Sentences with phrase «school leaders and teachers on»

There are those who portray a stark difference between inspectors on the one hand, and school leaders and teachers on the other.
Provide meaningful, job - embedded, and on - going professional development programs for school leaders and teachers on literacy education.
I'm thinking for school leaders and teachers on the ground, what could they be doing in light of your findings?

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Union leaders urged Wisconsin teachers to return to work at schools that are open on Monday, but large protests were expected to continue at the Capitol against a plan to cut collective bargaining rights and benefits to state workers.
Merle M. Ohlsen describes group counseling of adolescents and children in schools.9 Helen Driver reports on two groups for high school seniors, three groups for college students, and four leaderless teachers» groups.10 The second part of Driver's book reports on forty - four projects using small groups in elementary, high school, college, and graduate professional schools (as well as mental health settings), as described by the leaders of each group.
He guides him on the way; he is — here we see the transition to the teacher, indeed to the mystagogue and head of a school — the leader, the father, the rescuer.
By focusing on the day - to - day necessities of a healthy schedule; an engaging, personalized, and rigorous curriculum; and a caring climate, this book is an invaluable resource for school leaders, teachers, parents, and students to help them design learning communities where every student feels a sense of belonging, purpose, and motivation to learn the skills necessary to succeed now and in the future.
Again on Thursday, Lewis called on CPS to sit down with union leaders to negotiate better terms for teachers if the school day and school year is extended.
EL's whole - school reform model combines a highly detailed, interdisciplinary curriculum that focuses on active learning, teamwork, and character education with training and coaching for teachers and school leaders.
With teacher contract negotiations seemingly at a standstill, and a battle over the state's new receivership headed to court, tensions between Buffalo union and school district leaders are on the rise.
ALBANY — Governor Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders have agreed on a framework for the state budget with at least a $ 1.4 billion increase in school aid, a plan to allow the state education department to develop the new teacher evaluation system and tighter disclosure requirements for lawmakers.
Negotiations are now centering on additional ethical disclosures and an overhaul of the system for evaluating public school teachers, the governor and legislative leaders said.
«If you work in a district like that, no matter how effective you are you come out with a scarlet A on your head,» he said, to applause from the audience, which included state legislators, Board of Regents members, school board leaders and teachers union officials.
«When teachers in the school got no relief the UFT and community leaders protested on the steps of Tweed.
Commenting on the publication by the Department for Education (DfE) of «National Standards of Excellence for Headteachers», Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union in the UK, said: «With increasing difficulties in recruiting new headteachers, and with record numbers of teachers wanting to leave the profession, the Coalition Government has failed to recognise the damaging effect of its policies on the morale and confidence of teachers and school leaders.
Now, those leaders are beginning to craft their legislative priorities, which will include eliminating the state's cap on charter schools, increasing funding for established charters, and establishing more accountability measures for district schools and teachers.
The Union therefore accepts that there is a need for an on - entry assessment to establish a benchmark for evaluating future pupil progress, but these assessments must be administered in ways that are manageable for schools and do not create additional workload burdens for teachers and school leaders.
Commenting on the publication by the Department for Education of School Workforce statistical data on headteachers» salaries, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union, said: «Headteachers and other school leaders have an important and critical job to do in leading and managing teaching and learning in scSchool Workforce statistical data on headteachers» salaries, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union, said: «Headteachers and other school leaders have an important and critical job to do in leading and managing teaching and learning in scschool leaders have an important and critical job to do in leading and managing teaching and learning in schools.
NYC schools will lose $ 300 million if leaders from the UFT and DOE don't agree on a new teacher evaluation system by January 17th.
While unions have said they worry that teachers could be unfairly judged based on their students» test results, the scoring for students and teachers is quite different — students get an objective standardized test score, while teachers are evaluated under multipart programs that are developed by local teachers unions and school leaders.
Charter school leader Deborah Kenny's op - ed in today's The New York Times argues against the move by many states toward teacher evaluations based on multiple measures, including both student progress on achievement tests and the reviews of principals.
The union leaders said the talks were not unusual and insisted they were not pulling back on their TV ads and social - media outreach attacking the governor's proposals to strengthen teacher evaluations, streamline disciplinary hearings and expand charter schools.
Thousands of parents, teachers, children and supporters of New York City charter schools gathered at Foley Square on Oct. 2nd to call on city and state leaders to address what they call a «failing school crisis.»
Commenting on today's announcement from Nicky Morgan, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union in the UK, said: «No - one is more committed to raising the standards of education than teachers and school leaders.
Commenting on the release of the Association of School and College Leaders» (ASCL's) paper on intelligent accountability, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union, said:
Perdido Street School blog: What That Meeting on Long Island Between Teachers Union Leaders and Cuomo Signifies
Teachers, parents, union leaders and even some school superintendents and board members in New York are clothed in blue to show their concern for what they see as an overemphasis on testing, an under - emphasis on state education funding, and inequitable spending between districts.
