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In 2018 RMT was acquired by a company which, for both pragmatic and regulatory reasons opted to rebuild the site from the bottom up. In the previous version of the site, users were asked to rate their teachers on a scale of 1 to 5 in the categories of easiness, helpfulness, knowledge, and clarity, with the latter two factoring into an "overall quality" score. Because t
Rate My Professors (RMP) is a review site founded in May 1999 by John Swapceinski, a software engineer from Menlo Park, California, which allows anyone to assign ratings to professors and campuses of American, Canadian, and United Kingdom institutions. [1]
Teacher quality assessment commonly includes reviews of qualifications, tests of teacher knowledge, observations of practice, and measurements of student learning gains. [1] [2] Assessments of teacher quality are currently used for policymaking, employment and tenure decisions, teacher evaluations, merit pay awards, and as data to inform the professional growth of teachers.
The National Council on Teacher Quality was founded in 2000 by the Thomas B. Fordham Institute. [1] [2] The council advocates for more rigorous teacher preparation, performance pay or merit-based teacher pay systems, educator equity, and a more diverse teacher workforce.
The Teacher of the Year becomes a spokesperson for the language profession to increase the visibility of the importance of learning languages and cultures to the general public. [9] 2025: Kei Tsukamaki, WA [10] 2024: Alicia Dallman Shoemaker, Elkhorn Public Schools, Elkhorn, NE [11] 2023: William Lee, Tom C. Clark High School, San Antonio, TX [12]
The Global Teacher Prize is an annual US$1 million award by the Varkey Foundation to a teacher who has made an outstanding contribution to the profession. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Nominations of teachers who meet specific criteria are open to the worldwide public, and teachers can also nominate themselves. [ 4 ]
The entrance to the T.R.S. Building on Red River Street in Austin. Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS) is a public pension plan of the State of Texas.Established in 1937, TRS provides retirement and related benefits for those employed by the public schools, colleges, and universities supported by the State of Texas and manages a $180 billion trust fund established to finance member benefits.
A headmaster/headmistress, head teacher, head, school administrator, principal or school director (sometimes another title is used) is the staff member of a school with the greatest responsibility [1] for the management of the school.