Sentences with phrase «teacher selection decisions»

Findings show year - to - year correlations in teacher effects are modest, but pre-tenure estimates of teacher job performance do predict estimated post-tenure performance in both math and reading, and would therefore seem to be a reasonable metric to use as a factor in making substantive teacher selection decisions.

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Among the many issues that teachers and administrators in ABC have tackled together are curriculum development, textbook selection, recruitment and hiring, mentoring, teacher evaluation and support, and use of data - based decision making to improve student performance.

Advocates argue that the use of VA measures in decisions regarding teacher selection, retraining, and dismissal will boost student achievement, while critics contend that the measures are a poor indicator of teacher quality and should play little if any role in high - stakes decisions.

Historically, teachers were allowed to close their doors and teach what and how they chose while boards and superintendents had decision authority over most school operations such as the budget, schedules, teacher selection, and compensation.

Consequently, our understanding of key aspects of teacher - leader selection, such as how to design the selection process, what criteria to use, or who should be involved in selection decisions, is based more on experience and intuition than empirical evidence.

Using a simple laminated grid, each of her students could make decisions about which of several learning stations where they would work during daily time blocks — they simply arranged a teacher - curated selection of moveable cards to create an individualized learning plan five days at a time.

We support teacher professionalism in decisions about curriculum, teaching methods, and selection of teaching materials.

As a result, they have more freedom and flexibility to make decisions about curriculum, scheduling, and teacher selection to meet the needs of their students.

There is no decision that teachers make that has a greater impact on students» opportunities to learn, and on their perceptions about what mathematics is, than the selection or creation of the tasks with which the teacher engages students in studying mathematics.

The selection panel, which included teachers from National Science Teachers Association (NTSA) and the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM), based its decision on qualifications, dedication to inspiring students and overall commitment to enhancing the teaching proteachers from National Science Teachers Association (NTSA) and the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM), based its decision on qualifications, dedication to inspiring students and overall commitment to enhancing the teaching proTeachers Association (NTSA) and the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM), based its decision on qualifications, dedication to inspiring students and overall commitment to enhancing the teaching proTeachers of Mathematics (NCTM), based its decision on qualifications, dedication to inspiring students and overall commitment to enhancing the teaching profession.

The district then transferred authority for many important decisions to the schools, including the recruitment and hiring of teachers, the selection of curriculum, and the allocation of funds.

The working group in which he participated, one of 10, focused on preparing future teachers and educational leaders to make effective decisions related to evaluation of educational technology products and selection of appropriate technology tools.

While the existing knowledge base of empirical literature offers a small amount of assistance to those faced with decisions about selecting teacher leaders, more research is needed that focuses on teacher leader selection and its connection to teacher leader practice.

Which stakeholders were involved in which aspects of the teacher leader selection process varied, but in each case reflected strategic program decisions around building buy - in for teacher leadership.