Sentences with phrase «teachers of all subject areas»

This commentary represents the perspectives on the revised guidelines of a social studies education university faculty member who is deeply entrenched in the preparation of both preservice and in - service social studies and elementary educators and an instructional design and technology university faculty member who works closely with preservice and in - service teachers of all subject areas on the effective and appropriate integration of technology into the K - 12 classroom.

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Students at Village Green are surrounded by teachers of all subject areas.

Not exact matches

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The teacher meets the student in the area of the subject matter: he teaches him to cultivate the soil, and they work on the ground together.

The class teacher oversees the main lesson, while special subject teachers instruct in their areas of expertise.

Special Subject teachers bring their gifts in the areas of foreign language, Eurythmy (rhythmic movement), games (physical education), music, the arts, educational support, and an array of crafts and practical arts.

Speaking about Agricultural Literacy and Food System Education was Sue Knott of Minnesota Agriculture in the Classroom, an organization with a huge wealth of online resources for teachers to integrate nutrition education into existing subject areas.

Bringing their gifts and expertise in their area of specialization, subject teachers complete the breadth and depth of the Waldorf curriculum.

Captured in its recent manifesto launch, the policy will involve the acceleration of ICT education by training more teachers in the subject area while continuing the supply of computers to basic schools and establish ICT laboratories for selected schools.

The teachers had found ways to combine a practical experience of citizenship with use of skills and knowledge from many subject areas, including English, geography, ICT, art and drama.

«Districts continue to tell us they're having difficulty recruiting and retaining qualified teachers in certain hard to staff subject areas,» said Board of Regents Chancellor Betty A. Rosa.

GMU's contingent teachers are «dedicated educators,» with 85 % of them motivated to teach by «passions for teaching and their subject area.»

As I thought about how to approach this elephant of a subject, my mind meandered back to great teachers I have known — there were many I could recall because I have been fortunate in having teachers in all areas from physics to poetry who, almost physically it seemed, infected me with their enthusiasm — and I asked myself: Why did I find them inspiring?

Teachers should look for opportunities to connect the principles of problem solving in a variety of subject areas and real - world experiences.

Some of the areas on which students are asked to comment are teacher preparation, knowledge of subject, organization and neatness, flexibility in accommodating individual student needs, and returning homework in a timely manner.

The PBU allowed teachers to creatively weave together a set of lessons that effectively integrated the different subject areas they were covering.

«Teacher prep programs spend a lot of time on the science of teaching and subject area content,» but little time on those other areas, noted Deborah Harbin, principal at Holbrook Elementary School, in Houston.

In all of the core subject areas and at nearly all grade spans, the state has academic standards rated clear and specific by the American Federation of Teachers and assessments aligned to those standards.

The teacher will have a thorough material on marketing, that will let him or her achieve a significant improvement of the student's knowledge on this area, and additionally is a material cumulated during my last 8 years teaching the subject, fundamental on achieving classes with high grades as per our IB international standards.

There are thousands of Web sites that provide teachers with pre-made rubrics in any number of subject areas.

In the book, Becoming One Community: Reading & Writing with English Language Learners, teachers Kathleen Fay and Suzanne Whaley describe ways classroom teachers can meet the needs of students learning English, and help them practice their skills in all subject areas.

In their article, «The Relative Equitability of High - Stakes Testing versus Teacher - Assigned Grades: An Analysis of the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS),» Harvard Graduate School of Education researchers Robert T. Brennan and James S. Kim, and UMass Boston researchers Melodie Wenz - Gross and Gary N. Siperstein compared 736 student results on the MCAS with teacher - assigned grades in order to analyze the relative equitability of the two measures across three subject areas — math, English, and sTeacher - Assigned Grades: An Analysis of the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS),» Harvard Graduate School of Education researchers Robert T. Brennan and James S. Kim, and UMass Boston researchers Melodie Wenz - Gross and Gary N. Siperstein compared 736 student results on the MCAS with teacher - assigned grades in order to analyze the relative equitability of the two measures across three subject areas — math, English, and steacher - assigned grades in order to analyze the relative equitability of the two measures across three subject areas — math, English, and science.

Not only is it important for students to have the benefit of art education, teachers in other subject areas can also benefit from the way art introduces wonder into any subject area.

