Sentences with phrase «teacher autonomy over»

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.

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Students in Waldorf high schools are given increasing autonomy over their education under the mentorship of teachers who are specialists in their fields.

Hawkins had harsh criticisms for Cuomo's education agenda for shortchanging funding for public education, pushing high - stakes testing linked to the Common Core Standards to evaluate schools and teachers, undermining teachers» professional autonomy, and favoring private charter schools over public schools.

By setting high, clear learning goals and giving teachers and local officials full control over how best to achieve those, the Common Core ensures educators have autonomy over what is taught, and how it's taught, in their classrooms.

2) Value Teachers» Time: Recognize that unlike most professionals, teachers do not have the same autonomy over their day to day schedule as non-tTeachers» Time: Recognize that unlike most professionals, teachers do not have the same autonomy over their day to day schedule as non-tteachers do not have the same autonomy over their day to day schedule as non-teachersteachers.

Over the last two years, the school I'm thrilled to be a part of has been able to create a laser - like focus that enables student achievement while protecting teacher autonomy in the classroom.

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.

«Over the years, we decentralized governance and finances, increased teacher autonomy and opened education paths for students.

• 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.

ESSA also gave state leaders significantly more autonomy to set policy on other questions, such as teacher evaluation, diminishing the federal government's influence over state policy.

School leaders and classroom teachers would have greater say over how they'd be assessed, as well as increased autonomy.

In tackling this task, Feinberg says, they «backed into» the five essential tenets of the KIPP model: High Expectations (for academic achievement and conduct); Choice and Commitment (KIPP students, parents, and teachers all sign a learning pledge, promising to devote the time and effort needed to succeed); More Time (extended school day, week, and year); Power to Lead (school leaders have significant autonomy, including control over their budget, personnel, and culture); and Focus on Results (scores on standardized tests and other objective measures are coupled with a focus on character development).

Plus, teachers have full autonomy over their content and can update it from year to year.

Generally, school autonomy seems to have a positive impact — but only when schools are given extensive decision - making powers over the purchase of supplies, the hiring and rewarding of teachers, and the choosing of instructional methods.

In the often heated national debate over the Common Core, opponents have cast the standards as a threat to teacher autonomy and students» intellectual creativity.

In addition, a landmark 2010 contract with the Baltimore Teachers Union, signed with reform - oriented intentions, actually undermined principals» autonomy over staffing.

Teachers in Poland have more autonomy over curriculum and assessment than the OECD average, and they experience below - average class sizes, teaching time and salaries.

However, returning teachers also reported lower satisfaction with their jobs, less job security, less autonomy over their work, longer work hours, and less satisfaction with the evaluation process.

In education's public sector, by contrast, the work is actually less interesting than it is in private schools, where teachers enjoy more control over the curriculum and more autonomy in the classroom.

The teacher turnover rate also nearly doubled, apparently because schools had greater autonomy over personnel and because of the increase in educators from alternative preparation programs such as Teach for America.

Yet overall private schools are reported by teachers to embody a greater feeling of community, offer more teacher autonomy, and more teacher influence over curriculum.

Keep me interested: As an alternative school, BDEA has more autonomy over curricular choices; teachers can develop courses in unique topic areas designed to reengage off - track students.

Also, due to both the short - term commitments of some alternatively certified teachers and school autonomy over personnel, the teacher turnover rate nearly doubled.

For starters, restoring a national pay system would be a no - brainer: «They say that autonomy helps, and we think there is evidence that autonomy for teachers in the classroom, or on curriculum and assessment, helps — but there's absolutely no evidence at all that giving heads autonomy over teacher pay helps.»

«The teachers in our study confirmed what we at Teach Plus have learned from previous research and from speaking with thousands of teachers over the past five years: that alignment between assessments and curriculum, access to highly valued activities, and the autonomy to choose what's right for students all contribute to how teachers perceive the value of activities they use to prepare their students for tests, and are all factors that can be changed to reduce wasted time and increase valued instructional time.»

At the heart of their recommendations, compiled in two separate policy papers, are the following strategies: empowering principals and educators with more autonomy over staffing; leadership and coaching opportunities for excellent teachers; student - focused professional development designed at the school site; direct investment in community engagement; and financial incentives to attract and keep teachers making progress with their students (based on a multi-measured evaluation system) in hard - to - staff schools.

Of the nine, two are choice days in which teachers have significant autonomy over their learning.

PLCs are built on the tight - loose balance: having some practices that are firm or structured, and others over which teachers have autonomy.

This week, the Los Angeles Unified School District and the United Teachers of Los Angeles (UTLA) announced a tentative contract agreement that creates more autonomy for teachers, giving them greater flexibility in the classroom over curricula, materials, hiring practices, and fTeachers of Los Angeles (UTLA) announced a tentative contract agreement that creates more autonomy for teachers, giving them greater flexibility in the classroom over curricula, materials, hiring practices, and fteachers, giving them greater flexibility in the classroom over curricula, materials, hiring practices, and finances.

Teacher Autonomy Declined Over Past Decade, New Data Shows Experts: Keep «Grit» Away From Teacher Evaluations

Academies have greater autonomy over the curriculum, school budgets, admissions (within the statutory code) and teachers» pay than other state - funded schools.

Maryland should recruit successful charter schools to the state and consider granting them greater autonomy and control over teacher contracts, according to a newly released study by the Abell Foundation, a Baltimore nonprofit that researches education issues.

Over the last decade, Hartford started (and ended) programs and neoliberal policies such as school closures, staff reconstitution, principal «autonomy», privatization, hyper - accountability, reduced economic security for teachers, preferential hiring for inexperienced and mostly white Teach for America participants, intradistrict and interdistrict school choice.

Over and over, they dangled autonomy, better teacher pay, and better schools in front ofOver and over, they dangled autonomy, better teacher pay, and better schools in front ofover, they dangled autonomy, better teacher pay, and better schools in front of us.

This 2011 report surveys recently passed teacher evaluation policies in five states and rates each on the law's strengths and weaknesses in teacher evaluation design requirements, transparency and public reporting of evaluation data, principal autonomy over teacher hiring and placement, and the extent to which the law links teacher evaluation results to key personnel decisions, including tenure, reductions in force, dismissal of underperforming teachers, and retention.

Providing teachers greater autonomy and influence over important decisions will help to build collective efficacy.»

«The professional learning standards offer an opportunity to give teachers more autonomy over their own professional learning — moving from the old, top - down style of professional development to a new model that really empowers teachers and ultimately benefits the students that the teachers serve,» said Field.

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.

Finnish teachers received more autonomy over curriculum design and how and when something was to be taught as well as control of how students are assessed.