Sentences with phrase «serves teachers or their students»

«Our findings suggest that the distinction between learning to read and reading to learn no longer serves teachers or their students,» write the authors.

Does the high teacher burnout rate at charter schools serve teachers or students well?

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Teachers have a primary duty to serve their pupils and not to gratify themselves, whether by a sense of power over the lives of others, by the enjoyment of their students» affection and respect, or by the intrinsic stimulus of interesting studies.

In addition to serving as a technique, keeping in touch with where students are in their own experience also provides an opportunity for the teacher to learn something for himself or herself.

The teacher, as an enabler or equipper or coach, no matter how expert he is as a scholar, is in his teaching function asked to help the student to release and develop powers of observation and reasoning that will serve him as a continuing learner.

Texas requires schools with more than 80 percent of students eligible for free and reduced - cost lunch to serve universal free breakfast, but not necessarily Breakfast in the Classroom, a program where students eat the hot breakfast or cereal in the classroom with their teacher and peers.

Each day, parents and special guests joined students to eat or help serve lunch — local celebrities such as firefighters, superintendents, teachers, local government officials and coaches helped spread the lunchroom love in cafeterias across the country!

Besides directing theater productions and dances at St. Viator High School in Arlington Heights, JoAnn Calzaretta, a longtime theater arts teacher, could also be found moderating student council meetings, serving on staff committees or teaching English.

Yet games alone will not make schools more efficient, replace teachers or serve as an educational resource that can reach an infinite number of students, he adds.

As a student / teacher you can expect to gain new insights into mental and physical habits that do not support your growth as a person or serve you in your development and how to release from those addictions.

Whether it is soldier leading his brothers - in - arms into battle or a teacher inspiring a class full of under - served students, a leading performance gives the audience someone to root for.

The teacher, human and serving 30 students at a time, will focus away and leave that student to his or her own devices rather than insisting, «Try your best.»

Nor, as Frederick Hess explains, is there any scientific evidence that requiring teachers to have certain views about «sexuality or social class» ensures that they teach all students: «Screening on «dispositions» serves primarily to cloak academia's biases in the garb of professional necessity.»

In particular, it is not known whether teachers leave schools with high concentrations of disadvantaged and low - achieving populations for financial reasons or because of the working conditions associated with serving these students.

Across all four districts, which together serve more than 465,000 students, the researchers found new elementary teachers were assigned students who had performed.1 to.3 of a standard deviation below their peers who were assigned to teachers with four years of experience or more — meaning that these students were about three to nine months of schooling behind their classmates.

Likewise ~ this forum can also serve as a means to help general education teachers ~ who have their own group of gifted students or who are tasked to co-teach with gifted teachers.

Maybe there's that one teacher who is amazingly talented at what she does; or the teacher's aide who serves as a de facto grandmother to half the student body; or the chess club leader who manages to keep young boys engaged in school through early adolescence; or the superstar math teacher who seems solely responsible for a middle school's stellar math scores.

Not surprisingly, perhaps, board members who are or were educators (27 percent of the total surveyed) believe that funding is a barrier and that the focus on student achievement is misplaced; these beliefs were held «regardless of the actual level of funding in the district,» «regardless of the actual teacher salaries» in the district, and «even after controlling for the type of student population that the district serves and the actual rigor of academic standards» in the district.

When I suggest that talkers and doers need to listen to those who see things differently, that policymakers are well - served by humility, or that reform needs to work for teachers as well as students, it's not because I want everyone to get along.

Potential reach - extension methods vary according to the level of «touch,» or direct student interaction with 3X teachers, and «reach,» or number of children served by each 3X instructor.

The real question isn't whether we should pay all teachers more or less; it's how to pay the right teachers more, in a way that serves students and maximizes the bang we get for the educational buck.

• When schools lack expert teachers because of shortages stemming from geographic limitations or attrition, for example; • When expert teachers must serve a wide range of student needs in a single classroom by personalizing learning for each student; • And when expert teachers much teach more than academic content.

It is also yet to be seen whether micro-credentials will serve as just a personalized means of better teacher development, or if they are another catalyst in the movement to personalize learning for students as well.

Lawmakers could tailor the tax credit in various ways, such as limiting the number of years teachers could claim it, or limiting eligibility to teachers in schools serving predominantly low - income students.

An important part of the WINGS model is recruiting local college students to serve as teachers, or WINGSLeaders, as they're called.

The target audience for this project is deliberately broad, including, for example: state - and federal - policymakers; education leaders (e.g., superintendents, assistant superintendents, etc.); early education center directors; practitioners serving in formal or informal leadership roles (e.g., head teachers, pre-school teachers, department heads); funders and non-profit leaders working in the early education sector; faculty and graduate students.

Using programs designed specifically for assessment, including comments, serves students and teachers better than taking days or weeks to let students know how they're doing or what you need to do to improve learning.

Finally, Figure 5 illustrates that schools that serve many underrepresented minority students (URM, defined as American Indian, Black, or Hispanic) have considerably greater difficulties recruiting teachers than schools that serve fewer URM students.

