Sentences with phrase «which teachers plan»

Think carefully about the contrasts between examples in which teachers teach with little regard to student variance and those in which teachers plan with student variance in mind.

Double Plan is an effective lesson planning practice in which teachers plan for what students will be doing during the course of a lesson.

Not exact matches

Fees paid to outside advisers and fund managers have dragged down many pension plans» performance — which is one reason Teachers cuts outsiders out of its process.

It has received funding from the Ontario Teachers Pension Plan, which will buy about US$ 500 million of the equity, and Canadian private equity firm West Face Capital, which will buy US$ 250 million of the new HBC equity.

Another group is planning a national walk - out on April 2o, which marks 19 years since the 1999 Columbine High School mass shooting, in which 12 students and one teacher were killed.

It has received commitments from the Ontario Teachers Pension Plan, which will buy about US$ 500 million of the equity, and Canadian private equity firm West Face Capital, which will buy US$ 250 million of the new HBC equity.

To address the current and potentially explosive future of technology in the classroom, the U.S. Department of Education has released their plan, Future Ready Learning: Reimagining the Role of Technology in Education, which calls for improving teacher training in digital tools and how to leverage them to enhance their academic experience.

CF, which is owned by the Ontario Teachers» Pension Plan, has been issuing the reports since 2010.

And while ISS declined to comment to Listed, Glass Lewis (which is owned by the Ontario Teachers» Pension Plan) was more open about its views.

Also in July, mining giant Glencore announced it was in talks with Ontario Teachers» Pension Plan for a 50:50 venture for its royalty assets (including a royalty for the Antamina copper - zinc mine in Peru, which was expected to fetch around $ 250 million).

Private equity firm TPG Capital along with PAG Asia Capital and Ontario Teachers Pension Plan purchased DTZ from the Australian public, commercial property firm UGL for about $ 1.1 billion and then merged that with Cassidy Turley, which was acquired for about $ 557 million.

We have frozen post-secondary tuition for two years, funded teachers and nurses that the PCs were going to cut, and created the Alberta Child Benefit Plan for low - income families, which is a $ 340 - million investment in new direct help to families who need it most.

No matter how sophisticated their curriculum is, there are special moments in the pastoral learning process for which teachers can not plan.

Decisions had to be made from time to time as to where or when services of the church would be held; the church needed to be told of the impending visit of an apostle, or of some prophet or teacher from abroad; a question has been raised as to the good faith of one of these visitors, and there must be some discussion of the point and a decision on it; a fellow Christian from another church is on a journey and needs hospitality; a member of the local congregation planning to visit a church abroad needs a letter of introduction to that church, which someone must be authorized to provide; a serious dispute about property rights or some other legal matter has arisen between two of the brothers and the church must name someone to help them settle the issue or must in some other way deal with it; a new local magistrate has begun to prosecute Christians for violating the law against unlicensed assembly, and consideration must be given to ways and means of meeting this crisis; charges have been brought against one of the members by another member, and these must be investigated and perhaps some disciplinary action taken; one of the members has died, and the church is called on for some special action in behalf of his family in the emergency; differences of opinion exist in the church on certain questions of morals or belief (such as marriage and divorce, or the resurrection), differences which local prophets and teachers are apparently unable to compose, and a letter must be written to the apostle — who will write this letter and what exactly will it say?

Among them: determining what constitutes acceptable state tests; establishing criteria by which to approve a state's school accountability plan; defining «qualified» teachers; and deciding how broadly to interpret a clause that lets schools avoid sanctions if their students make lesser gains than those required under the bill's «adequate yearly progress» provision.

Amundsen has an «environmental option» curriculum, which means most teachers incorporate a «green» angle into their lesson plans.

But if we did make it so the winter break was not available for studying for finals and doing final projects, would the teachers stop assigning college level projects which require all of that time to plan and execute?

Sadly, things only got worse with these parents; however the school principal and teachers were very supportive and followed Morgan's 504 Plan which required an allergen free classroom.

- 68 is too late is a campaign launched by three trade unions - PCS, Unite and the National Union of Teachers - to mobilise the public against plans which could see the finishing line for access to state pensions moved ever further forward.

The plan, which is expected to be voted on by the full board Tuesday, assumes that such teachers would be of help in dealing with an expected influx of students from those U.S. territories.

Cuomo's current plan includes changes to the teacher - evaluation system — which he calls «baloney» — to make it easier to dismiss bad teachers.

The Coalition of Concerned Teachers (CCT) has put on hold a planned nationwide strike which was due to begin today [Tuesday].

Among the major areas of disagreement are the Senate's insistence — despite the huge deficit — on a politically popular property - tax rebate and a new Senate plan to lift the cap on the number of charter schools, which is strongly opposed by the teachers - union - friendly Assembly.

At a recent conference held by the teacher's group Educators for Excellence, State Education Commissioner Mary Ellen Elia says she plans to try to convince parents not have their children repeat this year's boycott of standardized tests associated with the Common Core learning standards, which resulted in 20 % of students statewide opting out of the tests.

