Sentences with phrase «teachers awarded funds»

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Under the terms of federal School Improvement Grants that the DOE was awarded to help these schools succeed, the school district and the union must jointly develop a teacher evaluation system in low - achieving schools that receive the funds.

The North Rockland Central School district met on Tuesday, June 5 at the North Rockland High School auditorium to honor award winners, welcome new teachers, say goodbye to retiring ones and approve funding and amendments.

As a member of the Education & Workforce committee, I strongly oppose recent efforts to reduce federal funding in these areas, and I am the author of H.R. 258, the STEM Master Teacher Corps Act, which would award competitive grants to school districts or states to partner with colleges and universities or nonprofit organizations to establish a program which will develop, support and retain exceptional teachers in the STEM disciplines.

What is needed is a fully funded pay award that addresses the erosion in teachers» pay since 2010 otherwise the recruitment crisis facing schools will only worsen.»

As part of a new award given by the dean's office, the Singer Prize for Excellence in Secondary Teaching - funded by the Paul Singer Family Foundation - will recognize the extraordinary work of four teachers in the world.

The announcement of the second year of the National Scholarship for teachers and the introduction of a Scholarship for SEN support staff was welcomed as was the fourth year of funding for the National Award for SEN Co-ordination.

The DeWitt Wallace - Reader's Digest Fund has awarded a three - year, $ 1.1 - million grant to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Center for Early Adolescence to help improve the preparation and training of teachers and staff members in the middle grades.

She founded a mini-grant program to help teachers fund hands - on projects, and an awards program for third graders who «work their tails off.»

She was awarded a Fulbright Memorial Fund scholarship to study school systems and teacher training programs in Japan during the fall of 1997.

In addition, the administration greatly expanded the TIF program, which awards grants to high - need districts to fund performance - based compensation systems, and established a new rule for winning applications: proposals would need to differentiate teacher and principal effectiveness, based in significant part on student growth, and create compensation systems that reflected those results.

Nancie Atwell donated her US$ 1 million prize money from the Global Teacher Award to the Center for Teaching and Learning, to fund tuition assistance, buy further books, and renovate the school grounds.

The grant, which is federally funded but awarded by the state, will allow the 41,000 - student district to hire teachers to help develop additional offerings.

The union is also calling for pay levels which remain competitive in the longer term with other professions and reward teachers fairly; a common pay increase for all teachers, recognising that different pay awards for different groups are ineffective and demotivating; and additional government funding for all schools to help them implement the award.

Zena Carusi - Lees has been awarded the Teachers Health Fund Showcase Award for Teacher of the Year as a result of her work with Balmoral State High School.

Relentless, yet also patient and charming, she quickly became one of the most popular teachers at the Alexandria school, and in June 2012 she received a state - funded Titan Transformer Award for «outstanding work toward the goal of transformation» of T.C.

Fortunately, recent California legislation demonstrates a concern for addressing the worsening teacher shortages through funding recruitment efforts, 4 - year integrated bachelor degree and teaching credential programs, and up to 5 years of postsecondary and teacher preparation training for classified staff.2016 — 17 state funded grant programs: Announcement of awards.

Additionally, ED may award grant funds to SEAs for: (1) implementation or expansion of effective STEM professional development programs; or (2) the development of state - wide STEM Master Teacher Corps to attract and retain outstanding STEM teachers, particularly in high - need and rural schools.

In addition to cutting supports to teachers and after - school programs, this budget doubles down on its attack on teachers and working families by eliminating funding for the Corporation for National and Community Service, or CNCS, which provides volunteer support and educational awards for teachers in training and out - of - school time programming.

His tenure as fourth grade teacher in the Bronx earned him two Fulbright Memorial Fund Master Teacher teacher in the Bronx earned him two Fulbright Memorial Fund Master Teacher Teacher Awards.

These monies will be disbursed to the local school divisions to fund the initial and continuing awards for National Board Certified Teachers who meet the eligibility criteria as set forth in the revised Guidelines for Distributing National Board Certification Incentive Aawards for National Board Certified Teachers who meet the eligibility criteria as set forth in the revised Guidelines for Distributing National Board Certification Incentive AwardsAwards.

An initial award not to exceed $ 5,000, contingent upon available funding, will be issued to teachers who meet the eligibility criteria described above and who achieved National Board Certification while teaching in a Virginia public school.

5 million federal Teacher Incentive Fund grant, which was awarded to Jefferson County Public Schools in October of 2010.

Teachers, administrators, and staff at several schools were awarded well over $ 1 million in bonuses for being among the highest achieving on the yearly DC - CAS tests, funded in part by.

This project was funded by a grant awarded through the United States Department of Education Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers to Use Technology (PT3) program.

New Jersey was awarded $ 38 million in late 2011 on the third try in a competition that cost one state education commissioner his job and ultimately gave the state a late start in several federally funded programs dealing with teacher evaluations, curriculum and testing reforms, and school choice.

Rep. Craig Horn (R - Union) told Greensboro's News & Record that lawmakers could delay implementation of the law while they seek funds to award the contracts to more than 25 percent of the state's teachers.

US Grant Funds $ 20,000 Teacher Bonuses at «High - Need» LA Schools Los Angeles Unified Schools Superintendent John Deasy said that a $ 49 million federal grant awarded to the district this week to improve teacher effectiveness will help pay for a new multiple - measure teacher evaluation system and more professional development programs, including a bonus for certain teachers at high - need sTeacher Bonuses at «High - Need» LA Schools Los Angeles Unified Schools Superintendent John Deasy said that a $ 49 million federal grant awarded to the district this week to improve teacher effectiveness will help pay for a new multiple - measure teacher evaluation system and more professional development programs, including a bonus for certain teachers at high - need steacher effectiveness will help pay for a new multiple - measure teacher evaluation system and more professional development programs, including a bonus for certain teachers at high - need steacher evaluation system and more professional development programs, including a bonus for certain teachers at high - need schools.

