Sentences with phrase «know some student colleague»

Perhaps you personally know some student colleague — a few years ahead — who has made a painless transition from a two - year to a four - year institution.

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Our female and male colleagues and students need our example as professionals who know our dignity as women.

I was sitting in a KFC in Brooklyn on Sunday night (halal for those who are worried) with two of my students when my phone started to buzz like crazy as friends, colleagues and family let me know that Osama bin Laden was dead.

A variation on the conventional wisdom appeals to the anxieties of students about their career prospects: «You need to get to know the people who will be your colleagues in the ministry for the rest of your life.»

Students of seventeenth century British natural philosophy know that Locke was one of many in his day who saw their task as continuous with the efforts of «natural philosophers» — their scientific colleagues.

Clarence «Chick» Miller, 74, Buffalo Grove High School's first principal, was known for his commitment to students and staff, former colleagues said.

As a high school teacher, I was known by my students as the «Green Queen» and by a few begrudging colleagues, the «Recycling Bitch.»

«Students across our city deserve a safe learning environment, no matter what community they come from or where they attend school,» said Mark - Viverito, but like all her colleagues she refused to clarify what has suddenly changed that mandates the government now stepping in where it never has before.

Although they voiced more negative opinions about unionization than their nonscientist colleagues did, their actual experiences «teaching and advising [unionized] students... were no different than in the humanities or social sciences.

Gene therapist Mark Kay and his postdoctoral student Anton McCaffrey, both of Stanford University in California, and their colleagues wanted to know whether RNAi could target the virus behind hepatitis directly — the only way to ultimately cure people of the disease.

This can create pressure for a postdoc or grad student during an oral or poster presentation, but Duina claims that some of this energy can be saved for meeting new colleagues: «I think it is a well - known fact that usually one gets different kinds of information out of talking to people in an informal setting, i.e., over lunch or dinner, than while attending talks or surfing the poster exhibits.»

In his research published in the December issue of the journal Geology of the Geological Society of America, Czaja and his colleagues Nicolas Beukes from the University of Johannesburg and Jeffrey Osterhout, a recently graduated master's student from UC's department of geology, reveal samples of bacteria that were abundant in deep water areas of the ocean in a geologic time known as the Neoarchean Eon (2.8 to 2.5 billion years ago).

In particular, Shah and her colleagues — her student Been Kim, whose PhD thesis is the basis of the new paper, and Cynthia Rudin, an associate professor of statistics at the MIT Sloan School of Management — were trying to augment a type of machine learning known as «unsupervised.»

Jacoby and his colleague Adam Chandler, also a graduate student at Caltech, used the GBT to search for new pulsars in addition to the three already known in this cluster.

His many contributions have touched the careers of many students, the lives of many colleagues and the health of many patients... Kessler [Foundation], as we know it in PM&R, is one of the leading programs in rehabilitation medicine in the country, with a national and international reputation second to none,» said Dr. Frontera.

You never know what impact you've made on your patients, your colleagues, your students or your friends and family when you are working in a spirit of service.

As my students know, their brains fascinate me and my colleagues.

Aguerrebere: We know that accomplished teachers create support structures for their students that include school support staff, counselors, colleagues, administrators and, most importantly, parents.

And we all have a responsibility to deal with «known emergencies,» such as a last - minute coverage for an absent colleague or an urgent student discipline meeting.

If you're looking for fun activities for the opening days of school — activities that will help you get to know your students and help them get to know you — check out these suggestions from your colleagues around the world.

Our colleagues need it from us; our students expect it of us; our leaders know it...

• Believe in the value of what you are teaching and make sure your students understand why it is important; so preparation is paramount • Show your students you care about their wellbeing and progress; that is your job; there is nothing they despise more than a teacher who doesn't care • Admit when you don't know or when you're wrong; they need to see you're a learner too • Collaboration with your colleagues is powerful support and very rewarding.

This is a trend that we've noticed since we began researching the field; one school district my colleague Katherine Mackey profiled in a case study several years ago didn't even know how many students it had served in its dropout recovery program in a given year, let alone how they had fared in the program.

Not only did Harper and his colleagues discover that students in their program, known more familiarly as Gen www.Y, needed to have a solid understanding of technology tools and how best to use them, they had to know something about working with adults.

As Brent Bridgeman, ETS's principal research scientist, and his colleagues wrote in 2003, «A less speeded [mathematics] test is desirable now that scores of disabled students who are granted extra time will no longer be flagged.»

