Sentences with phrase «classroom works as»

I saw parallels between our efforts and critical friends groups (which are teacher professional development networks) in how they used their classroom work as a means to support colleagues from other classrooms (Johanson & Kuh 2013).

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That's no longer the case, as social movements like Black Lives Matter and #MeToo have thrust the power dynamics that she highlights in her own New York City classroom onto a cultural main stage, and made her work more accessible and understandable.

If you are looking to raise the bar at work, here are three tips that work in the classroom as well as the office.

In tandem with the 100,000 Opportunity Youth Initiative, Starbucks has opened four stores with classroom and training space as part of its effort to support local economic development in diverse low - to - medium income communities across the U.S.. Each of these stores creates 20 to 25 new jobs with benefits, partners with a local women - and minority - owned supplier and contractor, and works with local nonprofits to provide job - skills training to youth.

It's about negotiating a classroom and working with people and facilitating discussion and mentorship as an emotionally complicated form of emotional labor.

They help you to discover yourself and define your likes, dislikes and preferences in a work environment as well compare classroom theory to work place practices.

Let the tinies learn what it looks like to be a person, made in the image of God, working — no matter if our work happens on computers or at the laundry or on the job site or the classroom — as unto the Lord.

Even though alcoholism ranks as one of the country's three major health problems, along with cancer and heart disease; even though it accounts for approximately 98,000 deaths every year; even though it is the root cause of most pastoral - care crises (suicides, auto fatalities, child abuse, divorces, hospital admissions, accidental deaths and home violence); even though it costs the nation $ 120 billion annually in terms of lost work time, health and welfare benefits, property damage, medical expenses, insurance and lost wages; and even though its effects impair the educational process of every child in every classroom, still the church acts as though alcoholism does not exist.

Learning to learn has become the primary focus of my classroom work, and this focus is expressed in such methods as dividing large classes into rotating discussion groups; assigning shorter, more frequent written work that can be rewritten; structuring group oral examination experiences; and stressing the application of what is learned to other disciplines and life situations.

Jackson said the work will start from the «head down,» in the classroom as his offense is installed.

At the same time, Turnaround's staff works to improve the classroom environment as a whole, coaching teachers on strategies to improve students» academic outcomes by improving their experience in class.

They concluded that when it comes to comparing students at one school or in one classroom with students in another, self - assessments just don't work — especially in cases where they are used as tools for accountability.

Montessori elementary level classrooms permit a varied pace and children may work as long as needed on one project.

Based on over 10 years of work in the field and over 20 case studies from Challenge Success schools, Overloaded and Underprepared serves as a guide for change, offering practical solutions that can be implemented in a single classroom or on a school - wide scale.

When I first began as a classroom teacher in 1977, I was working with a very different child than the one I saw in 2014.

I can see it working at home, in a homeschooling plan, or in a classroom as well.

Overall, it can indeed be challenging and disheartening for a parent to have a child who does not easily or happily leave each day for school because of their sensitivity or adaptability to a formal classroom setting; you'll feel better if you and your child's teacher can work together as a team.

Having breakfast in the classroom was a little bit of extra work up front, but we tried to mitigate that as best as possible.

But when it comes to the food in «packed lunches and snacks, bake sales and booster sales, fundraisers, and class birthdays and holiday parties,» as well as food used classroom rewards, the medical organization finds that much work remains to be done.

Student athletes need to know that the «off the field» (in the classroom) efforts are as important or more so then the «on the field» work.

Purvis knows that accountability for breakfast - in - the - classroom starts at the top, so she works hard to respond to stakeholder concerns as they arise and create solutions to improve the process for everyone.

«Research becomes very important when we talk about what best practices are; it's one thing to say «this works» but it's another to have data that is research - driven,» she explained, pointing to breakfast - in - the - classroom as one example.

«Breakfast - in - the - classroom is one of those things that works as well as — or better than — expected,» enthused Jason.

Angela has worked for the Orinda School District as an assistant in the special education classroom, working primarily with autistic children, and as a master teacher for the Head Start program in Alameda, Calif..

As a community — whether working in the classroom or coming together during festivals, assemblies, or other activities — we strive to celebrate our common humanity.

During my tenure, I worked as a Early Intervention Program teacher, a Curriculum Support teacher, a Special Instructional Assistance teacher, a Reading Recovery teacher, and a Kindergarten through Fifth grade classroom teacher.

As students get back to work in classrooms, Congress is rolling up its sleeves to debate new rules involving the Child Nutrition Act, which sets standards for 30 million school lunches a day and is scheduled to expire later this year.

