Sentences with phrase «new programs in the classroom»

These efforts have included everything from new programs in the classroom, to special assemblies, to supporting specialists, to additional professional development for our staff.

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Educators have opened classroom doors to new learning possibilities via a program that connects industry with students in a competition to create their own technology startup.

«We all enter the program with busy careers and social lives, and then we inject 20 to 30 hours of homework and 16 hours of classroom time... and the only way we can accommodate the new demands is by making sacrifices in droves.»

TCSG's Georgia Quick Start is the No. 1 workforce training program in the country, providing free customized workforce training in classrooms, mobile labs or directly on the plant floor to qualified Georgia businesses in a wide range of new and expanding industries.

Starbucks will also work with Teamwork Englewood, a non-profit that brings community services together, to provide a multi-week job skills training program for local youth — based on Starbucks own world - class customer service training curriculum for new hires — in a specially - designed classroom space located within the store.

In addition to creating new local jobs, Starbucks will work with nonprofit partners like the Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis to provide a robust, multi-week job skills training program for local youth, using a specially - designed classroom space within the store.

With the generous support of the Walmart Foundation, the newest phase of Partners for Breakfast in the Classroom shifts our focus from direct implementation in individual schools to a state - level expansion; this expansion will allow us to work in partnership with local organizations to provide district - and school - level technical assistance and support for start - up breakfast - in - the - classroom programs.

If breakfast - in - the - classroom is your passion program, the education session lineup at ANC is packed with great options to help you implement a new program, or grow an existing one.

Polk County Public Schools have lot of great programming, including breakfast - in - the - classroom (Polk County received Partners for Breakfast in the Classroom grant back in SY 2012 - 13) and a «What's That Wednesday» program where students learn about new foods; additionally, Polk has implemented CEP at 109 sites which has had a positive impact on participation.

Read Part 2 of our interview with Lori, where we discuss the new meal patterns, breakfast - in - the - classroom resources, and what's next for her BIC program.

Milking a goat is not the usual classroom activity for the kids in Title XX Day Care, but a new program takes the students to the goats as part of an after - school nutrition education program at Lincoln Park «s Farm in the Zoo.

Many are already working in Waldorf classrooms (a requirement for our practioner - based Early Childhood program), while some are brand - new to teaching (or to Waldorf teaching).

The Partners for Breakfast in the Classroom (PBIC) work together to expand universal in classroom breakfast programs and also provide grants to school districts in 10 new states: Ohio, Oklahoma, Missouri, Utah, Texas, Idaho, Mississippi, Louisiana, North Carolina, and Nebraska.

During #NSBW18 we stopped by Chieftain Elementary in the Logan - Hocking School District to celebrate their new, grant - funded breakfast - in - the - classroom program.

What I liked best about this format for presenting information was the «360 degree» perspective it offered: Casey gave the issue a framework, with useful advice on how to persuade principals and administrators to implement in - classroom breakfast programs; Nora followed, sharing her personal story with using free / reduced programs when her children were young, and stressing the importance of taking care of «the whole child»; Rosario charmed the crowd with her experiences implementing in - classroom breakfast in her district, sharing a story about how excited her kids got about breakfast after a power outage — not how excited they were about the return of electricity, but about getting breakfast; Barry inspired the group by explaining how he took his successes as a school food director as a springboard to a new career as a consultant, replicating and spreading that success in other classrooms.

Our 2013 - 14 «Webinar Wednesdays» series has begun, and our new topic will be presented on Wednesday, October 16, 2013; join us for «Sustainable Breakfast - in - the - Classroom Programs Start with Effective Assessments» at 2:00 p.m. EST for a 75 minute webinar that will help you understand the assessment process, which provides the framework for the development of a district breakfast - in - the - classroom (BIC) action plan.

New programs put aspiring teachers in classrooms from the start in effort to improve training, reduce turnover and help districts overcome shortages in qualified faculty.

The deans of education programs at 18 State University of New York schools are condemning a proposal they say would lead to unqualified teachers in New York classrooms.

«Today we are breathing new life into the Beacon program in 67 high - need communities to boost student's learning outside the classroom, build healthier neighborhoods, and connect youth and adults to learning opportunities ranging from career preparation and civic engagement to tutoring and tenant advocacy.»

