Sentences with phrase «teachers in this particular school»

In the original inquiry project in which I was the staff developer, while we brought the teachers in a particular school together every two weeks to talk about issues of common interest, we also worked closely with individual teachers as they pursued their particular interests in their classroom.
Teachers in this particular school had been stable for five years and had received extensive professional development.

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I don't care about how school buildings are used unless teachers in those buildings are forced to teach a particular religious belief.
The court opined (contrary to all the evidence) that the «pervasively sectarian» atmosphere of the parochial schools might cause remedial teachers, either «subtly or overtly,» to begin to «indoctrinate the students in particular religious tenets at public expense.»
The curricula of such schools is designed to be of particular usefulness to teachers, physicians, clergymen, social workers, law enforcement and probation officers, industrial leaders, directors of alcoholism programs, and other persons interested in alcoholism education, research, and rehabilitation.
whatever a school's commitment to a particular theological tradition may mean, therefore, insofar as it is a school, it can not entail restrictions on the freedom of teachers and learners to differ and be in error.
It added: «This greatly affects parents in Christ the Teacher's School Division in particular, and families throughout the province».
I agree that schools should be modeling proper behavior, and that comparing a particular offering in the food line with teachers and parents personally handing out cupcakes to every kid is not fair at all.
School teachers in particular are aware of this!
The NASUWT, the largest teachers» union in the UK, is marking Workers» Memorial Day today (Tuesday) by highlighting the continuing concerns about the Coalition Government's approach to health and safety, in particular its failure to address the hidden killer in our schools - asbestos.
Through my experience in schools and talking in particular to head teachers, I saw that there is a group of young people who aren't just disadvantaged economically.
On the political front, both AG Andrew Cuomo and Rick Lazio both released RttT statements, which I find of particular interest in Cuomo's case since his support of charter schools is something that rankles both the teachers unions and many of the Democratic legislative allies.
This is something which has been very well documented and mourned in a report from the National Academy of Sciences that was issued by a committee headed by Norman Augustine just a few months ago and this report — which is called «he Gathering Storm» — lays out in some detail the concern that that [leaves us] with a long hole over the next couple of decades, because of weaknesses in [the] way we fund basic physical sciences, the way we are training people to do physical sciences, the way we treat science in elementary and high - school programs — all of those factors, the way we pay teachers, the way we use the patent system where we try to provide incentives in some of the physical sciences; we are losing our leadership gradually to other countries, especially in Europe and [of] particular concern in Asia, where the rise of science in, particularly China, to a certain extent India and other parts of Southeast Asia, are cause for long - term concern.
The joint NSCL / JINA program, the Physics of Atomic Nuclei, is for both high school students and science teachers and designed to get them excited about science and, in particular, nuclear astrophysics.
A primary role of school systems, states, districts, and charter - management organizations, the pair write, «is to create the conditions in schools through which teachers can become experts at teaching the curriculum they are using and adapting instruction to the needs of their particular students.»
In particular, it is not known whether teachers leave schools with high concentrations of disadvantaged and low - achieving populations for financial reasons or because of the working conditions associated with serving these students.
In particular, they will be looking to support teachers in schools serving communities with the highest levels of social and economic disadvantagIn particular, they will be looking to support teachers in schools serving communities with the highest levels of social and economic disadvantagin schools serving communities with the highest levels of social and economic disadvantage.
There are new curriculum and teacher collaboration models arising in schools — STEM, in particular, is one that is going to mean teachers are out - of - field.
«In history,» high school Webmaster Fred Holmes said, «a teacher might assign students to research different areas of a particular subject.
Too often urban schools in particular fall into disrepair, and the air of neglect radiates to students, teachers, and passersby.
Teachers in particular have embraced the chance to open innovative new schools.
He studies the economics of education, with a particular interest in employer - employee interactions between schools and teachers — hiring and firing decisions, job design, training, and performance evaluation.
Too often this idea of evidence - informed practice is being isolated teachers working on particular issues, or on a Masters degree, which is great but often that work is not being linked in or informed by, or informing, the overall school agenda.
In particular, because schools that serve difficult populations are likely to have higher student / teacher turnover, higher remediation rates, and lower attendance, these measures are likely to be biased if the goal of the system is to gauge school performance fairly.
