Sentences with phrase «teachers and principals reported»

From the K - 12 settings, teachers and principals reported many ways technology integration provided opportunities for students to use hardware and software for classroom learning experiences.

In survey responses, some teachers and principals reported that they spent less time on other subjects as a result of the promotion policy — some 40 percent said that they were spending less time on social studies and science — although 57 percent said they did not spend less time on those subjects because of the new policy.

The majority of CPS teachers and principals reported that they believed the policy of ending social promotion positively influenced their behavior and their school's instructional efforts (see Figure 2 and Figure 3).

Teachers and principals report that the stronger specialists help them analyze lesson plans and student work in the context of the new standards, while the weaker ones add little value at best and misinformation at worst.

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He is reported to be the first principal of the catechetical school in Alexandria and was the teacher of Clement.

Building on reporting for his magazine, the author interviewed economists, psychologists and neuroscientists, examined their recent research, and talked to students, teachers and principals to produce this fascinating overview of a new approach with «the potential to change how we raise our children, how we run our schools, and how we construct our social safety net.»

Both principals and teachers may swayed by anecdotal reports from schools which have seen an improvement in academic performance and a reduction in disciplinary problems when junk food is reduced in the school environment.

Bucking this trend can sometimes be hard, though, and many parents have reported getting a surprising amount of push - back from fellow parents, or recalcitrant principals, teachers or soccer coaches, when they've asked to improve the snacks and treats offered to their kids.

-LSB-...] principals and teachers may swayed by anecdotal reports from schools which have seen an improvement in academic performance and a reduction in disciplinary -LSB-...]

At the Oct. 19 Delegate Assembly, the first since the summer break, UFT President Michael Mulgrew reported on principals abusing the teacher evaluation system, the dysfunctional Special Education Student Information System and the need to make the state's richest pay their fair share of taxes.

If the bill is passed, the city would also be required to report a slew of new information to the state annually, including statistics about teachers, principals, admissions, student demographics, school overcrowding, expenditures, and more.

«Other training includes evaluators and principals workshop on evaluating and student learning; evaluating and tracking student; workshop on coordination, monitoring and reporting and impact assessment on training of inclusive education teachers on Braille and sign language.»

Whatever the causes — and however they were characterized — one result of the policy shift was that few people were aware of the existence of the other studies, of the overall progress made in Chicago schools over the past decade, or of the fact that teachers and principals think the policy is working and that kids report that teachers and parents are helping them out more.

The advisory report features a summary of recurring submission themes by stakeholder group, including teachers and principals.

«In total, 94 responses were received from members of the public, teachers, education specialists, trainers, academics, principals, speech pathologists and education organisations,» the panel reports.

Mr Birmingham says the expert panel, which is due to report at the end of April, consists of dyslexia experts, a speech pathologist, a teacher and a principal who's already applied phonics in his own Victorian government school.

Getting the concept off the ground has produced some challenges, but principal David Chambers reports that the policy has produced more honor students, raised the average GPA, and improved teacher morale.

Although only 253 female teachers responded to several thousands of surveys distributed, of those respondents, 88 per cent of those had been in the teaching industry for more than 10 years and 90 per cent were principals or school leaders, NESLI reported.

More current research (Grattan Institute, 2010; Macpherson, Aspland, & Cuskelly, 2010; OECD Report, 2009; Doecke et al., 2008, Reezgit and Creemers, 2005) indicates that there is no one model that best prepares and sustains teacher and principal development.

«This is not a test, this is a in - school, in - classroom skills check that won't be publicly reported or anything like that that relates to NAPLAN, but will give teachers, principals and parents a consistent platform to say: is my child, is my student actually meeting the type of standards we would expect after around 18 months or so at school?

The report includes several randomised controlled trials and documents how dosage (participation in certain activity), fidelity (ongoing support), quality of implementation (support from principals) and acceptability (teachers» participation and attitudes to that activity) influence students» academic and behavioural outcomes, and teachers» attitudes and practices.

NWEA furnishes classroom teachers and building principals with proficiency reports for each student within days of the fall test administration.

The report's authors, Matthew Kraft of Brown University and Allison Gilmour of Vanderbilt, studied teacher ratings in roughly half of the more than three dozen states with new evaluation systems and found that a median of 2.7 percent of teachers were rated unsatisfactory, even though principals they surveyed in one large urban school system suggested that there were more low performing teachers than that in their schools.

Once the survey was done, Huntington and the other 50 middle and high schools that took part in the initiative were given reports in clear, accessible language that summarized the results, plus a set of resources and customized strategies that teachers and principals could use to make changes based on their results.

The major planks of Klein's reforms are well known: breaking much of the old local district bureaucracy, empowering principals and creating a new principal training center, issuing report cards for schools, delivering autonomy and innovation zones for experimental schools, and keeping more of the city's problematic teachers out of its schools.

The 2010 PDK / Gallup poll reported that, when asked whether they preferred to keep a low - performing school in their community open with the existing teachers and principal and provide comprehensive support, to temporarily close the school and reopen it with a new principal or as a charter school, or to shutter the school, 54 percent chose to leave the school open.

