Sentences with phrase «classroom teachers of grades»

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For Protestants, a church school with teachers, subject matter, curriculum resources, age - graded classes, supplies, equipment, classrooms and, if possible, a professional church educator has been the norm; for Roman Catholics, parochial schools or some other form of catechetics.

Furthermore, the schools (in general) do not provide teachers with the adequate resources to perform their jobs effectively, such as teacher - requested books for their students; presentation items such as chalk, whiteboard markers, or projectors; basic classroom organizational needs such as storage bins, filing cabinets with adequate files, and functional modern computers with adequate software to make results tabulating more efficient; or motivational equipment designed to reward students for good behavior, scores, or attitudes (grades simply are not enough of a motivational tool).

In the 1990s, a researcher named James Stigler coordinated a vast international project that involved videotaping the classrooms of hundreds of randomly selected eighth - grade math teachers in the United States, Germany, and Japan.

-- Christof Wiechert Social Emotional Intelligence: The Basis for a New Vision of Education in the United States — Linda Lantieri Rudolf Steiner's Research Methods for Teachers — Martyn Rawson Combined Grades in Waldorf Schools: Creating Classrooms Teachers Can Feel Good About — Lori L. Freer Educating Gifted Students in Waldorf Schools — Ellen Fjeld KØttker and Balazs Tarnai How Do Teachers Learn with Teachers?

«the care and dedication of individual teachers»...» the loving approach of the teachers»...» the personal attention my child receives in the classroom»...» the depth in teaching the developing human being»... «that the teachers and staff are well - acquainted with my child and every concern I've had about my child has been met with the staff's full attention, concern, and capability to professionally address the matter at hand»... «how the teachers «hold» each child and class»...» mindfulness toward the children's needs»... «love that the teacher stays with the child through 8th grade»

The «No Child Left Behind» act, signed by President Bush in January, greatly expands federal oversight of public education, mandating annual testing of children in grades 3 through 8 and one grade - level in high school, insisting every classroom teacher be fully certified and setting a 12 - year timetable for closing racial and economic achievement gaps in test scores.

Designed by Chicago Children's Museum's education experts, PWN provides teachers with engaging instructional strategies to introduce, reinforce and deepen the understanding of grade - level math concepts through innovative classroom activities, math work stations, and children's literature.

Students in first grade teacher Veronica Petrillo's classroom carefully embellished brown bags with crayon illustrations, before assembling the ham and cheese sandwiches, bags of carrots, chips, Rice Krispie treats and juice boxes.

Educators claim that the testing limits the scope of teaching in the classroom and creates a detrimental level of stress for students an teachers alike, all of whom are subject to grading based upon the testing results.

«Teachers have enough to worry about between lessons, grading, managing their classroom, and the actual work of educating our children.

Jennifer Ronayne, a fifth - grade teacher at the Connetquot schools with 13 years of experience, said Cuomo has little understanding of how classrooms work — and of how harmful his policies have been for teachers and students, particularly those children who have special needs or who are English language learners.

Also at 10 a.m., Regent Roger Tilles will visit the classroom of fifth grade teacher Kate Hunter, National Council for the Social Studies Outstanding Elementary Social Studies Teacher of the Year, during his visit to the Three Village Central School Diteacher Kate Hunter, National Council for the Social Studies Outstanding Elementary Social Studies Teacher of the Year, during his visit to the Three Village Central School DiTeacher of the Year, during his visit to the Three Village Central School District.

Teachers are taken out of the classroom for at least 3 class days in the spring to do the grading, not to mention the days they had to miss in the fall to be trained to grade.

Under the larger evaluation framework, announced in Albany Thursday afternoon, teachers will be graded on a 100 - point scale, 60 percent of which will be based on evaluations of teacher performance, including classroom observations.

A classroom program that helps teachers adapt their interactions with students based on individuals» temperaments may lead to more student engagement in kindergarten, more teacher emotional support to kindergarten and first grade students, and better classroom organization and less off - task behavior in first - grade classes, according to research by NYU's Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development.

Similarly, first - grade INSIGHTS classrooms had higher teacher practices of classroom organization and lower classroom off - task behaviors over the school year compared to control classrooms.

The outreach program has two main components: educating teachers through hands - on training and tours of our zebrafish facility, and bringing the zebrafish to K - 12th grade classrooms for hands - on experiments.

But all fifth grade teachers at Christi's school also now have classroom Scientific Method Posters in their rooms, thanks to support from Elmer's ® Products, Inc., which made a limited number of posters available to teachers last year.

My roommate and one of my best friends Melanie (who you guys virtually met a week or so ago) is a first grade teacher and has the unique challenge of finding something stylish but also classroom friendly everyday.

After reading this book, there are easily a handful of changes that I would make to my assessing and grading procedures if I were to return to the classroom as a teacher.

I have seen teachers in higher elementary grades and middle school special ed classrooms adapt the material to their age group and course of study.

«I am in my 13th year of teaching, but this is my first year to incorporate flexible seating into my classroom,» said first - grade teacher Ashley Rice Broomfield, before expressing a common sentiment: «I will never go back to traditional seating.»

That question was on teacher Stephanie Sleeper's mind as she contemplated a photo of Emily Polak's flexible classroom for ninth - grade English students.

