Sentences with phrase «teachers saying they plan»

More than 40 percent of the nation's teachers say they plan to leave the field within five years, according to a survey.

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TA said it is buying equity from existing investors and is working with lead investor Ontario Teachers» Pension Plan to continue to grow the company.

«I actually rallied my entire team of science teachers in 6th, 7th, and 8th grades to set our plans aside and focus on the same thing for that day,» she says.

** The president and chief executive officer of the Ontario Teachers» Pension Plan is forecasting choppy investing conditions for the rest of this year, but says the fund is in a solid position to weather any storms.

He said there are only four or five days during the school year when the training can be done and his instructors are able to do about 10 schools on a single teacher planning day.

Music teachers in 57 out of 95 schools said their schools plan to reduce opportunities to study music from this September....

I'm pretty sure that teachers must alter their lesson plans once in a while - say if 10 % of the class is out with the flu - I think they would use the day more for review for the students who are present.

i thought i was getting my first plan ticket to» the bad place» as what my sunday school teachers would say — but i was taught that God has a Pure heart and doesn't bestow hatred upon his children and forgives us for all our sins!

Decisions had to be made from time to time as to where or when services of the church would be held; the church needed to be told of the impending visit of an apostle, or of some prophet or teacher from abroad; a question has been raised as to the good faith of one of these visitors, and there must be some discussion of the point and a decision on it; a fellow Christian from another church is on a journey and needs hospitality; a member of the local congregation planning to visit a church abroad needs a letter of introduction to that church, which someone must be authorized to provide; a serious dispute about property rights or some other legal matter has arisen between two of the brothers and the church must name someone to help them settle the issue or must in some other way deal with it; a new local magistrate has begun to prosecute Christians for violating the law against unlicensed assembly, and consideration must be given to ways and means of meeting this crisis; charges have been brought against one of the members by another member, and these must be investigated and perhaps some disciplinary action taken; one of the members has died, and the church is called on for some special action in behalf of his family in the emergency; differences of opinion exist in the church on certain questions of morals or belief (such as marriage and divorce, or the resurrection), differences which local prophets and teachers are apparently unable to compose, and a letter must be written to the apostle — who will write this letter and what exactly will it say?

You are your child's greatest advocate and it's important for you to understand both what your child's teachers are saying, and any plan you devise to help your child succeed.

A longer school day would simply cut into the after school time many teachers use to grade papers, create lesson plans or confer with parents or students, Lewis said.

«Meet with the teacher and work out a plan,» says Meg Zweiback, a nurse practitioner, family consultant, and associate clinical professor at the University of California at San Francisco.

You can't spank your teachers or your friends, and you most certainly can't even adopt a pet in most states if you say that you plan to spank them.

At the end of October, the WSP community will say goodbye to 6th grade teacher Cynthea Frongillo as she heads into retirement, and plans new adventures with her husband Alex, our former math and recorder teacher.

She's so happy working in school nutrition, Dodge has even put her plans to become a teacher on hold, saying that working in the school cafeteria is the «best of both worlds.»

Commenting on plans for local authorities to decide where new schools should open, Kevin Courtney, Deputy General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers, the largest teachers» union, said: «This is a clear admission that the free school policy has not effectively addressed local need for new places and concedes the vital role of the local authority in funding for new school places and the right of the local authority to select the pTeachers, the largest teachers» union, said: «This is a clear admission that the free school policy has not effectively addressed local need for new places and concedes the vital role of the local authority in funding for new school places and the right of the local authority to select the pteachers» union, said: «This is a clear admission that the free school policy has not effectively addressed local need for new places and concedes the vital role of the local authority in funding for new school places and the right of the local authority to select the provider.

A real - time electronic poll of BME teachers attending the seminar found that: 78 % do not think the work and contribution of BME teachers is recognised and valued by schools; 58 % do not think treatment of BME teachers has improved in the last decade; Only 36 % feel outcomes for BME pupils have improved in the last decade; 98 % feel that racism continues to be a serious problem in the UK today; 53 % do not see themselves still being in the teaching profession in the next five years, with 31 % saying they are planning to change career and the rest saying they plan to retire or take a break from the profession.

The Times sides with Bloomberg against Albany, but says some of his «grim budget seems overly dire» — particularly his plan to cut some 6,700 teachers.

King recently expressed extreme frustration with the teachers union and school administrators in several large cities downstate and upstate, over what he said was a failure to come up with a teacher evaluation plan by a December 31 deadline, to meet requirements for the federal Race to the Top grant awards.

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, who made a point recently of speaking to a rally organized by a group tied to the teachers union, says he thinks Cuomo's plan to force teacher evaluation agreements makes sense.

The leader of one of the organizations, the Buffalo Parent - Teacher Organization, said the group plans to file an official petition with Elia asking her to remove him from office.

Local teachers union officials said they planning a rally for this Thursday near City Hall.

