Sentences with phrase «as classroom size»

Not exact matches

Schools vary widely in qualities such as cost; scheduling and duration; topic specializations, internships, or travel opportunities offered; class sizes and classroom experience; industry partnerships and much more.

The puzzle is priced at # 26.34 which isn't cheap, but it is a really good size as you can see, and very sturdy, perfect for in the classroom or at home.

If built, the Family Community Life Center — a mixed - use project that has been in the planning stages for more than 25 years — would include an Olympic - size indoor swimming pool, a 25 - seat theater and media center, 24 - hour day care facilities, an indoor walking track, gymnasium, fitness center, classroom space, and 132 affordable apartment units intended as «workforce housing» for the area.

But no, as talk turned to rising class sizes in primary schools, and new schools being built in areas with surplus places, our leaders were catapulted into a classroom full to bursting with red - faced, Capri Sun - pumped, blue Smartie overdosing, sticky - suited schoolkids.

Schools are already having to convert non-classroom space, such as music rooms and libraries, into classrooms and others have been forced to reduce playground space or expand class sizes, the association warned.

Alleviating Overcrowding: This budget will start to address space conditions in the city's schools, reducing overcrowding and the use of trailers as classrooms with $ 4.4 billion capital investment in new space, including class size reduction.

Of course, this can be a terrifying thought, especially as schools have been designed for students to learn inside classrooms, at desks, and in a daily, weekly and yearly schedule constructed in a linear fashion with a one - size - fits - all mindset.

As documented in the book Delivering on the Promise: The Education Revolution, this includes such things as lecturing, managing classroom behavior, scoring papers and tests, preparing for state testing, updating grade books — and I'd add to the list such things as lesson planning for one - size - fits - none lessons (see Chapter 5 of Disrupting ClassAs documented in the book Delivering on the Promise: The Education Revolution, this includes such things as lecturing, managing classroom behavior, scoring papers and tests, preparing for state testing, updating grade books — and I'd add to the list such things as lesson planning for one - size - fits - none lessons (see Chapter 5 of Disrupting Classas lecturing, managing classroom behavior, scoring papers and tests, preparing for state testing, updating grade books — and I'd add to the list such things as lesson planning for one - size - fits - none lessons (see Chapter 5 of Disrupting Classas lesson planning for one - size - fits - none lessons (see Chapter 5 of Disrupting Class).

As at Dartington Primary School, the facilities can be configured and fitted out to the exact requirements of each individual school — as learning clusters, standalone teaching blocks and generously - sized, light, modern classroomAs at Dartington Primary School, the facilities can be configured and fitted out to the exact requirements of each individual school — as learning clusters, standalone teaching blocks and generously - sized, light, modern classroomas learning clusters, standalone teaching blocks and generously - sized, light, modern classrooms.

The poster has been created in high resolution — A0 size (841 mm x 1189 mm)-- so that you can use it as a classroom display.

This 9 page produce comes with a variety of mini posters for students to glue in their own books, larger full size posters to be hung around the room for reference and one simple poster that can be exported, printed on a poster printer, or changed its output to be hung as a large poster in the classroom.

I have included three different versions: Student pack - activity sheets only Teacher pack - answers (with explanations) only Student self assessment pack - both activity and answers Skills covered include: ASCII conversion Understanding binary and hexadecimal values Binary, denary and hexadecimal conversion Huffman coding Binary addition Memory size conversions These activities can be used as classroom starters, homework or as main classroom activities.

Illustrative of this, when we divided teachers into five equal - sized groups based on the average prior academic achievement of their incoming students, we found that roughly three times as many (29 %) of the teachers with the least prepared incoming students were identified as low performing based on classroom observations relative to teachers with the most prepared students incoming students (11 %).

A 2004 NCREL meta - analysis of 116 effect sizes from 14 web - delivered K — 12 distance - education programs between 1999 and 2004 found «no significant difference in performance between students who participated in online programs and those who were taught in face - to - face classrooms... in almost every comparison, students in distance education programs performed as well as students in classroom - based programs.»

She discovered that Malawian teacher voices and the official literacy instruction of the country required conditions not being met in the classrooms, especially considering large class size, limited time, as well as insufficient and inadequate reading materials.

According to their estimates, some of their favored programs (such as classroom coaches) are more than 10 times as cost efficient as others, such as class size reduction for K — 3.

Moreover, there may be other factors, unrelated to class size, that lead to swings in classroom performance, such as a dog barking in the parking lot on the day of the test or special classroom «chemistry» reflecting a good match between a particular classroom of students and a particular teacher.

We can place each student in a classroom and school so we know about the demographic and educational characteristics of students» schoolmates as well as the size of their class.

Proposition 300 Would direct earnings from public lands that are above the 2000 - 01 level to be deposited in the state classroom - site fund, to be used for such things as class - size reduction, teacher raises, and school facility bond...

We also control for teacher experience as well as for class and school characteristics, including class size and the academic performance and demographic characteristics of all students in the relevant classroom and school.

