Sentences with phrase «than an effective teacher»

Within a school, there is nothing more important to a child's success than an effective teacher.

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To say that someone is a great teacher or would be an effective leader or is a wonderful counselor and mentor but, sorry, their genetic configuration isn't suitable is nothing more than bigotry.

It is proven that interventions led by qualified teachers are more effective than those led by support staff.

More than 95 percent of teachers in New York state were rated effective or highly effective, according to the New York State Education Department.

New York City teachers, who were included in the data for the first time, performed worse than their colleagues in the rest of the state, with only 9 percent earning the «highly effective» rating, compared to 58 percent outside the city.

Level 1 students taught by these teachers two years in a row were almost 7 times more likely to score a Level 3 or above in 2013 - 14 than their peers not assigned to highly effective teachers.

Recentanalysis by the Measures of Effective Teaching (MET) project found that teachers» student survey results are predictive of student achievement gains and produce more consistent results than classroom observations or achievement gain measures.

(New York, NY) Jan. 10, 2013 — Those students in New York City who most depend on highly effective teachers are instead the students most likely to be taught by teachers rated «Unsatisfactory,» according to an eye - opening study of the City's teacher rating data, published today by StudentsFirstNY, an education advocacy organization with more than 150,000 members across New York State.

Recent analysis by the Measures of Effective Teaching (MET) project found that teachers» student survey results are predictive of student achievement gains and produce more consistent results than classroom observations or achievement gain measures.

Last week in his 2014 State of the State speech, Gov. Andrew Cuomo pitched a teacher incentive plan, which could total more than $ 6 million for «highly effective» teachers from Riverhead to Oysterponds.

A study in the BMJ in 2012 found that having a professional therapist teach cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) techniques to an entire class was no more effective than having the teacher give their usual personal social and health education classes, in terms of the effect on pupils» well - being.

For example, having someone come in to teach cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) to a class is no more effective than having a teacher give the usual social and health education classes, in terms of pupils» well - being.

While previous studies have shown that this student - centered method can be more effective than teacher - led instruction, Wieman says this study attempted to provide «a particularly clean comparison... to measure exactly what can be learned inside the classroom.»

A growing body of evidence finds that teacher turnover reduces student achievement, either directly because replacement teachers are less effective than exiting teachers or indirectly through the disruptions caused by high turnover rates.

In contrast, the alternative pathway that requires prospective teachers to take courses that are not transferable to other fields yields teachers who are less effective at boosting student test scores than either traditional - route teachers or teachers who entered the profession through other alternative pathways.

The show is less effective when it becomes reminiscent of TV Land's «Teachers,» showing us how Jack interacts with his co-workers, most of whom aren't much better at their job than Griffin — they're just less self - aware.

Since teachers with fewer than two years of experience tend to be less effective than more experienced teachers, existing mobility patterns in Texas are likely to adversely affect the achievement of disadvantaged students.

Experienced teachers are, on average, more effective at raising student performance than those in their early years of teaching.

The study found that specialist primary teachers are six per cent less effective than their non-specialist colleagues, with data showing pupils who were taught by subject specialists saw a drop in their grades.

It is only to say that some potential applicants might be more effective teachers than the alternatives that are currently available to public schools.

Has Newark been having the «right» turnover — i.e., have less effective teachers been leaving at higher rates than more effective teachers?

Boosting the salaries of early - career science and maths teachers would be a better — and more cost - effective — way of addressing teacher shortages than ploughing resources into recruitment, new research suggests.

Caroline Wright, BESA director said, «British teachers are world - leaders in the use of educational - technology in the classroom so it is of great concern that pupils are being denied access to innovative and effective digital learning because of poor internet connectivity in more than half of the UK's schools.

Racially segregated high - poverty schools tend to be overrun with social problems, have a hard time finding and retaining good teachers, are associated with high dropout rates, and are less effective than diverse schools at intervening in problems outside of school that undermine learning.

Great teachers deserve great rewards, and nothing is more effective than praise and recognition in the form of a national award.

For example, some studies have found that less - effective early - career teachers are more likely to exit than more - effective novice teachers, even in the absence of high - stakes evaluations.

A composite measure on teacher effectiveness drawing on all three of those measures, and tested through a random - assignment experiment, closely predicted how much a high - performing group of teachers would successfully boost their students» standardized - test scores, concludes the series of new papers, part of the massive Measures of Effective Teaching study launched more than three years ago.

