Sentences with phrase «said about the profession»

What does it say about this profession that educators would rather slash their pay by thousands to be able to physically do their job well?

What do teachers themselves say about the profession and whether it is serving students» needs... not to mention their own?

«Lead the change, or be forced to follow,» he has said about the profession.

Not exact matches

I don't have my finger on the pulse of the economics profession, so you can't infer too much about what most economists think from anything I say.

I should say that every profession should be level - headed about bigotry, etc., yet none of them are... so what is this «profession» of yours?

Baker reports about the response to one of his six - day preaching tour: «The men of four villages wished at once to cut off their top - knots, and asked for baptism forthwith... I said that faith and patience were the life of Christ's people, and that a profession of this nature could not be put on and off like clothing: they had better wait;... But they said, «You must destroy our devil - places, and teach us to pray to our Father, as you call Him, in Heaven, or some beginning must be made.»

In sum, the Court has fashioned, in Romer v. Evans, a powerful new instrument for blocking from the academy and the professions people who are «overly serious» about their religion» which is to say, people who take seriously the traditional moral teachings of Christianity and Judaism.

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That may be true, (your comment above), however, we could poll all Americans, about their «desire» to work where they want to work and their relative enjoyment / happiness or lack - thereof of said job or profession, whatever it may be.

If anyone proposes to believe, i.e., imagines himself to believe, because many good and upright people living here on the hill have believed, i.e., have said that they believed (for no man can control the profession of another further than this; even if the other has endured, borne, suffered all for the Faith, an outsider can not get beyond what he says about himself, for a lie can be stretched precisely as far as the truth — in the eyes of men, but not in the sight of God), then he is a fool, and it is essentially indifferent whether he believes on account of his own and perhaps a widely held opinion about what good and upright people believe, or believes a Münchausen.

It hurts me to say this about age, because I've always liked her and in most non sport professions 29 would be would be young.

I don't think so,» said Dr. Ruth Lawrence, who has spent the past 15 years educating the medical profession about breast - feeding through the Academy of Breast Feeding Medicine, an organization she helped create.

«The number of women saying they feel pessimistic about their future in the profession and the number saying their priority is to leave teaching must give employers and Government pause for thought about the urgency of the need to create a teaching profession which genuinely values and supports all women teachers.

A real - time electronic poll of attendees at the Conference found that: · Over half (55 %) say they feel generally or very pessimistic about their future in the teaching profession;

Ms. Lamptey who is a lawyer by profession with 29 years public prosecutorial experience indicated that she first inform the appointing authority about the situation, saying «I may even go to whoever it is to at least inform him that I've realized that I'm not working».

Alan McLintock, Chair of CIOT's Indirect Taxes Sub-committee, said: «HMRC should continue to engage with the tax profession and other stakeholders on this measure so that the many unanswered questions about this radical change can be addressed before legislation is drafted.

«Teachers need to be honest about faults in the exam system if they are to gain more respect and esteem for the profession, the shadow Education Secretary says today.

County Executive Mark Poloncarz said he believes the reduction in prescriptions for hydrocodone - acetaminophen speaks to the county's efforts to educate the community and medical profession about the dangers of opiates.

«If you talk to 17 - year - olds about their plans, or ask adults how they got into their profession, you'll find that their interests change and they change majors,» says Hal Salzman, a professor of public policy at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey, quoted in the article.

Van Driel said that the legislation would make it «impossible for many, if not most, natural scientists [physicists, chemists, biologists, computer scientists, etc.] to practice their professions in industry, government, and universities» without the oversight of an engineer «who might know little or nothing about the specialty.»

«A small group with only 38,000 members has been for years responsible for telling the rest of the profession, consisting of hundreds of thousands of people, how to think about mental disorders,» says Elkins.

In contrast to the Ph.D., which generally aims to expand academic knowledge, «professional doctorates increase the knowledge about the practice of a profession,» says Stuart Powell of the University of Hertfordshire.

But, I did have to learn what is the difference between my passion and my profession,» said Idleburg, adding that «Another thing I was concerned about was making money.

And if you ask physicists — and actually, I believe somebody polled somehow — I remember having read about that — who is the biggest in your profession and without any doubt, everybody would say «Newton.»

When she attended an open house at UBCNM and was able to hear ND's speak about their profession, she says that, «I knew I was in the right place.

