Sentences with phrase «teacher at an alternative»

Second, I am a High School teacher at an alternative school.

When she receives a call one day from John Pressman (Rudd), a teacher at the alternative academy New Quest, asking her to visit the campus to meet a promising student named Jeremiah (Nat Wolff), she's completely blindsided by John's suggestion that the gifted teen is the child she gave up for adoption nearly 20 years earlier.

Jacalyn Moss is lead teacher at the Alternative Learning Institute, a public school that operates in Orleans Parish Prison.

She currently is a middle school teacher at an alternative school in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

I spoke recently with a teacher at an alternative public high school.

e. Teacher absenteeism, measured as the percent difference between the percent of absentee teachers at alternative and regular schools.

The analysis, published by the Institute for Public Policy Research, found the proportion of unqualified teachers at alternative providers has risen by nearly four percentage points over the past four years — more than double the increase in other schools.

Administrators and teachers at alternative schools like Desert Rose resist giving up successful school designs to get «regular» funding.

Not exact matches

God and Man at Georgetown Prep is warmly recommended for young people, their parents, and teachers who have tired of trivial alternatives to the majesty of the tradition they are called to transmit.

At the very moment when a student might be gearing up to react to the teacher's comments as a threat, a sign of the teacher's personal disapproval or bias, the Post-it gave the student an alternative frame through which to view those comments — not as an attack, in other words, but as a vote of confidence that the student was capable of high - quality work.

(I was a teacher then a principal of an alternative high school for at - risk teens.)

So, using disposable diapers at the expense of reusable nappies is the closest alternative to them,» says Kaulawe, a retired primary school teacher.

«At the very moment when a student might be gearing up to react to the teacher's comments as a threat, a sign of the teacher's personal disapproval or bias, the Post-it gave the student an alternative frame through which to view those comments — not as an attack, in other words, but as a vote of confidence,» writes Tough.

As a teacher of Physics in the university, I was excited when the late President Umaru Yar» Adua awarded a contract of some N40bn for an alternative - energy, wind - powered electricity generation plant to be sited, naturally, at Katsina State.

In contrast, the alternative pathway that requires prospective teachers to take courses that are not transferable to other fields yields teachers who are less effective at boosting student test scores than either traditional - route teachers or teachers who entered the profession through other alternative pathways.

Portia visits New Quest alternative high school at the invitation of former Dartmouth classmate John (Paul Rudd), a New Quest teacher.

Teachers decide whether to remain at a school for a multiplicity of reasons, which can be divided into four main categories: 1) characteristics of the job, including salary and working conditions; 2) alternative job opportunities; 3) teachers» own job and family preferences; and 4) school districts» personnel pTeachers decide whether to remain at a school for a multiplicity of reasons, which can be divided into four main categories: 1) characteristics of the job, including salary and working conditions; 2) alternative job opportunities; 3) teachers» own job and family preferences; and 4) school districts» personnel pteachers» own job and family preferences; and 4) school districts» personnel policies.

Teachers told me that most NovaNET courses are comparable to textbook - based courses in length and content — a comeback to critics who talk of watered - down curricula at alternative schools — but that many students move through them more quickly, and often finish high school a semester early.

At a minimum, education policymakers should consider experiments that provide actuarially fair alternatives to traditional DB plans for new teaching recruits, and evaluate their utility for recruiting and retaining high - quality teachers.

At the beginning of the year we prided ourselves as a school that was moving away from traditional textbooks in favor of teacher - created, digital alternatives.

States should give each teacher the right to choose an alternative contract that contains terms and benefits consistent with those in the private sector (e.g., an at - will contract with standard health - care benefits, 401k, etc.), and sits outside of the existing teacher pension system.

«I don't think the age of the teacher has a lot to do with it,» says Laura B. Crochet, principal at Genesis Alternative High School in Houma, Louisiana.

At a time when government testing of spelling, punctuation and grammar can lead to less creativity in the teaching of writing, the project provides compelling alternative approaches for schools and their teachers which will engage children and give them a strong investment in their writing, whilst also being able to satisfy curriculum demands and statutory testing.

He is also a full - time teacher and staff developer for the Alternative High Schools of New York City, currently working at Bronx Tech High School.

This dire sequence started, he says, with A Nation at Risk, the 1983 Reagan administration report that launched America on «experiments» such as «open classrooms, national goals, merit pay, vouchers, charter schools, smaller classes, alternative certification for teachers, student portfolios, and online learning, to name just a handful.»

They're an earnest bunch and they offer an attractive, teacher - friendly, alternative vision to the data - obsessed ed reform triumphalism that has the firm upper hand in education at present, yet too often defines well - educated as «reads on grade level and graduates on time.»

Let us also try some promising hybrids, such as the Teacher Advancement Program, developed by the Milken Family Foundation, which enhances teacher professionalism in ways that also recall a number of the recommendations of A Nation at Risk and the latter - day «alternative view» of teacher quality Teacher Advancement Program, developed by the Milken Family Foundation, which enhances teacher professionalism in ways that also recall a number of the recommendations of A Nation at Risk and the latter - day «alternative view» of teacher quality teacher professionalism in ways that also recall a number of the recommendations of A Nation at Risk and the latter - day «alternative view» of teacher quality teacher quality reform.