«Minimally effective» teachers whose scores were closest to the «effective» threshold were less likely to leave than those with lower scores; about one in four teachers whose scores were within 25 points of the «effective» threshold chose to leave their jobs, compared to about one in three whose scores were more than 25 points below.

That said, there's more to effective online education than simply dropping a good face - to - face teacher into a virtual classroom.

In other words, teachers under threat of dismissal were more likely to voluntarily leave than teachers not subject to this threat, and those who scored furthest from the «effective» threshold were even more likely to go.

Higher compensation earlier would attract to the profession people who could potentially become more - effective teachers, while fewer financial incentives to stay would supposedly lead ineffective teachers to leave earlier than they otherwise would.

Teachers themselves want to better understand how changes they make to learning design and adaptive delivery can improve their own work and the majority of our students are much more sophisticated judges of effective classroom practice than ever before.

Most states adopting new evaluation systems saw little change in the share of teachers deemed less than effective, arguably limiting their potential to address underperformance.

Teachers who earn advanced certification from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards are more effective than teachers without that credential, but there's little evidence to show the program has transformed the field in the broader ways its founders envisioned, a long - awaited report released today by a national scientific paneTeachers who earn advanced certification from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards are more effective than teachers without that credential, but there's little evidence to show the program has transformed the field in the broader ways its founders envisioned, a long - awaited report released today by a national scientific paneteachers without that credential, but there's little evidence to show the program has transformed the field in the broader ways its founders envisioned, a long - awaited report released today by a national scientific panel finds.

A report from the nonprofit TNTP found that evaluations are often neither effective (more than 98 % of teachers are deemed «satisfactory») nor instructive (three out of four evaluated teachers never received feedback to help them improve their practice).

If some teachers could earn improvements in their wages and working conditions from their own efforts rather than from the efforts of their organized representatives or affiliated politicians, then more - effective teachers would have little reason to support the unions financially or politically.

It can be used in a revision session as the teacher does Q and A; can be used between students for them to complete from their memory (information retrieval being a more effective form of revision than simple note taking) or from notes; can be set as homework to complete after the Theme has been studied.

But the same principals, when asked to evaluate the teachers formally as part of the state's mandatory evaluation system, gave fewer than 3 % of their teachers a less than «effective» score on any of the seven standards against which they were judged.

We found that teachers with an M. A. degree were no more effective, on average, than teachers who lacked such a degree.

Since we find no support for the notion that schools reduced pupil - teacher ratios in order to counteract the potential negative impact of teacher retirements, we suspect that the teachers who took up the ERI were less effective than the ones who replaced them or than the ones remaining in the school.

If the experienced teachers who retire are more effective than the new hires, teacher retirements could reduce student achievement.

This is no more effective than a parent calling a teacher about a problem at home and asking the teacher to fix it.

«Teachers hired during recession periods appeared to be somewhat more effective than those teachers hired in more secure times, according to a new working paper published by the National Bureau of Economic RTeachers hired during recession periods appeared to be somewhat more effective than those teachers hired in more secure times, according to a new working paper published by the National Bureau of Economic Rteachers hired in more secure times, according to a new working paper published by the National Bureau of Economic Research.

The fact that teachers with master's degrees are no more effective in the classroom, on average, than their colleagues without advanced degrees is one of the most consistent findings in education research.

A classroom where 28 people value creativity is 28 times more effective in encouraging creativity than a classroom where a teacher assumes sole responsibility.

Regardless of the approach, all of the groups unabashedly acknowledge that some teachers are more effective than others and that even the best teachers want to keep improving their practice.

It would be much cheaper — not to mention more educationally effective — to raise the salaries of just the most - effective teachers, those deserving of the increase, rather than all teachers.

In other words, the fact that teachers who received layoff notices were, on average, somewhat less effective than their peers is an artifact of the relationship between effectiveness and seniority.

With a seniority - based layoff policy, school systems may be forced to cut some of their most promising new talent rather than dismiss more - senior teachers, who may not be terribly effective in raising student achievement.

Studies suggest that teachers with bachelor's degrees and specialized training in early education are more effective than those educators who don't hold such credentials, says a report on early - childhood education and teacher preparation.