How schools matter: The link
between teacher classroom practices and student academic performance.
Not exact matches
Since it is not easy to draw the line
between proselyting and evangelism, it may also be asserted that no
teacher ought to evangelize for his faith in the
classroom except through the silent witness of what he (or she) as a Christian is.
They include the «chilling effects» of libel suits, the perennial conflicts
between property and access, the three out of four publishers who intervene in news decisions affecting their local markets, the advertisers» freedom to move their money to where their interests are, industry self - regulation in broadcasting and advertising, the backlash against conveying under duress (as in a hostage crisis) points of view that are never aired as directly without duress, the flareups of book banning and censorship of textbooks, the rout of the civil rights movement, the retreat from principles of fairness and equality (even where never implemented), the attack on scientific and humane teaching, the threat of self - appointed media watchdogs to also spy on
teachers in the
classroom, and the general vigor of ancient orthodoxies masquarading as neo-this and neo-that.
As White expressed it, the potential for impermissible fostering of religion in secular
classrooms — an untested, assumption of the court, so far as he was concerned — paradoxically rendered unacceptable the state's efforts to ensure that secular
teachers under religious discipline would successfully avoid conflicts
between the religious mission of the school and the secular purpose of the state's education program.
For if we, the
teachers, can't fit the forcibly divorced domains of real fact / imaginary value, actual causes / fanciful ideals, feeling / form, concrete / abstract, together, how do we expect our students, shuttled
between worlds without transition as they flow
between classrooms through school corridors, to do the job?
The focus of the training, delivered via professional - development workshops and phone - coaching sessions, was the personal interactions in the
classroom between teachers and students; the coaches gave
teachers strategies designed to help them build a «positive emotional climate» and show «sensitivity to student needs for autonomy.»
In the
classroom, relationships
between disadvantaged students and their
teachers are often fraught, full of mutual distrust and even antagonism.
The «Exemplary» level includes opportunities for physical activity regularly incorporated into other subject areas, and
classroom teachers provide short physical activity breaks
between lessons or classes, as appropriate.
If you feel there's a complete mismatch
between your child and the
teacher, request for your child to be moved to another
classroom.
Last year, research involving thousands of elementary school students, and published in the February 2009 issue of Pediatrics, demonstrated an association
between daily recess and better
classroom behavior as reported by
teachers.
Through a few simple yet meaningful things such as frequent conversations
between his parents and
teachers, his mother's involvement in the
classroom, and stimulation of his natural curiosity at home, Dylan's parents have helped their son gain a sense that school is important and that doing his best at schoolwork is his current role in life.
The process, which took roughly XX hours over the course of four months, helped overcome terminology barriers
between the medical professionals and educational personnel, as well as helped
teachers understand the impact of concussions on academics and vice-versa, including cognitive function,
classroom environment, and symptom resolution.
Inside a
classroom, the back - and - forth
between a
teacher and his or her students, that's the environmental factor that matters more than anything else.»
Teachers use read - alouds as well as poems, songs, and rhymes to teach topics across all subjects, and
classrooms are filled with signs and labeled objects which help kids make connections
between objects and words, and words and letters.
Following a three - year study that involved about 3,000
teachers, analysts said the most accurate measure of a
teacher's effectiveness was a combination of
classroom observations by at least two evaluators, along with student scores counting for
between 33 percent and 50 percent of the overall evaluation.
«
Teachers have enough to worry about
between lessons, grading, managing their
classroom, and the actual work of educating our children.
In
between planning for lessons and producing teaching materials,
teachers are faced with another challenge, how to dress stylishly for the
classroom.
Following two
teachers (Andy and Ron) as they try to maintain a corrupted school environment, Ron is fired after lashing out in his
classroom, but only due to the fact that Andy was a rat and tattled on Ron, thus sparking a feud
between them, strongly favoured by Ron.
Between loud cross-religious
classroom debates, Lisa's worn - out
teacher (a scene - stealing Matthew Broderick) even gives Hopkins» verse a decent reading — Margaret, are you grieving, over Goldengrove unleaving?
In the name of #schoollove, I've committed to Tweeting one
classroom / school «little moment» of loving connection
between teacher and student a day for each day of the school year.
This means that in the
classroom, there is a high - quality feedback loop
between teacher and student.
Here we were,
teachers from all over the world meditating together and discussing the myriad intersections
between our personal practice and what we've been able to integrate (or not) into our
classrooms.
A report titled Below the Radar: Low - level Disruption in the Country's
Classrooms discusses the issue as it affects 95 state schools and academies inspected
between January and July this year, and includes data from a YouGov survey of
teachers and parents.
