Sentences with phrase «more engaging teacher»

A recent study showed that when students have a more engaging teacher, their attendance increases and their chances of completing high school improve.

Whatever parents are seeking for their children — improved academic performance, more engaged teachers, social acceptance, freedom from bullying, special needs programming, and so on — they are more likely to find it when they have more than one choice.

The results of this survey will enable us to connect local results with the national patterns that Gallup has seen: i.e. the more engaged a teacher is, the more likely they will stay in their current job.

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«There are teachers with creative ideas on how to engage students, but they just need a little bit of money for more hands - on experiences,» Pine says.

And consequently, more and more people engaged in religious education — religion teachers, seminarians, catechetics coordinators, clergy, and interested laymen — have heard about process theology and perhaps have seen references to it.

Although the accurate statistics are not yet available, it has been estimated by some that two to three hundred teachers, full - time or part - time, are engaged in teaching the history of religions in America, and nearly a hundred more may be added if we include Canada.

In the same way that responsive parenting in early childhood creates a kind of mental space where a child's first tentative steps toward intellectual learning can take place, so do the right kind of messages from teachers in school create a mental space that allows a student to engage in more advanced and demanding academic learning.

When students feel able to meet parent expectations, they are less likely to be worried and stressed about their schoolwork and less likely to suffer from physical symptoms of stress and Students are more motivated and engaged in school, and are more likely to persevere when they feel supported by their teachers

A recent study showed that more than 75 percent of parents said they wished teachers would tell them more about the dangers of the «summer slide» and provide tips on how to keep their kids» minds engaged.

• Shake up the parental leave system so fathers can spend more time with kids under two years - old • 25,000 more dads per year to sign their child's birth certificate, to reach international standards and halve the number of those who don't • Dads able to stay overnight in hospital with their partner when their baby is born • Modern and relevant antenatal education for both parents • Dads reading with their children in all primary schools • Family professionals — midwives, teachers, health visitors, nursery workers, social workers — confidently engaging with dads as well as mums, and supporting all family types.

Boys whose fathers engaged in physical play but without excessive direction were rated as more popular by their teachers.48 Effects of fathers may vary across children's ages, with fathers of adolescent sons frequently playing important roles in those son's transitions, as seen among Arnhem land Australian aborigines.49 Among the Aka hunter - gatherers of Central African Republic, males of varying ages report that they predominantly learned subsistence and social behavioural norms from their fathers.50

• The School Nutrition department partners with the Cherokee County Farm Bureau to foster an engaged farm - to - school community with support from a broad range of community members including parents, teachers, administrators, farmers, Cooperative Extension, Master Gardeners, the Upper Etowah River Alliance, local churches and faith - based organizations, the Boy Scouts of America, and more.

More than 500 BME teachers from across the country gathered in Birmingham today (Saturday 3 December) for the NASUWT Annual BME Teachers» Consultation Conference to discuss the challenges facing them and to engage in professional development woteachers from across the country gathered in Birmingham today (Saturday 3 December) for the NASUWT Annual BME Teachers» Consultation Conference to discuss the challenges facing them and to engage in professional development woTeachers» Consultation Conference to discuss the challenges facing them and to engage in professional development workshops.

BASC's Taste of Game and The Food Teachers Centre launched the initiative in June and it has already engaged with more than 200 schools.

In Waterlivet, New York, a teachers describe students as more engaged and building upon skills learned from an approached centered around the Common Core.

Another is that parents of black students are more likely to engage with teachers and lobby to have their children evaluated for giftedness if their teachers are black.

The new methodology is already challenging widely held beliefs by finding that teachers can not be judged solely on the basis of their academic credentials, that classroom size is not always paramount and that students may actually be more engaged if they struggle to complete a classroom assignment.

Effective teachers and schools help students meet real scientists, mathematicians, engineers and technology specialists so they can engage more deeply with people in the outside world who are practitioners of STEM.»

Teachers can help students more safely navigate online spaces by talking about cybersecurity and engaging students in group activities and games that help highlight how easy it can be for private information to be stolen and for passwords to be cracked.

If you haven't been getting more involved in politics lately, AcroYoga teacher Deven Sisler says it's time and explains how the yogic principles of satya and ahimsa compel yogis to engage.

Because children in this age group can be more fully engaged in instructions, the kids yoga teachers training at this stage emphasizes more accurate execution of yoga poses and better explanation of the benefits the kids will experience.

Whilst current trends in teaching allow some of the teachers at the school to explore curriculum topics in new and engaging ways, the more traditional M. Lazhar is horrified to find his class unable to complete dictations and unfamiliar with classic French literature.

Prescott's first misdemeanour is to be caught throwing stones at parishioners, as the film progresses Prescott's actions turn ever more sinister as he engages in disturbing mind - games with his parents along with his French teacher (Martin), and his maid (Moureau).

