Sentences with phrase «teachers represented by»

We've selected the secondary school level as an illustration because of the relatively large population of teachers represented by this area.

In fact, for the first time since the rise of the teachers unions in the 1980s, the percentage of US teachers represented by them has fallen below 50 percent.

Labour relations: The commission scolaire in Laval sought to terminate a teacher represented by the syndicat (union).

Not exact matches

So all in all you're going to want to multiply the number of abuse cases by priests by a factor of at least a few hundred to represent the actual risk ratio for spending time with an individual priest vs. a teacher.

The gop has alienated so many people from so many walks of life that the only voter represented by them will be a 50 year old white man who mistrusts minorities and women and unions and non christians and seniors and government employees and teachers and librarians and nurses and postal workers and immigrants and firefighters and I have probably left out quite a few of you who they have managed to insult this past year.

The teacher should be regarded with honor and shown deference by his students, not because of any personal superiority or privilege, but as a mark of devotion to the matters of worth that he in his official capacity represents.

For the Gospel of Matthew «corrected» the Gospel of Mark, in the process of editing and revising it, by incorporating the teaching of Jesus, and by representing him as the Revealer of the Kingdom, the expounder of the New Law — the Messiah, indeed, but a Messiah who appeared first of all as the Teacher of Israel.

These are the main results of the research carried out on a sample of 350 young girls and boys representing the Italian population aged 9 - 17 years old «Smartphones, social network and instant messaging services: challenges for children, parents and teachers» presented today in Rome at the «Global Trends in Online Safety: Creating a National Framework» conference, an event developed and co-hosted by the Family Online Safety Institute (FOSI) and TIM.

An anonymous Senate Republican, who does not represent New York City, said his conference is growing aggravated by Mayor Bloomberg's «do - or - die» approach to lobbying on key issues - including the release of teacher performance evaluation data — an issue he lost on to the teachers» unions.

The membership of serving teachers determines national policy, which is implemented by those elected to represent them.

He says each apple represents a teaching job lost because of funding cuts, and an apple that would otherwise be delivered by a student to their teacher.

Having top performing districts be exempt from the law has already been floated by Board of Regents Chancellor Merryl Tisch — an idea that was roundly rejected by the New York State United Teachers, the umbrella group representing teachersTeachers, the umbrella group representing teachersteachers unions.

Organised Labour is represented by Dr Kwabena Otoo, Trades Union Congress; Mr J.N.O. Ankrah, Civil & Local Government Staff Association of Ghana, Mr K. Ahenekwa - Quarshie, Ghana National Association of Teachers; and Mr Kenneth Koomson, Ghana Federation of Labour.

A proposal by SUNY that would allow for as little as 30 hours of training for charter school teachers is stirring a debate and is opposed by the union that represents professors.

The United Federation of Teachers backed Rangel in the past and its switch to Espaillat, a state senator, represents the biggest abandonment of the incumbent by Big Labor.

The «Costs and Outcomes» report was jointly sponsored by the Long Island Education Coalition, which represents school superintendents, teacher unions and other groups, and by the Long Island Association, the region's largest business and civic group.

Attorneys representing teachers and school administrators said the governor overstepped his constitutional authority by delaying the payments on Dec. 15 without legislative approval.

The race for the 30th SD (the Harlem district once represented by Gov. David Paterson) has become a proxy war over charter schools, with Perkins enjoying support from the teachers union.

He said he joined other teachers of the year in drafting the letter because as individuals vetted by the state Education Department, they represent some of the best teachers in the state, and he hoped that status would give them some moral authority.

Other estates on the fringes of Leeds in the Seacroft area come under Elmet which is also a Labour Stronghold and represented by former Foxwood School history teacher Colin Burgon, however there is a proposal [citation needed] to alter the boundaries, bringing these areas in with Seacroft and focusing Elmet on Wetherby, Garforth and Rothwell.

But Cuomo's sympathies for the legal rights of labor are heightened by his desire for peace with the United Federation of Teachers, which represents the city's educators.

«For the better part of four decades, Phil has been a lion in representing the interests of Buffalo's teachers while, at the same time, giving voice to the needs of Buffalo's children who too often have been forgotten by those in power.»

Teachers and staff at the Academy of the City Charter School in Long Island City have announced they will seek to be represented by the United Federation of Teachers.

The task force's report, which came with Mr. Cuomo's implicit approval, represented an about face by the governor, a Democrat, who in January had called for test scores to account for half of some teachers» evaluations.

While that puts him at odds with the teachers union, it represents a very different tone from that used by Mayor Michael Bloomberg in his State of the City speech last week.

Mentored by unconventional and anarchic teacher Mr Humphreys, Nathan's talents win him a place representing GB at the International Mathematics Olympiad.

Donnie will soon stage his own personal rebellion against the forces of Reagan - era conformity, represented less by his parents (Holmes Osborne and Mary McDonnell, both superb) than by his high school's viciously censorious gym teacher (a priceless Beth Grant) and her motivational - speaker crony (Patrick Swayze).

