Sentences with phrase «teachers receive raises»

-- In one of the central disagreements of Emanuel's proposed reforms, the union says it preserved so - called «step and lane» pay increases for teachers, in which teachers receive raises for each year of service.

Not exact matches

Supply teachers raised concerns that whilst schools are paying agencies hundreds of pounds a time to cover individual classes, teachers receive only a small fraction of the fees being paid to supply agencies.

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.

Receiving harsh criticism from reviewers for failing to raise the charter school cap, eliminate issues with teacher tenure, and also for their plan to use some of the money for an upgrade in furniture.

It marks the biggest raises the teachers have received in a decade, and makes them among the highest paid teachers in the region.

After Education Secretary Arne Duncan received a standing ovation for a talk in which he encouraged everyone to «raise the bar» and to «break the rules» on how schools are run and teachers are trained, Kamen brought them back to earth.

I have the audience raise their hands and, every time, I have had a varying amount of teachers raise their hand in agreement that yes, individuals do learn better when they receive information in their preferred learning style.

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 year.

Some locales have diluted the merit pay concept by making the bonuses to teachers small and setting the bar for receiving the bonuses low, thereby converting merit pay into something approximating an across - the board pay raise.

If teachers are not paid fairly for their noncognitive skills, we would expect teachers who shift to private - sector jobs to receive significant raises.

Teachers receive bonuses based on the number of their students who pass AP exams — $ 200 for each student who passes with a score of 5; $ 100 for a 4 — but schools must raise money themselves for other performance bonuses.

St Paul — Witnesses who testified here last week at the first of five regional hearings on «Excellence in Teacher Education,» said an improved relationship between schools of education and elementary - and secondary - school educators in the «trenches» will be necessary if the quality of prospective teachers and the instruction they receive is to be raised.

In Oklahoma, after threatening a walkout, teachers received a 16 - percent raise — three times the raise earned by their West Virginia colleagues.

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.

To receive this designation a teacher must have demonstrated the ability to raise student test scores.

Georgia teachers will receive a 3 percent pay raise and funding for the state's Quality Basic Education Act will be increased as a result of the legislature's adoption of the first major tax increase in 18 years.

Streamlining hiring procedures; expanding the search beyond customary borders; forgiving loans; offering signing bonuses, housing assistance, mentoring programs; enticing retirees to return — or enter — teaching; and raising teachers» salaries to what other comparatively educated college graduates receive certainly won't hurt.

It helps to raise student confidence and is also a useful approach for the teacher to receive feedback and see where gaps exist.

The improvement in teacher performance from before to after evaluation is larger for teachers who received relatively low TES scores, teachers whose TES scores improved the most during the TES year, and especially for teachers who were relatively ineffective in raising student test scores prior to TES.

In addition to changes related to program structure, such as those raised by the recent high - profile Teachers College study, the question of content is pivotal; principals receive limited training in the use of data, research, technology, the hiring or termination of personnel, or using data to evaluate personnel in a systematic way.

The new computing curriculum has raised expectations of what the teachers must teach and what the children must learn, which is quite difficult, and coupled with the fact that the support we used to receive from the local authority (LA) has been significantly reduced, means that we were in a challenging situation, and I'm sure so many other schools are in the same predicament.

Teachers would continue to receive «step and lane» raises that reward those who earn more degrees or add a year of seniority.

The proposed contract is filled with sweeteners for the teachers: They still would receive «step and lane» raises that reward those who earn more degrees or add a year of seniority.

With teachers» last pay raise dating back to early 2007, the union says a salary hike is long overdue, especially since last fall's voter - approved Prop. 30 increased the per - student funds the district receives from the state.

However, I am highly disappointed at the turn of events in which you announced that teachers would not receive pay raises.

«I would think most teachers feel positive about new teachers receiving more money... but couldn't pay raises have been more equitably distributed?»

Veteran teachers received little, and some at the very high end of the salary schedule say they received no raises.

