Sentences with phrase «teacher advocacy organization»

«We've got to develop a plan they're going to commit to,» says Rodney Ellis, president of the N.C. Association of Educators (NCAE), the state's largest teacher advocacy organization.

With 44 days remaining before Jan. 17, both sides should come forward with «the final sticking points,» said Jonathan Schleifer, executive director of Educators 4 Excellence New York, a teacher advocacy organization.

«So, what we're doing is going to Raleigh on that day to fight for public education, but we're also making sure that our community is going to hold us down here,» said Bryan Proffitt, president of the Durham Association of Educators, a teacher advocacy organization that organized the Durham teacher walkout on May 16.

Not exact matches

Councilmember Robert Jackson has been chosen to receive the United Federation of Teachers» Dewey Award, the organization's highest honor, for his advocacy work.

Loeb is a prominent backer of charter schools and the education reform movement, which the governor has embraced, much to the chagrin of public teachers unions and their allies in public education advocacy organizations.

The group, a nonprofit advocacy organization formed in 2001 and historically funded by teachers unions, has long offered itself as a voice for parents and communities of color and, as such, has also been a thorn in the side of successive state and city governments, consistently pushing for more funding in the state budget to meet the needs of underserved schools and fighting against school closures and charter schools.

The coalition will be spearheaded by New Yorkers for Fiscal Fairness, a liberal advocacy organization whose backers include CSEA, formerly the Civil Service Employees Association, the largest union of state workers, and New York State United Teachers, the statewide teachers»Teachers, the statewide teachers»teachers» union.

(New York, NY) Jan. 10, 2013 — Those students in New York City who most depend on highly effective teachers are instead the students most likely to be taught by teachers rated «Unsatisfactory,» according to an eye - opening study of the City's teacher rating data, published today by StudentsFirstNY, an education advocacy organization with more than 150,000 members across New York State.

Yes, DI lessons are scripted, specifying «the exact wording and the examples the teacher is to present for each exercise in the program, which ensures that the program will communicate one and only one possible interpretation of the skill being taught,» according to the National Institute for Direct Instruction (NIFDI), an advocacy organization based in Oregon.

Districts rich or poor and urban or rural, teachers and administrators, equipment suppliers, consultants, building contractors, pension funds — along with the advocacy organizations that everywhere push for more school spending — can detect such opportunities for gain and join forces, at least up to the point at which remedies are specified and the bigger pie begins to be sliced.

The data were compiled by United to Counter the Core, an opt - out advocacy organization, from a combination of media stories, freedom of information requests, and reports by administrators, teachers, and parents.

And legislative and campaign spending is not the only thing teachers unions are spending their money on; both NEA and AFT send additional millions to advocacy groups, community organizations, and charities.

Strange Bedfellows Dillon calls it a «strange - bedfellows twist,» and his story describes how Michelle Rhee, former D.C. superintendent, has hired George Parker, former head of the district's teachers union, as a part time senior fellow at her new advocacy organization Students First.

That's the verdict rendered at a two - day conference this week put on by Teachers College, Columbia University, and by the Campaign for Educational Equity, a research and advocacy organization based at the college.

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.

The Quality Education for Minorities Network, a Washington - based advocacy group, announced the program this month; it was planned in partnership with several organizations, including the American Federation of Teachers and the National Urban League.

Most of the nation's colleges of education are doing an inadequate job of preparing aspiring elementary teachers for what is often characterized as their most important task: teaching children to read, a report by a Washington - based advocacy and research organization concludes.

Professional organizations of teachers, principals, and superintendents focus on collective bargaining and advocacy, not on setting evidence - based professional standards for educators.

The Association of American Educators (AAE) is the largest national, non-union, professional educators» organization, advancing the profession by offering a modern approach to teacher representation and educational advocacy, as well as promoting professionalism, collaboration and excellence without a partisan agenda.

Low - income, African - American, and Hispanic students in the 50 largest districts in Texas are less likely to attend schools with experienced teachers than high - income and white students in those same districts, concludes a report by the Education Trust, a Washington - based nonprofit research and advocacy organization.

California's short probationary time was one of five teacher protection laws challenged in the Vergara v. California lawsuit brought by the advocacy organization Students Matter.

By 2013, membership in our non-profit organization had grown to 6,000 national and international partners including teachers, principals, district leaders, advocacy and accountability groups, revered speakers, workforce organizations, and community business leaders.

There was no consensus on what the 188 speakers — school superintendents, executives of advocacy organizations, parents needing interpreters, high school students and teachers — had to say during the orderly but often impassioned one - minute testimonies that went on nearly five straight hours.

Each KIPP regional organization is a separate non-profit that oversees their local KIPP schools and provides those schools with shared services in areas such as alumni support, teacher training, leadership development, advocacy, operations, and data analysis.

If you want to learn about an actual teacher - led organization interested in policy, leadership and advocacy: http://www.nnstoy.org

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 actiteacher 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 actiTeacher 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.

