Sentences with phrase «teachers in rural schools»

Teachers in rural schools will be able to convert their unused sick leave into one year of retirement credit.

A teacher in a rural school said, «I can get answers to questions, advice on issues, assistance with lesson plans in a matter of moments from anywhere in the world,» and «I use Twitter when I run out of ideas for finding a resource.»

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Apart from the handful who were born in Ashland, they'd moved from Homer or Chicago or Coronado Island, in the first or third or ninth grade, reared in trailers or at friends» houses or in homes with hot tubs, the sons of teachers and attorneys and single mothers who had chosen to go back - to - the - land in a small town: population 15,000, liberal and rural, five crowded elementary schools.

Berger, who spent 25 years working as a public school teacher and educational consultant in rural Massachusetts before joining Expeditionary Learning, clearly feels a special connection with those EL schools, like Polaris, that enroll high numbers of students growing up in adversity.

In terms of school breakfast, every year we release a teacher's report in which we survey 750 K - 8 teachers from around the country in urban, suburban, and rural areaIn terms of school breakfast, every year we release a teacher's report in which we survey 750 K - 8 teachers from around the country in urban, suburban, and rural areain which we survey 750 K - 8 teachers from around the country in urban, suburban, and rural areain urban, suburban, and rural areas.

Wright State University recently analyzed three large, at - risk schools in urban, rural and suburban locations, and found a 39 percent reduction in verbal and physical aggression in eight months when teachers implemented monthly character themes and taught specific character skills.

Play Therapy for traumatized children in rural schools can be amplified through a systems approach that includes consultation with teachers and school systems and by expanding our view of «systems» to include nature, a readily available and under - utilized resource in play therapy.

The state's new education commissioner, in her first address since beginning the job just over one week ago, told the rural schools association, meeting in Cooperstown, that she intends to be more inclusive to teachers in New York.

Some GOP Senators were concerned that the bill would inadvertently disclose identities of teachers in small rural schools, Senator Skelos says those concerns were addressed, but the bill might have to be amended later.

► As part of this week's Science special issue on forensics, Lizzie Wade told the story of how José Torero, a world expert in the forensic science of fire investigation, has shed a light on — or perhaps, added to the mystery of — «a crime that shocked the world: the disappearance of 43 students from the Ayotzinapa Normal School, a rural teacher's college near Tixtla, Guerrero,» in Mexico in September 2014.

Torero, who was born in Peru and now teaches at the University of Queensland (UQ), St. Lucia, in Brisbane, Australia, had come to investigate a crime that shocked the world: the disappearance of 43 students from the Ayotzinapa Normal School, a rural teacher's college near Tixtla, Guerrero.

I am a 39 y / o primary teacher in a small rural school.

In Calvary Gleeson - who was once a teacher in a Catholic school - plays a priest in a rural parish and is under a death sentence from a man abused as a child by a priesIn Calvary Gleeson - who was once a teacher in a Catholic school - plays a priest in a rural parish and is under a death sentence from a man abused as a child by a priesin a Catholic school - plays a priest in a rural parish and is under a death sentence from a man abused as a child by a priesin a rural parish and is under a death sentence from a man abused as a child by a priest.

A charming and intimate portrait of a single - class primary school in rural France and its inspirational teacher, the remarkable and wise Georges Lopez, whose patient and enlightened methods highlight a genuine affection for his young charges.

It is in the less desirable and more troubled systems, the nation's urban and rural school districts, that administrators currently have tremendous difficulty finding sufficient numbers of certified teachers.

Breaux: New Teacher Induction provides overviews and contact information for more than 30 highly successful, easily replicable induction programs used in rural, urban, and suburban school districts across the United States.

It's very different improving an urban school versus say a coastal school or rural school in terms of its very different attracting talent, attracting good teachers is much harder in a rural community.

But as long as states and / or the federal government increase demands on teachers while canceling some of these very programs, the problem rural and remote schools face in attracting and retaining quality teachers is just not likely to fade.

I recently conducted research in three high schools — one urban, one suburban, and one rural — to determine how they developed collective leadership, with teachers and administrators leading together.

To identify more precisely the independent effects of the multiple factors affecting teachers» choices, we use regression analysis to estimate the separate effects of salary differences and school characteristics on the probability that a teacher will leave a school district in a given year, holding constant a variety of other factors, including class size and the type of community (urban, suburban, or rural) in which the district is located.

Susan Phillips, a teacher at Enfield Elementary School, in rural Enfield, New York, recently noticed that one of her fourth - grade students was always cranky and distracted at the start of the week but turned mild mannered by Tuesday.

Remote instruction: For schools with severely limited numbers of excellent teachers, like many rural and urban areas, bringing in great, live (though not in - person) teachers through videoconferencing, holographic technology, or other means could give students access to great interactive instruction they'd otherwise miss.

I spent 11 years as a middle school science teacher and three years as a professional developer for small and rural districts in Florida, and have been a middle school assistant principal for the past three years.

Pernell is aware that teachers with his educational background are not the norm in schools in small, rural, working - class towns like York.

