Sentences with phrase «experiences kids and teachers»

The target was sort of vague, but there were lots of requirements around how the school day would work and what kinds of experiences kids and teachers were having at school.

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With many years» experience communicating effectively with teachers and students, Kids Media has a comprehensive knowledge of educational technology (computers and interactive whiteboards in classrooms), teacher culture, classroom dynamics and the various learning levels and abilities of students.

Using the experience we have from gardening as well as the gardening club I used to run at a school I taught I'm putting together resources for parents and teachers on Gardening with Kids.

Choose your child's favorite theme and we'll create a private, personalized, teacher - led party experience filled with kid - friendly activities guaranteed to be 100 % fun with zero clean up.

I would advice that No parent bring there children to this Daycare it is Pure Nasty roaches are everywhere they actually are dining with the children during lunch time, the mats that the kids nap on or stored in a out of order rest room storage closet, they almost never sanitize, and kids stay sick with lice, hand, foot, and mouth high fevers etc, not to mention they Do nt provide kids with a well balanced meal «ask to see menu» upon tour, they also have one of the highest turn over as far as the teachers goes» no experience «needed to care for your child, they are literally there to babysit, kids do nt learn a thing and are treated like crap, so while the price may be durable does this sound like somewhere you would want to send your love ones?

Giving the best teacher gift isn't impossible if you know your child's teacher but if you're feeling stuck, here's a list of favorite gifts from the teachers at my kids» elementary school, my former colleagues, and from my experience in the classroom.

Sarah's book about the experience, Fed Up With Lunch, contains a «Guide to Quiet Revolution,» which parents, teachers, kids and teenagers, as well as community members can use as a road map to make health and wellness a priority in neighborhood schools.

I can change diapers, fix bottles (formula or breast milk), put down to nap, fix / cook any meals, play, educate (reading, writing, math, etc.) I am currently a substitute teacher so that's given me more experience with teaching and educating children if I'm wanted to work with kids throughout the summer.

It's important to have a teacher who's fun and exciting, but chatty parents or rambunctious kids can distract from the experience of music class.

I'm hoping that their has been some more education offered to care providers and teachers on what a «balanced meal» is and that parents who send their kids to daycare and school with healthy school lunches made up of whole foods do not have to experience what Kristen did last December.

The next mayor must put together an action plan so principals and teachers have the materials and the authority to create a rigorous educational experience for our kids.

Through Science in Asylum, Goidenko volunteered as a teacher in KinderUni, a summer science program for kids in Vienna, teaching them about different properties of soil and giving them hands - on experience with growing plants.

Because children in this age group can be more fully engaged in instructions, the kids yoga teachers training at this stage emphasizes more accurate execution of yoga poses and better explanation of the benefits the kids will experience.

Enjoy your class, and allow our experienced teachers to have fun with your kids!

Those poor kids, worried parents, teachers and staff that had to experience this mess could have been avoided.

You want them to enjoy this experience for the same reason that reading teachers want to get kids to read anything, which is that the skill of reading is valuable in and of itself.

And he answers, «certainly not because I have any direct self - interest — no... I'm not profiting from my involvement in charter schools (in fact, I shudder to think of how much it's cost me), and I have little personal experience with the public school system because I'm doubly lucky: my parents saw that I wasn't being challenged in public schools, sacrificed (they're teachers / education administrators), and my last year in public school was 6th grade; and now, with my own children, I'm one of the lucky few who can afford to buy my children's way out of the NYC public system [in] which, despite Mayor Bloomberg's and Chancellor Klein's herculean efforts, there are probably fewer than two dozen schools (out of nearly 1,500) to which I'd send my kids.&raqAnd he answers, «certainly not because I have any direct self - interest — no... I'm not profiting from my involvement in charter schools (in fact, I shudder to think of how much it's cost me), and I have little personal experience with the public school system because I'm doubly lucky: my parents saw that I wasn't being challenged in public schools, sacrificed (they're teachers / education administrators), and my last year in public school was 6th grade; and now, with my own children, I'm one of the lucky few who can afford to buy my children's way out of the NYC public system [in] which, despite Mayor Bloomberg's and Chancellor Klein's herculean efforts, there are probably fewer than two dozen schools (out of nearly 1,500) to which I'd send my kids.&raqand I have little personal experience with the public school system because I'm doubly lucky: my parents saw that I wasn't being challenged in public schools, sacrificed (they're teachers / education administrators), and my last year in public school was 6th grade; and now, with my own children, I'm one of the lucky few who can afford to buy my children's way out of the NYC public system [in] which, despite Mayor Bloomberg's and Chancellor Klein's herculean efforts, there are probably fewer than two dozen schools (out of nearly 1,500) to which I'd send my kids.&raqand my last year in public school was 6th grade; and now, with my own children, I'm one of the lucky few who can afford to buy my children's way out of the NYC public system [in] which, despite Mayor Bloomberg's and Chancellor Klein's herculean efforts, there are probably fewer than two dozen schools (out of nearly 1,500) to which I'd send my kids.&raqand now, with my own children, I'm one of the lucky few who can afford to buy my children's way out of the NYC public system [in] which, despite Mayor Bloomberg's and Chancellor Klein's herculean efforts, there are probably fewer than two dozen schools (out of nearly 1,500) to which I'd send my kids.&raqand Chancellor Klein's herculean efforts, there are probably fewer than two dozen schools (out of nearly 1,500) to which I'd send my kids.»

