Sentences with phrase «teacher contract»

Additionally, the rolling of out of a new teacher evaluation system alongside a new teacher contract in 2012 played a significant role in the shift, according to the study.

Good human resource practices and consistent policies are essential with any type of teacher contract in maintaining a strong workforce.

The issues include details of teacher contract negotiations and some legal settlements.

The investigation found that binding arbitration was used in about 10 percent of teacher contracts and only 4 percent of the time in municipal employee contracts.

The salary data has been part of its annual Teacher Contract Database base since 2005.

A lot has changed since 2000, when unions could negotiate teacher contracts with relatively few restrictions.

In contrast, if a teacher performs really well, the charter also has more freedom to compensate accordingly and not be confined to a negotiated teacher contract.

Teacher contracts include basically everything, that is, except pensions.

Public charter schools, which are funded with taxpayer dollars, are exempt from implementing the new teacher contract system.

During teacher contract bargaining talks, I was asked for my opinion.

Later, even that agreement fell apart over teacher contract issues.

For example, the current teacher contract doesn't provide for bonuses, so signing and year - end bonuses may come from private donations, rather than the school district, he said.

I signed my first teacher contract in 2004, with a gross income of $ 24,000.

Whether its stature will influence other districts to push for 10 - year teacher contracts is far from certain.

While teacher contracts may flesh out the details of school rules and rights of teachers, states are in the driver's seat.

And just because the first 12 districts haven't (yet) chosen to eliminate teacher contracts or reduce leave days doesn't mean it won't happen.

Some dedicated teachers might prefer permanent civil - service - based teacher contracts.

Importantly, with the recognition of the importance of teacher quality has come a new interest in how labor laws and teacher contracts affect student outcomes.

That's because a 10 - year contract will survive despite turnover that can occur on school boards and influence teacher contract negotiations.

In contrast, charter schools, which are not bound by calendar restrictions contained in conventional teacher contracts, are using large portions of the summer for instruction.

They also identify barriers that prevent evidence - based programs and policies from going to scale, such as restrictive teacher contracts, poor support for principals, and teachers working in isolation.

Standard teacher contracts make it difficult to terminate employment, but a performance based pay contract makes it easier to remove a bad teacher.

Adding an element of competition to the classroom will be good for boosting academic achievement, say lawmakers who have pushed for the new teacher contract system.

Forty of the state's 115 school districts have passed resolutions opposing the state's teacher contract system and the elimination of tenure.

Current teacher contracts and termination statutes may limit the flexibility school districts have in making necessary expenditure reductions during a school year.

You've just completed your student teaching and are ready to apply for your first teacher contract!

State Board of Education members approved a model teacher contract for local school districts to use in place of teacher tenure.

WBFO's Eileen Buckley and News education reporter Tiffany Lankes discuss the latest developments in Buffalo teacher contract negotiations.

He said Paladino should not be removed from the board for disclosing in a newspaper story published in ArtVoice information about teacher contract negotiations from the School Board's Oct. 17 executive session because that closed - door meeting was improperly convened by the board.

She says when the most recent MPS teacher contract expired in 2013, the time for retirement was ripe for many.

The NUT is calling for an increase in funding to schools and education, and to resume negotiations on teacher contracts to allow workload to be addressed.

By freeing up the schools from the central office bureaucracy and most teacher contract provisions, local and state officials say, the Springfield middle schools are in complete control of their curriculums, staffing, budgeting, and ultimately their own destinies.

In every country except the U.S. the hours worked was derived from teacher contracts or laws.

Many school districts in the state extended teacher contracts through the 2011 - 2012 school year after Act 10, Gov. Scott Walker's law gutting collective bargaining powers of most public employees, was implemented in 2011.

Utah State Board of Education Vice Chair Dixie Allen uses the Ogden School District teacher contract dispute as a jumping off point to examine the value of Utah's educators and the increasing burdens they carry.

The Empire Center and local taxpayer groups said the state needs to give districts greater leverage in negotiating teacher contracts by amending a law that deals with pay scales and benefits.

Most teacher contracts provide a substantial salary bump, upwards of $ 10,000 per year in some cases, to a teacher who earns a master's degree, despite the fact that on average such degrees have no correlation with increased student achievement.

In April, Bluum, in partnership with Idaho Charter School Network, hosted a work session to dive into what the new Teacher Contract Flexibility law could mean for charter schools.

Colorado is an «At - Will» state for charter school teacher contracts and provided a number of lessons learned in implementing innovative contract flexibilities.

For Teachers Contract Talks, Extended School Days Is an Issue - NPR article and audio clip on ELT featuring Amrita Sahni, Director of Instruction at Edwards

Both sides remain at the table in the on - going Buffalo teachers contract dispute.

«Almost without exception, principals and faculty members talked to me about this [teacher contract] provision and the incredibly demoralizing effect it is having in combination with other legislative changes that happened this year.»

Rep. Tricia Cotham called DPI out on Twitter for holding a hearing on the proposed model teacher contract at a time when most teachers are teaching and not able to attend.

As Newark's landmark teachers contract begins to be implemented, only about 20 percent of district teachers who can opt to earn bonuses for exemplary evaluations and service in hard - to - fill slots...

Our actual adversaries in the action were the New York State United Teachers (NYSUT) and the Buffalo Teachers Federation (BTF) who despised my disclosure of incompetence and criminality in the negotiation and approval of the most recent teacher contract which left the Buffalo Schools virtually bankrupt.

WBFO's senior reporter Eileen Buckley caught up with city Schools Superintendent Dr. Kriner Cash regarding teacher contract talks.