Sentences with phrase «from other classroom teachers»

Baker: Overall, our feedback from other classroom teachers has been positive.

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Eleven entrepreneurs, all from founding teams including women or people of color, made their cases for innovations that would help bring more real - world experience into classrooms, help teachers track the progress of special - needs students, or help underserved people find jobs, among others.

IPT allows teachers, librarians and other educators to download The Basics from the internet and make copies from the pdf or a printed copy as necessary for non-commercial classroom and educational purposes.

The teacher's approach to such problems might start from three assumptions: (a) the teacher should be concerned with how science fits into the larger framework of life, and the student should raise questions about the meaning of what he studies and its relation to other fields; (b) controversial questions can be treated, not in a spirit of indoctrination, but with an emphasis on asking questions and helping students think through assumptions and implications; an effort should be made to present viewpoints other than one's own as fairly as possible, respecting the integrity of the student by avoiding undue imposition of the lecturer's beliefs; (c) presuppositions inevitably enter the classroom presentation of many subjects, so that a viewpoint frankly and explicitly recognized may be less dangerous than one which is hidden and assumed not to exist.

Putting aside all the other sugary treats kids receive at school from teacher rewards or classroom parties, not to mention illegal junk food -LSB-...]

Teachers who earn that number of points from the classroom - observance component are virtually assured of compiling enough points from other parts of their evaluations, based on students» performance on tests, to be rated «effective.»

Despite students of the digital age can truly benefit from implementing new technology in their learning, teachers don't take advantage of being able to assist students with classroom recordings, online forums, and using online tools commonly implemented in other educational institutions.

So teachers invited others into their classrooms and received honest, non-evaluative feedback, as well as validation and support from their colleagues.

The teachers which took part in the study included 644 promoted teachers, 1,600 classroom teachers and 267 responses from other staff.

They saw them as having very low social skills (lower than anybody else) they saw them as the most disruptive to the classroom, in need of attention from the teacher almost constantly which then interrupted her ability to teach and to work with the other children, and they were regarded as a huge problem that had to be managed in some way.

The issue with that is that if we have students in a classroom who are ranging from below Low, barely able to read and make sense of their text, to students who are reading at this Advanced level, it is very difficult for a teacher to be able to teach to a class with that wide a variety of literacy levels, and the problem is that these children who are not reaching the Low benchmark or are at the Low benchmark are, if you like, starting the race quite a long way behind all of these other kids.

• Make it a «non-negotiable» • Recruit and hire teachers who buy - in from the get - go • Provide them with hands - on professional development and plenty of examples • Share and celebrate «best practices» • Identify teachers who do it well and have others visit their classrooms • Give instructional teams time to collaborate and to develop quality prompts • Stockpile successful A.R.T. plans and incorporate them into the school's curriculum map • Hire and / or bring in practicing artists to participate • And, most importantly, get excited - as though you had just seen a narwhal tusk for the first time!

«From doing consultancy work with other schools, it seems that the trend is moving towards a one - device - per - child model, especially in newer schools, taking away the need for a screen at the front of the classroom, as the work can be transferred directly from the teacher's computer to their tablFrom doing consultancy work with other schools, it seems that the trend is moving towards a one - device - per - child model, especially in newer schools, taking away the need for a screen at the front of the classroom, as the work can be transferred directly from the teacher's computer to their tablfrom the teacher's computer to their tablets.

Behavior issues often drive inexperience teachers from the classroom; however if teachers met with other teachers to discuss discipline techniques and students problems, the inexperienced teachers would feel less isolated and develop positive skills when dealing with difficult students or communicating with difficult parents.

«I wanted to create a project that would invite teachers to dream from outside the box about what schools and classrooms should be like,» said Warlick, «and then paint their dreams on the Web for others to see and share.»

The bias in classroom observation systems that derives from some teachers being assigned much more able students than other teachers is very important to the overall performance of the teacher evaluation system.

Teachers» average student - achievement gains based on such tests are more volatile from year to year (which translates to lower reliability) and are only weakly related to other measures, such as classroom observations and student surveys.

For example, past Specialized Studies candidates have included physicians interested in understanding the education of medical students, a career military officer interested in translating classroom practices into training, social entrepreneurs leading innovative educational ventures in the U.S. and abroad, teachers and administrators interested in implementing cutting edge reform in unique settings, as well as so many others who have benefited from designing their own courses of study.

We expect to use the results of this research to shape both the Instructional Partnership Initiative, which makes innovative use of feedback from our teacher evaluation system, as well as other state strategies for classroom improvement in years to come.»

Before the rapid expansion of the Internet, teachers hoarded ticket stubs, receipts, advertising flyers, and other tidbits from their own trips abroad with the goal of importing a language's culture to the classroom.

From classroom management to working with parents, lesson planning to learning environments, this compilation of blogs, videos, and other resources provides an array of tips and advice for teachers just starting out.

Aside from educational equipment, this also includes expertise in the shape of teacher aides and other classroom support staff.

In other words, despite the fact that TES evaluators tended to assign relatively high scores on average, there is a fair amount of variation from teacher to teacher that we can use to examine the relationship between TES ratings and classroom effectiveness.

Students can feel a heightened need to step up their efforts when the target audience shifts from the teacher and other students in the privacy of their classroom.

EW: How do your approaches to classroom management and teacher - student relationships differ from others» approaches?

Of course, every classroom is unique, and we all face different challenges: Some teachers suffer from in - box fatigue trying to keep up with a constant barrage of parent emails, while others struggle to get parents involved at all.