Once, he worked as a secretary at the alternative school; none of the four teachers assigned to the school showed up that day.

Summoning the collective energy that brought them together to create something magical, the students, teachers, and parents of Seattle's Alternative School 1 lift their 800 - pound canoe and slowly march it to a launch site at Golden Gardens, on Puget Sound.

He wants a new Teacher Service Scholarship program to «cover four years of undergraduate or two years of graduate teacher education» and includes «alternative programs for mid-career recruits in exchange for teaching for at least four years in a high - need field or location.Teacher Service Scholarship program to «cover four years of undergraduate or two years of graduate teacher education» and includes «alternative programs for mid-career recruits in exchange for teaching for at least four years in a high - need field or location.teacher education» and includes «alternative programs for mid-career recruits in exchange for teaching for at least four years in a high - need field or location.»

The essays have rightly suggested — whether arguing for or against alternative routes, for or against current practice in schools of education — that unless the present and growing shortage of good teachers is overcome, no other efforts at school reform can succeed.

We included administrative data from teacher, parent, and student ratings of local schools; we considered the potential relationship between vote share and test - score changes over the previous two or three years; we examined the deviation of precinct test scores from district means; we looked at changes in the percentage of students who received failing scores on the PACT; we evaluated the relationship between vote share and the percentage change in the percentile scores rather than the raw percentile point changes; and we turned to alternative measures of student achievement, such as SAT scores, exit exams, and graduation rates.

Since the cost of replacing a teacher is estimated at 30 percent of salary and benefits, a high - quality mentoring program offers a far less expensive alternative.

Virginia's alternative route into the profession, the Career Switcher Alternative Route to Licensure Program, is aimed at nontraditional teacher - alternative route into the profession, the Career Switcher Alternative Route to Licensure Program, is aimed at nontraditional teacher - Alternative Route to Licensure Program, is aimed at nontraditional teacher - candidates.

However, an alternative explanation is that novice teachers, many of whom quickly leave teaching, happen to be particularly adept at teaching math.

Researchers at HGSE's Project on the Next Generation of Teachers also found that compared with 6 % of first - career entrants, a greater proportion (19 %) of the mid-career entrants participated in alternative certification instead of traditional teacher education programs.

After studying teacher training at Boston College, Hristic spent a few years teaching in Massachusetts, first at an alternative high school for «behaviorally and emotionally challenged students, but also students so bright and brilliant they were bored out of their minds in a traditional setting,» he says.

Conley's report comes at just the right time; while we have heard endlessly about teacher, student, and parent frustration over standardized testing, about what those tests are missing, and how limited they are, the educational community has been too silent about alternatives.

Carol Midgett, leadership - program coordinator at the North Carolina Partnership for Improving Mathematics and Science and also a board - certified teacher who entered teaching through alternative certification, says she learned that «without focused, formal preparation, the challenge to succeed is much greater and the chances for survival are limited.»

In her May 13, 1999, testimony before the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, Feistritzer acknowledged that the term alternative teacher certification can mean many different things, «from emergency certification to very sophisticated and well - designed programs that address the professional preparation needs of the growing population of individuals who already have at least a baccalaureate degree and considerable life experience and want to become teachers.»

Freitag soon discovered The Fairfax Transition to Teaching Partnership, an alternative certification program based at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. Students spend one year interning at a Fairfax County (Virginia) public school — substituting, observing, assisting teachers, and working with students one - on - one and in small groups — and take summer and evening courses required for certification.

Teachers make just as much use of these alternatives as the public at large.

At a time when pressure is mounting on teachers to demonstrate their contribution to student learning, Tennessee is ramping up participation in an alternative component to its teacher - evaluation system for the arts that provides an unusual approach.

Studies also have found that teachers coming through alternative routes perform at least as well, if not better, on state licensing exams than traditional graduates.

In his talk on «Fresh approaches to assessment», Miles Berry, principle lecturer at the University of Roehampton, explored some of the alternatives to the traditional essay for assessing the academic side of teacher training courses at undergraduate and postgraduate level.

d. Teacher experience, measured as the percent difference between the percent of teachers in their first or second year of teaching at alternative and regular schools.

Margie also completed a Presidential Management Fellowship at the U.S. Department of Education where she oversaw evaluations of various programs under No Child Left Behind, including alternative teacher certification, state and local flexibility provisions, and out - of - school - time programs.

c. Student - teacher ratio, measured as the percent difference between the student teacher ratio at alternative and regular schools.

Differentiation: • Alternative handwriting lines • A second bordered page for students who wish to write at length • The photo section provides more difficult vocabulary and could lead more able writers towards a «what happened next» story writing style, should the teacher wish to lead them in this direction • An editable version of all content has been provided for the teacher to make vocabulary choices.

Teaching Points: • Students will need some prior knowledge of what it means to extend a sentence and the role that adjectives can play in this • Students should be encouraged to use as many colours as possible to colour their pictures I have added some extras to give students and teachers an element of choice - Differentiation: • Alternative handwriting lines • A second bordered page for students who wish to write at length • The photo section provides more difficult vocabulary and could lead more able writers towards a «what happened next» story writing style, should the teacher wish to lead them in this direction • An editable version of all content has been provided for the teacher to make vocabulary choices.