Sentences with phrase «teachers in these districts receive»

Usually, this is in exchange for higher teacher salaries (i.e., teachers in these districts receive higher salaries, but have to purchase their own insurance).

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In fact, the rulemaking would require applicants to sign an «affirmation» acknowledging that «the certification the candidate will receive... is not transferrable to any education corporation / charter school not authorized by [SUNY] or to any district school, and may not be recognized as a teacher certification under regulations of the state commissioner of education.»

As for the Assembly Democratic conference, Heastie said: «We don't want to go home and then in September hear that school districts have to lay people off because they haven't received the funding from the budget because of the linkage of the teacher evaluation and the funding.»

From Queens Gazette: In the expected - to - be close Democratic Party primary in the 25th Council District (Jackson Heights), school teacher and gay advocate Daniel Dromm has received an important endorsement from former Assemblymember Ivan LafayettIn the expected - to - be close Democratic Party primary in the 25th Council District (Jackson Heights), school teacher and gay advocate Daniel Dromm has received an important endorsement from former Assemblymember Ivan Lafayettin the 25th Council District (Jackson Heights), school teacher and gay advocate Daniel Dromm has received an important endorsement from former Assemblymember Ivan Lafayette.

Requires publication of a «Parents Bill of Rights» on each school district and BOCES website that will be included in every contract with a third party contractor that receives student / teacher / principal data

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.

[113][114] Harig won the support of the Buffalo Teachers Federation and AFL - CIO, [113] while Paladino received the endorsement of The Buffalo News editorial board, which wrote: «Despite all his defects — his offensive comments, his bullying, his sometime inability to function effectively on the board — it is because of his influence that the board is even interested in turning around an underperforming district.»

Cuomo wants to restructure the state's teacher evaluation system and weaken tenure rules in order for districts to receive extra money.

Covington also holds a supervisor administration certificate from Teachers College and received an advanced certificate in school district leadership from Bank Street College, obtaining school district leader certification.

In September, parents and teachers in the building's three district schools — the School for International Studies, the Brooklyn School for Global Studies and District 75's PS 368 — saw that the charter school had new light fixtures and complained that the charter had received preferential treatmenIn September, parents and teachers in the building's three district schools — the School for International Studies, the Brooklyn School for Global Studies and District 75's PS 368 — saw that the charter school had new light fixtures and complained that the charter had received preferential treatmenin the building's three district schools — the School for International Studies, the Brooklyn School for Global Studies and District 75's PS 368 — saw that the charter school had new light fixtures and complained that the charter had received preferential trdistrict schools — the School for International Studies, the Brooklyn School for Global Studies and District 75's PS 368 — saw that the charter school had new light fixtures and complained that the charter had received preferential trDistrict 75's PS 368 — saw that the charter school had new light fixtures and complained that the charter had received preferential treatment.

Bank officials, along with Elmo from Sesame Street, celebrated the launch of the program yesterday at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum — it's one of the 14 centers and has received a 2 - year, $ 384,000 grant to work with 20 preschool teachers, 20 aides, and 600 students from public schools in the District of Columbia.

Districts can receive up to $ 12 million in the first year of a 3 - year award, and some of the STEM teachers in those winning districts will become the de facto inaugural cohort for the master teacher corps, explains department spokesperson LDistricts can receive up to $ 12 million in the first year of a 3 - year award, and some of the STEM teachers in those winning districts will become the de facto inaugural cohort for the master teacher corps, explains department spokesperson Ldistricts will become the de facto inaugural cohort for the master teacher corps, explains department spokesperson Liz Utrup.

Delaware's grade in teacher quality receives a boost because the state finances professional development for all its districts and requires and finances mentoring...

In an unprecedented move, the Los Angeles County district attorney's office brought criminal charges of grand theft last week against 43 public - school teachers who received salary increases based on fraudulently obtained college credits.

We wanted the study to be realistic in terms of the degree of professional development (PD) support districts might be likely to provide to teachers, so PBL - group teachers received only three hours of initial PD in our approach to PBL and the first PBL unit.

