Sentences with phrase «by other teachers where»

Teachers in 2015 described the usefulness of teacher - led PD: «The best experience was going to PD sessions led by other teachers where they shared what they were doing in the classrooms.»

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Decisions had to be made from time to time as to where or when services of the church would be held; the church needed to be told of the impending visit of an apostle, or of some prophet or teacher from abroad; a question has been raised as to the good faith of one of these visitors, and there must be some discussion of the point and a decision on it; a fellow Christian from another church is on a journey and needs hospitality; a member of the local congregation planning to visit a church abroad needs a letter of introduction to that church, which someone must be authorized to provide; a serious dispute about property rights or some other legal matter has arisen between two of the brothers and the church must name someone to help them settle the issue or must in some other way deal with it; a new local magistrate has begun to prosecute Christians for violating the law against unlicensed assembly, and consideration must be given to ways and means of meeting this crisis; charges have been brought against one of the members by another member, and these must be investigated and perhaps some disciplinary action taken; one of the members has died, and the church is called on for some special action in behalf of his family in the emergency; differences of opinion exist in the church on certain questions of morals or belief (such as marriage and divorce, or the resurrection), differences which local prophets and teachers are apparently unable to compose, and a letter must be written to the apostle — who will write this letter and what exactly will it say?

The research that Tough explores also undercuts claims by Klein, Rhee, and other signers of the Education Equity Project manifesto that we can get impoverished students where they need to be educationally through higher standards, stronger teachers, and other academic reforms alone.

This is something which has been very well documented and mourned in a report from the National Academy of Sciences that was issued by a committee headed by Norman Augustine just a few months ago and this report — which is called «he Gathering Storm» — lays out in some detail the concern that that [leaves us] with a long hole over the next couple of decades, because of weaknesses in [the] way we fund basic physical sciences, the way we are training people to do physical sciences, the way we treat science in elementary and high - school programs — all of those factors, the way we pay teachers, the way we use the patent system where we try to provide incentives in some of the physical sciences; we are losing our leadership gradually to other countries, especially in Europe and [of] particular concern in Asia, where the rise of science in, particularly China, to a certain extent India and other parts of Southeast Asia, are cause for long - term concern.

Among many other experiences, he follows a large group of Israeli high school students on a journey to Poland's death camps, where some admit to being afraid of leaving their hotel rooms, so frightened are they by the remarks of teachers and Secret Service agents on the dangers of anti-Semitism.

I talked to his teacher about placing his desk in a location where he could stim (or make repetitive body movements that helped him manage stress) without disturbing others; where he would not be distracted by noise from the hallway or playground; and where he was close enough to the teacher to engage with him or her and refocus as needed throughout the day.

With student and parent permission, the teacher may upload these fables to the LVI website where children around the world can read other fables, focused on kindness, written by children their age.

In response, a number of reform efforts are focusing on creating small schools or schools within schools where students are known and valued as individuals by other students as well as by teachers and staff.

In fact, many of these other teachers lived in districts that were increasing tax levies by just one and two percent (and where teachers were taking wage freezes!).

The best teachers will be able to reflect on their own cultural position in the classroom, challenge this racism, and identify where «white privilege» perpetuates inequality for Indigenous students by favouring Western knowledge over other kinds of cultural knowledge.

In Korea, where popular teachers become millionaires by broadcasting their lectures online, schools and families are only very slowly warming up to other kinds of online learning.

The teacher is freed to add significantly more value by serving as a learning coach, mentor, and much more — including by bringing students together to have important discussions and apply their learning with other students at all levels of learning where that is appropriate.

All five of the instruments yielded scores that were related to student achievement gains, in the classroom of students where the teacher was observed as well as in other classrooms of students taught by the same teacher.

Finished comics can be shared by teachers in their own classroom gallery, where they can be read by other students, parents and the whole community.

The teacher instantly sees the problem and provides feedback by typing a suggestion, adding to the drawing, or pointing the student to other Web sites where she can go for more practice.

At Symonds Elementary School, teachers have found a way to offer students support beyond academics, by holding daily morning meetings where students share how they're feeling and offer each other words of encouragement.

Giroux caricatures the traditional classroom as one where «students sit in rows staring at the back of each others» heads and at the teacher who faces them in symbolic, authoritarian fashion»; «events are governed by a rigid time schedule imposed by a system of bells and reinforced by cues from teachers»; we «glorify the teacher as the expert [and] dispenser of knowledge»; «social relationships... are based upon power relations inextricably linked to the teacher's allotment of grades»; and tracking «alienates students from schooling.»

Indeed, we can reconstruct a school of the past that is appropriate to the modern era, where teachers» salaries are competitive with other professions, where students are taught by older peers under the supervision of master teachers who can use technology for pedagogical purposes.

These findings remained constant regardless of where the care took place or whether caregiving was provided by teachers in child - care settings, by relatives, or by other in - home providers.

Interestingly, in this case and in others where district - wide differentiated instruction initiatives were underway, the explicit rationale provided by district personnel was to help teachers ensure that the needs of «high - ability learners» were not being ignored, given the predominant state emphasis on interventions to close the achievement gap between low - and high - achieving students.

