Sentences with phrase «teachers are under pressure»

In our No Child Left Behind era, educators are aware that high - school Algebra I teachers are under pressure for proof of student academic performance.

All too many kindergarten teachers are under pressure to teach their children numbers and letters and to administer standardized tests.

Teachers are under pressure to assess kids and make sure they're hitting an ever - accelerating set of benchmarks, so they don't have the time and freedom preschool teachers do to help kids with emotional issues.

If teachers were under pressure to improve scores on tests (which were not aligned with the standards), and worked under conditions that restricted their authority and responsibility for instructional decision - making, they were less likely to reconceptualize curriculum and evaluation in their schools.

Even back then, teachers were under pressure and pulled in different directions.

Not exact matches

Ofsted said it is investigating whether head teachers are coming under undue pressure to include hijabs in their uniform policies.

Release International has asked people to pray for «Christians in northeast Kenya who are under extreme pressure and living in fear» and also for the safe return of the two teachers.

This is the kind of pressure these teachers are under.

Teachers are buckling under the pressure of increased workload and the threat of job loss, and morale is at an all - time low.

The full text of the motion is below: WORKLOAD AND THE «VIRAL» INTERVENTIONS PHENOMENON Louis Kavanagh to move, Katherine Carlisle to second: Conference is deeply concerned about the rising, ill - informed and debilitating pressure placed on classroom teachers to do ever more under the catch - all, but misleading, term «interventions».

Under the Regents plan, which was tabled under pressure from Cuomo, teachers and principals who were at risk of losing their jobs because their students performed poorly on new, harder exams would have an additional defense at their disposal during disciplinary proceedUnder the Regents plan, which was tabled under pressure from Cuomo, teachers and principals who were at risk of losing their jobs because their students performed poorly on new, harder exams would have an additional defense at their disposal during disciplinary proceedunder pressure from Cuomo, teachers and principals who were at risk of losing their jobs because their students performed poorly on new, harder exams would have an additional defense at their disposal during disciplinary proceedings.

«But I am also very cognizant on a daily basis of the kind of pressures our schools, our students, our teachers are under because of Common Core and these other tremendous sea changes that are being implemented in our schools,» she said.

«Teachers are placed under enormous pressures to mold the young minds of tomorrow, but are expected to do so with less wages than their peers, and by working longer hours.»

«Teacher» is the nickname for Edmund Zuwanie (Earl Cameron), the president of Matobo, who has been under international pressure to curb his draconian reprisals against political enemies.

They commonly serve disadvantaged students; they are all under pressure to attract parents and to satisfy a small number of authorizers; one school may deliberately imitate another by adopting a policy that seems to be working in the other school; schools may also imitate one another unconsciously (as when teachers who have worked at one school are hired by another and bring their knowledge with them).

Ill thought out government reforms and an excessive workload, brought about in a large part through unnecessary accountability measures, are already putting teachers under considerable pressure.

Regardless of how you do your lesson planning, one thing is for sure: Teachers are under increasing pressure to use higher - quality curriculum.

Schools are under constant pressure to update their policies, values and goals to reflect the changing nature of education and society, and to ensure that students, teachers and staff alike, are following the same path to improvement.

With this in mind, we see the results of our study as representing the effect of group - based teacher merit pay for schools that are already under accountability pressure.

«ASCL urges the STRB to press the DfE to fully fund pay rises so that the government meets the additional costs rather than again expecting them to be met from existing school budgets which are already under huge pressure because of unfunded increases to employers» contributions to teacher pensions and National Insurance costs.»

Teachers are under huge pressure in other subjects and they often lack confidence in their general planning, delivery and assessment of PE.

The tremendous pressure teachers are under to get through material warrants some practice in slowing down and being in the moment with their students.

Teachers are under enormous pressure these days.

The U.S. Supreme Court declined last week to review a federal appeals court's ruling that a Texas teacher who resigned under pressure should have been granted an administrative hearing before his resignation took effect.

And as if she weren't under enough pressure, her university adviser and the world history teacher whose class she is instructing will both be watching.

With schools facing increased costs amounting to 4.5 per cent due to pay rises, National Insurance contributions and pension deficits, it's no wonder that more than 90 per cent of 1,000 head teachers surveyed by the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) say that their finances are going to be critically under pressure for 2015/2016.

A new survey has revealed that almost three - quarters of primary teachers feel under pressure to go to work when they are ill.

American public schools have been under new pressure from regulators and constituents to improve teacher performance.

Primary school teachers: long hours, regular sacrifices and under pressure to work when ill, but 90 % say they are fulfilled

Mr Leckie said:» «Teachers are under tremendous pressure from heavy workloads and long working hours.

«It's really hard for a lot of teachers, who are under pressure from the principal, from the school board, from the state,» Gehlbach says.

Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers, said: «Primary schools are already under immense pressure from having to introduce an untried baseline assessment scheme this year alongside a new primary curriculum, and new tests at the end of key stage 2.

Many teachers, under pressure from all sides, are often so afraid to experiment and to trust their kids with technology that they demand extensive training before they will try anything new.

The school was initially closed, but the head teacher came under pressure to reopen from the city council, despite the continued presence of asbestos removal specialists on site.

I believe that teachers themselves are under increased pressure today for two reasons.

The data now shows that teachers, under the pressure of needing to make enough of a living wage to support their own families, are moving from poor schools to non-poor schools... from high - minority to low - minority schools... from urban to suburban schools.

Another thing that ticks me off is the amount of prep time is not considered that the teacher had to do, and the money for the popsiclemsticks, snd tubs, and well, PBL needs lots of... TIME... somall teacher and unions will need to add 2 hours of in class teacher time fot the teachers to cover PBL and all common core standards... Why is it teachers do not speak out more about the pressure they must be under, all the while, knowing, that they are not effective teachers and learning is regressing...... How about some teachers, jus simple teachers, not spokespersons for them, just middle of the road teachers start posting on edsource the trials you went through in year 2014 - 2015....

Teachers appear to be less satisfied with their jobs, possibly due to the increased pressure for accountability under an exam system.

Under intense pressure from the state teacher union, Senator Peter Groff, representing Denver, offered most of the 16 amendments to the Spence bill - nearly all of which were defeated.

«It is disgraceful that teachers and school leaders, already under enormous pressure and stress, were ever subjected to this.»

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Teachers, under enormous pressure, are forced to teach to the tests rather than, you know, teach critical thinking or creative expression; and education is reduced to something rote, linear and boring.

Teachers» unions have warned about excessive workloads and complained about staff being put under too much pressure.

School districts also are under increasing pressure to gather data about teacher performance as part of a related effort to address teacher tenure and in some cases are tied to decisions about pay increments.

Under pressure to get higher scores to save their jobs and their schools, teachers drilled students in how to take tests and taught them the types of questions that had been used on previous tests and were likely to appear again.

Trainee teachers with northern accents are under pressure to speak «the Queen's English» in the classroom.

An Arizona teacher who teaches in a very urban, high - needs schools writes about the realities of teaching in her school, under the pressures that come along with high - stakes accountability and a teacher workforce working under an administration, both of which are operating in chaos.

It is still clinging to external testing for reading and maths and is introducing a new test for spelling, and while testing continues to be used to rank schools teachers will feel under pressure to teach to the test,» she said.

An Ofqual spokeswoman said: «Our report recognises the pressures that schools and teachers are under.

«A central problem we see is that, while teachers do teach effectively, they do it under enormous pressure to cover a lot of material in a lesson - per - week routine that does not include the spaced practice necessary for vocabulary retention.