«In 1996, District 108 in Pekin, Illinois, received a $ 5 million Technology Innovation Challenge Grant from the U.S. Department of Education, because of the district's vision and groundwork in the area of technology,» teacher and school webmaster Madeleine Decker told Education WorlIn 1996, District 108 in Pekin, Illinois, received a $ 5 million Technology Innovation Challenge Grant from the U.S. Department of Education, because of the district's vision and groundwork in the area of technology,» teacher and school webmaster Madeleine Decker told EducatioDistrict 108 in Pekin, Illinois, received a $ 5 million Technology Innovation Challenge Grant from the U.S. Department of Education, because of the district's vision and groundwork in the area of technology,» teacher and school webmaster Madeleine Decker told Education Worlin Pekin, Illinois, received a $ 5 million Technology Innovation Challenge Grant from the U.S. Department of Education, because of the district's vision and groundwork in the area of technology,» teacher and school webmaster Madeleine Decker told Educatiodistrict's vision and groundwork in the area of technology,» teacher and school webmaster Madeleine Decker told Education Worlin the area of technology,» teacher and school webmaster Madeleine Decker told Education World.

The authors find that if the RIF - notified teachers made the average salary in their district, it would only be necessary to lay off 1,349 teachers in order to attain the same budgetary savings, or roughly 20 percent less than the actual number of teachers who received layoff notices.

Confirming the disproportionate impact of current RIF systems on new teachers, the study finds that approximately 60 percent of teachers receiving layoff notices in 2008 - 10 had two or fewer years of experience, and approximately 80 percent had two or fewer years of seniority within their current district.

As the Minneapolis Star Tribune recently reported, «In 22 school districts whose Q Comp practices were analyzed by the Star Tribune in 2009, more than 99 percent of teachers in the program received merit raises during the preceding school yeaIn 22 school districts whose Q Comp practices were analyzed by the Star Tribune in 2009, more than 99 percent of teachers in the program received merit raises during the preceding school yeain 2009, more than 99 percent of teachers in the program received merit raises during the preceding school yeain the program received merit raises during the preceding school year.

In the 2004 - 05 school year, districts receive $ 1,200 per entry - year teacher for mentoring.

By comparison, teachers receive a one - time award, not a bump up in base salary, of up to $ 2,403.26 if their students exceed «district expectations» for student growth.

It is interesting to note, however, that some teachers who receive layoff notices are well into their careers, implying that at least some districts in the state are making judgments about which teachers should be laid off based on criteria other than seniority.

In contrast, as district employees, these aspiring teachers will receive a salary and benefits, along with credit for being student teachers while they serve full - time in three Opportunity Culture schools under the district's highest - performing educatorIn contrast, as district employees, these aspiring teachers will receive a salary and benefits, along with credit for being student teachers while they serve full - time in three Opportunity Culture schools under the district's highest - performing educatorin three Opportunity Culture schools under the district's highest - performing educators.

There is some evidence to suggest that school districts are choosing to retain teachers in subject areas with teacher shortages, with 13.3 percent of teachers that received layoff notices falling into such a category compared to 15.1 percent of teachers who did not receive a notice.

The question is whether teachers who were dismissed for low evaluation scores in the districts we studied would have received substantively different evaluation scores if their classroom observation scores had been adjusted as we recommend.

In upholding a lower - court ruling, the appellate court said last month that the rules governing the state's Excellence in Teaching program — through which districts can receive extra aid to boost teacher salaries — deprived the excluded educators of their rights to equal protection of the lawIn upholding a lower - court ruling, the appellate court said last month that the rules governing the state's Excellence in Teaching program — through which districts can receive extra aid to boost teacher salaries — deprived the excluded educators of their rights to equal protection of the lawin Teaching program — through which districts can receive extra aid to boost teacher salaries — deprived the excluded educators of their rights to equal protection of the laws.

Finally, starting with the least effective teachers in each district and moving up the effectiveness ladder, enough teachers are assigned to a hypothetical layoff pool to achieve a budgetary savings for each district that is at least as great as the budgetary savings each district would have seen had all the teachers who received a layoff notice in 2008 — 09 actually been laid off.

Of the 1,717 teachers who received a RIF notice in 2008 - 09, for example, 1,457 returned to the same district in 2009 - 10.

Though the decision received wide coverage (per above) and throws New York school districts a curve (they are supposed to have an evaluation policy in place by September 1), it's not clear that the decision will have any major implications for other states that are considering linking teacher evaluations to test scores (except as inducement to make sure their regulations correspond to their laws).

Parachute teachers receive about three hours of basic training to start, before the microcredentialing, and in addition to what the district might require.

