Sentences with phrase «teacher union leaders from»

Then last Thursday, Weingarten popped up in Kiev, telling FoxNews that she went to Ukraine as part of a delegation of teacher union leaders from five nations (including the United Kingdom, Poland, Denmark and Bulgaria) as an act of solidarity and to «promote democratic values.»

The delegation to Ukraine includes teacher union leaders from the USA, Poland, Denmark and Bulgaria, along with the UK.

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Countering these arguments, Andrew Cuomo has cobbled together a coalition to support his amendment, the most vocal of which have been the business leaders who stand to profit from casinos and public sector workers, primarily teacher's unions, who will be the beneficiary of increased state revenues.

The governor is likely to get push back from many in the legislature, who are close to education interests like the teachers unions and local school leaders.

The NASUWT, the largest teachers» union in the UK, is delighted at the news that a Bahraini teachers» trade union leader has finally been released from prison.

Legislative leaders, under pressure from the politically powerful teachers union to restrict access to the information further than would occur under Cuomo's plan, have yet to come up with proposals of their own.

«If you work in a district like that, no matter how effective you are you come out with a scarlet A on your head,» he said, to applause from the audience, which included state legislators, Board of Regents members, school board leaders and teachers union officials.

We've heard from Mike Mulgrew and Karen Magee — teacher union leaders who say the Governor has gone too far.

And the leader of the union of head teachers has warned that children from European backgrounds are worried they may be forced to leave the UK.

Cuomo's veto of a bill that would have protected teachers at risk of losing their jobs for two years is being described as everything from a case of «angry sour grapes» to «strange» to «a brave and good move» by teachers, union leaders, administrators and reform advocates.

Independent Democratic Conference Leader Jeff Klein on Friday touted his endorsement from the New York State United Teachers union.

Rosa has garnered support from the state's teachers unions as well as test refusal leaders, but Common Core advocates are fearful that Rosa will undo the work of her predecessor, Tisch, who championed the Common Core and the use of student test scores in evaluating teachers.

Commenting on today's announcement from Nicky Morgan, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union in the UK, said: «No - one is more committed to raising the standards of education than teachers and school leaders.

Monday's hearing at the Legislative Office Building in downtown Albany is expected to include testimony from the chancellor of the City University of New York, Matthew Goldstein; state Education Commissioner John B. King Jr.; State University of New York Chancellor Nancy L. Zimpher, leaders of the teachers union and other officials.

Among the labor leaders in attendance were leaders or representatives from Local 32BJ of the Service Employees International Union; the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union; Communications Workers of America District 1; and the United Federation of Teachers, which collectively provide hundreds of thousands of dollars to the community groups.

Yesterday, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo confirmed that the state would seek to establish a new teacher evaluation system for New York City should leaders from the teachers» union and the City not be able to reach a negotiated agreement.

Attorney Nathaniel Kuzma testified district leaders released the information because they did not feel teachers were getting correct information from the union.

The races drew unprecedented involvement from non-education labor unions and Democratic Party leaders, all working to help elect candidates endorsed by the Buffalo Teachers Federation.

The former Memphis City School leader received a favorable response from those attending, including the leader of the city teachers union.

Russell Hobby, general secretary of school leaders» union the National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT), said that headteachers would be in regular contact with parents on travel to and from school.

It means that teacher leaders like Saldana meet at least monthly with district leadership to discuss concerns that come forth from the teachers representative council of the union (which also meets monthly), so there's a constant flow of information between teacher and the district.

For at least two and a half decades, political leaders and opinion makers have been telling teachers and union leaders like me that it is high time to move away from the single salary schedule.

The term «teacher union leader» typically evokes a hard - charging labor activist who shares an adversarial relationship with the school district, is focused solely on protecting members» bread - and - butter interests, and flees from phrases like «school reform.»

We've done a few debriefings and at one, a teacher from Ohio told us that she couldn't believe she was sitting with a team of teachers, superintendents, union leaders, and principals, all as peers.»

So here, in this collection, I have drawn from various sources and experiences over time and around the world, ideas from inspectors and their reports, leadership training course tutors and candidates, school improvement ambassadors, union officials, faculty leaders, headteachers and principals in all their guises, governors, government officials, civil servants, councillors, parents, students, current, aspiring, ex and retired teachers, in the public, private, Academy, Charter, free, not - for - profit, voluntary and charitable sectors.

