Sentences with phrase «well at least the teacher»

Well at least the teacher in my class kept mentioning that interventions will most likely slow down the birth process.

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-- State Attorney General Xavier Becerra on the federal government report filed Monday detailing numbers of Dreamers who have been able to renew their status — and are guaranteed two more years of DACA protection: «As a result of the nationwide injunction we secured, at least 30,000 Dreamers who have renewed their DACA status — our colleagues, our classmates, our teachers — can go home to their loved ones at night and keep helping build a better America.

At the very least, therefore, schools for poor and minority children should have as much funding per student, as many qualified teachers and as good physical facilities as other schools.

The Buddhists held and hold it, at least one sect of Hinduism ditto, Peirce, perhaps the greatest cognitive genius this country ever had, and the Anglo - American (as I call him), A. N. Whitehead held it, as did Haeberlin, a Swiss philosopher and my best psychology teacher at Harvard, Leonard Troland.

But there are teachers who aren't afraid to say «I love you» to their students and friends who say «good job» when you mess up on your part and parents who love the best they can and principals who sing solos and somewhere there is a new crop of parents with bewildered babies in the public pool, bouncing up and down in the water, and in that moment at least every one is singing.

Some members of the laity want to know the Son of God, get to know Him better, they would prefer teachers to be involved in this process, to assist in this process, at least once in a while and they get mocked for being crybabies.

Now Nicole, I'm one of those people who dislikes marshmallows but will try anything at least once:) I had planned on making jam filled cupcakes today, maybe the bases for these as well then my girls can ice them tomorrow... When the strike is over, the teachers will most likely ask what did you do over the break?

Just as at a daycare center, preschool teachers should have at least two years of college and a background in early childhood development as well as CPR and other emergency training.

«The best thing to have been done was that you write to us as teacher unions because at least, the law says that there must be one union which holds the collective bargaining certificate,» Mr. Acheampong asserted.

A longtime vocal critic of the school board, Paladino chose to run in opposition of teachers union head Phil Rumore and superintendent Pamela Brown, whose hiring (as well as every other non-interim superintendent hire in the past two decades) Paladino has speculated was at least partially motivated by race.

You may want to enlist the help of a good teacher — or at least a mirror — to check and refine your form and movement patterns.

Most schools the company works with have at least one ongoing issues around ICT, whether that's around reducing costs or keeping a tighter rein on the IT budget without any financial surprises, recruiting and retaining good technical staff, developing an effective strategy, or building trust in ICT with your teachers so they feel more empowered to use technology in the classroom.

The teachers union goal is to have at least 1,000 of the state's 100,000 teachers earn national certification, and the salary increase is a good incentive, according to Ralph Noble, president of the Georgia Association of Educators.

b. My data that show St. Petersburg College's undergraduate teacher training program is doing at least as well as, and probably somewhat better than, other undergraduate teacher training programs in Florida.

Above all, writes middle school drama teacher Kaleroy Zervos, a simple thank - you not only recognizes teachers» day - to - day efforts but also helps them «know their idea of making the world better is at least shared by someone outside the classroom.»

Pre-service teachers will have a reduced load so that they can participate in at least two seminars each week, where we will provide training in pedagogical methods as well as group and individual coaching.»

It is interesting to note, however, that some teachers who receive layoff notices are well into their careers, implying that at least some districts in the state are making judgments about which teachers should be laid off based on criteria other than seniority.

The existence of an orderly learning environment throughout the school — established through positive rather than negative means, whereby there are high levels of teacher consistency about how it is «enforced» and structures in place to ensure that all students are known well by at least one adult in the school — is a fundamental precondition for improved teaching and learning to occur on which the subsequent improvement in student learning outcomes can be based.

This guide covers at least 6 week's worth of painting tuition and will help not only the students but also teachers to become better practitioners.

While I have consistently explained that value - added data systems have real limitations, they do provide a systematic way to identify teachers whose students are at least improving in math and reading at better - than - average rates.

In our new report, Opportunity at the Top: How America's Best Teachers Could Close the Gaps, Raise the Bar, and Keep Our Nation Great, Emily Ayscue Hassel and I asked a simple question: «Will our nation's bold efforts to recruit more top teachers and remove the least effective teachers put a great teacher in every classroomTeachers Could Close the Gaps, Raise the Bar, and Keep Our Nation Great, Emily Ayscue Hassel and I asked a simple question: «Will our nation's bold efforts to recruit more top teachers and remove the least effective teachers put a great teacher in every classroomteachers and remove the least effective teachers put a great teacher in every classroomteachers put a great teacher in every classroom?»

Conceptually, a teacher facing a 10 - year vesting requirement likely does not say to herself, in her 3rd year of teaching, «well, I don't like teaching here very much, but if I just stick this out for seven more years, at least I'll qualify for a minimal pension!»

With the help of teachers and principals, Ward and Steele - Pierce led the district to identify two core reform goals: fostering a vigorous academic setting and ensuring that every student is known well by at least one adult.