On a first - ever report card of its kind, 13 out of 20 states earned a grade of C or lower for the quality of the standards they have set to assess whether teachers now in the classroom have adequate knowledge of subjects they teach.

All three curricula have been piloted by teachers across America in a wide variety of K12 teaching environments, including rural, urban, and suburban; all grade levels; regular ed, special ed, and ESL classrooms.

«Unfortunately, without the level of training and support they need, many teachers do not use technology to their advantage — for grading, organizing lessons, searching for information, communicating with the education community, or in the classroom with their students.

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.

In addition, a survey of English language arts classrooms published by the Fordham Institute found that most elementary - school teachers, at least in the early stages of common core implementation, assigned books based on students» abilities, rather than grade - level complexity, as the standards state.

Drawing on the results of computer - adaptive tests given periodically throughout the year, the 7th and 8th grade humanities teacher and her students at Oak Valley Middle School in San Diego set classroom goals that target the areas the youngsters struggle with the most.

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.

To evaluate the claim that No Child Left Behind and other test - based accountability policies are making teaching less attractive to academically talented individuals, the researchers compare the SAT scores of new teachers entering classrooms that typically face accountability - based test achievement pressures (grade 4 — 8 reading and math) and classrooms in those grades that do not involve high - stakes testing.

Written for both pre-service and in - service teachers, the book includes 11 cases, each with an objective to improve the teaching and understanding of mathematics at the 7th - through 12th - grade levels and to provide opportunities to examine classroom...

The ideology behind the single - point rubric inherently moves classroom grading away from quantifying and streamlining student work, shifting student and teacher focus in the direction of celebrating creativity and intellectual risk - taking.

In response to administrators» and teachers» worries about the vocabulary skills of Boston Public School students, a group of researchers and educators — assembled by the Strategic Education Research Partnership (SERP) in collaboration with the Boston Public Schools, and directed by Harvard Graduate School of Education Professor Catherine Snow — designed a curriculum supplement called Word Generation, for sixth - to eighth - grade classrooms.

Learning Without Tears ™ is now revealing brand new editions of all of our teacher's guides, student workbooks and journals from Handwriting Without Tears — plus a new grade level for transitional kindergarten to evolve with changing classroom stands.

In addition to modeling lessons for teachers and working with small groups of students, the skills specialists also regularly analyze student scores on diagnostic, formative, and standardized tests across classrooms, subjects, and grades.

These new systems depend primarily on two types of measurements: student test score gains on statewide assessments in math and reading in grades 4 - 8 that can be uniquely associated with individual teachers; and systematic classroom observations of teachers by school leaders and central staff.

«Here's the story on historical fiction in my classroom: It illuminates time periods, helps me integrate the curriculum, and enriches social studies,» says Tarry Lindquist, a fifth - grade teacher on Mercer Island, Washington, who was recognized by the National Council for the Social Studies as National Elementary Teacher of thteacher on Mercer Island, Washington, who was recognized by the National Council for the Social Studies as National Elementary Teacher of thTeacher of the Year.

Also check out sixth - grade teacher Donalyn Miller's article «Becoming a Classroom of Readers,» originally printed in Educational Leadership, which offers strategies for encouraging reading in your classroom.

Finally, 8 percent of the teachers in our sample taught in a mixed - grade classroom in 2002 — 03, and 5 percent were in a «split» classroom, sharing a single contract and dividing the school day with another teacher.

A regular classroom elementary teacher of reading and language arts in grades K - 6 receives a cash award of $ 1,000 through the Regie Routman Teacher Recognitionteacher of reading and language arts in grades K - 6 receives a cash award of $ 1,000 through the Regie Routman Teacher RecognitionTeacher Recognition Award.

Join two middle school teachers in their first post of a year - long series about implementing a PBL pilot program in their fifth grade classroom.

Committed to a balanced budget, Hite and the SRC put forth a «doomsday» budget that severely cut the number of noontime aides, counselors, and teachers, and created «split» classrooms, that is, classrooms with two grade levels in the same room.

One of them, a sixth - grade English teacher at a private school in North Carolina, found that her students were particularly drawn to the guide's debates, an activity she hadn't tried before in her classroom.

In - line with technology being an issue, 73 % of teachers agree that it is also the key facilitator to move classrooms forward into the future, and 55 % firmly believe that VR will see an up - turn in grades.

I've witnessed similar elements of greatness firsthand, while spending hours at campuses and in teacher classrooms in all grades levels and in nearly every type of school.

According to faculty at JSIS, full - time, native - speaking teachers and instructional assistants in immersion classrooms play an important role in the success of the international school model, particularly in the younger grades.

Full - time teachers in grades P - 12 who spend 50 percent or more of their time in a classroom or in classroom - like settings, work in select areas, and have three years of teaching experience.

«The research for our paper focused on first - grade classrooms in the Boston Public Schools, and we were very pleased to be part of a successful collaboration with the students, teachers, and administrators in Boston,» Tivnan says.

Written for both pre-service and in - service teachers, the book includes 11 cases, each with an objective to improve the teaching and understanding of mathematics at the 7th - through 12th - grade levels and to provide opportunities to examine classroom practice and assess student thinking.