Sentences with phrase «actually challenges teachers»

On the contrary, personalized learning actually challenges teachers to design and execute better, more targeted interventions than ever before.

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I can only imagine how much more challenging it can be as they get older and are eating school lunches, with no teacher reporting back about how much was consumed or making sure to send home the containers from home lunches so Mom and Dad can see what actually went into the kids» stomachs.

The new methodology is already challenging widely held beliefs by finding that teachers can not be judged solely on the basis of their academic credentials, that classroom size is not always paramount and that students may actually be more engaged if they struggle to complete a classroom assignment.

«The inclination in some secondary schools is that young men of color from urban environments need a lot of help, that they're behind, so we give them all of this support that doesn't really challenge them to actually be better,» said Warren, MSU assistant professor of teacher education.

Great teachers are critical to the success of children and incentivizing them to stay on the job, or to teach in our most - challenging schools, is a reform that actually will produce results.

But if we're wrong about this, we may actually compound the challenges faced by the students who are most in need of guidance and support from the professional experts we call teachers.

Sachs and his colleagues train members of the Community Partnership Councils to accurately administer surveys, so it is the members themselves (the working parents, the child - care employees, and teachers who are tending challenging populations of kids for little pay) who are actually collecting the data.

The goal is an affordable system for conducting teacher research that teachers would actually consume, that would address both the implementation challenges and the high transaction costs for researchers and practitioners in creating such research.

One of the most obvious ways to better prepare teachers for the ELL challenge is for states to not only require, as California does, that incoming teachers arrive prepared to instruct English learners but to also, unlike California, actually enforce those standards.

They are able to focus on abstract goals — like test scores, teacher quality, or school choice — in debates divorced from the challenges of making reforms actually work in situ.

Although every school system has its own set of unique challenges, several challenges are universal and, therefore, would be good candidates for competitive programs: developing new models of teacher preparation; developing new forms of in - service training for teachers which actually improve student outcomes; spreading effective charter school practices; and closing the achievement gap.

Similar to the participant in Wright's (2010) study of teacher candidates, she initially found the 140 - character limit constraining, but once she adapted to the discourse system and common abbreviations she saw in other participants» posts, Kim stated, «It was actually fun and challenging to get my point across in 140 characters or less!»

The content of the lecture portion was EXCELLENT and exactly aligned to some of the pickier things I want teachers to know about performance assessment (not just a one day event, must be based on a worthy standard, require instruction that mirrors the work of the task, etc.) The assignments with each module require some really thoughtful reflection and actually really challenged me at times.

University of Pennsylvania researcher Richard Ingersoll, who has studied teacher diversity for decades, found that efforts to recruit more black teachers have actually been fairly successful; the challenge is keeping black teachers in the classroom.

However, a frequent challenge that both teachers and facilitators face is that the understanding and familiarity necessary to actually bring new concepts into the classroom demands much more time and effort than traditional professional development sessions require.

A teacher observed that once she began to actually challenge each student from his / her point of entry into lessons, every student, even the most advanced ones, needed her assistance.

Imagine if Connecticut's elected and appointed officials actually stopped denigrating teachers, the teaching profession and public schools and started listening to teachers and providing the resources necessary to improve educational outcomes, especially for Connecticut children living in poverty, facing English language challenges or requiring special education services.

After data analysis revealed there were challenges with trust in the classroom, the McPherson team realized they needed a better understanding of what was actually occurring between teachers and students.

While many of the ideas about what teaching actually is that are formed during this observational period are simplistic and need to be challenged both in teacher preparation and throughout the career, it remains true that school is the most active recruiter of future teachers.

«Once we launch (the RFP), we'll see how many people are actually out there,» Bennett said, noting the many potential challenges for charter school proposers include finding a building to operate in, hiring staff, picking a curriculum and raising start - up money to buy equipment and supplies and to pay teachers and staff before state aid payments would start arriving, well after the school opens.

So it's particularly interesting to see that when teachers are actually allowed to run schools — around 70 facilities in 15 states, most of them charters and many with challenging demographics — those schools show quick improvement in student performance.

While most students in the northern hemisphere right now are enjoying their days away from school, and admittedly so are most teachers, this is actually one of the most challenging times of the year for educators.

Lords of the Fallen's Challenge Trailer resonates the same philosophy that brands the Souls, «To Win, One Needs to Lose First», Defeat is the teacher, in those last moments you actually understand what the level designers wanted you to do, what the enemy AI is hinting at constantly, and so when you return to the arena, you become near flawless.

I don't mean the sort of respect that is old fashioned «teaching by authority», where you accept and memorize everything I say because I'm the teacher and I said so; I actually tell my students not to believe what I way just because I'm the teacher, to challenge it, to test it, and then when it makes sense or corresponds to their experiences in the labs (which at least spot check the concepts, although such checks can not be exhaustive) accept it and build a strong conceptual understanding.

We also need to recognize that many of our students actually have a lot of the skills traditionally considered in Social Emotional Learning, such as «grit,» in other aspects of their lives, and the challenge to us teachers is to help students feel that school is important enough to them that they want to apply those skills there.

I was amazed that teachers could actually treat you with respect and my classes are actually more challenging in a regular public school.