Sentences with phrase «as an elementary teacher at»

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You may just know chalk as the white, powdery writing utensil your elementary school teachers used at the front of the class.

Teach full - time as a highly - qualified teacher in a high - need field at an eligible low - income elementary school, secondary school, or educational service agency for at least 4 academic years.

One of the things I have respected most in Aida Rosa, principal of the elementary school P.S. 30, and the teachers that I talk with on her staff is that they look at children here as children, not as «distorted children,» not as «morally disabled children,» not as «quasi-children» who require a peculiar arsenal of reconstructive strategies and stick - and - carrot ideologies that wouldn't be accepted for one hour by the parents or the teachers of the upper middle class.

During the day I'm a special education teacher in an elementary school working with students who have disabilities as well as at risk regular education students.

Another notable feature in both the proposed and final rules — one likely to be of special interest to elementary school parents — is a requirement that wellness policies set nutritional standards for foods and beverages that aren't sold but instead made available to children at school, such as offerings at classroom parties or treats given out by teachers as a reward.

Prior to joining Green Meadow Waldorf School in 2006, she served as an elementary school chair and on the College of Teachers at the Baltimore Waldorf School.

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.

After receiving a degree from Marymount Manhattan College, Ferraro worked as an elementary school teacher in Astoria and took night classes at Fordham Law School.

The fellows also had an opportunity to serve as guest teachers and mentors for students at a New Jersey elementary school.

I majored in history as an undergraduate — at Pomona College in Claremont, California, class of 1963 — then bailed on graduate school and became an elementary school teacher in a vain effort to calm a boyfriend's jealousy.

Even as he spoke, he later learned, his ex-wife — who was a teacher at the elementary school on campus — was being fired «because she had known about my criminal past but had not told them.»

Gabrielle Kristofich, an aspiring STEM teacher studying economics and elementary education at the University of Colorado, said the Noyce Summit expanded her own network as she heads into her first year of teaching, and her awareness of new ideas in STEM education and the complex processes involved.

At the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, for example, mathematics educator Jim Lewis has developed The Mathematics Semester — a concentration of pedagogy and mathematics courses for undergraduates preparing to be elementary school teachers — as well as Math in the Middle, a graduate program for middle - school math teacherAt the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, for example, mathematics educator Jim Lewis has developed The Mathematics Semester — a concentration of pedagogy and mathematics courses for undergraduates preparing to be elementary school teachers — as well as Math in the Middle, a graduate program for middle - school math teacherat Lincoln, for example, mathematics educator Jim Lewis has developed The Mathematics Semester — a concentration of pedagogy and mathematics courses for undergraduates preparing to be elementary school teachers — as well as Math in the Middle, a graduate program for middle - school math teachers.

«As a former elementary teacher, I've had lots of professional development and my experience with Integrative Nutrition ranked at the top.

During the day I'm a special education teacher in an elementary school working with students who have disabilities as well as at risk regular education students.

Well I'm a student in school trying to accomplish my BA in elementary education... and I work as a teacher at a daycare.I also teach at my church nursery... I have my own place and car... I like to chill... hang with my girls... shop... go out to bar....

I talked a little bit about Cooties back at the beginning of December so this one outta still be fresh in your minds as it pits a bunch of elementary school teachers against savage pre-adolescent children.

Genre favourite Elijah Wood (Maniac, Open Windows) stars as substitute teacher Clint Hadson, whose first day on the job at his new elementary school turns deadly.

But there is room for improvement on its standards, which have not been rated by the American Federation of Teachers as clear, specific, and grounded in content for English above the elementary level or for social studies at any grade span.

In fact, paying elementary age children to read books did as much to boost their ability as more popular approaches such as smaller class size, Head Start, and bonuses to teachers for working in at - risk schools, the study determined — and was much cheaper, too.

Aside from simply troubleshooting, our students help their former teachers at the middle and elementary levels as well as create how - to scripts and videos for students, faculty and the Burlington community.

In high school I worked as a teacher's assistant at an elementary school.

«As the technology integrator at our K - 5 elementary school, I am in charge of teaching teachers and administrators, if necessary, to use computers,» Linda George of the Dondero School told Education World.

In addition, a survey of English language arts classrooms published by the Fordham Institute found that most elementary - school teachers, at least in the early stages of common core implementation, assigned books based on students» abilities, rather than grade - level complexity, as the standards state.

We look at level of school (high school, middle school, or elementary school), total enrollment, percentage of the student body that is white, average experience of teachers, and school performance, as measured by the school's academic rank within the state.

As with many other successful data - driven schools, at Elm City the work begins before school starts, when teachers and principals — both Dale Chu, who heads up the elementary grades, and Marc Michaelson, who oversees the middle school — use a variety of diagnostic tests to understand the ability and achievement levels of their incoming students.

This «move up» enables students to meet with their new teachers, get to know the new facilities they will be attending, and ask questions, said DeGenova, who is assistant principal at Slippery Rock (Pennsylvania) Area High School and as well as a part - time elementary principal at the district's Har - Mer Elementary School.

Angela Wiseman, a teacher at Freedom Hill Elementary School in Fairfax, Virginia, recalls her days as a member of a mentoring team at the University of Pennsylvania, where she worked with elementary school teachers.

In her 20 + year career in Education in previous positions at private Tampa Bay area high, middle and elementary schools, she served as International Programs Co-Director, Educational Technologist, World Languages chairperson and Spanish teacher.

