Not exact matches
The Houston Press: San Benito
Teacher Replaced After Bizarre Classroom Rant About Jesus, Mary Magdalene, UFOs & The Apocalypse A ninth - grade teacher at San Benito's Veterans Memorial High School has been replaced for the remainder of the year after her lesson plan went badly awry last Tuesday and her 12 - minute rant was filmed by a student and uploaded to Y
Teacher Replaced After Bizarre Classroom Rant About Jesus, Mary Magdalene, UFOs & The Apocalypse A ninth - grade
teacher at San Benito's Veterans Memorial High School has been replaced for the remainder of the year after her lesson plan went badly awry last Tuesday and her 12 - minute rant was filmed by a student and uploaded to Y
teacher at San Benito's
Veterans Memorial High School has been replaced for the remainder
of the
year after her lesson plan went badly awry last Tuesday and her 12 - minute rant was filmed by a student and uploaded to YouTube.
The author
of nineteen vegan and vegetarian cookbooks, Robin is a 25 -
year veteran restaurant chef, caterer, columnist, cooking
teacher, and food writer.
Jayne Clare, a 30 -
year veteran Special Education
teacher, and tech enthusiast manages this site along with a handful
of teachers, therapists, and interns.
In April, it was announced that the school cut the position
of Martha Kennelly, a 21 -
year veteran teacher, in order to cover a $ 160,000 gap in the budget.
Governor Andrew Cuomo on May 31 signed into law a bill that enables public school
teachers and other public employees who are honorably discharged
veterans and have five
years in their civilian jobs to purchase up to three
years of service credit toward their pensions.
If we had an 85 percent graduation rate and we were inching up toward 90 percent, if we didn't have the worst SAT scores among 50 upstate school districts, if we didn't have a Syracuse
Teachers Union survey — the results of which revealed that 300 teachers reported being assaulted on the job and more than half feel threatened on the job, and 21 percent of their new teachers teaching from zero to five years leave in addition to more seasoned veteran teachers — we wouldn't need such bold decisive action, but we're not in that c
Teachers Union survey — the results
of which revealed that 300
teachers reported being assaulted on the job and more than half feel threatened on the job, and 21 percent of their new teachers teaching from zero to five years leave in addition to more seasoned veteran teachers — we wouldn't need such bold decisive action, but we're not in that c
teachers reported being assaulted on the job and more than half feel threatened on the job, and 21 percent
of their new
teachers teaching from zero to five years leave in addition to more seasoned veteran teachers — we wouldn't need such bold decisive action, but we're not in that c
teachers teaching from zero to five
years leave in addition to more seasoned
veteran teachers — we wouldn't need such bold decisive action, but we're not in that c
teachers — we wouldn't need such bold decisive action, but we're not in that category.
The increase in student achievement from coaching is on par with the gain researchers typically see from students
of a
veteran teacher with five to 10
years of experience compared to a novice
teacher.
Beth is both a
veteran Hatha Yoga
teacher and a Registered Nurse who has specialized in the therapeutic application
of yoga and meditation to pregnancy, labor and postpartum for twenty
years.
Sixth - grade
teacher and
veteran of flexible seating Kristin Harrington says, «At the beginning
of the
year, flexible seating may be a novelty and could serve as a distraction, but by the time testing rolls around, this environment has become the norm for students.
Many
of the current induction programs pair a new
teacher with a
veteran, and that experienced
teacher advises on a regular basis for the first
year or two
of a
teacher's probationary period.
The ANZAC portal, from the Department
of Veterans» Affairs, delivers a wealth
of free student and
teacher resources and curriculum units across
year levels, including videos, posters, eBooks and activity booklets.
The average
veteran teacher (ten
years of experience or beyond) «has a growth rate barely above zero.»
Veteran teachers, however, could see their raises shrink sharply after 13
years of service.
Granted, much
of what's been said about the miles
of red tape and
years of administrative hurdles that comprise the dismissal process
of ineffective,
veteran teachers is anecdote.
This
year's class consists
of siblings,
veteran public school
teachers, and professionals from many different fields outside
of education.
Over the past 10
years I have spent countless hours in the classrooms
of aspiring champions — new
teachers,
veteran teachers,
teachers working in district schools, charter schools, and private schools.
Our tour guide was a forty -
year veteran teacher named Charles Cassar, who couldn't wait to show us the rehearsal spaces, dance studios, and the high school's two magnificent theatres — all
of it in the last place you'd look for them, smack in the middle
of a blue - collar refinery town that took the hardest blow dealt by Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
A thirty - five -
year veteran teacher, he's also a deeply informed and tireless critic
of reform.
«There isn't one
teacher I know who doesn't say they would leave if they could,» says Norman Scott, a 35 -
year veteran classroom
teacher and publisher
of an independent newsletter for city
teachers.
A
veteran teacher shares what she's learned in the course
of 26
years.
In Embarrassment: And the Emotional Underlife
of Learning, Thomas Newkirk discusses how having even one known strength can infuse us with the confidence to get through life's toughest lessons, and it turns out that new
teachers regularly do bring certain strengths and have some advantages over more
veteran teachers that help them to navigate the tumultuous seas
of those first
years.