At KIPP Empower, a blended - learning school in Los Angeles that turned eyes with its 991 API (out of a possible 1000), the school uses blended learning to allow students to work in small groups of no more than 10 students at a time with the teacher so that students have lots of opportunities to engage and interact.

Profit and loss (income statement) and ratio analysis lesson Includes teacher presentation key terms worksheet to support learners complete activities differentiated worksheets - scaffolded and more difficult Very thorough lesson which is engaging, differentiated and ensures all students make excellent progress.

There is also a way for teachers to use instant messaging apps for automating basic lecturing and making it more interesting and engaging.

Almost half of teachers asked confirmed that introverted students were more likely to hold themselves back from taking part, rather than engage with hands - on experimentation, due to lack of equipment.

Teachers who are engaged in service - learning tend to be more positive about the work they do, and we also see a higher level of parental involvement, which is key to academic achievement.»

By putting young people at the heart of PE and school sport, young people, teachers, whole schools, and the wider community will become more engaged and enriched.

Blower said: «I want to wholeheartedly congratulate the schools which chose not to put children and teachers through it and let's encourage very many more, perhaps all, not to engage in the voluntary but unacceptable activity next academic year.

Our teachers need to feel more comfortable with tablets and phones, how to use them to engage pupils and, as such, we need to be able to demonstrate how learning takes place outside of the classroom as well as inside it.

Provided that teachers have the right tools and resources and use developmentally appropriate language and activities, teaching about these concepts can be rich and engaging for children, laying the groundwork for more sophisticated understanding when they move into the tween and teen years.

Teachers all across the country are finding that judiciously chosen videos help students engage more deeply with the subject matter, and recall the information they've learned longer.

More to the point for teachers, guiding your students to visualize as they read is an engaging and enjoyable way to boost comprehension and retention.

In his final chapter, Putnam recommends a variety of well - known school - based reforms, such as moving poor children into better schools, compensatory financing for schools in poor neighborhoods to enable them to attract the best teachers and counselors, more school - based extracurricular activities and social services, and more effort to engage the whole community in the education process.

I believe teachers can use technology to differentiate instruction, connect students outside of the physical classroom, and create more time inside of the classroom to engage students in student - centered activities.»

In an online survey by the Pew Research Center on the impact of digital tools on students» writing, half the teachers who responded said that digital tools made it easier for students to write and that when using digital tools, students were more engaged and motivated to write.

Because after - school practitioners tend to be younger and engage with students in a different context than teachers do, they are more likely to have a mentoring relationship with students.

Teachers and pupils gave it top marks, with 92 per cent of teachers surveyed saying that pupils were more engaged with learning when outdoors and 85 per cent seeing a positive impact on their beTeachers and pupils gave it top marks, with 92 per cent of teachers surveyed saying that pupils were more engaged with learning when outdoors and 85 per cent seeing a positive impact on their beteachers surveyed saying that pupils were more engaged with learning when outdoors and 85 per cent seeing a positive impact on their behaviour.

Also, if I sit in regularly at school meetings and begin to hear, «testing,» assessment,» «teachers,» «accountability,» and «standards» more than I hear «students, «learning,» «relevance,» and «engaging,» I know this distortion has taken hold.

So we need to make their roles more engaging and change their experience of being a science teacher.

In fact, they were more likely to engage in «undesirable behavior,» including losing their temper, lying to and arguing with their parents, and giving teachers a hard time.

«Studies on thousands of students show that learners who are better socially connected to their teachers and classmates are significantly more engaged and achieve better than their less well - connected peers,» notes Hunter Gehlbach, an associate professor of education.

This isn't to say that the medium can not be picked - up by individual teachers, but a creative, supportive environment of colleagues seeking to engage pupils in an outdoor environment is inevitably more productive.

For parents who are interested in engaging more deeply with their kids» teachers and school communities.

There are a multitude of ways that Google Hangouts can make learning more engaging and personalized for students, teachers and administrators.

Accessible learning To support our production of Twelfth Night we delivered training for teachers and over 120 in - school workshops for students which encouraged them to engage with Malvolio, one of Shakespeare's more unlikeable characters, and to explore how he is treated by others in the play.

But when we engage teachers, we're reaching kids many more times throughout the year.»

If students feel that that their opinions and ideas are heard and valued by their peers and teachers, they're much more likely to be engaged with their education.

In fact, having emotionally close relationships with child - care providers as a toddler has been linked with more positive social behavior and more complex play later as a preschooler.3 Kindergartners with close teacher relationships have been shown to be more engaged in classroom activities, have better attitudes about school, and demonstrate better academic performance.4 Thus, teacher - child relationships appear to be an important part of children's social and academic success in school.