Sentences with phrase «see issues of teacher»

E4E members see issues of teacher quality, evaluations, pay and incentives, pensions and tenure to be top - of - mind among teachers nationwide, with those issues and others including the expired teachers contract taking center stage in the complex Los Angeles education debate.

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Of course, if you are referring to a formal teacher, that is standing up as a teacher / leader I can see the issues, but i expect most readers / listeners are not in that category and would want to be encouraged to «teach Scripture» rather than told to «correct yourself».

«We trust the professionalism of our head teachers to work with their staff to ensure they receive the support they need and to see that any issues are addressed,» they added.

«Some issues that we were hoping to see addressed were not, among them the baselining of funding in the budget for initiatives such as legal aid for anti-eviction services and Teacher's Choice, a program that reimburses educators for the purchase of classroom supplies of their choice,» she said.

[See coverage in the March 21 issue of the New York Teacher.]

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SUNY, which trains 25 percent of the New York's educators, is trying to address the issue because the state's school districts are now seeing a shortage of qualified teachers.

As someone who also HAD lordosis and suffered many issues in the SI joint and impingement in nerves through the notch, I found that combining principles of Viniyoga (what the site writer studies) and Sadie Nardini's take on moving the human body (hugely inspired by Kaminoff, whose main teacher was Desikichar — now you see the full circle here) saved my back big time, which fed into healing other parts of my body as well.

Critics see the combination of program accreditation standards, revised by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) in 2000; a growing curricular emphasis on «social justice» issues; and a left - leaning education professoriate as yielding a one - sided approach to teacher education and the certification of teachers based on ideology, rather than teaching skills or mastery of content knoTeacher Education (NCATE) in 2000; a growing curricular emphasis on «social justice» issues; and a left - leaning education professoriate as yielding a one - sided approach to teacher education and the certification of teachers based on ideology, rather than teaching skills or mastery of content knoteacher education and the certification of teachers based on ideology, rather than teaching skills or mastery of content knowledge.

The survey also found that 51 per cent of primary school teachers, and 49 per cent of secondary school teachers need training in e-safety issues, while 51 per cent of primary school teachers are seen to need training in using assessment solutions.

In this new report, which was funded by the Joyce Foundation and released by Education Sector, the presidents of 30 local unions in six states speak candidly about their views on issues including reforming teacher pay, coping with the No Child Left Behind Act, new competition from charter schools, and the challenges of leading multiple generations of teachers who don't always see eye to eye.

Taking issue with the AFT's involvement in opt - out, Stewart wrote, «Why waste an opportunity to exploit the energy of white moms and the teachers that serve them who now see the obsession with closing racial disparities in schools as stealing joy from children of relative privilege?»

I see the key issue not about whether teachers should use a variety of teaching strategies in the classroom, but that we shouldn't pigeonhole students, which can reinforce fixed mindsets.

The England - wide search will see children and young people nominate teachers and school staff who go above and beyond the call of duty to support students around issues such as bullying, relationships, family life and mental health.

Even more troubling is that 45 per cent of girls do not see the relevance of the skills they learn in PE to their lives and ultimately, issues with confidence, self ‑ consciousness, the pressure of academic school work and lack of encouragement from teachers and parents, all hold teenage girls back from being physically active.

For more on this topic by Frederick Hess, please see «How to Get the Teachers We Want» in the Summer 2009 issue of Education Next.

For more on this topic, please see «Invisible Ink in Teacher Contracts» in the Fall 2010 issue of Education Next.

The Houston - based schools have extended days, learning contracts signed by students and parents, school - issued cell phones for teachers, and classrooms bearing the names of colleges — the now - familiar features of what David Whitman dubbed «New Paternalism» schools in his 2008 book Sweating the Small Stuff (see «An Appeal to Authority,» features, Fall 2008).

In - line with technology being an issue, 73 % of teachers agree that it is also the key facilitator to move classrooms forward into the future, and 55 % firmly believe that VR will see an up - turn in grades.

I promise that if you make teacher walkthroughs a priority, you will see significant changes in school climate, teacher diligence, student performance, and many of the «issues» that pull you back to the office will disappear of their own accord.

