Sentences with phrase «as a veteran teacher»

The result has been increased attrition from teaching in the USA as veteran teachers disengage from the work.

But speaking from personal experience as a veteran teacher, Madeloni rejects the premise that such a thing as a «good» one - size - fits - all test even exists.

As a veteran teacher of more than two decades, I would like to think I have seen it all.

As a veteran teacher of 20 years, I now have the pleasure of mentoring teacher candidates during their student teaching experience in my classroom, and my eyes have opened to the real issues facing teacher candidates today.

For Mentor Teachers Be Patient and Compassionate As a veteran teacher, it can be hard to remember what it was like as a brand new teacher, or one considering jumping into the profession.

As a veteran teacher, I hear a lot about the importance of providing our students with 21st century skills.

Hear from a Summit Learning teacher in Kentucky in this op - ed about how his experience as a veteran teacher has changed with Summit.

However, as a veteran teacher I am sometimes ignored.

Unfortunately, as more baby boomers reach retirement age, and as veteran teachers who have had their fill of policy changes opt to leave before retirement, we find ourselves facing an inevitable shortage of quality teachers.

As we veteran teachers predicted, the death knell for public education is spreading slowly and inexorably throughout the country, and as the Post and Courier reported last week, Michelle Rhee and her for - profit destroyers have claimed two more districts with their fraudulent promise to improve the educational system.

Even as a veteran teacher, the professional stretch I experienced at MSLA helped me better understand the competencies my students needed to master.

It can mean a number of things, but as a veteran teacher, one way I try to help my students «think outside of the box» is by pushing them out if the «this or that» box.

He understands that leadership requires bigger vision and he understands and seeks to understand the needs of teachers in order to best support his colleagues as department head and as a veteran teacher at our school site.»

As a veteran teacher, I am impressed with Phil's easy manner and encouraging style, even as he demonstrates and explains things clearly.

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Every time a person signs up as a member, they give a free membership to a veteran, school teacher, student or family in need.

Part of Tiger's comfort with his former teacher, Butch Harmon, was that Harmon was a Vietnam veteran, scarred and toughened by the experience, just as Earl Woods was.

As for non-credit schools and classes, the basics rank high among hot topics to be taught this fall, says veteran teacher Jean True, owner of True Cuisine in Glen Ellyn.

The proposal includes a $ 55 gas and sales tax refund to taxpayers, and tax breaks for retired teachers, as well as the expansion of rental subsidies for seniors, housing for homeless veterans and an expansion of early childhood education.

As a result, veteran teachers gravitate to the better schools, while greener teachers end up in struggling ones...

He left an indelible footprint in the sands of times, having served this country in different capacities as a teacher, civil servants, a Second World War veteran, a minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and a parliamentarian of note.

YSP - REACH is an offshoot of the already existing Young Scholars Program (YSP), and it complements other summer programs offered by the CSNE, such as the Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU), Research Experience for Teachers (RET) and Research Experience for Veterans (REV).

Gabriel is a veteran teacher who ignites the fire of aspiration not only to your asana practice, but to our spiritual life as well.

Bonnie Balke's ruminations on being a steelworker; her song about a veteran teacher who's hopelessly out of touch with the current state of education; and her star turn as a housekeeper who swears her daughter won't spend her life scrubbing floors are simply transcendent.

«AISD officials had to struggle with the competing agendas of numerous outside partners such as Austin's business leaders, the «First Things First» program of the Institute for Research and Reform in Education, the University of Pittsburgh Institute for Learning's work in «Disciplined Literacy,» the Dana Center for Mathematics at the University of Texas, the Gates and Dell Foundations, and other organizations... As one upset veteran high school teacher put it: «We're getting this academy, and then... we're going to do this and that..as Austin's business leaders, the «First Things First» program of the Institute for Research and Reform in Education, the University of Pittsburgh Institute for Learning's work in «Disciplined Literacy,» the Dana Center for Mathematics at the University of Texas, the Gates and Dell Foundations, and other organizations... As one upset veteran high school teacher put it: «We're getting this academy, and then... we're going to do this and that..As one upset veteran high school teacher put it: «We're getting this academy, and then... we're going to do this and that....

