Sentences with phrase «based around the teachers»

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In your article around Baltimore's technology gap («Computer - based tests a challenge for low - income students, some Baltimore teachers say,» April 22), we read that students who took the PARCC scored lower when they took the test on a computer than when they used paper and pencil.

One Pennsylvania teacher may have had his / her mind wrapped so far around all things Fifty, that they thought giving a word search based on the movie was a great way to exercise the brain power of a class full of middle school students.

Those less - happy labor groups include public employee unions, who will offer formal testimony Friday afternoon at a legislative budget hearing, and teachers» unions, who are mobilizing against the governor at meetings around the state and trading press barbs with the second floor on a near - daily basis.

The law around «faith» school employment in England, in allowing religious schools to widely discriminate — often against every teacher — on the basis of religion in who they employ, is «arbitrary» and goes beyond what is permitted by European law.

The assessment materials, used to measure students» understanding of the sciences in middle and early high school, will be amplified by Naiku, a Minnesota - based company whose assessment platform reaches teachers around the country, and a Canadian consortium that includes McGill University in Montreal.

Based out of San Francisco, Sarah Walsh trains Yoga Teachers around the Globe with her school Drishti Yoga International Teacher Training to places like India, Italy, Peru, Mexico, Costa Rica and Bali.

Based out of San Francisco, Sarah Walsh trains Yoga Teachers around the Globe with her school Drishti Yoga International Teacher Training to places like India, Italy, Peru, Mexico,...

Meet Julie Piatt, aka «SriMati»... SriMati is an author, podcast host, self - taught plant - based chef, motivational speaker, meditation guide, yoga teacher, singer - songwriter, painter, sculptor, and all - around spiritual wellness warrior.

New Zealand yoga teacher Donna Farhi notes that in her travels around the world, she's found that dysfunction in the sacroiliac joint (SI joint)-- the meeting of the two posterior surfaces of the pelvis with the sacrum, the triangular - shaped bone at the base of the spine — has become the most common injury among female yoga practitioners.

Jason Crandell teaches alignment - based vinyasa yoga workshops and teacher trainings around the world.

Cast: Hilary Swank, Patrick Dempsey, Scott Glenn, Imelda Staunton, April Lee Hernandez, John Benjamin Hickey, Robert Wisdom, Mario, Kristin Herrera, Jacklyn Ngan, Sergio Montalvo, Jason Finn, Deance Wyatt, Vanetta Smith, Gabriel Chavarria, Hunter Parrish Director: Richard LaGravenese Screenplay: Richard LaGravenese (based on the book, «Freedom Writers: How a Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing to Change Themselves and the World Around Them», by Erin Gruwell and the Freedom Writers) Review published May 15, 2007

In a time - variable, learning constant competency - based (or mastery - based) system, much as the type Sal Khan has talked about, a teacher's job will be richly rewarding around these types of activities.

According to research carried out by GLEAN (2010), the majority of teachers said they were least confident teaching subjects based around topics of conflict resolution.

During most classes, students work in groups based on the particular benchmark activities or assessments that they are mastering, while the teacher and tutors walk around and provide assistance.

Building teacher education programs around the latter set of skills and knowledge, such as the ability to develop outcome based curricula and the ability to engage in outcome based assessment, is necessary.

As we reimagine curriculum at Sammamish High School around a comprehensive problem - based learning approach, we find ourselves reimagining the bounds of the classroom and the singular nature of The Teacher.

Head teachers, government advisers, local government officials all seemed to be rushing around with rising blood pressure, looking for some philosopher's stone that could turn the base metal of a Level 3 into the shining gold of a Level 4.

Low expectations from teachers, sometimes based around their own fears and preconceptions, can be the biggest barrier.

The New York City - based College Board, the nonprofit organization that owns the Advanced Placement brand, said more than two - thirds of the 134,000 ostensible AP - course syllabuses submitted for review by teachers from 14,383 secondary schools around the world were immediately approved.

This resources was originally designed for a non-specialist teacher to deliver 2 schemes of work based around colour theory and architecture.

Their vision revolves around six «core principles»: project - based learning, technology integration, social and emotional learning, integrated studies, teacher development and comprehensive assessment.

This resources was originally designed for a non-specialist teacher to deliver 2 schemes of work based around pop art and graffiti.

Teachers can base their visit around the «story of the day» revealed on a block calendar, showing the day's date and revealing the name and back ‑ story of a soldier who died on the same day.

The math wars revolve around a four - part problem: A disputed theory of education that informs NCTM's standards; state boards of education that base their standards of learning for mathematics on the NCTM standards; textbooks written to incorporate these standards; and teachers and others in the education establishment who are indoctrinated in the disputed education theory and who may not possess enough knowledge of mathematics to overcome the first three factors.

Speaking and listening lessons included based around: - Man V food - Arguing that cats are better than dogs - Deserted house - selling houses - Murder mystery - Banning Christmas - 50 things to do before you die - persuasive speeches Teacher and peer / self assessment proformas also included

«We took to designing the unit of study that encouraged scientific and mathematical thinking alongside critical and creative thinking... giving students the opportunity to engage deeply in project - based learning around a real - life authentic local problem,» Ryan tells Teacher.

I'm the only teacher in my school so I have to work hard to ensure my F - 2 program is dynamic and based around the children's interests.

School - based collaboration between experienced and new teachers around curriculum development would orient new teachers to their curriculum and help them figure out what to teach and how to teach it.