Not because anybody's evil, but just because of the way the world works, we've made it really hard for teachers and kids to have that kind of joyous, wondrous, liberating experience in a lot of schools and classrooms.

Iditarod Turns Kids» Brains to Mushing Alaska's Iditarod sled dog race is set to begin, and Herb Brambley, Target's «Teacher on the Trail» will be there to share firsthand experiences with students and teachers.

Voice of Experience: How to Keep the Fire Burning (Or Lessons Learned from Edith, the Kids, and «the Fear») In this week's Voice of Experience essay, Max Fischer shares how, after almost 30 years as a classroom teacher, he keeps things fresh — for himself and for his students.

«So, there's a real emphasis for us on experimenting thoughtfully, capturing our observations of kids and their experiences and then publishing those - acting as teacher researchers and having permission, not only permission but encouragement, to do that, that it's part of the mission of the school.

For schools, the challenge is how to bring together kids» «native» knowledge regarding technology and teachers» pedagogical experience without entering into a tug - of - war battle that teachers will inevitably and invariably lose when technology is in the ring.

With experience as a babysitter, camp counselor, Boys & Girls Club drama teacher, and community youth program site coordinator, McCormack's work has always been focused on kids, but, she says, «I had no explicit background in education — all of my learning was based on my hands - on experience.»

«Teachers who want to work in these environments have a responsibility and an important role to play in influencing and contributing to these approaches, so that when kids move across classrooms, they have common instructional experiences, a consistent understanding of behavior expectations, and teachers who are reaching out to engage their parentsTeachers who want to work in these environments have a responsibility and an important role to play in influencing and contributing to these approaches, so that when kids move across classrooms, they have common instructional experiences, a consistent understanding of behavior expectations, and teachers who are reaching out to engage their parentsteachers who are reaching out to engage their parents.»

You're surrounded by kids like you — some smarter than you — and taught by capable teachers who welcome the challenge, teachers more apt to have doctorates or experience at the university level than high school instructors elsewhere.

The kids decided that the first thing to do was to survey classrooms to find out what kinds of problems students and teachers were experiencing.

«In reflection, I must say that it is really special to see how far a simple idea and tools that allow others to share in the experience can produce such a huge effect on some many kids and teachers,» said Monster Exchange creator Brian Maguire.

While having less experienced teachers probably didn't help these kids» academics, their poor behavior and lack of interest in school made these teachers» jobs harder and often caused them to move on to other schools.

Other recent projects include: a California - based action research project on the implementation of Seth's Law and the FAIR Education Act (www.centralcoastinclusiveschools.org), a Montreal - based action research project on empowering gender creative kids and their families (www.gendercreativekids.ca), and a national survey of Canadian K - 12 teachers» training and experiences with Gender and Sexual Diversity (GSD) education.

A significant body of research confirms what we all know from our own experiences: teachers matter, and great teachers can and do change kids» lives for the better.

So we have schools that purchase books like Everyday Math, which eschews honest arithmetic in favor of fuzzy math and the overuse of calculators; Teachers College Writers Workshop, which downplays grammar but obsesses about the «process» of writing (a process that's not based in any research); and all manner of reading programs that fixate on «skills» while ignoring literature, history, science, and everything else that might make reading an enjoyable and enlightening experience (and that might actually prepare kids to understand what will be taught to them downstream).

