Sentences with phrase «teacher quality at»

«There are a lot of factors that go into a teacher's performance in the classroom, and certainly some of those do happen after teachers leave the preparation program,» said Sarah Almy, director of teacher quality at the Education Trust, a Washington D.C. - based advocacy group that pushes for more accountability in education.

We must focus on the issue of teacher quality at large.

But earlier research hadn't looked at several measures of teacher quality at once over a large geographic area.

Children in high - turnover schools did worse even if their own classroom teacher was not new, and even if overall teacher quality at the school remained constant.

Our Commonwealth and state or territory politicians and political parties generally lack the policies needed to deal successfully with this issue: policies that place teacher quality at the centre of school reform in this country.

Education Researcher Stresses Importance of Teacher Quality at HGSE (Harvard Crimson) Mention of the Center for Education Policy Research's recent PIER Fellowship event.

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The final quality required for authentic dialogue is prudence: the prudence of a teacher who is most careful to make allowances for the psychological and moral circumstances of his hearer [Mt 6:7], particularly if he is a child, unprepared, suspicious or hostile... [who] is always at pains to learn the sensitivities of his audience, and... [who] adapts himself... to the susceptibilities and the degree of intelligence of his hearers.

Lisa Selph's daughter Hannah was being encouraged by her violin teacher to buy a professional - quality instrument at a price of $ 10,000.

Enid Worrell, former home economics teacher and now owner and cook at the Bonito, was proud to inform us that her first name spelled backwards is «dine,» which was propitious considering the quality of her food.

At the very moment when a student might be gearing up to react to the teacher's comments as a threat, a sign of the teacher's personal disapproval or bias, the Post-it gave the student an alternative frame through which to view those comments — not as an attack, in other words, but as a vote of confidence that the student was capable of high - quality work.

'' [T] he research offers no reason to believe that students in high - quality classrooms whose teachers give little or no homework would be at a disadvantage as regards any meaningful learning.»

Klopfenstein and Thomas (2010) offer three significant ways in which non-AP students at a school may pay the price for the AP program: they may receive lower instructional quality, as the best teachers are siphoned off to teach AP students; they are in larger classes, as AP classes are smaller than typical high school classes; and non-AP course offerings are reduced or limited in order to fund, staff, and expand AP course offerings.

And at the root of his research and thinking is the assertion that character is... a set of qualities that [enables] kids to change themselves and qualities that parents and teachers can instill.

In addition to supporting children's music development, our in - school curriculum raises the overall quality of a child's education by touching many important factors all at once: school readiness, family engagement, parent - child relationships, and teacher professional development.

Investigating successful kids and programs at low - income schools and high - achieving prep schools, as well as interviewing psychologists and neuroscientists, Tough challenges some conventional wisdom on causes of failure (poverty, teacher quality) and contends that nurturing character in children and young adults is the key to success.

The broad sector policy thrust for Education is Sustainable and Efficient Management of Education Service Delivery with focus on teacher development and accountability; improved Quality of Teaching and Learning at all Levels, inclusive and Equitable Access at all Levels, skills Development and Training for Employability through Quality TVET and strengthened Mathematics, Science, ICT and Technology Education.

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver spoke recently at a rally of the parents and students with Alliance for Quality Education, a lobby group that has backing from the teachers union.

«The very high level of satisfaction that parents indicate with the quality of their child's teachers makes all the more outrageous the constant denigration the profession has suffered at the hands of this government, denigration which only ceased when the General Election came into view.

Commenting on the inclusion of quality education as one of the Sustainable Development Goals at the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers union in the UK, said:

And yet teachers have no desire to keep in the profession people who are clearly not up to the job, patients don't care who provides their healthcare so long as it's good quality and free at the point of delivery, and no police officer would defend being able to receive # 100 just for answering a telephone call.

I have seen firsthand how the quality of my son's teachers directly impacts his chances at success.

Teachers at the Annual Conference of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union in the UK, have today called for the introduction of a contractual entitlement for all teachers to high - quality continuing professional development (CPD) throughout their Teachers at the Annual Conference of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union in the UK, have today called for the introduction of a contractual entitlement for all teachers to high - quality continuing professional development (CPD) throughout their teachers» union in the UK, have today called for the introduction of a contractual entitlement for all teachers to high - quality continuing professional development (CPD) throughout their teachers to high - quality continuing professional development (CPD) throughout their careers.

That the quality of teacher training is key to Finland and Singapore's position at the top of the PISA league tables is backed up by research.