In particular, growth in use of tablet devices by teachers and students was clear; 81 per cent of participating school leaders now own and use tablets for professional learning, and the majority of CC21 schools used project funds to purchase and trial iPads in the classrooIn particular, growth in use of tablet devices by teachers and students was clear; 81 per cent of participating school leaders now own and use tablets for professional learning, and the majority of CC21 schools used project funds to purchase and trial iPads in the classrooin use of tablet devices by teachers and students was clear; 81 per cent of participating school leaders now own and use tablets for professional learning, and the majority of CC21 schools used project funds to purchase and trial iPads in the classrooin the classroom.
The legitimacy of test score increases in District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS), in particular those at Crosby S. Noyes Education Campus, are the focus of the latest installment in USA Today's «Testing the System,» a multi-part series exploring the extent and causes of cheating — by teachers, principals and schools — on standardizedSchools (DCPS), in particular those at Crosby S. Noyes Education Campus, are the focus of the latest installment in USA Today's «Testing the System,» a multi-part series exploring the extent and causes of cheating — by teachers, principals and schools — on standardizedschools — on standardized tests.
Working with HGSE students, she has developed case studies focusing on particular dilemmas of justice in schools and school districts like ethics of grade inflation, eighth - grade promotion and retention policies, lottery - based school assignment, disciplining socially fragile children, and teacher firings.
He showed me charts with stick figures in five colors (representing percentages of English school children) that are used to explain to teachers and parents what the particular problems were for each group of students and how to fix them.
Put simply, a principal and leadership team that knows how to use the resources and expertise available to them in ways that maximise the outcomes students can achieve is a key determinant of the success of the school and, in particular, the extent to which teachers can deliver high quality teaching to each and every class.
In particular, in low - income schools where academic resources are scarce, motivated parents are more likely to choose teachers based on their perceived ability to improve academic achievemenIn particular, in low - income schools where academic resources are scarce, motivated parents are more likely to choose teachers based on their perceived ability to improve academic achievemenin low - income schools where academic resources are scarce, motivated parents are more likely to choose teachers based on their perceived ability to improve academic achievement.
In today's low - return environment, the pension promises being made to state and local employees in general, and public school teachers in particular, have become very expensive and difficult to maintain largely because the largesse of the pension plans assumes long run returns on the order of 7.5 percent (or higherIn today's low - return environment, the pension promises being made to state and local employees in general, and public school teachers in particular, have become very expensive and difficult to maintain largely because the largesse of the pension plans assumes long run returns on the order of 7.5 percent (or higherin general, and public school teachers in particular, have become very expensive and difficult to maintain largely because the largesse of the pension plans assumes long run returns on the order of 7.5 percent (or higherin particular, have become very expensive and difficult to maintain largely because the largesse of the pension plans assumes long run returns on the order of 7.5 percent (or higher).
Each school will be given grades in six areas: (i) pupil academic progress (gain scores); (ii) pupil attainment (of particular academic goals); (iii) the narrowing of gaps of high and low pupils in particular categories (low SES, minority, gender); (iv) parent opinions of the school's quality; (v) teacher and staff opinions of the school quality; and (vi) pupil opinions of the school quality.
The One Laptop Per Child initiative in particular gathered significant publicity and hype for its admirable goals, but people implementing it in many countries appeared not to have thought through the professional development teachers would need or, even more importantly, a redesign of the schooling model itself to leverage the considerable benefits that digital learning can deliver.
Among other things, he's brought in Monica Higgins, an associate professor at the Ed School, to organize a series of 90 - minute roundtables every three to four weeks in which outside policy experts and practitioners meet with Duncan and his top deputies for an open discussion on a particular topic — teacher performance, turnaround in schools.
«School reform» has taken on a very particular meaning in the past decade: reformers are those who support things like charter schooling, accountability, test - based teacher evaluation, and the Common Core.
Some of the acknowledged limitations of the data used in the Coleman study — the need to focus on the relationship between teacher variables averaged to the school level and student achievement, in particular — have been addressed by more - recent research.
And the fact that the Coleman findings are based on differences between schools means that it ignores important differences in resources — teacher quality in particular — that we know today exist within schools.
