Sentences with phrase «teaching force»

The literature on effective schools emphasizes the importance of a quality teaching force in improving educational outcomes for students.

Evidence suggests that attracting and retaining a high quality teaching force will be a challenge.

Long term, policymakers can look to mitigate the impact of racial bias through efforts to recruit a more diverse teaching force.

And we can at least begin the process of creating a more sustainable teaching force for our future generations.

Our goal is to facilitate the development of an effective teaching force that reflects the diversity of Black people in this country.

Imagine an American teaching force that jumps through every hoop politicians put in front of them?

Now, a large part of the current teaching force is learning Portuguese alongside the students they are teaching.

Her book is rich with suggestions for working in our schools today, where we find a primarily white teaching force and an expanding population of students of color.

With that information and incentive, districts could leverage the skills and knowledge of highly effective teachers into greater responsibilities to improve the overall teaching force in districts.

A stable teaching force facilitates cohesion among educators to pursue a common vision; an unstable one can lead to different goals and strategies.

Has the elementary and secondary teaching force changed in recent years?

The national teaching force is being asked to do its job in substantially different ways.

It recently issued a state report card that evaluated states on criteria seen as promoting a professional teaching force, equitable and sufficient funding, and equal opportunities for all students to succeed.

So I realize a focus on increasing the black male teaching force can be viewed as problematic.

First, the caliber of the elementary and secondary teaching force needs improvement.

By fostering the development of a diverse, supported, and excellent teaching force, we can help ensure the success of all of our children.

A stable and experienced teaching force is important for continuity and it can also be cost effective, since recruitment and training costs can be substantial.

This started in late 1970s and created a great teaching force.

The quality of a nation's teaching force also affects student performance and therefore must be controlled for.

More complex shifts, like creating a long - term plan to better maintain a steady teaching force are goals that do not seem to have come to the forefront yet.

Several years ago, the three of us embarked on a research project to explore demographic trends in the elementary and secondary teaching force since the late 1980s.

In total, about a quarter of the state's teaching force participated this year.

But the administration's K - 12 strategy has put the profit - driven interests of business capital before investment in the professional capital of a high quality, sustainable teaching force.

She has always taught force - free and is very patient.

A high - quality teaching force is necessary to accomplish the previously discussed priorities.

Our goal is to create an effective teaching force that reflects the diversity of Black people in this country.

In the competition for educational investment, the evidence points strongly to the importance of a strong, stable teaching force.

A third reason to increase the black male teaching force is the role modeling and mentoring that these teachers may be able to offer.

If the government wants to retain a motivated and skilled teaching force, then they need to leave us alone to get on with the job that we know we can do!

As districts develop their reform agenda, they should put at the forefront a vision for the type of teaching force needed to support their plans for reform, and use empirical studies as a guide to recruit and retain teachers.

This research is part of the Project on the Next Generation of Teachers, a multi-year research project addressing critical questions about the future of our nation's teaching force by studying how best to attract, support, and retain quality teachers in U.S. public schools.

Three Wrong - Headed Ideas Driving Reform of U.S. Teaching Force Washington Post, 6/12/15 «When the going gets tough in our wealthy societies, the powers - that - be often choose quick fixes.

In 14 of them, the percentage minority for those alternatively certified exceeds by a wide margin the percentage minority of the state's teaching force as a whole.

Currently, Johnson and a group of advanced doctoral students are engaged in a multiyear research study, The Project on the Next Generation of Teachers, that examines how best to recruit, support, and retain a strong teaching force in the next decade.

While the population of people of color continues to grow and now accounts for nearly half of K - 12 enrollment, 83 percent of the U.S. teaching force remains white: Approximately 38,000 African - American teachers and administrators in 17 states lost their positions in the decade after the landmark 1954 ruling.

Making sure that the entire teaching force in Massachusetts — and nationally — has access to effective training is the Common Core's foremost challenge.

With an aging teaching force, mandated class size reductions, and the swelling numbers of immigrants and baby boomer children, U.S. schools will need an unprecedented number of new teachers over the next decade.

The U.S. elementary teaching force continues to lack knowledge and confidence in science concepts (Fulp, 2002).

IDRA's Transitions Project — Promoting Excellence in Teaching through a Highly Qualified Teaching Force Linda Cantú, Ph.D., and Adela Solís, Ph.D., IDRA Newsletter, April 2006

With nearly half of all new teachers leaving their classrooms within five years and as many as a third of the nation's teaching force readying for retirement, some education and political leaders seem to believe that education can solve its human - resource challenge by becoming more like the military: sign individuals up for short - term enlistments, prepare them in intensive boot - camp experiences, and then send them to the front lines.

Currently, blended methods are used to help add personalized features to courses, expand offerings without having to expand teaching force size or class space, aid students with credit recovery, and serve students who might not be able to attend classes on campus five days a week.

«We are all incredibly proud of Ms. Chaffee and thrilled to see a representative of Massachusetts» strong teaching force represented at the national level,» said Governor Charlie Baker.

In other words, you are right, but I can not see a way that your observation leads to a substantially improved teaching force within the next 15 to 20 years, which I take to be the crucial horizon in terms of the continued economic prosperity of the United States.

The public school teaching force has already shrunk.

In China, which has the largest teaching force in the world, a long tradition of lesson study has been integrated into the professional lives of teachers.

The book makes three recommendations: a much smaller, selective, intellectually engaged, and better compensated teaching force supported by technology; an open, transparent, and accountable system of preparation and professional development that drives out inferior providers and rewards success; and increased responsibility for teacher development in the hands of principals, who may be the strongest determinant of teacher quality on the job.