Pernell is a history teacher at York Comprehensive High School in York, S.C., a rural, socially conservative, tight - knit community with roots in the mining industry.

«Incentives to work in low - performing schools are not the sole answer — too often, it's large class sizes, poor working conditions, and a lack of support from administrators that drives teachers away from high - poverty rural and inner - city schools,» she said.

In recent years (or even in recent decades), it has become all too common for folks to accept that our «best» teachers are the ones going to the well - funded, suburban schools, while our high - need schools — be they in urban or rural communities — are left wantinIn recent years (or even in recent decades), it has become all too common for folks to accept that our «best» teachers are the ones going to the well - funded, suburban schools, while our high - need schools — be they in urban or rural communities — are left wantinin recent decades), it has become all too common for folks to accept that our «best» teachers are the ones going to the well - funded, suburban schools, while our high - need schools — be they in urban or rural communities — are left wantinin urban or rural communities — are left wanting.

Ben Merrill, principal of southwestern Idaho's small, rural Notus Junior / Senior High School and superintendent for the Notus School District, says, «Out here, when I have an opening for a teacher in advanced science or math, I may get two to three applicants, all right out of college — no one with a master's degree.

He was a professor of rural education at Teachers College, Columbia University, until his retirement in 1965, and helped launch school - improvement projects in small, remote school districts.

The teachers, who are already working full - time in rural or underserved schools, also receive individualized coaching in their classrooms every two weeks.

Driven by news of shortages in certain subjects (such as math, science, and special education) and in rural and inner - city schools, state legislatures have earmarked billions of dollars for salary increases and teacher training.

This will reassure the dedicated teachers and leaders in such schools, who are often at the heart of rural communities.

Teachers in some small rural schools can not be licensed in every field in which their teaching skills are required.

It didn't matter whether the teacher was working in a rural school in the south west or an inner city school in the north east, the national pay scale ensured that every good teacher teaching broadly similar groups of children would receive an equivalent salary.

Teacher recruitment and certification in rural communities is a struggle for school and district leaders, as well.

«So, I took the royalties from the first edition of my book, In the Middle, and I cashed in my teacher retirement and built this small school in a small town - Edgecomb, in rural Maine, which is near where I livIn the Middle, and I cashed in my teacher retirement and built this small school in a small town - Edgecomb, in rural Maine, which is near where I livin my teacher retirement and built this small school in a small town - Edgecomb, in rural Maine, which is near where I livin a small town - Edgecomb, in rural Maine, which is near where I livin rural Maine, which is near where I live.

Armed with data looking at some 20,000 high school students in urban, rural, and suburban communities, he first examined a survey question asking teachers to identify students in their class that they perceived as having disabilities.

Dan Fishman worked as a high school teacher in rural New Mexico.

Having flexible plan options can give mobile teachers, especially in urban and rural public schools where turnover is high, more secure retirement benefits.

At the time of writing, Jarrod Robinson was an ICT - trained PE and outdoor education teacher at Boort District School, a government school in rural VicSchool, a government school in rural Vicschool in rural Victoria.

I'm an English teacher in rural Northern Ontario, and I teach at a school with just one other full - time English teacher.

I am a teacher and literacy program leader at a small, rural school in Ontario, Canada, with 14 years of teaching experience both in the classroom and on e-learning platforms.

Teacher finds out how this approach is helping students at a school in rural Victoria.

The organization, which recruits recent college graduates to teach for two years in inner - city and rural public schools with shortages of credentialed teachers, has raised only $ 3.8 million of its $ 7 million budget for this year, TFA officials said last month.

For example, over a decade ago the earliest online courses filled a gap in rural schools that couldn't afford a full - time AP teacher.

«The project has the potential to impact all teachers,» he says, «from a novice teacher in a rural setting looking for advice on how to set up classroom routines, to a veteran teacher in an urban school looking for a new spin to teach a concept.»

I was a public school teacher and carpenter in rural Massachusetts for 25 years.

Strategies to increase leadership opportunities and provide mentoring in this area included the New South Wales education department's Rural School Leadership Program targeting early career ATSI teachers and Principals Australia Institute's Dare to Lead program, supported by the Australian Council for Educational Research.

Other projects created during the class include an organization that will provide free public libraries in India; an online platform to help students make more informed decisions when applying to college; an app that gives students fun, game - based content that shows what real scientists are like; a cellphone - hosted service for rural teachers in the Philippines that provides direct training and tips; and a nonprofit that will train and employ parent liaisons to develop stronger bonds between families and middle schools in an effort to improve dropout rates.

This meta - analysis of social and emotional learning interventions (including 213 school - based SEL programs and 270,000 students from rural, suburban and urban areas) showed that social and emotional learning interventions had the following effects on students ages 5 - 18: decreased emotional distress such as anxiety and depression, improved social and emotional skills (e.g., self - awareness, self - management, etc.), improved attitudes about self, others, and school (including higher academic motivation, stronger bonding with school and teachers, and more positive attitudes about school), improvement in prosocial school and classroom behavior (e.g., following classroom rules), decreased classroom misbehavior and aggression, and improved academic performance (e.g. standardized achievement test scores).