Sentences with phrase «teacher autonomy not»

I share this not as a best practice but to emphasize the importance of fostering learning environments that value a culture of trust, diversity, and teacher autonomy not a focus on test preparation.

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Teachers understand this, but when students run into trouble in school, Tough writes, schools often respond by imposing more control, not less, via stern discipline such as out - of school suspensions, «further diminishing their fragile sense of autonomy.»

Mrs. Bush is equally articulate about «backpack spending» (the institute is sponsoring a project on school - district productivity that includes 20 different researchers» papers); teacher autonomy («Obviously, if you are held accountable as the principal of your school and you don't have the authority to change anything, by either hiring or firing, or setting up another structure that your school district doesn't allow, then how can you be really accountable?»)

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According to her analysis, schools with full pay autonomy may not be using this to increase the salaries of physics teachers — potentially because of «an aversion to within - school pay inequality» or because of the «overall squeeze on state school funding».

Additionally, it allows teachers to have full autonomy over the content they deliver and to develop dynamic integration strategies that challenge our students not only to learn various skill sets, but to apply them creatively.

• too much school time is given over to test prep — and the pressure to lift scores leads to cheating and other unsavory practices; • subjects and accomplishments that aren't tested — art, creativity, leadership, independent thinking, etc. — are getting squeezed if not discarded; • teachers are losing their freedom to practice their craft, to make classes interesting and stimulating, and to act like professionals; • the curricular homogenizing that generally follows from standardized tests and state (or national) standards represents an undesirable usurpation of school autonomy, teacher freedom, and local control by distant authorities; and • judging teachers and schools by pupil test scores is inaccurate and unfair, given the kids» different starting points and home circumstances, the variation in class sizes and school resources, and the many other services that schools and teachers are now expected to provide their students.

Furthermore, teachers and teacher leaders have an opposite perception: They think that principals don't like their jobs, do not have autonomy and do not have enough support.

Although one can not copy and paste Finland's educational system (or anyone else's) here in United States, there are certain concepts we can learn to become better at infusing more school trust, teacher / leader autonomy and student - centered offerings in today's American school.

I don't know whether that's a cause or a product of building - level autonomy or (as is often said) a correlate of having multiple teacher unions, sometimes within the same schools, but it's a fact that makes other reforms somewhat easier.

There seems to be some interest in returning more control and autonomy not simply from the federal government to the states, but from states to local communities — so that communities can decide questions like when to close schools, whether to allow charter schools, and how to assign teachers.

These three vignettes challenge me, as a teacher, to respect that teens (not all, of course) crave recognition of their social media autonomy in many (but not all) contexts.

They do not object to scripted curricula or teachers» loss of professional autonomy.

Not only is acceptance into university teacher education programs a highly competitive process, the autonomy, professional engagement of teachers is evidenced in their development of teaching materials, use of collaborative planning time, and the organization of professional spaces on school campuses (see Jen b.) Within this environment why would a teacher ever choose to take up the mantle of headmaster or school principal?

To the extent they're talking about charter schools, they're not wedded to the full mission of what a charter school is — which is to give complete autonomy to a principal to hire the best teachers and fire those who are not performing well.

However, he said, autonomy from the district is not nearly as important as flexibility in labor contracts, and that requires a separate agreement with the teachers union, United Teachers Los teachers union, United Teachers Los Teachers Los Angeles.

Pilot schools aren't generally the model favored by the teachers union, notes LAUSD's Rachel Bonkovsky, who is helping to oversee implementation of the various autonomy models.

We did not want this to be just another assignment but one that built school culture and developed a community while also allowing teachers to maintain their autonomy when implementing the project.

We have a culture in schools of radical teacher autonomy where every teacher closes the door behind them and does whatever they want, and in too many cases that means that innovation happens in classrooms, but not in departments, not in grade level teams, and not in whole schools.

He says the tradeoff of a thinner union contract was worth it because it gives teachers «flexibility and autonomy where the district won't have much say.

It shouldn't be so constraining that there isn't room for individual autonomy and exploration, but it shouldn't so free that individual teachers all go off in their own direction.

Until the United States has improved its teacher education, its teachers can not enjoy similar prestige, public confidence and autonomy.

The district took a heavy hit financially to give principals staffing autonomy since it must pay salaries of tenured teachers who were not given placements.

These teachers and their supporters — not pilot school autonomy agreements alone — are the source of innovative school designs and cultures.

