Sentences with phrase «teachers hired by»

Furthermore, it found one - half of the teachers hired by Utah schools came from a private college, BYU.

Generally, online teachers hired by charter schools must have a valid teaching credential for the state the school is based in.

A local taxpayers» group had sought information from the job - application packets submitted by five teachers hired by the Easton school district.

Taken together, TFA and the TNTP maybe prepare slightly more than 5 percent of new teachers hired by districts.

Altogether, adding up all their locations, the Teaching Fellows program trained an additional 2,182 teachers in 2012, or another 1.5 percent of teachers hired by districts.

The government's method was to offer private schools four options: (1) continued independence with no aid, (2) integration into the public school system, (3) a permanent «contract of partnership» in which the classes under contract would be taught according to public school schedules by teachers under contract to the state, and (4) a «simple contract» of limited duration in which the designated classes would be taught by teachers hired by the school but certified by the state.

In another attempt to account for the funding shortfall, Michigan's Republican lawmakers proposed last month legislation that would expand charter schools and privatize teacher hirings by employing from for - profit companies.

Not exact matches

In 2012, Lindsey's life would take another turn towards spectacular when she was hired by Pure Barre's corporate team to help train Pure Barre teachers nationally.

A law allowing schools in the UK to hire teachers on the basis of their religion has been upheld by the European Commission.

The funds raised by this necklace will go towards funding 12 classrooms, hiring new Haitian teachers, providing supplies, everything.

He was an ubiquitous presence in the school,» said Darlene Larson, an associate superintendent for human resources at District 214 who was hired by Miller as an English teacher at Buffalo Grove High when it opened.

Charter schools have argued that there is a shortage of teachers and that it is hard to hire enough instructors under the more stringent qualification required by the State Education Department.

Lawyers for Peter G. Kelly Jr., former senior vice president of a Syracuse energy company, sought a separate trial for him on the charges that he bribed Percoco by having the energy company hire Percoco's wife, a teacher, for an educational consulting job, and by providing Percoco with a fishing trip and a meal.

Charter schools have argued that there's a shortage of teachers and that it's hard to hire enough instructors under the more stringent qualification required by the State Education Department.

Senate Republicans not only stuck it to NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio on mayoral control of the public schools, but also handed a victory to his nemesis, Success Academy charter school network founder Eva Moskowitz by allowing charters to hire more uncertified teachers.

The proposal, subject to state lawmakers» approval, would also raise teacher retirement ages for new hires and eliminate a $ 12,000 yearly payment received by many current police and fire department retirees.

MirRam was also hired in February, right as Heastie became speaker, for $ 15,000 a month by the powerful New York State United Teachers.

They argue that another one of the defendants, Peter Galbraith Kelly of Competitive Power Ventures, paid off Percoco by hiring Percoco's wife as a teacher in exchange for $ 286,596 over three years.

Education Week is reporting on an Empire Center's report that says over the past decade «public schools hired nearly 15,000 teachers and almost 9,000 administrators, guidance counselors and other support workers over the last 10 years as enrollment dropped by more than 121,000 students.

Flanked by Stringer and chancellor Carmen Fariña at Tuesday's press conference, de Blasio further broke down how the $ 23 million would be spent: $ 5 million on hiring costs that will be shared by 50 middle schools, $ 7.5 million to upgrade existing arts facilities, and a $ 3.1 million fund directed to schools with certified full - time arts teachers, at $ 1,000 a teacher.

A longtime vocal critic of the school board, Paladino chose to run in opposition of teachers union head Phil Rumore and superintendent Pamela Brown, whose hiring (as well as every other non-interim superintendent hire in the past two decades) Paladino has speculated was at least partially motivated by race.

«The hiring of teachers in the past was politicised and we intend to change that by bringing in young and qualified primary school teachers to restore the dignity of education in the state.»

As the cast discovers that there's a new gigolo in town, Nick gets hired by a teacher for a romantic evening.

They need to be brought in line by mercenaries hired to be teachers!

What is needed is a competitive certification process that establishes key criteria for entry into the teaching profession; gives public schools greater freedom to hire and fire teachers; and treats teachers like professionals and their schools like professional institutions by allowing them to tailor professional development to meet the needs of teachers.

In several cases, say the Gaulds, they were blocked by hostile teacher unions, since they demanded the right to hire their own faculty.

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).

The new policy would have eventually based teachers» salaries in part on evaluations by the principal and a number of outside evaluators hired by the district.

A 2005 study by the New Teacher Project, the national nonprofit organization that works with school districts to recruit high - quality teachers, examined five urban districts and concluded that seniority - based transfer privileges written into contracts often force principals «to hire large numbers of teachers they do not want and who may not be a good fit for the job and their school.»

