Kentucky acesses the teacher preparation programs and grades them. Here's a state rank (the numbers are the result of passing rate on the praxis and a few other things)...they really sound right to me. They confirm what I've always felt. Morehead is ok, but the other programs are better. Morehead ranks on the bottom.
Cumberland University 3.88 Asbury 3.88 Berea 3.85 Transy 3.85 Centre 3.84 Midway 3.80 Mid Continent 3.79 Georgetown 3.78 Murray 3.76 Kentucky State 3.72 Spalding 3.68 Bellarmine 3.65 Pikeville College 3.60 Brescia 3.60 Union College 3.57 UK 3.55 U of L 3.54 Campbellsville 3.36 WKU 3.35 Thomas More 3.34 NKU 3.34 Lindsey Wilson 3.29 Alice Lloyd 3.29 EKU 3.15 Morehead 3.14 Kentucky Christian 3.05 Kentucky Wesllyan 2.2
Inspite of the low rank it is still one of the most affordable schools in the nation(that's why I went there)). This is where morehead is good. Like the other morehead grad mentioned why go to transy or georgetown and pay 20.000 a year when you can go to morehead and get a free ride if you are a have way descent student. Some of my friends even had money to live on. Morehed is very generous on the financial aid.
Dear Carrie, The chat room sometimes gets a little dicey, but it's a place where you can vent, like a teacher's lounge. I feel that the Ky special ed teachers, need to stick otgether. This alt. portfolio is a doozey this time. No one knows what they are doing. Please don't give up. There are snerts, but they are monitored. I have samples to share. I need your help. Please don't give up!!!
On 11/21/06, Nancy wrote: > Dear Carrie, The chat room sometimes gets a little dicey, > but it's a place where you can vent, like a teacher's > lounge. I feel that the Ky special ed teachers, need to > stick otgether. This alt. portfolio is a doozey this time. > No one knows what they are doing. Please don't give up. > There are snerts, but they are monitored. I have samples > to share. I need your help. Please don't give up!!!
Hi there, just found this site. I am working on 5th attainment and 4th progress. Since it was suggested that the studnets have an answer choice of three. that't what I did for all answers. 5th grade I tried to use the same reading text for that section, using writing with symbols text and when a picture was needed I clicked the symbol icon to insert it where was needed. Math we used money skills, basic ID and counting sets. word problem such as," I have five pennies and want to buy an apple for 6 cents. my student is working on more/less, he has to figure it out. my 4th grader is very low functioning. Science I made three piece puzzles from plant pictures, and animals. using them as much as I could with function. I related the needs for them food ,water, warmth. I hope this might help you get started.
Every teacher is entitled to a duty-free lunch and planning and preparation time. Except for a few minor changes made in the 1995 rewrite of the Texas Education Code, the statutes have essentially remained the same.
Duty-free lunch – Texas Education Code, Sec. 21.405 By law, each classroom teacher and full-time librarian gets at least a 30-minute lunch period “free from all duties and responsibilities connected with the instruction and supervision of students.” According to a Texas Attorney General opinion, the term “duty” would include a directive that teachers remain on campus during lunch, because it would relate to student instruction or supervision. Districts cannot require teachers to stay on campus during their 30-minute lunch even if the campus is “closed” for students.
The law provides exceptions—personnel shortages, extreme economic conditions or unavoidable/unforeseen circumstances—which give districts the right to require teachers to supervise lunches, but not more than one time per week.
The rules adopted by the commissioner of education set the bar very high before a district can assign a teacher to lunch duty. Scheduling problems do not create unforeseen circumstances. They exist when an epidemic, illness, or natural or man-made disaster leaves no one available to do the duty. An extreme economic condition exists when hiring a person to supervise lunch would cause the district to raise taxes to the extent that the district might face a tax roll-back election. A personnel shortage exists only after all available nonteaching personnel—superintendent and business manager included—have been assigned to the duty and the district has diligently recruited community volunteers to help.
Planning and preparation time – Texas Education Code, Sec. 21.404 The law entitles every teacher to planning and preparation time, during which the district can require the teacher to engage in no activity other than parent-teacher conferences, evaluating student work, and planning. Teachers must have at least 450 minutes of planning time every two weeks in increments of not less than 45 minutes within the instructional day.
Examples:
A teacher could have five 90-minute conference periods within a two-week period, instead of a 45-minute conference period each day. A district can provide 50- minute blocks of planning time daily, and exceed the minimum requirement, but it could not provide 50 minutes one day and 40 minutes the next.
A district cannot schedule a 7:45 a.m.-3:15 p.m. instructional day, and then give teachers 3:15 p.m.-4:00 p.m. to plan after the students leave.
Conference period cases often involve requirements for group planning or staff development during planning periods. According to the commissioner of education, if a district gives teachers no more than the statutory minimum planning time, the district cannot ask teachers to engage in group-planning during one of those planning periods.
Example:
A district that schedules 50-minute planning periods every day could ask teachers to plan as a group one day every two weeks, but the district could not take one planning period for group planning and another for staff development.
I am in need of a list of teaching (secondary) salaries by rank, experience, education, etc., by county. Specifically, I am looking at Jefferson, Hardin, Bullitt and Nelson Counties.
Thank you very much! If there is a website that would be even more great!
I was wondering if some one could direct me to where I can find how much beginning teachers make in KY. I am from there but I currently teach in another state for my first year. Thank you for your help!
On 1/25/07, kyrain21 wrote: > I was wondering if some one could direct me to where I can > find how much beginning teachers make in KY. I am from > there but I currently teach in another state for my first > year. Thank you for your help!
It varies by the different school districts. Some districts place this information on their webpages under HR, employment, or staff section. The standard website for school districts in KY is [link removed]
So Fayette County (which I think lists their pay) is
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Hope this helps. If you are new to teaching, KY has the KTIP internship program for new teachers. Best of luck!
The Technology and Assessment Study Collaborative at Boston College (InTASC) developed tests to provide diagnostic information about algebraic misconceptions students may have. The testlets were validated during the summer and fall of 2006. InTASC is gearing up to start an experimental study designed to assess whether instructional interventions are effective in mediating some of the misconceptions piloted in the summer and fall. The study is scheduled to start on February 19, 2007 and it will run until March 23, 2007. Algebra teachers who teach grades 8 or 9 are eligible to participate and teachers who participate will qualify for a a $250.00 stipend.
For more information, please contact Helena Miranda at [email removed].
Kentucky acesses the teacher preparation programs and grades
them. Here's a state rank (the numbers are the result of passing
rate on the praxis and a few other things)...they really sound
right to me. They confirm what I've always felt. Morehead is ok,
but the other programs are better. Morehead ranks on the bo...See More