Sentences with phrase «key teachers who»

It still feels still like a grassroots movement from key teachers who are looking ahead to the future.

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«The most important book published by the Holy See in this generation for Catholic education,» says Bishop O'Donoghue, «is theCatechism of the Catholic Church, and its summary, the Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church»; he says that «it is vital that both the Catechismand the Compendiumare used by teachers in our schools and colleges, who can guide pupils in how to make best use of them»; that «the key to unlocking this treasury of Church teaching....

André Shearer, CEO and co-founder of Cape Classics, says the funding has enabled the IEF to realise a key initiative — the establishment of the Indaba Montessori Institute outside Stellenbosch, for the training of Early Childhood Development (ECD) teachers who will positively impact the lives of thousands of children.

Ask your child questions about school «The real key is communication,» says Guy Strickland, author of Bad Teachers: The Essential Guide for Concerned Parents, even with a preschooler who can't engage in long conversations about school.

In one key study, researchers at Stanford University and the University of Texas at Austin found that a simple, one - sentence note of encouragement made a huge difference in academic outcomes for African - American students, who often have fraught power relationships with teachers.

An anonymous Senate Republican, who does not represent New York City, said his conference is growing aggravated by Mayor Bloomberg's «do - or - die» approach to lobbying on key issues - including the release of teacher performance evaluation data — an issue he lost on to the teachers» unions.

Scaling back the teacher evaluation law is a key issue for the teachers unions, who have influence with lawmakers as well as Democratic voters.

Green Party of New York Gubernatorial candidate Howie Hawkins talks about key campaign issue and introduces Lee, a public school teacher and union activist, who discusses the importance of Education to the campaign.

Niou, who works for Queens Assemblyman Ron Kim, has garnered several key backers, including influential labor unions 32BJ and the United Federation of Teachers.

This week alone, the New York State United Teachers union spent $ 85,000 on mailers in key Assembly primaries, but advocates who released Tuesday's report say there is a key difference.

Key legislative Democrats, with strong teachers - union backing, have sought to give the Regents, who are controlled by the Legislature's Democratic majority, sole control over charter schools.

The support of the CEA board is considered key for Malloy, who alienated some teachers with his proposal to overhaul the tenure system, his support of charter schools and his selection of Stefan Pryor as state education commissioner.

Weissbourd and his team also spoke with many adults who are key to young people, including parents, teachers, sport coaches, and counselors.

It takes two years to attain a master degree in Urban Design with specialisation in Urban Architecture, and during this time you will meet a wide range of teachers who will present you with new knowledge in key areas.

«He was known within the University as an outstanding teacher who trained many of the current leaders in the field, as a key player in assembling the world - renowned medical oncology group here, and as a compassionate physician who took excellent care of his patients until just a few weeks before his own death.»

New yogis should look for Basics, Level 1, or Beginner classes taught by teachers who have experience and / or training working with new yogis to focus on key, foundational components for safety, and longevity in the practice.

London About Blog This blog has been established to provide research informed content on key educational issues in an accessible manner.The aim is to produce and promote articles that attract policy - makers, parents, teachers, educational leaders, members of school communities, politicians, and anyone who is interested in education today.

The sequence is preceded by another key non-Christine moment (again, very purposefully included), showing Julie plopped down against the wall after having just had her own heart broken by a math teacher she secretly has a crush on, while the priest who directed the school musical sits next to her, depressed.

The military protects the last of the uninfected population, including a scientist (Glenn Close) who sees these junior Hungries as the key to an experimental vaccine, and a teacher (Gemma Arterton) who takes a less clinical approach.

Teachers who are engaged in service - learning tend to be more positive about the work they do, and we also see a higher level of parental involvement, which is key to academic achievement.»

Honan, who served as a case teacher at GFE's conference in San Francisco this fall, summarizes a few key considerations that are influencing the funding practices of today's leading educational philanthropies:

Most teachers who use UrbanPlan agree that the professional facilitators, who receive a full day of training, are the key to its success.

Two key components of any restorative practice are that the teacher sets the tone and purpose of the discussion and that the only person who can speak is the one holding a token or talking piece.

