Sentences with phrase «staff schools even»

Shortages of qualified teachers in subjects like math, science, special education, and foreign languages, along with the impending retirements of an entire generation of teachers, make recruiting teachers to hard - to - staff schools even more challenging.

Not exact matches

Jennifer Schnidman Medbery knew that teaching math at a New Orleans charter school would be tough, even though the school, Sci Academy, had attracted a «dream team» staff.

Schools were run «in a severe, regimented manner that imposed unreasonable and oppressive discipline on children and even on staff»...

... This set of statistics may even be an underestimate of the direction of travel as... Catholic schools and colleges often feel under pressure to demonstrate theirCatholicity and can inflate actual numbers in their «self - declaration» of Catholic staff and pupils.»

I ask becasue I know people who did atttend religious schools and claimed to be Ateist or beleive in a different faith and were not expelled or even ridiculed by faculty and staff.

More locally, the company supports schools and community organizations through its «guest griller» program, which offers volunteers the chance to join bd's grill staff for an evening.

Even before 7:30 a.m., school staff and maintenance workers filter in and out to prep for the new year.

These two worked in impressive tandem all evening, harrying Louisville's staff into manufactured runs of the old school variety.

Lynch's school district does not even have a social media policy and doesn't monitor staff Internet profiles, but these comments were so egregious that they got to administrators» ears before school was even back in session.

In 2008, I commented that «Too many young athletes — from 9 - year old cheerleaders to star middies on high school Lacrosse teams — are still failing to self - report their symptoms to the coach, sideline medical staff, their friends or even their parents, forcing clinicians to try to manage concussions somewhat in the dark.»

This evening will be geared toward putting the school and the grade in the best light, and giving parents a chance to connect faces to names of the administration and teaching staff.

«We have held staff challenges related to walking and weight loss, and even host an after school yoga group.

504 plans can provide clear guidance for handling your child's allergies even after teachers and staff change in your child's school.

Getting the kids enrolled is a «downstream» problem; other barriers occur upstream that make feeding kids in the summer even harder than it is during the school year: federal regulations, nutritional standards, finding and keeping trained staff and a host of other requirements that make coordinating the effort difficult.

Huge data sets were shared with IDEO staff for their project, but even members of the SF Board of Education have no access to files showing how many students at each school have not yet returned a meal application, or how many ate school lunch in October, or how much cafeteria debt each school is accumulating.

«Too many schools want to create space for younger, cheaper teachers or even unqualified staff who they can place on temporary contracts, giving them flexibility over performance or funding, or both.

If academies are allowed to determine their own pay and conditions, this will create uncertainty for staff and could make it even harder for the most deprived schools in the toughest areas to recruit staff.

«This process has already caused much uncertainty and disruption to pupils and their families, now teachers and school support staff find themselves removed from their jobs without even financial compensation.

Even where such assessments are made, the details are often not shared or passed on to staff, particularly when pupils move schools.

Even if it is, all too often this is not always shared with all staff or is not passed on to receiving schools if the pupil is moved.

City Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña has had internal discussions with her staff about placing most of the 1,200 educators in full - time teaching jobs even though about half have disciplinary histories or unsatisfactory ratings, sources said.

Mayor Bloomberg's proposed education budget for next year does almost nothing to make up for years of cuts to programs and staff, even though the state increased school funding to city schools next year by more than 4 percent, UFT Vice President Karen Alford testified at a City Council Education Committee hearing on March 21.

With generous support from Regeneron, Arconic Foundation and Burton Family Foundation, along with the generosity of individuals, school booster clubs and even the Society's staff Annual Giving Fund, over 4,300 high schools will be sponsored during the 2017 — 2018 school year.

Even though it was an online training with some live components, I was surprised to feel such a personal connection with the school, the staff, the instruction and even the other studeEven though it was an online training with some live components, I was surprised to feel such a personal connection with the school, the staff, the instruction and even the other studeeven the other students.

Pete the purple squirrel has become a legend among staff and pupils at the school he visits in Hampshire «Squirrels will chew anything even if it's Carl Pugh, 35, behaved «despicably» when he was filmed repeatedly striking his American bulldog Jeff on a towpath, which was viewed on social media

This is because for example, ParentMail should save an average school at least # 2,000 every year (bigger schools even more) by cutting paper, photocopying, phone and post bills, not forgetting the staff time involved as well.»

