Sentences with phrase «life of teachers in the classroom»

A survey of 501 public school teachers across the United States by YouGov, found that one in four (25 %) of US public school teachers surveyed felt that charter school autonomy had a positive effect on the day to day life of teachers in the classroom, with 36 % negative, while 20 % felt it had no effect.

To examine teachers» daily emotional experiences, it is important to also adopt appropriate micro-analytic methods to study the emotional lives of teachers in the classroom (Chang 2009; Lazarus and Folkman 1987).

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These introductory, non-credit courses typically consist of videotapes lectures in live classrooms, led by Yale teachers and scholars.

What follows is a glimpse of life in our classrooms, with a comment here and there from this teacher.

The teacher's approach to such problems might start from three assumptions: (a) the teacher should be concerned with how science fits into the larger framework of life, and the student should raise questions about the meaning of what he studies and its relation to other fields; (b) controversial questions can be treated, not in a spirit of indoctrination, but with an emphasis on asking questions and helping students think through assumptions and implications; an effort should be made to present viewpoints other than one's own as fairly as possible, respecting the integrity of the student by avoiding undue imposition of the lecturer's beliefs; (c) presuppositions inevitably enter the classroom presentation of many subjects, so that a viewpoint frankly and explicitly recognized may be less dangerous than one which is hidden and assumed not to exist.

When poor children grow up in an environment marked by stable, responsive parenting; by schools that make them feel a sense of belonging and purpose; and by classroom teachers who challenge and support them, they thrive, and their opportunities for a successful life increase exponentially.

I wrestle with this question in my own classrooms and with my kids, especially these days, living in what Chris Gallagher has called the age of quantification in education: teacher - proof and child - proof classrooms, a widespread sense that if it isn't measurable, it must not be valuable.

Plus, I volunteered in a lot in classrooms and was a teacher's aide for a while and worked closely with some of those kids — I know that having a «perfect life» when it comes to raising kids is relative.

The intention of this course is to give the teacher a living connection to science so that this same enthusiasm, understanding, and interest can be shared when the teacher is working with the students in the classroom.

Teachers play an important role in ensuring that every person in the classroom is aware of, and ready to respond to, a life - threatening allergic reaction.

Sunbridge's proximity to Green Meadow allows our students to experience the life and environment of Waldorf Education, including serving as assistants and student teachers in the classrooms there.

Many of us know first hand that school classrooms can be an unexpected source of sugar in our kids» daily lives, whether due to parents bringing in birthday cupcakes, junk - food - heavy classroom celebrations or teachers handing out candy rewards.

A recipient of the National Educator Award, a former classroom teacher, a counselor for troubled youths, and mother of three grown sons, she lives in Palm Springs, California, with her husband.

Through a few simple yet meaningful things such as frequent conversations between his parents and teachers, his mother's involvement in the classroom, and stimulation of his natural curiosity at home, Dylan's parents have helped their son gain a sense that school is important and that doing his best at schoolwork is his current role in life.

From birth to the first schooling experience, all children spend the phase of their lives in which they learn the most outside the confinement of the classroom, away from the teachers eye.

«By rewarding donations that support public schools, providing tax credits for teachers when they purchase classroom supplies out of pocket, and easing the financial burden on families who send their children to independent, parochial or out - of - district public schools, we can make a fundamental difference in the lives of students, families and educators across the state,» he said.

Posted in his classroom is a sign stating, «As your math teacher I understand that I have the ability to crush the life out of your innate love for mathematics and I will try not to do so.»

About Blog I decided to start a blog to keep a public diary of my life as a teacher in an autistic support classroom with middle schoolers.

What Goes Up (R for teen sexuality, profanity and drug use) Slice - of - life drama, set in 1986, about a reporter (Steve Coogan) sent from New York to New Hampshire to write a story about the hometown of ill - fated, teacher - turned - astronaut Christa McAuliffe who finds himself unexpectedly in charge of a classroom of dysfunctional students, including a shameless flirt (Hilary Duff), a repressed Peeping Tom (Josh Peck) and a scheming baby mama - to - be (Olivia Thirlby).

The evolution of technology though has provided smart solutions like distance learning, where a student doesn't need to be present in the classroom and can learn from teachers who live in different parts of the country by using online learning environments or distributed course materials.

He added: «Together with our reforms to improve behaviour and plans to crack down on truancy by deducting the cost of unpaid fines from child benefit, we have put heads and teachers firmly back in charge of their classrooms so they can extend opportunity and give the pupils the best start to life.»

Because we work with all students in different areas of their school life, we're able to collaborate with special educators and classroom teachers to paint a whole picture of an individual student or class.

Practical teaching ideas were at the heart of the new Resources Live Zone at the show, which offered demonstrations of resources in action, enabling teachers to take back inspirational ideas to use in the classroom.

Many teachers are excited about the ability to create a group on Facebook as a private way of interacting with their students in ways that a) not only meet the students where they already are and integrate their lives into the classroom more holistically, but also b) shows that school can be a lot cooler than the students thought by being on Facebook in the first place.

