Sentences with phrase «rewarding skilled teachers»

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Commenting on the statement on licensing teachers by Tristram Hunt, Shadow Education Secretary, Chris Keates General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union, said: «When this proposal was made by the last Government in 2010, it was in the context of a national framework of pay and conditions of service which recognised and rewarded teachers as highly skilled professionals and which provided them with rights and entitlements to working conditions which supported them in focusing on teaching and learning.

«There is a growing culture in too many schools of seeking to pay teachers on the basis of what you can get away with, rather than rewarding them for their skills and expertise.

I continued this type of rewarding endeavor for eleven years as a PTA board member where I enjoyed many friendships and learned many skills through years of interactions with children and their parents, teachers and administrators.

Yet increasing numbers of skilled and experienced teachers are leaving the profession and highly qualified graduates are opting for jobs in other occupations which better recognise and reward their talents.

Currently, the 3,400 - member Toledo union, which includes 2,700 teachers, has some incentive programs that reward teachers for acquiring additional skills, Lawrence said.

Here was a report that placed the highest value on the teacher, even as it recommended «develop [ing] a career continuum and compensation systems that reward knowledge and skill.»

I could not believe how rewarding it was, but I felt the outside community didn't realize how sophisticated the job was,» says Calegari, who taught for nearly a decade before cofounding 826 Valencia, a nonprofit organization that supports both teachers and students in writing skills.

formal recognition and reward of the teaching, skills and experiences that teachers have acquired while overseas

In March 2004, the Denver Classroom Teachers Association approved a plan that would replace the current lockstep salary structure with a new salary schedule that rewards teachers who advance their teaching knowledge and skills in the subjects they teach, take on additional professional responsibilities, take on the toughest school assignments, and produce Teachers Association approved a plan that would replace the current lockstep salary structure with a new salary schedule that rewards teachers who advance their teaching knowledge and skills in the subjects they teach, take on additional professional responsibilities, take on the toughest school assignments, and produce teachers who advance their teaching knowledge and skills in the subjects they teach, take on additional professional responsibilities, take on the toughest school assignments, and produce results.

It urged the nation to get serious about teacher standards, reinvent teacher preparation and professional development, put qualified teachers in every classroom, encourage and reward teacher knowledge and skill, and create schools organized for student and teacher success.

This process begins with the highlighting of places, whether in the US or abroad, where teaching is seen as an attractive profession including sensitive and profession - appropriate measures of which candidates are promising; excellent training given over a number of years, without candidates having to acquire significant debt; placement of apprentice teachers in settings where they can be expertly inducted into the profession; expert and appealing professional development where teachers feel that they are continuing to acquire new and needed skills; and career paths that are multi-faceted and rewarding.

The validity of the scale depends on the teachers» shared understanding of what good looks like matching the same set of skills rewarded by the exam board markers.

CAP surveyed a sample of 108 nationally representative school districts and asked them to describe how they recruit new talent, select whom to hire, induct new teachers, develop teachers» skills, and measure and reward teachers» success in the classroom.

Randi Weingarten, the American Federation of Teachers president and president of the New York City union at that time, said the best compensation programs base teacher pay on their skills or reward them for collaboration like peer coaching.

Children need teachers who are rewarded as highly skilled professionals.»

Give teachers an opportunity to grow and reward them for it by creating career pathways that recognize their skills, enable professional development and advancement, and offer the chance to have a greater impact for more pay.

Leaders also have shared with me how over the past few years, they've seen good teachers become great, talented new teachers come to their district, and excellent teachers rewarded and recognized for their skills.

Schools and MATs need to do more to ensure they provide teachers with structured, interesting and rewarding training and CPD programmes to keep their teacher workforce motivated and skilled.

Initiatives to develop teaching quality and effectiveness must consider not only how to identify, reward, and use teachers» skills and abilities, but also how to develop teaching contexts that enable good practice.

One main concern is reference bias, or the effect of survey respondents» reference points on their answers.37 Students, for example, attending competitive schools often rate themselves as having less self - control or as less hardworking because of their schools» rigorous expectations.38 Accordingly, some experts caution that using SEL to classify schools could ultimately punish high - performing schools while rewarding low - performing schools.39 Additionally, teachers may misinterpret behavior, erroneously rely on first impressions, or incorrectly equate their opinion of a student with the student's social - emotional skills.40

Hearing teachers speak about skills students have mastered and skills students are still challenged by is very rewarding.

Even teachers who develop their social emotional skills reap rewards through increased mental health and more effective teaching.

Such systems are a way to attract, retain and reward the best teachers; make great use of their skills and honor the collaborative nature of work in schools.

While many state policymakers are continually drawn to accountability measures that rely on sanctions and rewards, effective school and district leaders know that true accountability can only be attained when teachers have the necessary knowledge and skills to improve student learning.

It also argues that rather than paying teachers bonuses for graduate credits and degrees, we should offer teachers rewards for «mastery - based» professional development of specific skills or for taking on well - defined leadership roles.

Seeking a rewarding and challenging position as an Art Teacher in a reputed company where I can use my excellent organizational skills, my solid education background and my vast experience.

Seeking to obtain a rewarding position and a challenging job as a librarian in a reputed organization, where I can use my excellent organizational skills and my ability to develop and maintain strong relations with students and teachers

In this interview about the Job Search Process, a teacher reveals how assessing your skill - set, building relationships based on character, integrity and trust, and broadening your job search focus can lead to rewarding and well - paid work.