Second, the school is run by a cooperative of teachers, who make all the key decisions about the school — from the learning program to the budget to hiring and firing.

«The key shift for an online teacher is to go from the paradigm of thinking about what you're going to teach and how you're going to teach it to what the kids are learning and not learning,» says Boise, Idaho - based Holly Mortimer, who taught in a brick - and - mortar school before becoming an online teacher and who now works for three different schools.

Designing projects and systems that require or allow for collaboration is a key challenge for teachers who wish to integrate technology effectively.

Teachers who have never worked with computers in this way often struggle with the concepts of computational thinking and there is still a great deal of confusion in the classroom around certain terminology, such as «algorithm» for example, particularly at Key Stage One.

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.

One notable early finding, Ms. Phillips said, is that teachers who incessantly drill their students to prepare for standardized tests tend to have lower value - added learning gains than those who simply work their way methodically through the key concepts of literacy and mathematics.

David Hopkins, who Morris appointed to the key role of head of the Standards and Effectiveness Unit at the Department for Education and Skills, believes that «when students begin to take ownership of the learning behavior, you see something quite transformational taking place inside the school, because then it is the students who actually control learning rather than the teacher.»

The key is to treat teachers as adults who are able — and who deserve — to hear both the good and the bad.

Carnegie's view of teaching and teachers could coexist with one or two of the Excellence Commission's teacher recommendations, but on the whole it was rooted in dramatically different core beliefs about who should make key education decisions, and it advanced a markedly different view of the organizational and policy framework within which teachers work - or should work.

The volume obviously benefits from the contribution of Brad Jupp, a former Denver Classroom Teachers Association official and a maverick who played a key role in crafting ProComp.

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The key to success are the teachers, school leaders and decision makers who have the vision, and the ability to make the connection between students, computers and learning.

The Social Mobility Commission also stated that they found «high - quality teachers who believe that poor children are capable of making progress are key to ensuring progress».

However, this information is not always filtered down to those who are the key contributors to the education system — teachers.

This revision session is designed for GCSE Dance teachers who want to lead revision sessions focussed on key - words and literacy.

«To get more parents to come to open house, especially during that first open house, when grades and behavior may not be issues, I award keys to students who get someone to represent them at open house,» explains eighth - grade language arts teacher Anica H. Weeks.

Weissbourd and his team also spoke with many adults who are key to young people, including parents, teachers, sport coaches, and counselors.

Her mentor is a veterinary technician named Verena, who works with Pereira and her teachers to build connections between classwork and the internship and to design projects that help Pereira further key academic skills, like researching, writing, and data analysis.

Every first - period teacher who has looked across a classroom of drooping eyelids and nodding heads is familiar with the effect of a high school day that starts at 7:30 A.M. Jodi Mindell, associate director of the Sleep Center at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, told the Associated Press, «Sleep not only serves as a restorative function for adolescents» bodies and brains, but it also is a key time when they process what they've learned during the day.»

After all, for those of us who've long embraced rethinking teacher evaluation and pay, a key argument is that well - designed systems will make teaching more attractive to young, motivated professionals.

«Teacher resources are fundamental... they include carefully constructed lessons plans that enable all teachers, including the many primary school teachers who are not experts in math, to instil in students a deep and transferable mastery of key concepts.»

«A key point of contention about an evaluation system is how much it will identify teachers who are not good and don't improve,» Mr. Gates writes.

Preparing completers who affect P — 12 student learning positively and increasing teacher retention are key criteria by which all programs should be measured and held accountable.

Just as for a child who learns how to read it would not be a good idea to ask them to copy the first 15 pages of the phone book to practice letters and numbers, and we would not expect them to develop an affection by for reading, we should not expect a teacher to develop a crazy passion for new technologies if instead of helping them to identify their needs and the types of tools that exist to address those needs, as well as to know the keys that underlie those tools, we are dedicated to inflating them to application manuals of which they will only use 10 % each time.

In the following posts, seven of our teachers who have transitioned to PBL instruction will be writing about how they have revitalized their classrooms with one of the key elements mentioned above.

The key elements for success are the teachers, school leaders and other decision makers who have the vision, and the ability, to make the connection between students, computers and learning.

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