Sentences with phrase «as teachers around the country»

As teachers around the country are counting down the days to summer breaks (and hopefully vacations!)

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According to the Fall / Winter 2011 issue of Renewal: A Journal for Waldorf Education, published quarterly by AWSNA (the Association of Waldorf Schools of North America), «There is a drastic shortage of trained Waldorf teachers — class teachers, as well as early childhood / kindergarten... This shortage exists in North America and around the world, including in English - speaking countries such as Australia, New Zealand, Great Britain, and Ireland.

As administrators and school boards around the country consider the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), Science Buddies is helping teachers begin ramping up, now, for some of the ways in which traditional classroom science projects and assignments may change.

Jacoby Ballard, a yoga teacher who leads Queer and Trans Yoga classes and workshops around the country, explains that he doesn't see these identity - specific classes he teaches as an «end point.»

Pressure Cooker (Unrated) Uplifting documentary chronicles the efforts of Wilma Stephenson, a demanding Culinary Arts teacher at an inner city, Philadelphia public high school, as she inspires underprivileged students to apply themselves in her class in order to earn college scholarships to some of the most prestigious cooking institutes around the country.

And so one of the things that our group is doing right now is we're engaging with teachers from all around the country, in fact all around the world, to try to learn from them what they're doing in their own classroom practice to instill a growth mindset in their students and to help students see intelligence, and to see their academic ability, as things that they can grow.

The harassment at River High reflected another theme related by teachers around the country — that gender roles and sexuality are tied together, and students who are viewed as outside the norm of traditional notions of gender are targeted for harassment.

The lawsuit is the first of what many analysts expect will be numerous legal challenges around the country following a landmark decision in June by a California Superior Court judge who struck down the tenure system there as unconstitutional under state law, saying it unfairly saddled students in high - needs schools with low - performing teachers.

A national program is working with teachers around the country to persuade students that reciting other people's poetry can be as transformative as performing their own.

Silas Kulkarni is Executive Director of Teaching Lab, leading powerful professional learning experiences in school districts around the country by applying lessons learned as a record - busting middle school teacher in Washington, D.C., and New York City.

The Hechinger Report is investigating how professional - development funds are spent in the country's largest school system — New York City — as well as in other districts around the nation to see what we can learn from schools, districts and countries that excel at ongoing teacher training.

«As I travel around the country the number one complaint I hear from teachers is that state bubble tests pressure teachers to teach to a test that doesn't measure what really matters,» said Duncan.

This fall, as school districts scattered around the country are considering «no homework» policies, teacher educator Curtis Chandler looks at research on whether and how homework can support learning and suggests teaching apps to help make it short, meaningful, and accessible.

Start with teacher - If you want students to make the global connections you start with teachers first and give them the tools, let them know about the opportunities to connect with other teachers around the country and world so that then they can guide their students as well.

As education leaders who have implemented successful education reforms around the country, we believe that Title II - A, the largest Federal resource dedicated specifically for the development of teachers and school leaders, is vital to our efforts.

As districts and schools around the country think about extending the reach of excellent teachers, they want real - life examples to show them how to tackle each of these challenges.

But there are some great teachers at the high school and, because teacher evaluation is so poor around the country and in the state, we don't have good evidence as to who should stay and who should not.

Thursday's LA Times editorial about the use of student achievement data in teacher evaluations around the country (Bill Gates» warning on test scores) makes some valuable points about the dangers of rushed, half - baked teacher evaluation schemes that count test scores as more than half of a teacher's evaluation (as is being done in some states and districts)...

As a member of EPAC for the past two years, my responsibilities have included reading research studies on teacher evaluation programs around the country, learning about evaluation tools and ways to manage data, and collaborating with educators from pilot districts.

Unfortunately for the naysayers, standardized tests are now being used as part of a teacher's evaluation in various school districts around the country.

The findings come as researchers working separately reported that career teachers around the country are struggling with low wages, sometimes even qualifying for state and federal assistance programs.

Australian teachers have around half as many professional development days as teachers in other countries have.

Specifically, I think that there are valuable lessons to be learned not only from teachers themselves, but also states such as Delaware, and even other countries around the world.

«As the new school year begins, newspapers across the country are reporting on school districts» search for minority teachers, especially African American teachers — evidence that we, as a society, continue to navigate around the color line,» Bristol wrote in a guest column on the Albert Shanker Institute bloAs the new school year begins, newspapers across the country are reporting on school districts» search for minority teachers, especially African American teachers — evidence that we, as a society, continue to navigate around the color line,» Bristol wrote in a guest column on the Albert Shanker Institute bloas a society, continue to navigate around the color line,» Bristol wrote in a guest column on the Albert Shanker Institute blog.

Around the country, new evaluation systems pushed by education reformers in the hope of weeding out low - performing teachers have generally disappointed their proponents, as they have identified relatively few teachers as subpar.

High - stakes tests are being used around the country to label children and schools as failing, to prevent kids from graduating, to fire teachers, and to close schools.

