The teachers reached more students on the «off» days, but with class sizes staying the same or even smaller.
Teachers are redesigning their schools» roles and schedules so that great
teachers reach more students, and most teachers work in teams led by excellent teachers.
When excellent
teachers reach more students, per - pupil funds are freed to cover higher pay and other priorities — in some cases for all teachers, not just the best.
When
teachers reach more students, additional per - pupil funds become available to support those teachers» work.
Not exact matches
Parents,
students and
teachers from South Florida, the state's Democratic stronghold, have been a forceful presence in the Capitol since last week, when busloads of Stoneman Douglas High
students spent two days lobbying — and protesting — lawmakers, urging them to take
more far -
reaching action and ban all assault weapons.
As a
teacher, should I write a textbook that might affect many
more students or other
teachers than I can
reach individually?
The Legislature today, led by the Assembly,
reached an agreement on a package of education proposals that will immediately increase state aid to schools, provide that
teachers are evaluated on more than a single student test score and ensure local oversight of struggling schools,» United Federation of Teachers President Michael Mulgr
teachers are evaluated on
more than a single
student test score and ensure local oversight of struggling schools,» United Federation of
Teachers President Michael Mulgr
Teachers President Michael Mulgrew said.
In the interview, Rumore said
reaching an agreement on
teacher evaluations will require
more than consensus on how to account for
student absenteeism.
Yet games alone will not make schools
more efficient, replace
teachers or serve as an educational resource that can
reach an infinite number of
students, he adds.
After hearing many
teachers say that they did not encourage their
students to apply to institutions like ICL because they saw it as beyond
reach, Richards decided to encourage state schools to «do
more to push their
students to aim for the top.»
More than the physical work, the
teachers are incredibly helpful and they always let
students know that they're committed to helping them
reach their goals.
If they combine the smart use of those tools with equally smart investments in
teacher and leader effectiveness, the goal of having every
student succeed will start to seem less like the horizon line we can't
reach and
more like the finish line we can.
Edutopia: What would you say to principals and
teachers at
more traditional schools who are trying to
reach the so - called bad kids, the at - risk
students?
All the schools had to design models that adhered to the five Reach Extension Principles, which call for
reaching more students with excellent teaching, higher pay, sustainable funding, job - embedded development opportunity, and enhanced authority and clear accountability for great
teachers.
Nearly all the school teams chose to combine several models to
reach more students with great
teachers, add team collaboration time, and let excellent
teachers lead and develop their peers.
Opportunity Culture models redesign jobs to extend the
reach of excellent
teachers to
more students, for
more pay, within budget — typically in collaborative teams on which all
teachers can pursue instructional excellence together and are formally accountable for all of the
students they serve.
We feel confident of this based on the study results: Great
teachers can lead small teams to
reach a lot
more students with high - growth learning — and support their colleagues» success really well.
Schools across the country have latched on to the need to
reach more students with their excellent
teachers.
• Opportunity for career advancement and rigorous, on - the - job learning becomes possible when great
teachers advance by collaborating with, leading, and developing other
teachers in teams to
reach more students (without forcing class - size increases).
But we didn't know what methods of extending
teachers»
reach would work best for
students:
reaching more students directly with extra paraprofessional support, or leading teams.
* In math classes, excellent blended - learning
teachers will use the rotation version of Time - Technology Swaps to extend their
reach to
more students, and also work in a team of developing and novice
teachers on their way to becoming blended - learning
teachers.
When we launched Opportunity Culture, our goal was to boost
student learning by extending the
reach of excellent
teachers to
more students, for
more pay, within schools» regular budgets.
A year ago, Public Impact began working with school design teams of pilot schools in the Charlotte and Nashville public school districts to choose and tailor school models for extending the
reach of excellent
teachers to
more students.
Beginning in 2009, we presented a vision for addressing the challenge of
reaching every
student with excellent
teachers, using job redesign and age - appropriate technology to extend excellent
teachers»
reach, directly and by leading other
teachers, in fully accountable roles, for
more pay — but within budget.
Key components of our elite tenure example are far
more career and pay opportunities for great
teachers, including the chance to extend their
reach to
more students.
Teachers in
reach roles can earn anywhere from about $ 4,500 to $ 23,000
more next year for helping
more students and leading peers — all within budget, so the money won't disappear when a grant ends.
We shared five Reach Extension Principles for the new school models they would craft or tailor to their needs; they call for
reaching more students with excellent
teachers in charge of their learning, for
more pay, within budget, while boosting development opportunities for all
teachers and clarifying authority / credit for great
teachers.
Public Impact has just posted brief descriptions of
more than 20 school models for extending the
reach of excellent
teachers to
more students, for
more pay, within budget.