While teacher unions and other organizations representing administrators, policymakers, and school chiefs all claim to be acting on behalf of children, they are all by their very nature really only looking out for their own best interests - that's what they're there for.

An extra, transitional year of high school, taught by teachers especially trained to accelerate the basic skills of teenagers and young adults, is part of a multifaceted dropout - prevention plan proposed this morning (July 3) by Sandra Feldman, president of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), an organization representing 1 million teachers and school - related peteachers especially trained to accelerate the basic skills of teenagers and young adults, is part of a multifaceted dropout - prevention plan proposed this morning (July 3) by Sandra Feldman, president of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), an organization representing 1 million teachers and school - related peTeachers (AFT), an organization representing 1 million teachers and school - related peteachers and school - related personnel.

Because teachers and students diligently prepare for SLCs in advance by reflecting on projects verbally and in writing, culling work that represents progress or challenges, and giving and receiving feedback, the investment from students can have a domino effect on family participation.

A national poll of teachers conducted by Terry Moe in 2003 revealed that 84 percent of union members report that they are either somewhat or very satisfied with the job their unions do in representing their interests in collective bargaining.

«The vastness of the system,» the CE reported at the turn of the 20th century, «may be gauged by the fact that it comprises over 20,000 teachers, over 1,000,000 pupils, represents $ 100,000,000 worth of property; and costs over $ 15,000,000 annually.»

Using lesson plans devised by the G - 8 Host Committee and the Georgia Council on Economic Education, a nonprofit organization that provides resources for teachers, students have been learning parts of the languages of the countries that are represented, studying their monetary systems, and researching facts about British...

The event represented the culmination of two Making Learning Visible courses attended by 38 early childhood teachers from the Boston Public...

This means teachers can now have students describe what the displays represent and what they learned by producing them.

For instance, a science teacher might get kids to use their bodily - kinesthetic abilities by having them perform a lesson, representing a virus or the nucleus of a cell.

Writing on his Facebook page, Mr Woo said it was a joy to represent and embody the wonderful work done by teachers every day across the planet.

Collective Bargaining: The process by which a district and a union representing teachers arrive at a contract spelling out work hours and conditions, salary, benefits, and processes for handling grievances.

For a sense of the strength of the incentive provided by the bonuses, the full $ 3,000 award represents a 7 percent increase in the salary of teachers at the bottom of the pay scale and a 3 percent increase for the most experienced teachers.

An elementary school in Washington State recently set itself a ridiculously haughty goal of having 100 percent of its students represented by a parent during the semi-annual parent - teacher conferences.

That is, the rise in employer contributions mainly represents costs that have been deferred by various means for benefits previously earned by teachers and other personnel, many of whom have long since left the schoolhouse.

The demand among music teachers is represented by the Expo's continued expansion, and this year it is moving across London from the Barbican to take place at Olympia Central, meaning more space, plenty of natural light and free WiFi.

NYT was about to provide good and just reasons for taxpayer wrath, leavened, of course, by responses from those representing teacher and other public sector unions.

• too much school time is given over to test prep — and the pressure to lift scores leads to cheating and other unsavory practices; • subjects and accomplishments that aren't tested — art, creativity, leadership, independent thinking, etc. — are getting squeezed if not discarded; • teachers are losing their freedom to practice their craft, to make classes interesting and stimulating, and to act like professionals; • the curricular homogenizing that generally follows from standardized tests and state (or national) standards represents an undesirable usurpation of school autonomy, teacher freedom, and local control by distant authorities; and • judging teachers and schools by pupil test scores is inaccurate and unfair, given the kids» different starting points and home circumstances, the variation in class sizes and school resources, and the many other services that schools and teachers are now expected to provide their students.

he helpfully explains that Weingarten, said to be «demonized by the film,» is obliged to represent the «thousands of teachers who depend on tenure.»

A Maryland school district's curriculum and classroom assessments represent what teachers need to help students reach ambitious academic goals and succeed on state tests, concludes a report issued by a group pushing for greater student achievement.

Having financed his first election campaign completely out of his deep pockets, Bloomberg was unencumbered by debts owed to the system's entrenched interest groups, including the powerful union representing 80,000 teachers.

Compiled by a Qualified Teacher, Tor Alexander Bruce, with a range of experience of having these conditions himself and who has worked extensively over a period of 11 years with young people from disengaged background and the services that represent them.

Facing heckling from the crowd, Morgan warned teachers that they should work with the Conservative government, saying: «Teaching unions have a choice — spend the next four years doing battle with us and doing down the profession they represent in the process, or stepping up, seizing the opportunities and promise offered by the white paper and helping us to shape the future of the education system.»

New teacher evaluation systems represent a significant improvement over the bad old days of every teacher getting a satisfactory rating based on a cursory observation by their principal.