Taryn Ishida, executive director of Californians for Justice, a nonprofit advocacy organization, said that having teachers from similar racial or ethnic backgrounds as students «helps students engage in learning.

MITUL engages in communication, education and advocacy, promoting a strong role for teacher unions in defining and leading public education reform — within teacher unions and with opinion leaders, policy - makers and advocacy organizations.

Tanya St. Julien currently serves as chief of staff at Leadership for Educational Equity (LEE), a national leadership development organization that works with teachers to become civic leaders in advocacy, community organizing, policy, and elected office to improve education for all kids.

We offer a progressive vision and analysis for teacher unions, opinion leaders, policy - makers and advocacy organizations.

«The event demonstrated there's a chance we'll find an early learning champion who will value the importance of high - quality early learning programs for all of California's kids with teachers who are compensated fairly,» said Patricia Lozano, executive director of Early Edge California, an advocacy organization promoting expanded early education programs.

But Kayla McGannon, the director of advocacy for Stand for Children Colorado, said that while backing candidates who supported SB 191 was a «big priority» for the group, it also favored incumbents or challengers who shared the organization's broader views of education policy, not just on teacher effectiveness.

Georgia also has 4 scholarships: legislative leadership award for exceptional advocacy to the organization or students with disabilities, a scholarship for a special education administrator to attend CEC, scholarship to a special education teacher or paraeducator pursuing further education and one for an individual who has shown significant leadership potential and is currently in a leadership program.

«Not only does the legislation implement a toothless teacher evaluation system, the bill could jeopardize school district efforts to put great teachers in every classroom,» said Tim Melton, vice president of legislative affairs for StudentsFirst, a Sacramento - based national educational advocacy organization.

During a recent forum hosted by TeachPlus, a national advocacy organization, about 90 teachers from the Memphis school district gathered to vent about the new evaluations over a buffet dinner of pasta and wine.

The same Jonathan Sacker who set up ConnCAN's unknown sister organization called the Connecticut Coalition for Achievement Advocacy Inc. which poured more than half a million dollars into legislative lobbying over the past few years helping to get Achievement First more money and a special law exempting charter schools from having to have all their teachers certified.

The Hechinger Report recently spoke with Kate Walsh, president of the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ), a nonprofit advocacy research organization dedicated to increasing the number of effective teachers.

A group of New York City teachers associated with the teacher - advocacy organization Educators 4 Excellence released a report this week laying out ideas for smoothing the implementation of the Common Core State Standards in their state, including giving teachers the option — supported by added compensation — of returning to school a week early at the end of the summer for specialized professional development.

Bryant and a host of education leaders in the General Assembly and advocacy organizations presented a laundry list of demands this week in the legislative building that they say will «restore respect» to the state's teachers.

Yet, even as state lawmakers approved modest raises for some teachers in recent years, legislators faced withering criticism from education advocacy organizations who pointed out the state's most experienced teachers were left out.

Some of the support can be ascribed to the fact that both Brown and the State Board of Education did not succumb to pressures from both the Obama administration and advocacy organizations to apply for waivers from the No Child Left Behind that would have required the state to link teacher evaluations to student test scores or other measures of «student academic growth.»

Collectively, CLASS represents 115,000 students, teachers, parents and other community members, and has also cast its net wider than traditional education advocacy groups to include parent groups, health advocates and foster youth organizations

This summer, NCTR developed «Recommendations for State Support of Effective Teacher Residencies» in consultation with residencies, states, and advocacy organizations.

With the valuable support of an AACTE State Chapter Support Grant, the organization expanded again by developing opportunities for teacher education students to learn about advocacy.

As on the teacher evaluation issue, Duncan got support on this one from several California - based advocacy organizations.

Our campaign includes more than 50 education advocacy organizations plus teachers and school administrators, representatives of charter schools and traditional public schools, urban and rural interests, business and organized labor, faith - based groups and community groups.

But they are not likely to end a contentious, noisy debate about evaluation systems, and they are almost certain to be intensely debated, in part because of Gates» separate support for advocacy organizations that have already staked out positions on teacher evaluations.

Katherine Bassett is the President and CEO of the National Network of State Teachers of the Year, a non-profit organization committed to the promotion of teachers as leaders and to supporting teaching practice through three key focus areas: policy, practice, and aTeachers of the Year, a non-profit organization committed to the promotion of teachers as leaders and to supporting teaching practice through three key focus areas: policy, practice, and ateachers as leaders and to supporting teaching practice through three key focus areas: policy, practice, and advocacy.

Teachers United is a teacher led education - policy advocacy organization that seeks to insert and elevate the voices of impactful educators in the education policy - making process at the district and state level.

The organization offers assistance to parents and educators through a newsletter, a biennial conference, Saturday enrichment workshops for students, professional training for teachers, online articles and resources, and ongoing educational advocacy for gifted and talented students.