Sentences with phrase «creative teachers do»

But if our most creative teachers do not seem to be enamored of the testing regime that now dominates the schools, this is something that needs further and systematic exploration, beyond even excellent ethnographic and journalistic accounts.

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On the mission field the image might be a class that, with the guidance of its teacher, has obviously done something creative and satisfying.

I worked as the creative adult education teacher in a psychiatric home, doing all sorts of wildly creative things, before working in a creative capacity in Youth Services.

Adding context to a topic or learning through a creative challenge is a fantastic way to engage and enthuse children.I'm very lucky in my job to have seen so many wonderfully creative teachers and massively admire what they do for the children they teach.

But you have to use the tools to know how they work, and at the Waldorf School of Garden City that is our methodology — creative teachers and students who learn by doing.

The future of Waldorf education and the possibility that Waldorf schools can be transformative organizations rests both on the capacity of teachers to continue their good work out of a real creative impulse connected to anthroposophy and the capacity of administrative staff to do the same.

«[The teachers] are going to get their classrooms back, and my grandchildren are going to get their teachers back so they can be creative and do the things I want for my grandchildren, and my children had decades ago.»

Since 2009, I've been teaching and inspiring creatives, heart - centered entrepreneurs, intention - driven teachers, and spiritual seekers to undo patterns of worry, depression and self - doubt that keep them from feeling whole and doing their work in the world.

Prepare yourself for dating a teacher by coming up with great dates that will work for them — think creative date ideas, or perhaps dinner date ideas you could do at home.

Teachers who want to do professionally creative things, who've been limited by the stifling nature of large bureaucracy in some school districts, can find a good fit in charter schools.

There should also be opportunities to create a variety of differentiated roles for teachers — so that they can pursue their strengths and don't have to be frustrated by their weaknesses (much as happens in other fields)-- as well as increasingly creative opportunities for team teaching, both in a school environment as well as virtually across geographies, to make teaching far less isolating and provide far more opportunities for recognition among one's peers.

Already a teacher at Sanders - Clyde Creative Arts School in Charleston, S.C. — a turnaround school that is a part of the Charleston Promise Neighborhood, an effort modeled after the work of the Harlem Children's Zone — Hobson felt that she could do more.

This process is often best done in collaboration with other teachers — it makes it more creative and you can share the development time.

What then follows is creative thinking about what education leaders, schools, teachers, parents and students themselves can do to support policy actions that ensure every student is equipped with the skills necessary to achieve their full potential and participate in an increasingly interconnected global economy.

But my reason for writing this blog is not to lament over the teacher retention problem but rather focus on what we, as educators, can do to recruit more creative, intelligent, qualified individuals into the field.

13, chief academic officer of TechBoston Academy in Boston, finds the new standards themselves «fine and good; they are things all kids should know, and the standards are broad and wide enough that a good teacher can get creative [and] they don't restrain a good teacher.»

Guiding students through creative, open - ended projects does take patience and time — a scarce commodity for teachers — but in the outcome, he says, «kids will surprise you.

«Our teachers are creative, and they kind of compete to out - do each other,» says Principal Steve Zipkes.

Fourth - grade teacher Georgia Melidis sometimes has to be creative with matching the inquiries to curriculum content, but she finds that there is almost always a way to do so.

EdNext: Observers have noted that many states appear to be complying with NCLB's highly qualified teacher (HQT) provision mostly through creative bookkeeping, and are doing no more than they must when it comes to public - school choice or supplemental services.

But if the teacher did something creative, innovative, that would be great because it's coming from the teacher,» he says.

My lessons, instructional packets, videos, and PowerPoints are immediately ready to use and have made a difference in the way thousands of students, parents, and teachers read, write, think, do mathematics, understand history, use technology, and embrace the creative arts.

Again, there's nothing here that creative, hard - working teachers can't already do, it's just that technology makes it more routine and less exhausting.

Did you have a creative teacher who used a variety of materials like flashcards, games, magazine and newspaper articles, pictures, photos, fieldtrips, projects, technology, role plays, guest speakers, simulations or question - and - answer sessions?

