Sentences with phrase «for support of student learning»

The Department of Curriculum and Instruction is responsible for support of student learning throughout all academic areas.

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With In2Books, for example, ePals helps students in grades 3 to 5 to improve their reading skills with the support of adult mentors in a safe, online learning environment.

Morneau said the government wants to support a «culture of lifelong learning» with targeted help for unemployed youth looking for work, indigenous peoples with funding to assist with the cost of post-secondary education and adult students seeking to enhance their skills.

Is a cost - effective solution for short - term projects and business cycle peaks Boosts corporate presence on campus Develops a long - term sustainable recruitment strategy, as you can fill full - time roles with past Co-op students Students are pre-screened and go through a competitive application process Contributes to the development of the future work force Supports continuous students Students are pre-screened and go through a competitive application process Contributes to the development of the future work force Supports continuous Students are pre-screened and go through a competitive application process Contributes to the development of the future work force Supports continuous learning

I could easily commend the syllabus, lecturers and course leaders, the flexible study modes (I opted for three years part - time), the range of optional modules, the extraordinarily helpful librarian and IT staff, the well - designed virtual learning environment, opportunities to dialogue with staff and fellow students, pastoral support — and much more.

The following principles guide and define our approach to learning and teaching: • Every child is capable and competent • Children learn through play, investigation, inquiry and exploration • Children and adults learn and play in reciprocal relationships with peers, family members, and teachers • Adults recognize the many ways in which children approach learning and relationships, express themselves, and represent what they are coming to know • Process is valued, acknowledged, supported, nurtured and studied • Documentation of learning processes acts as memory, assessment, and advocacy • The indoor and outdoor environments, and natural spaces, transform, inform, and provoke thinking and learning • School is a place grounded in the pursuit of social justice, social responsibility, human dignity and respect for all THE CREFELD SCHOOL 8836 Crefeld Street Philadelphia, PA 19118 215-242-5545 www.crefeld.org 7th - 12th grade The Crefeld School is a small, independent, coeducational school, serving approximately 100 students in grades 7 - 12.

program that lets kids and their adult caregivers learn about the park first hand by using fun, self - guided worksheets; the NewYork Historical Society, where she developed curriculum guides to help classroom teachers incorporate primary sources into their instruction; the American Museum of Natural History, where she developed a series of teacher guides for the Moveable Museum exhibits and several temporary museum exhibits; and MOUSE, a New York City based non-profit organization that works to train middle and high school students to initiate and manage technology help desks, where she developed curriculum and educational support materials for students, faculty advisors, and MOUSE trainers.

The educational practice of teachers and young adolescents remaining together for two or more years, known as looping, provides a stable learning environment that supports students» developmental changes and responds to their individual needs.

Strengthened health - education partnerships, tools for healthy school assessment and planning, and the coordination of existing school - based healthy living programs and resources combine to support improvements in students» health and learning.

The vision of the HSN is for every student in British Columbia to be part of a healthy school community, and to feel supported and engaged in their health and learning.

Where an EHC plan will not be awarded to a student who previously had an LDA, local authorities and institutions should consider the implications of this for the young person, and for funding arrangements, and agree a plan to ensure that the level of support which the student needs is made available and that there is no disruption to the individual's learning arrangements.

The Education Enrichment Fund (EEF) Advisory Committee invites applications for mini-grants of up to $ 1,000 to support initiatives that enrich student learning, instructional programs and learning tools, encourage innovative professional development, and promote the standard of excellence in the Niskayuna Central School District.

BEDFORD - STUYVESANT — The city is expanding its network of «community» schools, where high - needs students are given extra supports like mental and physical health services, as well as longer school days for expanded learning time and social services for their families, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Thursday.

The centerpiece of the evening was the presentation of awards to Judge Michael Telesca, Dr. Walter Cooper, Lawyers for Learning, and Xerox for their longstanding support of and partnerships with Rochester city school students.

November 1, 2006 Awards to Judge Michael Telesca, Dr. Walter Cooper, Lawyers for Learning, and Xerox for their longstanding support of and partnerships with Rochester city school students highlighted REF's first Partnership Awards Dinner.

