Sentences with phrase «new kind of teacher»

By preparing a new kind of teacher inside the classroom — providing the practical learning, the hands - on experience and the support network they need to be effective right away — NCTR and its teacher residency program partners are building a real movement for education reform from the ground up.

Relay was founded by a group of innovative practitioners who had a bold vision for a new kind of teacher preparation, grounded in their day - to - day experiences in the classroom.

The Chicago teachers» strike of 2012 will be looked back on as a turning point in a new kind of teacher unionism, something that rank - and - file union activists have been advocating for years.

This means attracting new kinds of teachers.

Not exact matches

There were others who had to be refuted as false teachers for saying that the resurrection had already taken place.21 The New Testament Apocalypse represented still another kind of development, though one more in keeping with the earlier Jewish eschatology.

Your child is grappling with independence and new kinds of demands from you, her peers, and her teachers, so let her make choices when possible.

State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia's appearance at the rally sent education groups into a tizzy, with New York's largest teachers» union panning the move and charter advocates cheering the first - of - its - kind appearance.

Ravitch has a piece in The New York Review of Books this month arguing against this kind of reliance on teacher evaluations.

While the response from the gun lobby has been remarkably similar — blaming the massacre on mental - health issues, advocating for policemen or armed teachers in schools as well as the need for «good guys with guns» — they have a new kind of adversary.

The agency is responsible for giving away $ 76 million in cash and making sure Columbia delivers $ 30 million for construction of a new K - 8 school in conjunction with Teachers College, $ 20 million for an affordable housing fund and $ 20 million in in - kind benefits.

State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia's appearance at a charter school rally sent education groups into a tizzy Tuesday, with New York's largest teachers» union panning the move and charter advocates cheering the first - of - its - kind appearance.

Also noticeably missing was any in - kind support from the regional office of New York State United Teachers, which lead the way in filing petition challenges.

Providing training for early childhood education teachers, embedding direct instruction and practice of targeted skills into daily practice and engaging families in these efforts help to boost the success of these kinds of interventions, Oregon State University researchers suggest in a new paper.

If you're new to meditation, and don't have access to a class or a teacher, and you're looking to learn some of the basics of a guided practice like loving - kindess, an app like Guided Meditation VR (as a kind of jacked - up audio program) would help.

NEW YORK, United States — Oroboro, a purveyor of art - teacher chic in Williamsburg, Brooklyn — the unofficial capital of said chic — is the kind of boutique that sells loose - fitting linen garments in earth tone shades and knits in makeup hues from the likes of Black Crane, Electric Feathers and Lauren Manoogian.

I am new to this and have never been with a woman before, so i am kind of looking for a teacher;) I am looking for an arrangement with someone i can connect...

For teachers who are new to PBL, or who don't have time to develop standards - based projects from scratch, this kind of resource «can lead to high - quality work,» he says.

The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages has all kinds of tools on its Web site at www.actfl.org, including a new networking hub that allows foreign language teachers to connect with each other via discussion groups and blogs.

For teachers to develop the kinds of professional learning communities that have gained currency with education researchers, they need to interact with each other in new and often uncomfortable ways.

Almost one in two female teachers in Australian schools have experienced some kind of barrier or discrimination throughout their careers, according to a new survey administered by the National Excellence in School Leadership Initiative (NESLI).

What kind of professional development is needed to train teachers for new goals?

Almost one in two women teachers in Australian schools have experienced some kind of barrier or discrimination throughout their careers, according to a new survey administered by the National Excellence in School Leadership Initiative.

And there is a side benefit: Teachers can share these videos with colleagues, opening the door to a new kind of collaboration and a different model of professional development.

In a first of its kind new global study of urban refugee education, researchers at Teachers College, Columbia University have revealed a gap between policy and practice.

Then in May 2004, the New York City Department of Education signed a five - year contract with All Kinds of Minds worth about $ 12.5 million to train 20,000 city teachers.

Twenty years ago, Melanie Barron, then a young teacher of junior - high - school science in New York City, first encountered the kind of crisis in a pupil's life that her training as an educator had not prepared her for.

I study a specific kind of new technology — computer aided instruction (CAI)-- which is software designed to provide one - on - one tutoring to students, with the computer acting in the role of the teacher.

Test makers have an obligation to signal to the field the kind of instructional choices they want teachers to make — an obligation New York's test makers, in rushing ahead rather than waiting for PARCC, appears not to have considered.

Educational content and methods courses for teachers generally predate the highly engaged, interactive, and individualized classrooms now desired and the ways new technologies can be enlisted to support this kind of learning.

According to David Wise, the history teacher who witnessed the project's development over two decades, «The page of cloth emerged as a 1980s teen - age social statement, a new kind of book, a different page of history.»

This is precisely the kind of explicit, helpful advice — do this, not that — that new teachers need, especially those assigned to sometimes rough - and - tumble urban schools.

Teachers and curricula in Chicago, Detroit, and Cleveland in effect assumed the new immigrant children were capable of becoming good Americans and provided them with the kind of education that would make them so.

We need to get some of our best, most - capable people together with outstanding teachers and work together on developing new kinds of testing.

Um, and when I saw those words, you know, I kind of remembered that student, but I also saw something worth sharing and so I took a picture of it, I uploaded it to my new Twitter account, and I really just hoped that other teachers would ask the same question to their students and, much to my surprise, they did, and it ended up, you know, going viral and, you know, like TV cameras all of a sudden came to the school and there was a lot of attention on it, and it really amplified my students» voices.

This is the kind of excitement that children have shared with teachers after participating in the New Zealand school - wide Twitter chat called Kidsedchatnz.

Beyond the Bubble features new kinds of history assessments that allow teachers to gauge whether students have mastered key historical thinking skills.

EW: What does good record keeping have to do with good teaching, and what kinds of records should a new teacher keep?

Twenty - five American school districts, including New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, and Detroit, possess the size — more than 100,000 students each — and the resources to build the kinds of organizations that might effectively support the schools, by recruiting and training high - caliber teachers, developing a demanding curriculum, and building an assessment system that accurately tracks student progress.

The New Teacher Project (TNTP) recently looked at professional development in large school districts and a charter school network and concluded that «We found no evidence that any particular kind or amount of professional development consistently helps teachers improve.»

A new voluntary national test of fourth grade reading would stimulate change» [b] y showing parents and teachers where individual students stand in relation to rigorous national standards and by demonstrating the kind of work that will be essential for success in the next century.

Yes, other kinds of development like training may be useful supplements, especially when a teacher is new to a role.

So, in curriculum implementation efforts, too often new materials are acquired because they are «shown to be effective,» but teachers get insufficient support in terms of what kind of knowledge and skills they need to use those materials effectively.

There is a new contract, a new evaluation system, new principals, a much better rubric for principals to guide teachers in the classroom — the kinds of internal things that change the way schools are run.

By my best estimate, under 10 percent of New York City's teachers participated in any kind of protest or public action over last year's threatened teacher layoffs.

The International Summit on the Teaching Profession, an annual event that began in New York in 2011, is one example of this kind of global exchange that brings together governments and teacher unions for a dialogue.

The survey is the first of its kind to ask for teacher attitudes and preparedness about college and career readiness for their students, which is part of the goals of the new Common Core State Standards.

It got me thinking about the kinds of things new teachers should consider and ideas that even veteran teachers should revisit once in a while.

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Given our country's need to hire 300,000 new teachers each year, we can't afford this kind of narrowing of the teaching talent pipeline.

need to hire 300,000 new teachers each year, we can't afford this kind of narrowing of the teaching talent pipeline.