Sentences with phrase «training than a high school»

Employers in the United States have long struggled to fill certain jobs — particularly technician - level jobs that require more education and training than a high school diploma but less time to complete than a four - year college degree program.

Not exact matches

There has to be way more tank - filling than tank - draining,» says Ruben Nieves, former Stanford University men's volleyball coach and current national director of training for the Positive Coaching Alliance, a nonprofit organization based in Mountain View, Calif., that focuses on teaching and encouraging positive character - building in youth and high school sports.

Do you really, honestly think that a trained obstetrician is likely to be worse at resuscitation than a high school graduate who passed a correspondence course?

More than one third of children eating school lunches already have one of three disease risk factors: high blood pressure, high cholesterol levels or obesity, said Deborah Rees, a dietitian for the Illinois association's nutrition and education training program.

Yes, school meals in France are indeed superior to ours, but that's reflective of a government so supportive of raising good food citizens that it actually provides state - sanctioned «taste training» to all preschoolers, puts warnings on junk food ads, and funds school meals at a far higher rate than our own government.

USA Football is a member of the U.S. Olympic Committee and trains more high school and youth football coaches combined than any organization in the country.

According to the Senator, New Yorkers with postsecondary and career training earn on average $ 188,000 dollars more in a lifetime than people with only a high school diploma.

The 15 - year study showed medical school graduates involved in the program not only entered family practice residency training at higher rates than nonparticipants, but nearly half began their medical careers in rural locations.

On average, girls on job training programmes had sex for the first time when they were 17 years and 1 month, 7 months earlier than their high - school counterparts.

Second, once you have completed the 90 - day program and you're going looking hotter than you even did in high school (and having more fun than ever in doing it) you'll be so addicted to the breakthrough new way to train that is Athlean - XX that your fitness will finally become part of your life, and you'll never want to quit!

Over the last 15 years he has trained more than 700 high school, college and professional athletes from nearly 20 different sports.

We do no weight training here (I try to on my own) and the recovery (easy days) are much more frequent here than in high school.

Now before you think that I am just adjusting to college training... I am 100 % truthful when I say that my high school training was much more intense and difficult than this.

High intensity interval training is an effective endurance training tool in non-athletic school going male population and provides better improvement in VO2max than SCT.

Agent Carter ended up being a fun, if slim, brace of period - isms and classy action with a decidedly enhanced visual style over the pictorially - lifeless S.H.I.E.L.D. Hayley Atwell was better than the show she was in, but the series» widely - spaced high points - in particular, a visit to the Black Widow training school for young evil - doers in Soviet Russia - were pretty high.

The cost of effective peer tutoring is higher than alternatives, such as computer - assisted instruction or smaller class sizes or longer school days, because of the needs for adult personnel to coordinate, train, and monitor the student tutors.

In a report summarizing the study upon which its recommendations are based, the Citizens» Council for Ohio Schools notes that fewer than half of the Ohio students who completed high - school vocational programs in 1982 found jobs in the field in which they trained.

(The bottom line: a highly selective program such as Teach For America is particularly useful in recruiting top - notch talent into high schools, though elementary school teachers might benefit from more pedagogical training than these fast - entry initiatives can provide.)

The greatest insight we have gained in our work with school districts across the continent is that organisation that take the plunge and actually begin doing the work of a PLC develop their capacity to help all students learn at high levels far more effectively than schools that spend years preparing to become PLCs through reading or even training.

Teachers in high - poverty schools are consistently less likely than their counterparts to say they've received technology - integration training, the Education Week Research Center analysis found.

The school receives 47,000 euros a year in positive discrimination money to hire aides and special education teachers, who are paid slightly higher salaries than classroom teachers because of their required sixth year of university training and the demands of their jobs.

Most of the required reading in college and workforce training programs is informational in structure and challenging in content; postsecondary education programs typically provide students with both a higher volume of such reading than is generally required in K - 12 schools and comparatively little scaffolding.

More than 60 percent of employers rate high - school graduates» skills in basic English and math as fair or poor; one study estimates the cost to a single state's employers for remedial training at nearly $ 40 million a year.

Twenty - five American school districts, including New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, and Detroit, possess the size — more than 100,000 students each — and the resources to build the kinds of organizations that might effectively support the schools, by recruiting and training high - caliber teachers, developing a demanding curriculum, and building an assessment system that accurately tracks student progress.

Yet more jobs than ever will require post-secondary education and training, and job growth is high in STEM subjects, for which schools face some of the greatest teacher shortages.

Many colleges also refused to provide course syllabi, limiting the number of schools the council could rank to fewer than half the roughly 1,450 institutions of higher education that have teacher - training programs.

Indeed, last year, an International School Consultancy survey found that the number of teachers leaving the United Kingdom to teach in English language international schools (18,000) was higher than the number who qualified as teachers through the traditional post-graduate training route (17,000) in England.

TFA will use its $ 8.3 million award (down from its previous $ 18 million earmark) to support more than 9,000 teachers in high - need schools during the current school year, and recruit, select, train, and place up to 5,800 new teachers for the 2012 — 13 school year.

But Karen Gallagher, dean of USC's Rossier School of Education, says that although the online program has high enrollment rates, there's no data to show if the teachers trained online are better — or worse — than those trained in brick - and - mortar classrooms.

