Sentences with phrase «teaching as a profession»

Curriculum goals and instructional strategies are informed by ongoing documentation and assessment and are consistent with an image of teaching as a profession of inquiry.

A total ban on linking test scores and evaluations doesn't strengthen teaching as a profession, nor does it help kids, he said.

That statistic, obviously, tells us we do not treat teaching as the profession it is.

Or will we have to stop viewing teaching as a profession all together and just make sure someone is in each room?

If you've ever thought teaching as a profession this is an episode you won't want to miss.

The poll indicates teaching as a profession is held in high esteem.

Long term, this means changing the image of teaching as a profession altogether so that high - quality candidates will enter the field and stay.

Teachers who choose teaching as a profession and who want to be there for students — always — are critical.

Somewhere along the way, teaching as a profession seems to have lost status.

Make no mistake; the goal of the plaintiffs is to diminish the stature of teaching as a profession.

All of these initiatives have one obvious impact: many fewer graduates of New Jersey's high schools can even consider teaching as a profession.

It includes plans to address the inequities by promoting teaching as a profession in high school clubs and vocational programs, while calling for better college teacher education programs to help prepare educators for low - income and high - minority schools.

«Indeed the biggest threat to teacher recruitment is that the teaching unions and others, use every opportunity to talk down teaching as a profession, continually painting a negative picture of England's schools.

In The Development of Teaching as a Profession, Vince Connelly and Michael S. Rosenberg address issues concerning the status of teaching as a profession in comparison to the development of four other fields: medicine, law, engineering, and social work.

To improve the United States» education system, we must reconsider how we think about teaching as a profession and the role of the school in our society, writes Finland's Pasi Sahlberg, ASCD Board member and school reform expert, in his recent blog post for The Washington Post.

Those who leave mention a perceived lack of respect for teaching as a profession, lagging salary levels, and difficult working conditions.

«This is an inspiring group of young people who recognize teaching as a profession and see social justice at the core of their work,» Leibel said.

Members of the Education Commission of the States voiced more questions than answers on how best to raise the stature of teaching as a profession during their annual meeting here.

Speaking to TODAY's Matt Lauer in the Green Room of the White House for nearly 30 minutes, Obama said that additional funding tied to significant reforms — including a longer school year and lifting teaching as a profession — is a much - needed fix.

«SEED funding will ensure we are able to continue our pursuit of the best practices to retain effective teachers; reposition teaching as a profession; improve student learning and lives; and ensure equity for students.»

We believe that these papers, and others like them, challenge teacher educators and the larger field to consider strategies for professionalizing teachers and teaching as the profession faces a dual challenge.

In Reversing the Deprofessionalization of Teaching, the authors describe the impact of teacher - level reforms and offer a path to restoring teaching as a profession.

«Coming out of high school, we are finding more and more that students are choosing not to enter teaching as a profession,» said Markley.

Aside from the implicit paradox involved in punishing children, teachers, and schools while simultaneously removing their financial supports, perhaps the most troubling aspect of this approach is that it seriously demeans teaching as profession.

In closing «Sustaining the Teaching Profession,» Ron Thorpe offers a vision inspired by Paul Starr's Social Transformation of American Medicine, substituting key words to envision teaching as the profession to be elevated: «In the 20th century, the teaching profession was generally weak, divided, insecure in its status and its income, unable to control entry into practice or to raise standards of teacher education.

The campaign plays off of these characteristics through a series of digital videos and social media posts designed to quickly grab their attention and to demonstrate teaching as a profession that will not be automated.

The billionaires, and the politicians they have purchased, want nothing less than to destroy teaching as a profession.

Keep in mind, this lamentation of the lack of «honor» given to teaching as a profession comes from someone who has repeatedly taken the standard reformer line that all of the ills in our education system can be traced back almost entirely to teachers themselves and who has advocated for policy makers who diminish teachers» workplace protections and their autonomy and who want to tie opportunities for greater compensation to standardized test scores.

Deputy first minister and education John Swinney said: «These new routes are designed to encourage people from a whole range of backgrounds to consider teaching as a profession and I am pleased to see the impact they are having on the number of student teachers.

«The current legislation's tone does not promote teaching as a profession or recognize the efforts put forth by educators.

«In addition to making a valuable contribution to strengthening teaching as a profession, completing one of these portfolio entries will also provide participants with a professionally validated example of your expertise in teaching.

A spokesperson said: «Indeed the biggest threat to teacher recruitment is that the teaching unions and others, use every opportunity to talk down teaching as a profession, continually painting a negative picture of England's schools.

For PLCs to truly flourish, it requires a much greater cultural shift in how we treat teaching as a profession.

«I'm gratified that Secretary Duncan is talking about teaching as a profession, and not as a momentary spectator sport or service project,» Weingarten told The Huffington Post.

On the supply side, the overall desirability of teaching as a profession is the most important factor affecting whether young people or career switchers decide to become teachers.

In this way, certification can actually harm the public's perception of teaching as a profession - the very opposite of what certification proponents wish to do.

Sir Ken Robinson (@SirKenRobinson): In the US, the main way is to improve the status and conditions of teaching as a profession.

«In the US, the main way [to impact teacher retention] is to improve the status and conditions of teaching as a profession.»

Teaching as a profession should mean that much.

But teaching as a profession is doomed to fail as an assembly - line enterprise.

The stakes — the voices of those who work with children daily, the building of educators» capacities to care fully and advocate for those they teach, the valuing of teaching as a profession — have rarely been higher.

Clearly, we need a better understanding of the consequences of different systems on teacher development, teacher collaboration, and the desirability of teaching as a profession.

• «Ron Thorpe was a visionary who expanded my view of teaching as a profession.

Take her money and you support the demolition of teaching as a profession.

by David Loewenberg On first thought, school building design may seem to have little to do with debates around improving teacher quality and elevating the status of teaching as a profession.