Sentences with phrase «classroom teaching and school»

However, in schools that have devoted the time to collaboration in professional learning communities, there are still obstacles to creating meaningful adult learning opportunities that transform classroom teaching and school culture.

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Classrooms at Disselboom primary school are equipped with SchoolVision, a lighting system developed by Philips that changes the atmosphere and ambience of a classroom depending on the type of lesson being taught.

«Students and staff have the right to teach and learn in an environment free from the worry of being gunned down in their classrooms or on their way home from school,» Women's March organizers, who are setting up the school walkout, said in a statement.

I hope American Atheists will drop this and focus on more important things, like insuring that religious teachings stay out of public school science classrooms.

Creative church schools work hard to make everything that occurs in the classroom (worship, problems in interpersonal relationships, teaching - learning, and so forth), laboratories in which religious truths can be brought to life and experienced.

My family and friends didn't have the church / school classroom in which they were hired to teach children «bugged» by pastors and administrators, but I did.

(Ker 2003, 75) Carlyle, Ruskin, Arnold and Newman may not be taught much in British schools these days - though the beatification of Newman has provided a clear opportunity to raise his profile - but Chesterton's prose would seem admirably suited to the classroom.

The court ruled that teaching creationism in public school classrooms was a violation of the Establishment Cause in the Constitution, which is commonly referred to as the separation of church and state.

The State can not finance secular instruction if it permits religion to be taught in the same classroom; but if it exacts a promise that religion not be so taught — a promise the school and its teachers are quite willing and on this record able to give — and enforces it, it is then entangled in the «no entanglement» aspect of the Court's Establishment Clause jurisprudence [Lemon v. Kurtzman, 403 U.S. 666, 668].

This annual fundraiser benefits Veggie U < http://www.veggieu.org >, a non-profit children's education program that teaches the importance of nutrition and sustainable agriculture by providing interactive lesson plans with a classroom garden kit to elementary schools and special needs students.

In his classroom, where he taught sociology and anthropology, he was, his students said, «like a Sunday school teacher.»

Some schools have developed comprehensive approaches to teaching character strengths, and in classrooms across the country, teachers are talking to their students more than ever about qualities like grit and perseverance.

We are an online Canadian company offering a variety of early childhood educational toys, innovative teaching resources, sturdy school and classroom furniture, quality children's gifts, and interactive learning games at «fantaztic» prices!

They often work with standardized materials designed to complement what is being taught in the public school classroom, many offer diagnostic testing to determine your student's needs and are able to develop a plan based on that information.

But to truly appreciate the mentoring relationships our faculty form with our students, the passion we have for teaching and learning, and the depth of inquiry that takes place in our classrooms, you need to experience our School first - hand.

Her uniquely effective parenting and teaching strategies were developed through her years of training in sociology, special education, and philosophy, as well as field - tested through her experiences as a classroom teacher, laboratory school instructor, university instructor, seminar leader, volunteer in Rwanda, and mother of three grown children.

Classrooms in the neighborhood schools here in Logan Square are so overcrowded that children are taught in supply closets and hallways and under stairwells.

There are a couple of experimental classroom interventions that I think seem particularly promising, including Tools of the Mind, which uses extended make - believe play and other teaching strategies to develop self - regulation in 4 - and 5 - year - olds, and OneGoal, the Chicago - based high school program that teaches juniors and seniors a particular set of non-cognitive skills designed to help them persist in college.

With community support, we eliminated high - fructose drinks from school vending machines and banned sweets from classroom parties (a hard swallow for those drinking the same sugary punch as Cookie Crusader Sarah Palin); changed the tuition - based preschool food offerings to allergy - free, healthful choices; successfully lobbied for a salad bar and then taught kids how to use it; enlisted Gourmet Gorilla, a small independent company, to provide affordable, healthy, locally sourced, organic snacks after - school and boxed lunches; built a teaching kitchen to house an afterschool cooking program; and convinced teachers to give - up a union - mandated planning period in order to supervise daily outdoor recess.

Tia is also involved in all aspects of the sanctuary's educational programming — developing curricula and interpretive materials, developing and implementing classroom teacher professional development, working on numerous grants in communities and schools, and developing and teaching natural history and food - based programming.

Dr. Cox began his career in the classroom as a high school physical education and health teacher so he truly understands the importance of teaching kids to develop healthy habits.