New paraprofessional roles, such as tutors, learning coaches, and lab monitors, make it possible for
teachers to save time and
reach more students.
Despite moves to ease limits on bilingual education in California and Massachusetts,
more ELLs are now learning in English, taught by
teachers who use an array of strategies to
reach nonfluent
students.
The second potential dose is less hyped, but probably
more important for learning outcomes: the potential to enable the best in - person
teachers to
reach more students with personalized instruction.
JK: The reality is that once children
reach school - going age,
students spend
more of their waking hours with their
teachers and peers in schools than they do with their parents at home.
The report also explains how
more than three hours went by before paramedics
reached teacher Dave Sanders, who bled to death while
students tried to help him.
We've written here and here about the importance figuring out as a nation how to «extend the
reach» of great
teachers to
more students, since great
teachers accountable for
student learning are the one «intervention» we know can close achievement gaps and raise the bar for all
students.
As I explain in Saving Schools: From Horace Mann to Virtual Learning, we need fewer
teachers, not
more, and those few
teachers must
reach thousands of
students at a time.
Use of these digital books is still limited (Kinetic Books, funded by a Florida venture capital firm, doesn't disclose how many schools are enrolled in its program), but Jacobsen and his team are working hard to
reach more teachers and
students.
Bermudez believes that this research could provide
teachers more ways of engaging
students in productive conversations about controversial issues without
reaching a wall because a classroom conversation can't move forward.
The redesigned
teacher roles extend the
reach of excellent
teachers and their teams to
more students and also allow for increased
teacher pay.
From that line of thinking was born Opportunity Culture, an initiative to try this idea: Let school teams with
teachers on them redesign jobs and use age - appropriate technology to extend the
reach of excellent
teachers and their teams to many
more students, for
more pay, within regular budgets, adding
more planning time, and having them take full accountability for the learning of all the
students they serve.
That learning will aid me in designing
more professional development for our
teachers and staff; professional development that will
reach the bottom line, which is this: teaching
students to become lifelong learners.
Teachers who
reach more students directly or by leading teams can earn
more within recurring budgets, advancing their careers while continuing to teach.
I'm not a gambling person, but if I had to place a bet on one sure - fire method for engaging
students, increasing test scores,
reaching students who fall below standards, challenging
students who exceed grade - level standards, accessing
students» creativity and originality, maximizing brain connections formed, applying concepts to new situations, and making the learning process
more fun for the
students and
teacher, I would place that bet on... teaching the core curriculum through the arts.
By the time she
reached 2nd grade, Erin Peacock, a
student in the Chicago Public Schools, had been taught by
more than a dozen
teachers.
As for digital education companies: If digital tools enable
teachers to earn
more for
reaching more students and their peers,
teachers will gain a stake in acquiring those tools and using them to achieve strong outcomes.
And while they continued to ignore it, the misuse of tests became ever
more extreme, in some cases
reaching truly absurd levels — for example, «evaluating»
teachers based on the scores obtained by
teachers in other schools or teaching other subjects to different
students.
The
more teachers broaden their curriculum and allow multiple entry and participation levels, the
more students they are likely to
reach.
It's not that they are bad
teachers — they just need to learn how to
reach out
more to
students and their parents.
His comprehensive plan called for expanding early education opportunities for all children, improving
teacher quality, supporting school innovation, and putting a college education within
reach of many
more students.
Through the use of high - quality education technology, schools can extend the
reach of excellent
teachers to
more students, while at the same time professionalizing the teaching career.