Mr Kanejiya, who provides AI to the education sector, believes the advancements in technology will be needed to improve the productivity and efficiency of the education system — as budgets shrink and classroom sizes increase.

One option is to focus on structural features of schools and classrooms, such as teacher education and certification, class size, and curriculum, and enact policies to ensure that these proxies for quality are uniformly in place.

We take a standard building solution and enhance it to meet the school's requirements — whether that is for aesthetics or as here, specific classroom sizes.»

Each floor has a colour theme — orange, yellow or green — and the classrooms have ample space for an average size class but then of course we can open up the glass doors and use the common area outside each classroom as well.

Over in Grand Rapids, Michigan, the WINGS model of schooling — now Divine Providence Academy — is an example of how blended learning can facilitate effective multi-age classrooms, allowing schools to right - size staff and become sustainable as much smaller operations, akin to one - room schoolhouses of old.

Let denote outcome h for classroom j in school i. Let denote a vector of predictor variables such as class size, years of teacher experience, and an average of test scores from a previous year for members of the classroom.

In the case of class size, for example, despite research that does show positive impact — especially for young deeply disadvantaged students, there is also strong research suggesting that there are stronger ways of improving student outcomes (such as getting more effective teachers into the classroom).

The share of funds devoted to Title I dropped as the federal government added new initiatives to wire classrooms to the Internet and reduce class sizes, among other priorities.

Word searches - 2 word searches with words and pictures Writing pages - a collection of photocopiable sheets with toy themed borders Writing worksheets - a collection of worksheets with toy pictures and lines below for writing My favourite toy - draw and write about your favourite toy Word mat - an A4 word mat with words and pictures to use for writing activities Number line - a number line to 100 on colourful toys Alphabet line - a colourful alphabet line Flash cards - word and picture cards of lots of different toys Design a toy - a worksheet for your toy design Colouring pictures - a collection of colouring sheets Tracing pictures - pencil control sheets - great for younger children Book cover - a book cover to colour to use to keep all the topic work together Bingo - print and make this colourful toy themed bingo game Matching pairs game - match the toys Number dominoes - a toy themed game Label the toys - label some different toys Counting cards - cards with numbers 1 - 10 and the corresponding number of toys Size ordering - order the Russian dolls in size order - in colour and black and white Literacy worksheets - match labels to toys, write initial sounds, write words to describe different toys Play dough mats - a collection of activity mats to use in the play dough area Old toys posters - colourful posters showing some old toys Old and new posters - compare the old and new versions of some different toys Baby and child toys - an activity to sort the toy pictures into ones you had as a baby and ones you have now and a worksheet to accompany the activity Our favourite toys - find out about and draw your parents favourite toy and grandparents favourite toy when they were little Push and pull - look at some different toys and talk about what force is used to make them move Write a story - a decorated worksheet for writing a story about your toys Make some toys - photocopiable sheets for making 15 different simple toys such as split pin puppets, a jigsaw, a marble maze, a die to use with the snakes and ladders board Toy shop role play pack - a full pack of resources to set up your own toy shop in the classroom Includes display materials, games, Literacy and Maths activities, story telling resources plus much Size ordering - order the Russian dolls in size order - in colour and black and white Literacy worksheets - match labels to toys, write initial sounds, write words to describe different toys Play dough mats - a collection of activity mats to use in the play dough area Old toys posters - colourful posters showing some old toys Old and new posters - compare the old and new versions of some different toys Baby and child toys - an activity to sort the toy pictures into ones you had as a baby and ones you have now and a worksheet to accompany the activity Our favourite toys - find out about and draw your parents favourite toy and grandparents favourite toy when they were little Push and pull - look at some different toys and talk about what force is used to make them move Write a story - a decorated worksheet for writing a story about your toys Make some toys - photocopiable sheets for making 15 different simple toys such as split pin puppets, a jigsaw, a marble maze, a die to use with the snakes and ladders board Toy shop role play pack - a full pack of resources to set up your own toy shop in the classroom Includes display materials, games, Literacy and Maths activities, story telling resources plus much size order - in colour and black and white Literacy worksheets - match labels to toys, write initial sounds, write words to describe different toys Play dough mats - a collection of activity mats to use in the play dough area Old toys posters - colourful posters showing some old toys Old and new posters - compare the old and new versions of some different toys Baby and child toys - an activity to sort the toy pictures into ones you had as a baby and ones you have now and a worksheet to accompany the activity Our favourite toys - find out about and draw your parents favourite toy and grandparents favourite toy when they were little Push and pull - look at some different toys and talk about what force is used to make them move Write a story - a decorated worksheet for writing a story about your toys Make some toys - photocopiable sheets for making 15 different simple toys such as split pin puppets, a jigsaw, a marble maze, a die to use with the snakes and ladders board Toy shop role play pack - a full pack of resources to set up your own toy shop in the classroom Includes display materials, games, Literacy and Maths activities, story telling resources plus much more

This is a significant departure from the way classrooms have been structured in the past as a «one size fits...

While there is no one - size - fits - all solution for the issues that influence student behavior, officials from all five school districts GAO visited were implementing alternatives to disciplinary actions that remove children from the classroom, such as initiatives that promote positive behavioral expectations for students.

