Sentences with phrase «years as a public school teacher»

Many years ago, in my third year as a public school teacher, I discovered that about half of my 7th - grade students read four or more years below grade level, and about half read four or more years above grade level.
Tomlinson's experience as an educator includes 21 years as a public school teacher working with preschoolers, middle school students, and high school students.
After 20 years as a public school teacher and principal, Trenton co-founded MasteryConnect and now serves as Chief Academic Officer.
In addition to his seventeen years as a public school teacher and a public and independent alternative school principal, he has also founded several alternative schools and organizations and has lectured and consulted around the world.
CAROL ANN TOMLINSON career as an educator includes 21 years as a public school teacher of a differentiated classroom.
She has a deep - seated investment in socially and politically - engaged art that can be traced to her years as a public school teacher in Lynwood and South Fairfax.
Her fondness for young people dates to her 10 years as a public school teacher, and more recently, her work as a therapist in public mental health.

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Each in their early 30s, Joe and Ali Olsen quit their jobs as public school teachers with $ 1 million in the bank in August 2015, retiring after just eight years in the workforce to travel with their young daughter.
The 2007 Associated Press investigation identifies 2570 public school teachers who, from 2001 through 2005, had their teaching licenses «taken away, denied, surrendered voluntarily, or restricted» as a result of sexual misconduct with minors» an average of 514 per year.
Berger, who spent 25 years working as a public school teacher and educational consultant in rural Massachusetts before joining Expeditionary Learning, clearly feels a special connection with those EL schools, like Polaris, that enroll high numbers of students growing up in adversity.
This year's Conference features keynote speaker Linda Williams, Ed.D., who served as a class teacher at the Detroit Waldorf School from 1987 - 1992, after which she taught grades 1 - 3 at the public Urban Waldorf School in Milwaukee.
Marianne is a highly experienced, trained Waldorf teacher with over 35 years of teaching experience in public and private Waldorf schools as well as experience as a Spanish - bilingual teacher in New York.
The new Dr. Deirdre Loughlin Fund will link two of Deirdre's highest priorities: Broad Meadow Brook, where she has served for many, many years as chair of the advisory board; and Worcester Public Schools, where — as a teacher, and later, as a top administrator — she inspired generations of students to be curious and confident about science.
She worked for years as a preschool teacher in the public school system until she had her 3rd child, and now she is a stay at home mother who keeps busy with her four children, exploring all of the nooks and crannies of their surroundings.
Sal Albanese, 68 Party: Reform Party (previously ran as a Democrat in the primary election) Current role: Former city councilman and public school teacher Brief bio: Albanese was born in Calabria, Italy, on Aug. 29, 1949, and immigrated to Brooklyn when he was 8 years old.
Those cuts, in fact, come at a time when there are 15,000 fewer teachers and support staff in New York state public schools than two years ago, and as districts statewide expect to lay off at least 10,000 more employees in 2011 - 12.
The database below shows the gross pay for roughly 250,000 educators at public schools in New York state during the 2015 - 16 school year, as reported by the New York State Teachers Retirement System.
I officially joined Director General Jacob Kor at the Headquarters of GES as a staff of the Public Relations Unit on August 3, this year having served as a professional teacher, school counsellor and journalist for some years.
As a public school teacher for the past twenty - four years, I know first - hand what is working in our education system and I know all too well what desperately needs fixing.
In order to ensure that the best teachers are hired and retained in the classrooms in which they are needed most, he proposed offering full tuition as an incentive to top CUNY and SUNY students who pledge in return to serve as public school teachers for a minimum of 5 years.
As another school year comes to a close, education and education funding remain among the top concerns for parents, teachers and public officials.
Education Week is reporting on an Empire Center's report that says over the past decade «public schools hired nearly 15,000 teachers and almost 9,000 administrators, guidance counselors and other support workers over the last 10 years as enrollment dropped by more than 121,000 students.
«As a New York City public school teacher for 25 years, I've seen what our children need to succeed: smaller class sizes, more parental involvement, and balanced input in the education process from all members of the community,» Dromm said in a statement.
With the start of the school year, the UFT is launching a radio ad campaign on Sept. 7 that features UFT President Michael Mulgrew calling on all New Yorkers to» join us and celebrate the talent, dedication and hard work of students and teachers as we move our public schools forward.»
As a public school teacher of 18 years, I have been dismayed by the reduction of recess time and by the pushing down of inappropriate curriculum into kindergarten and first grade.
Over the years, the program has expanded a great deal, and very quickly, in both public schools and charter schools, but it is not so clear that the same number of teachers who are prepared to implement the program are available now as there were during the first years the program was established in public schools.
Yeah, so I actually as a young person, I had a really interesting opportunity, went to public schools; and my high school German teacher, who was all of 24 years old at that time, brought a group of his university friends for a camping trip in Russia, and one person canceled, so they had an extra slot.
I served as a lead teacher for Bent On Learning for 6 years, which gave me the pleasure of teaching Yoga to children from ages 4 to 18, through out the NYC Public School System.
Woody Harrelson, handed the supreme cliché role of cliché roles (as the wise teacher Mr. Bruner), is a hilariously mean foil for Nadine as an educator whose compassion has been chipped away at by years of experience in the public - school system.
«Bob's 35 - year track record in school reform, coupled with his work as a teacher, public policy advisor and foundation director will serve him well for this assignment.»
As a founding teacher at the NYC public school with a unique game - like learning model (currently in its fifth year), I have worked through many iterations of this game and how it affects students» mathematical experience over the years.
A few years into my experience as a public school parent, I can confidently say that I know what angers us moms and dads the most: when a teacher puts on a movie during the school day.
Beverly L. Hall pronounced conditions at the schools worse than anything she had encountered in 25 years as a teacher and administrator in the New York City public schools.
