Recently we observed a 2nd
grade classroom teacher who struggled for more than 10 minutes to get students» attention.
Not exact matches
, an educational gaming platform used by 50 million monthly users in
grades K - 12, includes in its new report responses from 580 US
teachers, primarily from public schools,
who answered questions about technology in their
classrooms.
Jennifer Ronayne, a fifth -
grade teacher at the Connetquot schools with 13 years of experience, said Cuomo has little understanding of how
classrooms work — and of how harmful his policies have been for
teachers and students, particularly those children
who have special needs or
who are English language learners.
Students whose
teachers have not switched
grades show greater improvement in test scores than students in similar
classrooms with equally experienced
teachers who switched
grades frequently.
My roommate and one of my best friends Melanie (
who you guys virtually met a week or so ago) is a first
grade teacher and has the unique challenge of finding something stylish but also
classroom friendly everyday.
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teachers who work in looping
classrooms or
who are responsible for teaching several different
grades throughout the day.
For those
teachers —
who led reading or math
classrooms in
grades 4 8 and accounted for less than one in five DCPS
teachers — observations were worth 35 percent and value - added was worth 50 percent.
I've talked to a second -
grade teacher who can't have real magnets in her
classroom because they erase the software that goes with the seven computers in her room.
«Here's the story on historical fiction in my
classroom: It illuminates time periods, helps me integrate the curriculum, and enriches social studies,» says Tarry Lindquist, a fifth -
grade teacher on Mercer Island, Washington, who was recognized by the National Council for the Social Studies as National Elementary Teacher of th
teacher on Mercer Island, Washington,
who was recognized by the National Council for the Social Studies as National Elementary
Teacher of th
Teacher of the Year.
In order to provide authentic bilingual education, schools must have
teachers who are fluent in the language and enough English Learners from the same language group to fill a
classroom without combining students from more than two
grade levels in one
classroom.
Full - time
teachers in
grades P - 12
who spend 50 percent or more of their time in a
classroom or in
classroom - like settings, work in select areas, and have three years of teaching experience.
Pulling this off takes an energetic and gifted educator; 4th -
grade teacher Folakemi Mosadomi,
who has the gifted group in her
classroom, appears to fit the bill perfectly.
Larson,
who presents a session called
Classroom Walk - Through Training, says
teachers benefit by learning to use reflection to increase their knowledge, skills, and performance; strategically aligning
classroom instruction to district curriculum; and increasing student learning across
grade levels.
Teachers currently have students
who read several
grades above and below
grade level in the same
classroom and most feel that they are not able to effectively differentiate instruction for students of all levels of achievement.
First and most obvious, we've organized the entire, massive K — 12 system around an age - based,
grade - level, 180 - days - per - year calendar; around mostly self - contained and generally low - tech
classrooms; and around a pedagogical model centered on a single
teacher teaching a uniform curriculum to twenty to thirty children for a prescribed amount of time each day, children
who don't have much in common except that they're more or less the same age and (usually) live in pretty much the same community.
That is, if we take two students
who have the same 4th -
grade test scores, demographics,
classroom characteristics, and so forth, the student assigned to a
teacher with higher VA in
grade 5 does not systematically have different parental income or other characteristics.
«A learning partner is an expert in the community or somebody
who can help us take our learning from the
classroom and apply it into the real world,» says Laura Haspela, a Hood River seventh -
grade science
teacher.
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.
Each parent
who has a child sitting in a
classroom should know the credentials that got that
teacher there — college degrees, honors and awards received, types of experiences (not necessarily years of experience but types — has the
teacher worked with different
grade levels before or taught other subjects?).
A fifth
grade comprised of four
teachers — one special education, one
classroom aide, 48 students - twelve
who are special education equals according to one of the fifth
grade teachers, 52 different learners.
This month, EdSource published a Q&A with 2nd -
grade teacher Gabriela Orozco Gonzalez,
who shares Common Core tips and insights from her
classroom.
«Three of the special education
teachers are assigned to self - contained
classrooms for students — mostly those classified as mildly, moderately, or severely retarded —
who are functioning two or more years below
grade level.
Thanks to Giroux and others, the contemporary
classroom - even if it falls short of the critical pedagogues» ideal - increasingly is a block - scheduled site presided over by a
teacher who, at least concerning academics, is the guide on the side, eschews
grades in favor of portfolios, minimizes ability - grouping, and, rather than being a content provider, is a manager of peer editing, team building, and other processes.
is BIG on ideas for
teachers across the
grades who want to get high mileage from
classroom discussions.
Giroux caricatures the traditional
classroom as one where «students sit in rows staring at the back of each others» heads and at the
teacher who faces them in symbolic, authoritarian fashion»; «events are governed by a rigid time schedule imposed by a system of bells and reinforced by cues from
teachers»; we «glorify the
teacher as the expert [and] dispenser of knowledge»; «social relationships... are based upon power relations inextricably linked to the
teacher's allotment of
grades»; and tracking «alienates students from schooling.»
