This week, ASCD has reflected on last weekend's events and has listened to
the needs of educators who work with students every day.
Not exact matches
Amber has a message to all the activists, corporate donors, program designers and
educators who are helping to provide the additional support that the community desperately
needed in the aftermath
of Michael Brown's death.
The
educator who tries to dominate or enjoy his pupils «stifles the growth
of his blessing,» and it is the same with the doctor and the psychotherapist: «As soon as the helper is touched by the desire, in however subtle a form, to dominate or to enjoy his patient, or to treat the latter's wish to be dominated or enjoyed by him as other than a wrong condition
needing to be cured, the danger
of falsification arises, beside which all quackery appears peripheral.»
... the
educator has
need of knowledge
of his own psyche, in order to know and deal with his special tendencies and complexes... «Only the person
who is educated and inwardly he can educate others properly.
The task
of Christian
educators is not to develop an individual's potential (as if the world were not already developing all sorts
of potentials in us), but rather to induct us into the faith community, to give us the skills, insights, words, stories and rituals that we
need to live this faith in a world that neither knows nor follows the One
who is truth.
My mother is an early childhood
educator who has had her share
of experience with at - risk and special
needs children.
Charlotte Mason, a 19th century
educator who has influenced our family's style
of homeschooling considerably, said that education is a science
of relations - a child
needs to be introduced to a wide range
of subjects and allowed to make her own relations with them.
Don says he received overwhelming positive reaction from law enforcement and
educators who told him this was the kind
of parental involvement kids really
needed.
«Sometimes a child
who picks his nose just
needs to do something with his hands,» says Janis Keyser, a parenting
educator and co-author
of the book Becoming the Parent You Want to Be.
Or, consider buddying up with other expectant families
of multiples to schedule a private session with a childbirth
educator who can address your
needs.
The idea seemed so different to what I read and heard everywhere that I
needed to know there were other parent
educators and thinkers out there
who understood the healing nature
of crying.
STEPHANIE GLOVER: Dr. Berlin with your experience as an
educator and labor doula what would you say to the mom
who hopes for a virginal birth
of a breech baby, what steps does she
need to take to make that a likely option?
It should be read by every medical student, every midwife, every childbirth
educator, every sociologist
of childbirth, every researcher, every woman
who is picking her way through the minefield
of decisions that
need to be made about obstetric care.
oh and I'm a highly qualified
educator with experience
of health and education from birth to adult including special
needs, with 17 years full time experience, now at home on maternity leave and thinking
of giving up my very well paid and highly skilled job to raise my 9 month old twins
who are already starting to walk.
«At the moment, New York
needs a caring pragmatist willing to address real concerns raised by caring parents and
educators who see a system being manipulated from above to the detriment
of their children,» he said.
State Senator Adriano Espaillat meets with a group
of educators who share the challenges they face and the resources they
need.
«At some point in time, you
need to get outside
of the silver realm
of just the experts, the people
who spend all day, every day doing this and hear what parents think, what teachers think, what other
educators who aren't in the process think.»
«Parents may also want to seek the advice
of an occupational therapist
who specializes in driving or a driving
educator who has training in working with individuals with special
needs.»
Half
of all people
who suffer mental illness experience the onset
of symptoms by the age
of 14 and so
educators need not only to know about mental health in children but to be able to respond compassionately to this growing problem.
The Zaentz Academy marks a large and important departure from traditional strategies that under - attend to the professional - learning
needs of early
educators and early education leaders, and in this sense, we think that the ripple effects
of the gift will be most immediately and profoundly experienced by children via the changed practices and decisions
of the adults
who participate in the academy's work.
When a team
of teachers operates effectively, there is one group leader and usually five to six committed
educators who are all working together to meet student
needs.
«With LEGO Education's long tradition
of using the LEGO brick as a strong hands - on learning tool to increase engagement and Pearson's renowned credibility and strong foothold in the education market, we know this solution will help
educators with students
who need extra support.»
«It's important for
educators to know what we
need, and it's good for us to have a better idea
of their challenges,» said Tikoian
of Sovereign Bank,
who shadowed Margaret Tincknell, principal
of Bernon Heights Elementary School in Woonsocket.
The spa weekend, massage series or extended yoga pass can sooth the dedicated but stressed - out
educator who needs some «me time» after a year
of «Oh me me me!
We
need gentle pressure, relentlessly pursued toward transparent and defensible targets, esteeming the expertise
of educators who make these difference, while building a profession based on this expertise... an education implementation model that is shared between schools and not resident in only a few.»
