Sentences with phrase «learned as an elementary teacher»

One of the most important lessons I learned as an elementary teacher is to avoid having your first contact with a family being the first time a kid acts up or misbehaves in your classroom.

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Jazzy Mama: After a decade as an elementary school teacher in Toronto, Canada I'm learning a whole new way of being with children.

As your child enters elementary school, a major part of their learning process transfers to the teachers.

As elementary school teachers, they share a deep love for learning, educating, and having fun!

Even as he spoke, he later learned, his ex-wife — who was a teacher at the elementary school on campus — was being fired «because she had known about my criminal past but had not told them.»

Apparently that is a lesson he still needs to learn, as he's playing a teacher dealing with a deadly elementary school outbreak in Cooties.

Working with elementary students learning English as a second language, Georgia teacher Melissa Smith shares reading passages that demonstrate how writers choose their words carefully to help readers create brain movies.

As a computer resource teacher, it is Nancy Barger's responsibility to find ways to incorporate technology into the learning experiences of her elementary students in Newington, Connecticut.

Almost 80 percent of elementary - school students and 90 percent of junior - high - school students engaged in what their teachers described as a «passive learning style»: they quietly absorbed new information without any questions or interaction with the instructor.

When early elementary teachers integrate music and theater, student learning improves in reading, math, and science as they become better critical thinkers and problem solvers.

Insect Theme Page Enchanted Learning, as usual, provides some of the most practical resources for teachers at the elementary level.

According to the Common Good authors, Catholic high schools — and many believe that this applies to elementary schools as well — «manage simultaneously to achieve relatively high levels of student learning, distribute this learning more equitably with regard to race and class than in the public sector, and sustain high levels of teacher commitment and student engagement.»

«Particularly in the elementary school, we have a heavy focus on arts integration as it relates to our expeditions --[in depth, content - specific, problem - based learning explorations that are a part of expeditionary learning],» explains Tonia Vines, a dramatic arts teacher.

Some elementary teachers have students create their own individual models of a neuron that they can keep at their desk or take home as a reminder of their vast learning potential.

Telia Kapteyn Learning and Teaching Hometown: Atlanta Experience: Taught kindergarten as a Teach For America corps member in Brooklyn, New York; high school English teacher in a rural fishing village in Malaysia on a Fulbright Scholarship; elementary school teacher at a KIPP school in the Arkansas Delta Future plans: First - grade teacher at Brooke Charter School in Roslindale, Massachusetts; cohort leader in Teach For America's Education 4 Justice pilot program, which seeks to prepare teachers to incorporate social justice pedagogy into their classrooms

As a former elementary school teacher in a 1:1 iPad classroom, I know how powerful iPads can be as learning tools in the hands of studentAs a former elementary school teacher in a 1:1 iPad classroom, I know how powerful iPads can be as learning tools in the hands of studentas learning tools in the hands of students.

She has served as a former Literacy Specialist, Learning Strategist, and elementary classroom teacher throughout the 5th largest school district in the United States.

Goldhaber (2015) summarized this research and noted that in upper elementary grades (under NCLB, required tests begin in third grade), having a lower - performing teacher (one at the 30th percentile of teachers) is roughly equivalent to a student learning half as much in the school year compared to having a higher performing teacher (one at the 70th percentile of teachers).

As Public Impact has written, increasingly many elementary school teachers, for example, may need to learn to be specialists in particular subjects.

To illustrate, the Milken Educator Award, given in the United States, identifies and selects outstanding elementary and secondary school teachers «as evidenced by effective instructional practices and student learning results in the classroom and school» or as evidenced by «accomplishments beyond the classroom that provide models of excellence for the profession» (Milken Family Foundation, n.d.).

In the elementary Integrated Language Arts program, teachers model the processes of reading, writing, listening, and speaking while integrating instruction which supports appropriate expectations for the development of basic skills as well as higher level thinking and learning skills.

Harmer's thirty — year career in public schools included serving as principal of three award - winning elementary schools; K - 12 teacher and learning specialist; instructor in community college and university teacher and principal preparation programs; and service on a wide range of professional advisory councils and boards.

An Ohio elementary school immerses kids in learning — even at the drinking fountain — and aces the state tests As teachers, all of us face the same...

More than 100 elementary school teachers from around the Los Angeles school district gathered Monday at Theodore Roosevelt High School in east LA as one of the first group of instructors to learn how to use the Apple iPad, a key teaching device in the academic year that opens next Tuesday.

This has divided the elementary / secondary and higher education communities, leaving schools focused on teacher quality as a lever to improve student learning, but without a steady pipeline of effective new teachers.

Tiffany began her teaching career as a lower elementary teacher that implemented experiential learning opportunities as often as possible.

Students at the elementary level can spend as little as about one hour daily learning in a digital / homework lab and greatly increase their odds of having an excellent teacher, especially if teachers specialize in their best subjects.

Experiencing this kind of informal, collaborative learning is a good antidote to the traditional ideas many of these aspiring teachers bring with them as they enter the program — that knowledge in their elementary classroom should properly be transmitted by the teacher, and they must at all times be «the expert» or lose credibility with their students.

On the instructional side of science, it has become evident that elementary teachers were not teaching science because they did not know the content nor feel secure with it as a subject area (Rutherford & Ahlgren, 1989); little instructional time in elementary schools was devoted to science (NAEP, 1988); and where science was taught, basal texts that emphasized reading and canned experiments were preferred and used over active learning (Lockwood, 1992a; 1992b).

Prior to that, she taught elementary and secondary students with behavioral disabilities, first as a Special Education teacher, and later as a Learning Specialist.