The Alliance for Quality Education is firing back at Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who this morning accused school districts of playing politics when they say his proposed funding cuts would force teachers to lose their jobs, hurting kids in the process.

The United Federation of Teachers and the Alliance for Quality Education, a labor - backed advocacy group, both of which are at odds with Cuomo on his education positions more broadly, released statements pushing the governor to enact the Dream Act, without strings.

As he launched the policy at the West Africa Senior High School in Accra today [Tuesday], the President said quality teacher training was essential to achieving the educational reforms to the fullest.

«MMCI significantly increased a teacher's odds of attaining the level of quality interactions needed for pre-k programs to most meaningfully contribute to children's social and academic outcomes,» said Kelly Maxwell, senior program area co-director for early childhood at Child Trends and co-author of the report.

«I've looked at how to improve the quality of K - 12 teachers,» says Wieman, who also chairs the Board on Science Education for the U.S. National Academies, «and I think that we have to fix the universities first.

The 200 hour Yoga Teacher Training Program at Vayusha Yoga follows the guidelines set out by the Yoga Alliance, ensuring the highest educational standards of quality, integrity, and professionalism.

That is why at our massage school, nearly 80 percent of class hours are dedicated to our students to practice massaging other students, receiving massage, and observing the teacher demonstrate how to massage.The remaining 20 percent of class hours are spent discussing the theory of Raynor massage and other subjects such as hygiene, professional ethics, contraindications, the theory of hand and foot reflexology and the qualities of different aromatherapy oils, which are covered in the Diploma course.

Here are Lennartz's tips for choosing and keeping quality teachers at your studio.

At Feel Good Yoga and Pilates we offer the highest quality of Yoga and Pilates Teacher Training and Classes in Victoria, BC.

A teacher at meeting used some for kids to store «their good qualities.»

Australia About Blog each Starter provides high - quality teaching resources which can be easily downloaded and printed at home by primary school teachers and parents.

The retelling of BEOWULF by Robert Zemeckis, Neil Gaiman, and Roger Avary stays true to the rip - snorting quality of it that has enthralled people for 1500 years or so, a few bored freshman English students at the mercy of teachers who couldn't engage their enthusiasm notwithstanding.

It examined a larger number of students over a longer period of time with more in - depth data than many earlier studies, allowing for a deeper look at how much the quality of individual teachers matters over the long term, the Times reported.

At a time when school districts nationwide are experiencing teacher shortages, districts that historically have difficulty attracting and retaining quality teachers are really scrambling for staff.

... Things like, I guess, wisdom and experience and being able to link concepts together, ask probing questions that encourage students to think at a deeper level, giving quality feedback... just because a teacher's recorded a video to explain a concept, doesn't necessarily mean that students have to watch that at home - they could be watching that in the classroom while the teacher's working with another student on something that can't be automated.

Frame your program in terms of how it can improve standards through interim assessments, engage students at risk of dropping out, or improve teacher quality.

At a minimum, education policymakers should consider experiments that provide actuarially fair alternatives to traditional DB plans for new teaching recruits, and evaluate their utility for recruiting and retaining high - quality teachers.

It clearly demonstrates the quality and perseverance of the teachers at St John's and their teaching methods.

But at face value, whether a student can or can not carry a machine around all day tells us little to nothing about a school's actual pedagogy, about the quality of interactions between students and teachers, or about the rigor of the software programs delivered through those devices.

Tennessee performs at the national average on efforts related to teacher quality.

In an effort to determine our core competencies, we are asking whether it makes sense to have extracurricular activities, such as supplemental sports and art classes, taught by the school's teachers or contracted out to nonprofit groups who may offer these services at reduced prices and provide higher - quality services.

Alan Glasgow (Aglasgow) creates high quality video guides that allow students to learn at a pace that suits them, freeing teachers to circulate and support students where needed.

I thought this was a good chance to get quality material that all the teachers could read at the same time and get ideas we could implement on our campuses.

This may have some basis in fact but it is probably more likely to be the lack of high quality training at both initial teacher education and within on - going continuing professional development.

But when it comes to quality of teaching, the not - so - great teacher gives us the opportunity to get involved in our child's education at a deeper level than perhaps we have ever been before.

«The one quality I try to find is a teacher who will be a «Kid magnet,»» says Steven Podd, principal at Islip (N.Y.) Middle School.

Overall, I've really enjoyed my time here at Chase Grammar School — I've certainly benefitted from the smaller class sizes as it gives you that quality one - to - one time with the teachers.