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We now have over approximately 100 qualified teachers across the country which is a testament to the success of the NSA programme.»

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Today, Flocabulary has a library of more than 550 educational hip - hop videos that explore a wide range of subjects, including math, science, social studies, language arts, and current events, which are used by teachers in 20,000 schools across the country.

I have created free resources for you to take - away and use and there are a growing number of Love Creates Love Groups which are facilitated by Blossom & Berry trained teachers and take place across the country / world.

Public sector teachers across the country have expressed their anger at the John Mahama - led administration for acting in a manner which they say amounts to public deception.

Jason Ryterband is a mindfulness teacher in Santa Monica, CA, and the founder of Insight Meditation Support, which offers mindfulness resources and one - on - one mentoring to practitioners across the country.

Although many parents and politicians argue passionately against mobile classrooms — the majority of which never move — teachers across the country seem much less perturbed by their use, and in many cases, actually prefer them.

This means that if agency fees were deemed unconstitutional, teachers» union organizational capacity would be seriously harmed across the country, especially in states that already prohibit agency fees, which are already faced with smaller budgets and adverse labor conditions.

None of the six earned either earned three or four stars (which were given to only 9 percent of all teacher preparation programs across the country).

For example, for a play set during the gold rush, teachers can ask students to consider what it would be like to move across the country, and, if they could bring just a few possessions, which they would choose.

At the Foundation, Scott also led a team to initiate the Elevating and Celebrating Effective Teaching and Teachers experience, which has become a teacher - driven movement and can be found in a majority of states across the country.

Meanwhile, initiatives across the country, sparked by the federal Race to the Top competition, which link teacher evaluations in part to student achievement, have pushed our data - driven system into new frontiers.

With many schools seeking to take a more hands - on approach to teacher training, NCTL's Charlie Taylor looks at a school - led scheme which is gaining popularity across the country

This year the organisation, which is backed by the Telstra Foundation and receives funding from the Australian Federal Government, is developing a MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) for teachers across the country, so they don't have to attend in person.

«Yet the poor treatment of supply teachers is unfortunately entirely representative of the unacceptable employment practices which are found in too many workplaces across the country and which the government fails to address.»

A blog is a great way to do this, which is why KidBlog is such a popular option for teachers across the country.

This webinar will feature Lynn Kepp from the New Teacher Center, which works with school districts across the country to provide professional development for coaches, and Kendra Hanzlik, an instructional coach in Iowa.

Anybody watching the escalating battle across the country over the Common Core State Standards and aligned standardized testing will hardly be surprised by a new national poll which reveals a significant loss of support over the last year — especially among teachers, whose approval rating dropped from 76 percent in 2013 to only 46 percent in 2014.

So, it is frustrating to discover within this survey, posted on the website of the School Choice Campaign, a flagship project of the Centre for Civil Society to bring about reforms in schools in India, a high rate of attrition among teachers in the developing world, which averages about 19 % across the countries studied.

With funding from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, WestEd is exploring how teachers make decisions about which instructional materials to use in their classrooms to inform efforts aimed at improving the quality and consistency of instructional materials across the country.

Although online learning makes it possible for the best online teachers to live in any state of their choosing and simultaneously serve students across the entire country, the requirements for gaining additional state licensures often limit them to teaching only in the state where they physically reside — or, at most, in a small handful of states for which they have completed the licensure transfer process.

Let me make an assertion based on my experience, and that is: Districts across the country commonly have this phenomenon going on... they'll have a walkthrough protocol that has one focus and one list of pedagogical skills, if you will, which is totally unrelated to their evaluation system for teachers, which has another list and another perspective, which is totally unrelated to their professional development.

At a time when head teachers across England and Wales are crying out for sufficient funds to run their schools, provide pupils with a broad and balanced curriculum and retain teachers and support staff, the Government is proposing to lavish scarce education funding on a policy which all the evidence confirms will undermine the high standards of education that comprehensive schools have been able to achieve in the decades since selective education was ended in most parts of the country.

The residency model — which has been launched successfully in urban and rural school communities across the country — saves money and boosts student achievement, which is otherwise depressed both by high rates of turnover and the effects of novice teachers.

The Marzano Center kicks off with a national conference this summer in Orlando, Florida, Building Expertise 2012, which will bring together educators from across the country to discuss best practices in teacher and school leader professional development and evaluation.

Governors, school administrators and teachers across the country had been clamoring for relief from the law, which they said was outdated and punitive.

The Gates Foundation and Scholastic recently released «Primary Sources: 2012 - America's Teachers on the Teaching Profession,» which surveyed 10,000 teachers across the country on their honest, professional opinions about the major issues in American public edTeachers on the Teaching Profession,» which surveyed 10,000 teachers across the country on their honest, professional opinions about the major issues in American public edteachers across the country on their honest, professional opinions about the major issues in American public education.

