Sentences with phrase «listen to student advocates»

It makes a big difference for a student to say what students think; adults tend to listen to student advocates in a different way than we listen to each other.

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An estimated 100 students will participate in a variety of workshops and issue briefings; listen to advocates speak about grassroots activism and social change; and network with peers from across the state.

Under a gray sky, several hundred students, scientists, and children listened to speakers — including environmental consultant and clean water advocate Evan Hansen — extol science's role in keeping West Virginia's waters clean and protecting future generations.

One possibility that has been embraced by many advocates is some type of measurement of student soft skills, which include social skills, self - management abilities, academic soft skills such as listening carefully to instructions, and approaches to learning such as willingness to take on challenging tasks.

As teachers working in difficult and challenging settings, the way to survive and thrive isn't just about taking action for ourselves (going to an exercise class, say) or our students (staying after school to listen and comfort, or advocating for additional counseling services).

They should also be aware of how often adults advocate on behalf of students as partners to other adults in the system to persuade them to listen to students by listening to them, returning emails or phone calls, etc..

I call them this because in this approach educators and advocates give students a carrot by listening to their voices, and then these same adults turn around and blatantly use student voice and student engagement to forward their political agendas without concern for what students are genuinely seeking.

Advocates of the flipped model believe that having students spend class time listening to a lecture may not be the best way for them to learn difficult topics.

By using the phrases «student voice» and «student engagement», educators, leaders, and advocates are implying their interest in listening to the unfettered opinions, ideas, experiences, and wisdom of students.

It presents a five - step cycle of listening, validating, authorizing, mobilizing, and reflecting on student voice; a tool to measure the quality of activities involving student voice; and several examples of what students as researchers, planners, teachers, evaluators, decision - makers, and advocates look like in practice, at elementary, middle, and high schools.

When asked on Wednesday who is influential and to whom he listens when it comes to education policy, Gov. Scott Walker named a well - known advocate for improving schools for disadvantaged students in Milwaukee.

As an educator and advocate, my primary goal for my students is to support their self - actualization by providing a safe, comfortable, inspiring classroom environment where they can, through the reading / viewing / listening to of rigorous, culturally - relevant texts, respectfully and intelligently express their questions / ideas and explore, listen, and respond to the questions / ideas of others through strong reading, writing, and interpersonal skills.

The fact is that Bill Finch will undoubtedly pay a political price for failing to listen to what the pro-public education advocates have been saying, but sadly, it is a small price compared to the price Bridgeport's public school students have had to pay as a result of the City's misguided and mean - spirited policies.

As we chart a course for private school choice, let's listen to the evidence and advocate for commonsense policies that strengthen choice for families and students.