Current users of the book have said: «this is groundbreaking stuff... so simple and so powerful...», «I feel stronger because I know what to ask about the evidence... any evidence», «my primary colleagues love this book... now we bounce off each other and have become a great school», «Dr Slater is a real living teacher and I think a modern day maverick... as soon as I hear words like «the evidence says...» I use what I got from this book...» «I want the best from my students, my staff and myself and....

One of the lead teachers, Pakamas Tongcharoesirikul (known as Dr. T to her students and colleagues), designed much of the curriculum based on Beyond Benign's materials.

So I really get my inspiration every day, as hard as teaching is, um, you know, from the students and from my colleagues of teachers that I see working so hard.

Good teachers know their students and their subject matter, are themselves learners and work alongside colleagues to improve practice across the school.

That's because their teachers are fully committed to student success, understand that their colleagues might have to cover for them while they are gone, and know they will be held accountable if they don't do their part.

Along with a voluntary association created by teachers and students of the An - Najah National University, where our colleague Ruth works as a volunteer teacher, she devotes her time to know the situation of refugee children and orphans.

Our colleagues need it from us; our students expect it of us; our leaders know it is in us; and ~ parents / society assume it of us!

So, it's crucial in those first few weeks, if things are not working out as well as you'd hoped and you know that there are issues with individual students or even the whole class that are not working well, it's absolutely crucial to ask your colleagues for support — both that moral support but also that practical support and guidance.

Does he or she know how to relate to the students, parents, and colleagues?

NEA is proud to stand with our Florida colleagues to say «NO» to evaluation systems that don't help improve student learning or the practice of teaching.»

And here are a few examples of teachers» goals: to more consistently draw on student data to inform my teaching; to employ high standards for all of my students, not just the ones I easily relate to; to be more open to experimenting with the new technologies in my classroom; to working more collaboratively; to getting better at saying «no»; to giving supportive and constructive feedback to my colleagues; to be more open to my colleagues» feedback about my teaching.

Teachers wanted to know how Mosso had been able to get young students to eat at least five servings of fruits and vegetables each day, so she trained colleagues from 17 other school districts at in - service workshops.

Despite his prodigious scholarly contribution, he was always best known for the time, attention and thoughtful conversation he gave to students and to those colleagues who were eager to learn from each other.

This simple and replicable research affirms everything that we know about student success and collaboration between the teacher - librarian and teaching colleagues, set as a guideline for us as early as 1982 with the ground - breaking Ontario guideline Partners in Action through to Together for Learning and Leading Learning, and affirmed by many large - scale research studies.

At Magnet Schools of America (MSA) we already know great teachers inspire not only their students but their colleagues and others in the community as well.

As a 22 - year veteran teacher, I know — as do my colleagues — that students with disabilities are suffering profoundly as a result of the cookie - cutter philosophy accompanying Common Core, and that suffering has only been exacerbated by the curriculum's disastrous launch here in New York state.

Teachers will manage their own schools (back to head teachers) select and evaluate their colleagues through peer review, and (most important) be free to teach their students to the best of their abilities without interference from Mr. Rich Man or Governor Know Nothing.

He knows that he and his colleagues at other low - income, struggling schools are leading the profession in transforming student outcomes, despite what the headlines say.

The organization might be more likely to place its recruits in somewhat less disadvantaged schools, where they are no more effective in raising their students test scores than their colleagues.

For a study released in December, titled «Student Academic Achievement in Charter Schools: What We Know and Why We Know So Little,» Nelson and WMU colleague Dr. Gary Miron, principal research associate with the Evaluation Center, conducted a meta - analysis of research and evaluations of student achievement in charter sStudent Academic Achievement in Charter Schools: What We Know and Why We Know So Little,» Nelson and WMU colleague Dr. Gary Miron, principal research associate with the Evaluation Center, conducted a meta - analysis of research and evaluations of student achievement in charter sstudent achievement in charter schools.

In this clip, enjoy stories about Dr. Cochran - Smith from some of those who know her best — her colleagues and students.

When I resigned from the profession I loved, when I made a plea for my incredible colleagues and disheartened students, I knew that this would happen if the reform movement didn't change directions quickly.

Hawley neatly summed up the emerging situation: «My fellow colleagues and I who serve as principals know that being held accountable for student achievement is an important part of our job, but measures of student achievement must be comprehensive and accurately reflect the local context in all dimensions of student learning.»

However, because we know that some of the most impactful ideas for improving schools and student outcomes are generated when colleagues work with each other, UChicago Impact hosted the first of three sessions of the Leadership Collaborative Series for cohort school leaders and their colleagues.

To that end, we are grateful for the educators we know who care enough to carve out time and engage students in conversations about what it means to be smart and good, and who engage colleagues in the ever - evolving conversation about what good work looks like in schools today and in the years to come.