After 10 years of teaching and working on policy as a teacher, I began working on
teacher advocacy issues full time, as the national director of the America Achieves Fellowship for Teachers and Principals.
Not exact matches
Insights on key
issues, proxy votes and shareholder
advocacy from the California State
Teachers» Retirement System, Ceres, ICCR, Sustainable Stock Exchange, Nathan Cummings Foundation, Trillium Asset Management, As You Sow, Walden Asset Management, Center for Political Accountability, AFSCME, Arjuna Capital, Miller / Howard, Oxfam, Calvert, ClearBridge, Green Century, UAW, Mercy Investments, Sisters of St. Francis, Azzad Asset Management, International Campaign for Rohingya, Responsible Sourcing Network, Sustainable Investments Institute, Proxy Impact, and more.
Founded in 1989, Center Families programs include support groups for LGBT parents and prospective parents; trainings for
teachers and school administrators;
advocacy and activist efforts; support around alternative insemination and other biological parenthood options; forums on custody
issues when LGBT parents separate; financial planning for alternative families; and recreational programs for children 8 and under (Halloween Parties, Holiday Parties, Play Days, etc.).
In its review of the contract, Educators 4 Excellence, an
advocacy group of
teachers that often was aligned with the Bloomberg administration's goals, gave the contract a barely passing grade and said it «overlooked several critical
issues,» such as class sizes and a tenure - granting process that the group believes ought to be more closely linked to
teacher performance.
UFT President Michael Mulgrew
issued a statement in response to news that California millionaire David Welch's
advocacy group, Student Matters, will fund and coordinate the lawsuit by the New York City Parents Union that seeks to invalidate due process and seniority rights for
teachers.
«The provisions dealing with
teacher quality in No Child Left Behind have done a wonderful job of focusing attention on the
issue of
teacher quality in the United States,» said Jack Jennings, the director of the Washington - based Center on Education Policy, a nonpartisan
advocacy group that sponsored the gathering.
In my early research into what happened in Montgomery County, I met John Hoven, then co-president of the Gifted and Talented Association of Montgomery County and now a national advisor to NYC HOLD (New York City Honest Open Logical Decisions on Mathematics Education Reform), a nonpartisan
advocacy organization that provides information to parents,
teachers, and others on math education
issues.
These conferences focus on relevant topics in
teacher education as they relate to North Carolina and
issues pertinent to our goal of ongoing
advocacy.
NCACTE is the lead
advocacy group for policy
issues regarding
teacher preparation in North Carolina.
CO ASCD will also sponsor an annual
advocacy event — either face - to - face or online — that will feature policymakers and educators having conversations about education policy
issues or helping
teachers develop their leadership skills in
advocacy and influence.
Today we will hear from Educators for Excellence (E4E) about
teacher - led
advocacy on school climate and discipline
issues.
CO ASCD's efforts to support
teacher voice in education decision making include hosting online conversations with policymakers (see Education Issues in Focus at www.coascd.org), conducting policy summits, inviting policymakers and educators to write policy - related blogs or articles for our newsletter, connecting with other organizations in the state that promote education advocacy (for example, Commissioner Anthes» Teacher Cabinet http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdecomm/teachercabinet), providing information about policy priorities in Colorado (for example, State Board of Education priorities (http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdeboard/sbe2017legpriorities), and participating in ASCD education advocacy acti
teacher voice in education decision making include hosting online conversations with policymakers (see Education
Issues in Focus at www.coascd.org), conducting policy summits, inviting policymakers and educators to write policy - related blogs or articles for our newsletter, connecting with other organizations in the state that promote education
advocacy (for example, Commissioner Anthes»
Teacher Cabinet http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdecomm/teachercabinet), providing information about policy priorities in Colorado (for example, State Board of Education priorities (http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdeboard/sbe2017legpriorities), and participating in ASCD education advocacy acti
Teacher Cabinet http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdecomm/teachercabinet), providing information about policy priorities in Colorado (for example, State Board of Education priorities (http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdeboard/sbe2017legpriorities), and participating in ASCD education
advocacy activities.
David Weiner, the deputy chancellor in charge of
teacher quality, stressed that the
issues were «not sticking points» when he spoke with
teachers at an event last week hosted by the
advocacy group Educators 4 Excellence, which supports new evaluations.
He spoke on Wednesday evening before about 100 public school
teachers at a panel hosted by Educators 4 Excellence, an
advocacy group for public school
teachers, at the Scholastic Corporation headquarters in SoHo, focusing on two of the most controversial
issues of the last year: Common Core implementation and
teacher evaluations.
I am incredibly excited to be joining the E4E - Boston community, through which
teachers will identify and lead on the
issues that they want to take on, and our role is to ensure
teachers have the supports they need to be successful in their
advocacy work.
The Association provides targeted
advocacy at the legislature, is a voice for charter schools on state policy
issues and fights for charter students and
teachers in the courts.
California Schools Flunk Education Group's Ratings California is sorely lacking when it comes to school reform, failing to adopt policies to limit
teacher tenure and use student test scores in
teacher evaluations, according to a rating of states
issued Monday by a high - profile education
advocacy group.
Indeed, on such
issues as the common core and
teacher evaluations, many might choose a cautious approach, said Iris Maria Chavez, the assistant field director for the Education Trust, a Washington - based
advocacy group.
As on the
teacher evaluation
issue, Duncan got support on this one from several California - based
advocacy organizations.
Advocacy on key
issues: Teach Plus and Teach Plus
teachers testimony before state legislatures
Join more than 400 charter school leaders,
teachers, parents, and students at CCSA's
Advocacy Day on Tuesday, May 2, 2017 to discuss with your local legislators
issues facing your charter school.
«E4E
teachers have
issued nationally significant policy papers; shaped new legislation, district policies, and union resolutions; and elevated their voices through thousands of media hits and
advocacy actions on
issues such as
teacher evaluation, school funding, and school climate.
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