The bill would also require the city to regularly provide state leaders a trove of information on student and teacher data and expenditures as well as develop a facilities capital plan that identifies the 10 most overcrowded and underutilized school buildings.
A group of Brooklyn teachers, chapter leaders and UFT representatives met on June 7 at a local diner with City Councilman Vincent Gentile to make sure he understood the severe problems facing overcrowded District 20 schools and how much more severe those problems will become if the city lays off 4,200 teachers and cuts another 1,500 teaching positions.
Several education leaders, including Cash and Buffalo Teachers Federation President Philip Rumore, used a news event last month to promote community schools as a platform to call on the mayor to help pay for the programs.
«It is unfortunate that DOE is trying to stifle the autonomy of charter schools when their time would be better spent on evaluating what great teachers and leaders in the very best charter schools, traditional district schools and nonprofit providers are doing to make pre-kindergarten an investment that pays off in increased student achievement,» Merriman said.
«Pupils and teachers in 2014 are going to have to cope with new GCSEs, new A-levels, new vocational qualifications, new ways of tracking pupil progress once levels are abolished, on top of new curriculum content in all subjects,» the Association of School and College Leaders» Brian Lightman warned.
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The National Education Union (NEU), National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT), and Association of School & College Leaders (ASCL) have published joint guidance for school leaders on fire risk assessments in schools in the light of the Grenfell Tower trSchool & College Leaders (ASCL) have published joint guidance for school leaders on fire risk assessments in schools in the light of the Grenfell Tower tLeaders (ASCL) have published joint guidance for school leaders on fire risk assessments in schools in the light of the Grenfell Tower trschool leaders on fire risk assessments in schools in the light of the Grenfell Tower tleaders on fire risk assessments in schools in the light of the Grenfell Tower tragedy.
Moreover, leadership and learning are important areas when it comes to people's beliefs; political, symbolic and business leaders have a major impact on our lives, as well as the school and university leaders, and — not the least — those who lead the learning that takes place in those organizations: the teachers.
The Association of School of School and College Leaders (ASCL) has urged the government to «fully fund» all pay rises in the education sector and remove the one per cent pay cap on teachers» pay.
Teachers and school leaders can take the course at a chosen university, become a «Microsoft Innovate Educator» and then create a paper and a video on how their classes have benefited from the use of mobile technology.
«However, the government must now use the space it has created with today's announcement on assessment to ensure that the outcome delivers real progress in reducing, not increasing, the already intense workload burdens on teachers and school leaders, whilst also ensuring that schools are judged on the right things in the right way.»
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Russell Hobby, general secretary of school leaders» union the National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT), said that headteachers would be in regular contact with parents on travel to and from school.
This is a great tradition, a wonderful opportunity for parents and school leaders to acknowledge the impact that teachers have on our children, while providing kids with the chance to show gratitude towards some of the most important adults in their lives.
The Digital Technologies Hub (DT Hub) is an online repository of resources for teachers, students, school leaders, and parents focused on the Digital Technologies curriculum.
«Lisa brings to the role the requisite skills, experience and expertise to lead AITSL as it continues to deliver on its key priority of ensuring teachers and school leaders have the maximum impact on student learning in all Australian Schools
Working with school leaders, new high - quality training opportunities will be developed to boost career progression and support the record number of teachers in our schools to become leaders in their field, including: extending on - the - job training and support for trainee and new teachers to two years, so they get the best possible start to their career; and creating early career development opportunities for teachers through a new framework that schools will follow, developed in partnership with teachers, school leaders and education experts.
JE: And so, the implications of that for teachers and school leaders — obviously it's very early on isn't it, in the school «career» (if we can call it thaAnd so, the implications of that for teachers and school leaders — obviously it's very early on isn't it, in the school «career» (if we can call it thaand school leaders — obviously it's very early on isn't it, in the school «career» (if we can call it that).
With over 47 per cent of project funds across 82 per cent of participating schools spent on teacher release - and only a very small portion of this time allocated to formal training programs - school leaders are now opting for technology - supported learning in addition to traditional forms.
In the past, administrations emphasised school management; tomorrow the focus needs to be on instructional leadership, with leaders supporting, evaluating and developing high - quality teachers, and designing innovative learning environments.
«One of the Harvard Education Press» founding goals has been to «translate» education research on behalf of education practitioners — school and district leaders, teachers, administrators,» says Douglas Clayton, the director of the Harvard Education Publishing Group.
This course focuses on providing school administrators and teacher - leaders with the skills and insights needed to implement successful inclusive education.
In a quasi-experimental study in nine Title I schools, principals and teacher leaders used explicit protocols for leading grade - level learning teams, resulting in students outperforming their peers in six matched schools on standardized achievement tests (Gallimore, Ermeling, Saunders, and Goldenberg, 2009).
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