On the demand side, teachers have to want research evidence and believe that it will not undermine their professional autonomy.

Other small, non-pilot schools want autonomy as well, but have not been able to secure the teacher buy - in required to apply for pilot status.

High - quality teachers with a mindset of autonomy in a school may not be willing to embrace change because the moves may interfere with how they want to run their classrooms.

If we believe teacher pay should be tied to merit and accountability, we must first honor teacher autonomy, and then design a system that addresses teacher behaviors — not student outcomes.

It should be noted that for Finnish teachers it is not primarily about salaries; it is about status, authority, autonomy, and respect.

Seeing an opportunity to make this raise count for kids far into the future, the superintendent and district negotiators countered by expanding the offer — to 15 % total — in hopes of securing commitments from UTR that recognize the importance of relevant and ongoing professional growth for teachers, site - level autonomy in building an effective instructional team, and a teacher evaluation system that is beneficial, not burdensome.

Instead, most teachers only have the chance to expand their leadership responsibilities by assuming an administrative position, which requires them to leave the classroom entirely.4 Even if teachers do not want to leave the classroom, pursuing a role in administration may be their only way to achieve increases in pay, responsibility, and autonomy.5 Although some school districts implement career pathways, diverse leadership roles for teachers are few and far between.

We are also finding charters wanting the autonomy to bring on teachers who do not meet the standards of certification that is demanded of teachers now.

So on the autonomy question it's mentioned in the report that the question is asked of the principals not the teachers.

But they are not doing so well on teacher autonomy.

Little mention is made of our reality here, however, given the real and deleterious effects we witness, for example, as current teacher educators when we work with potential / future teachers who almost daily express serious concerns about joining a profession now with very little autonomy, not much respect, and a stark increase in draconian accountability measures that will be used to hold them accountable for that which they do, or do not do well.

Insisting upon keeping annual testing of every student in every grade keeps an unnecessarily disruptive system in place as part of an accountability system that, in fifteen years, has not yielded sufficient results to justify the sacrifices in teacher autonomy over instruction and the sacrifices in non-tested subjects being shunted aside in favor of test preparation.

Although much of the literature suggests teachers value their autonomy and do not want to be told what to do, nearly all of these new teachers appreciated what curricular guidance they had, but wished for more.

Other important factors that predict teacher job satisfaction include job security, quality of colleagues, the amount of autonomy teachers have, and whether or not there is opportunity for career advancement.

So as we allow students greater choice in what they learn and how they show their learning, as we give teachers the autonomy to make the curriculum come alive in a variety of ways, and as we allow schools to each have their own signature — and not just be school franchises — we look for the culture that allows commitment to flourish.

Traditionally this autonomy has taken the form of greater freedom in hiring (and firing) teachers and school leaders (in most states charter school employees are not required to be part of the district collective bargaining unit), developing budgets, choosing curriculum, procuring supplies and contracting with vendors, and shaping the school calendar (through longer days and / or extended school years).23

The second one is concerns about the way accountability pressures in the No Child Left Behind era created pressure to teach to the test, lots of sanctions and the loss of autonomy in the classroom because quite often in central - city schools, where minority teachers are concentrated, they were moved to a scripted, teacher - proof curriculum, geared to test preparation, which is not what people go into teaching for.

Collaborative inquiry groups have been shown to not only change teacher practice because they can meet teachers» psychological needs of competence, relatedness and autonomy, but also serve as a model of the type of autonomy supportive conditions that teachers can implement that would lead to increased engagement in the classroom.

The leading scholar on teacher retention, Richard Ingersoll, has amassed a mountain of research that comes down to this conclusion: Teachers — including in high - demand specialties such as math, science, and technology — are leaving not merely because the economic rewards are greater in the private sector, but because they lack the autonomy to engage their students in a creative manner (Walker, 2015).

According to the Shanker Institute report, attrition is «the most significant impediment to increasing the diversity of the teacher workforce,» with minority teachers» strongest complaints related not to being concentrated in urban schools serving high poverty, high - need communities, but because of «a lack of collective voice in educational decisions and a lack of professional autonomy in the classroom.»

In too many school districts, systems do not exist to allow teachers to access meaningful opportunities for leadership that draw on their success in the classroom, and that give them more autonomy and ownership over things like induction, mentorship, and entrepreneurship.

The district's 211 independent charters are publicly - funded schools run by outside groups who have even more autonomy, and in most cases, their teachers are not union members.