Ryan Grant, a fifth - grade teacher at Michael Anderson Elementary on the Fairchild Air Force Base in Spokane, said he has been attracted to the idea of charter schools thanks to teaching kids who have been in charter schools in other states, plus the experience of having a 6 - year - old who is deaf and getting the help she needs at a special school.

Ryan Grant, a fifth grade teacher at Michael Anderson Elementary on the Fairchild Air Force Base in Spokane, said he has been attracted to the idea of charter schools thanks to teaching kids who have been in charter schools in other states plus the experience of parenting a 6 - year - old who is deaf and getting the help she needs at a special school.

So teachers who'd had prior experience teaching reading to children of this age knew how to teach it, keep the kids engaged and check for understanding.

One Woodlawn teacher puts it this way: «With our early reading intervention kids experience success and look forward to the time [in the intervention]... because of the teacher and the success.»

In my experience as a former teacher, I was able to manage a class of 30 + honors students with ease, had some trouble with classes of 25 general ed kids, and struggled mightily to keep control of a class of 12 - 15 students with a history of behavior problems and other low - level special education needs.

I agree that poorly prepared teachers is one cause of the high dropout rate, but as with most problems, many causes exist, including an anti-intellectual culture that values over-paid athletes and celebrities w / no obvious talent (e.g. Kim Kardashian); parents who think all their male children will grow up to be Yankees so never put books in the kids» hands; pseudo education reformers who sell a narrative that a first year teacher is no different from a veteran with a grad degree and thirty years teaching experience, administrators who hire based on coaching rather than teaching, school boards that cut library programs rather than sports, etc..

The best preschools hire professional, experienced and skilled teachers because they believe that with these teachers your kids are going to spend most of their time, that's why it is important to have your kids in safe hands.

Appropriate work for young learners includes: materials and manipulation, verbal interaction with other students and teachers (including the support of vocabulary), opportunities for students to exercise choice and self - initiation and opportunities to represent experiences through symbolic means (kid - writing / drawing, scribing of students» language, class graph, photos / pictures, and graphic organizers).

STEM professionals who change careers to become teachers are often intrinsically motivated, and can help engage kids in STEM subjects with their real - world experience.

But it has been my experience as both a classroom teacher for 24 years and a staff developer in schools for more than a decade that the questions kids ask typically either seek clarification on procedural matters (Which numbers are we supposed to do?)

Teachers know that student engagement is the key to learning retention and having a great overall classroom experience, but they often don't have the time or energy to come up with some of the outrageous things that they see other teachers doing online to keep kids» iTeachers know that student engagement is the key to learning retention and having a great overall classroom experience, but they often don't have the time or energy to come up with some of the outrageous things that they see other teachers doing online to keep kids» iteachers doing online to keep kids» interest.

As a first - grade and high - school teacher, and through observation of my sons» testing experience, I've mostly seen kids not mind missing their regular classes for grade - level tests.

«Quite frankly, this year's lessons are the best we've ever had, and I think the change to four days has allowed us to be the teachers we truly desire to be, giving our kids the best possible learning experience, while renewing our mental devotion to the profession we felt driven to join.»

Reformers have been less concerned about school closures in communities of color; more willing «to destabilize the democratic institutions»; more concerned about cutting costs; more willing to subject poor children of color to unproven experiments; less concerned about ensuring the presence of experienced, well - qualified teachers and small classes; more willing to impose test - driven curricula; less concerned about kids pushed out of school; and more willing to privatize education.

The moments I experienced in Louisville and in Denver have filled me with certainty: this effort will lead to real change for teachers and kids, and these amazing teachers (alongside principals and advocates who support them) will be the ones to lead it.

But with so many kids benefiting from other complementary learning experiences, I think teachers should have the benefit of tools that efficiently combine feedback and provide simple data visualizations of progress.

UNICEF Kid Power is a teacher - led experience incorporating standards - aligned lessons and activities with the world's first WEARABLE - FOR - GOOD ®.

Little Kids Rock trains teachers to run its innovative Modern Band curriculum, and donates accompanying instruments and resources as necessary to teach popular music in a way that empowers students to experience instant achievement.

Obviously the lucky kids are exposed to more experiences at a younger age, more words, better teachers and health care, schools with more resources, etc. etc..