Sentences with phrase «classroom means that time»

Serving breakfast in the classroom means that time can be counted toward the structured learning time requirement, while also ensuring kids have access to a nutritious morning meal.

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Of course, such research invariably means less time in the classroom and mentoring only those few elite students who research alongside the scholars.

Early planning also allowed plenty of time to identify obstacles and find solutions; at Wascher, this meant relocating garbage cans, a slight adjustment to the custodial schedule, and creating a leadership team of students — fourth - and fifth - graders who would be in charge of delivering breakfast to the classrooms in the morning.

When I did have a break, I used those times almost exclusively for pumping in my empty classroom, which meant sacrificing a good portion of my prep time.

Check out this multi-purpose event invite that is meant to save you time and streamline just one more component of your classroom.

Where the old classrooms were cold and damp in winter, the underfloor heating in the new buildings means that carpet time for reading stories is a favourite part of the school day now — the children can wear slippers or even walk around in their socks.

This can not be done one class at a time and apathy towards generic e-learning means that scaling the classroom in that way isn't helping either.

The definition of a Blended classroom differs greatly from college, where Blended refers to some in class time and some computer time, to secondary education where Blended learning means having multiple students taking multiple courses through an LMS with a certified teacher present.

Federal tests, state tests, district tests, classroom tests, and review for those tests mean a tremendous amount of time is spent on older material.

Fortunately, since eLearning instructors are not physically constrained in supervising a single classroom at a time, they can handle way more learners than an old school (pun intended) teacher ever could — which means you don't have to hire as many.

Teacher specialization also usually means that students move classrooms throughout the day (even if they stay with the same class of students), and these constant transitions can decrease instructional time.

Schools should «flip» the classroom, meaning students learn outside the classroom at their own pace then demonstrate that knowledge to their teacher and peers during class time.

In a classroom, 20 percent time can mean one class period out of five.

For a teacher with both types of students in her classroom, that means trying to challenge kids ready for middle - school work while at the same time helping others to decode.

This means all students are not working on the same area at the same time in and out of the classroom.

This meant spending lots of time in other people's classrooms.

This means that a full - time teacher has 25 hours a week of time to directly teach their class, leaving two hours a week where the teacher is not in the classroom.

That means students in PBL classrooms are spending more time learning about important content through experiences that emphasize critical thinking, collaboration, creativity, and communication.

It also means that every classroom teacher has the opportunity to positively change the life of a student with dyslexia by taking the time to understand what it is and provide accommodations for accessing information that student is capable of learning through alternate formats.

According to the National Education Union (NEU), the cuts to front - line teaching posts are happening at a time when pupil - to - classroom teacher ratios are rising, which means bigger classes and less individual attention for children.

«Having laptops and iPads have allowed for some really good and creative open - ended tasks and having the wet areas or the practical spaces right outside our classrooms has meant that lessons can easily flow between the home base and the wet area to allow for differentiation or for different tasks to happen at the same time.

«I felt my relationships with some students improved and the tone in my classroom improved as they stopped seeing poor grades as something mean I did to them, and began to realize that their time and effort in turning in homework and redoing poor quality work was a function of their time and effort,» Slentz said.

Let Troy Hicks guide you through the complexities of what it all means for your classroom so your students» writing can grow right in step with our changing times and technologies.

Geoff Jones from ParentMail believes that the savings are a vital part of 21st century communication for schools: «The reduction in the cost of material resources — and the staff time saved — mean that schools can divert funds back to the classroom without sacrificing communication, which is crucial.

Much of the time, this teaching will be achieved via digital and technological means in the classroom, allowing teachers to put into practice the web - related tools that have become so central to modern life and work.

After teaching in Houston, Feinberg and Levin launched KIPP: Knowledge Is Power Program, a network of charter schools meant to prepare any kid, regardless of prior academics or conduct, for college.Nationwide, there are now 99 KIPP academies, each a partnership among students, teachers, parents, and staff designed to prioritize learning and maximize classroom time.

At the same time actions taken at «higher» levels did not fully determine teacher actions; rather, teachers co-constructed what DI meant for their day - to - day classroom practice as they engaged in sensemaking about the tools and policies provided to them.

The shift to shared research would mean the classroom teacher would spend more time in the library with their class.

This means school leaders are spending more of their limited time and resources in the classroom.

In all four cases, this meant that all the teachers in the school regularly (at least three times throughout the year) administered some sort of common classroom - based assessment tool to all students and shared the information about classroom - level performance with the principal and fellow teachers.

A flipped classroom method means you get to spend more meaningful face - to - face time in class while setting students loose on the material at home and at their own convenience for better retention and results.

It can mean more time in the classroom to achieve that mastery.

This means taking some time to get to know their passions, interests, and family outside of the classroom.

And it means they spend much of their time in classrooms, not in the seclusion of their offices.

Functionally, this means that our schools need to consciously and explicitly set aside time for social skills instruction, and then embed the application of this instruction into their classrooms and group activities, and (for example) cooperative and project - based instruction.

This means creating a student - centered classroom, driven by brief, interactive instruction from highly skilled teachers who know when the time is right to get out of the way.

«Constant reform — including last week's move to force a status change upon the majority of schools that are not academies — leaves staff rushing to keep up and means teachers will spend more and more time on work outside of the classroom,» he said.

In acknowledgment of the reality in many schools — far too much to teach, far too little time to teach it — Countering Bullying and Harassment streamlines critical material into six lessons per grade that provide developmentally appropriate approaches to key topics including establishing positive classroom environments, identifying and understanding the dynamics of bullying and harassment, cyber-bullying, and what it means to be a friend and ally.

The cuts to front - line teaching posts are happening at a time when pupil - to - classroom teacher ratios are rising, which means bigger classes and less individual attention for children.

Even if a teacher has read the fine print in the collective bargaining agreement, or perhaps has visited the Independence Institute's informative Independent Teachers website, making time to visit the union office during September often means taking time from their school or classroom duties during a high - pressure period.

Moving breakfast from the cafeteria to the classroom means breakfast is served after school starts, reduces stigma by offering breakfast to all students, ensures enough time to eat by eliminating long walks / lines, and strong stakeholder involvement ensures everyone — including parents and students — understand the availability and benefits of school breakfast.

Many intelligent people at the time, including Teachers, said that: «Integration will RUIN the Public School System, because every classroom will have to go down to «THEIR» level (meaning the Negro students)».

I mean a lot of times, the only opportunity for a promotion from being a classroom teacher is to leave classroom teaching altogether.

It means more time spent demonstrating skills in a K - 12 classroom than sitting in a lecture hall.

This will undermine local control, mean less accountability in the classroom, and gut public education at a time when we should be focused on investing in our kids» future and creating good jobs that pay a fair wage,» We Are the People Michigan spokesman Zack Pohl told the Livingston Daily.

«Being a good mentor means spending time in the classroom,» said Gilrein, and the only way to do that in a district the size of Oceanside was through technology.

This means that providers are required to demonstrate that their pre-service teachers have gained the knowledge and skills needed to be successful in the classroom by the time they graduate.

Many flipped classrooms use YouTube as a means to have students learn at their own pace, on their own time, and with each other.

Teachers — Making APPA available to students means a huge amount of information about pupil wellbeing can be generated outside classroom time.

While technology in the classroom might make it easier for teachers to give students a choice of which activities to do next, that does not mean that students will make the best choices among the activities provided or that students will automatically learn how to reflect on the choices they make in order to do better next time.