«In history,» high school Webmaster Fred Holmes said, «a teacher might assign students to research different areas of a particular subject.

The overall results — the average for the three subject areas — indicate an average positive impact on student achievement of 4 percent of a standard deviation whenever the teacher - student gender was the same (see Figure 3).

School leaders can sometimes find it hard to recruit specialist teachers for certain subject areas and, as a consequence, end up asking staff to teach «out of field».

Teachers can also use «I Wonders» to see themes and subject areas about which students are really curious, such as when fifth - grade teacher Brittany German noticed that she was getting a lot of «I Wonder» questions about outer space.

Pearse says the college hasn't had a big problem with teachers teaching out of their subject area, but it's been great to have recruits with specialist knowledge in their fields.

When questioned on the shortages, 84 per cent of the respondents claimed that it was having a detrimental impact, with 70 per cent having to use more supply staff, 73 per cent using teachers in subjects that are not their specialist areas, and 25 per cent merging classes.

When Principals were asked about the preparedness of recent teacher graduates, the areas they were most positive about included «Making effective use of ICT» and «Subject content knowledge», while areas for concern included «Supporting students with disabilities» and «Teaching Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students».

There is also US Department of Education data that highlights teacher shortages (both by subject area and geographic area) over time.

Teaching positions that are filled by teachers who are certified, but who are teaching in academic subject areas other than their area of preparation

The case involves an attempt by Public Advocates in San Francisco to compel the state to satisfy the law's requirements that all teachers of core subjects be highly qualified, and if some are not, that less - qualified teachers not be employed disproportionately in poor and minority areas.

In the last few years I have come to realise the merit of asking students for feedback on my practise, but I determined that it should be increased in frequency, across multiple subjects or curriculum areas, and at various points of the teaching and learning cycle if I was to be the best teacher I could be.

Shortages can also mean a lack of teachers certified in a subject area.

Ask if you can drop in to watch a class, particularly of a teacher outside your own subject area.

This pattern strongly suggests that any efforts by Florida districts to provide better pay for teachers in the high - demand subjects of math and science are insufficient to offset the differences in outside earnings opportunities across subject areas.

In the 2007 Education Next - Program on Education Policy and Governance survey, my colleagues and I found that just 33 percent of Americans would prefer to offer a larger salary increase to teachers «in subject areas where there are shortages, such as math and science» rather than a smaller salary increase to all teachers.

There is some evidence to suggest that school districts are choosing to retain teachers in subject areas with teacher shortages, with 13.3 percent of teachers that received layoff notices falling into such a category compared to 15.1 percent of teachers who did not receive a notice.

We create a measure of the selectivity of each teacher's college and code each endorsement a teacher holds in any of 10 subject areas.

Lecturer Sarah Leibel, HTF master teacher in residence (English) who worked to recruit the cohort, noted that the selected fellows know their subject areas well, have teaching experience, and believe in the assets of the communities where they teach.

In contrast, teacher candidates who took tests in 22 subject areas passed at an overall rate of 83 percent.

Twenty - eight percent of secondary math teachers lack a major or minor in their subject area, as do 18 percent of secondary science teachers and 55 percent of physics teachers.

Despite a recent wave of reform, the vast majority of school districts nationwide continue to pay teachers based on salary schedules that fail to differentiate among teachers based on their subject - area expertise.

The President challenged states to reduce the percentage of math and science teachers without a major or minor in their subject area.

The Instructional Leadership strand is designed for individuals who have taught at least three years, seek to increase their knowledge of instruction and curriculum in their subject area (science, mathematics or social studies) or English Language Arts (ELA) at the elementary and secondary levels, and are interested in finding ways to extend their influence beyond the classroom into areas such as coaching, curriculum development or teacher research.

She looked for people who could help with certain lessons in which teachers wanted extra support, or subject areas where the kids had a lot of interest.

Furthermore, to alleviate intense teacher shortages in areas such as mathematics, science, technology, and special education, school districts should supplement the salaries of qualified teachers who possess expertise in these subjects.

«I worked with teachers in one term and we looked just at numeracy — didn't want to see any of their other planning documents for other subject areas, didn't want to worry too much about their practices in those other areas.