In the current system, teachers unions tend to compress wages within a school district so that teachers with the same seniority and the same degree are likely to receive similar (if not identical) salaries.

Districts will receive funds, roughly $ 300 per pupil annually, which can be used to raise the minimum teacher salary, improve entry into the profession for new teachers, fund leadership roles, hire additional teachers, and provide training and support to teachers in leadership roles.

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.

In the summer of 2008, just prior to implementation, the district and union disagreed on whether the ratings teachers received under the EITP would be used for teacher accountability purposes, such as tenure decisions.

The first two districts received about 30 applications per position last year in previously hard - to - staff schools — making sustainably higher pay and increased planning time good not just for teachers, but for districts, too.

The simulation indicates that if women were to receive an additional four percent of lifetime earnings in pension benefits, it would be worth roughly $ 70,000 in 2014 dollars — more than the maximum annual teacher salary in the typical Ohio school district.

But it remained unclear how many of the 14,000 teachers who received «pink slips» in March notifying them of impending layoffs would actually lose their jobs as school districts prepared to absorb some cuts.

Some districts, like the nation's largest, in New York City, have found that it helps to pair general education teachers with special education teachers in a co-teaching model, where teachers share classroom responsibilities and both receive specialized training in teaching students with autism.

The New Teacher Project's recent report, The Widget Effect, noted that in the 12 school districts it examined, less than 1 percent of all teachers had received an unsatisfactory evaluation, even in schools where students were chronically underperforming.

If, as has been the case in a number of places, the comparison group is all the teachers in a given grade in the school district — with, say, the top 15 percent of the 4th grade teachers receiving an award — what is the significance of a big or small school?

The majority of teachers in these cities do not remain in the same district long enough to qualify for even a minimal pension, and only a very tiny fraction of teachers stay long enough to receive a pension that would be sufficient for a stable retirement.

In states like California and Louisiana, where district teachers do not participate in Social Security, charter teachers not in the state pension plan also receive Social Security coveragIn states like California and Louisiana, where district teachers do not participate in Social Security, charter teachers not in the state pension plan also receive Social Security coveragin Social Security, charter teachers not in the state pension plan also receive Social Security coveragin the state pension plan also receive Social Security coverage.

And, we're highlighting a report that brings some good news to close out the year in the way math and English standards are being implemented in California schools, along with good news for four county offices of education and four districts that are each receiving grants to fund bilingual teacher preparation.

The higher salaries that unions demand through collective bargaining encourages school districts to carefully evaluate new teachers» performances during probationary periods and weed out ineffective teachers, in order to avoid paying the even higher wages once these teachers receive tenure.

Unlike all other school districts in Illinois, which receive full teacher pension funding from the state, CPS is required to fund its own teacher pension system while its taxpayers also pay into the pension funds of other districts.

In the St. Louis area, school districts tend to be divided along racial lines, and a New York Times reporter covering the story of the transfers heard from white parents in receiving districts who expressed concern that troublemakers will be among the transfers, and that teachers may have to slow down to allow the students from struggling districts, which are predominantly black, to catch uIn the St. Louis area, school districts tend to be divided along racial lines, and a New York Times reporter covering the story of the transfers heard from white parents in receiving districts who expressed concern that troublemakers will be among the transfers, and that teachers may have to slow down to allow the students from struggling districts, which are predominantly black, to catch uin receiving districts who expressed concern that troublemakers will be among the transfers, and that teachers may have to slow down to allow the students from struggling districts, which are predominantly black, to catch up.

As a result of school closings and student transfers, teachers, administrators, and parents in a set of receiving schools reported: a) lack of necessary resources, staff, and professional support; b) disruptive and demoralizing climate; c) negative effects on teaching and learning; d) problems with safety and discipline; e) schools were «set up for failure» due to a history of declining resources and lack of district support.

Casserly estimated that schools in his coalition, including those in the District, receive about $ 600 million from the program, which pays the salaries of thousands of teachers.

With 17,300 students, the district receives an abundance of information, including data from PARCC tests, districtwide pre - and post-common assessments in all content areas, Measures of Academic Progress in elementary and middle schools, Eureka Math and Achieve 3000 achievement scores, and professional - development surveys given to all teachers.

Charter schools receive public funding but, unlike public schools, employ mostly nonunion teachers and have autonomy in school districts, which allows them to set their own conditions, such as longer school days.