Pick your reason to not partake: The total lack of research behind this assessment so there is no reliability or validity to it what so ever, they are using our kids to norm reference their assessment, for free, the subjectively set cut scores done by vote, not science, that have been set to intentionally fail 60 - 70 % of our students and their teachers which in turn allows for a whole other set of things to happen to schools and communities, the pending lawsuit against SBAC in Missouri where a judge issued a restraining order against the state from making payments, that we now also have to pay to them (where is that MOU?)

Mr. Loescher, a teacher in SOTA, mentioned one new class in music theory and production, where students learn the basics of producing music by working in groups where students take on the roles of producer, engineer, writer, marketing manager, graphic artist, and others.

One district deeply riven by the impact of efforts to dismantle public education is the Spooner Area School District in northwest Wisconsin, where parents, teachers and students have been up in arms over staff cuts, increasing class sizes and other indignities.

It said Caputo - Pearl and his new team of officers are «hitting the ground running» on policy initiatives, which include «organizing members school - by - school, neighborhood - by - neighborhood, and area - by - area to a place where we can strike if we feel it is necessary» to achieve other gains, such as smaller classes, pay increases, additional school staffing and elimination of «gotcha» evaluations and «teacher jail.»

There's been plenty of one - to - one conversations, too, where teachers are encouraging other educators to have districts suspend all harmful actions and consequences caused by VAM.

Alternatively, at universities where there is less occasion to coordinate across methods courses or limited opportunities within those courses for teacher candidates to discuss writing instruction (e.g., in writing pedagogies and linguistics courses that are also taken by students of other majors), English teacher educators might foster online dialog with teacher candidates at other institutions that teach similar courses.

However, infused with the characteristics of Meaningful Student Involvement presented earlier in this book, students experiences can be further enhanced by engaging them in teacher assessments, and in student - led, student - focused learning conferences where they can compare their performance to other students and set future goals.

The idea of «preparing excellent teachers who are excellent in their subject,» she says, has been overtaken by other concerns — «professors wanting to be respected in the university, and teachers» colleges wanting to become places where research is done and to be agents of transformational change.»

Seeing how the grammatical errors made by these particular students are often rooted in the logic of their native languages and how a teacher who understands something about that logic and that culture can sensitively respond in context - specific ways may lead teacher candidates to develop cognitive flexibility as they wonder what other patterns in student writing (and their own) are the result of where they grew up and how they can take that into account when writing feedback.

On top of the flexibility created by last year's alternative certification law, CSP's bill would give charters where at least half of students are impoverished the ability to hire teachers who are licensed in other states and those who have completed alternative licensure programs in other states and taught for at least two years in high - poverty schools.

Most states require tests to show competency in basic skills as well as in the other areas provided by Teachers Test Prep, where you can also access free online Praxis Practice Tests and Praxis Study Guides, plus a variety of paid Praxis Test Prep options for those desired subject area.

This book explores answers to these questions, by reporting on a literature review of «highly effective organizations» in other sectors, and through case studies of 12 schools where teachers call the shots.

The scenario is a little different in the 43,000 - student Adams 12 school district, where in June the Board of Education opted to close a budget hole by asking teachers to make the same pension contribution as other employee groups.

PRI's book Moonshots in Education cites the success of Summit public charter schools in implementing a blended - learning model, where cognitive skills such as writing are taught by teachers, but students also spend 16 hours a week acquiring other skills and knowledge through the use of the school's online resources.

We invite teachers across New York City to join us and other teachers around the country by taking part in February's Black Lives Matter week of action as a first step to building a school system where Black Lives Matter.

Teachers care about pay, but they also care about working in schools led by strong principals, where they get to collaborate with other inspiring teachers whom they get to know over the years, have opportunities to learn and grow, and feel like they are making a difference for their sTeachers care about pay, but they also care about working in schools led by strong principals, where they get to collaborate with other inspiring teachers whom they get to know over the years, have opportunities to learn and grow, and feel like they are making a difference for their steachers whom they get to know over the years, have opportunities to learn and grow, and feel like they are making a difference for their students.

We're starting to see more collaborative sharing, including sites where teachers draw upon materials created by others and Open Education Resources.

By doubling the state examination's role, eliminating locally chosen measures, and potentially overriding any consideration other than the state examination, Dr. Tisch and Governor Cuomo are proposing a system where teachers would face strong incentives to push test preparation into a central role in the curriculum.

Other times they may want to show the teacher by having them observe another teacher whose strengths are in an area where that teacher needs assistance.

I mean, do we really have to play this game, where because I'm who I am and you're who you are, we pretend that the word «fuck» doesn't exist, and while we're at it, that the action that underlies the word doesn't exist, and I just puke up a bunch of junk about how some teacher changed my life by teaching me how Shakespeare was actually the world's first rapper, or about the time I was doing community service with a bunch of homeless teenagers dying of cancer or something and felt the deep call of selfless action, or else I pull out all the stops and give you the play - by - play sob story of what happened to my dad, or some other terrible heartbreak of a thing that makes you feel so bummed out you figure, what the hell, we've got quotas after all, and this kid's gotten screwed over enough, so you give me the big old stamp of approval and a fat envelope in the mail come April?

You will play a key part of defining our culture and choosing our tool set and be driven by a common goal - to provide an online marketplace where teachers empower other teachers.

I am seeking the job of a kindergarten teacher in a reputed school where I can make a difference in the lives of young kids by teaching them the basics of each subject and exposing them to other activities.