In a system where those at the top often have no teaching experience, I am convinced
of the
need for
educators who are highly effective as both leaders and teachers.
Some schools shunt students into the juvenile justice system in order to escape their duty to educate them - students
who could benefit from staying in school if only the
educators held a positive view
of their potential and had the ability to address their cognitive, developmental, emotional, and behavioral
needs.
(Winter 2017) makes the case that
educators are essentially consumers
of open education resources (OER)
who lack the time, skill, and support to handle the «administrivia» required to be serious developers
of content and pedagogy that can meet the
needs of their students.
As an
educator is reminds me
of why I
need to take the time to engage with each child as an individual, as well as why I love to work with children
who walk to the beat
of a different drum.
The
need for audiovisual aids to support e-learning, mobile learning, distance and blended learning have reformed the role
of educators,
who are now becoming producers to enrich their teaching with mediums like podcasts, videos, animations, interactive presentations..
He's spent years studying great
educators, creating a taxonomy
of techniques they use to manage common challenges (like defiant kids or tired kids or kids
who need a lot
of time to learn something that other kids learn quickly).
As
educators, we work to figure out
who understands the teaching point
of a lesson,
who has mastered a new concept,
who needs extra help.
This entire year I have learned so much about the increase
of punitive punishment for mostly students
of color, the statistics that show 80 percent
of students are taught by white
educators while their classes are filled with students
who have entirely different identities, fact - based knowledge about the brain, trauma, and so many other components
of the educational system that
need to be unpacked.
The No Child Left Behind Act imposes the wrong kind
of testing on schools,
educators need better systems to interpret the test data they get, and the federal government should help pay for the mandates it imposes, according to several advocates
who last week addressed a private panel studying the education law and how to improve it.
Philadelphia — Asserting that «these kids can't wait,» the federal judge
who presided over a special - education case that influenced the development
of the federal handicapped - students law charged last week that
educators are failing to provide severely handicapped students with the one thing they most
need: specially trained teachers.
Florida's school - to - work system, as envisioned by The School - to - Work Opportunities Act
of 1994, was intended to be implemented locally by
educators and industry partners
who were aware
of the
needs and limitations
of their own areas.
As both a former schoolteacher and a parent
of two children
who went through public schools, I am convinced that we
need more effective ways to hold
educators accountable, and I believe that testing has to be a part
of an effective accountability program.
They decided to send out a pilot survey to school administrators in New England —
educators who were extremely busy, not often rooted at their desks, and in
need of information quickly.
But we
need to write about the schools, the programs, the
educators here as well,
who are doing exemplary things in the sense
of trying to make sure they're infusing their curriculum with these international and global ideas.
Yes, the majority
of our nation's teachers are passionate, professional
educators who work daily to find the effective pedagogical formula
needed to increase student achievement.
«I think that this [charter] model is the only model that can be principled and serve the
needs of kids,» says Tony Monfiletto, a progressive
educator who cofounded the Amy Biehl Charter High School in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
An educational support team (EST) comprised
of counselors, the school nurse,
educators and administrators meets every other week in seventh and eighth grade teams to share information about students
who may
need some additional help or support.
Middle school
educators who watch Before may get a better idea
of what
needs to be done to meet the social and emotional
needs of entering students.
In order to keep all students motivated, especially those
who struggle or have been disengaged from school,
educators need to ensure that engagement is built into the very DNA
of the course design.
Self - regulatory skills are
needed by everyone
who works with young children, and early childhood
educators have stressful jobs under the best
of conditions.
For example, staff provided Louisiana's Distinguished
Educators,
who support leaders at schools in
need of improvement, with training on the Concerns - Based Adoption Model.
Driven by a deep commitment to equity, DK recognizes the pressing
need to recruit and retain
educators who share the rich and diverse backgrounds
of the students in Denver Public Schools (DPS).
«We are pleased that these regulations incorporate the feedback
of states,
educators, and advocates
who have emphasized the
need for teachers
who are ready for the classroom on day one.»
From this work three particular aspects
of Gardner's thinking
need noting here as they allow for hope, and an alternative way
of thinking, for those
educators who feel out
of step with the current, dominant product orientation to curriculum and educational policy.
Putting her in charge
of the Department
of Education really is an insult to all
of the many teachers and
educators and principals and so many Americans
who have come through our public schools,
who have had a chance in this economy to make it in their lives in part due to this commitment
of America to public schools, which we
need to invest in more versus the sort
of alternatives that Betsy DeVos has pushed, including charter schools that have sucked billions out
of our public education system and that have resulted in hundreds
of millions
of dollars
of fraud.