Sentences with phrase «classrooms in all grades»

For those teachers — who led reading or math classrooms in grades 4 8 and accounted for less than one in five DCPS teachers — observations were worth 35 percent and value - added was worth 50 percent.

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.

It used to be that when a teacher was out and a sub was unavailable to cover the class for the day, the students in the absent teacher's classroom had to be split among the remaining classrooms in the grade level.

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.

The students in the smaller classes continued to achieve at higher rates than their peers in the other groups even after they returned to normal - sized classrooms in grades four and beyond.

• A different Chetty study reports that «students who were randomly assigned to higher - quality classrooms in grades K — 3 — as measured by classmates» end - of - class test scores — have higher earnings, college attendance rates, and other outcomes.»

The Bridgeport school district rolled out more than 9,000 Chromebooks to all classrooms in grades 7 — 12, as well as in some lower grades, and plans to roll out more Chromebooks, as well as tablets, with Google Play for Education.

In addition, each classroom in grades 2 - 4 has a full - time mini-cart containing 5 - 8 MacBooks.

The Find Your Balance Challenge is open to elementary school classrooms in grades K - 5 and rewards student teams for taking steps toward achieving Energy Balance in your own school communities.

Any person who participates in a process of learning, including every single student in every classroom in any grade, has a voice that should be engaged in schools.

The TWI model will be implemented across all Kindergarten, first, and second grade classrooms in 2018 - 19, and will continue to roll up through the grades so that by the 2021 - 2022 school year, all classrooms in all grade levels will follow the TWI model.

In the 2015 - 2016 school year, the school division started a three - year partnership with the company to implement the Achieve3000 Pro Virginia Edition, which is designed for mixed - ability English language arts, social studies, and science classrooms in grades two through 12.

Nine bound volumes of Resilience stories have been created, one for each classroom in grades 3, 4 and 5.

«[T] his planning process has enabled teachers to dissect how they will scaffold and teach the skills students need to complete the writing assignment and to be more intentional with their assignments across classrooms in the grade level.»

: The Council of Great City Schools developed Parent Roadmaps, which explains to parents what their child will be learning and how parents can support learning outside of the classroom in grades K - 12 in both ELA and math.

Creative Publications, Inc., Scottsdale AZ 1998 — 2000 Outside Sales Representative Conducted sales of mathematics programs for classrooms in grades K - 8, including mathematics supplementary materials and manipulative.

Houston, TX About Blog After 16 years in the classroom in grades 2 - 5, Donna Boucher is now an instructional math coach for grades K - 5.

The control condition consists of students in schools assigned to receive no intervention in grades 5 and 6 and who were not in intervention classrooms in grades 1 through 4.

The late intervention group consists of students in intervention schools who were in intervention classrooms in grades 5 and 6 only, some of whom were controls in the earlier intervention study.

In the present analyses, the full intervention group consists of all students who were randomly assigned to intervention classrooms in grades 1 through 4 in 8 elementary schools participating in the earlier experimental study, and who remained in schools assigned to the intervention condition in grades 5 or 6 in the present study.

After twelve years in classrooms in all grades 2 - 12, she became an administrator.

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A second - grade classroom in Erie needed 21 buckets to catch leaks following a snowstorm two years ago.

, an educational gaming platform used by 50 million monthly users in grades K - 12, includes in its new report responses from 580 US teachers, primarily from public schools, who answered questions about technology in their classrooms.

Mark Barden, whose seven - year - old son Daniel was shot to death in his first - grade classroom, said he and other Sandy Hook parents had been advocating for the bill for more than three years.

Many teaching tools used in classrooms are granting private companies access to personal student data, including attendance rates, grades and disciplinary records.

I have 22 children in my 4th grade classroom that haven't seen our state capitol and many will never have the chance to visit our Nation's Capitol.

While research shows that children who participate in a full - day kindergarten program transition better into the first grade and have better social skills, the downside of noisy, crowded classrooms and stressed - out children make me question if the program was rolled out too hastily.