The following model is based around platform games and has incorporated within it Blooms taxonomy to promote stretch and challenge and differentiation, Hattie's and William and Blacks theories and studies on assessment for learning as well as some collaborative and independent learning strategies taken from The Teachers Tool Kit by Paul Ginnis and Teaching Today by Geoff Petty.

He said, «Rethinking policies around seat - time requirements, class size, compensating teachers based on their educational credentials, the use of technology in the classroom, inequitable school financing, the over placement of students in special education — almost all of these potentially transformative productivity gains are primarily state and local issues that have to be grappled with.»

First and most obvious, we've organized the entire, massive K — 12 system around an age - based, grade - level, 180 - days - per - year calendar; around mostly self - contained and generally low - tech classrooms; and around a pedagogical model centered on a single teacher teaching a uniform curriculum to twenty to thirty children for a prescribed amount of time each day, children who don't have much in common except that they're more or less the same age and (usually) live in pretty much the same community.

Our standards for the first edition of the Teacher Prep Review are based on research; internal and external expert panels; the best practices of other nations and the states with the highest performing students; and, most importantly, what superintendents and principals around the country tell us they look for in the new teachers they hire.

Such systems, if organized around direct assessments of teacher and classroom quality, based on strong and valid metrics and tied to new or existing incentive systems, could be a cost - effective means of producing real change for teachers and children.

That system, like many under development around the country, will be based in part on how a teacher's students perform on statewide standardized tests.

Vicky, it looks like a differentiated classroom, doing productive learning activity, based around learning progressions (curriculum) that are selected by the teacher based on solid data that reflects students» current abilities.

By developing recurring lessons around project - based themes, with the reward of students visiting the makerspace, teachers and counselors get a golden chance to reach the students with whom we often struggle to connect.

Teaching Students to «Go Fourth» Peacefully Go Fourth, an anti-bullying program based on classroom discussions and exchanges among children around the globe, recently brought teachers, parents, and fourth grade students from East Greenwich, Rhode Island, school to Shaoguan, Guandong province, China, on a mission to promote respect for cultural diversity.

Her work centers around five essential school priorities: • Supporting school leadership • Using data transparently for accountability • Coordinating a multitier system of support • Providing embedded professional development based on best practices • Engaging parents and families This free one - hour webinar is sponsored by Learning Ally, a national nonprofit providing resources, training, and technology for teachers and schools; and 80,000 human - voiced audiobooks for students with learning & visual disabilities.

The thousands of schools around the world that have switched to a learner - driven and / or project - based structure find that they can simplify and improve their use of time and facilities for both teachers and students.

From high - profile cases that make international news to individual incidents dealt with by single teachers, school - based bullying has been called a crisis, and cultural sensitivity around the topic...

Individual schools still may chose to eliminate some staff positions if enrollment declines, and some teachers will have to be shifted around based on school - level budget changes.

Teachers design a menu of interdisciplinary projects based around themes or phenomenon that have a focus on key existing curriculum.

Based on the most recent data available, the authors» modeling shows that teacher demand increased sharply after the Great Recession, leveling off at around 260,000 teacher hires annually by 2014.

As Project Based Learning gains momentum around the world, it's more important than ever that teachers, students, and stakeholders share a common understanding of what high - quality PBL means.

Work Based Learning in Linked Learning: Definitions, Outcomes, and Quality Criteria (PDF, 450 KB) This document strives to: 1) Clarify for teachers, partners, and others implementing Linked Learning the definition of high - quality, outcomes - driven work - based learning, and 2) Increase alignment among Linked Learning partners and technical assistant providers so that support for Linked Learning practitioners around work - based learning is more coherent, coordinated, and effecBased Learning in Linked Learning: Definitions, Outcomes, and Quality Criteria (PDF, 450 KB) This document strives to: 1) Clarify for teachers, partners, and others implementing Linked Learning the definition of high - quality, outcomes - driven work - based learning, and 2) Increase alignment among Linked Learning partners and technical assistant providers so that support for Linked Learning practitioners around work - based learning is more coherent, coordinated, and effecbased learning, and 2) Increase alignment among Linked Learning partners and technical assistant providers so that support for Linked Learning practitioners around work - based learning is more coherent, coordinated, and effecbased learning is more coherent, coordinated, and effective.

At Bedford High School, leaders have taken steps to align teacher practice around competency - based grading.

Independent groups start charter schools with public - school funds, yet in return for a renewal process based on achieving goals articulated in a charter document, they have more flexibility around management and educational programs: their teachers need not be unionized, for example.

In their report «Teacher Professional Development in the Use of Technology,» authors Sam Carlson and Dr. Cheick Tidiane Gadio said, «Experience around the world in developing, industrialized and information - based countries has shown that teacher training in the use and application of technology is the key determining factor for improved student performance — in terms of both knowledge and skills development enabled by technology.Teacher Professional Development in the Use of Technology,» authors Sam Carlson and Dr. Cheick Tidiane Gadio said, «Experience around the world in developing, industrialized and information - based countries has shown that teacher training in the use and application of technology is the key determining factor for improved student performance — in terms of both knowledge and skills development enabled by technology.teacher training in the use and application of technology is the key determining factor for improved student performance — in terms of both knowledge and skills development enabled by technology.»

The plan, required by the United States Department of Education (USED), will suggest district's use evidence - based strategies ensure students have equal access to effective teachers instead of just moving teachers around

Deeply seasoned in animosity toward the education reform movement, Los Angeles Unified held its traditional ground as charter schools were built around its schools, demands for merit pay for teachers were answered by corporate philanthropists and metrics - based teacher evaluation processes were published in the Los Angeles Times.