Sentences with phrase «kindergarten through second grade teachers»

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■ Resources: A Second Classroom: Parent Teacher Relationships in a Waldorf School by Torin M. Finser; Creative Discipline, Connected Family by Lou Harvey - Zahra Hellene Brodsky - Blake, MA has been a Waldorf educator for 22 years, serving in parent - tot, nursery, kindergarten and grades one through three.

But de Blasio's decision to further reduce suspensions by outlawing them completely for kids in kindergarten through second grade drew criticism from the presidents of both the city teachers union and the principals union.

In the same year, 89 percent, each, of students in kindergarten through second grade, and students in third through fifth grade, had a parent who attended a scheduled meeting with a teacher, compared with 71 percent of students in middle school and 57 percent of students in high school.

At our higher grades, we have dedicated science teachers but in kindergarten through second grade, we have the whole class teachers and they just aren't that comfortable with teaching science.

Ending suspensions in Kindergarten through second grade is a victory, but teachers will then need the training and tools to find alternative ways to manage bad behavior.

They include: Mimma - Marie Cammarata, an Italian teacher at Sterling High School, Sterling; Kristy DeFazio, a fourth grade elementary school teacher at James J. Flynn Elementary School, Perth Amboy; Nicole Petrosillo, an English Language Arts teacher at West Milford Township High School, West Milford Township; Diane Phares, an art teacher at Mount Olive High School, Mount Olive Township; Kristina Phelan, a kindergarten through second grade reading teacher at Mahala F. Atchison Elementary School, Tinton Falls; and Domenick Renzi, a basic skills mathematics teacher at Wedgwood Elementary School, Washington Township.

That means not all kindergarten through second grade classes at the school have teacher assistants.

There are a number of measures states are already planning to include in their accountability systems — such as chronic absenteeism, English language proficiency, teacher absenteeism, student discipline, school climate, etc. — that could easily include students in kindergarten through second grade.

New York City officials on Thursday said suspension shouldn't be used as a disciplinary measure for children in kindergarten through second grade, a proposal that drew criticism from the teachers union, which said it would lead to increased classroom disruption.

In early elementary grades — kindergarten through second grade — teachers appear to spend less time developing the higher - order thinking skills that are critical for school success, despite the high expectations outlined in state education standards.