Sentences with phrase «teachers at alternative schools»

Administrators and teachers at alternative schools like Desert Rose resist giving up successful school designs to get «regular» funding.

Second, I am a High School teacher at an alternative school.

She currently is a middle school teacher at an alternative school in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Not exact matches

(I was a teacher then a principal of an alternative high school for at - risk teens.)

So, using disposable diapers at the expense of reusable nappies is the closest alternative to them,» says Kaulawe, a retired primary school teacher.

Portia visits New Quest alternative high school at the invitation of former Dartmouth classmate John (Paul Rudd), a New Quest teacher.

Teachers decide whether to remain at a school for a multiplicity of reasons, which can be divided into four main categories: 1) characteristics of the job, including salary and working conditions; 2) alternative job opportunities; 3) teachers» own job and family preferences; and 4) school districts» personnel pTeachers decide whether to remain at a school for a multiplicity of reasons, which can be divided into four main categories: 1) characteristics of the job, including salary and working conditions; 2) alternative job opportunities; 3) teachers» own job and family preferences; and 4) school districts» personnel pteachers» own job and family preferences; and 4) school districts» personnel policies.

Teachers told me that most NovaNET courses are comparable to textbook - based courses in length and content — a comeback to critics who talk of watered - down curricula at alternative schools — but that many students move through them more quickly, and often finish high school a semester early.

At the beginning of the year we prided ourselves as a school that was moving away from traditional textbooks in favor of teacher - created, digital alternatives.

Jacalyn Moss is lead teacher at the Alternative Learning Institute, a public school that operates in Orleans Parish Prison.

«I don't think the age of the teacher has a lot to do with it,» says Laura B. Crochet, principal at Genesis Alternative High School in Houma, Louisiana.

At a time when government testing of spelling, punctuation and grammar can lead to less creativity in the teaching of writing, the project provides compelling alternative approaches for schools and their teachers which will engage children and give them a strong investment in their writing, whilst also being able to satisfy curriculum demands and statutory testing.

He is also a full - time teacher and staff developer for the Alternative High Schools of New York City, currently working at Bronx Tech High School.

This dire sequence started, he says, with A Nation at Risk, the 1983 Reagan administration report that launched America on «experiments» such as «open classrooms, national goals, merit pay, vouchers, charter schools, smaller classes, alternative certification for teachers, student portfolios, and online learning, to name just a handful.»

Once, he worked as a secretary at the alternative school; none of the four teachers assigned to the school showed up that day.

Summoning the collective energy that brought them together to create something magical, the students, teachers, and parents of Seattle's Alternative School 1 lift their 800 - pound canoe and slowly march it to a launch site at Golden Gardens, on Puget Sound.

The essays have rightly suggested — whether arguing for or against alternative routes, for or against current practice in schools of education — that unless the present and growing shortage of good teachers is overcome, no other efforts at school reform can succeed.

We included administrative data from teacher, parent, and student ratings of local schools; we considered the potential relationship between vote share and test - score changes over the previous two or three years; we examined the deviation of precinct test scores from district means; we looked at changes in the percentage of students who received failing scores on the PACT; we evaluated the relationship between vote share and the percentage change in the percentile scores rather than the raw percentile point changes; and we turned to alternative measures of student achievement, such as SAT scores, exit exams, and graduation rates.

I spoke recently with a teacher at an alternative public high school.

After studying teacher training at Boston College, Hristic spent a few years teaching in Massachusetts, first at an alternative high school for «behaviorally and emotionally challenged students, but also students so bright and brilliant they were bored out of their minds in a traditional setting,» he says.

Freitag soon discovered The Fairfax Transition to Teaching Partnership, an alternative certification program based at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. Students spend one year interning at a Fairfax County (Virginia) public school — substituting, observing, assisting teachers, and working with students one - on - one and in small groups — and take summer and evening courses required for certification.

e. Teacher absenteeism, measured as the percent difference between the percent of absentee teachers at alternative and regular schools.

d. Teacher experience, measured as the percent difference between the percent of teachers in their first or second year of teaching at alternative and regular schools.

Margie also completed a Presidential Management Fellowship at the U.S. Department of Education where she oversaw evaluations of various programs under No Child Left Behind, including alternative teacher certification, state and local flexibility provisions, and out - of - school - time programs.

c. Student - teacher ratio, measured as the percent difference between the student teacher ratio at alternative and regular schools.

Murphy, himself a former teacher and principal at one of Milwaukee's independent Black private schools, describes the conservative strategy as a «two - fer» — an agenda to eliminate teachers» unions and build the myth of school privatization as a cheaper education alternative.

