Sentences with phrase «teachers and staff because»

But are high schools — most of which have had to lay off teachers and staff because of budget cutbacks and are struggling to boost academic scores to keep up with new legislation — the best place to teach kids about marriage?

Not exact matches

We will never be able to increase the lunch period because of the huge cost of paying teachers and other staff for a longer day.

Because disabilities cover a broad range of different conditions, it is common for teachers and staff to lack experience with specific disabilities.

About 3,000 teachers and school - based staff have already been laid off this summer because of school closings and cuts to individual school budgets.

Note the average teacher salary is not available for most charter schools because staff are employed by a charter - school management company and fall into the category of contract employees.

Montana principals, teachers, school nutrition staff, and health care providers all put their stamp of approval on these programs, because children and teens who regularly participate in school breakfast may potentially:

Rather than registering horror at this state of affairs, teachers and staff rejoiced alike because, at least for a short time, the 40 Foot could finally see the Galactic Center.

Because the quotidian demands on K - 12 principals and their staffs severely limit the time they can devote both to training neophyte teachers and assessing the ongoing work of veteran instructors, video evaluations have been eagerly embraced as a time - saver.

Cultivate leadership among teachers and other staff members because they are so much closer than the principal to the day - to - day instructional lives of students.

In other words, at least 16 percent of the total Stuyvesant staff was composed of teachers who received their jobs because of seniority (or race and ethnicity) rather than professional accomplishments.

Luckily, my tiny town had a few openings because of teacher retirements, and I was able to join the staff at Rhame Avenue Elementary School — reducing my commute and increasing my salary!

We have specialist teachers in Arts and PE and we also have numerous ES support staff because we have a lot of intervention programs.

«Teachers and other staff become more engaged because they can see connections between their learning and their impact in classrooms.

Twenty - nine per cent said they are expected to carry out the full range of duties of a teacher, even though they are paid at a support staff rate, and 75 per cent said they must work extra hours because their workload demands it.

«The very best staff development experience a teacher can have is to change grade levels» and experience the class at a new developmental stage because, he adds, «a seven - year - old isn't a large version of a six - year - old.»

Current users of the book have said: «this is groundbreaking stuff... so simple and so powerful...», «I feel stronger because I know what to ask about the evidence... any evidence», «my primary colleagues love this book... now we bounce off each other and have become a great school», «Dr Slater is a real living teacher and I think a modern day maverick... as soon as I hear words like «the evidence says...» I use what I got from this book...» «I want the best from my students, my staff and myself and....

Because we need these partnerships — groups of schools joining together to train teachers, support one another, share staff and resources.

Teachers like Hanan Huneidi, a 7th - through 12 - grade teacher for at - risk students in the Bay Area, California, says she feels that if she includes LGBTQ content in her lessons, staff and students assume she's trying to push a particular agenda because she's gay.

All adult members of the school community, including administrators, teachers, counselors, psychologists, nurses, coaches, paraprofessionals, secretaries, bus drivers, custodians and after - school staff, should participate in the program, because all are in a position to witness acts of bullying.

«I shared the list of requests with my staff,» said George, «because I thought it showed considerable insight from the parents... as to what they value in a teacher and why being allowed to make a choice was important to them.»

Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said: «It's scandalous that every year teachers and support staff are dying from asbestos related illnesses because they have been exposed to asbestos inTeachers and Lecturers (ATL), said: «It's scandalous that every year teachers and support staff are dying from asbestos related illnesses because they have been exposed to asbestos inteachers and support staff are dying from asbestos related illnesses because they have been exposed to asbestos in school.

Because we're on separate campuses and we have centres that are also run by teachers that are spread over north eastern New South Wales, this year I wanted to find ways to offer wellbeing options to those staff members as well, which is where the newsletter came from.»

Doug Pratt of the Michigan Education Association protested, «When you walk into a building in the middle of winter, the flu bug that's going around and sidelining students and staff can spread like wildfire... Do you want a teacher whose parent or partner is undergoing chemotherapy that morning — and because of the reasonable amount of time they've bargained — gets to be with their family member and take care of what they need to?

But one thing I do know is that principals and teachers are really quite sensitive to community views on schools and staff flourish when someone gives them a compliment that's due to them because of their hard work.

I wrote the book because whenever I spoke to parents, teachers or new members of staff they were fascinated and wanted to know more — the book put these ideas in one place and is available to anyone.

This helped give new teachers an idea of who these folks were, and it helped all staff members feel important and part of the family — because they are.

