Conduct annual evaluations and use evaluations to inform professional development and decisions around compensation, promotion, retention,
professional teaching status (tenure), and removal
Not exact matches
The
teaching role of women gained
professional status when churches began to hire paid
professionals to supervise all Christian education.
«Having introduced, when it came to office, policies which have undermined consistently the
professional status of teachers, it is a further indictment on this Government that after four and a half years it is now only offering up what is basically a blank sheet of paper, placing the responsibility on teachers to re-establish esteem in the
teaching profession.
Students of teachers who hold certification from the National Board for
Professional Teaching Standards achieve, on average, no greater academic progress than students of teachers without the special
status, a long - awaited study using North Carolina data concludes.
The board's mandate was to raise the
professional status of teachers (and the quality of
teaching) by creating a means to identify and certify the most accomplished teachers.
• Enhance the
status of
teaching by: giving all teachers, especially those at the beginning of their careers, an entitlement to (and expectation to utilise) CPD, and taking steps towards
teaching becoming an all Master's qualified profession; and subsidise membership of
professional bodies and subject associations for teachers early in their career to ensure they have access to
professional learning.
Through the program, the university provides free
professional learning and resource kits to dozens of schools in low SES (socioeconomic
status) areas to build staff capacity in
teaching robotics - based curriculum activities.
Teachers certified by the National Board for
Professional Teaching Standards are for the most part no more effective in producing student academic progress than teachers without the special
status, a long - awaited study concludes.
«The content should also inform the provision of continued
professional development for teachers, which will be essential in ensuring the
teaching of this highly relevant qualification and its increased value and
status.»
This could include «teachers» licensure and certification
status, whether teachers have completed appropriate training and
professional development, whether teachers are inexperienced, [and] whether they are
teaching out of their field.»
Article 351 — Definition of Certified Employees (PDF) Article 352 — Selection and
Status (PDF) Article 353 Article 354 — Supervision of
Teaching Staff (PDF) Article 355 — Certification (PDF) Administrative Rule 355 Administrative Rule 355 — Promissory Note - Montessori Article 356 — Compensation for Substitute Teachers (PDF) Article 357 Article 358 —
Professional Advancement and Continuing Education Credits (PDF) Article 359 — National Conventions (PDF) Article 360 — Teacher Mentoring (PDF)
The new College of
Teaching will be a
professional body like those in other high
status professions like law and medicine.
That's why Liberal Democrats will require every teacher to hold Qualified Teacher
Status, will support the Royal College of
Teaching and will invest in high quality
professional development.
I agree that finding «millions of the best people to
teach is daunting» but if we aim for full
professional status for teachers, we'll have a better chance of attracting and retaining excellent teachers.
The independent review will enshrine the
professional status of
teaching assistants, the government says
It's analogous to the way that «reformers» will let anyone
teach, just so long as so doing undermines teachers» unions and destroys teachers»
professional status.
Difficult working conditions, low
status, gender bias, and
teaching in hierarchical conditions often prompt teachers to look for alternative work and / or resist any attempts to enhance increased professionalism — such as
professional development — especially when teachers are not paid for extra hours or when they see
professional development as not resulting in either improvements in their own practice or leading to promotion.
It may seem obvious to many that teachers should be treated as
professionals — applying their knowledge, experience, and expertise to the complex work of instruction — but the culture and traditions of schools have continually undermined efforts to give
teaching a truly
professional status.
PSHE should be afforded the same
status as other National Curriculum subjects, and the «accountability curriculum» pressures - related to Progress 8, Ebacc and the SATs - must be addressed to allow
professionals the space to
teach PSHE well.
The «claim your college» consortium welcomes government's recognition of the significant boost that a new college of
teaching could give to raising the
status of the
teaching profession in England, and supporting teachers as they develop their
professional practice.
They are also required to complete one of the following: an approved district - based program for the
Professional license; a master's degree; programs leading to eligibility for master teacher
status, such as those sponsored by the National Board for
Professional Teaching Standards; or a department - sponsored assessment program, if available.
And Brian Lightman, the general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, said: «
Teaching is a skill and the idea of employing individuals who have not been given the tools to do a
professional job flies in the face of the coalition government's aspiration of creating a high
status profession.»
Additionally, I am a
Teaching Assistant (in training) for Dr. Susan Friedman's Living and Learning with Animals (LLA) annual
professional course, and hope to soon graduate to co-instructor
status.
Having a
teaching profession that is committed to
professional development is crucial to raising standards in our schools - as well as raising the
status of teachers.
Those with degrees are considered experts in a field... or at least more knowledgeable than a novice... We need to get in line with the public's perceptions and offer up degrees in real estate and (as I believe you have indicated) we need to offer these degrees through accredited universities that the public have heard of and acknowledge... most people have no idea who OREA is and the public have little regard for OREA but they do know the University of Western Ontario, U of T, Laurier, Brock, etc... we need to use the reputation of these universities to elevate the
status of agents... RECO needs to oversee these universities but let the universities do what they are good at...
teach aspiring
professionals.