The Brown Center's talented research analyst Katharine Lindquist helped me calculate value - added measures of
teacher effectiveness for 2,272 4th - and 5th -
grade new
teachers in North Carolina
who entered the
classroom between 1999 - 2000 and 2002 - 03, and tracked them for the first five years of their careers.
Method We began by identifying four first -
grade teachers who had considerable
classroom experience, were considered good
teachers by their principals, and taught at schools with similar demographics.
Educational policy makers,
who were in high school 20 - 30 years ago, remember a
classroom that no longer exists — one with students quietly reading while the English
teacher grades essays and one with students checking each others» math papers while abiding by the honor system.
Rather than worry about choosing someone
who teaches the same
grade level or subject, is located near the new
teachers»
classroom, or shares the same planning time, it is more critical that new
teachers work with someone
who is highly effective.
Likewise,
teachers who receive students from
classrooms where instruction has not been strong have to work harder to build productive norms and prepare students to meaningful engage in the content expected at their
grade level.
This vacancy is ideal for an experienced KS2
Teacher who has received a «Good» or better
grading from
classroom observations.
For second graders
who were not in
classrooms with the literacy rotation (such as the traditional
grade 2, the multiage
grade 2 - 3, and the split -
grade 2 - 3 class), reading instruction was left to individual
teachers and their paraprofessionals with support from one of the school's Title I
teachers and the special education
teacher.
Phone call # 4: The mother of a highly gifted girl
who does algebra in her head «for fun» and consistently scores four years above
grade level on tests of mathematics achievement called to ask me how she could convince the
classroom teacher and the gifted coordinator that her young daughter did not need to keep adding and subtracting one - and two - digit numbers with the rest of the third
grade class.
The actual lesson is modeled by our coach and by one of the
grade - level
teachers,
who brings their
classroom into our live lesson room.
And it told us that except for the rare bright spot — like a principal dedicated to academic growth for all learners, but
who went on sabbatical a year after we changed to her school, and a
teacher who volunteered to teach sixth -
grade math in a fifth -
grade classroom — we would not be getting the services needed for our children.
Jen Williams,
who after over a decade as a first
grade teacher is now coaching fellow
teachers at Juan Cabrillo Elementary School, says some
teachers were nervous to have her oversee their
classrooms.
Consequently, the participants in this study consisted of the 18 fifth -
grade students
who were working with the identified
classroom teacher on a unit focusing on the American Revolutionary period.
She also advocates «a short reading list» of up to 10 «indispensable literary classics» for each
grade and, in general, more respect for the challenges
teachers face in
classrooms with students
who come from widely divergent social and economic backgrounds.
It's true that public education in Louisiana needs reform, said Karin Jenkins, a third
grade teacher at Live Oak Elementary in Waggaman
who participated in the pilot, but the evaluation system seems to come from policymakers
who lack a
classroom view.
«I grew up hoping to become an elementary
teacher, and through AmeriCorps, I was in a first -
grade classroom for two years,» says Jennifer Esswein
who served with AmeriCorps for Literacy and Math through the Ohio State University in the late 1990s and now works in school improvement and accountability.
A
teacher whose students are performing poorly on assessments, or
who can not maintain discipline, might be moved midyear to another
grade, an assistant
teacher's position or tutoring outside the
classroom.
The researchers found that the higher the number of struggling students,
who scored in the bottom 15 percent in kindergarten, in a first -
grade teacher's
classroom, the more likely the
teachers were to use manipulatives (hands - on materials), calculators, music and movement (See Table 3 on page 12 in the study).
Mind you, not the ineffective
teachers who sleep in the
classroom, ignore the curriculum and pass their unprepared students to the next
grade.
Do you have the leadership skills to work with students
who love to learn, and
who have a high... Lead
teachers at the Schoolhouse teach in mixed -
grade classrooms.
For example, a committee just named by the Madison School District to look at
grading under the new standards has some 30 members, only six of whom are
classroom teachers who will actually be
grading students, Bringman said.
It's hoped that the exacting residency year will provide a solid foundation in
classroom management, lesson planning and
grading, ultimately yielding first - year
teachers who are well prepared.
And think about which
teachers go on to become principals — it's not the anything - goes history
teacher reliving the»60s, it's usually the
teacher who excelled at keeping an orderly
classroom and getting the tests
graded on time.
Observing in an inner - city 1st
grade classroom, he sees a
teacher who is knowledgeable, resourceful, and particularly effective with her students.
«We're catching more «on the edge» kids,» said Lisa Foster, a 5th
grade teacher, referring to students
who could be having academic problems but can fade from attention in a
classroom of students with more pressing needs.
«As I walked the halls I came upon a
teacher with a second -
grade scholar
who was walking to their
classroom.»