Because few charter schools are unionized, they hire and fire teachers and administrative staff without regard to the collectively bargained seniority and tenure provisions that constrain such decisions in many public schools.

The principal was excited by what he saw as the future potential of blended learning, but admitted that he and his staff have been reluctant to move the school's core instruction online because they just haven't found any online curriculum that is as good as the lessons and learning activities that their expert teachers create.

Union City, Kirp argues, is successful because it fosters a culture of continuous improvement of existing staff and schools, utilizes bilingual instruction, and guarantees high quality pre-school — eschewing high stakes accountability, Teach for America teachers, and school choice.

Accurate records give the teacher an objective view of both classroom dynamics and student progress and, because they provide verification, they also can improve communication with parents, staff members, and administrators.

Goals around increasing the numbers of teachers in mathematics, science, special education and other hard - to - staff subjects were dismissed as weak because they included no steps for achieving them or benchmarks by which progress could be measured.

Because academies are not required to honour school teachers pay and conditions the salaries offered to attract senior staff were unaffordable, this contributes to squeezed budgets and unfortunately it's the people on the lowest pay being sacrificed for a top heavy system.

Because of the high numbers of teachers needed in England's schools and the high level of staff turnover - about 7 - 8 % of the workforce - between 35,000 and 40,000 newly trained teachers are needed every year, experts say.

«Kickboard is a great asset to our community because it provides us with the data we need to communicate with scholars and their families, and to communicate with teachers and staff about students» progress.

Because parental involvement is linked to student achievement by correlation, we assert that teachers and principals can play a role in increasing student learning by creating a culture of shared leadership and responsibility — not merely among school staff members, but collectively within the wider community.

I am not able to pick and choose my own staff at interview, because there are no interviews, so I am reliant on agencies to supply teachers of a reasonable quality.

Average district per - pupil spending does not always capture staffing and funding inequities.14 Many districts do not consider actual teacher salaries when budgeting for and reporting each school's expenditures, and the highest - poverty schools are often staffed by less - experienced teachers who typically earn lower salaries.15 Because educator salaries are, by far, schools» largest budget item, schools serving the poorest children end up spending much less on what matters most for their students» learning.

As a Board of Education staff member, Bruce appreciated and advocated for school support staff, teachers and principals because of their inspiring leadership and the invaluable work they provide everyday.

But finding good staff had not been a problem, he added: «Because of our expansion we needed to recruit significantly last year and we are getting quality teachers.»

It's a controversial way to attempt to improve student success at low - performing schools because it allows charter operators to fire public school teachers and staff and implement their own curricula and governance standards that are not overseen by locally elected school boards.

But district leaders say that because teachers for enhancement classes (e.g. arts, music and physical education) were never funded by the state, they've had to use classroom teacher funds to staff those specialty classes.

Because the Marysville School District recognized that building the capacity of staff and establishing teacher leaders is critical to education reform sustainability, they used some of their School Improvement Grant on extensive professional development for educators.

Sometimes I step into a classroom and find three teachers observing because they are interested in the successful strategy they heard about in the staff room.

The principals voiced concern for two top priorities: (1) maintaining and perhaps adding staff, because keeping personnel is key to a low student - teacher ratio and caring relationships in school; and (2) providing targeted support to the students who need it most.

«An analysis by an organization analyzing itself is suspect,» complained A.J. Duffy, president of United Teachers Los Angeles, which has long despised charters because they take students - and the money that follows them - away from the failing schools that union members staff.

Because charter schools are generally smaller and more intimate than their mainstream counterparts, the consultants, teachers, and student support staff are able to provide mutual emotional support and supervision.

Because our teachers had gained familiarity with Moodle in some of their staff development activities, they easily learned the mechanics of setting up courses, organizing units, adding learning activities, and creating assessments.

Professional development of existing staff delivered by the National Board is a critical component of the Blueprint's recommendations because of the difficulty BIE has in attracting teachers and principals to remote locations.

Although uncomfortable, it would be worthwhile for administrators to do a thorough and comprehensive exit interview to take an honest look at why staff departures are occurring because this is the only way to truly cultivate a more efficient approach to not only hiring and training teachers to adopt to school cultures, but to improve retention to ensure that students can maintain the consistency of teacher and support service providers.

Former staff members described students in third grade and above wetting themselves during practice tests, either because teachers did not allow them to go to the restroom, which Ms. Moskowitz disputed, or because the students themselves felt so much pressure that they did not want to lose time on the test.