Sentences with phrase «had in his classroom at»

There are few benefits to having them in the classroom at all, and there are many students that get very distracted by them.

Not exact matches

«We've been very conscious about going after specific markets to attract the balance that we want in the classroom,» says Greg Richards, director of the MBA program at Telfer.

One day Jennings and Snyder were sitting in the second - floor classroom they had commandeered, staring at rolled - out sheets containing the diagrams of ENIAC's many units, when a man came in to inspect some construction.

At the time I was actively pursuing a BS in Business Management, but the pace was too slow for me — I didn't have another three years to wait and learn, so I started using all the resources available to me on line and in the classroom.

Have a looksee at the videos below to learn how the money raised will be used to benefit children in classrooms around the world.

But I discovered that these young innovators were far more intrinsically motivated, and when I looked at the pattern of what parents and teachers had both done to encourage intrinsic motivation, I found a kind of remarkable emphasis in the classrooms and among the parents of play, passion and purpose.

In my time at DTS, though, I have only come across a handful of students who have reached this level of classroom etiquette.

His renegade streak extends to Seyler's classroom at the Grandview Park Baptist School in gritty East Des Moines, where he has painted so many brightly colored quotes and pictures onto the walls that it looks like a pop artist's studio.

The head of Catholics in England and Wales has spoken of his «utter shock and sadness» at the killing of a teacher stabbed to death in her classroom at Corpus Christi Catholic college in Leeds yesterday.

She also points to the revolutionary educational possibilities: «Other applications involve things in the classroom, where students are able to not just see a picture of Niagara Falls or some alien world like Venus — we have maps from our various spacecrafts of Mars and Venus that would allow students not just to hear about far - off places, but will allow them to scroll around the world at will.»

Kernan was a graduate student in 1951 when William F. Buckley, Jr.'s God and Man at Yale created a sensation by (in Kernan's words) arguing «provocatively and brilliantly that the administration and faculty of Yale, despite Yale's having been founded on religion and being still supported by free enterprise, were systematically teaching atheism and socialism in the classroom.»

I have encountered more profound and straightforward discussions of ethics in patrol cars than I have heard in university classrooms or at academic religious conferences.

I would absolutely support the creationism to be taught as long as every version according to every religion (of at least all the kids in the school) is taught in the classroom.

How can you have great se - x when the only se - x you are allowed to have is after you're married, but you can't even discuss it in a classroom without someone flippin out at the school?

After a quiet summer off from classroom duties, at a safe distance from multinational corporations, secularized businessmen, and the as - yet - unredeemed American economic system, maybe — if this survey is accurate — the seminary professors will come back a little closer to This World and this world than they've been in the past.

Van Buren has looked at the classroom in his article «Christian Education Post Mortem Dei.»

Pupils should be given information about abortion in the classroom because many do not discuss it at home, teachers have heard.

It goes without saying that these would be such a sweet treat to bake up for friends and loved ones on Valentine's Day, and they would no doubt be a huge hit at classroom Valentine's Day parties (those were the best in elementary school!).

However, Prop 42 will go into effect at a time when federal financial aid for education is drying up; there will be fewer dollars for deserving, underprivileged youngsters who have excelled in the classroom, much less for academically marginal athletes.

It might seem aggressive, but in all reality the kids who show up in my classroom as freshmen who are having those conversations at home don't need to be convinced that school matters.

The results of a recent randomized trial of CSRP showed that children who spent their prekindergarten year in a CSRP Head Start classroom had, at the end of the school year, substantially higher attention skills, greater impulse control, and better performance on executive - function tasks than did children in a control group.

As her report put it: «The research suggests that, while there may be little return to trying to make students more gritty as a way of being (i.e., in ways that would carry over to all aspects of their lives at all times and across contexts), students can be influenced to demonstrate perseverant behaviors — such as persisting at academic tasks, seeing big projects through to completion, and buckling down when schoolwork gets hard — in response to certain classroom contexts and under particular psychological conditions.»

While I've always felt that Waldorf teaching was my life's calling and absolutely loved my time in the classroom, I was looking for a way to put my expertise and love for Waldorf education to use in a new way - one that would allow me to continue working to promote Waldorf Education in the world, but also give me more time at home.

The crew is all skiing (well, excepting those who are in high school classrooms at the moment, but be assured they get plenty of weekend time on the slopes), and as always, I have grand hopes for my Tuesday's at home.

But a recent study by Joseph Allen, a psychology professor at the University of Virginia, and Robert C. Pianta, the dean of the education school there, demonstrates that when teachers are trained in how to create a better environment in the classroom, that can have a measurable effect on student performance.

