Sentences with phrase «such teacher benefits»

Citing such teacher benefits as weekends off, nights off, long summers, and extended holidays are usually met with cries of «burnout.»

Not exact matches

Gratitude is not a self - enclosed or self - sufficient feeling but a human person's response to another person or persons» whether human or divine» for benefits, gifts, or favors received from them, such as the gratitude due to caring parents, loving friends, and dedicated teachers or mentors.

Among his responses: condemning Bill de Blasio for «hypocrisy» in criticizing the court ruling allowing expanded independent expenditure funding but benefiting from such spending, including a reported $ 1 million ad buy by the United Federation of Teachers.

As part of their benefits, the institutions would receive facilities such as lecture theaters, classroom blocks, dormitories, Teachers bungalows, administration blocks and workshop blocks.

This change follows a recommendation in the Empire Center's February 2012 report, «Optimal Option,» which explained the structure and benefits of SUNY plans such as those offered by Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association and College Retirement Equities Fund (TIAA - CREF).

Convinced of the transformative power of such a course, he envisioned the potential spreading of yoga and inner peace within the correctional facility in a sustainable way: Yoga teachers within would reach a larger inmate population and in turn benefit to the entire prison.

But there's a more subtle benefit to hip openers, too: We hold stress and negative emotions — such as fear, guilt, and sadness — in our pelvis, says San Francisco vinyasa teacher Stephanie Snyder.

The fact that Caronia is able to quiet her mind and drop any attachment to external senses — the practice of pratyahara, the fifth limb of Patanjali's eight limbs of yoga — is one of the reasons she experiences such great benefits from her acupuncture sessions, says Caronia's acupuncturist, Maria Villella, LAC, a vinyasa and Ashtanga Yoga teacher in Los Angeles.

Such systems are more transparent, tie benefits more closely to contributions, and do not penalize mobility or job shopping among young teachers.

Other relevant differences among teachers may arise from their family circumstances, such as the job opportunities of a spouse or a desire to stay home with young children or to enjoy the benefits of home ownership.

Clearly, such an important asset in the teachers» toolkit to benefit their pupils» cognitive and interpersonal skills can not be hampered by concerns over risk and liability issues, especially when third parties such as the STF exist to provide solid reassurance.

We suggest several steps that states can take to immediately improve their pension systems, such as allowing teachers to become vested more quickly and accrue benefits more gradually.

Having a strong school professional learning community benefits students and teachers alike, but what are the characteristics of such communities and how do you go about building one?

Such a change would protect any teachers who left, regardless of reason, while still providing sufficient benefits to those who choose to stay for a full career.

Policymakers must weigh these costs against the substantial educational and economic benefits such systems can create for successive cohorts of students, both through avoiding the career - long retention of the lowest - performing teachers and through broad increases in performance in the overall teaching workforce.

Unions argue that such fees cover the costs of collective bargaining and therefore benefit all teachers, whether or not they are union members.

Dr Mergler said it was difficult to objectively assess the relative benefits of delayed or on - time entry, with so many factors, such as the child's personality and development, the intended school and its individual teachers.

These include standards - based projects and assignments that require students to apply their knowledge and skills, such as designing a building or investigating the water quality of a nearby pond; clearly defined rubrics (or criteria) to facilitate a fair and consistent evaluation of student work; and opportunities for students to benefit from the feedback of teachers, peers, and outside experts.

Subsequently, elementary school teachers, seeing the financial benefits of holding such a degree, have caught up, and they are just about as likely to hold that advanced degree as their high school counterparts.

Oklahoma also has 27 categorical programs that provide money for such efforts as reading initiatives, professional development, textbooks, employee health benefits, and teacher retirement.

Women are more likely to spend time out of the workforce than men, and defined - benefit pension plans tend to punish teachers who fail to meet specific targets, such as 30 years of service.

Furthermore, the current salary schedule does not normally take into account the fact that teachers work in schools offering different levels of nonmonetary benefits, such as a safe, pleasing environment.

Respondents claimed tasks such as attending meetings and data entry analysis were required by head teachers but were ultimately of little benefit to pupils.

«As a teacher, I think there is no other tool that has such a long list of benefits.

Alternative retirement models, such as cash balance (CB) plans, would allow teachers to earn a secure retirement benefit over the course of their career while also reducing the large late - career experience premium most current plans exhibit.

