Schools and
teachers are accountable for how much students gain in achievement.
With these models, excellent
teachers are accountable for every student's learning, and they and their teams earn more for reaching more students.
My suggestion is predicated on a different model of teacher accountability, one in which
teachers are accountable for teaching well.
Teachers are accountable for the learning of all students they serve and any colleagues they lead.
Additionally, assistant
teachers are accountable for observing student behavior in context to educational needs and dilemmas and report to the lead teacher for assessment.
Not exact matches
Schools with the best facilities and the highest «paid
teachers often fail because they
are ultimately
accountable to bureaucrats
for regulatory compliance, instead of to parents
for results.
«The
teacher responsible
for coming up with and assigning students with this task must
be held
accountable for attempting to indoctrinate children with anti-Semitic beliefs,» Greenfield said in a statement.
Parents,
teachers, writers, ministers, and others responsible
for education
are, of course, not solely
accountable for individual and social values.
By writing and teaching publicly, you declare yourself a representative of God's Word and
teacher, and as such will
be held to a much greater standard by God,
accountable for every word you write, every person you influence.
It
is this insistence which has caused disunity in the Body of Christ and I believe they (preachers /
teachers) will
be held
accountable for that by the Almighty.
I do think God will hold those
teachers accountable for the rift between believers because they have either caused and / or
are perpetuating the divide by demanding assent to these additional doctrines.
The things that motivate me to get on my mat each day
are my physical and mental health, someone else (my husband) holding me
accountable, and the respect and admiration I have
for my yoga
teacher and the Ashtanga lineage.
What if
teachers were held
accountable for maximizing industry, enthusiasm
for learning, increasing social competence and self - discovery in the context of a curriculum?
On the other hand, while providing all of those supports, we understand if
teachers and principals
are not held
accountable to high expectations
for these children.
And I would go further to say that whole concept of holding
teachers and students
accountable for these skills doesn't make sense and isn't supported in the research.
«Ministers will need to address the need
for better strategic oversight and leverage in the system to ensure it operates in the public interest,
is democratically
accountable, encourages and promotes genuine
teacher autonomy, secures entitlement
for all learners and achieves an end to the postcode lottery in education.»
At 4:15 p.m., hundreds of public school parents and
teachers from Kenmore, Lakeshore, Hamburg and across WNY
are expected to rally at Sen. Mark Grisanti's office to «hold him
accountable for breaking his promise to fully fund public education,» 65 Court St., # 213 (Corner of Court & Niagara Square), Buffalo.
One of the tasks set forth by the original Race to the Top competition
was simple design a
teacher evaluation system that holds
teachers accountable for their performance.
It also means that school administrations,
teachers, and school boards must
be held
accountable for student learning and performance without «teaching to the test» or
being over-burdened with repeated standardized testing.
If this concern
is valid
for teachers then it
is equally important that members of the legislature
be held
accountable for filing false documents.
Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, said: «
Teachers understand the need
for schools to
be accountable.
«We
are relying more than ever on state exams — to measure student achievement, to evaluate
teacher and principal effectiveness, and to hold schools and districts
accountable for their performance,» Regents Chancellor Merryl H. Tisch said.
«
Teachers understand the need
for schools to
be accountable.
With this veto, the governor has decided that
teachers are the only ones who should
be held
accountable for the state's failed implementation of the Common Core.
For example, at the start of the pilot, Linda Rogers, a teacher at Redwood Heights Elementary School in Oakland, Calif., was already practicing the move of helping students hold themselves accountable, but found that the things she was doing weren't translating into increased learning gains for all of her studen
For example, at the start of the pilot, Linda Rogers, a
teacher at Redwood Heights Elementary School in Oakland, Calif.,
was already practicing the move of helping students hold themselves
accountable, but found that the things she
was doing weren't translating into increased learning gains
for all of her studen
for all of her students.