That said, I think you need to think about why you would want to talk about a particular topic, such as profession.

My profession says alot about me just as how much i put enough passion in my work thats the same amount i need to put towards a lady who deserves it.

While most of these aren't people whose lectures you'd want to attend, everyone has some interesting things to say about their respective profession and input on That Evening Sun.

Stone said the manifesto is «somewhat of a line in the sand» but also an organizing tool to «bring together solutions - oriented teachers around a common set of beliefs» about issues relevant to their profession.

«Going forward, one of the ways to address this and to change the perception is to be honest about the profession and to be concrete,» says Kamras.

Led by Maddie Fennell, Nebraska's 2007 State Teacher of the Year, the commission issued a report in 2011 that sketched out a vision of the profession in which teachers have a say in decisions about hiring, evaluating, promoting, and dismissing their fellow teachers.

In a profession that already feels under siege, the decision in most states — encouraged by the U.S. Department of Education — to press ahead with using student test scores as a significant component of a teacher's evaluation «just fuels the perception that we care more about weeding out weak teachers than giving the vast majority of teachers the time and support they need to make a successful transition to Common Core,» says Schwartz.

Chris Keates, general secretary of the NASUWT, said: «Teachers and school leaders take very seriously their duty of care to their students and it is clear there is a great deal of concern in the profession about the gulf in the availability of expert psychological support and counselling for pupils with mental health needs.

«The number of women saying they feel pessimistic about their future in the profession and the number saying their priority is to leave teaching must give employers and government pause for thought about the urgency of the need to create a teaching profession which genuinely values and supports all women teachers.

She says that there is a stigma about teaching in Pakistan leading many to pursue other professions.

Washington Times, February 28, 2012» [Professor] Howard Gardner, one of the world's most influential thinkers and author of the theory of Multiple Intelligences (MI) recently was asked if there were too many engineers in India, Gardner said: «I'm skeptical about any profession being valorized over others.

Commenting on the recent release of government data about school leadership roles, NAHT's Head of Policy Valentine Mulholland said: «These statistics confirm what our members have been reporting for some time — that school leaders are walking away from the profession or taking a demotion in large numbers.

«My whole profession was [not only] about closing the gap, but taking [students] beyond the gap,» Amante says.

It says about half tend to be returners to the profession or those new to the state sector - ie those from private schools, abroad or trained teachers, who have never taken up a teaching post before.

Hobby said he was pleased the government had listened to the profession, and said his union stood «ready to engage in further discussions about how the government can meet its vision in co-operation with the education sector».

«The Teaching for Better Learning (TBL) model and standards set out in this article contribute an innovative approach to our thinking about teaching standards that not only challenges persistent and oft - criticized norms in the design and approach to standards set out for the teaching profession, but proposes an alternative approach,» said Associate Professor Mark Barrow, dean of the Faculty of Education and Social Work at the University of Auckland.

When teachers learn about SEL, Weissberg says, they often say, «this is what I wanted to do [when entering the profession], and what I do as a good teacher.»

In the United States, which ranked 36th in math and 24th in reading in the most recent (2012) PISA test, only about a third of teachers said they felt part of a valued profession, a sliver above the international average of 31 percent.

Alison Peacock, the Chartered College of Teaching's chief executive, said the notion of flexible working, and «ways of thinking intelligently about how we best thrive as a profession», was an important part of efforts to «shift the narrative away» from workload issues.

Education blogger Richard Selfridge, another speaker at the forum, said the fact that «people are discussing boycotts at this stage» highlights the «concerns that people in the profession have» about the new assessment.

«I don't know of any other profession that has this kind of uncertainty about the kind of preparation needed,» said Arthur Levine, president of the Woodrow Wilson Fellowship program, which provides an alternative pathway to teaching for career switchers.

A DfE spokesperson said: «We want to support the profession to tackle the issue of unnecessary workload which we know many teachers are concerned about.

«It suggests to me, that we needed, as a profession, people to put some stakes in the ground and say look, here is the mark, now let's talk about how we get there.»

«National Board Certification isn't just about identifying great teachers — it's about elevating the profession so that our children achieve at higher rates,» Gov. Wise said.

«We're cautiously optimistic about the rule - making process moving forward in a way that allows TFA to thrive and serve kids, and to improve the overall the profession of teaching,» said Teach for America's Vice President, Shannon Blankenship.