Sentences with phrase «talented teachers in the profession»

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Master teachers — an elite group of teachers in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) fields — would mentor other teachers, serve as role models to draw talented students into the profession, and work with community leaders to improve science and math education.

«A strong supply of good quality teachers is vital in ensuring pupils in Essex continue to receive the best possible education and attracting yet more talented teachers back to the profession would be another big boost.

I'm much more interested in the broader issue of how we can rethink the profession, make fuller use of talented teachers, and wisely spend the dollars we do have than in debating what the «right» wage level should be.

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Over time these changes could lead to increased respect for teachers, improved results for students, potentially higher pay, and, in the long run, greater desire by talented people to join the profession.

But if we want to keep talented teaching novices in the profession, and help them become seasoned professionals, then we need both a viable career path and a salary scale that allows teachers to lead a decent middle class life.

Being part of this new and innovative initiative, I'll be working with a great team of educators to develop a teacher preparation program that supports an incredibly talented pool of new teachers in the profession.

Jane Peckham, national official for the NASUWT in Scotland, said: «Talented teachers are being driven out of the profession because of the burden of excessive workload.

Yvonne Bender: Throughout my teaching career, I mentored many talented teachers who were disillusioned and frustrated during their first year in the classroom because they weren't properly prepared for the realities and demands of their new profession.

This is true, and it's a fine argument for focusing education policy efforts on sustainable teacher quality reforms, such as recruiting more academically talented young people into the profession, requiring new teachers to undergo significant apprenticeship periods working alongside master educators, and creating career ladders that reward excellent teachers who agree to stay in the classroom long - term and mentor their peers.

Locally, the unions keep talented teachers from entering and staying in the profession by insisting on a quality - blind way of paying them.

Instead, public school advocates wanting to improve the recruitment and retention of a talented and diverse teaching pool should focus on how North Carolina's teacher pay compares to the pay in other professions requiring a college education.

The challenge lies both in retaining teachers and in attracting talented new people into the profession.