Sentences with phrase «as teachers today»

Formed in 1981, Parents as Teachers today holds to its original vision — that all children will learn, grow, and develop to reach their full potential, and that parents are their earliest and best teachers.

As a teacher today, when I see my own students of color, I think they're a lot more comfortable with ethnicity than I was.

While I completed my teacher preparation program three decades ago, I still reflect on its value and where I am as a teacher today.

With over fourteen years of experience on the front lines of education, he knows what it takes to truly succeed as a teacher today.

I believe that these experiences, and the teachers that I met from around the world, shaped who I am as a teacher today.

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Today is World Teachers» Day, which is held annually on 5 October as part of a UNESCO initiative to appreciate, assess, and improve the educators of the world.

Since my early days as assistant at my teacher Edmund Schlink's Ecumenical Institute at Heidelberg and afterward during many years of regular ecumenical discussions, especially with Roman Catholic theologians, I became increasingly aware that Christian theology today should not limit itself to some narrowly defined confessional loyalty inherited from the past but should help to build the foundations of a reunited, if to some degree pluralistic, Christian church that should become more and more visible within the foreseeable future.

We see the Scribe in Christianity today holding the same basic position as a teacher.

His work as a teacher and writer of history and as an administrator in the Ministry of Education of the Government of Egypt has made him one of the most highly honored scholars of Egypt today.

Today teachers of prophecy talk about satellite communication, space travel, television, world communism, the breakdown of the family and of church authority, abortion and the re-establishment of Israel's nationhood as all pointing to that return.

We believe there is no teacher in the world today who so profoundly points the way to a great deliverance from the ills that beset us as does Whitehead.

So, today's doubters need to be pressed hard as to why, if the alternative versions of Jesus (mystic, moral teacher, misguided healer) advanced over the last few centuries can be taken seriously, it never occurred to any sceptic in the ancient world to make these very obvious challenges.

She was certainly really loved by the teachers, the staff and the parents; so it came as devestating news today when we found out».

We ourselves, as parents or teachers or simply citizens, know from the inside how difficult it is to experience anything approaching moral authenticity today.

These teachers are charged with using a biblical faith as a basis for illuminating today's world, and they are frustrated by the difficulty of interpreting first - century Eastern literature to a twentieth - century technological society.

One can well imagine a wisdom teacher like Jesus, son of Sirach, having much the same attitude towards those of his fellow Jews who were fascinated by apocalyptic, as an orthodox churchman today may feel towards some of the stranger Christian sects.

In my days as a school chaplain I remember a shocked English teacher reporting: «Do you know that today I asked my sophomores if they knew who Job was, and only one student raised her hand?»

We need something that can fire contemplatives and other religious, priests, preachers, teachers, catechists, theologians, parents, youth leaders, «the men and women in the pew» and the youth of today's Church as they all do their bit to learn from God's Word and announce the Good News revealed by Jesus Christ in His words, miracles, Passion and Resurrection.

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?

As part of the #StaplesForStudents campaign, today Staples announced that every Boston and Metrowest project posted on DonorsChoose.org received full funding as part of Staples» $ 1 million donation to DonorsChoose.org, a charity that has funded more than 700,000 classroom projects for teachers and has positively affected more than 18 million U.S. studentAs part of the #StaplesForStudents campaign, today Staples announced that every Boston and Metrowest project posted on DonorsChoose.org received full funding as part of Staples» $ 1 million donation to DonorsChoose.org, a charity that has funded more than 700,000 classroom projects for teachers and has positively affected more than 18 million U.S. studentas part of Staples» $ 1 million donation to DonorsChoose.org, a charity that has funded more than 700,000 classroom projects for teachers and has positively affected more than 18 million U.S. students.

Volume XIV, Number 2 The Social Mission of Waldorf School Communities — Christopher Schaefer Identity and Governance — Jon McAlice Changing Old Habits: Exploring New Models for Professional Development — Thomas Patteson and Laura Birdsall Developing Coherence: Meditative Practice in Waldorf School College of Teacher — Kevin Avison Teachers» Self - Development as a Mirror of Children's Incarnation: Part II — Renate Long - Breipohl Social - Emotional Education and Waldorf Education — David S. Mitchell Television in, and the World's of, Today's Children — Richard House Russia's History, Culture, and the Thrust Toward High - Stakes Testing: Reflections on a Recent Visit — David S. Mitchell Da Valdorvuskii!

«A year - end meeting with your child care provider is just as important as a parent - teacher conference,» says Michelle Borba, Ed.D parenting expert for the TODAY Show and author of The Big Book of Parenting Solutions.

Some neighbors of the longtime teacher found stabbed to death in his Orland Park home remained uneasy today as police provided few details about a motive or suspects in the homicide.

As a teacher, I often hear parents lament that their children, when asked what they did at school today, reply, «Nothing.»

As a teacher in an elementary school, I've seen that there are very few options for lunches - to the extent that students with nut allergies (which today are very common) have no option at all.

, still need to run out to buy something for tomorrow's school bake sale, have nothing to wear to the fundraising gala next week, your nanny called in sick, and just realized your boss called a meeting at the same exact time as today's parent - teacher conference.