WestEd also found that teachers in OMA schools did better than their peers on every indicator, including lesson planning and design, arts - integrated instruction, and the creative use of varied learning activities.

Linda Nathan, Ed.D. is the first executive director of the Center for Artistry and Scholarship, which fosters and mobilizes creative, arts - immersed schools, where students are making and doing, teachers are asking how and why, and schools are engaged in their community.

Nor do they expect top teachers culled from schools across the country, creative projects rather than remedial reviews, and other cutting - edge educational methods designed to generate enthusiasm among students.

Part of what makes a fantastically creative school is exposure to ideas — a teacher who says, «Look what this person did,» or «Cool — I wonder how they did that?»

«We don't have enough money to have enough cameras, so we try to figure out creative ways to support teachers» says Tiina.

The problem stems from parents» concern that their own children might be denied promotion or graduation based on a test score; from voters» confusion when their own upscale suburban schools are deemed to be failing by state or federal accountability systems even though most of the graduates do just fine; and from frustration when parents — often prompted by teachers — conclude that the basic - skills testing regime yields too much «drill and kill,» too little flexibility, and insufficient attention to art, music, and other creative disciplines.

As I share in Reinventing Writing, teachers need to do what teachers do best — give creative advice.

To motivate students who do not enjoy writing, and to help teachers who want a complete lesson plan devoted to creative writing, we've developed a creative writing curriculum and the Legends of Druidawn writing game.

As teachers, we wonder, How do we guide students through the creative process of project - based learning in an answer - driven, accountability environment so that:

Richard DuFour blames both a testing culture that leads some teachers to cut back on creative and in - depth teaching as well as disempowerment (not having the resources to do your job and being blamed for things outside your control).

As my 12th grade creative writing teacher Ms. Freedman always said, «Show, don't tell» — I didn't want to tell people to adopt new practices; I wanted them to show each other what they were doing.

Digging into some California - focused work with the Center for Teaching Quality (CTQ), we found that teachers at L.A. Unified's Social Justice Humanitas Academy (9 - 12) and UCLA Community School (K - 12) do just that by establishing collaborative leadership cultures driven by shared purpose, functioning as learners, taking risks to try creative new things, assessing performance, and establishing close ties with the community to learn about its needs.

It does mean that teachers should be creative and incorporate real - life issues into the classroom, even if those issues are not explicitly discussed in the standards.

Not only does the online classroom offer plenty of flexibility, it gives students the opportunity to be highly interactive with teachers and creative with how they learn.

But the time is right, now, to think creatively and to ask ourselves the question: do we want under - confident, constrained school leaders and teachers, or do we want a creative profession — held rigorously to account, but confident in the exercise of its own professional agency?

«When teachers feel permission to do more open - ended work where both they and their students can take creative risks,» he says, «that is what enables teachers and children to put their personal signatures on learning.»

We need to support those teachers who love their students, who find creative ways to teach them, and who do so under difficult circumstances.

I have done considerable work with teachers in both affluent and impoverished districts to design assessments that measure critical thinking, creative thinking, collaboration, and oral and written communication for students of all abilities.

Most teachers don't believe in rote learning and encourage students to be creative.»

This doesn't mean that you have to ignore or exclude those parts that are less relevant, it just means that we as teachers need to find creative ways of helping students see the applicability of history in their lives.

Teaching students to be creative, critical thinkers, problem - solvers and collaborators has been a goal of education for a long time but to do it with technology innovations and collaborate globally is an entirely new skill for many students and teachers.

«We believe that these programs have found creative and common sense ways to help teachers do what they do best: inspire students to reach their full potential.»

«We believe that these programs have found creative and common - sense ways to help teachers do what they do best: inspire students to reach their full potential,» Castrejón said of the grant winners.

«Teachers have been looking for ways to connect academics to using circles and so we've really trying to be creative with ways of incorporating circles into our daily classroom routine so it's not just when harm has been done.

Kickstarting Education With public education funding coming under increasing scrutiny, it can be difficult for teachers to insure that they are addressing basic educational needs, let alone find the capacity or space in their budgets to do something creative or original.

Experienced and creative teachers are still trying within their classrooms to do what is right for their students, but soon they will be lost to us as mentors.