Sentences with phrase «as classroom leaders»

Directors are all former YES teachers, and they are groomed as classroom leaders and school culture builders.

As classroom leaders, we carefully design assignments.

TIP 4: ENCOURAGE LEARNING I always like to ensure that there is an academic purpose to all aspects of classroom activities, so, as a classroom leader, I ask students to use academic vocabulary and to utilize their prior learned knowledge during discussions.

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I describe it as inviting anarchy (no leaders) and chaos (the yawning chasm and gap which contains our arbitrary random - to - order ratios) into the classroom: in complementary contrast to the purpose - drive of the academic environment in which we swim, so to speak, our Alma Matrix.

As a leader in educational multimedia for the classroom, WGBH supplies content to PBS LearningMedia, a national broadband service for teachers and students.

«In the spirit of innovation, our vision for this program is to have a head coach who serves as a CEO and is the central leader with a collaborative staff around him that will elevate the performance of players and coaches on the field, in the classroom and in our community.

We talk about this in the locker room as football players and leaders, how you want everyone around you to feel like they can be great for having played with you, sat in a classroom with you, been a friend of yours.

In addition to almost two decades in the classroom, she has served as department chair, both academic and also grade level Dean, a parent and faculty educator, and a leader of curriculum reform.

Often, preschoolers might complain if they're put in time - out or not given a popular classroom job, such as line leader.

Her uniquely effective parenting and teaching strategies were developed through her years of training in sociology, special education, and philosophy, as well as field - tested through her experiences as a classroom teacher, laboratory school instructor, university instructor, seminar leader, volunteer in Rwanda, and mother of three grown children.

Dr. Hightower in his presentation cited Ms. McCarthy's stellar record as a classroom teacher, where she was recognized as a Teacher of the Year, and as a school administrator and district leader.

But no, as talk turned to rising class sizes in primary schools, and new schools being built in areas with surplus places, our leaders were catapulted into a classroom full to bursting with red - faced, Capri Sun - pumped, blue Smartie overdosing, sticky - suited schoolkids.

According to the union leader,» Soldiers who were armed to teeth stormed the campus, entered every corner, even our bedrooms, arresting both students, lecturers and non-academic staff, hounding them into detention, even as they were shooting teargas sporadically into classrooms and offices.

Knowledge gained in the classroom compels medical students to serve as leaders in real - world applications in Puentes De Salud, United Community Clinic (which was recently profiled by the Penn Current), and other clinical opportunities throughout Philadelphia.

As part of an extensive education outreach campaign to heighten awareness of Thurgood Marshall in classrooms and homeschools across the country, BazanED, a leader in motion picture education, is working with officials ranging from city council members to congressional representatives and mayors to organize the initiative.

In other words, it is akin to what the teacher feels each day as she stands in front of a classroom full of new students — or a site leader opening up the first staff meeting of the year.

Some school leaders and classroom teachers may not believe in the value of independent, for - pleasure reading, or that kids can read for as long as they truly can.

As such, decisions to «give» teachers more devices tend to originate from the wrong starting place; teachers should be designing their classrooms and schools and then discussing, with leaders and technologists, what devices can best support that design.

As a part of this professional development, a team of teachers is engaging with building leaders, district leaders, and other experts / thought leaders to help shape the vision for teaching and learning in our classrooms.

As a school leader, what are the professional learning needs of your staff in relation to classroom observation?

Class Leader Boston Globe, May 22, 2011 «Harvard Graduate School of Education Dean Kathleen McCartney wants to get students out of the classroom as soon as she can.»

It is human nature to feel defensive when being critiqued; it is our work as leaders (of districts, schools, classrooms) to move beyond defensiveness and embrace feedback as sustenance for our own ongoing learning, growth, and improvement.

Throughout his long career as an education journalist for PBS Newshour and NPR, John Merrow, Ed.D.» 73, spoke to many people in education — from policymakers to district leaders to classroom teachers — and he was impressed by the dedication most had to improving the field.

What would the social - emotional environment of middle schools look like if school leaders, teachers, and reformers listened to 11 - year - olds as they looked at the nature of their schools and classrooms?

