Sentences with phrase «teachers need more support»

«Common Core has upped the ante of what students are supposed to know and be able to do, and teachers need more support,» said Diane Briars, the current president of the national math teachers group.

Teachers need to have a greater work / life balance, and newly qualified teachers need more support and longer training to prepare them for their role.»

Many teachers need more support, opportunity, and encouragement, as the reality is that teachers are «responsible for gas in our tank.»

To make that happen, ultimately, secondary school teachers need more support.

Millspaugh and his team looked at their own data and realized that the first - grade teachers needed more support to get their students ready for second grade, and that second - grade teachers needed to know more about third - grade expectations.

The report said science teachers needed more support throughout their early careers and called for greater transparency on teachers» subject abilities.

Not exact matches

Unfortunately, researchers have found that the more in need of support a student is, the less supportive they find their teacher to be.

One needs to develop a support program for the teacher that looks more like training than mentoring.»

The educational practice of teachers and young adolescents remaining together for two or more years, known as looping, provides a stable learning environment that supports students» developmental changes and responds to their individual needs.

Some children will need a more in - depth individual assessment by one of our educational support teachers.

Security and theft are big issues, and the dining room is just a big, scary place... If I could hope for one change it would be for smaller schools... it is just one solution for a system that needs a lot of solutions and a lot of change... longer lunch periods, teachers willing to eat with the students, nutrition education, getting rid of the soda and snack vending machines that fund the sports programs, and more money and support for school food service programs...

Working as a classroom teacher (and as a parent of three of my own), I know that some children are better able to adapt to and cope with new or different situations while others need to be supported and taught more intentionally how to manage their feelings.

We need more teachers to help support parents and babies.

«The NASUWT is continuing to support its members in challenging these injustices, but much more action is needed by Government to affect the systemic change which is needed to ensure that no pupil or teacher is held back because of their ethnicity or faith.

She says the evaluations can be a positive experience, if they result in more support for teachers who need to improve some of their skills.

«The NASUWT has maintained consistently that it's not more sanctions teachers need but more support in enforcing the existing ones.»

In INSIGHTS classrooms, the researchers saw an increase from fall to spring in teacher practices of emotional support to students — essentially, teachers were more sensitive to student needs, created better classroom climates, and showed respect for student interests.

The teacher version of SAEBRS is a screening survey completed by teachers at the start of the school year to identify which students might need more support.

With current national and state science education standards emphasizing hands - on and applied science learning, teachers need, more than ever before, materials they can use with students to foster and support active learning, but finding funding to pay for supplemental classroom science materials can be difficult.

David Weston, CEO of the Teacher Development Trust believes that while teachers do need more support on how to use technology in schools, it needs to be the right type of training.

«Tests should not be a cause of stress for pupils - they are there to help teachers understand where children may need more support and we trust teachers to approach testing in a proportionate manner.»

Pupils are more motivated, attention spans increase (especially amongst boys), teachers can tailor a pupil's programme to their specific abilities and needs, learners can be supported outside the classroom as well as during lessons, and pupils are leaving schools with a set of ICT skills that are absolutely vital to the world of work in the 21st century.

Those who need more support do guided group work with the teacher.

«This is an area which does need much greater focus, so while budgetary pressures are the main driver to an ICT support service, freeing up much - needed time to help develop teachers» skills and give them more confidence with technology in the classroom is also becoming a priority.»

In other words, as external pressures on the teacher increase, due to changes in government policy such as testing and changes in curriculum, the need for those responsible for the running of schools to step up and show true leadership and support becomes ever more important.»

Despite the positive responses, the research also highlighted that more needs to be done to train teachers and give them ongoing support to use technology.

She notes that supporting teacher professional learning, a funding system more tightly targeted to high needs schools, and policies requiring all schools to take a percentage of disadvantaged students would be a good place improve the system.

Once a student understands that he or she needs more support, the teacher can say, «I'm here to help you, and this will be a safe experience for you.»

The majority of respondents indicated that more needs to be done to support teachers, with 58 % stating that they would like to receive more training in delivering financial education.

Those who believe their schools are «doing it right» told me that adapting the curriculum to meet the needs of individual special education students also forces them to adapt the curriculum to more closely meet the individual needs of each student in the class — and that the ongoing support of special education teachers and paraprofessionals provides them with the time and resources they need to do it successfully.