Only about 9 percent of teachers received any negative requests, and 92 percent of teachers with negative requests had at least one positive request as well.

This is because principals would be able to identify and reward the very best teachers while, at the same time, identifying the least competent teachers for remediation or dismissal.

This evidence suggests that capable teachers are able to promote student learning equally well regardless of class size (at least within the range of variation that occurs naturally among grades).

Debate continues about the validity of these findings, but there is no denying that these programs operated in a far different social and demographic setting than programs today and that they were «hothouse» programs: Run by top - notch specialists, the programs served fewer than 200 children, cost at least $ 15,000 per child per year in today's dollars, often involved multiple years of services, had well - trained teachers, and instructed parents on effective child rearing.

So, there's a mountain of paperwork, or compliance requirements, or filling out forms; there's no question that this is seen as the major distraction for principals at least but I'd suspect also for a considerable number of teachers as well.

They want teachers to be creative, yet teach to the test, or at least have their students perform well on tests.

Finland is able to meet the needs of high - ability students, to some extent at least, by employing «exceptionally well - prepared teachers whose skills include the capacity to differentiate their instruction according to the needs, capacities, and prior achievement of their pupils.»

Although there are lots of ways to engage families throughout the year, given that most open houses are fairly well attended (at least at the elementary level) and one of the first events of the school year — and sometimes the only face - to - face contact parents have with teachers — it's critical that schools rethink their back - to - school night.

The charity has urged the government to install at least one qualified teacher in every nursery to help children develop speech and English language skills so they are at a better advantage once they enter school.

Teachers with at least some real - world knowledge and experience in a subject area — whether it's aviation, computer science, or medicine — can offer students insights into where their studies can lead them and can give them a better grasp of practical applications of their subjects.

In her May 13, 1999, testimony before the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, Feistritzer acknowledged that the term alternative teacher certification can mean many different things, «from emergency certification to very sophisticated and well - designed programs that address the professional preparation needs of the growing population of individuals who already have at least a baccalaureate degree and considerable life experience and want to become teachers.»

Studies also have found that teachers coming through alternative routes perform at least as well, if not better, on state licensing exams than traditional graduates.

In keeping with the middle school philosophy of each child being known well by at least one adult, Gilmore had each teacher put his or her name next to the name of a child he or she knew well.

AD: I think «data», broadly speaking, can provide at least a clue as to where teachers and leaders might best place their efforts.

unless school i has at least two classrooms with the same teacher and at least two classrooms with different teachers, so that the random vector is well defined.

To better serve teachers» retirement needs, states should at least provide newly hired teachers with the option to avoid the traditional state pension system, instead choosing a more portable defined contribution plan.

Ability grouping in reading has been a common practice at the school for at least a decade, and more teachers are beginning to group children in math as well, he said.

The University of Maryland's Douglas Besharov calls them «hothouse programs,» noting that they were «run by top - notch specialists,... served fewer than 200 children, cost at least $ 15,000 per child per year in today's dollars, often involved multiple years of services, had well - trained teachers, and instructed parents on effective child - rearing.

At the Beacon School in Manhattan, the teachers and administrators thought they had resolved, at least to their satisfaction, the long national debate over how best to assess students» worAt the Beacon School in Manhattan, the teachers and administrators thought they had resolved, at least to their satisfaction, the long national debate over how best to assess students» worat least to their satisfaction, the long national debate over how best to assess students» work.

While these findings can not speak to the effectiveness of various certification policies, they at least dispel the notion that only the traditional route to teaching can produce good teachers.

Because, at least when it comes to education policy, just about everything he wants the federal government to do involves things that can't be done successfully from Washington but that well - led states can and should do: raise academic standards, evaluate teachers, give kids choices, and more.

We can do a better job evaluating teachers, informed at least in part by the performance of their students.

I think they are very likely to fail in that effort (because teachers are powerful and don't like being bossed around), but they may at least partially succeed and in so doing restrict the range of differing visions of a good education much more than is desirable in a free society.

Some teachers may want the freedom to invest at least some of their own funds, and hybrid plans such as TIAA - CREF, which include DC options, as well as CB - type of guaranteed - return funds with annuitization, offer such flexibility.

At least using value - added assessments increases the chance that good teachers are rewarded and bad teachers are sanctioned.

Each year, TFA contracts with an external researcher to survey these principals, and year after year the majority of principals rate TFA teachers» preparation and performance as at least as effective as that of other beginning teachers, and in many cases as even better than the overall teaching faculty.

JM: External research has validated TFA's findings on teacher effectiveness: a June 2004 study by Mathematica Policy Research found that TFA teachers perform at least as well as traditionally prepared and certified teachers in similar schools, while a 2006 study published in Education Next (see Kane, Rockoff, and Staiger, «Photo Finish,» research, Winter 2007) found the same to be true in New York City.