Sentences with phrase «what head teacher»

What head teacher could ignore a letter from a parent saying that they do not wish their child to participate in this test when that child is not even of compulsory school starting age?

What head teacher, what governing body would wish to deprive their school of these wide - ranging benefits?

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Halfway through the H block students were able to anonymously express on index cards (see below) what they wish their parents, coaches, and teachers knew about the student - athlete experience at Head - Royce.

Now that you have everything ready for your child to head back to school, it's time to start thinking about what you will give your child's new teacher as back to school gift.

What we needed was a kind of flexi - school, with understanding staff and a Head Teacher who understood school anxiety, without judging, but not full time....

«With the public sector workers... yes, I think what we saw with head teachers writing letters home to parents in effect saying «don't vote for the Conservatives», that was the subtext,» she explains.

It's exactly what we did in education — with academies, free schools and new freedoms for heads and teachers.

«One of the reasons for this is that teachers can be unaware of what is going on in their students» heads, even though they may have had exactly the same ideas when they were students themselves.

Even as a yoga teacher, the art of surrendering to what is, releasing control, and trusting the Universe is an ability that doesn't come naturally for this head strong, go - make - it - happen Leo with control issues.

Rather than coming from a tech background, the two childhood friends worked as teachers in Boston and Washington, before leaving their jobs and travelling Europe to get «some real head space to think deeply about what's happening with the internet.»

Im a cool person I know what I want in life and I know how to get there to get it I'm a teacher at a head start I live my job right now I'm just subing but I do plan to have my own class room one day anything else just feel free to ask

One instance: When there was an attempt in the Kentucky state legislature to «blow up» what had been accomplished and start over, Adkisson appeared before a senate committee with the head of the state teachers union and the state commissioner of education, with all three calling for the state to stay the course on the standards.

In a recent survey of over 2,000 teachers and head teachers, when asked «what factors would simplify teacher workloads and encourage them to take school trips?»

The National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) has further clarified its position on reforms to school funding with a collection of essays discussing what a revised funding formula could look like.

Finally, head teachers have a significant role to play, and there is a need to raise their awareness of the importance of computing and what they can do in their strategic leadership role to ensure its success.

While visions of winter vacation dance in students» heads, parents may be scratching their heads (or their Santa hats) wondering what gift to give their child's teacher.

We adopt what we term a «whole school approach», working with the head teachers to ensure that children engage with, and enjoy, great food.

So it is with «balanced literacy,» which has reared its head once again in New York City, as schools chancellor Carmen Farina places Teachers College professor Lucy M. Calkins back on the English language arts curricular and pedagogical throne that she briefly occupied a decade ago until Joel Klein learned what a catastrophe that was.

Teachers «have to be scholars» to teach at BASIS, Julia Toews, head of the Tucson school, told me when I asked what she looked for in her tTeachers «have to be scholars» to teach at BASIS, Julia Toews, head of the Tucson school, told me when I asked what she looked for in her teachersteachers.

That's surely what some education observers might wonder about the notion that Randi Weingarten, former head of New York City's teacher union and current head of the American Federation of Teachers, should be chancellor of New York City schools.

Synopsis: The bill to renew the federal preschool program for five years would authorize a 7 percent increase in its budget, to $ 4.66 billion in FY 1999, strengthen Head Start's educational component by adding new standards for what children should be learning, and require most teachers to have a college education by 2003.

Good teachers don't mandate learning or force new knowledge and ways of thinking into the heads of their students; likewise, the best managers today don't simply dictate what change will look like and how everyone will cope and adapt.

Wilshaw said: «Too often this is what inspectors see all the time — they go into secondary schools and because head teachers are so concerned about filling their sixth forms to ensure that their budgets are strong, they will give the wrong advice to youngsters and be selfish in their careers advice.

«I am proud of what this government has achieved, working with heads and teachers to raise standards so that our young people have the best possible start in life.»

«The important thing,» says Steiner, «was that you had there the chancellor of the Board of Regents, the chancellor of our biggest school district, the head of our biggest local [teachers union], and the two senior people from the department — that's what you need.»

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According to the BBC, head teachers in West Sussex, who are campaigning against spending cuts, wrote last week to all their local MPs asking what had happened to the extra # 500m for schools announced last year by the former Chancellor George Osborne.