Previously, he served as an Industrial Education and History teacher, coordinator of alternative programs, high school dean of students, and assistant principal at the middle school level.

Kate Leckonby, a Wake County school teacher who took part in a panel session to brainstorm alternative teaching compensation systems at the Emerging Issues Forum, explained how McCrory's proposal would mean a teacher in her ninth year of teaching, like Leckonby, would be making roughly the same amount of money that a teacher in her first year would earn.

Teachers hoping to hold on to their tenure rights tend to leave for more stable work environments if they can find them, and parents who have the means tend to pull their kids from the ASD charter schools in search of alternative options, leaving even larger concentrations of low - income, at - risk youth in the ASD schools.

For instance, when the district added an art teacher who taught every day at an alternative school, students started attending more regularly.

Dr. Mays has served in many roles including: Director of Gateway Academy Alternative High School, Newark, New Jersey; Principal of Orange Alternative High School, Orange Public Schools, Orange, New Jersey; Assistant Principal at Florence Avenue School, Staff Development Specialist, Irvington Board of Education; and Elementary Education Teacher, at Madison Avenue School in Irvington, New Jersey.

A new study out from the U.S. Department of Education looks at how eight unnamed school districts expanded the evaluation process to all teachers using a variety of alternative systems.

At the same time, education reformers have lauded alternative teacher - training programs like Teach For America that have brought in enthusiastic, but often inexperienced, teachers to help turn around low - performing schools.

At Vashon Island School District in Washington, high school students from an alternative school taught teachers in the local, rural district about service leaSchool District in Washington, high school students from an alternative school taught teachers in the local, rural district about service leaschool students from an alternative school taught teachers in the local, rural district about service leaschool taught teachers in the local, rural district about service learning.

The action comes despite a 2010 ruling from the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court that invalidated federal regulations allowing the practice after civil rights groups complained that teachers in the alternative programs - or internships - were disproportionately given classroom assignments at schools in low - income neighborhoods and those serving at - risk students.

(District of Columbia) A new study out from the U.S. Department of Education looks at how eight unnamed school districts expanded the evaluation process to all teachers using a variety of alternative systems.

TeacherSquared is a consortium of alternative preparation programs, including Urban Teachers, Match Teacher Residency, Relay Graduate School of Education, and programs at two charter management organizations — Yes Prep and Aspire.

The analysis, published by the Institute for Public Policy Research, found the proportion of unqualified teachers at alternative providers has risen by nearly four percentage points over the past four years — more than double the increase in other schools.

No matter the circumstance, the teachers and staff at this alternative high school work hard to educate and empower every one of their students.

On top of the flexibility created by last year's alternative certification law, CSP's bill would give charters where at least half of students are impoverished the ability to hire teachers who are licensed in other states and those who have completed alternative licensure programs in other states and taught for at least two years in high - poverty schools.

Collaboration in recruitment among school districts, institutions of higher education and community is more effective than going at it alone in identifying alternative pools of teacher candidates — those who are experienced, culturally competent and with better understanding of language - minority children.

Critics, including leaders at Education Minnesota and some of the state's traditional teacher colleges, argue the opposite, insisting that schools staffed by alternative license holders do not post higher test scores.

At OHDELA, we are unlike other online public schools and homeschool alternatives, students can engage with other students, take part in school - wide activities, receive one - on - one attention from teachers, and have access to the tools they need to excel.

The direction the curriculum is taking is also becoming less and less inclusive for these children, meaning schools need to look at alternative interventions which cost money and teacher time.»

A second characteristic of residencies is a longer clinical placement than is found in most traditional or alternative programs, generally at least a full school year, with residents working under the guidance of an experienced, expert mentor — before becoming the teacher of record.

Linda has over 45 years of experience in education as a former teacher, assistant principal, director of an alternative middle school in East Harlem, and faculty member of the Department of Curriculum and Teaching at Hunter College in New York City.

Nearly 200 parents, students and teachers attended a Monday evening meeting at the school and heard about a unique alternative in which 20th Street would win greater autonomy but be neither...

Those who are seeking to teach at the high school level and do not complete a teacher preparation program while earning their bachelor's degree will typically return to school for an alternative route teacher certification program or a master's degree in education.

Alternative 5 is an on - the - job training option which allows an individual to attain certification in elementary and secondary teaching areas if the candidate has a bachelor's degree, (a 2.50 GPA overall and at least 30 credits in the area they wish to pursue certification), and if a local school district is willing to assume the responsibility for training and supervising the teacher candidate.

She has worked for Burnsville Eagan Savage Schools for the past twenty years as a teacher and currently serves as the principal at the Burnsville Alternative School.