Sentences with phrase «reduced teacher absences»

The policy reduced teacher absences on an annual basis by about 10 percent and cut the number of teachers with 15 or more annual absences by 20 percent, according to the report by Brian A. Jacob, a professor of education policy and economics at the University of Michigan, in Ann Arbor.

We use a randomized experiment and a structural model to test whether monitoring and financial incentives can reduce teacher absence and increase learning in rural India.

The discussions required to reduce teacher absence and claw back associated learning loss require sensitivity to the needs of teachers, the scarcity of resources, and the urgency of improving achievement overall and closing achievement gaps.

Not exact matches

In fact, with reduced absences and greater teacher retention levels being a common by - product of well - being strategies, many schools can save money.

The report warns that in the absence of any significant extra government funding, academies may need to reduce teacher numbers, impacting on the quality of education and the scope of subjects being taught.

A recent study by Robert M. Costrell and Jeffery Dean (see «The Rising Cost of Teachers» Health Care,» research, Spring 2013) found that aggregate district health - care costs were 13 to 19 percent lower in 2012 than they would have been in the absence of the Act 10 provisions, with two - thirds of the decline coming from reduced premiums and one - third from increased employee contributions.

Teacher absences, NBER found, «radically reduced... instructional intensity» by creating «discontinuities of instruction [and] the disruption of regular routines and procedures of the classroom.»

Everyone — from teachers taking roll to school nurses taking temperatures and security guards monitoring the hallways — can play a part in reducing chronic absence.

Encourage local policymakers to «right - size» leave privileges and initiate incentive policies designed to reduce levels of teacher absence.

The district has implemented several key initiatives to successfully reduce their chronic absence rates including their innovative use of Teachers on Special Assignment (TOSA) as dedicated attendance liaisons.

Using detailed data from North Carolina, this paper examines the frequency, incidence, and consequences of teacher absences in public schools, as well as the impact of a policy designed to reduce absences.

The incidence of teacher absences is regressive: when schools are ranked by the fraction of students receiving free or reduced - price lunch, schools in the poorest quartile averaged almost one extra sick day per teacher than schools in the highest income quartile, and schools with persistently high rates of teacher absence were much more likely to serve low - income than high - income students.

The quick, 20 - minute sessions strengthen the teacher - student connection; reduce bullying, absences, and behavior incidents; and improve school culture.

Everyone, from the teachers taking the roll to school nurses taking temperatures or security guards monitoring the hallways, can play a part in reducing chronic absence.

School assemblies, back - to - school nights, preschool or kindergarten orientation events, parent - teacher conferences and newsletters present important opportunities to engage students and their families and send the message that regular attendance is an expectation, and to build awareness that absences reduce a child's opportunities to learn.

SELECTED ACHIEVEMENTS • Contributed highly to the implementation of a particularly challenging curriculum in the absence of a paraprofessional • Managed a class of 15 seven year old students for 3 days without the leadership of the class teacher, without incident • Saved a 5 year old from choking on a piece of food by employing fast and accurate first aide knowledge • Introduced the concept of «online materials resourcing», reducing the cost of ordering the same by 50 %