Master teachers receive a 10 % raise annually and also bear additional responsibilities for mentoring and planning and executing professional development.

Claiming that teachers have not received a raise since 2007, the United Teachers of Los Angeles held a protest rally last Weteachers have not received a raise since 2007, the United Teachers of Los Angeles held a protest rally last WeTeachers of Los Angeles held a protest rally last Wednesday.

First, while it is true that teachers in Los Angeles have not received an across - the - board raise in almost seven years, they get yearly raises throughout most of their careers.

But as was the case last year with the Senate's initial proposal, veteran teachers would be ignored — those with 25 years and on would receive no raise, with their salaries capped out at $ 50,000.

For example, after receiving no raise in year 21, a New York City teacher earns a $ 5,511 raise in year 22, a bump of 5.8 percent.

As a result, our policy group — under the umbrella of a group called Educators 4 Excellence — is recommending that teachers receive bonuses for their success in the classroom as part of a package of rewards we believe will honor educators» achievements and raise student performance.

Many of the increases in state aid since the end of the recession have so far paid for things like increased health care costs and raises for teachers, some of whom have not received raises for four years, Griffith said.

In Oklahoma, meanwhile, teachers who have not received a raise from the state in a decade have declared they will go on strike on April 2 if the Legislature does not act to increase their pay as well as overall education budgets.

But that doesn't include automatic pay raises most teachers will receive for their years of experience.

UTLA teachers have not received a raise in over seven years, and the two sides are still far apart on the topic of salary.

North Carolina's teachers have received just one small raise of 1.2 percent during the past five years, which was offset for many by rises in health insurance premiums.

In addition to stipends, Sun Prairie teachers who earn master's degrees will receive a $ 4,000 raise, and teachers who are certified by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards or earn a Master Educator license will see a $ 2,000 raise.

Teacher morale has plummeted as they have seen instructional supplies cut to the bone, 4,000 teacher assistant positions eliminated from classrooms across the state, and yet another year in which teachers receive no pay Teacher morale has plummeted as they have seen instructional supplies cut to the bone, 4,000 teacher assistant positions eliminated from classrooms across the state, and yet another year in which teachers receive no pay teacher assistant positions eliminated from classrooms across the state, and yet another year in which teachers receive no pay raises.

North Carolina's teachers have received only one pay raise since 2008 — a small one of 1.2 percent in 2010.

Teachers haven't received meaningful raises in six years, and there is a lot of frustration around not only that issue, but also the lack of classroom resources.

Those rated in the bottom two categories are blocked from receiving raises and teachers rated ineffective twice can be fired.

In Tennessee, where student test scores count for 35 percent of a teacher's evaluation, questions have been raised about the system's accuracy and reliability, with someteachers seeing inconsistencies between the scores they receive on observations and their value - added ratings.

Lois Davis, 3rd Grade Teacher, Liberty School As all parents of gifted children know, raising these children requires an enormous commitment and amount of energy to insure that they receive an appropriate education.

The district announced Thursday that teachers will receive 9 percent raises, with the salary for first - year educators increased from $ 39,954 to $ 43,887.

Fund the congressionally authorized Augustus F. Hawkins Centers of Excellence Program for competitive grants to teacher - preparation programs at minority - serving institutions to make such programs more rigorous — including raising entry and exit standards for the programs; at the same time, students would receive help in meeting those standards.

In what may be among the first of many lawsuits over the new evaluations — which have been adopted by multiple states — the Florida teachers union is challenging the state's use of test scores in decisions about which teachers are fired and which receive pay raises.

In his remarks Luna uses NCTQ's standards for teacher prep to frame a core set of expectations for improving teacher prep: 1) raising the bar on who gets into teacher prep; 2) doing a much better job preparing teachers in reading and mathematics; and 3) making sure that the training student teachers receive is in the hands of only highly effective teachers.

Nobody — except one seventh - grader who attends Ross Elementary School — suggested the teachers give up the 18 % raise they received as a result of last fall's strike in order to funnel more money back into the system to keep the schools open.