The right to hire or not to hire a teacher is limited by teachers» «transfer rights,» which gives them first choice on a place in another school.

Mrs. Bush is equally articulate about «backpack spending» (the institute is sponsoring a project on school - district productivity that includes 20 different researchers» papers); teacher autonomy («Obviously, if you are held accountable as the principal of your school and you don't have the authority to change anything, by either hiring or firing, or setting up another structure that your school district doesn't allow, then how can you be really accountable?»)

Many have responded by hiring more ESL teachers and adding full immersion classes where ELLs learn alongside native English speakers.

By examining the fundamental requirements of each program — admissions standards, course requirements, coverage of essential content, preparation in the CCSS, how the student teaching program operates, instruction in classroom management and lesson planning, and how teacher candidates are judged ready for the classroom — the Review will capture the information that any consumer of these programs would want to see, including aspiring teachers and school districts looking to hire the best teachers.

Second, the school is run by a cooperative of teachers, who make all the key decisions about the school — from the learning program to the budget to hiring and firing.

In math, where Touchstone leaders were unable to hire a master teacher last year, Merit Prep's students had made three - fourths of a year of growth by March — solid results, but not enough to close achievement gaps.

As Ingersoll notes, our teacher workforce was «graying» for most of the last 25 years, driven both by existing teachers aging into the profession and an increase in the hiring of older «new» teachers.

Nearly two - thirds of survey respondents indicated that teacher - hiring decisions are made at the school level or jointly by school and district.

«Teachers hired during recession periods appeared to be somewhat more effective than those teachers hired in more secure times, according to a new working paper published by the National Bureau of Economic RTeachers hired during recession periods appeared to be somewhat more effective than those teachers hired in more secure times, according to a new working paper published by the National Bureau of Economic Rteachers hired in more secure times, according to a new working paper published by the National Bureau of Economic Research.

Districts are too often meeting their needs by hiring untrained educators with emergency licenses and by assigning teachers to work outside their subject areas, he said.

By appealing to tutors» sense of service, providing a small but livable stipend, organizing low - cost housing for tutors, and above all, by giving tutors a chance to work in a high - performing school as a means for evaluating their interest in education reform and teaching careers, Match can compete alongside Teach For America for the best college graduates in the country and hire three to four tutors for what they pay a full - time teacheBy appealing to tutors» sense of service, providing a small but livable stipend, organizing low - cost housing for tutors, and above all, by giving tutors a chance to work in a high - performing school as a means for evaluating their interest in education reform and teaching careers, Match can compete alongside Teach For America for the best college graduates in the country and hire three to four tutors for what they pay a full - time teacheby giving tutors a chance to work in a high - performing school as a means for evaluating their interest in education reform and teaching careers, Match can compete alongside Teach For America for the best college graduates in the country and hire three to four tutors for what they pay a full - time teacher.

I would change the way that many school systems currently make decisions - for example, by hiring and firing teachers in ways that do not ensure that all children get the best teachers available.

School administrators who hire substitute teachers are concerned that rules published last year by the federal Immigration and Naturalization Service may burden them with a mountain of new paperwork.

A recent series of articles by the Orlando Sentinel highlighted problems at some schools that participate in the program, describing Florida's choice system as «so weakly regulated that some schools hire teachers without college degrees, hold classes in aging strip malls and falsify fire - safety and health records.»

Led by Maddie Fennell, Nebraska's 2007 State Teacher of the Year, the commission issued a report in 2011 that sketched out a vision of the profession in which teachers have a say in decisions about hiring, evaluating, promoting, and dismissing their fellow teachers.

By 2008, the highest - poverty schools were actually hiring fewer teachers on temporary licenses than wealthy schools.»

For - profit voucher schools have lowered their costs by hiring part - time teachers (who are often teaching full - time in municipal schools), paying lower salaries, and enlarging class sizes.

Turning the Tide report and related toolkit The Challenges of Recruiting and Hiring Teachers of Color by Simon, Johnson, and Reinhorn.

The Teacher and Staff Selection Toolkit suggests behavioral competencies for Opportunity Culture roles, largely derived from Competence at Work by Lyle and Signe Spencer, the vanguard publication of research applied widely across sectors for hiring outstanding professionals and leaders (including Singapore's teachers and leaders).

Some of these might be categorized as efforts to build the capacity of the current system by simply paying for professional development sessions on particular topics; others might be thought of as attempts to change the system by developing new approaches to hiring, compensating, and evaluating teachers.

Efforts at the state level have been supported by the Clinton administration's class - size reduction program, passed in 1998, which was to fund the hiring of around 29,000 new teachers during the 1999 - 2000 school year alone.