Facilitator Information: As a Certified Positive Discipline Trainer, Kristin combines a career of teaching and serving with her passion for creating mutually respectful environments for families, children, classrooms and schools.

He is on the same page as I am and strongly discouraged all parents at back - to - school night from bringing high sugar foods and has instructed the teaching staff to do the same in their classrooms.

Organic food advocate Greg Christian, Chicago's answer to Alice Waters, argues that every school should have an organic garden on site, teach sustainable agriculture in the classroom, and serve food that's organic and made from scratch, everyday.

The success achieved by the Partners for Breakfast in the Classroom project between 2011 and today has taught us that when all stakeholders work together — administrators, school boards, parents, and school building staff — breakfast - in - the - classroom becomes a sustainable and successful endeavor for school nutrition programs.

o Changes to the quality and provision arrangements for school food o The quality of the dining experience • How changes to school meals can be supported throughout the school including in the classroom, the new curriculum is an opportunity to refresh teaching on food in school.

Elementary schools also invited Orfalea educators into the classroom back in October, when a «Junior chefs cooking day» event taught children about vegetables, and showed them how to prepare a ratatouille dish.

Wales» largest union for qualified teachers, NUT Cymru, has commented on the final report from the Digital Classroom Teaching Task and Finish Group which sets out how Welsh schools can deliver digital classrooms in a digital age.

The divide between subjects taught in the school classroom and university - level research is often exaggerated.

Under the controversial proposal, charter schools that already have demonstrated strong academic performance would be able to set their own qualifications, with one proposal requiring a bachelor's degree and just 30 hours of classroom instruction in order to begin teaching students.

Every child deserves to be taught in world - class school buildings with state of the art classrooms and facilities capable of delivering learning fit for the twenty - first century.

This action cuts back to the modern - day Westminster office, and swaps between this and enjoyable classroom antics as Sam attempts to do focus group - style research by teaching some pleasingly irreverent pupils in a school each week.

... and making sure every school has the resources - and every teacher the training - to deliver effective synthetic phonics teaching in the classroom.

Every child deserves to be taught in world - class school buildings with state of the art classrooms and facilities

A school is capable of facilitating this right when adequate infrastructure are available — libraries, classrooms, dining halls, laboratories and workshops, furniture and other teaching and learning materials.

Meanwhile, a visit to the Kwame Nkrumah Memorial School which is about 500metres from the St John's School, revealed how students were idling about in the classrooms and compound with no teaching and learning activities taking place.

«Project Boost has given schools the opportunity to be creative with teaching and learning outside of the traditional classroom setting by providing educational trips to museums, Broadway shows, college campuses and unique eating experiences at local restaurants.

The Bond Act, as it reads on the November ballot, would provide access to classroom technology and high - speed internet connections, as well as offer funds to build more pre kindergarten classrooms, and replace the trailers that some overcrowded schools in New York City have been using to teach students.

Bill de Blasio's selection of Carmen Fariña as the new schools chancellor has raised hopes among classroom educators for an end to the obsession with high - stakes testing and a renewed focus on teaching and learning.

«Psychological science has much to contribute to enhancing teaching and learning in the classroom,» said Joan Lucariello, PhD, chair of the Coalition for Psychology in Schools and Education and a contributing author of the report.

A new National Academies» report on science in U.S. elementary and secondary schools elevates the importance of teaching engineering concepts in the classroom.

The new program, called Math Forward, draws upon the work of Deborah Ball, dean of the School of Education at the University of Michigan, who believes that effective math teachers have an understanding of their subject that goes beyond what they have learned in course work and what they are required to teach in the classroom.

Instead, Curtis chose the classroom, and for the past decade she has taught secondary school math and science in Butte and nearby Helena, the state capital.

For example, if there is a problem with contaminants in the indoor air of a school building, classroom ventilation can be adapted to fit in with teaching periods and break times,» explains Schütze.

With teaching facilities in Long Island and New York City, it brings a hands - on approach to learning about biology and genomes to classrooms and homes of children in primary schools, middle schools, and high schools.

Evaluation of the above learning objectives will consist of a pre / post observational study in New England high school classrooms and will be implemented with the assistance of LSO and Harvard's Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning.

When not studying yeast in the lab, he made a home in the classroom, teaching biology to a wide range of students, in elementary school, college and medical school.

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