Further, little is being done to ensure that the tests being devised for the new Common Core State Standards do not introduce a break in the continuous stream of accountability information essential for the evaluation of school and teacher performance (see this issue's forum, «Examining High - Stakes Testing»).

By everyone being made aware of the importance of energy efficiency, and learning simple ways to improve it, it changed the way students and teachers saw the issue and in turn their behaviour over the longer term.

«That's a critical difference for us in terms of the agreed process, that it doesn't unfairly over-emphasise a particular data source, that it embraces a wide range of data sources, and teachers and principals cooperatively have developed an approach that will see those real - time issues built - in to whatever process is undertaken,» Bates told Education Matters magazine.

According to a survey by the British Educational Suppliers Association (BESA), teachers see ICT training as a key requirement with 51 per cent of primary school teachers and 49 per cent of secondary school teachers admitting they need guidance around e-safety issues.

An answer to that question is to be found in the eighth annual Education Next survey of public and teacher opinion discussed in this issue of the journal (see «No Common Opinion on the Common Core,» features, Winter 2015).

In a review of the research literature, University of Washington scholar Dan Goldhaber concluded, «It appears that the most important thing a school can do is to provide its students with good teachers» (see «The Mystery of Good Teaching» in the Spring 2002 issue).

No single education issue divides Republicans and Democrats more sharply than the role of teachers unions (see Figure 1).

You stressed that many topics can be rich with learning opportunity - much depends on how teachers help students to develop insight about how some aspect of the world works, see potential for action, ponder ethical issues and generally see opportunities to build relevant links to their worlds.

From the implementation of the Common Core, to the recent debate surrounding teacher tenure, nearly every issue in public education today can be seen as a facet of a single, fundamental policy question: how should we use standardized assessments and the student achievement data these tests produce?

The report from the British Educational Suppliers Association (BESA) also found that 51 per cent of primary school teachers, and 49 per cent of secondary school teachers are seen to require training in e-safety issues.

We wish to illustrate developments and new ways of thinking in these main fields: Teachers and Students; Projects and Trends; Teaching and Learning; Organizational Issues (see below in «Themes of Interest»).

It can easily collect and report positive behaviors (and display them in a variety of ways) for PBIS, and allow teachers to quickly see supports in place for students with behavior issues, review the problems that they've had elsewhere, and enter their own reports.

Since my last article for Education Business, there has been no further research into «security within the education sector» and we still see that, despite the issues raised following the stabbings in the 1990s and other major incidents, such as the death of a well ‑ loved teacher in Leeds, and the stabbing of a teacher in Bradford, there is still no formal strategy with costs being the biggest issue.

Teachers in new immigrant destinations — places that are seeing rapidly increasing numbers of immigrants — often find themselves dealing with a host of unexpected issues: immigrant students» unique socio - emotional needs, community conflict, a wider range of skills in English, lack of a common language for communication with parents, and more.

During the eight years (2007 to 2014) that the Education Next (EdNext) poll has been administered to a representative sample of American adults (and, in most of these years, to a representative sample of public school teachers), we have seen only minimal changes from one year to the next on such important issues as charter schools, merit pay, teacher tenure, teachers unions, and tax credits that fund private - school scholarships.

Early career teacher attrition is seen as an issue of concern around the world.

The leader of the American Federation of Teachers, Randi Weingarten, sees some of the proposals, in particular the pension issue, as an attack on tTeachers, Randi Weingarten, sees some of the proposals, in particular the pension issue, as an attack on teachersteachers.

He was also struck by the level of agreement on teacher quality issues among Democrats and Republicans, and how many parents said they wanted to see changes in their children's schools.

At the same time, their silence gives tacit support to arguments by traditionalists that standardized testing should not be used in evaluating teachers or for systemic reform (even when, as seen this week from American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten and others critical of the state education policy report card issued by Rhee's StudentsFirst, find it convenient to use test score data for their own puteachers or for systemic reform (even when, as seen this week from American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten and others critical of the state education policy report card issued by Rhee's StudentsFirst, find it convenient to use test score data for their own puTeachers President Randi Weingarten and others critical of the state education policy report card issued by Rhee's StudentsFirst, find it convenient to use test score data for their own purposes).

Since the initial MET report makes no attempt to adjust methods (especially the survey questions) to see if the stability is truly a teacher effect, the results, says Rothstein, must be considered inconclusive (the non-random assignment issue also applies to most of the report's other findings on value - added and student surveys).