In this essay, Elmore sets forth a novel vision
for school leadership that would not reside with individuals, but would instead
be distributed among various branches that
are fully
accountable not only to one another and to
teachers, but also to the marketplace — in this case, parents and students.
If principals
are accountable for poor performance, they need to
be able to hold
teachers accountable.
Zoch shows persuasively and in great detail that progressives derided instruction but never held students
accountable for their own learning; it
is always the
teacher who
is to blame if the children aren't motivated.
A commonly proposed strategy
for raising achievement levels in schools
is to specify high expectations or «standards» of student performance and to hold students,
teachers and schools
accountable for achieving those standards.
We propose to study more than a decade of data from North Carolina, where
teachers and schools
are held
accountable for the proportion of their students who pass end - of - year exams.
Professor Alan Smithers, director of the Centre
for Education and Employment at the University of Buckingham, in Britain, argues that no one
teacher is ever
accountable, but rather a student's «attainment reflects a whole range of
teachers».
Oddly enough,
teacher preparation programs occasionally argue against
being held
accountable for things like placement rates because they don't believe they have any control over how many of their
teachers receive jobs.
At the same time, they argue that it would
be unfair to hold
teachers, schools and students
accountable for their performance during this interim period.
Opportunity Culture models redesign jobs to extend the reach of excellent
teachers to more students,
for more pay, within budget — typically in collaborative teams on which all
teachers can pursue instructional excellence together and
are formally
accountable for all of the students they serve.
The «Friday Report» group
was counseled that the system would work only as well as parents held their child
accountable for making sure the form
was given to each
teacher and brought home by the student.
As the
teacher, if you can create an atmosphere where all students feel like they
are participating and
being held
accountable for their participation, you'll decrease the potential
for management problems to occur.
AFT's poll showed that 74 percent of respondents
are worried that students,
teachers and schools will
be held
accountable for the results of those assessments before they have
been fully implemented.
The book makes three recommendations: a much smaller, selective, intellectually engaged, and better compensated teaching force supported by technology; an open, transparent, and
accountable system of preparation and professional development that drives out inferior providers and rewards success; and increased responsibility
for teacher development in the hands of principals, who may
be the strongest determinant of
teacher quality on the job.
They
are accountable for student learning; they form strong and lasting relationships with students and families; and they
are known to all members of the Match community, from full - time
teachers to administrators.
Holding
teachers accountable for students» academic achievement gains
is not inconsistent with students» accomplishing other things in school.
And it surely doesn't mean that
teachers can't
be held
accountable for student performance.
We've written here and here about the importance figuring out as a nation how to «extend the reach» of great
teachers to more students, since great
teachers accountable for student learning
are the one «intervention» we know can close achievement gaps and raise the bar
for all students.
(The law
is named
for its sponsor, now - deceased Republican Assemblyman John Stull of San Diego, who received bipartisan support at the time
for this statutory requirement that
teachers be held
accountable for the academic achievement of their pupils.)
Nor
are we told whether
teachers are to
be held
accountable for love and joy.
Teachers, schools, and principals must
be held
accountable for results.
Evaluating
teachers based on the student test results
is bad
for everyone: «It
's like if the measure of your health and wellness
were what you weighed every day — and so, if you
were held
accountable only
for what you weighed, you'd
be tempted to take diet pills,» he says.
Teachers involved in TAP receive detailed rubrics
for every aspect of the program, complete with specific descriptions of what they
are accountable for in the classroom and examples of exemplary, proficient, and unsatisfactory performance.
They don't shuffle between a D.E.A.R book, a reading book, and a literature circle book... they just read books and
are held
accountable for doing so through persistent
teacher / student conferences and an intricate portfolio.
«She fought to give additional resources
for students who needed it, recognizing that
teachers and administrators have to
be extra
accountable for their success.
The measures announced by Hinds included a commitment to working with Ofsted, regional schools commissioners, the Education and Skills Funding Agency and multi-academy trusts — to clarify their roles, and ensure
teachers and school leaders have a clear understanding of who they
are accountable to, and
for what.