And teachers across the country are trying to do just that, using a pedagogical theory known as trauma - informed education, which calls for muted reactions to misbehavior, direct instruction on interpersonal skills, and strong teacher - student relationships.

The challenge, which called upon educator teams across the country to create plans that detailed innovative uses for federal funding for professional learning and student outcomes under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), named the Hope Street Group State Teacher Fellow team of Trey Ferguson (NC), Cassie Reding (KY), Carly Baldwin (KY), Natalie Coleman (TN) and Debbie Hickerson (TN) as finalists.

«I think the legacy of both Michelle and Joel is that tough but necessary decisions yield results,» said Tim Daly, the president of The New Teacher Project, which works with school districts across the country to train and hire effective teachers.

It's not just data that is overwhelming teachers, said Jessica Berlinski of SEL Tech Consulting, which works with education leaders across the country to help match their needs (and those of their students) with the best tech tools and digital interventions available.

But here's the real issue: In this case, and exponentially growing numbers of cases like this across the country, the district decided to use a national versus state test (i.e., the SAT 10) which can (but should not) be used to test students in kindergarten and 1st grades, and then more importantly used to attribute growth on these tests over time to their teachers, again, to include more teachers in these evaluation systems.

Holding hundreds of conversations with thousands of teachers and other stakeholders across the country which helped form the basis of the Department's RESPECT project (Recognizing Educational Success, Professional Excellence and Collaborative Teaching) to transform the teaching profession and inform policy efforts to support great teachers and leaders;

The table below shows 54 teacher preparation institutions from states across the country that house programs in which the student body is diverse and selected for their high GPAs or for being at the top of the class for college - bound high school students.

Teach for America (TFA), which has trained more teachers than any other US teacher preparation program, has been heralded by school districts across the country.

Curious Grade for Teachers: Nearly All Pass Across the country, education reformers and their allies in both parties have revamped the way teachers are graded, abandoning methods under which nearly everyone was deemed satisfactory, even when students were fallingTeachers: Nearly All Pass Across the country, education reformers and their allies in both parties have revamped the way teachers are graded, abandoning methods under which nearly everyone was deemed satisfactory, even when students were fallingteachers are graded, abandoning methods under which nearly everyone was deemed satisfactory, even when students were falling behind.

In 2011, he compared teachers» salaries in school districts across the country which allow CB with those that don't.

That's according to the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ), a nonprofit which complies data from across the country.

However, is this a sign that teachers across the state could be joining the ranks of teaching professionals in some other states and countries which pay more than lip service to the importance of education and the influence of highly effective teachers in the lives of children Maybe, but probably not.

WASHINGTON — From every neighborhood across the country to the halls of Congress and the White House, millions of Americans are taking to social media to remember their favorite teachers today in honor of National Teacher Day, which is part of Teacher Appreciation Week.

Children across the country are in full - to - bursting classrooms, many of which are damp with poor ventilation and lighting, so contributing to sickness and teacher turnover.

A teacher and lawyer by training, and mother at heart, Alison set out to create a different kind of educational experience for students, which has evolved into a model for schools across the country.

In May, the board severed the district's partnership with Teach for America, which supplies enthusiastic if inexperienced teachers to thousands of schools in lower - income communities across the country.

The value - added assessments of teachers — which use improvements in student test scores to evaluate teacher effectiveness — has grown in popularity across the country with support from the federal Department of Education, which has tied teacher evaluations to the Race to the Top state - grant program, reports the New York Times.

Teacher turnover costs districts across the country $ 2.2 billion annually, costs which are disproportionately borne by districts serving low - income students.

Instead, uniform teacher licensure systems and meaningful exams can be one part of ensuring that every teacher feels prepared to teach in any city or state, which will ultimately lead to an increase in student success across the country.

I mean the fact that there is so much variation across countries shows us actually teacher professionalism actually is something that is deeply embedded in the way in which we prepare teachers.

Among other alterations, the state education department announced Feb. 10 that full implementation of the Common Core program — which has been panned by parents, teachers and students across the country and on Long Island for being too tough, flawed and detrimental to students» academic and physiological well - being, among other concerns — would be delayed until 2022 instead of its previously planned 2017 deadline.

Yet, what's not getting as much ink is that detractors are far from satisfied with the postponement, citing continued privacy concerns regarding the sharing of student records with inBloom — an Atlanta, Georgia - based technology nonprofit which stores and consolidates students» information from school districts across the country — and a continuation of standardized testing tied to teacher evaluations for third grade and up.

Accordingly, across the country we now have teachers, justifiably nervous, who without telling their students that their professional lives are on the line — which is true in many cases — or otherwise lying to their students (e.g., your grades on these tests will be used to place you into college)-- which is false in all cases — could face serious consequences, now because their students who as per Cuomo don't have to care about their test performance (e.g., for five years)

He pointed to the positive changes happening in public schools across the country — including several teacher - led reforms implemented in California schools that are helping at - risk students and closing achievement gaps, which drew national attention yesterday.