Another letter to the paper, from Jane Eades, Chair of Anti Academies Alliance, said: «Is this a promise that he will stop plans to open academies in areas where parents and teachers oppose the plans, returning schools to local authority control?

City Honors parents in Buffalo say planned teacher cuts at their school would cause a major disruption for students.

«Government must get a grip on teacher retention and we expect it to set out a targeted, measurable plan to support struggling schools as a matter of urgency,» she said.

«All those ads by the teachers» union may not be working exactly as planned,» said Q poillster Mickey Carroll.

Two other groups, the Buffalo Parent - Teacher Organization and the District Parent Coordinating Council, have also said they plan to appeal to NYSED.

ALBANY — The final plan for a new statewide teacher evaluation system will require observations by an «independent» evaluator, a Cuomo administration official said during a briefing with reporters late Monday.

City Hall says Cuomo's plan would simply expedite an already - underway process by the state Education Department to create guidelines for evaluating teachers but leave intact the legal language mandating layoffs be implemented based on seniority.

Silver says the Assembly's budget plan, due out March 11, will restore $ 260 million dollars Cuomo cut to New York City schools, after they failed to meet the governor's deadline to agree on a teacher evaluation plan.

At a recent conference held by the teacher's group Educators for Excellence, State Education Commissioner Mary Ellen Elia says she plans to try to convince parents not have their children repeat this year's boycott of standardized tests associated with the Common Core learning standards, which resulted in 20 % of students statewide opting out of the tests.

He said that all stakeholders, including teachers, should be at the table as a rational new plan is crafted.

In his speech following Albright, Cuomo said he planned to offer teacher bonuses and called for universal pre-kindergarten for the state's students.

Sources said the United Federation of Teachers and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver would look more favorably on pro-charter legislation if Mayor Bloomberg rolls back plans to eliminate thousands of teaching positions.

He says teachers found errors in some of the math modules and that many of the lesson plans weren't even ready when school started this year.

Less than a month after it was enacted, Governor Cuomo's new teacher evaluation plan seems to be in jeopardy, with the Regents Chancellor calling for a year's delay and a key Senator saying the legislature needs to revisit the issue.

Less than a month after it was enacted, Gov. Andrew Cuomo's new teacher evaluation plan seems to be in jeopardy, with the Regents chancellor calling for a year's delay and a key senator saying the legislature needs to revisit the issue.

At a recent conference held by the teacher's group Educators for Excellence, State Education Commissioner Mary Ellen Elia says she plans to try to convince parents not have their children repeat this year's boycott of standardized tests associated with the Common Core learning standards, which resulted in 20 percent of students statewide opting out of the tests.

At a recent conference held by the teacher's group Educators for Excellence, New York State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia says she plans to try to convince parents not have their children repeat this year's boycott of standardized tests associated with the Common Core learning standards, which resulted in 20 percent of students statewide opting out of the tests.

The Education Department says it approved six of seven school improvement grants, but only if the district is able to reach agreement with on a teacher evolution plan with the Buffalo Teachers Federation by July 1.

But Bloomberg said the city did make «some progress» in the budget, especially when it comes to an agreement between the governor and legislative leaders that will essentially prevent any teacher evaluation plans from sunsetting — a big concern for the mayor.

A number of other groups, including the Buffalo Parent - Teacher Organization, and the District Parent Coordinating Council, and the board of education have said they plan to appeal to NYSED too.

State education officials will soon release a plan for how they'll develop regulations to finalize a new teacher - evaluation system, Board of Regents chancellor Merryl Tisch said.

Bloomberg will likely issue a plea for lawmakers to restore some of NYC's $ 300 million in aid to localities Gov. Andrew Cuomo axed in his 2011 - 2012 spending plan and also ask for the repeal of «last in, first out» rule when it comes to laying off public school teachers, which he says the governor's cuts will force him to do if they're allowed to stand.

Speaking to the BBC, former head teacher and government consultant on the planned pilot project, Peter Walker said: «It doesn't cause any harm whatsoever, a child still has a right to say no, indeed so does a parent, it doesn't disrupt the running of the school, it's relatively cheap to do and brings great benefits like improved performances.»

The NY Post says the teachers union «broke» the governor, thanks to reports that he plans to abandon the effort to use student scores on state tests to help judge teacher performance.

Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul said Cuomo was unconcerned with the result, and pointed to teacher evaluation and other education policy changes that were enacted in this year's budget plan.

Cuomo, speaking on former Governor David Paterson's radio show on WOR Monday, said the legislature will end its session for the summer without acting on a plan on how to make public teacher evaluations public, saying that the evaluations do not have to be completed by schools until January, anyway.

More than 6,000 teachers are currently completing personalized professional development plans as a result of the evaluation system, Mulgrew said.

Teachers and students from a local Catholic school said they planned to picket outside Rosenthal's New York City office Tuesday afternoon.