«Improving education is about schools and classrooms, so it's vital that the clear and
strong voices of teachers and principals guide our work, «said Secretary Duncan.
Not exact matches
With the help
of a trusted yoga
teacher's guidance,
voice and sometimes corrective touch, there arises a
strong calm abiding with self - compassion for what the object
of meditative yoga is: the body as the personal home
of emotional suffering.
The
strong relationships that appear to exist between
teachers and students help open the door for students to express their ideas, hopes and needs — all
of which are important parts
of fostering student
voice.
L&T is a full - time, one - year graduate program that prepares
teachers and educators
of all stripes to have a
stronger voice in the design and impact
of their organizations.
In a world that likes to pigeonhole people, Albert Shanker was a paradox.He was one
of the fathers
of collective bargaining for
teachers, but also one
of the
strongest voices for
teacher professionalism.
At Mount Waverley Secondary College in Melbourne, student
voice is at the heart
of a push to build
stronger teacher - student relationships.
That's why I'd urge
teachers up and down the country who think Britain is safer,
stronger and better off in Europe to make sure their
voice is heard on June 23rd and to make sure we don't gamble with the future
of the next generation.»
Research shows that high quality teaching and leadership teams learn from each other's practices, experiences and support, and that's why we will always keep you, the reader, at the heart
of Teacher magazine, providing educators and educational leaders with a
strong voice and a platform to share and collaborate.
At Conservatory Lab,
teachers quietly launched their union drive in the fall
of 2008, seeking a
stronger voice in school decision - making and equitable standards for pay and performance reviews, and they quickly received state certification.
Overall, what we heard most, regardless
of income, race or neighborhood, was participants
voicing a
strong desire for a more welcoming and inclusive school environment for students,
teachers, families and community members.
The Teach
Strong campaign, launched today, is supported by a diverse group
of stakeholders — including
teachers» unions, civil rights groups,
teacher voice organizations, and education policy leaders — that share a common vision for a society in which
teachers are more valued and supported at all stages
of their careers.
After all, reformers (along with traditionalists) go on an on about the importance
of «
teacher's
voice» in shaping the transformation
of American public education — even though the reality
of how
teachers work (in silos, out
of sight
of one another, often without the
strong subject - matter competency needed to help kids succeed) makes them far less expert on education than they may think.
They do so by marginalizing the
voices of parents, community stakeholders and
teachers unions, the last
of which represent their
strongest source
of opposition.
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Some
of these traits are supporting a learning climate
of continuous improvement for students and adults alike, a belief in doing what is best for student learning, practicing shared leadership and empowering
teachers and students with a
voice in the school, and building
strong and caring relationships, among others.
A number
of grassroots organizations and fellowships have recently emerged in locations across the United States with the goal
of giving
teachers a
stronger voice in the policies that affect their daily work in the classroom.
In order to make these new schools successful, he outlined two critical conditions: that the schools provide their
teachers with
strong voice, and that the schools educate kids from all walks
of life.
Two foundational tenets to these experimental schools, the authors maintain, were for
teachers to have a
stronger voice in determining the management
of the school and for the student body to have higher degrees
of economic and racial diversity than traditional public schools.
When
strong voices come to us and tell us to worry only about the parts
of school we can change, we can tell them there is nothing about schools that
teachers can't change if they work hard enough and work together.
Green Dot Public Schools, a unionized charter school network
of 21 schools based in California, offers a powerful example
of how having
strong systems for
teacher voice can promote organizational strength and student success.
Green Dot's careful attention to
teacher voice is also accompanied by
strong outcomes for its student body, which is overwhelmingly made up
of low - income students
of color.
As the
teachers union's negotiations with LA Unified drag on, one
of the nation's leading
voices for
teachers appeared at an event last night hosted by district board member Steve Zimmer and made a
strong case for union activity and solidarity.
My optimism comes from being a
strong voice in Colorado through the Colorado Education Association working with our partners in the state department and given a real realistic view
of what the challenges and opportunities are for our children and for our
teachers.
Most
of Rhee's agenda runs counter to what parents identify as their top priorities, including small class sizes, less high - stakes testing, improving neighborhood schools, recruiting and retaining
strong and experienced
teachers, and giving parents a real
voice in governing schools.
According to the Shanker Institute report, attrition is «the most significant impediment to increasing the diversity
of the
teacher workforce,» with minority
teachers»
strongest complaints related not to being concentrated in urban schools serving high poverty, high - need communities, but because
of «a lack
of collective
voice in educational decisions and a lack
of professional autonomy in the classroom.»
Some
of these traits are supporting a learning climate
of continuous improvement for students and adults alike, a belief in doing what is best for student learning, practicing shared leadership and empowering
teachers and students with a
voice in the school, and building
strong and caring relationships, among others.