Not exact matches
One of the problems in too many classrooms is that the
teacher - pupil
ratio is still so high that it is difficult to provide an environment where children can be allowed to «
do what they want.»
One of the most effective things a
teacher, parent and / or grandparent can
do is to use a positivity / negativity
ratio of about 8:1.
«It is the last thing they want to
do but they have no other choice because they have to reduce staffing numbers and that inevitably affects the
teacher - to - pupil
ratio.
(
Doing the basic math, the simple student - to -
teacher ratio for New York City schools works out to 14 - to - 1.)
Contrary to Duncan's remarks, the record on class sizes
does not reflect sharp changes, owing in part to a 22 - 1 cap on student -
teacher ratios in primary grades.
By 2000, most states had earnings
ratios near 100 percent for all aptitude groups, indicating that graduates of the most highly selective colleges earned no more as
teachers than
did graduates from bottom - tier schools!
Some of the countries with the highest efficiency ratings
do not pay the highest salaries, nor
do they have the lowest student -
teacher ratios.
The figures
do not suggest that schools are reducing their staffing numbers — with the
teacher to pupil
ratio remaining at an all - time low of about nine children to every
teacher.
It's difficult to know how this
ratio of dollars spent on
teacher salaries to overall operating budget compares to other school districts as current financial transparency requirements
do not report salary expenditures at this «granular» a level.
: The worst student to
teacher ratios in the country; near the worst per pupil funding in the US; low starting salary schedules that shortchange new
teachers so the oldest
teachers can be overpaid, though all
do the same work; LIFO policies so that younger
teachers are always fired first no matter how good they are and no matter how poor senior
teachers are;
teacher layoffs expected at every recession, with waves of recessions expected indefinitely; bad funding in the absence of recessions and worse funding in recessions; constant loading with additional requirements and expectations; poor and worsening
teacher morale; poor and worsening working conditions; ugly architecturally uninspired facilities and often trashy temporary classrooms; inadequate learning materials, resources and technology; inadequate administrative support with the worst student / administrator
ratios in the county; inadequate librarian, psychologist, behavioral specialist, counselor, nurse support due to the worst
ratios; inadequate student discipline structures; and much more...
Though most practitioners would argue that little harm is
done to the student who receives an intervention that was not absolutely necessary, a recent meta - analysis of research on reading interventions for students in grades K — 3 indicates that moderate to large gains in reading achievement were achieved when
teacher - to - student
ratios were no more than 1:5, and most interventions used groupings of 1:1 or 1:3 (Scammacca, Vaughn, Roberts, Wanzek & Torgesen, 2007).
It is also true that they can
do a much better job for their students under such conditions than the typical American
teacher even when the
ratio of
teachers to students is lower and there are fewer
teachers» aides and non-teaching personnel in the classroom.
The student body at DWU is small, but that is
done intentionally to keep class sizes and the student to
teacher ratio low.
He'd recently come to our «
Ratio» training, which focuses on how to make more classrooms where students
do the cognitive work and was now
doing training and support for
teachers back at his school.
Kentucky
does not provide a school - level
teacher - quality index that demonstrates the academic backgrounds of a school's
teachers and the
ratio of new to veteran
teachers.
If a school has a certain number of students who don't speak English, for instance, the school will only earn supplemental funding for them if it maintains a specified student -
teacher ratio with
teachers who are specifically credentialed to help them, said Michael O'Sullivan, who leads the advocacy group GeorgiaCAN.
While the 12 plans finalized as of mid-July
do not include exemptions from
teacher legal protections, they
do encroach on key aspects of the profession, including the importance of
teacher certification and the benefits of small student - to -
teacher ratios.
Seeing the high
ratio of negative to positive behaviors, his
teacher began to carefully shift the focus from what he was
doing wrong to what he was
doing right in order to strengthen the relationship and motivate him to make better choices.
I will cover some of these materials below, but in sum the changes in relation to Special Education and English Language Learners mostly concern schedules and professional development; the revised budget and enrollment model call for a slightly smaller school, lower (lead)
teacher / student ratios, higher special education teacher ratios (and lower special education assistant ratios), designates Bilingual Resource Teacher and Specialist allocations (these were folded into other categories in the January version), a slightly smaller school, and a 5 year budget shortfall that increases from $ 58,681.36 to $ 516,157.01; the Data Update does little but relabel unrealistic «Goals» as «Aspirations.
teacher / student
ratios, higher special education
teacher ratios (and lower special education assistant ratios), designates Bilingual Resource Teacher and Specialist allocations (these were folded into other categories in the January version), a slightly smaller school, and a 5 year budget shortfall that increases from $ 58,681.36 to $ 516,157.01; the Data Update does little but relabel unrealistic «Goals» as «Aspirations.
teacher ratios (and lower special education assistant
ratios), designates Bilingual Resource
Teacher and Specialist allocations (these were folded into other categories in the January version), a slightly smaller school, and a 5 year budget shortfall that increases from $ 58,681.36 to $ 516,157.01; the Data Update does little but relabel unrealistic «Goals» as «Aspirations.
Teacher and Specialist allocations (these were folded into other categories in the January version), a slightly smaller school, and a 5 year budget shortfall that increases from $ 58,681.36 to $ 516,157.01; the Data Update
does little but relabel unrealistic «Goals» as «Aspirations.»
The court stated that LAUSD's use of district - wide «norming
ratios», or student -
teacher ratios, in determining the number of classrooms to offer to charter schools
did not comply with the implementing regulations which require districts to use the facilities inventory at comparison group schools.
While further research is necessary to determine the extent to which one can claim this marketing as «saving» the school, AACA
does appear to have worked to maintain attractive through various measures, including improving their pupil -
teacher ratios from the 2009 - 10 school year to 2011 - 12.
Do your homework To gain a full understanding of the school district, broker / owner Nicole Lee recommends looking into the
teacher student
ratios, testing scores, and any recent school of excellence awards.