The comments come from current Teachers, Teaching Assistants, SEND co-ordinators, heads of house, inclusion managers and Form Group Tutors...: We used this in small groups in our new class every morning for a week, what a great start, everyone is still buzzing... Builds a strong sense of belonging to something special... your class... Encourages differences and similarities to recognised and valued... Hugely improves our efforts at inclusion... The students quickly came out of their shells and are blossoming... Reveals much of the nature of the students... Gets us buzzing as a group... Encourages participants to take part in their own game and go and find things out from others... brilliant ice breaker game... Helped to resolve a huge problem we had in getting students to gel... Switches the students brains on from the moment go... Helps to break down various barriers... Gives a big boost to developing important life skills... This gives a great insight and a fantastic array of examples, clues and hints as to the characters of each individual in the group... Helps participants learn some things about themselves... Helps participants learn some things about others... Helps you learn about the participants (you can be a player as well on some occasions)... Makes it easy to develop class rules of fairness and cooperation... Builds a sense of purpose... Creates a sense of community and togetherness... Brilliant, just brilliant... our school is buzzing...

But what I don't understand is the reaction I get from many head teachers when I mention refurbished hardware.

When Stephen Colbert demands, «If we don't cut expensive things like Head Start, child nutrition programs, and teachers, what sort of future are we leaving for our children?»

With Justice Antonin Scalia's unexpected passing, we can't help but ask what will happen with the court's pending cases like Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association, which appeared headed to a 5 - 4 split.

Before heading back to the classroom, Edwards asks students to explain what happened and how they could use what they learned in the game to learn faster in the classroom (only having to listen to the teacher's directions once, asking on - topic questions, staying focused on what is being asked of them).

So what does this mean for parents, especially those that learn that their kids aren't currently headed for success (and even though their kids have been getting good grades and glowing reports from their teachers)?

If you are at a loss for what to say or do, please feel free to ask your student's teacher, advisor, principal or head of school, or technology director.

«What was beautiful yesterday, the Heads of Year were sharing with Peter where they're up to with their teams and it was so good to hear them say that some of the ones that were pretty cynical about the whole thing are now listening to other teachers within their team who have made the change and... [are] being much more positive about it.

Every first - period teacher who has looked across a classroom of drooping eyelids and nodding heads is familiar with the effect of a high school day that starts at 7:30 A.M. Jodi Mindell, associate director of the Sleep Center at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, told the Associated Press, «Sleep not only serves as a restorative function for adolescents» bodies and brains, but it also is a key time when they process what they've learned during the day.»

Khalid Ibrahim, the madrassa's head teacher, assured he was confident his school would comply with all the welfare standards but counselled it was not clear what problem the new regulations were intendeding to fix.

What's important to mention is that data includes classroom teachers, head teachers and principals.

Jonathan Isaby, chief executive of the TaxPayers» Alliance, said: «Taxpayers will not begrudge an inspiring head teacher or world - class academic a good salary if they produce great results and motivate their students, but too often this is not what we find.

With Justice Antonin Scalia's unexpected passing, we can't help but ask what will happen with Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association, which appeared headed to a 5 - 4 split.

«We trust head teachers to decide what is best for their pupils — including when and how to take part in work experience or work - related learning — and are providing valuable support for them through the Careers and Enterprise Company, which is working with secondary schools and colleges to support the development of relationships with local employers.»

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Angela Bell, Assistant Head Teacher at Royal Wootton Bassett Academy, felt there were several factors that needed to be considered when choosing a school website design company: «What could the company offer in terms of design, technical support and, most importantly, how simple would it be to maintain and edit the website in - house once it went live?

We want to work with schools - with parents, pupils, teachers, head teachers, support staff, local education authorities and civil servants to run a number of studies to find out what the ideal starting time is, and how schools can manage this.»

Pip Cleaves, parent, head teacher and Senior Education Consultant at Design, Learn, Empower recommends that teachers and principals have open discussions with school communities about BYOD technology requirements, share the required specifications of the technology, offer recommendations with variety in price, and ensure parents know exactly what a device will be used for to ensure purchased devices suit the learning needs of their children.

It would be a piece that made me scratch my head and ask, «What can I learn as a writer and teacher of writing from this young author?»

Mum was taking me off to the doctors to have my head shaved to try and find out what was going wrong in there, if there was anything, but the teachers made a difference in my life and transformed me.

In this webinar, Daniel Weisberg, CEO, The New Teacher Project, will be interviewed by Joanne Weiss, former chief of staff to former U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, about the key insights of The Mirage report, where the field of educator professional learning is headed, and what it means for districts to ask fundamentally different questions about what great teaching means and how to achieve it.

One head teacher told me proudly how much his pupils were enjoying the new picnic benches on the grassy field, but if they are the only thing available what else did he think they would be drawn towards?

Bernie Furey, assistant head teacher at St Ambrose Barlow RC High School in Salford said: «Digital Advantage has given the pupils a flavour of what it would be like to work in the creative and digital industries.