Statewide tenure laws remain largely intact, as do laws that require a specific set of education - school courses before a teacher can be certified, despite the paucity of evidence that such courses (or certification) yield benefits in the classroom.

You know students benefit if they are involved, so let them organise and lead on some of the activities whilst the teacher plays other roles such as facilitator, coach or assistant.

To the extent that the secret in such programs is that — unlike most teacher preparation programs — they are careful about who they enroll and graduate, many of the apparent benefits of their expensive programs may be due to nothing more than candidate quality.

Less - favorable conditions in some states, though, have benefited states such as California, which has centralized teacher recruiting within and beyond its borders.

The main reason is that women are more likely to spend time out of the workforce than men, and defined - benefit pension plans like the one in Ohio tend to punish teachers who fail to meet specific targets, such as 30 years of service.

There has been a public outcry regarding the government's inability to meet some of the promised benefits, such as free education and increases in teacher salaries within a specified time frame.

They disagreed on such matters as the teacher's role in guiding young children's learning and the comparative benefits of individual versus collaborative learning.

Such a decision would throw the ball back to the school board and the Chicago Teachers Union, which have been negotiating for weeks over work - rule changes and benefit cutbacks.

This suggests need to invest in both pre - and in - service teacher training, and in particular, continuous training opportunities that are monitored to ensure that the benefits of such teaching strategies are understood and fully tapped.

(The bottom line: a highly selective program such as Teach For America is particularly useful in recruiting top - notch talent into high schools, though elementary school teachers might benefit from more pedagogical training than these fast - entry initiatives can provide.)

The authors also investigate whether high - value - added teachers have benefited by being assigned students who would have made greater gains on standardized tests for unobserved reasons (such as family factors that can not be gleaned even from tax returns).

The academic was Teacher's guest on the very first episode of our monthly podcast series The Research Files back in 2014, sharing the findings of a study into the benefits of movable and recyclable equipment such as hay bales and milk crates.

When the United Federation of Teachers first began to bargain collectively in the early 1960s, Albert Shanker was distressed that the New York City school board was willing to discuss only traditional issues like wages and benefits and rejected the idea of bargaining over broader policies that the union proposed, such as the creation of magnet schools.

Such payments may be necessary, but they reap no benefit for today's students — and could be one reason that teachers in several states have taken to the streets to protest stagnant pay.

In New York, for example, benefits accrue in such an uneven pattern that teachers earn roughly $ 3,500 per year of work for the first 20 years of service while earning $ 30,000 per year for teaching years 30 through 38.

(3) other advisory and individual or group counseling assistance to enable students to benefit from the curriculum, to help students develop and implement postsecondary education and career plans, to help students who exhibit any attendance, academic, behavioral or adjustment problems and to encourage parental involvement, provided that advisory assistance shall be provided by teachers or counselors, or by certified teaching assistants under the supervision of counselors or teachers, and that such individual or group counseling assistance shall be provided by certified or licensed school counselors or by certified or licensed school psychologists or certified or licensed school social workers in cooperation with school counselors; and

Teacher pensions are one important part of the more than $ 1 trillion shortfall states face today for public sector pensions and benefits such as health care.

Such integration can also «bring political benefits and greater accountability,» through «a critical mass of active and engaged parents» who are «more likely to have the clout to fight successfully for resources,» to monitor «principal and teacher performance,» and contribute to the effectiveness of their child's school.

Such changes are controversial because the idea of measuring a teacher's contributions to student learning contests the predominant labor management model in education: salaries and benefits that increase with experience, and layoffs based on reverse order of seniority.

[5] The turmoil in Wisconsin got the most attention as the state limited bargaining to just wages and benefits and removed larger issues such as class sizes and teacher assignment policies.

(Such as: low performers need to go; there are trade - offs between small class sizes and more generous salaries and benefits; all teachers need their craft to be regularly evaluated against some clear and common expectations around good practice; etc..)

The report shows how to turn the great majority of federal funding distributed to states and districts — Title I and Title II grants — into investments likely to pay off in educational and economic benefits, by reinventing such formula grants as targeted tools that extend excellent teachers» reach in financially sustainable ways, and more effectively direct funds to the students who need them most.

These admittedly rough estimates do not take into account the non-salary costs of lengthening the school year, such as teacher benefits, administrator compensation, and facilities costs (including air conditioning).

The funding reality for organizations such as Teach for America, TNTP (formerly The New Teacher Project), College Summit and Summer Advantage USA also highlights how the current system fails to maximize benefit for kids.

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