This is so relevant today... as a former teacher, I would have to deal with over indulgent parents daily and their children.

It's a tragic fact that, today in America, a woman can make a comfortable living and have a satisfying career as a chef, teacher, daycare provider, chauffeur or nurse, among many other things, but when performing any of these services as the mother of her own children, many people believe she is wasting her time.

As a former teacher, technology specialist, and trained school administrator for a large DC Metro area school system, I love sharing technology and educational resources for today's families here but have had regular columns in online publications, including Parents.com and Babble.

Disabled teachers are being held back in their careers, with the majority having experienced discrimination as a result of Government changes, according to a poll conducted today by the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union.

Tens of thousands of teachers across the north - west will be taking strike action today (Thursday 27 June) as a further step in the NASUWT and NUT teacher unions» dispute with the Secretary of State for Education over pay, pensions, working conditions and jobs.

While the super PAC backed by the statewide teachers union faltered in aiding Democrats in down - ballot state Senate races, the education reform group StudentsFirstNY is taking a victory lap today as the chamber will largely remain the same.

As teachers returned today to a high school where a shooter killed 17 people, Florida's governor, Republican Rick Scott, proposed banning the sale of firearms to anyone younger than 21 as part of a three - point plan to prevent gun violencAs teachers returned today to a high school where a shooter killed 17 people, Florida's governor, Republican Rick Scott, proposed banning the sale of firearms to anyone younger than 21 as part of a three - point plan to prevent gun violencas part of a three - point plan to prevent gun violence.

«The NASUWT will be considering the implications of today's announcement very carefully once the detail has been shared and as there has been no consultation prior to these provisions being introduced will seek to engage with the Coalition Government to identify what support teachers, school leaders and schools will require to enable them to protect fully the children and young people in their care.»

The UFT is hitting the airwaves today with a 60 - second radio spot that slams for - profit charter school management companies as «more interested in making money and ducking accountability than fighting for our kids» and spending «millions on false attacks against teachers and public schools.»

The ad also comes as the New York State United Teachers union released a 10 - day radio ad purchase opposing the EITC (tax credit supporters say the pair of ads released today are not a response to the NYSUT radio ad).

As Political Director of the New York City Central Labor Council, Carrión has forged deep partnerships among 300 local unions from every trade, occupation, and public and private sector of the New York economy, representing a wide spectrum of workers, including teachers, truck drivers, operating engineers, nurses, construction workers, electricians, firefighters, retail workers, janitors, train operators, bakers, and many more who are the face of today's workforce.

As president of New York State United Teachers — a union whose 600,000 - plus membership is more than 70 percent women — I am proud to be leading a steering committee that is exploring issues of particular importance to women in today's society — issues like the minimum wage, child care and paid family leave.

Teachers attending the LGBTI Teachers» Consultation Conference, organised by the NASUWT - The Teachers» Union today (Saturday) in Birmingham, raised concerns that progress on tackling discrimination and advancing equality has been rolled back or hampered as a result of changes in the political climate in the last 18 months.

The NASUWT, the largest teachers» union in the UK, today welcomed the Stakeholder Schools Report by the Fabian Society, as a major contribution to the debate on the future of schooling.

In light of reports in today's Albany Times Union that a 10th grade teacher at Albany High School asked students to make a persuasive argument blaming Jews for the problems of Nazi Germany as part of a writing assignment, Councilman David G. Greenfield is calling on the school district to immediately terminate the teacher in question.

Today, in the symbolic location of the City of London, he went further in the same direction with a declaration that entrepreneurs «will be as much our heroes as the nurse or the teacher».

At 7:50 a.m., as part of today's citywide «Protect Our Schools» demonstrations, Manhattan Councilman Ben Kallos, families and teachers participate in rallies to express opposition to state government proposals concerning standardized testing and teacher evaluations, P.S. 183 Robert L. Stevenson, 419 E. 66th St., Manhattan.

Thousands of schools across England will close today, as teachers go on strike in a dispute over pay and conditions.

Meeting today (29) the union's national executive committee endorsed the date as the next national strike following the successful action PCS took on 30 June alongside teachers and lecturers.

Five Buffalo teachers — supported by NYSUT — filed legal papers today with the State Education Department seeking the removal of school board member Carl Paladino for «racially inflammatory statements» about Obama, the first lady and African - Americans that have violated his duty to serve as a role model for the school community.

As part of the region's transformative strategy to grow its own high - tech workforce, Oneida County Executive Anthony J. Picente Jr. today announced the kickoff for the 2012 SEMI High Tech U Teacher Edition, in partnership with officials from the Community Foundation of Herkimer and Oneida Counties, Workforce Investment Board, Mohawk Valley EDGE... Read more

NASUWT general secretary Chris Keates said: «Teachers have never before had to deal with such a complex range of pupil welfare issues as they do today.

«New York's working families who rely on vital public services such as education and health care are not breathing a sigh of relief from the so - called property tax relief recommendations presented today by the state's Tax Relief Commission,» said Stated United Teachers President Dick Ianuzzi.

Academics, teachers, and parents have today condemned the exclusion of study of the non-religious worldview of humanism from new GCSE and AS and A level criteria published by the Government.