Immediately, teacher leaders, with their willingness to share their technology - in - the - classroom knowledge, become the life saver instead of the bricks!

Against this complex backdrop, what role can civics teachers play in the lives of the immigrant and undocumented students in their classrooms?

Influences that Derail Student Learning TribLive, 4/12/13 «Richard Weissbourd, a lecturer in education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, is showing — through research in a range of classrooms — how teachers, principals, school boards and legislators can rescue such kids from dead - end lives before they give up on schools.»

Anna Egalite of Harvard's Program on Education Policy and Governance was on Where We Live (Connecticut Public Radio) this week to talk about the effects of teacher diversity on student success in the classroom.

As a proof of concept, a small group of classroom teachers joined me for the very first STEMbite Live, a public broadcast from my kitchen exploring crazy science found in the refrigerator.

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Substantive classroom discussion is demanding on students and teachers alike, to say the least, and yet research indicates that this practice is as important in citizenship formation as civics classes and, for some students, can compensate for a home life bereft of such debates.

What struck me most in the report were its testimonials from teachers living the realities of blended learning day - to - day in their classrooms.

And because this reframing of failure is modeled so publicly and systemically by the portfolio defenses, our teachers, convinced of its power, tend to recreate similar cycles of failure and redemption in their day - to - day classroom instruction, where school culture lives.

How does a teacher begin to understand the lives of her refugee students before they arrived in her classroom?

Responsive Classroom: Investing in Parents During the First Six Weeks of School Investing in parents as well as children during the critical first six weeks of school yields better school - home interactions all year, enriches classroom life, and enhances children's learning, say the authors of Parents & Teachers Working Together.

In a significant pedagogical shift from the norm of timed set recordings or set classroom observation, leading to «performances» from the teacher and the students (the Hawthorne effect), an always - on camera recording 360 - degree video enable live and retrospective viewing.

Likely, it's not covered in professional development or faculty meetings or college coursework, but I believe it is, nonetheless, a vital, living, breathing component of the classroom, which can transform learning and uplift students and teachers.

Below you'll find an avalanche of activities and Web sites that are perfect for teachers to use in bringing the Iditarod to life in their classrooms.

Via online video, teachers can engage with real - life «case studies» of classroom challenges and participate in an interactive online community of professionals.

Findings suggest that while almost all of the new teachers anticipate staying in education for the remainder of their working lives, many of them report that they expect to move on to education - related jobs other than classroom teaching (curriculum development, professional development, administration).

What if, instead, change started where excellence already lives — in the classrooms and minds of excellent teachers?

After a year of education at HGSE, who am I to tell a teacher who has dedicated 30 years to educating children in her own community how to run her classroom and, in part, her life?

So I think that there's a lot of really actionable steps that teachers, real life teachers like myself, can really do in their classrooms that are gonna respond to students» needs and really impact their learning.

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.

Susan Day, the founder of Connect felt that there was a gap in the UK market for a training platform that allowed teachers to practise interaction with pupils in an environment reflecting a real classroom experience while also providing the opportunity to tailor - make specific situations.She said, «C - Live is especially effective for teacher training as it can offer consistent scenarios.

FOR GOOGLE CLASSROOM Included in this resource: • Title page • Native Americans of the Southwest reading passage with graphic organizer • Application / Closing / Higher Order thinking question • Answer Key for graphic organizer Students will research and analyze the lives and culture of the Native Americans of the Southwest region of the United States: present - day areas, groups, geography / climate, adaptations, cultures / spiritual rituals / roles of men and women Adheres to Social Studies Common Core Standards - research, application, literacy, vocabulary; lifting evidence from text Differentiation: graphic organizer; cooperative (students may work in groups / teams / partner to complete graphic organizer based on teacher's discretion) ★ ★ Looking for the pen and paper, hard - copy version of this resource?

«What's more, she regularly reminds her peers to keep their conversations at HGSE grounded in the lives of students in classrooms, and to value the work of teachers.

In a recent study, 100 % of Initial Teacher Training participants felt that C - Live helped to prepare them for classroom practice and 95 % would recommend C - Live to other trainee teachers.

FOR GOOGLE CLASSROOM Included in this resource: • Title page • Do Now / Motivation student - centered question • The Algonquian reading passage with graphic organizer • Application / Closing / Higher Order Thinking Question • Answer Key for Graphic Organizer Students will research how the Algonquian lived: location, tribes, homes, adaptation based on environment, role of women Adheres to Social Studies Common Core Standards - research, application, literacy, vocabulary; lifting evidence from text Differentiation: graphic organizer; cooperative (students may work in groups / teams / partner to complete graphic organizer based on teacher's discretion) ★ ★ Looking for the pen and paper, hard - copy version of this resource?

Yet the call - up of a single teacher can alter the lives of a classroom full of students in ways few have imagined.