In choosing this year's «Better Balance,» for example, the editors signaled that something is awry in the existing balance
between the «hard» elements of standards - based reform (namely the academic standards, assessments, and interventions that make up a state's accountability system) and such «soft» components as
teacher training, instructional materials, and
classroom environment.
The esteemed academic, currently serving as president of Morgan State University in Baltimore, is flooded with memories of hot summer days walking the long miles
between the school and his home (often barefoot to save his shoes), of early
classroom lessons taught by a strict but caring
teacher, of his beloved family members who reside here in great number.
Most
classrooms have flat, hard walls to post things on with little sound insulation
between rooms (frequently I had
teachers interrupt my learning activity to tell me that we were being too loud), linoleum floors for easy cleaning, the ceiling tiles are rarely «acoustic,» and square configurations to maximize space.
Students with disabilities are served by a system of policy and practice that extends from expansive federal laws such as the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) all the way down to the interactions
between a single special education
teacher and a single student within one
classroom.
The line is characterized as
between theory and practice, and students draw it
between their education professors and their
classroom cooperating
teachers.
This tool enables collaboration
between multiple groups in a
classroom environment, as students and
teachers can share content sources, allowing them to discuss their work on a main screen in front of the class.
A difficult conversation
between the parents of a student with disabilities and the
classroom teacher who is recommending retention.
«In combination with more investment in
teachers and school funding, deeper connections
between schools and workplaces will ensure tomorrow's students will move seamlessly from the
classroom into productive jobs.»
If there is a large disconnect
between what the experts say should happen in the
classroom and what
teachers are doing, why not hand it over to the
teachers and make them the experts?
Bound up in this is the need for school districts to provide adequate professional training and development for substitutes, who are in short supply, and to encourage a positive working relationship
between classroom teachers and their substitutes.
According to recent studies,
between kindergarten and 12th grade, the average student will spend, cumulatively, at least one full year of
classroom time with a substitute
teacher.
Because traveling
between classrooms isn't usually a desirable option, the situation most often is experienced by the newest
teachers, those who lack seniority — and the experience to make it work.
More specifically, the researchers 1) examine possible differences by
classroom, school, and literacy models; 2) explore the relationship
between observable features of the
classroom literacy environment and children's literacy growth during the first grade year; 3) characterize the variability in the levels of
teacher understanding of the chosen literacy model and of early literacy development; and 4) assess whether there are qualitative differences in children's oral discourse skills and writing skills with the school's chosen model of literacy instruction.
As part of that approach at Grand Avenue, at the end of each month each
classroom teacher names
between one and three Above the Line leaders who exhibited exemplary Above the Line behavior.
I've been a new
teacher in two different states, once when I was actually a new
teacher, and once when I moved
between states after eight years in the
classroom.
One other thing is that when thinking about what we can do to help shape a productive teaching workforce, there's this dichotomy
between trying to do things before
teachers get into the
classroom around their training and selecting, versus things we can do to intervene after they enter the workforce.
This typically happens
between ages 55 to 60, or after 30 plus years in the
classroom, depending on the plan and when the
teacher began teaching.
Rocketship leaders will fix a disconnect they see
between what happens in the online learning lab and the
classroom, to give
teachers more control over the students» digital learning and further individualize the teaching.
In order to keep the engagement of an entire
classroom at once,
teachers in a traditional setting must strike the perfect balance
between being a stand up comedian and a drill sergeant.
Though Dillon mentions value - added modeling, he says that the Gates researchers use it «as a starting point,» and spends most of the rest of the piece discussing their use of cameras to capture
teachers in action in the
classroom — they hope to have 64,000 hours of
classroom video by the end of the project and have already begun the process of looking for «correlations
between certain teaching practices and high student achievement» and «scoring» the lessons.
promotion and funding of
teacher exchanges
between city and suburban school districts and training of
teachers in techniques for successful interracial
classrooms;
Callahan boosts relatedness by reducing the physical separation
between teacher and students in the
classroom.
This, in return, allows for a positive
classroom environment with less confusion and more understanding
between students and
teachers.
Rhee speaks often about her Teach For America (TFA) tour in a Baltimore
classroom between 1992 and 1995: how she struggled the first year until pairing with another
teacher to team - teach a class of 2nd and 3rd graders.
Lawrence - Lightfoot was honored for her study of the culture of schools, the patterns and structures of
classroom life, the links
between adult developmental themes and
teachers» work, and the relationship
between culture and learning styles.
The poll revealed a significant discrepancy
between head
teachers and
classroom teachers.
Elizabeth's own experience as a
teacher is part of what led to her excitement about the possibilities of a transmedia connection
between books and movies in the
classroom.