Sentences with phrase «teacher transfer policies»

In California, TNTP worked with state senator Jack Scott and local advocacy groups to pass a bill for the reform of teacher transfer policies, changing the dynamics of teacher hiring for some 3,000 low - performing schools statewide.

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If a state chooses to implement this policy change on a school - by - school basis, teachers who choose the current traditional contract might be offered a transfer or be grandfathered, that is, allowed to continue under their current contract.

The district's transfer policy was changed to require that teachers apply for transfers within the district beginning in February.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has ruled that the rights of Cincinnati teachers are not being violated by a district policy that takes race into account in deciding teacher transfers.

States and districts can establish a policy of «mutual consent» that gives principals the right to choose their own teachers... States and districts can eliminate seniority - based layoffs, which should consider effectiveness instead, and make it easier to transfer or remove ineffective teachers who can not improve.»

While the review has confirmed that teachers, teacher education and teaching methods all play a significant role in transferring LTLT competencies in the classroom, there remains a significant information gap prohibiting an accurate assessment of how teacher policies, especially teacher training and selection, truly reflect LTLT among the selected countries.

How about a policy — for example, offering additional compensation to encourage effective teachers to transfer to low - performing schools?

The authors compared the effectiveness of extended teachers who transferred or exited to all teachers entering these schools to assess whether the quality of teachers improves as a result of the policy.

I see two defenses: a) freedom of teachers to transfer between schools within a State and a culture of administrative integrity and (b) policies that give to parents the power to determine which institution shall receive the taxpayers» K - 12 education subsidy (vouchers, tuition tax credits, subsidized homeschooling, Parent Performance Contracting).

Similarly, once the pathway for transferring licenses across state lines opens up, states would need to implement policies specifically designed to attract high - quality teachers to work in high - need school districts, particularly in rural locales, in order to limit shortages in those areas.

Policies related to tenure and seniority can also influence teacher transfers and layoffs in the event that a school needs to eliminate staff positions.

Under recent state changes to teacher evaluation, policies emphasizing performance in personnel decisions regarding dismissal, tenure, and transfer decisions have gained traction.

One potential solution is implementing mutual consent policies under which the teacher seeking a new placement and the principal of the receiving school agree to the transfer.

Certain factors, which can apparently be influenced by policy change, may affect individuals» decisions to enter teaching, as well as teachers» decisions to transfer within or leave the profession.