As a school leader or principal, you can often focus more time on improving teaching and learning beyond one classroom, giving others greater confidence and impact.

«As a former Peace Corps volunteer in the Philippines, New York City teacher, licensed sea captain, and head educator of an ocean classroom prior to coming to HGSE, Timothy O'Brien is a «stealthy leader» who truly embodies the values, energy, and breadth of the Learning and Teaching (L&T) Program through his focus on student work and professional development of teachers,» says Lecturer Sally Schwager, Learning and Teaching program director.

His experiences as a classroom teacher, instructional coach, school leader, district administrator and consultant have provided him with the foundation necessary to understand first - hand the needs of students and educators.

We found that the pathway to becoming the leader of a classroom starts in middle and high school, so we ask: How do we engage middle and high school students to think about teaching as a career?

«Administrators build their credibility as instructional leaders when they consistently demonstrate classroom expertise by modeling instructional practices, collaborating on curricular initiatives, and enacting the classroom culture they envision for the whole school,» she says.

As part of that approach at Grand Avenue, at the end of each month each classroom teacher names between one and three Above the Line leaders who exhibited exemplary Above the Line behavior.

The administrators said they were concerned that the 8th graders, whom they described as extremely «smart» and potential «leaders,» were disconnected from their classrooms and did not think it was «cool» to be smart.

The teacher leader's role is to monitor the pulse of the classrooms and to pass information to and from the Leadership Team, all the time acting as the «voice of the classroom» in team discussions and decision making.

But as the movement spreads, more school leaders are bringing mindfulness outside of the classroom to develop school - wide mindfulness strategies.

With nearly half of all new teachers leaving their classrooms within five years and as many as a third of the nation's teaching force readying for retirement, some education and political leaders seem to believe that education can solve its human - resource challenge by becoming more like the military: sign individuals up for short - term enlistments, prepare them in intensive boot - camp experiences, and then send them to the front lines.

NLNS pledged, for example, «to identify classroom spaces for the courses» that the New Leaders would take during their yearlong training, while the school system promised to «identify outstanding practitioners from the D.C. Public Schools who could serve as faculty or guest lecturers in these courses.»

Those leaders will no longer be able to maintain the fantasy of high - school educators floating from classroom to classroom like Mary Poppins because of their love of children while at the same time haggling over pay, benefits, and working conditions as if they were automobile workers.

School leaders and classroom teachers would have greater say over how they'd be assessed, as well as increased autonomy.

Of course now, as an adult with over 14 years of experience in the education field as a teacher and school leader, Camacho Lewis knows that the problem her teacher had is not unusual; not every educator can artfully and caringly address difficult social problems, especially matters of race and class, in the classroom.

By setting age appropriate boundaries, setting expectations, communicating how the classroom learning environment is going to be with you as their leader.

Soon I began to look at classrooms to see if students interacted the same as dogs in choosing and following a leader.

On July 23, 2015 she delivered her first TEDx Talk, Reimagining Classrooms: Students as Leaders and Teachers as Learners.

Together, they bring decades of experience promoting the social and emotional welfare of children as classroom teachers, developmental psychologists, pediatricians, nonprofit leaders, and leading voices in public education policy.

Whether in the classroom or the workplace, successfully integrating eLearning solutions means embracing a view of the teacher / manager not as an emperor or dictator, or even as a trailblazing leader, but rather as a servant.

As a school leader, or classroom practitioner, how do you keep up to date with research on effective teaching practices?

As a school leader, how can you create time for teachers and classroom support staff to liaise outside of lessons?

So, in addition to the commitment to be in classrooms more, and be more of an instructional leader, one principal may also have a commitment (without realizing it) to be known to the teachers as a principal who is available to them 24/7, or to not finding out about things I don't want to have to deal with, or even to not having my teachers discover I know nothing about high school math.

New Leaders usually requires its applicants to have two years of classroom experience in order to meet guidelines for certification as a public schools administrator.

School leaders will be able to make retention decisions based on valid measures such as student - achievement growth and classroom observations and student evaluations.

Most districts urge or require that consulting teachers return to the classroom once their term is over, though some continue to work as teacher leaders and take positions such as instructional coach or staff developer.

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