Class sizes have ballooned, and parents report that some Ward 3 schools have resorted to using stairwells as classroom space and closets as offices.

I've also be clear that I believe the reason the test scores are higher is that not only are classrooms sizes small etc. etc. but that AF and other charters are pulling those students that are less poor, speak primarily English, do not go home to households that don't have English as their primary language and have fewer special education needs.

These range from teaching conditions, such as class sizes and salaries, to unhappiness with administrative practices (such as lack of support, classroom autonomy, or input on decisions) to policy issues, such as the effects of testing and accountability.

This is not a one - size - fits - all program, as she offers many options to make CBC work for real classrooms filled with students of every learning style.

Florida classrooms are also dealing with a constitutional amendment approved by voters in 2002 limiting class sizes in certain subjects, such as math, science and language arts (18 students in prekindergarten through third grade; 22 students fourth through eighth grades; and 25 students in high school).

As contract negotiations plod along between LA Unified and the teachers union, UTLA, the issue of class size reduction has taken on a new urgency for Superintendent Ramon Cortines, who plans to shrink the number of students in middle school and high school classrooms by the end of the year.

Products developed by this project will document how students with disabilities are included in classroom instruction, assessments, etc. when such practices are taken to scale locally (i.e., implemented across the district) in districts of varied size and type, as well as barriers and solutions for ensuring that students with disabilities benefit.

Berliner seemed to shield teachers from much of the responsibility for poor academic performance by students as he testified that conditions beyond the classroom — he mentioned about nine of them — account for 60 percent of what influences a student's scholastic achievement whereas in - school factors such as class size, curriculum, the quality of the principal and the teacher account for only 20 percent.

* UPDATED As contract negotiations plod along between LA Unified and the teachers union, UTLA, the issue of class size reduction has taken on a new urgency for Superintendent Ramon Cortines, who plans to shrink the number of students in middle school and high school classrooms by the end of the year.

+ Provides coaching experiences for teachers, including review of lesson delivery, providing feedback, and modeling demo lessons + Develops / curates quality instructional resources to share with teachers, including lesson plans, unit plants, and assessments + Facilitates professional development workshops for group sizes ranging up to 100 participants + Designs rich and meaningful professional development sessions aligned to math instruction + Continues own learning through research and self - driven PD to stay current of latest trends in math education + Maintains open communication with supported teachers to nurture a professional learning community of educators + Communicate actively with key stakeholders on progress of teacher development + Provides reporting documentation of services delivered, as required EDUCATION / EXPERIENCE: + BA / BS Degree in Education or related field + 4 + years of work experience teaching math in a K - 12 setting + Expert in math content at least across a 5 year grade level band (g. grades 4 — 8) + Record of result in effectively coaching teachers + Experience designing and delivering professional development for adults + Experience working in blended learning classrooms is a plus + Master's degree preferred + Excellent communication skills are essential OTHER JOB REQUIREMENTS: Some local traveling required.

As part of the Middle School Journal's focus on middle school renewal, researchers Steven Mertens, Nancy Flowers, and Peter Mulhall discuss the impact of school size on interdisciplinary teaming, classroom practices, school climate, and student outcomes.

In addition, as reasonable and necessary, Title II, Part A funds may be used to pay for substitute teachers if, and only if, those regular classroom teachers they are replacing were hired with Title II, Part A funds to reduce class size or the teachers are participating in Title II - funded «programs and activities that are designed to improve the quality of the teacher force, such as... innovative professional development programs» [Section 2123 (a)(5)(A)-RSB-.

Literacy Footprints Kits are available in THREE sizes CLASSROOM KITS include 6 copies of each title, teaching tools for groups of 6 students as well as a lesson plan for each title.

A spokeswoman for Alexander told The Washington Post that «The Trump Administration has a prime opportunity to significantly reduce the intrusion of the Education Department into our local schools and classrooms... When the Trump Administration enforces the Every Student Succeeds Act as written, the size of the Education Department will be necessarily and appropriately diminished.»

A highly anticipated announcement by North Carolina lawmakers comes as school districts have warned that they don't have the thousands of additional classrooms or teachers needed to meet the state requirement to reduce class sizes in kindergarten

In testimony to the council, school officials have said the 50 additional teachers would help some classrooms but overall class sizes will grow as the county's students have grown at faster rates than teacher hiring.

Nevertheless, Committee members found the evidence on the impact of high - quality pre-K and third - grade reading so compelling that members recommended making difficult choices to prioritize these areas even at the potential expense of other K - 12 funding priorities, such as lowering class sizes, investing in teacher professional development, and improving classroom technology, that have not been shown to correlate as strongly with improved student outcomes, particularly for high - need students.

Changing some conditions, such as teachers» classroom autonomy and faculty member's schoolwide influence, appears to be less costly than increasing teachers» salaries, professional development, or class - size reduction — an important consideration, especially in low - income settings and in periods of budgetary constraint.

The rooms were about the same size as today's typical classrooms.