Design a school that pays
more and
reaches all with excellence — October 10, 2013 Public Impact Co-Directors Refresh Vision: Opportunity Culture for ALL — September 25, 2013 Report shows promising alternative to closing failing charter schools — August 14, 2013 Rocketship Education: Bringing tech closer to
teachers — July 24, 2013 Case study: New charter pays more, extends teachers» reach, gets strong results — July 9, 2013 Case study: How Charlotte zone planned Opportunity Culture schools — June 27, 2013 Case study: How one Leading Educators fellow extends her reach — June 17, 2013 Opportunity Culture district creates paid role for student teachers — May 22, 2013 Reports: City - based organizations» roles in quality digital learning — May 15, 2013 Nation's fifth - largest district explores extending reach of excellent teachers — May 9, 2013 A Better Blend: Combine digital instruction and great teaching to dramatically improve learning — April 30, 2013 Indiana Encourages Dramatically Different Models in New Charter Schools — April 18, 2013 Charlotte Flooded with Teacher Applicants Seeking Roles to Extend Their Reach — April 11, 2013 New charter school study shows the steps to great schools — March 14, 2013 Nashville Joins Sites Extending Excellent Teachers» Reach — March 7, 2013 Opportunity Culture Network to Link Charter School Organizations — February 6, 2013 Share Opportunity Culture with Your Teachers: New Slide Deck and Two - Pager — Dec 13, 2012 Career Paths That Respect Teachers» Time and Talent — Nov 15, 2012 You Know Who Your Great Teachers Are — N
teachers — July 24, 2013 Case study: New charter pays
more, extends
teachers» reach, gets strong results — July 9, 2013 Case study: How Charlotte zone planned Opportunity Culture schools — June 27, 2013 Case study: How one Leading Educators fellow extends her reach — June 17, 2013 Opportunity Culture district creates paid role for student teachers — May 22, 2013 Reports: City - based organizations» roles in quality digital learning — May 15, 2013 Nation's fifth - largest district explores extending reach of excellent teachers — May 9, 2013 A Better Blend: Combine digital instruction and great teaching to dramatically improve learning — April 30, 2013 Indiana Encourages Dramatically Different Models in New Charter Schools — April 18, 2013 Charlotte Flooded with Teacher Applicants Seeking Roles to Extend Their Reach — April 11, 2013 New charter school study shows the steps to great schools — March 14, 2013 Nashville Joins Sites Extending Excellent Teachers» Reach — March 7, 2013 Opportunity Culture Network to Link Charter School Organizations — February 6, 2013 Share Opportunity Culture with Your Teachers: New Slide Deck and Two - Pager — Dec 13, 2012 Career Paths That Respect Teachers» Time and Talent — Nov 15, 2012 You Know Who Your Great Teachers Are — N
teachers»
reach, gets strong results — July 9, 2013 Case study: How Charlotte zone planned Opportunity Culture schools — June 27, 2013 Case study: How one Leading Educators fellow extends her
reach — June 17, 2013 Opportunity Culture district creates paid role for
student teachers — May 22, 2013 Reports: City - based organizations» roles in quality digital learning — May 15, 2013 Nation's fifth - largest district explores extending reach of excellent teachers — May 9, 2013 A Better Blend: Combine digital instruction and great teaching to dramatically improve learning — April 30, 2013 Indiana Encourages Dramatically Different Models in New Charter Schools — April 18, 2013 Charlotte Flooded with Teacher Applicants Seeking Roles to Extend Their Reach — April 11, 2013 New charter school study shows the steps to great schools — March 14, 2013 Nashville Joins Sites Extending Excellent Teachers» Reach — March 7, 2013 Opportunity Culture Network to Link Charter School Organizations — February 6, 2013 Share Opportunity Culture with Your Teachers: New Slide Deck and Two - Pager — Dec 13, 2012 Career Paths That Respect Teachers» Time and Talent — Nov 15, 2012 You Know Who Your Great Teachers Are — N
teachers — May 22, 2013 Reports: City - based organizations» roles in quality digital learning — May 15, 2013 Nation's fifth - largest district explores extending
reach of excellent
teachers — May 9, 2013 A Better Blend: Combine digital instruction and great teaching to dramatically improve learning — April 30, 2013 Indiana Encourages Dramatically Different Models in New Charter Schools — April 18, 2013 Charlotte Flooded with Teacher Applicants Seeking Roles to Extend Their Reach — April 11, 2013 New charter school study shows the steps to great schools — March 14, 2013 Nashville Joins Sites Extending Excellent Teachers» Reach — March 7, 2013 Opportunity Culture Network to Link Charter School Organizations — February 6, 2013 Share Opportunity Culture with Your Teachers: New Slide Deck and Two - Pager — Dec 13, 2012 Career Paths That Respect Teachers» Time and Talent — Nov 15, 2012 You Know Who Your Great Teachers Are — N
teachers — May 9, 2013 A Better Blend: Combine digital instruction and great teaching to dramatically improve learning — April 30, 2013 Indiana Encourages Dramatically Different Models in New Charter Schools — April 18, 2013 Charlotte Flooded with
Teacher Applicants Seeking Roles to Extend Their
Reach — April 11, 2013 New charter school study shows the steps to great schools — March 14, 2013 Nashville Joins Sites Extending Excellent
Teachers» Reach — March 7, 2013 Opportunity Culture Network to Link Charter School Organizations — February 6, 2013 Share Opportunity Culture with Your Teachers: New Slide Deck and Two - Pager — Dec 13, 2012 Career Paths That Respect Teachers» Time and Talent — Nov 15, 2012 You Know Who Your Great Teachers Are — N
Teachers»
Reach — March 7, 2013 Opportunity Culture Network to Link Charter School Organizations — February 6, 2013 Share Opportunity Culture with Your
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Teachers Are — Now What?