James Sturtevant, a
Veteran Teacher of 30
Years and Author
of «You've Got ta Connect», discusses strategies to help you connect with your students to create a calm and nurturing environment for learning.
Nor has the compensation
of school principals much improved; indeed, the annual average salary difference in 2011 — 12 between what
veteran high - school
teachers (eleven to twenty
years) and their principals get paid was roughly $ 40,000.
Being calm and paying attention are actual skills you can teach in the classroom, says Linda Lantieri, a twenty - three -
year veteran of bringing social and emotional learning to New York City schools and a
teacher for forty
years.
Additionally, the city
of Hartford pays
teachers» health insurance; offers a myriad
of teaching options, including experimental programs and charter and magnet schools; and grants
veteran teachers $ 100 annual bonuses for every
year served.
Excellent
teachers receive the same pay as colleagues who are equally experienced but not nearly as talented, and the responsibilities
of a 20 -
year veteran are virtually indistinguishable from those
of a second - or third -
year beginner.
Under the direction
of a panel made up
of schools administrators and members
of the local
teachers union, qualified
veteran teachers — usually called consulting
teachers — take sabbaticals from classroom teaching to mentor new
teachers during their first
years and to support other experienced
teachers who are struggling.
For an entire
year before becoming
teachers of record in Boston public schools, residents apprentice in the classrooms
of skilled
veterans, who gradually increase the residents» teaching responsibilities.
So here are four areas new
teachers — and
veterans — can start taking action on now in order to have a stellar end
of the school
year.
For nearly 15
years, the
veteran science
teacher has had students examine real - world problems as part
of the environmental - studies curriculum at Silverado High School, in Las Vegas.
Anthony Pellegrino, PhD, a 10 -
year veteran high school social studies
teacher, is currently assistant professor
of history and social studies education in the College
of Education and Human Development at George Mason University where he teaches methods
of teaching history / social studies in the secondary school, foundations
of secondary education, and research on
teacher education.
A
veteran teacher uses the last weeks
of the school
year to bolster her students» literacy skills before spring tests.
Andrea Peterson: Without a doubt, my dad, a
veteran teacher of 34
years, is my greatest inspiration.
-LSB-...] I had the opportunity to meet with a small cohort
of new
teachers and a
veteran, henceforth Ms.. A (not her real name), who was implementing AFL during my first
year in district.
Note that California
teachers technically qualify for some pension after only 5
years, but even reaching that milestone does not protect against many more
years of teachers cross-subsidizing more experienced
veterans.
Sometime last
year, while walking the hallway
of my school district's middle school, I was pulled aside by one
of our
veteran teachers, who seemed agitated.
The ability to create an effective interplay between oneself and a classroom
of students is often the crucial factor in a
teacher's success, according to David Kobrin, a 20 -
year teaching
veteran currently professor
of education at Brown University.
One
veteran public school
teacher and staff developer worries that we are paying the price for
years of «de-professionalizing» the
teacher work force.
Many
veteran engineers interested in becoming math
teachers - and math
teachers are desperately needed - will likely blanch at the prospect
of receiving the same pay as a 22 -
year - old just out
of school.
Here's the wisdom gained from
years of experience in a
veteran teacher's Top 10 Things for the First Week
of School
The article stated clearly that Karen Sher, a
veteran teacher and instructional coach and member
of the Oxnard Union High School District board, spoke on behalf
of the CTA at the hearing on the three -
year tenure bill.
One
teacher was a
veteran teacher with 14
years of experience; the other was a novice
teacher in her second
year of teaching.
A
veteran teacher of 23
years, she earned a bachelor's degree in middle school education and a master's degree in curriculum and instruction from Old Dominion University.
This relaxation is experienced by first
year and
veteran teachers alike, and can result in the loss
of precious instructional time.
Veteran teacher union watchdog Mike Antonucci has been doing his best to destroy the «revolving door
of teachers» fairytale for
years.
At Orange Grove Elementary School in Anaheim, 1st - grade
teacher Elena Tinder, a 23 -
year veteran instructor who recently registered to attend the conference, said she thought the idea
of teachers teaching each other about topics they chose on the spot sounded «revolutionary.»
Bonnie was joined by Bob Cabeza, Executive Director for the YMCA
of greater long beach and 26
year youth development professional, as well as Trisha Beverly,
veteran classroom
teacher and current after school site program coordinator providing enrichment to youth participants and youth tutors in a rural Mendocino County District.
Remember Sheri Lederman
of Long Island, the apparently, by all other accounts, terrific 4th grade and now 18
year veteran teacher who received an «ineffective» rating based on New York's value - added model (VAM); that is, a score
of 1 out
of 20 after she scored a 14 out
of 20 the
year prior (see prior posts here, here and here)?
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.
A fourth - generation educator, Marna is a 30 -
year veteran teacher, administrator and principal, and spent the final 13
years of her education career in district - level human resources.