Sentences with phrase «teacher group educators»

Zeynep Memecan, a special education teacher at P.S. 28 Wright Brothers in Washington Heights and a member of the teacher group Educators 4 Excellence, said she wants a more meaningful evaluation than the two - tier rating system of either «satisfactory» or «unsatisfactory.»

Speaking on a panel about principal evaluations organized by the teacher group Educators 4 Excellence this week, Marshall said the city has a structural problem: There are too few supervisors with real authority.

1) Providing constructive feedback to teachers At an event hosted by teacher group Educators 4 Excellence, 64 percent of teachers in the room said that their principals do not provide meaningful feedback.

The teacher group Educators 4 Excellence wants «excessed» teachers who can't find a full - time job in two April - to - August hiring seasons to be put on unpaid leave, wading into a debate that's a key sticking point in contract negotiations between the city and the teachers union.

Not exact matches

Parenting educators, nurses, teachers, postpartum doulas, infant specialists also comprise this unique group.

Prior to joining Savvy Parents Safe Kids, she enjoyed working with moms groups, parents and early educators in the Seattle area as a preschool teacher, center director and school administrator.

Bend & Blossom is a small group of NJ Doulas, Childbirth Educators and Prenatal Yoga Teachers.

The state should ensure that all students — and especially the groups of students that have been disproportionately assigned to the least effective teachers — have access to strong and diverse educators.

In its review of the contract, Educators 4 Excellence, an advocacy group of teachers that often was aligned with the Bloomberg administration's goals, gave the contract a barely passing grade and said it «overlooked several critical issues,» such as class sizes and a tenure - granting process that the group believes ought to be more closely linked to teacher performance.

In securing endorsements from the various teachers groups, Avella said his campaign was sending a strong statement that the state's educators stand alongside him.

At a recent conference held by the teacher's group Educators for Excellence, State Education Commissioner Mary Ellen Elia says she plans to try to convince parents not have their children repeat this year's boycott of standardized tests associated with the Common Core learning standards, which resulted in 20 % of students statewide opting out of the tests.

Most recently, he was a vice president at Educators for Excellence, a progressive non-profit group focused on public school teachers and school policy.

At a recent conference held by the teacher's group Educators for Excellence, State Education Commissioner Mary Ellen Elia says she plans to try to convince parents not have their children repeat this year's boycott of standardized tests associated with the Common Core learning standards, which resulted in 20 percent of students statewide opting out of the tests.

At a recent conference held by the teacher's group Educators for Excellence, New York State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia says she plans to try to convince parents not have their children repeat this year's boycott of standardized tests associated with the Common Core learning standards, which resulted in 20 percent of students statewide opting out of the tests.

A group of classroom teachers from schools with newly created teacher leadership positions told delegates how educators in the new positions are nurturing collaboration and professional growth among their colleagues.

«We're simply saying «no» to assessments that are tied to the teacher evaluation,» said Jeanette Deutermann, administrator of Long Island Opt Out and co-founder of NYSAPE, a coalition of more than 50 grassroots parents and educator groups statewide.

The rally at Foley Square — specifically geared toward teachers — is the second the group has held this month, and officials estimated 3,100 of the educators attended.

In October, Drakes and Donovan will be among a group of teachers giving a presentation on their experiences using the Toward High School Biology unit and helping to lead a workshop to introduce the new unit to attendees of the 2017 Area Conference of the NSTA, the world's largest organization of science educators.

For three years, Fonte has traveled to Nicaragua as part of the Seeds of Learning teacher group to meet with Nicaraguan educators.

The school is committed, therefore, to creating in - depth and ongoing professional development for VOISE educators, starting with three weeks in the summer, two preparation periods per teacher per day, and a whole - group professional - development session each week, in addition to periodic staff - development days the school district sets aside.

To better understand this phenomenon, Gardner and Davis conducted 40 in - depth interviews with teachers, convened seven focus groups of educators and leaders, analyzed visual and literary works, and surveyed over 2,000 youth to gain insight into the question.

Curriki hosts thousands of educator - vetted, openly licensed, online educational resources and allows for the creation of groups through which students and teachers can collaborate.

When a team of teachers operates effectively, there is one group leader and usually five to six committed educators who are all working together to meet student needs.

Being on the ground, in the building, and in front of teachers are important components of connecting with a group of educators.

In June, I spoke at the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom conference, a passionate group of teachers, park rangers, and nonprofit educators who are giving students a deeper, more meaningful connection to the history of slavery in our nation.

In order to provide these lessons and aid educators, the PZC is organized around plenary sessions, study groups, and mini-courses that help teachers to encourage students» efforts to understand content, recognize and develop student's multiple intellectual strengths, help students learn to think critically and creatively, and assess student work in ways that promotes further learning.

