Sentences with phrase «retain teachers in subject»

There is some evidence to suggest that school districts are choosing to retain teachers in subject areas with teacher shortages, with 13.3 percent of teachers that received layoff notices falling into such a category compared to 15.1 percent of teachers who did not receive a notice.

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«Districts continue to tell us they're having difficulty recruiting and retaining qualified teachers in certain hard to staff subject areas,» said Board of Regents Chancellor Betty A. Rosa.

Allowing science teachers to explore the subject they love through real science projects is a key factor in attracting and retaining talented teachers that can inspire more students to continue in these fields, ultimately contributing to efforts to reduce the STEM skills gap.

They also rely on various versions of merit pay, usually rewarding some teachers for subject specialization and other talents in order to retain valued teachers and to provide incentives for improvement.

In Ofsted's annual report, Wilshaw warns that teacher shortages are a real problem across England, and that more needs to be done to retain teachers in STEM subjects and stop teachers choosing to leave for independent schools or to teach abroaIn Ofsted's annual report, Wilshaw warns that teacher shortages are a real problem across England, and that more needs to be done to retain teachers in STEM subjects and stop teachers choosing to leave for independent schools or to teach abroain STEM subjects and stop teachers choosing to leave for independent schools or to teach abroad.

The impact of incentives to recruit and retain teachers in «hard - To - staff» subjects: An analysis of the Florida Critical Teacher Shortage Program.

Ensuring quality teachers in every classroom by recruiting, training, retaining, and rewarding teachers and school leaders; creating career ladders and increasing pay for effective teachers who serve as mentors, teach in high - need subjects, such as math and science, and who excel in the classroom; and by identifying ineffective and struggling teachers, providing them with individual help and support, and removing them from the classroom in a quick and fair way if they still underperform.

Some districts and states have moved toward professionalized pay systems while others are using loan forgiveness programs to attract and retain high - quality teachers, especially in hard - to - staff schools and subjects.

«Teachers and the Great Economic Debate» was the subject of the forum, bringing together thousands to consider how to train, retain and support world class teachers in every classroom to secure North Carolina's future competitTeachers and the Great Economic Debate» was the subject of the forum, bringing together thousands to consider how to train, retain and support world class teachers in every classroom to secure North Carolina's future competitteachers in every classroom to secure North Carolina's future competitiveness.

Many school systems have gotten the message that they need to be more data driven, and they are now awash in data - not just yearly student test scores, but figures on how different groups of students are doing in particular subjects or grade levels, how successful a school is at attracting and retaining teachers or closing the achievement gap among disadvantaged students, or how equitable funding is from school to school.

IDRA developed a curriculum to certify teachers in bilingual / ESL and STEM subjects in mostly Latino communities and provided a comprehensive online and personalized support system to retain teachers for a minimum of three years.

Richard Bacon MP asked whether Greening would discuss how the provisions of the act «can be used to recruit and retain teachers in difficult - to - fill subjects».

At the same time, the district is investing in professional development to retain effective school and classroom leaders and paying for assessments so existing teachers can be licensed in needed subject areas.

-- To boost the quality of teachers and principals, especially in high - poverty schools and hard - to - staff subjects, states and districts should be able to identify effective teachers and principals — and have strategies for rewarding and retaining more top - notch teachers and improving or replacing ones who aren't up to the job.

«Like our professional development courses, which help to retain and develop teachers already in the profession, our teacher training programme will have a strong emphasis on subject knowledge and ensuring that teachers are confident experts in the classroom,» said Ms Counsell.