The program has been controversial in New York, where parents and teachers have confronted the state's Education Commissioner, John King, in public meetings, saying the children are stressed from all of the new tests being administered as part of the transition, and that too much time is being taken away from classroom learniNew York, where parents and teachers have confronted the state's Education Commissioner, John King, in public meetings, saying the children are stressed from all of the new tests being administered as part of the transition, and that too much time is being taken away from classroom learninew tests being administered as part of the transition, and that too much time is being taken away from classroom learning.

On topic question topics included the mayor's proposed $ 20 million allocation for arts programs and whether this is all new spending, whether it's typical for elementary schools to have arts teachers, the mayor's proposed $ 4.4 billion capital spending to address classroom overcrowding, how many new classroom seats that spending would produce and where they would be located, whether all trailers used by schools would be eliminated, the definition of «problematic behavior» used in dealing with the Absent Teacher Reserve, what the state funding to be used for middle school after school programs would have otherwise been used for and DoE support for schools that will participate in the program providing increased school autonomy.

Some of the excellent new teachers the nation needs, Vasquez noted at a Washington, D.C., briefing, could be postdocs attracted into the classroom partially by a desire to pass on the excitement of science but also by new programs that could provide incentives such as higher pay and opportunities for continued participation in research.

A new study in the journal Early Childhood Research Quarterly finds that kindergartners and first graders with high maintenance temperaments showed less disruptive behavior and more active engagement and on - task behavior in the classroom, thanks to a program that helps teachers, parents, and students recognize and adapt to individual differences.

The new program, called Math Forward, draws upon the work of Deborah Ball, dean of the School of Education at the University of Michigan, who believes that effective math teachers have an understanding of their subject that goes beyond what they have learned in course work and what they are required to teach in the classroom.

Also expressing satisfaction with the cross-fertilization of the various communities represented at the Noyce Summit, Shirley Malcom, director for AAAS Education and Human Resources Programs, said it is possible to experiment with new classroom methods and then to «backfill» according to what the research bears out in order to bolster and improve preservice education of STEM teachers, and STEM education itself, as quickly as possible.

New teachers deal with a multitude of challenges during their first year in the classroom, which is why many school districts develop mentoring programs to ease that transition.

In the 500 - hour program modules, you will have an opportunity to take your practice and understanding of the yoga teachings to a new, experiential level enabling you to teach from a place of deep «knowing» instead of classroom memorizing.

This immersive «virtual field trip» is part of an exciting new in - classroom humane education program called «Meet the Animals: A -LSB-...]

A new, in - depth report takes a look at how states spend education money and finds that the most cost - effective ways of increasing student achievement are by reducing pupil - teacher ratios, providing more prekindergarten programs, and providing teachers with discretionary classroom resources — not by raising teacher pay.

«Students are showing a new love for education in the classroom as a result of the new program.

As part of a series of professional learning programs for classroom observers delivered to just over 200 principals and senior supervisors in secondary schools in New South Wales during 2015 and 2016, we asked participants how many of them had observed a class in the last 12 months.

In preparation for the program, the district hired about 800 new teachers, installed room dividers in hundreds of classrooms, and devised a new curriculum that focuses only on basic skillIn preparation for the program, the district hired about 800 new teachers, installed room dividers in hundreds of classrooms, and devised a new curriculum that focuses only on basic skillin hundreds of classrooms, and devised a new curriculum that focuses only on basic skills.

«As a former Peace Corps volunteer in the Philippines, New York City teacher, licensed sea captain, and head educator of an ocean classroom prior to coming to HGSE, Timothy O'Brien is a «stealthy leader» who truly embodies the values, energy, and breadth of the Learning and Teaching (L&T) Program through his focus on student work and professional development of teachers,» says Lecturer Sally Schwager, Learning and Teaching program diProgram through his focus on student work and professional development of teachers,» says Lecturer Sally Schwager, Learning and Teaching program diprogram director.

Harrowgate's solution was to initiate the Parent Partners Program that awards points to guardians for participating in different school events: parent - teacher conferences, PTA meetings, classroom service, any of the 40 yearly workshops, etc. «Parents responded to these new opportunities, making high parent involvement an embedded part of our culture,» writes Linda Wood, Harrowgate Elementary School Principal, in NAESP's Best from the Best.

The Harvard Teacher Fellows program will be an innovative and important contribution to strengthening K — 12 education by giving new teachers the tools to succeed in the classroom and offering children throughout the country the transformative benefits of high - quality instruction.»