A group of mostly retired educators last week announced a national effort to keep more new teachers from leaving the profession.

We bring groups of college students, teachers, and professors to study the habitat and do environmental education with local Nicaraguan youth and educators (http://makenguereserve.com/).

In response to administrators» and teachers» worries about the vocabulary skills of Boston Public School students, a group of researchers and educators — assembled by the Strategic Education Research Partnership (SERP) in collaboration with the Boston Public Schools, and directed by Harvard Graduate School of Education Professor Catherine Snow — designed a curriculum supplement called Word Generation, for sixth - to eighth - grade classrooms.

Mentoring for All provides funding for school boards to support collaborative professionalism and mentorship across a continuum of employee groups including Early Childhood Educators, Associate Teachers, Business / Support Staff, Vice-Principals and Principals, and other staff identified by boards.

Based on the literature reviews, observations in the schools and meetings with the departments at the Ministry of Education, the team presented several key policy considerations to the Ministry: (1) utilize a website, the National Play Day, and the Jamaican Teaching Council as platforms from which educators can develop and share best game - based learning practices; (2) promote a culture of collaboration through the Quality Education Circles (local discussion groups for educators), and by allocating time for teachers to develop and share game - based learning strategies; (3) provide resource support for schools in the form of workshops and training; and (4) create a monitoring and evaluation plan to be conducted at the school level.

I was part of this group of principals from throughout the country, all serious educators working hard to improve their schools and create real learning communities for students and teachers.

The core group of teachers and heritage educators will be involved in activities that will empower them to engage their students and other target groups in critical debate from multiple perspectives promote pluralism, and combat the idea that history is a single, unchangeable truth.

A fellowship program launched in 2008 by Leading Educators, which began in New Orleans and is now operating in Kansas City and will soon expand into Detroit and the District of Columbia, for example, provides a select group of teachers with training in education issues, management, leadership, and problem solving.

A few days later, Educators 4 Excellence, a group unaffiliated with the local teachers union, released a plan that called for student achievement to count for 40 percent of a teacher's score.

Teachers» unions are split: Some local groups, including the Chicago Teachers Union and the New York State United Teachers, oppose the new standards entirely, while the two national unions — the National Educators Association (NEA) and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT)-- support the Core but want delays in implementation.

During their visit they met with university educators, the regional director of education, education leadership groups, the deputy director general of education, and several school principals and teachers.

And not every teacher has access to a network like those offered by the Hope Street Group, TeachPlus, Educators for Excellence, NNSTOY, or the rest.

He has received national attention for moves favored by reformers, such as opening 75 new schools operated by outside groups and staffed by non-union teachers; introducing a pay - for - performance plan that will eventually be in 40 Chicago schools; and working with organizations, including The New Teacher Project, Teach For America, and New Leaders for New Schools, that recruit talented educators through alternatives to the traditional education - school route.

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The Palisades School District, of which Durham Nockamixon is a part, sent a small group of interested teachers to a national conference on looping and multiage classrooms where, Tubiello says, they were inspired by the writings of educator Jim Grant, a passionate advocate of continuous learning and author of several books about looping.

Pulling this off takes an energetic and gifted educator; 4th - grade teacher Folakemi Mosadomi, who has the gifted group in her classroom, appears to fit the bill perfectly.

Another sign that we are making a difference: A group of educators from a school in Sofia that focuses on math and science recently wrote a proposal for teacher training, and, after securing funding from the federal Ministry of Education and the local government, they invited our lab to provide the instruction — the first time the teachers themselves hired us to do the training.

Understanding the critical role educators play in that and working in partnership with teachers and education groups sits at the heart of our strategy.»

It's run by BetterLesson, an organization that was started by a group of public school teachers from Boston and Atlanta who were frustrated that it was so hard to find and share great curriculum with other educators.

White met «heroic educators who were saving lives,» and he saw quickly «what an impact one teacher could make, and I thought, what an extraordinary thing it would be if we started creating groups of teachers and even schools and school systems that were doing this kind of thing.»

Perhaps it is for this reason that the earliest groups of educators to embrace MI theory were teachers whose daily work entailed supporting students with learning disabilities.

In addition to Facebook groups and Twitter chats, teachers are creating groups on Voxer to stay in touch with like - minded educators whom they've met at conferences or through other social networks.

Step 6, educator brainstorms with student, or teacher asks class to brainstorm together or in groups, where the concept is found in real - life or used in real - life.

He and his colleagues at Life Academy participate in Mills Teacher Scholars, a professional development program that supports groups of educators in improving their teaching through collaborative inquiry.