The Instructional Leadership strand is designed for individuals who have taught at least three years, seek to increase their knowledge of instruction and curriculum in their subject area (science, mathematics or social studies) or English Language Arts (ELA) at the elementary and secondary levels, and are interested in finding ways to extend their influence beyond the classroom into areas such as coaching, curriculum development or teacher research.

Prior to becoming a superintendent, she worked in many different facets of education including as classroom teacher at both the elementary and middle school levels, principal at the middle school level, director of the Upward Bound Program for first - generation college - bound students, and director of the Basic Skills Academy for at - risk high school youth.

A few major areas I hope will receive attention during reauthorization are college / workplace readiness, including the promotion of more rigorous standards; greater accountability at the secondary level; more sophisticated policy and greater accountability for improving teacher effectiveness, particularly at the late elementary and secondary levels; a broadening of attention to math and science as well as to history; and refinements in AYP to focus greater attention and improvement on the persistently failing schools by offering real choices to parents of students stuck in such schools.

But he ran out of «money and patience,» and at the age of 24 took a job as a teacher in a «tough East Harlem elementary school.»

Insect Theme Page Enchanted Learning, as usual, provides some of the most practical resources for teachers at the elementary level.

«Content - area teachers in middle and high school feel less prepared to teach reading skills, and they also view reading skill as something that should have happened at the elementary level,» says Lecturer Pamela Mason, M.A.T.» 70, Ed.D.» 75, director of the master's program in language and literacy and the Jeanne Chall Reading Lab.

As soon as the lunch bell rings at his elementary school in Medford, Oregon, teacher David Cosand takes a few minutes to scan his mobile phone screen for messages that have accumulated throughout the morning in his Twitter accounAs soon as the lunch bell rings at his elementary school in Medford, Oregon, teacher David Cosand takes a few minutes to scan his mobile phone screen for messages that have accumulated throughout the morning in his Twitter accounas the lunch bell rings at his elementary school in Medford, Oregon, teacher David Cosand takes a few minutes to scan his mobile phone screen for messages that have accumulated throughout the morning in his Twitter account.

Some years ago, I signed on as an editor at a major publisher of elementary school and high school textbooks, filled with the idealistic belief that I'd be working with equally idealistic authors to create books that would excite teachers and fill young minds with Big Ideas.

For the 17 students at St. Johnsbury, as well as other elementary school and middle school students across the nation whose teachers have been deployed to the Middle East, someone has left who not only taught them but also bonded with them.

As a former dean of students at a small college in Alaska, Chris began as an educator working with college students and other adults prior to becoming an elementary classroom teacheAs a former dean of students at a small college in Alaska, Chris began as an educator working with college students and other adults prior to becoming an elementary classroom teacheas an educator working with college students and other adults prior to becoming an elementary classroom teacher.

The 17 - 18 school year is my second year at a new elementary school as a 4th grade teacher with an ESL room.

Some elementary teachers have students create their own individual models of a neuron that they can keep at their desk or take home as a reminder of their vast learning potential.

Telia Kapteyn Learning and Teaching Hometown: Atlanta Experience: Taught kindergarten as a Teach For America corps member in Brooklyn, New York; high school English teacher in a rural fishing village in Malaysia on a Fulbright Scholarship; elementary school teacher at a KIPP school in the Arkansas Delta Future plans: First - grade teacher at Brooke Charter School in Roslindale, Massachusetts; cohort leader in Teach For America's Education 4 Justice pilot program, which seeks to prepare teachers to incorporate social justice pedagogy into their classrooms

John Porter, whose 40 - year career in education includes experience as a teacher and as an administrator and principal at the elementary, middle, and high school levels in Alexandria, Virginia, says providing the opportunity for such observation, or the opportunity to observe a middle school science or math teacher at another school in the district, can lessen teacher frustration.

Brandon began his career in education as a classroom teacher and has taught at the elementary, middle, and collegiate level.

Goldhaber (2015) summarized this research and noted that in upper elementary grades (under NCLB, required tests begin in third grade), having a lower - performing teacher (one at the 30th percentile of teachers) is roughly equivalent to a student learning half as much in the school year compared to having a higher performing teacher (one at the 70th percentile of teachers).

The resulting curriculum, originally known as «EngageNY,» spread rapidly nationwide, and a 2015 RAND survey found that an astonishing 44 percent of elementary school teachers in Common Core states reported using EngageNY at least once a week, more than any other math program, and 13 percent said they used Eureka Math.

Betsy Rogers, an elementary school teacher in Jefferson County, Ala., was honored as the 2003 National Teacher of the Year at a ceremony in the First Lady's Garden at the White House lasteacher in Jefferson County, Ala., was honored as the 2003 National Teacher of the Year at a ceremony in the First Lady's Garden at the White House lasTeacher of the Year at a ceremony in the First Lady's Garden at the White House last week.

Feinberg, recruited as a bilingual teacher at another elementary school, spoke Spanish so poorly he had to keep asking his students what they were saying, especially one word he kept hearing.

In the first we looked only at the association of the Positive State Policy Index and teachers «ratings of the principal «s instructional leadership, controlling for two key school characteristics (building level, coded as elementary or secondary; and the percentage of students in poverty, or eligible for free and reduced - price lunch).

Rocky has served 20 years in K - 12 education as a paraprofessional, teacher, coach, assistant principal, and principal at the elementary and secondary levels.