the time to fix it is this year,» said Jolene DiBrango, executive vice president of the statewide organization, who spoke to reporters during a break in the Regents meeting.

While teacher unions and other organizations representing administrators, policymakers, and school chiefs all claim to be acting on behalf of children, they are all by their very nature really only looking out for their own best interests - that's what they're there for.

An extra, transitional year of high school, taught by teachers especially trained to accelerate the basic skills of teenagers and young adults, is part of a multifaceted dropout - prevention plan proposed this morning (July 3) by Sandra Feldman, president of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), an organization representing 1 million teachers and school - related peteachers especially trained to accelerate the basic skills of teenagers and young adults, is part of a multifaceted dropout - prevention plan proposed this morning (July 3) by Sandra Feldman, president of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), an organization representing 1 million teachers and school - related peTeachers (AFT), an organization representing 1 million teachers and school - related peteachers and school - related personnel.

Timothy Shanahan has been elected the president of the International Reading Association, a Newark, Del. - based professional organization that represents about 88,000 reading teachers and other educators.

Using lesson plans devised by the G - 8 Host Committee and the Georgia Council on Economic Education, a nonprofit organization that provides resources for teachers, students have been learning parts of the languages of the countries that are represented, studying their monetary systems, and researching facts about British...

The organization that claims to represent the voice and interests of K — 12 students and their parents is the Parent Teacher Association, widely known as the PTA.

In the past year, both major teachers» unions as well as the organization that represents state educational leaders have championed it.

[i] The pay increase given to teachers with a master's degree was originally part of the compromise by which an organization representing predominantly male high school teachers (many of whom had master's degrees) agreed to merge with organizations representing mostly female elementary teachers to form New York City's United Federation of Teachers teachers with a master's degree was originally part of the compromise by which an organization representing predominantly male high school teachers (many of whom had master's degrees) agreed to merge with organizations representing mostly female elementary teachers to form New York City's United Federation of Teachers teachers (many of whom had master's degrees) agreed to merge with organizations representing mostly female elementary teachers to form New York City's United Federation of Teachers teachers to form New York City's United Federation of Teachers Teachers in 1960.

(One distinction of Green Dot among charter school organizations is that its teachers are unionized, but we are not told anything more about the union except that it is not the one that had represented the Locke teachers.)

And these people are represented by organizations — most prominently, the teachers unions — that are extraordinarily powerful in politics, and are even now taking action to prevent technology from transforming American education.

The Texas Classroom Teachers Association — one of the four organizations that represent the Lone Star State's 197,000 classroom teachers — is urging that the board lower the paTeachers Association — one of the four organizations that represent the Lone Star State's 197,000 classroom teachers — is urging that the board lower the pateachers — is urging that the board lower the passing...

In school districts or BOCES in which teachers or administrators are not represented by a collective bargaining organization, teachers or administrators shall be designated by their peers in a manner prescribed by the Board of Education or BOCES.

And Cohen addresses the awkwardness for some teachers thinking about being represented by an organization that has previously seemed to deride their work and impact.

The Secretary specifically invites advice and recommendations from State and local education administrators, parents, teachers and teacher organizations, principals, other school leaders (including charter school leaders), paraprofessionals, members of local boards of education, civil rights and other organizations representing the interests of students (including historically underserved students), representatives of the business community, and other organizations involved with the implementation and operation of title I programs.

There were approximately 4,000 attendees representing all aspects of the charter spectrum including charter CEOs, teachers and staff, governance boards, state charter support organizations (CSO) like TCSA, -LSB-...]

The NTOY is chosen from among the State Teachers of the Year by a National Selection Committee representing the major national education organizations.

In addition, a third organization — Educators 4 Excellence, which represents more than 800 teachers, is also planning to endorse the use of student achievement data when it unveils its own proposal for a new teacher evaluation system in coming weeks.

A coalition representing «tens of thousands» of parents, teachers and education reform organizations is petitioning Governor Jerry Brown to veto a bill letting California schools off the hook for testing students while the state transitions to a new curriculum and testing model.

CTA is the state's largest professional employee's organization, representing 325,000 teachers, counselors, librarians and other certified non-supervisory personnel.

This group of teachers is the smaller of the two organizations in the state representing teachers (the other being the Tennessee Education Association).

Other organizations represented included: AFT, Consortium for Educational Change, The Dolan Group, Florida Education Association, Marlboro School District (NY), MASE TURN, National Education Association, Rochester Federation of Teachers, and Alliance for Pubic Schools.

From that group, a national selection committee representing 14 renowned education and community organizations, which collectively represent millions of educators, selects four finalists for National Teacher of the Year.

From that group, the National Teacher of the Year is chosen by a selection committee composed of 14 renowned education organizations, which collectively represent more than 7 million educators.

In this post Cody refers to a letter from the Coalition for Teaching Quality — 82 organizations representing civil rights, parent, community, disability, and education advocates — demanding that Congress re-commit to the objective that all children should have a well - prepared teacher.