Five years earlier, Shanker, leader of the New York City teachers union, shook the city with a series of strikes to defend the rights of teachers who had been dismissed from Brooklyn schools.

Driscoll and Ruiz meet bimonthly with the head of Salem's health and social services department and leaders from the schools, the teachers union, community organizations, and foundations to set goals and review their progress.

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Rafferty made buy - in from all stakeholders a target goal, requiring all district staff to attend DuFour training, including central office personnel, board members, the union president, administrators and site teacher leaders.

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Once, leaders of the 2.8 million - member teachers» union may have believed they had more to gain than lose from keeping publicly aloof from other unions, including the NEA's longtime rival, the American Federation of Tteachers» union may have believed they had more to gain than lose from keeping publicly aloof from other unions, including the NEA's longtime rival, the American Federation of TeachersTeachers.

Free of state and local mandates and constraints from union contracts, leaders reopening schools after the storm could hire anyone they wanted, including uncertified teachers, and dismiss teachers relatively easily.

Because of that, in 2009, Rep John Benson, a former Edina teacher union leader along with strong support from Mpls district union leaders Louise Sundin and Lynn Nordgren sponsored legislation that enabled districts to access the same flexibility and autonomy provisions of chartering without actually chartering a school.

A new performance - based teacher evaluation system and reduced sick leave are the key issues preventing the Hawaii State Teachers Association from agreeing to a new contract with the state, union leaders and educators said.

But they have faced opposition from teachers» union leaders who criticised them as introducing an unnecessary set of tests for young children who had just started school.

Delaware, which requested $ 107 million to pay for its reform plan, brought a delegation that included Gov. Jack Markell, Education Secretary Lillian M. Lowery, Diane Donohue, the president of the statewide teachers» union, a district superintendent, and a leader from the state's business community.

«I don't think the best approach in teacher evaluation comes from students» test scores,» said Dave Harswick, a highschool history teacher and union leader in Green Bay, Wis. «It can be part of the picture, but it shouldn't be the whole picture.»

It follows a warning from school leaders» union NAHT last week that more than 90 per cent of teachers are unable to access specialist mental health support for their pupils.

Meanwhile, the local teachers» union and black community leaders organized a drive to reclaim «our schools» from the mostly white Legislature in Lansing.

Addressing headteachers at the annual conference of school leaders» union NAHT in Liverpool, the shadow education secretary said the government «wouldn't survive their own Ofsted inspection», as she attacked restrictions on teacher pay and problems stemming from the school accountability system.

We've heard from Mike Mulgrew and Karen Magee — teacher union leaders who say the Governor has gone too far.

Now coming from the leader of a union that has made the one - size - fits - every - teacher - and - student collective bargaining agreement the Bible of every school district unfortunate enough to be organized with an industrial - style union, that is hubris of the highest order.

FINANCIAL SUPPORT: Northwest TURN will cover one day's substitute teacher pay if needed, airfare or mileage expenses ($ 300 cap for air travel) and one night's lodging for up to 2 union / teacher leaders and 2 district administrators from each participating team.

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Asbury also mentioned that one policy that can create a barrier for instructional leaders is contending with teachers» union contracts, which can make it difficult to dismiss poorly performing teachers from the district.

Every year, union leaders in Sacramento take more than $ 100 million dollars from California teachers» paychecks.

We are extremely proud of many of the results, whether it is supporting teachers to improve their on task engagement by 55 % (or more), or supporting the leaders at East Tech in Cleveland to raise their graduation rate from 46 % to 73 % and scoring in the top 1 % nationally for growth on the NWEA, or working with teachers unions to support their teachers with quality professional development to support new evaluations systems.

This attendance was made possible through an invitation from union leaders at the San Antonio Alliance of Teachers and Support Personnel, which is the voluntary union organization for the district's participating employees, and through funding to support district leaders travel, provided through the TURN network.

Elected leaders of the 60,000 - student school district immediately south of Denver, Colo., unanimously voted to cut ties with the teachers union, and to keep taxpayer dollars and district resources from underwriting union politics.