Sentences with phrase «teachers are eager»

Teachers are eager to give input on how this evolving plan can invest more expansively in great schools for all students.

We know that Black teachers are eager to lead from the classroom — for their students, themselves, and their communities — but they need the skills and support to do so effectively in environments that do not always hear and respect what they have to say.

a focus on the attractiveness of the principal role so that teachers are eager to make the move into leadership

Effective teachers are eager to understand their students» existing beliefs so that they (the teachers) can use prior beliefs and understanding to develop new knowledge.

That figure is even higher in lower - income communities, where three - quarters of teachers are eager to use more technology.

National surveys suggest teachers are eager to use new technology, but don't believe they have the skills to be successful.

After attending an E4E - Minnesota roundtable on teacher evaluations, a reporter shares one key thing that teachers are eager to discover (MinnPost).

Heather reminds us, «New teachers are eager and passionate.

«From our conversations with E4E - Chicago members, we've learned that teachers are eager to connect with colleagues across the district, share experiences, and have solutions - driven conversations,» said E4E - Chicago Executive Director Acasia Wilson Feinberg.

The teachers are eager to hear their students talk about their learning in the classroom.

Most teachers are eager to learn, want to improve, and work hard at their craft.

Teachers are eager for new tools to help students develop into better writers, but critics question the ability of the software to critique writing.

He concentrates on the questions that the young, enquiring mind is always posing and that the up - to - date teacher is eager to answer.

«I needed folks who knew how to teach, were going to stick around, and had endured the Katrina experience and understood what the children had gone through,» she notes, adding that the teachers were eager to return.

Once at the university, after 20 years of teaching middle school, I found that many teachers were eager for strategies to help them teach successfully in heterogeneous settings.

Students, administrators, and teachers were eager to share their stories — anecdotes never included in statistical assessments of their schools.

My student teacher was an eager - to - learn practitioner who felt like she had simply not learned enough from her teacher preparation coursework.

A science graduate of the University of Colorado, the first - year teacher was eager to begin working in the county, one the state had identified as a critical needs area lacking teachers.

Not exact matches

Next is the «eager teacher» who is willing to pass on specific skills to newcomers.

Those who knew Paul Tillich as a teacher say he was always awake to all the possibilities of any occasion and eager to comprehend the meaning contained in these possibilities.

After years of formation, Teresa felt «complete happiness» as «Jesus» little spouse», and was eager to serve God as a teacher in Calcutta.

At the UTC seminar, Dayanchand Carr, a teacher at Tamil Nadu Theological College who has investigated beatings and murders of Dalit Christians, expressed grave suspicion of those who are eager to engage in dialogue with Hindus and Muslims without studying the social implications of these faiths.

In the hours leading up to the next Sabbath the eager apprentice followed his teacher at a distance, hidden by the shadows so as not to be seen.

In some of his parables — such as the one about the prodigal son — he seems to go further than any Jewish teacher had ever gone before in depicting God as One who is not only willing but eager to be reconciled with sinful man.

In the second - grade room, the teacher was sitting in slacks on the front table, a scarf wrapped around her head, reading a story to the class — everyone paying eager attention except the two who were cleaning the hamster cage.

In many cases, a modest donation puts current technology in the hands of teachers who are eager to use it with their students.

Leave the flashcards and worksheets to the teacher; if you want your child to love numbers, show him how math is part of everyday life and he'll be eager to learn more.

Teacher ambassadors are career learners and education leaders who are eager to represent the accomplishments and professional work of their colleagues, share their craft, advise policymakers and continue learning.»

So with two years to go until those evaluations are compiled by school districts, there is still leverage with teachers unions eager to avoid full disclosure.

Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia and Regents Chancellor Betty Rosa appeared eager to assure teachers and parents that the department is trying to be transparent about exams that have been the target of a record - setting boycott movement, both on Long Island and statewide.

We are eager to see how this additional funding and support might help local teachers and their students.»

At Rishikul Yogshala, we believe that Yoga should be available for all regardless of wealth and background, the cost of training should not be a barrier to an eager student fulfilling their desire to become a teacher.

While I enjoyed our visits, as an eager yoga teacher, I didn't feel like this is what I was being paid to do.

A pedagogical thriller and an emotional S&M two - hander, Whiplash is brilliantly acted by Miles Teller as an eager jazz drummer at a highly competitive music academy and J.K. Simmons as the teacher whose method of terrorizing his students is beyond questionable even when it gets results.

The school was disciplined, teachers had high expectations for students, and the administration was eager to welcome new students.

Based on the Responsive Classroom philosophy, an approach that integrates academic and social skills, the book can be used by any teacher eager to provide students with a safe and productive learning environment.

Melissa Trantolo, a new Clark fifth - grade teacher, said she was eager to meet some of her students.

87 per cent of teachers surveyed said they believed that learning with technology can help students «be eager to explore new things», while 60 per cent agreed that it encourages students to «ask and answer questions to deepen understanding».

However, in contrast to this, recent research from Techknowledge for Schools has found that 87 per cent of teachers surveyed believe that learning with technology can help students «be eager to explore new things».

My students were everything a teacher could ask for — they were eager to learn, present in the moment, collaborative within their group, respectful of those we met, and open to trying and doing new things.

Maybe that's why principals and teachers alike are so eager to recognize the school's office staff each year during the last week of April, Administrative Professionals Week (formerly called National Secretaries Week).

The bottom line, as phrased by Education Next's Paul Peterson, Martin West, and Michael Henderson, is that «everyone wants more emphasis on just about everything in school, except athletics, though the general public is especially eager for more emphasis on reading and math, while teachers see greater needs in history and the arts.»

«We're eager for others to look at all the good work students are doing in the classrooms of teachers who participate in our programs,» says Eddy Spicer.

Teacher education has largely been a matter of the «great old dogs» teaching eager new dogs the best of their tricks.

Once, after encouraging teachers to incorporate games into their lessons, Lauenstein - Denjongpa fielded calls from parents concerned that their children were too eager to get on the school bus in the morning.

CNN's site is a fine resource for any teacher who is eager to include this newsmaking event as part of their classroom curriculum.

This model, in which principals are no longer hog - tied by elaborate bureaucratic or confining union rules, proved attractive to teachers eager to take over campuses, but who equate charters with privatization of school management.

«I learned early on that there are as many ways of structuring literature circles effectively as there are teachers and students eager to try,» Noe told Education World.

But opportunities to advance were mostly based on teacher seniority, the pay was low, and he was eager for a fresh challenge in a new environment.

«There are too many people eager to tell teachers how to teach,» she continued.