In summary, based on 1) no evidence of a salary penalty when controlling for AFQT rather than years of education, 2) job switchers receiving higher salaries as teachers than as nonteachers, and 3) public school teachers receiving higher salaries than private school teachers, we conclude that the standard regression is, at best, highly misleading.
I spent two wonderful years as a public school math teacher and then unexpectedly got the job of a lifetime — working for the federal government as part of the War on Poverty.
Warikoo was a teacher in New York City's public schools for four years, and also spent time working at the U.S. Department of Education and as a fellow with the Teachers Network Leadership Institute.
To find out, we at the Harvard Program on Education Policy and Governance have asked nationally representative cross-sections of parents, teachers, and the general public (as part of the ninth annual Education Next survey, conducted in May and June of this year) whether they support or oppose «federal policies that prevent schools from expelling or suspending black and Hispanic students at higher rates than other students.»
Prior to the ruling, unionized Seattle teachers went on strike just as the school year began, leaving charter schools the only public schools in the city open for business.
Some of the nation's most innovative teacher - quality programs could be in jeopardy as decisionmakers for the Cincinnati public schools scramble to identify $ 20 million to cut from next year's budget.
As I prepare for my 25th college reunion, it occurs to me that I have spent 13 years of the past quarter - century as a public - school teacher and principal and 12 years in universities as an administrator and faculty membeAs I prepare for my 25th college reunion, it occurs to me that I have spent 13 years of the past quarter - century as a public - school teacher and principal and 12 years in universities as an administrator and faculty membeas a public - school teacher and principal and 12 years in universities as an administrator and faculty membeas an administrator and faculty member.
She taught middle school humanities in several New York City public schools for 11 years and took on various leadership positions serving as a director of middle school curriculum and instruction, curriculum developer, project advisor, and teacher mentor.
Tim Kraus has been elected to a two - year term as the president of the Cincinnati Federation of Teachers, which represents 3,000 teachers and other school employees working in the 35,500 - student Cincinnati public Teachers, which represents 3,000 teachers and other school employees working in the 35,500 - student Cincinnati public teachers and other school employees working in the 35,500 - student Cincinnati public schools.
The 39 - year - old Mr. Frye, who spent 21 years as a custodian, began his first year this fall as a teacher in the Dubuque, Iowa, public schools.
The Hawaii State Teachers Association has ratified a new contract that will require its members to undergo random drug and alcohol testing — a requirement unusual for public school teachers — as the price for receiving a 4 percent salary increase each year over the next twTeachers Association has ratified a new contract that will require its members to undergo random drug and alcohol testing — a requirement unusual for public school teachers — as the price for receiving a 4 percent salary increase each year over the next twteachersas the price for receiving a 4 percent salary increase each year over the next two years.
As they did in the 2008 report, Allegreto and Mishel rely on the weekly wages reported by public school teachers in the Current Population Survey, leading to confusion about whether the wage data refer to annual salary divided by 52 weeks or by some smaller number of weeks that reflects teachers» shorter work year.
As a former aerospace engineer in my eighth year of a second career as a public high - school physics teacher, I find that Peter Temin and Richard Vedder pretty much get it right in their discussion of teachers» compensation («Are Teachers Underpaid?&raquAs a former aerospace engineer in my eighth year of a second career as a public high - school physics teacher, I find that Peter Temin and Richard Vedder pretty much get it right in their discussion of teachers» compensation («Are Teachers Underpaid?&raquas a public high - school physics teacher, I find that Peter Temin and Richard Vedder pretty much get it right in their discussion of teachers» compensation («Are Teachers Underpaidteachers» compensation («Are Teachers UnderpaidTeachers Underpaid?»
Natasha Patterson School Leadership Program Current City: Chicago Current job: Assistant principal, Chicago Public Schools Career highlights: Serving as school director / principal of UCSN — Rogers Park for the 2013 - 2014 academic year and earning a Level 1 + on the SQRP; securing a partnership with the David Lynch Foundation and the University of Chicago Crime Lab to bring Transcendental Meditation and the Quiet Time program to the students and staff of Gage Park High School, a valuable tool in helping teachers and staff deal with stress and trauma; increased the number of 2016 Gage Park High School graduates earning early college and career credenSchool Leadership Program Current City: Chicago Current job: Assistant principal, Chicago Public Schools Career highlights: Serving as school director / principal of UCSN — Rogers Park for the 2013 - 2014 academic year and earning a Level 1 + on the SQRP; securing a partnership with the David Lynch Foundation and the University of Chicago Crime Lab to bring Transcendental Meditation and the Quiet Time program to the students and staff of Gage Park High School, a valuable tool in helping teachers and staff deal with stress and trauma; increased the number of 2016 Gage Park High School graduates earning early college and career credenschool director / principal of UCSN — Rogers Park for the 2013 - 2014 academic year and earning a Level 1 + on the SQRP; securing a partnership with the David Lynch Foundation and the University of Chicago Crime Lab to bring Transcendental Meditation and the Quiet Time program to the students and staff of Gage Park High School, a valuable tool in helping teachers and staff deal with stress and trauma; increased the number of 2016 Gage Park High School graduates earning early college and career credenSchool, a valuable tool in helping teachers and staff deal with stress and trauma; increased the number of 2016 Gage Park High School graduates earning early college and career credenSchool graduates earning early college and career credentials.
Over my 35 - year career as a public school teacher and educator at Expeditionary Learning, I have been obsessed with collecting student work of remarkable quality and value.
99, assesses early childhood and elementary teachers in the District of Columbia Public Schools as a master teacher, having spent 16 years in the classroom teaching kindergarteners through fifth - graders.
This is the third year we have surveyed a nationally representative sample of teachers, defined as full - time teachers currently working in public schools.
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