But on visiting each of the three classrooms, I brightened — seeing the joy and hope on the girls» faces as they talked about what they loved studying (e.g., Amharic, English, science, math), what they hoped to be (e.g., pilot, doctor, engineer, driver, teacher, community mentor for BiruhTesfa), and what the best / worst parts of their days are (unanimously, best = being at school, worst = work hours).

Guided by a visiting teacher naturalist in the classroom, students will use bird puppets to experience how natural selection works as they try to survive with their adaptations in the island environments available to them.

Known as the «Renegade Lunch Lady, «Chef Ann has worked for nearly two decades to transform cafeterias into culinary classrooms.

If we can change our policies and our practices in the classroom, and work with researchers devoted to finding ways to help our children, we can «make a tremendous difference, not only in the lives of individual children and their families, but in our communities and our nation as a whole.»

Debby Irving brings to racial justice the perspective of working as a community organizer and classroom teacher for 25 years without understanding racism as a systemic issue or her own whiteness as an obstacle to grappling with it.

We are also working in a few classrooms at South Street School in Danbury, and offering parenting classes there as well.

Miriam's medical and education background includes: teaching prenatal classes and nursing students in the classroom and clinical setting, coordinating an OB department, and working as the Hospital Obstetric Consultant which included policy writing and continuing education for all obstetric staff.

Her work as a classroom teacher, school director and mom of three have provided her with extensive practical experience and enhanced her breadth and depth of knowledge in the field of child development.

In her current role as senior child nutrition policy analyst, she works with a diverse group of national and state partners to expand the use of the School Breakfast Program among low - income children and increase the number of schools offering breakfast in the classroom free to all students in target states, school districts and schools.

I was team mom for little league, cheer mom, pta mom, chaperoned school field trips, volunteered as a classroom helper and parent at their schools (when in public school) attended toddler tumbling and mom classes, was a homeschooling parent for one of my kids with leaning disabilities, I didn't have to scramble to figure out what to do about work or where to take my kids for child care if they were sick, I led and was involved with the church groups with my kids, I spent summers with them doing all kinds of things like traveling, visiting grandparents out of town, amusement park trips, swimming, picnics, and hiking, instead of them being stuck with a sitter every summer.

Although our methodology is such that all children are taught the same curriculum, a child who is gifted in certain areas, such as in science, music, or the arts, may go deeper or do more advanced work within the general classroom setting.

Working as a classroom teacher (and as a parent of three of my own), I know that some children are better able to adapt to and cope with new or different situations while others need to be supported and taught more intentionally how to manage their feelings.

SNF — along with our friends at FRAC, the NEA Foundation, and the NAESP Foundation — work in concert as the Partners for BIC to help high - need schools implement breakfast - in - the - classroom programs.

My perspective on guiding children comes from years of practice as a mindful educator, and draws from my experiences teaching in the classroom, working one - on - one with families, and as the Early Childhood Specialist at the Children's Creativity Museum in San Francisco.

Leslie is also a Lazure artist whose beautiful work graces our Upper Brookside classroom, and prior to becoming a Waldorf teacher was a professional fiber artist specializing in surface design and wearable art; she also spent several years as a speech pathologist.

Together we'll address child development questions and ways to work with the curriculum as you use these activities to support your work in the classroom.

The parents work with the teachers in the classroom as well as in other areas such as, fundraising, cleaning, maintenance and public relations.

If you're looking for ammo, give your school principal a copy of The Use of Food as Reward in Classrooms: The Disadvantages and the Alternatives (while geared toward the state of Kentucky, a national version of this excellent white paper is in the works — so stay tuned!).

Every school provides the opportunity for some bullying to take place, as children test each other out and work out their roles in the classroom and playground relationships.

The Borough President said she has been working the School Construction Authority, led by Lorraine Grillo, to set real dates for moving children out of the «temporary» trailers that have been used as classrooms due to school overcrowding.

Jenny Sedlis, executive director of StudentsFirstNY, a group that advocates for the Common Core, among other issues, said in a statement: «Commissioner King has fully demonstrated his commitment to listening to parents across New York State as he goes about the necessary work of bringing rich and rigorous content into the classroom.»

«This pavilion would work as an excellent outside classroom for such activities.»

Outside of his work with the coalition, Justin also serves as President of the Board of Directors for the Chautauqua Leadership Network, is a classroom volunteer for Junior Achievement of WNY, is a mentor for the WNY P - TECH STEM College & Career Academy and is a member of the WNY STEM Hub.