While veteran teachers may read the annotated list of kernels as common knowledge, their ubiquity is an advantage.

Mollie Mallin, an eight - year veteran who teaches math, science, and religion to fourth and fifth graders, said, «The first two or three years — as teachers — we noticed the biggest change.»

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.

Because the quotidian demands on K - 12 principals and their staffs severely limit the time they can devote both to training neophyte teachers and assessing the ongoing work of veteran instructors, video evaluations have been eagerly embraced as a time - saver.

(It's true that AP shuns a prescribed «syllabus,» but veteran AP teachers are clear as to what they must cover in order to prepare their pupils for those exams — and the College Board isn't shy about clueing in new teachers.)

«I very much want to see more veterans re-training to become teachers as they have a huge amount to offer and we desperately need more good teachers.

Veteran teachers have invested nearly a full career in teaching, and teacher pension benefits tend to increase steeply as teachers approach retirement age.

This text provides a great information for both the new teacher who has just started using e-learning in the classroom as well as the seasoned veteran looking for new ideas to bring to their students.

The tight timetable for approval and implementation of the plan may not have left enough time to address teacher concerns — such as the possible loss of pay for some veteran teachers if they had lower evaluation scores.

As a master's student at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, studying under the guidance of Karen Mapp, I heard firsthand from veteran teachers, principals, parents, and policymakers.

Veteran Deep River teacher Wendy Oberg approves of the test as a measure of higher order thinking, but would rather not depend on it as an absolute measure of teaching success.

In contrast, experience levels in schools with few veteran teachers increased slightly, as fewer of their teachers retired and those who remained gained experience (see Figure 2).

As a result, schools with many veteran teachers saw large declines in teacher experience when the ERI went into effect.

But as a public policy, we should ask whether a state is capable of picking one retirement age that's right for all teachers, and whether it's in the public's interest to push veteran teachers out of the classroom at all.

Teacher recruitment continues to threaten standards under the Tories, and yet despite David Cameron's personal commitment to the scheme, the government has only managed to get 28 veterans to qualify as teachers.

Started by veteran teachers who were exploring creativity in children, Key Learning's program is based on the theory of multiple intelligences, pioneered by Harvard University professor Howard Gardner, which holds that each individual possesses different forms of intelligence — verbal - linguistic, musical, logical - mathematical, visual - spatial, naturalistic, body - kinesthetic, intrapersonal (such as insight), and interpersonal (such as social skills)-- to greater or lesser degrees.

This tool is especially useful for veteran teachers, as you can involve far - flung former students.

A tireless, smart, and politically sophisticated veteran of both academe and Washington, Wise dedicated himself to advancing the professionalism agenda, particularly by persuading many states that they should view NCATE as a partner in deciding which teacher - preparation programs deserve state approval.

«As Teach For America's executive director in New Orleans,» Isaacson writes, «she attracted educators from across the United States and developed ways for reformers, community members, and veteran teachers to respect and learn from one another.»

Prodded by Bill Gates, Eli Broad, and other veteran private - sector reformers, the Obama administration has lent unexpectedly forceful support to such causes as common standards, better assessments, charter schools, merit pay, refurbished teacher preparation, and the removal of ineffective instructors.

Useful tips from veteran PBL teachers are organized around themes such as Getting Started, Creating a Culture of Self - Management, Managing Student Groups, Technology, and Assessment / Evaluation.

Veteran teachers who work in other settings may wonder what all the fuss is about, and Lemov's definition of effective teaching as getting big test gains in low - income schools may be too narrow for some.

As an example, veteran teachers are highly experienced, having seen every «new» initiative of education.

Again, this is an excellent opportunity to listen to the veteran teacher and use conversation as a way to collaborate and eventually start planning together.

In short, while we know our veteran teachers want to plan specifically, give directions explicitly, and offer student support intentionally, we also know they could probably offer teachable moments to the novice teachers as well as the instructional coach.

Schools in poorer areas are often saddled with the youngest, most inexperienced and thus lowest - salaried teachers, yet they're charged as if they have a veteran squad.