But even with a good travel plan in place to encourage pupils to walk or cycle to school, traffic congestion, road safety, impacts on neighbours, and parking for staff and parents can become highly contentious issues for both primaries and secondaries.

Use the crosswords in your home room class, in subject lessons, in substitution lessons, in lunchtime or after school clubs, in the time - out room, or even in the staffroom (or even in a staff meeting if you dare).

Having now used OST at my school in staff meetings, in our strategic planning process, and even my own classroom, I have to agree with OpenSpaceWorld that «OST is a simple way to run productive meetings for five to 2,000 + people, and a powerful approach to leadership in any kind of organization.»

The reasons for a proprietor to seek school improvement, according to Mikko Salonen, «can include factors such as poor learning outcomes, poor feedback from parents, decreased attractiveness, leadership problems, conflicts among personnel, or possibly even decreased well - being among pupils or staff.»

South Australia has moved to allow principals to confiscate mobile phones suspected of carrying illegal material and to suspend or exclude students who threaten «the safety of wellbeing of a student or member of staff... [even if this is] an event that occurs outside of school hours of off - site» (DECS memorandum).

Payroll is also a significant concern, as any flaw in the security system could lead to the leaking of bank account details from all staff, and even the school's accounts.

She is hoping to develop curricula for both staff training and classroom learning that reinforce each other, and has even entertained the thought of starting a school based on these principles.

The research also found that 22 per cent of independent school staff are spending the equivalent of up to two working days on activities related to their job during evenings and weekends.

Some in the education sphere, particularly unions, believe this will allow schools to manipulate their pupil admissions and reduce costs by lowering staff salaries or even limiting their pupil intake.

Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers, told Schools Week: «Schools are so desperate for teachers they are prepared to hire them on these short - term visas even though it means there will be rapid turnover of staff.»

Our school held a French day, all the staff were encouraged to address the children in French (with help from a useful phrase guide) and there was even a French themed menu.

The evening event at Hill Field Elementary School in Clearfield, Utah, features Principal Paul Bryner as Dr. Seuss and members of the staff as his popular characters.

Even if fraud or corruption is not obvious, school, staff, parents and the community should always stay alert for warning signs such as poor record - keeping and a lack of documents supporting financial transactions, different procurement duties being carried out by the same person rather than different people, or a school operating outside its approved budget.

In my view it is enormously valuable to have a teacher within the school itself to coordinate rehearsals and events, liaise with other staff, follow up on children who have missed lessons (finding out if there is an underlying financial or family problem of some sort), meet with parents at the regular parents» evenings, arrange for permission slips for an event, work with the drama specialist / enthusiast on plans for a musical.

Even a retreat to a different part of the school building — or special program — can do a lot to re-energize staff.

Active system prompting of on - call staff or available internal staff also helps schools cap their casual staff expense, as it is easier — or even automatic — to make best use of staff which don't cost any more money.

But even at Piney Branch, which benefits from the vast resources of a huge, affluent school system in Montgomery County, Maryland, it sure seems rickety, held with lots of duct tape and chewing gum, and subject to collapse without just the right staff and parent support.

these can be used within the classroom, around the school or even in the staff room!

Even more important, encouraging students and staff to share the burden of hard decisions has the potential to foster trust and create more just schools.

«Educated Yorkshire gave us a great opportunity to discuss issues that schools are faced with when it comes to mental health, of which staff numbers and training are prevalent, and how strategies can be implemented to aid schools with even the lowest staff numbers.»

They enjoy practical investigations suitable for the whole ability range and we even find staff talking about the topics and working together so there is a school - wide buzz of excitement.

In addition to recruiting faculty and staff, a typical week includes planning the curriculum, working with architects on designing the 100 - acre campus, and even personally writing the content of the school's website.

Even if the statutory minimum ratio is 1:30, out of school clubs must also ensure that they are meeting the staff: child ratio demanded by their insurers.

The mayor's office staff disdain to play up the rhetoric of free markets in talking about their charter schools, but much of their intelligence derives from outside government: nonprofits and even the private sector.