Sentences with phrase «while teachers talked»

While teachers talked about block schedules, students were worried about safety.

To boost math achievement, a PTO might organize or assist with a school math night, where children play games that reinforce math skills while teachers talk with parents about academic standards and provide tools for helping children with math at home.

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But it took him a while to realize that meant visiting the classrooms where students and teachers would be using his product, talking to them, and watching them use it.

This was the place where I heard the well - worn phrase, «The teacher doesn't talk while you're writing the test.»

Teachers are overworked like everyone else, but as one teacher at Emerson Elementary pointed out that breakfast - in - the - classroom time can be valuable — learning how to do hygiene, table manners, using breakfast time to talk about how to eat properly, how to carry on a conversation while eating, even something as simple as handwashing!

It was really helpful to see what the babies did while they were there, to talk to the teachers a little and get to know them, too.

Make a visit to school and take pictures of the teachers and environment so your child can remember and talk about school while at home.

I talked with the teacher amidst cribs full of sleeping babies, while workers and parents walked through without attempting to hush their voices or soften the sounds of doors closing.

While talking to each chamber, Ryan Petty, the father of Alaina Petty, who was gunned down on Valentine's Day at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, told legislators he is in support of the governor's proposal, which does not include arming teachers.

He talks about more rigorous standards and evaluations for teachers and students, even while the charter schools he champions function without any effective oversight.

Just FYI: my Shamanic teacher informed me recently that at some point humans are going to start being bioluminescent (walking, talking glowworms, basically), so if this starts happening while you're practicing this please email me, because I really want to see it.

Her friends are now enemies, and they do things like knock things off her desk when the teacher isn't looking to embarrass her in front of the class, whisper about her (while looking right at her) at the lunch table, and start group texts about her that the kids talk about at school.

Ashtanga Yoga teacher Maria Villella talks about her approach to physical adjustments in postures, keeping the ego in check while practicing, and how she modified her own personal Ashtanga Yoga practice when she was injured.

Yet when this speaker talked of his experience while working with this revered teacher, his stories were not of a monastic man deep in thought and contemplation.

In some classes, kids listen to teachers talk about reading far more than they actually read themselves, while in other classes, independent reading is kept sacred and kids have ample time to explore books of their own choosing.

«This is a chance for the teacher, while still maintaining control of a classroom, to share with students at their level,» says Liz Sullivan, coauthor of the «Teachers Talk» report and education program director at the National Economic and Social Rights Initiative.

While we know that a balance is important, that young people want to be supported and that they want to feel connected to their school and to their teacher, there's much more that needs to be understood about this and we can do this both through administering questionnaires but probably better yet actually talking to teachers and young people and asking them specifically, in specific schools, in specific neighbourhoods: «What would make for a better relationship and a better environment where you would want to spend time, learn and also learn some good, positive behaviour skills?»

Her book, Balancing Acts: Youth Culture in the Global City (University of California Press 2010), challenges teachers, administrators, and parents to look beneath the outward manifestations of youth culture — the clothing, music, and tough talk — to better understand the internal struggle faced by many minority students and children of immigrants as they try to fit in with peers while working to lay the groundwork for successful lives.

Most teachers, if they plan for that establishment phase with positive core routines, thoughtful behaviour expectations published in a user - friendly and age appropriate way — and positively, you know not «don't call out» or «don't talk while the teacher is talking» but positively «hands up without calling out» rather than «don't call out», «facing the front and listening» rather than «don't talk while the teacher's trying to teach».

While another study revealed 97 % of teachers felt technology did far more to benefit a lesson than traditional chalk and talk learning.

He says that while they still use traditional substitutes — and stresses that they have several great regulars — he loves using Parachute teachers because «they provide students with an opportunity to experience things they hadn't ever talked about before.»

Her forthcoming book, Balancing Acts: Youth Culture in the Global City (University of California Press 2010), challenges teachers, administrators, and parents to look beneath the outward manifestations of youth culture — the clothing, music, and tough talk — to better understand the internal struggle faced by many minority students and children of immigrants as they try to fit in with peers while working to lay the groundwork for successful lives.

This approach has been shown to improve argumentation and students» use of the text to defend arguments, while decreasing teacher talk and control of the topic (Murphy et al., 2009).

The regulations talk about alternative certification as satisfying the qualified teacher provisions if certain things are done: quality pre-service; ongoing work with existing teachers, mentors, or master teachers while in the classroom; and earning certification no more than three years after entering a classroom.