Mr. Cuomo had declared he would boost education funding by just over $ 1 billion only if the legislature agreed to adopt his reform plans — which included state receivership of failing schools, an increase in the charter cap, new teacher evaluations based on state exams, and changes to teacher tenure.

They would not be used to decide which teachers and principals will be assigned improvement plans or fired.

At a recent conference held by the teacher's group Educators for Excellence, State Education Commissioner Mary Ellen Elia says she plans to try to convince parents not have their children repeat this year's boycott of standardized tests associated with the Common Core learning standards, which resulted in 20 percent of students statewide opting out of the tests.

At a recent conference held by the teacher's group Educators for Excellence, New York State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia says she plans to try to convince parents not have their children repeat this year's boycott of standardized tests associated with the Common Core learning standards, which resulted in 20 percent of students statewide opting out of the tests.

At nearly the same time, about a thousand members of the city teachers union arrived in Albany to rally for more education aid and against Cuomo's plans, which include tougher teacher evaluations and more charter schools.

And DiNapoli notes that state lawmakers had little time to consider changes to the state's education policy — which included measures aimed at new teacher evaluation criteria, changes to teacher tenure and plans to close schools deemed to be struggling or failing.

Bloomberg will likely issue a plea for lawmakers to restore some of NYC's $ 300 million in aid to localities Gov. Andrew Cuomo axed in his 2011 - 2012 spending plan and also ask for the repeal of «last in, first out» rule when it comes to laying off public school teachers, which he says the governor's cuts will force him to do if they're allowed to stand.

Under the mayor's plan, which matches a similar increase for state employees enacted by Cuomo last year, about 50,000 city workers — including crossing guards, prekindergarten teachers, custodial workers and others — would see their pay reach the $ 15 - an - hour level by the end of 2018, making them some of the country's highest paid municipal employees.

When New York City Department of Education and the United Federation of Teachers missed a January 2013 deadline to reach agreement on an evaluation plan, which are locally negotiated in part, the state sent in King to impose one.

Under the Regents plan, which was tabled under pressure from Cuomo, teachers and principals who were at risk of losing their jobs because their students performed poorly on new, harder exams would have an additional defense at their disposal during disciplinary proceedings.

Pensions and health costs for teachers and other staff are substantially higher for the traditional, unionized public schools compared to charters, which offer their employees 401ks rather than more generous defined benefit plans.

But the judge stopped short of making a permanent decision about the city's plan, which is being challenged in lawsuit filed by the teacher's union.

This change follows a recommendation in the Empire Center's February 2012 report, «Optimal Option,» which explained the structure and benefits of SUNY plans such as those offered by Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association and College Retirement Equities Fund (TIAA - CREF).

Board members did approve an $ 894 million budget for next year, reflecting increasing costs in charter school payments, the new Buffalo Teachers Federation contract and costs of Cash's plan for school improvements, the New Education Bargain, which includes adding some smaller classes in schools.

In response, he said the state would invest in a Teacher Improvement Plan which would provide high performing teachers with a $ 20,000 bonus per year and would remove those who have been found as «chronically ineffective» after 3 years.

Education took center stage this budget season in Albany, with teacher evaluations, testing, and tenure the major points of debate as New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and the legislature worked on the details of the spending plan, which passed this week.

The Massey plan would also expand the number of competitive, specialized high schools from nine to 13, increase the number of vocational / trade schools, and implement merit pay for teachers, which the Bloomberg administration tried on a limited basis.

Heastie says that's an improvement over the governor's initial plan, which directly linked school aid increases to the new plans, and would have held up the additional school aid until the teacher reviews were completed.

«Testing is always going to be a piece of it, but they were pretty much excluding everything else, so this is putting some of those things back in,» she continued, criticizing the plan in the governor's budget proposal, which would base 50 percent of the teacher ratings on testing.

In the meantime, Mr. Cuomo is holding state education aid hostage until lawmakers approve his Draconian teacher evaluation plan, which ties 50 percent of a teacher's annual evaluation to that test I just spoke of.

The plan, which Silver presented to his top lieutenants on Sunday evening, is short on specifics would have five members responsible for negotiating legislation ranging from the state's budget to changes proposed for the teacher evaluation system.

Bloomberg has repeatedly argued that failing to repeal the law and establish a system based on merit immediately would be devastating to schools as the city moves forward with a plan to lay off 4,666 teachers, which is set to begin as early as this spring.

The education department advised all districts to use — and if they hadn't already, create — a backup plan based on what already is used for teachers who teach subjects or grades for which there are no state exams.

Under the mayor's plan, which matches a similar increase for state employees enacted by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo last year, about 50,000 city workers — including crossing guards, prekindergarten teachers, custodial workers and others — would see their pay reach the $ 15 - an - hour level by the end of 2018.

The state intends to reimburse the authority for the lost revenue, according to the plan, which earned praise from the city's teacher union, the MTA and others on Tuesday afternoon.

Tomorrow, state Sens. Bill Perkins of Manhattan and Shirley Huntley of Queens are planning a show trial, the script for which has been written by the teachers union.