Unions say teachers need a pay rise, but that it must be fully funded to schools can afford to award it.

In addition, through a partnership with Arizona State University, the district will gain resources from a Teacher Incentive Fund (TIF) award and from a Teacher Quality Partnership grant.

The District of Columbia Office of the State Superintendent of Education «intends to award $ 1.5 million in competitive grants from Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Act funds for the public charter sector for teacher pipeline initiatives.

The iQUEST (investigations for Quality Understanding and Engagement for Students and Teachers) project is funded by the National Science Foundation under the category of Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST award No. 0833753).

Each Fund for Teachers fellowship is as unique as the teacher who designed it, and since 2001, approximately 5,000 teachers have been awarded $ 17.8 million in Fund for Teachers grants - up to $ 5,000 for individuals, or $ 10,000 foTeachers fellowship is as unique as the teacher who designed it, and since 2001, approximately 5,000 teachers have been awarded $ 17.8 million in Fund for Teachers grants - up to $ 5,000 for individuals, or $ 10,000 foteachers have been awarded $ 17.8 million in Fund for Teachers grants - up to $ 5,000 for individuals, or $ 10,000 foTeachers grants - up to $ 5,000 for individuals, or $ 10,000 for teams.

Johnson has been awarded two fellowships through the Fund for Teachers; these have allowed her to travel to Southeast Asia and Spain and create global studies units for elementary students.

The U.S. Department of Education's Teacher Incentive Fund awarded a total of $ 27.5 million to CPS in FY2006 for the Chicago TAP program.

I think Minnesota can be grateful not to have been awarded any Race to the Top funds, should avoid seeking any in future, and should be grateful most of all for principals and teachers like Lester and Bass.

Fund for Teachers (FFT) awards grants for self - designed summer professional development for teachers to help them grow in and out of the clTeachers (FFT) awards grants for self - designed summer professional development for teachers to help them grow in and out of the clteachers to help them grow in and out of the classroom.

As external evaluators for an NSF - funded AISL grant awarded to The Fred Rogers Company, Rockman et al tested early versions of Peg + Cat interactive media and science camp activities with pre-schoolers, their families, and their teachers.

Similarly, transforming teacher evaluation was a consistent priority for the United States Department of Education through the award of grants such as Race to the Top, the Teacher Incentive Fund, and School Improvement teacher evaluation was a consistent priority for the United States Department of Education through the award of grants such as Race to the Top, the Teacher Incentive Fund, and School Improvement Teacher Incentive Fund, and School Improvement Grants.

Recently, NoVo awarded $ 1 million in grants to teachers and school districts to implement systems that promote social and emotional learning through the Social Emotional Learning Innovation Fund.

If a school selected to receive a school recognition award is no longer in existence at the time the award is paid, the district school superintendent shall distribute the funds to teachers who taught at the school in the previous year in the form of a bonus.

Adopt - A-Classroom is a national, award - winning non-profit organization supporting teachers by helping them find funds for approved classroom projects.

Fund for Teachers — Oakland — Fund for Teachers awards fellowships for summer learning experiences to preK - 12 teachers, empowering them to pursue their passions and pique student engTeachers — Oakland — Fund for Teachers awards fellowships for summer learning experiences to preK - 12 teachers, empowering them to pursue their passions and pique student engTeachers awards fellowships for summer learning experiences to preK - 12 teachers, empowering them to pursue their passions and pique student engteachers, empowering them to pursue their passions and pique student engagement.

Grant awards reflect each proposal's budget, the number of teachers and students who will benefit from the funding, and the incentives educators may receive.

2006 The federal Teacher Incentive Fund begins issuing grants to school systems and states to develop programs to award teachers who raise test scores.

Eliminates current law requirement that school districts must use 60 percent of the grant funds to award classroom teachers and principals who effectively improvement student achievement as determined by meaningful, objective measures.

Governor Baker could ask his state board to award a portion of the Title II funds to a group linked to the MIT Open CourseWare project for the explicit purpose of creating math and science lessons for grades 11 and 12 (unlinked to any set of standards) for Massachusetts high school math and science teachers to use to improve their students» chances of getting into and succeeding at good engineering schools.

In the department Central Office budget, additional funding is proposed to fully fund the cost of the National Board Certification bonus awards for the actual number of eligible teachers in fiscal year 2008.

He awarded billions of dollars in stimulus funding to states that agreed to promote charter schools, use student test scores to evaluate teachers and embrace other administration - backed policies.

He is a member of the Athletic Trainers» Association of Florida Hall of Fame, the National Teachers Hall of Fame, and has received numerous awards for his teaching including being named a Disney American Teacher Honoree, USA Today All - Star Teacher, Toyota International Teacher Ambassador to the Galapagos Islands, Japan Fulbright Memorial Fund Teacher Ambassador (Japan), 2010 Florida Education Association Teacher of Excellence, 2011 Pearson Global Fellow (China), and most recently Dr. Underwood was named a 2018 NEA Foundation Global Fellow (South Africa) and a 2018 Top 50 Finalist in the Varkey Foundation Global Teacher Prize.

Molly holds a Bachelor of Science in Education — Elementary from Emporia State University, is the recipient of the 2008 Kansas State Horizon Award, and is both a Fund for Teachers Fellow Class of 2009 and Leading Educators Fellow Class of 2010.