At the conclusion of Student Teaching II, preservice teachers in two elementary cohorts (49) and four secondary cohorts (102) responded to the following open - ended prompt: «To what extent were you able to use technology as a tool for learning in your university coursework and / or in half - time Student Teaching I and full - time Student Teaching II?»

We are being told that our evaluation system will require our full comprehension and maintenance of: measures of teacher practice observation option selection forms, evaluator forms, consistent update of class lists / rosters, observation options A, B, C, D, the Matrix, and MOSL options (project based learning assessments, student learning inventories, performance based assessments, and progress monitoring assessments), not to mention how this plays out for what people teach (elementary / middle / high school, alternative assessment, English as a New Language, content areas, etc).

Elizabeth served as a building - level curriculum director and elementary teacher, where she focused on combining 21st century learning environments with Montessori philosophies.

«On Thursday we're going to learn sevens,» announced Lockwood elementary teacher Ashley Cummings as the children caught their breath.

ASU pioneered the iTeachAZ program, which the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Innovation and Improvement recognized as a model program in 2014.42 The program partners with local schools to utilize school sites for its undergraduate classes, where clinical faculty are based, and encourage practical applications of more theoretical pedagogy.43 The program places student teachers in local elementary and middle schools for an academic year, and partners students with mentor teachers to facilitate learning and provide guidance.

Potential elementary school teachers in 21 states take the same test for licensure — the Praxis Principles of Learning & Teaching exam — with a possible score range of 100 to 200.11 Teachers in Iowa must earn a scaled score of 167 to pass, while teachers in Alabama pass with a scaled score of just 145.12 The average performance range — defined as the range of scaled scores earned by the middle 50 percent of the examinees — is 168 to 182; both Iowa's and Alabama's cut scores were well below the median score oteachers in 21 states take the same test for licensure — the Praxis Principles of Learning & Teaching exam — with a possible score range of 100 to 200.11 Teachers in Iowa must earn a scaled score of 167 to pass, while teachers in Alabama pass with a scaled score of just 145.12 The average performance range — defined as the range of scaled scores earned by the middle 50 percent of the examinees — is 168 to 182; both Iowa's and Alabama's cut scores were well below the median score oTeachers in Iowa must earn a scaled score of 167 to pass, while teachers in Alabama pass with a scaled score of just 145.12 The average performance range — defined as the range of scaled scores earned by the middle 50 percent of the examinees — is 168 to 182; both Iowa's and Alabama's cut scores were well below the median score oteachers in Alabama pass with a scaled score of just 145.12 The average performance range — defined as the range of scaled scores earned by the middle 50 percent of the examinees — is 168 to 182; both Iowa's and Alabama's cut scores were well below the median score of 176.13

Since joining the faculty at the School of Education, Tim has been heavily involved in the redesign of the elementary teacher education programs, first serving as coordinator of settings for teaching learning in the Teacher Education Initiative and currently serving as assessment coordinator for elementary teacher education prteacher education programs, first serving as coordinator of settings for teaching learning in the Teacher Education Initiative and currently serving as assessment coordinator for elementary teacher education prTeacher Education Initiative and currently serving as assessment coordinator for elementary teacher education prteacher education programs.

Her children attend a Charter School, where she also works as a Spanish teacher and as a teacher of English as a Second Other Language (ESOL), She works with elementary and middle school students at an Expeditionary Learning school in Maryland, USA.

For example, elementary teachers might pick informational texts and stories with rich vocabulary as opportunities to learn new content and new vocabulary, along with careful attention to strategies that support learning the new words.

In our eighth - grade math prototype and our elementary math programs, I've watched teachers as they adapt to blended learning.

Bachelor's Degrees in Early Childhood Education provide individuals with the advanced skills in child growth, development, and learning strategies that are essential to their success as daycare program coordinators, preschool directors, youth counselors, and elementary teachers around the world.

Source: As NYC encourages more elementary teachers to specialize in math, new research shows the strategy could hurt student learning

In addition to supporting the professional learning communities of secondary and elementary principals and assistant principals as the MCAAP VP, Mr. Bartee also co-chaired the Montgomery County Public Schools Peer Assistance and Review Panels for support staff, teachers and administrators.

Funding can be used for purposes such as recruitment of bilingual teachers at the pre-school, elementary and secondary levels, on - going professional development for teachers, teacher coaches, establishment and support of language learning materials; instructional materials; and ongoing outreach to families and family engagement.

Dr. Stacy Thomas is the executive director of teaching and learning for Blaine School District, and prior to that served as a building - level administrator and elementary teacher.

Prior to McREL, Elizabeth served as a building - level curriculum director and elementary teacher, where she focused on combining 21st century learning environments with Montessori philosophies.

CLASSROOMS AS STUDIOS WYLANDVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, EIGHTY FOUR, PENNSYLVANIA Christina Unitas, Principal When a former art teacher became principal, she worked with the Creative Leadership Team to transform the entire school into a model of inquiry - based, hands - on learning.

Initially there were opportunities to serve as a paraprofessional teacher, K - 8, in both Missouri and Kansas, as an Early Learning Center Director within the Kansas City inner - city, an alternative high school math teacher, multiple middle and elementary school assignments, K - 8 mathematics instructional coach, culminating with the work being developed and established currently at KCNA.

CONSTRUCTION AND CURATION PLEASANT HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, PLEASANT HILL, MISSOURI Sue Herrera, Principal Using the theme of Construction, the Creative Leadership Team built a depth of knowledge as students, teachers, and parents became curators of their own learning.

Halpin (1999), for example, discovered that the integration of technology into elementary teaching methods courses increased the probability that preservice teachers transferred the computer skills into the classroom during their first year teaching, as compared to those who learned computer skills in isolation.