For example, if working with digital quizzes, teachers could ask some students to work in pairs to talk through possible responses and record answers, while those who may struggle with spelling could work on a drag - and - drop or multiple choice exercise that allows them to choose words that correlate with images or questions.

Some teachers reported feeling uncomfortable talking to their students about sexuality due to their beliefs or perceptions about what's appropriate — often conflating sexual orientation with sex — while others felt pressure from administrators or parents to keep tight - lipped.

Teachers sweet - talk their computers while trying to load the school's online attendance system.

While I might not share the details of my situation, I will say, «I'm so grateful that Katie took time to talk to me when I was feeling stressed,» or «I was having a hard day yesterday, and one of the other teachers took the time to ask me how I was doing.»

However, while I was clearing my credential, working with mentor teachers to reflect on my practice, and finding out how real students differed from theoretical ones, I also spent long hours after school with the speech and debate team reading philosophy and theory and talking about innovative alternatives for national defense, natural resource allocation, and, of course, education.

Turn your lessons into blended lessons — In many classroom the teacher talks at the front of the class for the entire period while the students take notes about that particular lesson.

How Teachers View Technology A recent «Teachers Talk Tech» survey found that the majority of teachers view computer technology as a valuable teaching tool that can improve students» academic performance and attention in class, while strengthening the lines of communication with Teachers View Technology A recent «Teachers Talk Tech» survey found that the majority of teachers view computer technology as a valuable teaching tool that can improve students» academic performance and attention in class, while strengthening the lines of communication with Teachers Talk Tech» survey found that the majority of teachers view computer technology as a valuable teaching tool that can improve students» academic performance and attention in class, while strengthening the lines of communication with teachers view computer technology as a valuable teaching tool that can improve students» academic performance and attention in class, while strengthening the lines of communication with parents.

The Kids Against Bullying cast is captured in a coloring book which gives teachers and students a great opportunity to talk about bullying while they have fun.

PACER's coloring book gives teachers and students a great opportunity to talk about bullying while engaging in an activity.

While on campus, talk to teachers, visit their classes, and make sure you feel like the school is a good fit before making an important decision.

Ms. King spoke passionately about the caring environment NBFA provides: «One of the things NBFA did while she was here, was all of her teachers made it known that she needed to come and talk... She left here on a high, getting A's and B's.

Hodgson and his associates also are working on a virtual - reality feature that would allow users to walk through the virtual classroom while listening to a teacher talking.

But while talking to the party faithful at the convention, a very strident Vogel spouted typical teacher union talking points and was unsparing in his attacks.

After talking with more than 1,300 teachers, professional development leaders, principals, and experts, we were surprised by one thing: While these forms of collaborative PD are backed by research and highly valued by school leaders, teachers are far from satisfied with their implementation to date.

While the New York Working Families Party talked big about standing up for principle and running a candidate against Cuomo, in the end, the union - connected political party endorsed him without getting any commitment that he'll stop denigrating teachers or their professional rights during a second term in office.

While this talk dynamic may seem an enduring part of the school experience (perfectly captured by the «wawawa» of Charlie Brown's teacher), it doesn't have to be this way.

The Teaching Attendance Toolkit offers special guidance for adding in a brief conversation about attendance into every parent - teacher conference so that teachers can recognize students for excellent attendance while talking to parents whose children are struggling.

The writer talks about a series of activities for teachers that are designed to improve their own SEL while contributing to their happiness.

Inspectors noted pupils» attitudes towards learning were «often poor» and, in one lesson, students were speaking among each other, doodling and playing with a box while the teacher was talking, without being challenged over their behaviour,

They stood up to speak whenever called upon, and chatter while a teacher was talking was almost nonexistent.

Talk about how PTP teachers followed an ethic of caring while addressing disproportionality in disciplining black students.

While «smallness» is not an end in itself, it does help create conditions for student success by fostering a shared vision, shared leadership, a professional collaborative culture, and structured time for teachers to talk about instructional practice, as well as time to visit each others» classrooms (Louis & Kruse, 1995).

While children are not expected to memorize or necessarily use in their own speech, the word lists are included to guide teachers and caregivers as they interact and talk with children.

Students share their developing thinking, while the teacher uses talk moves and paraphrasing to further reinforce the focus of the lesson.

While I've talked about project - based learning recently with fellow teacher Linda Kardamis, this type of student - driven learning is far beyond just a project.

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.