Sentences with phrase «with teacher autonomy»

He is the editor of Teachers as Owners: A Key to Revitalizing Public Education (2002), a practical guide for people interested in starting - up or encouraging start - up of schools with teacher autonomy.

A list of schools with teacher autonomy, with links to profiles of each school describing the nature of the autonomy and the kinds of learning programs teachers create.

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Or could she talk with her teacher about doing a self - designed end - of - semester project instead of the dictated project, in order to better meet her need for autonomy?

With more autonomy within the classroom, teachers are able to develop a full understanding of how each student learns and what interests and motivates each individually.

On topic question topics included the mayor's proposed $ 20 million allocation for arts programs and whether this is all new spending, whether it's typical for elementary schools to have arts teachers, the mayor's proposed $ 4.4 billion capital spending to address classroom overcrowding, how many new classroom seats that spending would produce and where they would be located, whether all trailers used by schools would be eliminated, the definition of «problematic behavior» used in dealing with the Absent Teacher Reserve, what the state funding to be used for middle school after school programs would have otherwise been used for and DoE support for schools that will participate in the program providing increased school autonomy.

In fact, compared with elementary schools, middle grade schools often have more students per grade, lower levels of student autonomy, less positive teacher - student relationships, and more competition and less cooperation among students.

Preliminary findings of a PHD, co-funded by Education Support Partnership and the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) suggest that giving teachers sufficient control and autonomy is a significant factor in reducing job strain, but that the effect is relatively small unless combined with leader and management support.

According to her analysis, schools with full pay autonomy may not be using this to increase the salaries of physics teachers — potentially because of «an aversion to within - school pay inequality» or because of the «overall squeeze on state school funding».

We allow each team [of teachers] to be represented on the staff development committee, and they have autonomy within the team to determine how they will work with our trainers each month, DeRose added.

Teacher sat down with Professor Brian Caldwell to discuss his new book The Autonomy Premium, which explores the link between student achievement and autonomy in school manAutonomy Premium, which explores the link between student achievement and autonomy in school manautonomy in school management.

With all of that, tomorrow's teachers will enjoy deep professional knowledge, a high degree of professional autonomy and a collaborative culture.

PISA examines the relationships with low performance, what makes schools successful, including autonomy and accountability, and teacher - student collaboration.

When students are equipped for autonomy through explicit social and emotional learning and a structured, yet flexible curriculum, they operate with much less assistance from a teacher, allowing educators to spend time doing what really matters — interacting with kids.

The winning combination is top - quality recruits, first - rate training, and teachers with the kind of autonomy — read trust — typically accorded to other professionals but rarely to teachers.

Teacher groups went after and won most of the schools, with some opting for the pilot model, embracing the idea of autonomy with all the trappings, «except a thin labor contract,» Hill said.

In tackling this task, Feinberg says, they «backed into» the five essential tenets of the KIPP model: High Expectations (for academic achievement and conduct); Choice and Commitment (KIPP students, parents, and teachers all sign a learning pledge, promising to devote the time and effort needed to succeed); More Time (extended school day, week, and year); Power to Lead (school leaders have significant autonomy, including control over their budget, personnel, and culture); and Focus on Results (scores on standardized tests and other objective measures are coupled with a focus on character development).

To achieve these objectives, KIPP schools leverage strong student - behavior policies with rewards and sanctions; contracts between students, parents, and teachers; longer school days and school on Saturdays; substantial autonomy for principals; and close monitoring of school performance in terms of student achievement and college readiness.

Katie Harrison would like to see schools becoming more autonomous: «We need to improve school autonomy by allowing teachers much greater freedom with what and how they teach, with less scrutiny.»

In addition, a landmark 2010 contract with the Baltimore Teachers Union, signed with reform - oriented intentions, actually undermined principals» autonomy over staffing.

In part, that stems from a tradition of teacher autonomy, and in part, from a deeper separation of powers in the American education system: Administrators who flee from the classroom are rewarded with higher social status and dramatically higher pay.

Weir went on: «While this has been a difficult sell with teachers who are used to exercising a high level of autonomy, it has been well received by the involved parents, and it becomes a little easier with each passing year as it becomes part of the school culture.»

Inspired by a lecture from Albert Shanker, the longtime president of the American Federation of Teachers (whom Reichgott Junge heard describe charter schools as «the best answer so far» to the ills of the American education system) she worked with civic leaders and fellow representatives to draft and implement a bill granting greater autonomy for a subset of the North Star state's schools.

I have personally experienced the demands of being a teacher and observed colleagues also deal with the stressors of the job, ranging from high - stakes testing, demanding parents, increased paperwork, disrespectful students, increased diversity and differentiated learning needs, and lack of creativity and autonomy.

Research shows that when teachers provide students with choices and options, listen to students thoughtfully, respect students» perspectives, ask questions about what the students want to do, and resist stating answers too quickly, it supports students» autonomy, competence, and relatedness (Reeve, Bolt, & Cai, 1999).

Jo Mason, Director of Innovations and Professional Learning at the Principals Australia Institute, spoke to Education Matters magazine's Kathryn Edwards about the importance of harnessing teacher and principal health and wellbeing in our schools, encouraging positive relationships and how principals can best deal with greater autonomy.

