In light of last week's release of the Next Generation Science Standards1 (NGSS), I'm reminded of a quote from
a veteran teacher in my building:
It was the talk of
veteran teachers in the building and a model for other schools in the district.
Not exact matches
After all, what
veteran teacher wouldn't want to end his or her career
in a luxury
building among students who virtually teach themselves?
Veteran teachers recommend setting the number of days expected to achieve a milestone, then
building in a 20 percent overrun;
teachers should be prepared to provide alternative instruction to reinforce subject matter and to know when to enforce deadlines (Mergendoller & Thomas, 2005).
«I could only imagine what it was like for the learners when they first arrived
in this
building,» said Kathleen Lee, a
veteran Philadelphia
teacher whose longtime interest
in project - based learning brought her to SOF.
Many
veteran teachers feel that straight rows are the only way to go ~ while «newbie's»
in the
building feel that effective classroom arrangement should change up nearly every week.
The
veteran teacher knows where to look for resources
in the school
building, but even more important than that, the
veteran teacher knows how to organized and store resources to last throughout the school year.
The
veteran teacher knows the most important staff members
in the
building can be found
in the office of the custodian.
Last week, lawmakers passed a state budget that they promised would offer
teachers an average 7 percent raise — but instead of boosting all
teachers» pay by a simple percentage, a new salary schedule is
in place that offers younger, inexperienced
teachers big gains while shortchanging
veteran teachers who have gone to great lengths to
build on their teaching credentials.
Within her «micro-community» of preschoolers, Nina, a 10 - year
veteran teacher in Boston,
builds the kind of inclusive school climate with the potential to dismantle the school - to - prison pipeline.
As a
veteran black male educator, I frequently overhear many of my female colleagues speak about the need for more male
teachers in the
building.
Veteran South Side
teacher Russell Reid captures Burris
in this way, ``... Dr. Carol Burris is the most concerned, dynamic, and effective
building principal leader that I have known»....
A
veteran first - grade
teacher was faced with an incident
in which a small group of boys began
building a wall that spanned the width of the classroom.
Teaching experience of the
teacher and number of
teachers in the class (the
Building Bridges case involved a first - year
teacher and a doctoral student who had taught for several years, while the Making Weighty Decisions case involved one
veteran teacher).
«Our
veteran teachers have helped
build what is arguably the best public school system
in the nation, so this agenda makes no educational sense,» he said.
A
veteran teacher turned coach shadows 2 students for 2 days — a sobering lesson learned The following account comes from a
veteran HS
teacher who just became a Coach
in her
building.
The following account comes from a
veteran HS
teacher who just became a Coach
in her
building.
Although the situation improved if district - hired coaches worked
in a particular
building for more than one year, they often described difficulties earning
teachers» trust, particularly from
veteran teachers, whose doors were described as «open, but just a crack.»
Although research shows that BTR graduates are initially not more effective at raising student test scores than other new
teachers, the effectiveness of BTR graduates improves rapidly over time, and by their fourth and fifth years
in the classroom, BTR graduates outperform other
veteran teachers.70 Further, principals are very satisfied with the performance of former residents
in their
building: A recent survey conducted by BTR found that 97 percent of principals who employ
teachers who are alumni of BTR «would recommend hiring a BTR graduate to a colleague.»