Ministers are anxious to continue boosting the number of teachers training in schools, rather than through higher education institutions, but providers of school - based schemes doubt whether an apprenticeship scheme would be successful.

When researchers factored in the cost for programs after high school education such as college or vocational training, the United States spent $ 15,171 on each young person in the system — more than any other nation covered in the report.

Six low - performing Boston schools participating in a pilot program that gives teachers more training, support, and leadership roles are showing higher growth on state tests than other low - performing city schools...

And with these students less distracted and more engaged in school, they do better on their academics; they average 11 percentile points higher on standardized test scores than do students without SEL training.

Using three key components (early identification and recruitment, pre-service training for certification and placement, and sustained in - service training / professional development and support) these projects are impacting seven colleges and universities and more than 11 high - need school districts.

Position Requirements / Skills: MINIMUM EDUCATION OR FORMAL TRAINING High school diploma or equivalent (must be 18 or older) MINIMUM EXPERIENCE Less than one year One to three years preferred SKILL REQUIREMENTS

The model has allowed Rocketship to save roughly $ 500,000 per year in traditional expenses, which it reinvests in higher teacher salaries (20 percent higher than surrounding districts), a two - hour after - school Response to Intervention program, leadership training, and Academic Deans.

Research shows that career pathways can improve teacher evaluation procedures and improve student achievement.13 For example, research from the Emerging Leaders Program — a job - embedded teacher leadership development program — shows that with high - quality training, teacher leaders can quickly improve achievement among students in high - need school districts in places such as New York City, the District of Columbia, and Shelby County, Tennessee.14 Likewise, student achievement growth in schools implementing Teach Plus» T3 Initiative — a teacher - designed turnaround model that trains and supports teacher leaders to improve school outcomes and transform schools — is consistently more than double that of area district and charter schools.15

The people we draw into teaching are less than our most talented; we give them short or nonexistent training and equip them with little relevant knowledge; we send many of them to schools afflicted by high levels of poverty and segregation; and when they don't deliver the results we seek, we increase external pressure and accountability, hoping that we can do on the back end what we failed to create on the front end.

In secondary schools, teachers spent an unusually high proportion of their working days in the classroom, rather than preparing lessons or training.

NISL - trained principals led schools with more challenged student populations than the comparison schools including higher percentages of English Language Learners, students eligible for free and reduced - price lunch and students with special needs.

For example, in Utah where financial literacy has been taught in high schools for more than a decade, state legislation passed that requires educators to obtain up to 16 credit hours of training in order to teach a financial literacy class.

HB 3349 by Rep. Barbara Gervin - Hawkins / Sen. Van Taylor requires SBEC to create an abbreviated educator preparation program for a person seeking certification in trade and industrial workforce training that requires no more than a high school diploma, seven years of experience in an approved occupation, and a related license / certification.

School - based teacher training routes are getting teachers into classrooms at higher rates than university providers, a new analysis has found.

With more than a quarter of rural degree - holders seeking 2 - year degrees, community colleges that provide access and affordability (and even a bridge to a 4 - year degree) could provide an essential institution for training and retaining rural high school graduates.

«In three years, we're proud to have helped provide foundational training for more than 300 high school counselors in college and career readiness,» said Brandy Johnson, MCAN executive director.

Once we * do * address poverty (with more than selfishness, denial and resignation), the next steps to excellent education for all (that is, great public schools) are also obvious and proven (over and over and over): 1) Sufficient & equitable funding 2) Decent facilities 3) Strong teacher training 4) An end to reliance on high - stakes assessments that narrow the curriculum & reduce instruction to drill - and - test tedium

Teach for America (TFA), based in New York City, will use its $ 8.3 million award to support more than 9,000 teachers in high - need schools during the current school year, and recruit, select, train and place up to 5,800 new teachers for the 2012 - 13 school year.

- Examine vehicle to determine if additional safety or service work is required - Advise Manager if additional work is needed - Document all work performed as soon as job is completed - Attend factory sponsored training classes and keep abreast of factory technical bulletins - Understand and follow federal, state and local regulations such as disposal of hazardous wastes - Ensure that vehicles are kept clean - Perform all other duties as assigned - Follow all company safety policies and procedures & immediately report any and all accidents to Manager or Supervisor REQUIREMENTS: - High School Diploma or equivalent - ASE Certification preferred - Automotive Technician - Minimum 2 years previous experience - Excellent driving record - Self - motivated with ability to perform quality work with efficiency - All applicants must be authorized to work in the USA - All applicants must have the ability to pass pre-employment testing to include background checks, MVR, drug test, and valid driver's license - All applicants must perform duties and responsibilities in a safe manner - Ability to read & comprehend instructions and information - Personal & Professional Integrity - Desire for long - term employment If you're looking to work in a progressive environment with a rapidly growing organization, than we have a position available for you.

When they enter Todo High they plan on carving out a reputation as the strongest fighters in their new school — easier said than done in a place that's dedicated to training its students in the art of combat!

Some high school seniors with specific high - value technological knowledge and other marketable workforce skills, as well as those with the creative potential to become inventors or entrepreneurs, may be quite successful with postsecondary training or apprenticeships other than a four - year baccalaureate degree — or, they may want to spread their coursework and costs over a longer period than four years by attending classes part - time at a community college while working or starting a business.