Sentences with phrase «stronger teacher voice»

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Shelley will be a strong voice for students, parents and teachers.»

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.

By contrast, the «tyrants» were bureaucracy and rules that constrained teacher creativity and student learning, and procedures that prevented parents from having a strong 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.

In education, it is really interesting to see teachers, parents, and students — who may depend on federal programs or have strong views on the administration's education policies — making their voices heard in a way I haven't seen before.

Teachers also need to encourage strong student voice in PBL so that projects will focus on «unique problems that students want to solve,» Diago added.

WakeEd brings the strongest, smartest voices to the table to solve problems that make a difference for our county's students and teachers.

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.

«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.

They do so by marginalizing the voices of parents, community stakeholders and teachers unions, the last of which represent their strongest source of opposition.

Start you visit at John Lyman School greeted by the Hello Chorus, observe a student senate meeting, tour the school, observe teachers integrating strong arts into the core curriculum, and come to our school - wide TownMeeting Most importantly, visitors will see students who are empowered to make choices and have a voice in their learning.

Goal setting works best when there is strong student voice and choice from individual learners as well as insightful guidance and support from teachers.

Observe arts integrated co-teaching in action Gain insights into scheduling and systems designed to deepen a school's capacity for strong arts and arts integrated teaching practice Learn how musical productions can impact a school culture Enjoy a tour with student guides sharing their voices and perspectives of their school Appropriate for: for teachers, parents, teaching artists and arts organization educators

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.

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UTLA said teachers at Ivy Academia received a stronger voice in decision - making and teachers at Granada Hills Charter received improvements on their vision and detail plans, auxiliaries and salary point credits.

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.

Teachers have been seeking a stronger voice in improving working conditions and student learning for CAVA's 15,000 students.

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.

In an ideal world, if teachers and staff at a struggling high school voiced a strong commitment to improving instruction, developing their skills, and challenging their own beliefs about student abilities, their superintendent would just smile and say, «Great.

In theory, charter schools are in a good position to promote teacher voice and create a strong school environment in which good teachers want to stay.

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.

Charter public school employees, including teachers, have a strong voice in their workplace.

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.

Strong #principals offer teachers: new ideas, listening ear, time to learn from one another, voice in decisions.

«The Koch brothers would be proud, Jonathan Pelto for your efforts to undermine the largest union in the state, and Connecticut teachers» strongest voice in the policy arena.

It is imperative that teachers have a strong voice to advocate for quality instruction for our students — they deserve the best education we can provide for them.

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.»

LaMotte was a strong voice for teachers and other district employees, which won her lasting support from UTLA, the teachers union, as well as SEIU, a public employees union.

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.