Sentences with phrase «teacher assignment policies»

By flagging the problems caused by seniority - driven «bumping» rules, the New Teacher Project has played a crucial role in altering teacher assignment policies in New York and elsewhere.

[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.

As one example, in a very useful recent policy proposal, Jacob and Rockoff propose three low - cost ways to organize schools to maximize student performance: combining elementary and middle schools into single buildings; optimizing teacher assignment policies; and starting school later in the day for middle and high school students.

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As a result, JLS revised its homework policy, provided its teachers more professional development and encouraged them to try new strategies, including not giving homework at all, which at least one teacher did, or giving ungraded homework assignments.

Since returning from California, Chagnon and other members of the Challenge Success team have worked with teachers to emphasize quality over quantity in homework assignments and craft policies to reduce students» workload.

If this is the teacher's policy and your child has been working alone on homework, the teacher might tell you she expects you to work more closely with your child on the assignments.

«Bob's 35 - year track record in school reform, coupled with his work as a teacher, public policy advisor and foundation director will serve him well for this assignment.»

Working with HGSE students, she has developed case studies focusing on particular dilemmas of justice in schools and school districts like ethics of grade inflation, eighth - grade promotion and retention policies, lottery - based school assignment, disciplining socially fragile children, and teacher firings.

She asked the school district to adopt a uniform policy banning peer grading and requiring teachers either to grade assignments themselves or at least to forbid students from grading papers other than their own.

Several districts have also implemented «mandatory retake» policies, requiring that teachers allow students to retake exams or redo assignments if they receive a low grade the first time.

Federal law in postsecondary education must also be a robust source of support for local innovation, research, and implementation of strategies designed to improve teacher and principal effectiveness and include: Evidence - based preparation and professional development; Evidence - based evaluation systems that include, in part, student performance; Alternative certification programs that meet workforce needs; State and school district flexibility regarding credentials for small and / or rural schools, special education programs, English learners and specialized programs such as science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics; and Locally - determined compensation and teacher and principal assignment policies.

As for teacher assignment, that is a seperate issue and one that needs to be addressed through district policy regarding placement and seniority.

They have similar student demographics, similar levels of teaching experience, identical teacher and administrator assignment policies, identical per - pupil funding, and nearly identical facilities.

Already fired up by a teachers strike and a district - wide staffing shake - up, Seattle Public Schools watchdogs are sounding the alarm yet again — this time, over proposed changes to an arcane - sounding policy: the Student Assignment Plan.

Del Grosso said the union chose not to fight Anderson's staffing policy last year because the 80 teachers left without classrooms were initially pleased with their assignments.

Lindsay Fox, Doctoral Candidate of Stanford Graduate School of Education, discusses her research on Playing to Teachers» Strengths: Using multiple measures of teacher effectiveness to improve teacher assignments which is to be published in Education Finance and Policy.

• Assisted Spanish teacher in implementing lesson plans for language learning • Lent a hand in integrating appropriate technology into classroom instructions • Supported students in weak areas and grade assignments as required • Handled student behavior in order to comply with the school's policies • Kept accurate record of students and their progress reports