In particular, the gap in the average qualifications between teachers in the wealthiest and poorest 10 percent of schools shrank by half from 2000 to 200In particular, the gap in the average qualifications between teachers in the wealthiest and poorest 10 percent of schools shrank by half from 2000 to 200in the average qualifications between teachers in the wealthiest and poorest 10 percent of schools shrank by half from 2000 to 200in the wealthiest and poorest 10 percent of schools shrank by half from 2000 to 2005.
- A starter activity for each lesson on the first slide + learning objective + challenge activities throughout the power - point - Vocabulary games and worksheets with challenge activities - A lesson on teachers and comparatives to build up the vocabulary range of your students - Some fun mini-whiteboard games on opinions (speaking activity)- explanation under the slide - A role - play activity on school subjects and teachers - Sentence building activity on comparatives (see worksheet)- A lesson on friendship and adjectives to describe your friends - A written activity and competition game with mini-whiteboard on friendship - A worksheet to accompany each power - point - A revision worksheet to practise the vocabulary and grammar points seen in the unit - Reading and grammar end of unit test LESSON 3 is FREE here so you can check the standard of my resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-free-allez-1-unit-2-3-l-cole-tu-aimes-editable-11250892 I hope you will enjoy my resources and if you have a question on a particular slide or activity, please do not hesitate to contact me or leave me a message.
In fact, because schooling has become a community - wide affair, teachers don't hesitate to ask for help from anyone whose expertise might be valuable during a particular learning activity.
In some schools, we see teachers using computers and audio or video recorders to help them monitor student work, building databases that can help identify the ways a particular student learns best.
Unlikely as it may sound, science teacher Ken Williams of Nobleboro Central School says he is able to have more individual contact with students because he can have e-mail chats about their particular problems or interests while class is in session.
In Houston, as in so many urban districts, the accounting system pretends that every teacher earns the average salary of teachers in the district rather than accounting for the actual costs of the salaries at a particular schooIn Houston, as in so many urban districts, the accounting system pretends that every teacher earns the average salary of teachers in the district rather than accounting for the actual costs of the salaries at a particular schooin so many urban districts, the accounting system pretends that every teacher earns the average salary of teachers in the district rather than accounting for the actual costs of the salaries at a particular schooin the district rather than accounting for the actual costs of the salaries at a particular school.
In the past, we used to study a course, focus on our course books provided by the school, college, or organization, and learn from teachers only by attending classes in particular places at fixed timeIn the past, we used to study a course, focus on our course books provided by the school, college, or organization, and learn from teachers only by attending classes in particular places at fixed timein particular places at fixed times.
Gosline noted that, in this particular school, the data resulted in a very simple solution — devised by students and teachers together — for teachers to make more effort to spread themselves out so that they can clearly observe all students» actions.
Concerns among teachers included the impact on capacity, in particular with special schools, and any «resultant requirement to amend contracts».
Building community also means connecting with kids, so United for Success starts and ends each school day with an advisory period, during which a small group of students meet with a particular teacher, creating an in - school family of sorts to support students academically and personally as they navigate the rough waters of adolescence.
«Sometimes mentors will... need direction as well on how to help particular mentees, so having somebody in the school that teachers can go to and approach, and have the time that's part of their role (they have a reduced teaching load enabling them to do that), that was the lynchpin really, that was really critical.
In contrast, our recommendations are designed to support teachers to make reliable assessments of particular aspects of learning and achievement that can be compared across schools and used directly in the calculation of students» subject results and thus tertiary admissions ranks — without prior scaling against an external test or examinatioIn contrast, our recommendations are designed to support teachers to make reliable assessments of particular aspects of learning and achievement that can be compared across schools and used directly in the calculation of students» subject results and thus tertiary admissions ranks — without prior scaling against an external test or examinatioin the calculation of students» subject results and thus tertiary admissions ranks — without prior scaling against an external test or examination.
The authors stated that they were unable to come up with particular ways in which school districts could spend money to improve the average verbal ability of their teachers (though other researchers such as Ferguson and Manski have suggested that higher teacher salaries might do so), so they left out possible ways that money might be spent to raise verbal ability.
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