Sentences with phrase «teaching unions which»

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For the consecrated life (as John Paul II taught in the 1996 apostolic exhortation Vita Consecrata) is the spiritual engine of the Church, in which the energies of evangelism are refined and shared in a great exchange of gifts by which the entire Church, the bride of Christ, strives for union with her divine spouse.

Some Sufis even denounced the Pillars of Islam and taught that union with God is the aim of Islam, a pantheistic doctrine which is heretical.

Here the language of the Fourth Gospel approximates to that of contemporary Hellenistic mysticism, which taught that by gnosis man might enter into union with God, and so become divine and immortal.

Roger Shinn, who taught ethics for many years at Union Theological Seminary in New York, offers a clearly written essay, «Between Eden and Babel,» in which he explores in brief compass many of the moral issues involved as well as some of the first ethical discussions of cloning more than thirty years ago after tadpoles had been cloned.

The modern difficulty in understanding the Church's teaching on married sexuality stems in large part from a failure to distinguish between lust and what is (or should be) normal sexual desire, i.e. between assertive and unregulated sexual desire, bent foremost on physical self - satisfaction, and simple sexual attraction, which can include a desire for union and is characterised by respect and regulated by love.

Pope John Paul was emphatic in teaching that» [t] he use of the infertile periods for conjugal union can be an abuse if the couple, for unworthy reasons, seeks in this way to avoid having children, thus lowering the number of births in their family below the morally correct level.This morally correct level must be established by taking into account not only the good of one's own family, and even the state of health and the means of the couple themselves, but also the good of the society to which they belong, of the Church, and even of the whole of mankind.

Fox tells the story from beginning to end: childhood in the German - American parsonage; nine grades of school followed by three years in a denominational «college» that was not yet a college and three year's in Eden Seminary, with graduation at 21; a five - month pastorate due to his father's death; Yale Divinity School, where despite academic probation because he had no accredited degree, he earned the B.D. and M.A.; the Detroit pastorate (1915 - 1918) in which he encountered industrial America and the race problem; his growing reputation as lecturer and writer (especially for The Christian Century); the teaching career at Union Theological Seminary (1928 - 1960); marriage and family; the landmark books Moral Man and Immoral Society and The Nature and Destiny of Man; the founding of the Fellowship of Socialist Christians and its journal Radical Religion; the gradual move from Socialist to liberal Democratic politics, and from leader of the Fellowship of Reconciliation to critic of pacifism; the break with Charles Clayton Morrison's Christian Century and the inauguration of Christianity and Crisis; the founding of the Union for Democratic Action, then later of Americans for Democratic Action; participation in the ecumenical movement, especially the Oxford Conference and the Amsterdam Assembly; increasing friendship with government officials and service with George Kennan's policy - planning group in the State Department; the first stroke in 1952 and the subsequent struggles with ill health; retirement from Union in 1960, followed by short appointments at Harvard, at the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions, and at Columbia's Institute of War and Peace Studies; intense suffering from ill health; and death in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, in 1971.

Biel taught a mysticism which said that the soul of a worthy participant was changed into the body of Christ through a most intimate union, when he or she consumed the consecrated bread (only priests took the wine as well).

Last week, whilst teaching a course at Colorado College, I wrote a piece for The Economist about a bill to allow civil unions in the state, which was combined with reporting on Obama's announcement in support of gay marriage and that passage of North Carolina's constitutional amendment banning gay marriage.

Riots, Communities and Victims Panel Report Commenting on the independent report which emerged today from the Riots, Communities and Victims Panel, Christine Blower, General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers, the largest teachers» union, said: «While many teachers are only too aware of the social problems and all too often grinding poverty that some of their pupils face, it has to be remembered that the key task of teachers is to tUnion of Teachers, the largest teachers» union, said: «While many teachers are only too aware of the social problems and all too often grinding poverty that some of their pupils face, it has to be remembered that the key task of teachers is to tunion, said: «While many teachers are only too aware of the social problems and all too often grinding poverty that some of their pupils face, it has to be remembered that the key task of teachers is to teach.

Wales» largest union for qualified teachers, NUT Cymru, has commented on the final report from the Digital Classroom Teaching Task and Finish Group which sets out how Welsh schools can deliver digital classrooms in a digital age.

However, the National Union of Teachers (NUT) warns that this remains an issue, and called for teachers to be involved in the debate on which teaching methods work best.

The University and Colleges Union (UCU) has released a report, just one day before the crunch vote on fees in the Commons, showing vulnerabilities in many new teaching - intensive universities which rely on arts and humanities.

Union contracts, for example, could allow senior teachers, who typically are paid more, the ability to choose the school at which they teach, which could be seen as providing increased support for students in one building over others.

Commenting on the statement on licensing teachers by Tristram Hunt, Shadow Education Secretary, Chris Keates General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union, said: «When this proposal was made by the last Government in 2010, it was in the context of a national framework of pay and conditions of service which recognised and rewarded teachers as highly skilled professionals and which provided them with rights and entitlements to working conditions which supported them in focusing on teaching and learning.

Commenting on the Department for Education's consultation on a College of Teaching, which closes today, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union in the UK, said: «The NASUWT has never objected in principle to the creation of a dedicated professional body for tTeaching, which closes today, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union in the UK, said: «The NASUWT has never objected in principle to the creation of a dedicated professional body for teachingteaching.

The largest teaching union, the NUT, has joined forces with the National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) which represents 28,500 school leaders, to launch a petition calling for greater consultation on the new English Baccalaureate Certificate (EBC).

