In that role, I lead a team of seven teacher researchers who teach across grade levels and content areas, researching the work that
gets done in their classroom, on the field, and in the studio.
Not exact matches
The revolutionary, almost subversive, thing about asking is that it goes beyond making it OK to have secret questions and inner doubts and gives us permission to raise our hands
in God's
classroom with a «Pardon me, but I don't
get it.»
I actually practice your non-vision, no - agenda approach
in my
classroom, as supplement to the surrounding
get - R -
done rigor of my colleagues and their courses.
She loved to stay
in her seat and she
did not
get up off her chair
in the
classroom!
In my classroom, I don't have to serve the needs of someone on an SCD diet, but I do like to share the process with families and make it more accessible to them, so we make it in the crock pot since most families have one or know where to get on
In my
classroom, I don't have to serve the needs of someone on an SCD diet, but I
do like to share the process with families and make it more accessible to them, so we make it
in the crock pot since most families have one or know where to get on
in the crock pot since most families have one or know where to
get one.
We're starting to
get breakfast -
in - the -
classroom going; we have about six sites
doing a complete BIC program.
DG: When I first
got in to school nutrition we weren't
doing breakfast -
in - the -
classroom, and there wasn't that big an emphasis on [breakfast].
I said, «I want to
do breakfast -
in - the -
classroom, and I want to
get universal free breakfast
in our elementary schools next year.»
They
do say that boys need to move around a lot;
in classrooms, boys have a harder time sitting still than girls and boys really need recess to
get the energy out so they can focus.
Now that your little one is
getting ready to step foot
in a
classroom, they'll need a backpack that
does more than just look cute.
Finally,
getting food out of the
classroom doesn't have to be considered a simple «choice»; every time there is food
in a
classroom, children with food allergies are excluded and made to feel different.
I drug myself to work yesterday and it suddenly became very apparent to me just how much I
do in the morning:
get up, shower, dressed, put on makeup, make breakfast, make my decaf pumpkin spice latte, eat breakfast, pack lunches,
get kids teeth brushed (hubby
got them up, dressed and fed),
get kids shoes and coats on,
get everyone
in the car, drive 45 minutes
in traffic,
get kids and their stuff out of the car, walk to each kids»
classroom, take out lunches and put
in the fridges,
get kids to put their stuff
in their cubbies and wash their hands, go back to the car, drive to my office,
get out, walk across the lot, down stairs and through two heavy doors to my office, and finally sit down.
«It's important to know that the traditional professional development seminars that teachers undergo don't usually
get into the depth of coaching individual instructors on how to create a dynamic climate and environment, how to shape the emotional and psychological mood
in a
classroom.»
Do school students all go to a lunchroom together where all students get to mix and eat lunch at the same time, or do students stay in their classrooms and eat lunch as a clas
Do school students all go to a lunchroom together where all students
get to mix and eat lunch at the same time, or
do students stay in their classrooms and eat lunch as a clas
do students stay
in their
classrooms and eat lunch as a class?
Your daughter will
do best
in a
classroom that is giving her the support that she needs, but until you determine what her needs are, it will be hard to
get her that support, however warm the teacher or
classroom is.
It's important to know how your child is
doing in school if they're
getting their homework
done on time, and how they're managing
in the
classroom.
With many children
getting 50 percent or more of their daily calories
in school, making sure these foods are nutritious is critical, and studies show that kids who eat healthy
do better
in the
classroom.
«I wanted to make sure we were
doing CEP before we
got into breakfast -
in - the -
classroom because I knew if we were CEP we could afford it, and offering universal breakfast without CEP would be harder.»
As an added bonus, we make weekly trips to the local library to have fun with reading, teach them to make their own choices so that they don't ever
get bored, and so they can discover the fun
in learning outside the
classroom.»
Nevertheless, De Blasio's spokesman Eric Phillips, said: «There's time left to
get this deal
done for the 1.1 million New York City kids relying on our state government to protect the progress we've made
in our
classrooms.
«I wish it was all over the United States,» said Malcom, noting the value of «
getting people
in classrooms to help kids understand what science is and what scientists and engineers
do.»
Growing up
in the Boston area, both boys
did well
in high school: they were strong students
in the
classroom and decent athletes on the field, and they
got along with their peers.
«It gives you the freedom to innovate that you don't often
get in a traditional
classroom.»
We definitely don't want «I couldn't
get logged
in» to be the digital
classroom equivalent of «the dog ate my homework»!
If my kids
do not follow the
classroom rules, they
get a reminder of which rule they are breaking, and if the behavior doesn't stop, they can sit
in a chair until they are ready to resume their work with courtesy.
