Sentences with phrase «forced on classroom teachers»

Constructivist pedagogical guidelines are forced on classroom teachers in weekly «professional development» sessions that are closer to a military boot camp than any serious inquiry into the best classroom practices.

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Teachers in Chester, Pa., who said they would be willing to work without pay to keep classroom disruption to a minimum after their school district reported in early January that its cash reserves had dipped below $ 100,000, scored a small victory on Jan. 10 when a federal judge approved an advance on the district's state school aid pending the outcome of a lawsuit to force the state to provide adequate funding.

On the site, I explain and demonstrate instructional and classroom management strategies; explore technology, books, research and professional development tools that can make us better; help teachers fine - tune the design of their materials; examine the emotional and social forces that impact the way we do our work; and conduct my own little grass - roots studies on topics that I think need more attentioOn the site, I explain and demonstrate instructional and classroom management strategies; explore technology, books, research and professional development tools that can make us better; help teachers fine - tune the design of their materials; examine the emotional and social forces that impact the way we do our work; and conduct my own little grass - roots studies on topics that I think need more attentioon topics that I think need more attention.

In another classroom, decorated with airplane - control diagrams and electric - car schematics, teacher Carl Cripe (a former U.S. Air Force master sergeant) keeps an eye on students putting the final changes on the electric car they hope to enter in a design competition.

Flexibility is another skill that is virtually forced on a floating teacher, and McKay says she also quickly developed effective classroom management skills.

Accountability pressures on teachers, allied with concerns about inspection and the narrowing curriculum options with EBacc are fostering competitive classroom environments where teachers are feeling forced to teach to test and not to the benefit of learners or their community.

The renewed focus in these curricula in English on comprehension and essay writing is putting new constraints on classroom teaching and learning, with teachers being forced more and more to to «teach to the test», despite their good instincts that this limits what their students can gain from their learning.

Some teachers have been forced to move their students out of the classrooms on a regular basis, sometimes daily, due to one student's behavior.

The following resources — some of which are specifically about leading teacher teams and some of which draw from other sectors — provide a range of ideas about how teacher - leaders can lead and improve their own and others» work, expanding their impact on students and peer teachers, without being forced to move out of the classroom.

Each cultural force provides a leverage point for teachers to use in creating classrooms where thinking is more than an add - on activity or part of a single lesson.

«Constant reform — including last week's move to force a status change upon the majority of schools that are not academies — leaves staff rushing to keep up and means teachers will spend more and more time on work outside of the classroom,» he said.

In speaking with Bhavini Bhakta and other teachers during Vergara, Gibson Dunn heard about the frustration teachers experience when they are forced to spend their own money on political causes that they believe weaken California's schools and classrooms.

Now is not the time for classroom teachers to feel that those who work in the central office are forcing another major change on them.

In addition, this presentation will identify some of the forces that will have a negative impact on preservice teachers» ability to integrate current technology into the classroom and suggest strategies to bridge the generations within our schools.

Whereas dominance focuses on the teacher as the driving force in the classroom, cooperation focuses on the students and teacher functioning as a team.

For the first time in decades, more than 50 percent of the nation's teaching force is comprised of teachers who have been in the classroom under 10 years, Teach Plus found in «Great Expectations: Teachers» Views on Elevating the Teaching Profession,» which looks at the changing demographics of U.S. tteachers who have been in the classroom under 10 years, Teach Plus found in «Great Expectations: Teachers» Views on Elevating the Teaching Profession,» which looks at the changing demographics of U.S. tTeachers» Views on Elevating the Teaching Profession,» which looks at the changing demographics of U.S. teachersteachers.

Instead of being forced into certain classroom hours and forced to complete homework assignments on their teacher's schedule, students can instead go through their drivers ed course at their own pace.