«When students see their teachers or anyone wearing the blue wristband, it will serve as a signal to students that they are not alone, that school is a safe haven, and that they can turn to and depend on their educators to deal with bullying or harassment,» said AFT President Randi Weingarten.

That said, there is considerable evidence of staffing difficulties in specific subjects (e.g., STEM and special education) and in specific types of schools (e.g., rural schools or schools serving disadvantaged students), which suggests that policies aimed at addressing these true shortage areas must be targeted to these specific teachers and schools.

Few teachers find their work effective or satisfying when they simply «serve up» a curriculum — even an elegant one — to students with no regard for their varied learning needs.

Generally, teachers serve as the sole resource or audience for student work.

Although online learning makes it possible for the best online teachers to live in any state of their choosing and simultaneously serve students across the entire country, the requirements for gaining additional state licensures often limit them to teaching only in the state where they physically reside — or, at most, in a small handful of states for which they have completed the licensure transfer process.

Rather than conceptualizing this model as a «program» or specific kind of meeting, teachers should think of a PLC as an «ongoing process in which educators work collaboratively in recurring cycles of collective inquiry and action research to achieve better results for the students they serve» (DuFour 2006).

A team of a dozen or so educators, including teachers at KIPP and Achievement First, are working on our product to ensure that it meets the needs of our targeted end - users: teachers who work in schools in impoverished neighborhoods and the low - income students they serve.

Using the NY State Assessments in evaluations allows us to meaningfully compare teacher performance statewide, which helps policymakers know which students need help or which teachers serving particular student subgroups may need additional support.

• Work with CSA team to plan and run site for academic, out of school time program serving approximately 100 middle school students • Perform administrative tasks in support of the teachers • Assist with maintaining and organizing site materials at designated school site (either Jackson / Mann K - 8 or Edison K - 8) • Ride the school bus home with Scholars, monitoring bus behavior and safety • Assist in supervising daily study hall

ISSUE 3: Bonuses for AP Teachers Arizona Department of Education will be administering an AP incentive program in which $ 450 per passing score is distributed to schools serving 50 % or more FRL students and $ 300 per passing score goes to all other schools.

Title I was created to help these schools better serve their students by providing school - wide services and whole school reforms tied to raising student achievement, such hiring additional teachers and classroom aides; improving curriculum; enhancing parent involvement; or extending learning time for students who need extra help.

Thirty - four percent of schools serving a high proportion of minority students experience teacher shortages in one or more subject areas compared to only 18 percent of low minority schools.

If the average - sized charter school serves 250 students, then its spending on facilities will exceed more than $ 500,000 — enough to hire six new teachers or provide 350 days of professional development.

This serves as somewhat of a one - two punch for new teachers just coming out of colleges or universities as the House bill also eliminates the student loan interest deduction.

If these cuts were enacted, states would have to either backfill the loss of federal support for out - of - school care by drawing from other limited funding streams or accept that previously served students would now be in unsafe, unsupervised environments outside of school hours.54 Attendance, student achievement, and peer and student - to - teacher relations could suffer.55 States that cut after - school programs would likely have to allocate additional dollars in future years to triage the loss of jobs or depressed student outcomes.

Contact our Director of Student and Family Services, Caroline Horn, at 414-559-2096 for opportunities to serve as a classroom helper, teacher's assistant or after - school tutor.

Applications must address at least one of the competition's priorities, which include improving the effectiveness of teachers or principals, implementing college - and career - ready standards, improving outcomes for students with disabilities, and serving rural communities.

Multiple studies have demonstrated that organizations that prioritize a performance - management system that supports employees» professional growth outperform organizations that do not.25 Similar to all professionals, teachers need feedback and opportunities to develop and refine their practices.26 As their expertise increases, excellent teachers want to take on additional responsibilities and assume leadership roles within their schools.27 Unfortunately, few educators currently receive these kinds of opportunities for professional learning and growth.28 For example, well - developed, sustained professional learning communities, or PLCs, can serve as powerful levers to improve teaching practice and increase student achievement.29 When implemented poorly, however, PLCs result in little to no positive change in school performance.30

I'm hoping that a year or two from now, students will be doing better, that teachers will be happier doing their jobs, and that positions we created will attract people, retain the best teachers here, and get to the point where the three benefits — creating avenues for excellent teachers, serving students better, helping developing teachers — will be a reality.

Membership is open to any parent, guardian, or other adult regularly serving in a parent / guardian role for a student at the school and any teachers or staff employed at the school.

Gwinnett County, Prince George's County, Md., and Springfield, Mass., for example, are among those using screening tools, such as Gallup's PrincipalInsight, that allow them to quickly gather information on why a candidate wants to be a school leader and his or her likely ability to foster collegiality, or motivate teachers, students and parents.20 To ensure that would - be candidates genuinely want to lead schools and not just get a salary bump that comes with an advanced degree, Chicago, St. Louis and Springfield, Ill., require would - be leaders to agree to serve as principals for a set number of years.