But then that
got me to thinking about how life is kind of messy, but it's a beautiful mess, so I guess
in the end, whether it is a jigsaw puzzle, or my inbox, or my house, or my writing projects, or my little
classroom here for my online classes, or life
in general... we should try to keep things tidy, but that doesn't always happen.
I require Dropbox to be installed on all devices that will be used
in my
classroom and linked with the student account so that we can
get our work
done, but other apps and server configurations can also manage this sharing pipeline.
The question is how
do we
get students to value struggle, failure and perseverance
in our
classrooms?
I've had some success
getting students to understand plagiarism
in the online
classroom by using a short video that illustrates
do's and don'ts by example.
«It's actually really very simple, it's the type of thing that many schools of course already
do but we are wanting to make sure that
in every school
in every
classroom every child
gets the chance to be proven as meeting the type of standards of learning you'd expect.
The kindergarten
classroom was spacious, with tables spread out
in the center of the room, a desk that looked like it didn't
get much use, plenty of shelves and closets, play areas, a sink, and a bathroom.
In the typical mathematics classroom, especially in the middle years of schooling, we tend to use one model to connect maths with the real world; we start by teaching the maths content and skills, we then get students to practice and do some maths, and then we next might apply some of those skills into a real world context by using learning activities such as word problem
In the typical mathematics
classroom, especially
in the middle years of schooling, we tend to use one model to connect maths with the real world; we start by teaching the maths content and skills, we then get students to practice and do some maths, and then we next might apply some of those skills into a real world context by using learning activities such as word problem
in the middle years of schooling, we tend to use one model to connect maths with the real world; we start by teaching the maths content and skills, we then
get students to practice and
do some maths, and then we next might apply some of those skills into a real world context by using learning activities such as word problems.
I know
in general terms, but what
does this look like
in a
classroom — are there websites we can go to to
get specific examples?
One young man
in a middle school
classroom said it best: «If we really believe
in and
do the things that show respect for each other, no one
gets left out.»
This can be used a barometer for the health of a
classroom; when asked,
do students take the opportunity to dig into things they actually care about, or
do they try to ask the simplest question
in order to «
get done» with the subject?
In one primary mathematics classroom, I did see several kids get the chance to explain their understanding of a newly introduced concept to the class via a document camera in the teacher's workstatio
In one primary mathematics
classroom, I
did see several kids
get the chance to explain their understanding of a newly introduced concept to the class via a document camera
in the teacher's workstatio
in the teacher's workstation.
Any external authentic audience is integral to
getting any learning
done in my
classroom.
Staff don't want to attend dull training, and they probably don't want to spend hours away from their desk
in a
classroom when they've
got work piling up.
• 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!
As you're implementing BYOD, learn more about the SAMR Model so that you can
get past replicating what you've always
done with new digital tools into truly redefining what you
do in your
classroom.
That's especially true as you
get into more complex questions of strategy, such as the following: How
do I build community
in my
classroom?
To
get traction
in classrooms, states that adopt these standards (and all but four say they're
doing so) must take pains with curriculum, teacher preparation, assessment, accountability and more.
For her reasoning, Pinkerton points to experts
in the field, such as Dick Allington (Schools That Work), who calls for 500 different books
in every
classroom library and Jim Trelease (The Read Aloud Handbook) who reminds us all that, «The more you read, the better you
get at it; the better you
get at it, the more you like it: and the more you like it, the more you
do.»
Meaning, reformers have seemingly
got a large swath of the public convinced that they believe
in doing things «to» people rather than with them and that they think change happens outside the
classroom.
However, we are also able to cross-reference that inference with context: how
does the student usually respond to lessons, what is going on at home, what are you noticing
in the general social dynamics of the
classroom,
did they
get in an argument with their best friend this morning,
did they eat breakfast,
did they sleep well, was a new video game released yesterday, is it particularly humid
in the building today, what's going on
in the general school culture right now, has this student been taking tests all day, are elements like depression or anxiety potentially relevant, or is it just an «off day» for a great student?
«Sometimes folks
in education
do ourselves damage when we say everyone should be
getting more money regardless of what is happening
in the
classroom,» says Kamras.
TeachingChannel doesn't follow the «webinar» format, but it
does a great job of creating video - based PD sessions that
get the camera
in the
classroom, allowing you to watch strategies
in action with real students and real educators.
The fact that we know what good practice looks like is very helpful but upscaling is the big challenge — how
do you
get a quality teacher
in every
classroom?
There are many non-teaching educational authors
in the world who think they know the intricacies of
classroom life, but if you don't «
do it» (teach) every day of your life, you really don't
get it.
Too often, school leaders
get bogged down by disciplinary, administrative, operational, and / or political issues and don't have time to dedicate to the most important part of their school: what goes on
in the
classrooms.