In a new article for Education Next, Susan Payne Carter of the United States Military Academy, Major Kyle Greenberg of the Army's Human Resources Command, and Major Michael S. Walker of the Office of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation within the Office of the Secretary of Defense report that allowing computer use in the classroom, even with strict limitations, significantly reduces students» average final - exam performancIn a new article for Education Next, Susan Payne Carter of the United States Military Academy, Major Kyle Greenberg of the Army's Human Resources Command, and Major Michael S. Walker of the Office of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation within the Office of the Secretary of Defense report that allowing computer use in the classroom, even with strict limitations, significantly reduces students» average final - exam performancin the classroom, even with strict limitations, significantly reduces students» average final - exam performance.

The New York City - based foundation said it hopes its new «students at the center» grant program will help train teachers to abandon traditional 40 - minute lectures for more - active approaches in the classroom, such as problem - solving, critical thinking, and hands - on learniNew York City - based foundation said it hopes its new «students at the center» grant program will help train teachers to abandon traditional 40 - minute lectures for more - active approaches in the classroom, such as problem - solving, critical thinking, and hands - on learninew «students at the center» grant program will help train teachers to abandon traditional 40 - minute lectures for more - active approaches in the classroom, such as problem - solving, critical thinking, and hands - on learning.

There are some programs that can offer side - by - side comparisons of how low - income students fare under this new model versus in traditional college classrooms.

Aside from grumblings from the New York City teachers required to work under her system, there has been remarkably little open debate about the basic premises behind Calkins's approach, or even feedback on how the programs are faring in the classroom.

Universities can also help by strengthening their programs in math and science teaching so that more students will consider teaching as a career, and so that our newest teachers will be better prepared than ever for the classrooms of the 21st century.

Wood, who began his career as a social studies and history teacher in South Carolina, says he didn't really understand the impact of policy on what he did in the classroom until U.S. Secretary of Education Richard Riley invited him to Washington in 1993 to write the guidelines and serve as chief reviewer for the department's new Technology Innovation Challenge Grants program.

And this fall, the Unusual Suspects will begin a new program at Orange County's Camp Glenn Rockey juvenile facility, where they'll collaborate with teachers there by spending time in the classroom during the school day.

Yet observations I have conducted in more than 300 classrooms in California, Minnesota, New York City, and Massachusetts over the past 15 years indicate that local school systems have commonly used bilingual education as a generic term referring to all three types of language - instruction programs.

The Programs in Professional Education (PPE) institute, The Leading Edge of Early Childhood Education, is structured to highlight the best of what we currently know about healthy child development and high - quality systems, schools and classrooms of early learning, while also bringing in new thinking from other fields to provide insights that bear on the design of preK improvement and expansion.

Then ~ the winds of change took me ~ like Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz and Toto ~ transplanting my classroom into a new educational program... I was now a middle school teacher.

Randomly allocating students or multiple classrooms or multiple schools to the new reading program and to control conditions or to an alternative program eliminates the possibility that the two groups will differ in a systematic way and thus compromise the results.

As we study and consider teacher programs in light of the challenges in the classroom, perhaps we could expand our perspective and focus on what might help new teachers remain emotionally and mentally strong for their students.

Evaluations of the impact of the Resolving Conflict Creatively Program (RCCP) in four multiracial, multiethnic school districts in New York City showed that 84 percent of teachers who responded to a survey reported positive changes in classroom climate, 71 percent reported moderate or significant decreases in physical violence in the classroom, and 66 percent observed less name - calling and few verbal insults.

As a result, it has been difficult for observers to determine which factor or group of factors was most responsible for these gains: a revised and strengthened licensing system; revised or new licensure tests; the use of first - rate standards in most classrooms, in annual state student tests, and in the professional development programs all teachers took for license renewal; and / or the major changes in K - 12 governance and finance introduced by the Massachusetts Education Reform Act of 1993.

This year's new cohort consists of principals, researchers at major educational research organizations and centers, teachers who have been highly effective in the classrooms, an executive director for a region of Teach for America, policymakers from ministries of education, a founder of a volunteer organization working on programs for homeless youths, an education fellow on the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, leaders of professional development programs for teachers, a director of development for a private school, and individuals who bring years of experience in the corporate sector and are now turning their energies to the education sector.