Advantaged parents (the ones with political power) also hate it as they see the the schools and teachers they love lose their autonomy and become cogs in a centralized machine unresponsive to the particular needs and interests of those advantaged parents.

The second half of Reading Reconsidered reinforces these principles, coupling them with the «fundamentals» of reading instruction — a host of techniques and subject specific tools to reconsider how teachers approach such essential topics as vocabulary, interactive reading, and student autonomy.

However, returning teachers also reported lower satisfaction with their jobs, less job security, less autonomy over their work, longer work hours, and less satisfaction with the evaluation process.

With more autonomy to provide flexibility to school leaders and teachers, charter schools generate innovative and individualized - learning environments that meet the unique needs of their school community and foster student achievement.

That's much of the genius behind charter schools, which, when state laws get it right, allow school leaders true autonomy and allow teachers to choose schools that align with their personal philosophies.

Students relied on and supported one another as they traveled from one activity to the next with a great deal of autonomy from their teachers and responsibility for keeping up with all of their group members.

Because of that, in 2009, Rep John Benson, a former Edina teacher union leader along with strong support from Mpls district union leaders Louise Sundin and Lynn Nordgren sponsored legislation that enabled districts to access the same flexibility and autonomy provisions of chartering without actually chartering a school.

However, he said, autonomy from the district is not nearly as important as flexibility in labor contracts, and that requires a separate agreement with the teachers union, United Teachers Los teachers union, United Teachers Los Teachers Los Angeles.

While the nine universities with degree - granting status enjoy significant autonomy, their teacher education remains largely consistent across institutions.

Kim Farris - Berg, Edward J. Dirkswager, and Amy Junge originally identified ten potential areas in which teachers could secure collective autonomy in schools, when conducting research for the book Trusting Teachers with School teachers could secure collective autonomy in schools, when conducting research for the book Trusting Teachers with School Teachers with School Success.

For our 1.1 million students we hope that translates into ensuring our education system provides each child with the support and resources that they need to excel, and that teachers receive the professional development, autonomy and meaningful feedback they need to provide an excellent education for all our children.

Elementary and secondary teachers perceived autonomy in the different factors in identical order, but with significant differences between their scores.

One of the signature challenges of leadership in schools is trying to create that coherence especially in schools that have been around for a long time with a really strong tradition of what we might call radical teacher autonomy: letting every teacher go to their own classroom, go to their own space, and teach and improve however they want.

«The teachers in our study confirmed what we at Teach Plus have learned from previous research and from speaking with thousands of teachers over the past five years: that alignment between assessments and curriculum, access to highly valued activities, and the autonomy to choose what's right for students all contribute to how teachers perceive the value of activities they use to prepare their students for tests, and are all factors that can be changed to reduce wasted time and increase valued instructional time.»

Armed with a mandate to foster excellence and equity, Klein prioritized four strategies: establish the Three C's (centralized control stripped of bureaucratic inefficiencies; a coherent citywide curriculum; and capacity - building for teachers), dramatically expand school choice, empower principals by coupling increased autonomy with strict accountability, and catalyze innovation.

Do we have a teaching profession that values teachers, provides teaches with autonomy and attracts and retains good people in the profession?

Faced with mandates to make all students college - and career - ready and to compete with schools internationally, school systems fail to recognize the benefits gained from combined administrator / teacher leader - ship and unwittingly stifle the opportunities for autonomy and leadership that teachers seek.

By intention, teachers have the opportunity to collectively design and run the schools with charter - like autonomy while remaining district employees and members of the United Teachers Los Angelesteachers have the opportunity to collectively design and run the schools with charter - like autonomy while remaining district employees and members of the United Teachers Los AngelesTeachers Los Angeles (UTLA).

In terms of learning what works in education, our experience suggests that providing schools and teachers with lots of autonomy but at the same time controlling the outcomes through standardized national exams is a good strategy.

These site - specific programs will have greater autonomy, and offer teachers richer engagement with students, parents and community leaders through shared responsibilities and collaborative innovation.

While observing 133 high school classrooms, Deci and colleagues found that students were most engaged when teachers balanced structure with autonomy — communicating «clear expectations» for learning and «explicit directions,» while «highlighting meaningful learning goals» and providing opportunities for self - directed learning (Jang, Reeve, & Deci, 2010, p. 588).

At the heart of their recommendations, compiled in two separate policy papers, are the following strategies: empowering principals and educators with more autonomy over staffing; leadership and coaching opportunities for excellent teachers; student - focused professional development designed at the school site; direct investment in community engagement; and financial incentives to attract and keep teachers making progress with their students (based on a multi-measured evaluation system) in hard - to - staff schools.

To address the teacher shortage, the priority for policymakers and school leaders should be providing the resources and support (time, money, mastery, authority, and autonomy) to recruit and retain the right teachers with the right qualifications in the schools that need them the most.

Develop teacher recruitment strategies that include sufficient and sustainable financial incentives coupled with efforts to empower school principals with the authority and autonomy to improve working conditions for teachers.

Despite what seems to be a welcome shift among some policy makers towards teacher collaboration, I contend we are rarely providing teachers with the support, time, and autonomy to make PLCs worthwhile and effective rather than just one more thing on a list of «what I have to do.»