While we know that a balance is important, that young people want to be supported and that they want to feel connected to their school and to their teacher, there's much more that needs to be understood about this and we can do this both through administering questionnaires but probably better yet actually talking to teachers and young people and asking them specifically, in specific schools, in specific neighbourhoods: «What would make for a better relationship and a better environment where you would want to spend time, learn and also learn some good, positive behaviour skills?»

National survey finds declining support for increased school spending and teacher salaries; thinks schools do not do as well at attending to the needs of the less - talented as those of the more - talented.

We're developing resources [now] for kids operating around the reading age of five or six years of age, in order to be able to more adequately cater for our student population... I guess the next step as well is working with teachers in more of a coaching and mentoring focus as well, so that we'll work with them around their pedagogy to make sure that they're supporting each other through that teams approach and through that mentoring approach, but also through a more managed process so that we can give them that support that they need to develop their teaching expertise as teachers, but also as teachers within a detention centre context.

• Believe in the value of what you are teaching and make sure your students understand why it is important; so preparation is paramount • Show your students you care about their wellbeing and progress; that is your job; there is nothing they despise more than a teacher who doesn't care • Admit when you don't know or when you're wrong; they need to see you're a learner too • Collaboration with your colleagues is powerful support and very rewarding.

Nearly all classrooms (97 percent) have one or more computers, but half of the nation's teachers say they need training to better integrate technology into classroom instruction — and such support is unevenly distributed across schools.

Educational technology can free up teachers from routine aspects of teaching and classroom administration so that they can spend more of their time using their uniquely human skills to better support their students» learning needs.

Flexible funding enables schools with more challenging populations to gain access to more resources so they can take needed steps such as reducing class size, hiring more experienced and effective teachers, and implementing other programs and services to support students with greater needs.

In a profession that already feels under siege, the decision in most states — encouraged by the U.S. Department of Education — to press ahead with using student test scores as a significant component of a teacher's evaluation «just fuels the perception that we care more about weeding out weak teachers than giving the vast majority of teachers the time and support they need to make a successful transition to Common Core,» says Schwartz.

And while these needs include being supported to achieve good grades and personal goals, the survey - which received over 2,000 responses from students - revealed that «feeling stress - free» was in fact more important to students than meeting parental or teachers» expectations.

The PC / Mac version of Yoostar has required memory and video specs for your computer — teachers will need to make certain that their computer has more than sufficient dedicated memory to support the video processing.

CZI seeks to empower more teachers and school leaders to create learning environments that meet the unique needs, interests, and learning preferences of each student while supporting them as a whole person.

Major news outlets are consistently running pieces about the need for more support for our teachers.

The current National College for Teaching and Leadership supply model needs reviewing and updating and more support is needed for school leaders to retain experienced teachers five years into the profession and beyond.

Voice - activated devices can allow students to avoid getting stuck because they can't ask a question to unlock their growth in real time, and the technology has the potential to provide far more data to teachers about where their students need supports.

In a new book, An Empty Curriculum: The Need to Reform Teacher Licensing Regulations and Tests, (Rowman and Littlefield: 2015), I make the case, with empirical support wherever possible, that the revision of the licensing system for each stage in a teaching career and the construction of new or more demanding teacher licensure tests contributed significantly to the long - lasting effects of the state's first - class staTeacher Licensing Regulations and Tests, (Rowman and Littlefield: 2015), I make the case, with empirical support wherever possible, that the revision of the licensing system for each stage in a teaching career and the construction of new or more demanding teacher licensure tests contributed significantly to the long - lasting effects of the state's first - class stateacher licensure tests contributed significantly to the long - lasting effects of the state's first - class standards.

Sure, I knew I was a caring, passionate, encouraging and enthusiastic teacher but was that enough to appeal to and support an autistic child during their school days, or did I need something more?

«This can only increase pressure on other teachers and make life more difficult for those pupils who need the most support.»

A report has suggested English school's will need up to 19,000 more school leaders by 2022 unless more teachers and leaders are supported to take on these roles.

The initiative has grown rapidly since its origins as a regional programme through the Mayor of London, and the concerns raised by teachers, students, industry professionals and local government during the panel discussion only cements the need to develop computational thinking skills in a more effective way to support a 21st Century education.

The Department for Education (DfE) is now recognising the need to implement more robust training and support with its «Standard for teachers» professional development» and the associated guidance for schools.