If we had an 85 percent graduation rate and we were inching up toward 90 percent, if we didn't have the worst SAT scores among 50 upstate school districts, if we didn't have a Syracuse Teachers Union survey — the results of which revealed that 300 teachers reported being assaulted on the job and more than half feel threatened on the job, and 21 percent of their new teachers teaching from zero to five years leave in addition to more seasoned veteran teachers — we wouldn't need such bold decisive action, but we're not in that category.

Ms. Pellegrino, a schoolteacher in Baldwin and a union activist, continued teaching during her campaign, which was joined by hundreds of volunteers who knocked on doors in Massapequa, Babylon and West Islip, on Long Island's South Shore.

The NUT said the November 2011 strike had been part of a TUC day of action in which five other teaching unions had taken part.

New York University's graduate student union, which includes only teaching assistants and which the institution voluntarily recognized in 2013, has had successes in this area, says Seana Lymer, unit representative for the union and a Ph.D. candidate in biology.

The practices of yoga remove the obstacles that veil the truth, which is here and now and always.As Sage Patanjali teaches in Yoga Sutras I: I, the result of this discipline is union with presence, atha yoganushasanam ornow at this auspicious moment, yoga discipline begins.

The teacher unions are also battling against charter schools - which, while public, need not be unionized, and which draw students and money away from the regular public schools where union members teach.

The scanners have already been drafted in to process surveys from other departments which are heavy paper users, processing surveys on accommodation, catering, the union environment and other student services which are increasingly becoming as important to the student experience as teaching and learning.

In March 1980, union organizer and education reformer Albert Shanker spoke at Harvard for the first time, in the same Longfellow Hall room in which he would later teach his course on teacher policy.

Two years in the making, the historic deal to rewrite teachers» contracts in England and Wales is moving forward without the support of the nation's largest teachers» union, which fears that teaching assistants could replace teachers under cover of the agreement.

Shanker's idea, which was first outlined by teacher union gadfly Myron Lieberman, became the private, nonprofit National Board for Professional Teaching Standards.

The first is that the teacher unions win, and we head back to a future in which we just let teachers teach without meddlesome interference from above.

There will be a growing substitution of technology for labor and thus a steep decline in the number of teachers (and union members) per student; a dispersion of the teaching labor force, which will no longer be so geographically concentrated in districts (because online teachers can be anywhere); and a proliferation of new online providers and choice options, attracting away students, money, and jobs.

The public sector union believes that worsening behaviour in school is a direct result of cuts to staff and resources, which has left teaching assistants to face a barrage of violent behaviour, threats and abuse.

According to the National Education Union (NEU), the cuts to front - line teaching posts are happening at a time when pupil - to - classroom teacher ratios are rising, which means bigger classes and less individual attention for children.

The Measures of Effective Teaching (MET) project, which will be implemented over the next two academic years, seeks to develop an array of measures that will be viewed by teachers, unions, administrators, and policymakers as reliable and credible indicators of a teacher's impact on student achievement.

year of teaching, 23 of which is at Lakeland Union High School in Minocqua, WI.

Not only does it preclude teachers» unions; it precludes a teaching profession in which teachers expect to make a career of teaching and have families.

For the study, union - management partnership was defined by the extent to which union leaders and district administration worked together to improve teaching and learning.

GPSN launched its program in June, when it gave its first grants, totaling $ 4.5 million, to Teach for America, an after - school program called Heart of LA and Equitas Academy, which runs three charter schools in LA's Pico - Union neighborhood.

Some teaching unions fear that by removing the requirement for schools to consult with the local authority, which manages school places across an area, expansion in one school might hit others as pupils move elsewhere with little warning, taking «per pupil» funding with them.

The annual salary for LAUSD teachers who have taken some professional development classes and taught for 10 years is $ 75,592, which the union says isn't enough.

The Teach Strong campaign, launched today, is supported by a diverse group of stakeholders — including teachers» unions, civil rights groups, teacher voice organizations, and education policy leaders — that share a common vision for a society in which teachers are more valued and supported at all stages of their careers.

Teaching unions and the STRB itself have warned in recent months that a larger increase is needed to keep teachers in a profession which is already struggling to recruit and retain staff.

They have been fiercely opposed by Labour and teaching unions, who say they are a dangerous experiment which will fracture England's school system.

The NASUWT teaching union warned it was important an isolated exam system wasn't developed «which has no currency outside Wales.»

Teaching, at least in major cities, is also a profession in which minorities are heavily represented; when reformers argue that we need to take down teachers unions to give more opportunity to minority youth, the argument veers perilously close to «We need to destroy the black middle class in order to save it.»

With Teach for America, which places high - achieving college graduates into low - income schools for two years, as one of the featured partners in the recruiting coalition, Dennis Van Roekel, president of the National Education Association, the nation's largest teachers union, emphasized the importance of a career - long commitment.

It was the subject of a judicial review against Ofqual and some exam boards by teaching unions, which was not upheld.

Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT teaching union, accused the Education Secretary of «showing disregard for parliamentary process» by failing to publish the draft admissions code alongside the Education Bill, which has been debated in the House of Commons in recent weeks.

But it's the false rhetoric of success that's fueling the propaganda machine which has successfully convinced a lot of policy makers to get on board with the drive to dismantle teachers» unions, privatize public schools, and turn teaching into testing.

Make teachers take academic tests in the subjects they will teach, and get rid of unions, which will motivate teachers to keep high standards.

Teaching unions have reacted angrily to a new pay deal, under which England's top teachers could get up to 2 % rises.

The accountability movement in education — which was inaugurated by teachers unions, a fact nearly always overlooked by critics — has led to greater understanding of the power of teaching to change students» lives and the power of teachers to become more effective in response to feedback from peers and administrators.