While my background is in education and not in retail or business, I do know and love the products I am selling, having used them in my classroom or at home with my children for more than fifteen years.

But the last biting incident he had at school set into motion a chain of events that led us to a great child development specialist, who sent us to a kick - ass occupational therapist and also helped us find a therapeutic aide for him in the classroom.

I have had conversations with fellow moms and felt that my kids are not only in a different classroom, but that they are not even at the same school, because I have only a peripheral interest in their homework.

Through my writings (books, scholarly articles, popular articles, and website), my lectures at conferences (for physicians, lactation consultants, health departments, and LLL groups), and my university classroom teaching (I manage to work this material into every class, no matter what the official topic might be), I have been able to pass along the lessons I learned from LLL to thousands of people, who in turn have passed them along.

Being bold with language has a positive social effect in children and your child will feel smart and confident when speaking both at home and in the classroom, eliminating potential frustration.

These would be great to make in classrooms or at home with your toddler or preschooler to give to someone special.

Like all our activities the investigations in the book are safe and simple to carry out using materials you probably already have in the classroom or at home.

Girls in the classroom need to recognize that their voice matters, that their voice needs to be heard not just by the teacher but by the boys in the room, and that they deserve a seat at the table, that they deserve to have value.

Kourtney Ferrua liked what was happening at Grandhaven, and thought breakfast - in - the - classroom would be a good fit for her students at Wascher as well.

Early planning also allowed plenty of time to identify obstacles and find solutions; at Wascher, this meant relocating garbage cans, a slight adjustment to the custodial schedule, and creating a leadership team of students — fourth - and fifth - graders who would be in charge of delivering breakfast to the classrooms in the morning.

Purvis presented the BIC concept at end - of - year meetings, explaining to school stakeholders the implementation process, schedule changes, and what each group's role would be; she also took questions, and presented film of another district's breakfast - in - the - classroom program.

«Everyone on my staff was all - for breakfast - in - the - classroom, so I didn't have to sell it at all,» said Spellman.

I told her he wasn't supposed to be in anything but a Special Ed contained classroom and she told me that his classroom was «unable to take attendance» (which makes no sense but whatever) so he would arrive at school, go into the General Education classroom (during the most unstructured time of day), stay for a few minutes and then go to his Special Ed classroom.

Our kids have a reward system that they use in their classrooms at school that seems to work great so the hubby suggested that I make one similar so I designed and cut one using my Cricut Explore.

I had a former Superintendent who commented, «Some of those kids will mess around in the gym, run around, and at the last minute they'll grab their breakfast and go to the classroom.»

Polk County Public Schools have lot of great programming, including breakfast - in - the - classroom (Polk County received Partners for Breakfast in the Classroom grant back in SY 2012 - 13) and a «What's That Wednesday» program where students learn about new foods; additionally, Polk has implemented CEP at 109 sites which has had a positive impact on participation.

My thought is that until society changes, it will be a up - hill battle to convince children that the healthful choices they see at school cafeterias are great when outside of school many are seeing and eating the less - than - healthful choices in many of the ways we've talked about here before: classrooms, athletic practices, homes because parents are busy, don't have access to fresh foods and more.

But the main important thing is that the kids in these classrooms have a full tummy, with foods that are healthy and nutritious for them, and we know they are going to be able to learn, and pay attention, and when they go home at night they don't have to worry about whether they will have breakfast the next morning because they will have it in their classroom.

This gives your child a well - rounded experience they can not get in an institutionalised classroom in which 20 or 30 kids have to be looked after and taught at the same time.

«the care and dedication of individual teachers»...» the loving approach of the teachers»...» the personal attention my child receives in the classroom»...» the depth in teaching the developing human being»... «that the teachers and staff are well - acquainted with my child and every concern I've had about my child has been met with the staff's full attention, concern, and capability to professionally address the matter at hand»... «how the teachers «hold» each child and class»...» mindfulness toward the children's needs»... «love that the teacher stays with the child through 8th grade»

To remedy this problem, some districts, particularly those in large urban areas, have adopted universal, in - class breakfast programs whereby all students are able to obtain and eat a free breakfast in their classrooms at the start of the school day.

From methods taught in the classroom to techniques used by major retailers to bring in the big bucks, I've tested them all to see what works and what doesn't when it comes to selling handmade at craft fairs.

Faculty members at the Waldorf School of Garden City are gifted teachers who have dedicated themselves to working closely with students in and out of the classroom.

Here in Houston we've already implemented the same program district - wide, and for those unfamiliar with it, «in - class breakfast» means just that: children receive a free breakfast (regardless of economic need) and bring it into their classrooms to eat at their desks as the school day begins.

So I think this would be a great one to do in the preschool classroom or at home with your own kids.