Stepping into the political turmoil of Israel after being steeped in the United States presidential campaign is akin to moving into an advanced seminar on theological ethics from a third - grade church school classroom.

I still remember running out of the classroom in seventh grade to use the bathroom to avoid reading aloud.

When I was a child, attending grade school in Washington, D.C., we took classroom time to study manners.

An elder is nothing more than a 3rd grader in a 2nd grade classroom, where these 4 things are certain.

Along with her pet lizard «Liz,» the excellently dressed Miss Frizzle was her classroom's intrepid leader, who used moxie and a bit of magic to guide her third - grade students in learning science.

I got this as a gift from my daughters 3rd grade teacher, as a thank you for helping out in the classroom this year.

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).

The young Julius became The Doctor in a sixth - grade classroom, not on a basketball court.

From his warm, funny and friendly demeanor to efforts in the classroom — he's earned a 3.5 grade point average this semester at the Hayward school — to excelling on the basketball court, the long, lean, high - flying 6 - foot - 6 wing is a young man for young people — and old — to look up to.

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 JapaIn 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 Japain the United States, Germany, and Japan.

In 2007, Robert Pianta of the University of Virginia published in Science the results of a large - scale survey of American public schools that he and a team of researchers had undertaken, observing regular instruction over the course of an entire school day in 737 typical fifth - grade classrooms across the United States, as well as hundreds of additional first - and third - grade classroomIn 2007, Robert Pianta of the University of Virginia published in Science the results of a large - scale survey of American public schools that he and a team of researchers had undertaken, observing regular instruction over the course of an entire school day in 737 typical fifth - grade classrooms across the United States, as well as hundreds of additional first - and third - grade classroomin Science the results of a large - scale survey of American public schools that he and a team of researchers had undertaken, observing regular instruction over the course of an entire school day in 737 typical fifth - grade classrooms across the United States, as well as hundreds of additional first - and third - grade classroomin 737 typical fifth - grade classrooms across the United States, as well as hundreds of additional first - and third - grade classrooms.

In addition to almost two decades in the classroom, she has served as department chair, both academic and also grade level Dean, a parent and faculty educator, and a leader of curriculum reforIn addition to almost two decades in the classroom, she has served as department chair, both academic and also grade level Dean, a parent and faculty educator, and a leader of curriculum reforin the classroom, she has served as department chair, both academic and also grade level Dean, a parent and faculty educator, and a leader of curriculum reform.

Waldorf Elementary Teacher Education at Sunbridge Institute is a low - residency program providing appropriate credentials and practical, artistic, and philosophical foundations for successful Waldorf teaching in grades one through eight classrooms.

Other possible changes may include a greater use of technology in the classroom or at home, or increased student responsibility (often the grade levels in preparation before transitioning to middle or high school).

On the many lactivist blogs and Twitter feeds I followed while researching this book, the words of Eleanor Roosevelt would be thrown around like paper airplanes in a fourth - grade classroom - inappropriately and haphazardly, and often hitting unintended targets.

-- 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?

One of the best ways to learn about Journey School is to join us for one of our Wednesday morning «Walk Through the Grades» tours where you will have a chance to visit the classrooms and participate in a discussion about Journey's unique educational program.

On this blog (and elsewhere) I've come out strongly against sugary birthday treats in the classroom, but my fifth - grade daughter really wanted to bring cupcakes or donuts to... [Continue reading]

In an interview, CPS parent Joy Mollet said she was appalled by the classroom breakfast program offered by her children's public preschool and does not want to see it at their grade school, Hawthorne Scholastic Academy.

The introduction of formal sexual education in the classroom varies; many schools start it in the fifth or sixth grade — and some don't offer it at all.

More often, the children are likely to ignore all the children who are not in their own grade, and to emotionally abuse each other (called insulting or teasing), because they are so emotionally bored from the lack of social interaction in their classes, and because they have stored up lots of physical energy being still and quiet in the classroom.

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«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»