Sentences with phrase «recruit new teachers into»

As federal officials weigh proposals to improve the quality of mathematics and science education, a new report highlights state - led efforts to recruit new teachers into those subject areas and boost their skills through professional development programs.

Not exact matches

«Our new study suggests that if schools and teachers feel they can't recruit girls into their computer science classes,» Master said, «they should make sure that the classrooms avoid stereotypes and communicate to students that everyone is welcome and belongs.»

A 2005 study by the New Teacher Project, the national nonprofit organization that works with school districts to recruit high - quality teachers, examined five urban districts and concluded that seniority - based transfer privileges written into contracts often force principals «to hire large numbers of teachers they do not want and who may not be a good fit for the job and their school.»

The government has launched a new scheme that will recruit 1,500 «elite» teachers and send them into under performing and failing schools to improve standards.

The goal is to recruit 7,000 outstanding new teachers into high - need public schools by giving them scholarships in exchange for a commitment to teach.

The TFA recruits were assigned to teach the students who didn't get into the magnet school, while the magnet school was staffed primarily with longer - term Windham teachers who were transferred from the other district schools to the new magnet.

This is true, and it's a fine argument for focusing education policy efforts on sustainable teacher quality reforms, such as recruiting more academically talented young people into the profession, requiring new teachers to undergo significant apprenticeship periods working alongside master educators, and creating career ladders that reward excellent teachers who agree to stay in the classroom long - term and mentor their peers.

New report highlights global best practices in recruiting and inducting new teachers into the teaching professiNew report highlights global best practices in recruiting and inducting new teachers into the teaching professinew teachers into the teaching profession.

District Superintendents across the state have been speaking with lawmakers about other changes they'd like to see — like an increase in teacher pay, finding new ways to recruit teachers into the system, and finally making substantive changes in the way the state tests is students.

The BTP has partnered with Teaching Residents at Teachers College, Columbia University to recruit Black teachers into their innovative program building a strong teaching force for New YoTeachers College, Columbia University to recruit Black teachers into their innovative program building a strong teaching force for New Yoteachers into their innovative program building a strong teaching force for New York City.

For example, in the mid-1980s, North Carolina created the Teaching Fellows Program, an effort to attract bright young college students into teaching, give them rigorous preparation, and keep them in the profession — at one point, the initiative even funded scholarships for 11,000 new recruits to enroll in revamped teacher education sequences at a number of the state's universities.

Into this school has stepped a new head teacher, Nadia Paczuska, who was recruited through a scheme called Future Leaders.

Clearly things seem to be going well with recruiting new, young teachers into the profession, yet it is strange that so many of our more experienced teachers are leaving in such large numbers.

Empowered Educators: An Unparalleled View of Teaching Quality Around the World from Linda Darling - Hammond Funded and supported by the National Center on Education and the Economy (NCEE), NISL's parent organization, leading education researcher Linda Darling - Hammond's new book Empowered Educators gives groundbreaking insights into how seven high - performing jurisdictions across four continents constructed coherent systems to recruit, develop and support high - quality teachers.

$ 7,662,612 in Teacher Quality Partnerships grants to improve student achievement; improve the quality of new prospective teachers by improving their preparation and enhancing professional development activities for teachers; hold teacher preparation programs at institutions of higher education accountable for preparing highly qualified teachers; and recruit highly qualified individuals, including minorities and individuals from other occupations, into the teachingTeacher Quality Partnerships grants to improve student achievement; improve the quality of new prospective teachers by improving their preparation and enhancing professional development activities for teachers; hold teacher preparation programs at institutions of higher education accountable for preparing highly qualified teachers; and recruit highly qualified individuals, including minorities and individuals from other occupations, into the teachingteacher preparation programs at institutions of higher education accountable for preparing highly qualified teachers; and recruit highly qualified individuals, including minorities and individuals from other occupations, into the teaching force.

TFA has funneled a growing constituency of brand - new recruits into charters in large urban districts that have recently laid off hundreds of experienced teachers, including Philadelphia (where 99 percent of corps members teach in charters), Detroit (69 percent) and Chicago (53 percent).»