For busy teachers, there are limited opportunities within the school day to be observed, to observe other teachers, to pause and reflect on the details of specific classroom moments, and to receive support from colleagues.

When I moved from the classroom to administration, I made a point of recognizing the star teachers and other staff with thank - you notes in their mailboxes.

The teacher is soft spoken and attentive, which suits the situation: There are six other children in the very small classroom with cluttered bookshelves, maps, crayon drawings, and colorful decorations hanging from the ceiling.

It's about providing a bird's - eye view of your classroom from a digital perspective, as well as an opportunity for other teachers to use your resources and to follow your daily practice for inspiration.

Teachers Create Classroom Wish Lists Online Teachers spend a lot of out - of - pocket money on classroom supplies, so one company has created a free tool — similar to a bridal registry — where teachers can create a wish list of items from the registry listings that parents and other community members might purchase fTeachers Create Classroom Wish Lists Online Teachers spend a lot of out - of - pocket money on classroom supplies, so one company has created a free tool — similar to a bridal registry — where teachers can create a wish list of items from the registry listings that parents and other community members might purchase fTeachers spend a lot of out - of - pocket money on classroom supplies, so one company has created a free tool — similar to a bridal registry — where teachers can create a wish list of items from the registry listings that parents and other community members might purchase fteachers can create a wish list of items from the registry listings that parents and other community members might purchase for them.

One teacher may become a math teacher when it's time for I Choose, working with kids from other classrooms on their math skills, while another teacher may work with a group on reading or science.

Under the direction of a panel made up of schools administrators and members of the local teachers union, qualified veteran teachers — usually called consulting teachers — take sabbaticals from classroom teaching to mentor new teachers during their first years and to support other experienced teachers who are struggling.

For others, CCSS interferes with local control of schools, limits teacher creativity, and diverts classroom time and energy away from instruction to test preparation.

This meta - analysis of social and emotional learning interventions (including 213 school - based SEL programs and 270,000 students from rural, suburban and urban areas) showed that social and emotional learning interventions had the following effects on students ages 5 - 18: decreased emotional distress such as anxiety and depression, improved social and emotional skills (e.g., self - awareness, self - management, etc.), improved attitudes about self, others, and school (including higher academic motivation, stronger bonding with school and teachers, and more positive attitudes about school), improvement in prosocial school and classroom behavior (e.g., following classroom rules), decreased classroom misbehavior and aggression, and improved academic performance (e.g. standardized achievement test scores).

And those schools could be geographically remote from each other, as is the case with Aurora College, or it could be that two or three neighbouring Sydney schools could share a timetable and share a classroom teacher in this way using the same technology that we're using.»

As applied, this means that if teachers or other staff members leave classrooms or other locations where they are supervising students unattended, even for brief periods, then they and governing boards face potential liability for reasonably foreseeable harms such as fights and injuries from thrown objects.

Jimmy Casas, a high school principal from Bettendorf, Iowa, who attended the summit, predicts that meeting the #FutureReady challenge will require an expansion in «student - led initiatives that give students a voice in curriculum offerings, school policies, design of classroom and other learning spaces, lesson / unit design, student - led conferences and feedback on teacher effectiveness in the classroom.»

And finally, in the classroom and the community, teachers and other professionals can provide a counter-narrative to their students and their parents as they present these students in order to protect them from the stigmatizing labels that may precede their arrival.

Teacher Patricia Allen has seen her students benefit from the word wall that has a prominent spot in her kindergarten classroom, but she sees an added benefit for herself as well: «In all honesty,» Allen told Education World, «I like the word wall because it offers a visual reminder to me to expose my students to words throughout the day, not just at writing time or other isolated occasions.»

Many teachers want to ban the popular video game from classrooms, but others are weaving students» passion for it into classroom discussions and assignments.

Great music education is a partnership between classroom teachers, specialist teachers, professional performers and a host of other organisations, including those from the arts, charity and voluntary sectors.

Seated quietly outside the circle are several teachers from other classrooms.

In 1995, with TFA on the ropes from financial instability and a scathing attack by influential professor Linda Darling - Hammond, who argued that TFA teachers were ill - prepared for the challenges of today» s classrooms, founder Wendy Kopp needed the Carnegie Corporation and other influentials to convince TFA» s backers not to turn off the funding spigot.

A performance review of career teachers needs to be conducted once every three years and include classroom observation of the teacher, a review of the teacher's progress on the Iowa teaching standards and additional standards and criteria, a review of the implementation of teacher's individual professional development plan, and supporting documentation from other evaluators, teachers, parents, and students.

Kostka was selected as one of a team of 50 K — 12 teachers to serve as advisers for a project called Bringing the Universe to America's Classrooms, which will provide access to all of NASA's available online data, ranging from interstellar measurements of electromagnetism to 3 - D models of the Cassini spacecraft, including new curriculum material that Kostka and the other teacher advisers are helping to develop.

For me, one of the greatest joys of teaching is the chance to learn from other educators: the opportunity to peek under the hood at all the moving parts behind a dynamite lesson plan, a thriving classroom, an effective teacher.

MET could have allayed those concerns by telling teachers that test score gains produce information that is generally similar to what is learned from well - conducted classroom observations, so there is no reason to oppose one and support the other.

When teachers hear the call from industry for more coding in the classroom, they respond that they don't know anything about HTML, Python or other computer languages.

He had the same kids from the same bad families that every other teacher had, but he didn't complain about them — and his classroom was quiet and orderly.