According to the report, the challenge to building that internal pipeline is this: More than 80 percent of teachers and 75 percent of teacher leaders nationally indicate they are not likely to pursue the principal role.

The grants, which are funded by the Atlantic Richfield Foundation and administered by the National Association of Secondary School Principals, are intended to enable principals, joined by their administrators and teachers, to take «essential steps» to further excellence in their schools, said Ernest L. Boyer, president of the foundation and author of High School — A Report on Secondary Education iPrincipals, are intended to enable principals, joined by their administrators and teachers, to take «essential steps» to further excellence in their schools, said Ernest L. Boyer, president of the foundation and author of High School — A Report on Secondary Education iprincipals, joined by their administrators and teachers, to take «essential steps» to further excellence in their schools, said Ernest L. Boyer, president of the foundation and author of High School — A Report on Secondary Education in America.

Goal setting: Same - grade / same - subject teacher teams set goals and at the end of the year report to the principal on their students» progress.

Brian Jacob and Lars Lefgren find no relationship between teachers» pay and their performance in a mid-sized, western school district (see «When Principals Rate Teachers,» research, page 58); and Eric Hanushek, Steven Rivkin, and Daniel O'Brien, in a 2005 working paper published by the National Bureau of Economic Research, report no relationship between teacher productivity and changes in pay, suggesting that surrounding districts do not pull the most effective teachers from the city by offering higher steachers» pay and their performance in a mid-sized, western school district (see «When Principals Rate Teachers,» research, page 58); and Eric Hanushek, Steven Rivkin, and Daniel O'Brien, in a 2005 working paper published by the National Bureau of Economic Research, report no relationship between teacher productivity and changes in pay, suggesting that surrounding districts do not pull the most effective teachers from the city by offering higher sTeachers,» research, page 58); and Eric Hanushek, Steven Rivkin, and Daniel O'Brien, in a 2005 working paper published by the National Bureau of Economic Research, report no relationship between teacher productivity and changes in pay, suggesting that surrounding districts do not pull the most effective teachers from the city by offering higher steachers from the city by offering higher salaries.

The company adds that its data reports enable principals to track who's frequently absent and «to work with teachers» who are.

The NRC report suggests several possible reasons, including a lack of knowledge about such opportunities among teachers and administrators; a bias among principals for more traditional methods; and institutional resistance from district professional development staff who might see their own jobs disappear if teachers bypass their programs and engage in training created from afar.

Bill Craig, principal at Byron (Illinois) High School, uses another program, The Administrative Observer Software, on his handheld computer for recording observations and generating reports that provide teachers with feedback.

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.

Minority students have high expectations for their future, but many of their teachers and principals don't share that view, concludes a report released last week.

«An objective observer of the District of Columbia schools must conclude that our superintendents, principals, and teachers are being asked to do an enormously difficult job with one hand tied behind their backs,» says the report, issued last month by Parents United for the District of Columbia Public Schools.

Using students» test scores as one part of evaluations for teachers, principals, and superintendents is associated with better academic performance at schools serving the middle grades, a report released this week has found.

• On math, 52 percent of principals report that their teachers are following the curriculum «very closely,» and 32 percent «somewhat closely.»

The new report did not capture a precise measure on what proportion of tests were required by teacher evaluation, but it does point out that many states have put in place new assessments «to satisfy state regulations and laws for teacher and principal evaluation driven by and approved by U.S. Department of Education policies.»

This provides a more honest report to parents, teachers, and principals about whether their kids are on track for success.

Stay tuned: In Term 1, Teacher will be reporting on how one primary school is tackling some of the issues raised in the Principal Health and Wellbeing Survey.

Research conducted by the Boston Consulting Group in 2003 for the then Victorian Department of Education and Training found that up to 30 per cent of teachers are considered by school principals as being either below - average or significantly underperforming, yet, as Jensen notes, «nearly all Australian school principals report that they would not take steps to alter the monetary rewards of a persistently underperforming teacher.»

According to the report, the number of teachers identifying as ATSI increased from 2661 to 3100 between 2012 and 2015, including 697 who joined the workforce after 2012; and 14 per cent of Indigenous teachers and executives from the 2012 data collection (233) were promoted by 2015, including 40 to the role of Principal.

Generally, even just a few conversations with teachers and principals will help a state understand the usefulness of any given report.

It is time to acknowledge that the problems exist and have a national conversation to address the issues highlighted in the 2016 Australian Principal Occupational Health, Safety & Wellbeing Survey Report and the research into teacher health and wellbeing.

Here we take a closer look at the report, including the benefits and challenges raised by teachers and principals.

Included in Education Week's lineup of print editions are three high - profile annual reports — Quality Counts, Technology Counts, and Leaders To Learn From — and a mix of popular reports on such subjects as literacy instruction, personalized learning, student assessment, school principals, and teacher professional development.

«In addition, our principals and teachers were reported to have some of the highest levels of emphasis on academic success.

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Teachers, principals, and field support staff can log into their Panorama Education account to access their online reports.