Bill Clinton embraced Kolderie's proposals as he traveled around the country making speeches that year, even though he knew it was vexing teachers unions.

For the past 20 years, we have worked as teachers, administrators and advisors in public schools around the country.

«While it's true that currently the students opting out are disproportionately white, to portray opting out as a white people thing is to make invisible the important leadership role that people of color have played around the country,» writes teacher and activist Jesse Hagopian in an article he wrote to push back against the perceived wisdom that high - stakes standardized testing will somehow right the wrongs done to generations of children.

High Financial Costs: As a result of budget cuts, states and districts around the country are being forced to lay off teachers, lose valuable programs, and raise class sizes.

While most teachers around the country see the month of June as a time to finally relax with the arrival of summer, the teachers in the CityBridge Education Innovation Fellowship (EIF) have their eyes focused on the launch of their blended learning pilot projects.

June, 2014 — Program Day Six While most teachers around the country see the month of June as a time to finally relax with the arrival of summer, the teachers in the CityBridge Education Innovation Fellowship (EIF) have their eyes focused on the launch of their blended learning pilot projects.

They note, «In our 25 + combined years of teaching experience as well as our work as educational consultants who support middle and secondary teachers around the country, we've witnessed up close the ways in which these Activator formats ignite students» attention and interest, maximize participation and drive well - paced lessons that deepen learning in meaningful ways.»

We invite teachers across New York City to join us and other teachers around the country by taking part in February's Black Lives Matter week of action as a first step to building a school system where Black Lives Matter.

The demonstration comes as teachers strike and walk out in other states around the country, like Arizona, West Virginia, and Kentucky.

Teachers around the country report emotional and behavioral problems among their students as a result of ICE raids.

She was hired by Richard C. Owen Publishers in 2001 to serve as a Learning Network Coordinator and spent the next three years training teacher leaders and administrators in educational theory and practice in the state of Colorado, as well as around the country during the summer months.

Online teacher education programs are becoming feasible as the technology infrastructure in Namibia advances (Bateman, 2002) and nongovernmental organizations such as SchoolNet Namibia continue to install networked computers in primary and secondary schools around the country.

Teachers unions are leading the charge, trying to assert themselves as state houses around the country consider, and sometimes pass, legislation that would upend longstanding tenure and collective bargaining practices.

As school districts around the country struggle to find enough qualified teachers to staff their classrooms, state policymakers are considering a range of budget and policy proposals to address immediate teacher shortages and build a sustainable, high - quality, and more diverse teacher workforce.

As school districts around the country face crippling budget shortfalls, Detroit's schools have been hit especially hard with staggering debt, pink - slipped teachers, school closures, high absenteeism, low college readiness and an uncertain future.

How teachers are evaluated has become one of the big issues in the ongoing strike by Chicago public school teachers as well as in the many debates on school reform being conducted around the country.

In 2005, Martin's classical music performances included, in January, performing solo recitals at Chapman University and for the Foothill Philharmonic Society, in February, winning second place in the Cleveland Institute of Music Darius Milhaud Society competition, in April, performing at Pianofest in Chagrin Falls, Ohio, performing at the American Liszt Society Festival at the University of Nebraska - Lincoln, performing at the Arts Orange County Awards at the Balboa Bay Club in Newport Beach, California, in June, performing a solo recital as part of the Keyboard Guest Artist series at the Cal State University, Long Beach, in July and August, attending Pianofest and performing in Pianofest concerts around the Hamptons in Long Island, New York, in October, performing at the CIM Ernst Bloch Society and performing for the Youngstown Music Teachers» Association of Ohio, and in November, performing at the Country Club in Pepper Pike, Ohio.

in January, performing solo recitals at Chapman University and for the Foothill Philharmonic Society, in February, winning second place in the Cleveland Institute of Music Darius Milhaud Society competition, in April, performing at Pianofest in Chagrin Falls, Ohio, performing at the American Liszt Society Festival at the University of Nebraska - Lincoln, performing at the Arts Orange County Awards at the Balboa Bay Club in Newport Beach, California, in June, performing a solo recital as part of the Keyboard Guest Artist series at the Cal State University, Long Beach, in July and August, attending Pianofest and performing in Pianofest concerts around the Hamptons in Long Island, New York, in October, performing at the CIM Ernst Bloch Society and performing for the Youngstown Music Teachers» Association of Ohio, and in November, performing at the Country Club in Pepper Pike, Ohio.

He has over 16 years experience as a teacher and lecturer and has taught in local and national adult education colleges and has also taught in various countries around the world such as Greece, Cyprus, Spain, France and Italy.

Is the carbon dioxide in the carbon dioxide filled bottle «trapping more heat» than the air in the air filled bottles, as is claimed by school teachers all around the country?

Hundreds of sister marches were held across the country and around the world as students, teachers, parents, survivors of school shootings and celebrities took their defiant message against gun violence and the gun lobby to the seats of power.

This convening was my opportunity, as I was surrounded by nearly 200 teachers, principals, and school administrators from around the country.