I am hopeful to earn the support of the New York State United Teachers in the coming days and look forward to continuing the fightfor healthy and safe learning environments for students, securing the necessary resources our teachers deserve and advocating for a first - rate education in all of our schools as a representative in Congress.

«Outstanding issues include under - investment in school technology infrastructure, significant inequities in allocation of Fair Student Funding dollars, disparities in gifted and talented education, resistance to training and support for new learning devices like tablets, inaction on liberalizing school space usage policy for community - based organizations, and poor community notification on significant changes to school utilization,» Adams said.

Elia says that, «For far too many years, the Rochester City School District has struggled to address a myriad of issues relating to instruction and student support that have created impediments to student learning.»

The District Chief Executive (DCE) for his part said the assembly will continue to support brilliant but needy students at various levels of the academic ladder, provision of physical infrastructure, motivation packages for teachers as well as provision of teaching and learning materials.

PS 188 will be the center — the heart — of the Coney Island community, where learning and support for students get equal billing,» Adams said.

«For students of all levels, it remains vitally important to encourage both discovery and innovation in science amongst the leaders of tomorrow,» said Thomas J. Doll, president and chief operating officer, Subaru of America Inc. «Through the Subaru Loves Learning platform and our partnership with AAAS, Subaru continues its support for science education by helping recognize some of the most influential and informative works of the year.&raqFor students of all levels, it remains vitally important to encourage both discovery and innovation in science amongst the leaders of tomorrow,» said Thomas J. Doll, president and chief operating officer, Subaru of America Inc. «Through the Subaru Loves Learning platform and our partnership with AAAS, Subaru continues its support for science education by helping recognize some of the most influential and informative works of the year.&raqfor science education by helping recognize some of the most influential and informative works of the year.»

To support the development of young students — particularly in low - income schools, which are at risk for having less effective teachers and less engaged students — researchers are looking to classroom interventions focused on social - emotional learning.

A disciplinary focus will help to assure the critical mass of faculty and students that is necessary for peer - learning and support regular seminars.

An extensive body of literature supports the effectiveness of active learning over traditional lectures for student exam performance and comprehension.

Training for the program's students will support learning and research at the interface of different fields of biology and will emphasize analysis of large datasets and communication skills as well as fundamental research in ecology and evolutionary biology.

But where IFM's students learn to practice Functional Medicine (which is outside the scope of practice for health coaches), FMCA students learn to work with IFM tools in support of practitioners.

• Attend a Yoga Alliance Registered School with internationally recognized teaching professionals • Learn simple strategies to discover your true gift • Experience a combination of Western Science with Eastern Wisdom for the Modern Yogi • Transform a vision into a mission • Have fun and be connected with wonderful people • Learn to teach asanas (postures) with ultimate balance between the physical and the spiritual • Learn to teach modified versions of asanas (postures) with the help of props • Discover relevant and in depth mechanics of human anatomical systems supported by a dynamic multi-media presentation, worksheets and practical demonstrations • Learn a unique flow style of yoga, suitable for all levels; not just the physically fit and advanced • Master completely safe, injury preventative teaching instructions • Learn extremely precise and detailed teaching linguistics • Learn how to create simple yet complex yoga flows to guide those with different needs and abilities • Get ample opportunity for practicing teaching skills in front of live students and apply the skills learned in our teacher training in your practica with the help of an experienced, professional mentor.

We welcomed our new staff mid-July for summer professional development, and spent three weeks aligning around the vision of RISE and learning the instructional and student support models.

They are built on the ISTE (iste.org) student standards which are in place to ensure the following... - Practice safe, legal, and responsible use of information and technology - Exhibit a positive attitude toward using technology that supports collaboration, learning, and productivity - Demonstrate personal responsibility for lifelong learning - Exhibit leadership for digital citizenship They are an essential resource for a computer lab or any classroom to prompt a discussion around technology, ethics and respect.

There's a whole new range of experiences for students to take inspiration from, with three quarters (75 per cent) believing that VR can support blended learning, and embedding into existing practices will improve the classroom.