[I] saw so many difficult issues within the district: lack of quality teaching, lack of leadership in buildings, lack of empathy and understanding of the children, [and] the lack of access to services that would have made high - performing teachers really be able to deliver the promise for kids.

CO ASCD's efforts to support teacher voice in education decision making include hosting online conversations with policymakers (see Education Issues in Focus at www.coascd.org), conducting policy summits, inviting policymakers and educators to write policy - related blogs or articles for our newsletter, connecting with other organizations in the state that promote education advocacy (for example, Commissioner Anthes» Teacher Cabinet http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdecomm/teachercabinet), providing information about policy priorities in Colorado (for example, State Board of Education priorities (http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdeboard/sbe2017legpriorities), and participating in ASCD education advocacy actiteacher voice in education decision making include hosting online conversations with policymakers (see Education Issues in Focus at www.coascd.org), conducting policy summits, inviting policymakers and educators to write policy - related blogs or articles for our newsletter, connecting with other organizations in the state that promote education advocacy (for example, Commissioner Anthes» Teacher Cabinet http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdecomm/teachercabinet), providing information about policy priorities in Colorado (for example, State Board of Education priorities (http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdeboard/sbe2017legpriorities), and participating in ASCD education advocacy actiTeacher Cabinet http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdecomm/teachercabinet), providing information about policy priorities in Colorado (for example, State Board of Education priorities (http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdeboard/sbe2017legpriorities), and participating in ASCD education advocacy activities.

While many see merit in having a contract — establishing a forum to discuss issues with administration and standards for pay, evaluations, and scheduling — some teachers feel the federation sometimes appears more interested in pushing its own agenda than tending to the needs of such a tiny school, Iskric said.

After several years in which teachers» unions have been hammered on the issue of tenure, have lost collective bargaining rights in some states and have seen their evaluations increasingly tied to student scores, they have begun, with some success, to reassert themselves using a bread - and - butter issue: the annual tests given to elementary and middle school students in every state.

The controversial National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ)-- created by the conservative Thomas B. Fordham Institute and funded (in part) by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation as «part of a coalition for «a better orchestrated agenda» for accountability, choice, and using test scores to drive the evaluation of teachers» (see here; see also other instances of controversy here and here)-- recently issued yet another report about state's teacher evaluation systems titled: «Running in Place: How New Teacher Evaluations Fail to Live Up to Promises.Teacher Quality (NCTQ)-- created by the conservative Thomas B. Fordham Institute and funded (in part) by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation as «part of a coalition for «a better orchestrated agenda» for accountability, choice, and using test scores to drive the evaluation of teachers» (see here; see also other instances of controversy here and here)-- recently issued yet another report about state's teacher evaluation systems titled: «Running in Place: How New Teacher Evaluations Fail to Live Up to Promises.teacher evaluation systems titled: «Running in Place: How New Teacher Evaluations Fail to Live Up to Promises.Teacher Evaluations Fail to Live Up to Promises.»

Among other controversies and issues of contention noted in these articles (see again here, here, and here), one of note (highlighted here) is also that now, «even after seven years»... the state is still «unable to truly explain or provide the actual mathematical calculation or formula» used to link test scores with teacher ratings.

Our faculty in the Education Department at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte often spends time discussing issues we see within our middle grades program, including with our undergraduate teacher candidates...

Teacher workload is one of the biggest issues highlighted by unions and other groups, and the burdens of Ofsted inspections and what is seen as an increasing need to provide evidence of certain practices are often linked to the problem.

A third of the teacher candidates discussed the relationship between off - task behavior and technical issues / difficulties that happen when using computers in instruction, and 45 % of the teacher candidates recognized that allowing students to take ownership of the learning was an important part of teaching (see Appendix I, pdf download).

I do agree with this comment but the problem is that this government does not and will not listen to teachers nor parents.There have been many contentious issues over the past ten years and the government just ploughs on regardless.There needs to be a massive demonstration by society in order to protect the interests of students first.Politicians are notorious for telling us what we need and what is good for us and they have no clue what goes on in schools.I do not see a solution to this but the teacher unions must be much more vocal and really speak up for the teachers and parents in this country.