Teach Plus and E4E have come under fire from critics who charge they are funded by outside organizations and don't represent the view of most local teachers.

AACTE is among the 50 national education groups representing teachers, principals, superintendents, parents, and other civic organizations that have issued a joint statement in support of public education and are celebrating the critical roles for public schools in developing future generations of successful citizens.

Andrew Rotherham, School of Thought education columnist for Time.com, refers to E4E and other education organizations seeking to represent teachers in policy...

While much of the opposition came from groups to which this new alternative represents a healthy competitive threat, it is instructive to note that significant support for the new rule came from organizations representing school boards and school administrators and personnel directors, who are, after all, the primary customers of SBEC and the teacher preparation system.

The National Teacher of the Year is chosen from among the State Teachers of the Year by a national selection committee representing the major national education organizations.

National Board Standards are written for teachers, by teachers, and accomplished teachers are represented at every level of the organization, from key staff roles to the NBPTS Board of Directors and the Certification Council, which guides policy and implementation of the certification program.

Our three organizations, representing the nation's nearly 100,000 principals, applaud the Senate for its passage of the bipartisan Every Child Achieves Act (S. 1177), which includes many of our recommendations to provide principals with necessary support, training, and resources to help students and teachers achieve their greatest potential.

The American Statistical Association — the largest organization in the United States representing statisticians and related professionals — that blasted the high - stakes «value - added method» (VAM) of evaluating teachers that has been increasingly embraced in states as part of school - reform efforts.

He is backed by the Legislature, the State Board of Education (whose members he appoints), as well as other key education constituencies such as the state's leading teachers unions and professional organizations representing school administrators and school board members.

Collectively, CLASS represents 115,000 students, teachers, parents and other community members, and has also cast its net wider than traditional education advocacy groups to include parent groups, health advocates and foster youth organizations

We recognize the rights of our teachers to decide for themselves, free from coercion, whether they represents the view of the organization.

On the other, the state's PTA and organizations representing New Jersey principals and superintendents are declaring the tests could help parents and teachers understand how well students are learning more than ever before.

As the Teacher Education Division (TED) of the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC), the term professional development represents two-fold significance for this organization: (1) as this is an organization whose members are primarily special education teacher - educators, our constituency are providers of professional development; (2) in order to prepare these special education teachers and other professionals well, our constituency are also recipients of professional development, as they also require their own professional develTeacher Education Division (TED) of the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC), the term professional development represents two-fold significance for this organization: (1) as this is an organization whose members are primarily special education teacher - educators, our constituency are providers of professional development; (2) in order to prepare these special education teachers and other professionals well, our constituency are also recipients of professional development, as they also require their own professional develteacher - educators, our constituency are providers of professional development; (2) in order to prepare these special education teachers and other professionals well, our constituency are also recipients of professional development, as they also require their own professional development.

Just 8 % of members surveyed report participating in a union certification election, indicating that the vast majority of teachers surveyed have never voted to be represented by a union organization in the first place.

Those who represent us, whether they be subject matter organizations or teacher unions, must not only be proactive but reactive.

This document represents the work of a team of educators representing various grant projects and organizations, including: KyNT3 — Network to Transform Teaching administered through the Educational Professional Standards Board, Instructional Transformation Grant administered through the Kentucky Department of Education, CTL — the Collaborative for Teaching and Learning, The Fund for Transforming Education in Kentucky, the Kentucky Education Association, Hope Street Group, and the Bluegrass Center for Teacher Quality.

Gov. Phil Scott's latest plan to curb costs in the public school system has received a chilly response from Democratic lawmakers — and organizations that represent school boards, superintendents and teachers in Vermont are also concerned about the governor's proposal.

National Education Association: The NEA is the largest professional organization and largest labor union in the US, representing public school teachers and other support personnel, faculty and staff and colleges and universities, retired educators, and college students preparing to become teachers.

As an organization that doesn't represent any part of the system (school leaders, teachers, or program providers), rather just what's best, based on research, for kids, we are happy to see that more and more leaders and organizations are finally focusing on personalized learning, student - centered learning, individualized learning, and youth development approaches that consider the needs of each individual youth.

However, their responses represent teachers» perceptions from the same educational technology organizations.

Representing millions of teachers and school leaders, these organizations have committed to engage their members in leadership work through such avenues as social media, leadership training, policy work, and advocacy opportunities.

It is preposterous to think that English language arts standards have been mandated for all k - 12 students without the endorsement of the professional organization representing all elementary, middle, high school, and college teachers of reading and writing in the country.

Both the American Statistical Association, which is the largest organization in the United States representing statisticians and related professionals, and the American Educational Research Association have questioned the validity of using standardized test scores to measure teacher effectiveness and cautioned against using them for such purposes.

The statement of support — found at NewAccountability.org — represents a group that includes school administrators, teachers, support staff, and civil rights and community organizations.