Despite all of the human support in place and the meticulously calculated planning, it will take time for students, faculty and the greater school community to adapt to a transformative learning device.

Help can include targeted, high - quality professional development; curriculum improvements; additional time for student learning after school or in the summers; establishment of wraparound services, including community school models; redesign of schools to support personalization and more authentic work in classrooms and internships; or pairing of struggling schools with successful ones serving similar students.

Creating questions is a prompt that requires a higher - leveled order of thinking, this is ideal for supporting the student with retaining skills that they may have learned during the school year.

With the initial success of #EdChat Radio, I can see future shows highlighting student voice, tips for new teachers, family engagement strategies and other reflective opportunities that might offer us deeper ways to support the work of our respective learning communities.

In all seriousness, though, the need for a new teacher to be able to learn the fine art of incorporating Web 2.0 tools to support instruction with students is critical if we are to stay the course of 21st Century instructional reforms.

Here, Sam Warnes, a former teacher and founder of EDLounge, a unique platform that gives students who struggle with mainstream education the opportunity to access learning, explains how virtual classrooms and online support systems can provide a great alternative provision for students which adheres to government safeguarding and wellbeing guidance.

«Many of our students contribute very substantially to their peers» learning — but there was overwhelming support for Elaine Townsend.»

Homer's Odyssey Key Events Revision Placemats (x18) This resource contains 18 revision placemats covering Books I, V - XIV, XVI - XIX and XXI - XXII (all the books required for the OCR Classical Civilisations New A-Level exam and will also work for GCSE students) Each placemat contains the following: Summary of the key events of the Book The key characters in each Book How key themes are developed in each Book These are excellent revision tools and can be used to support the learning of students both within and outside of the classroom.

The best schools of education are building these kinds of learning communities within their schools; perhaps it is time for schools of education to see how they can support their students and alumni in K - 12 schools in their surrounding communities.

The move sees two eminent training organisations strengthen their partnership of seven years, and further their commitment to supporting school improvement and enhancing learning outcomes for students in Queensland.

While the OECD's research highlights failings in the implementation of technology, the social shift towards an increasingly connected world means that it can not simply be discredited as «not suitable» for the classroom and must instead be better utilised to support students» learning, while simultaneously developing their digital skills.

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Break out sessions cover the following areas — promoting positive behaviour; teaching students with SEND: developing their transferable skills; supporting students with English as an Additional Language; grammar, punctuation and spelling at Key Stage 2; international pedagogy - what we can learn from high performing jurisdictions; keeping it healthy and safe when covering science lessons; assessment and feedback; supporting teachers supporting students; the changing landscape of primary education and what it means for primary school teachers.

«The shared mission of the four parts of the University of Cambridge who established this project and their unique breadth of experience — from curriculum design and learning materials to teacher support and mathematical insight — is giving the Cambridge Mathematics team the means to turn the insights from their work into practical impact for teachers and students around the world.»

Accessible learning To support our production of Twelfth Night we delivered training for teachers and over 120 in - school workshops for students which encouraged them to engage with Malvolio, one of Shakespeare's more unlikeable characters, and to explore how he is treated by others in the play.

As a result, many schools are self - proclaimed STEM schools, with leadership driving the development of a vision that encompasses strong professional learning support for teachers to develop students» scientific literacy.

The summit focused on generating policies that raise students» international knowledge and competencies, creating promising practices that support global learning in classrooms, and facilitating the preparation of students for the global environment.

In 2008 Jenny received an Australian College of Educators award for Outstanding Achievement in Education for the development of innovative approaches to teaching and learning which respect and support students as individuals and influence, motivate and inspire them to learn.

Superintendents, principals, and others in positions of authority in school systems are instrumental in providing the vision, time, and resources to support continual professional learning, a positive school climate, and success for all students (Leithwood et al., 2004; The Wallace Foundation, 2012).

In the book he detailed the deplorable conditions of the school and the utter lack of support for student learning, and I realized that some of the inmates with whom I was working likely would have been in that school at that very same time.