Sentences with phrase «observing practices at»

This small change was made to mitigate the effects of suspect data due to poor observing practices at the station.

Not exact matches

While this is straight - forward at an intuitive level, it may be more difficult to observe in practice.

HMEPS relies in part on a whistleblower complaint filed by a JPMorgan employee who observed «questionable accounting and management practices» at the Fund.

Do Christians ever stop and wonder why, the God they worship, requires them to observe some rather silly, seemingly unnecessary, and at times, down right absurd rituals and practices?

It is Kate, practiced in observing Binx at his own detached observation, who most nearly draws him into the world, by recognizing the nature of the «game» Binx is playing in his Kierkegaardian exercises of repetition and rotation.

They fire their weapons at sanctioned firing ranges and observe safe practices required there.

But when the coaches observed McGowan playing catch with the QBs before practice, snagging bullets with a single paw, they realized that with some imagination he might be able to offer the offense something at a different position.

One way, I believe, to address the problem of under - reporting and increase the chances a concussion will be identified early on the sports sideline may be to rely less on athletes themselves to remove themselves from games or practices by reporting concussion symptoms (which the most recent study shows occurs at a shockingly low rate, [9] or on game officials and sideline observers to observe signs of concussion and call for a concussion assessment, but to employ technology to increase the chances that a concussion will be identified by employing impact sensors designed to monitor head impact exposure in terms of the force of hits (both linear and rotational), number, location, and cumulative impact, in real time at all levels of football, and in other helmeted and non-helmeted contact and collision sports, where practical, to help identify high - risk impacts and alert medical personnel on the sideline so they can consider performing a concussion assessment.

What I observed in my reporting at KIPP Infinity was that in practice, the character report card seemed to function more as a conversation piece than like a traditional report card.

Finally, and perhaps most importantly, if parents observe health care professionals placing infants in the side or prone position, they are likely to infer that supine positioning is not important110 and, therefore, might be more likely to copy this practice and use the side or prone position at home.77, 80,111 The AAP recommends that infants be placed on their backs as soon as they are ready to be placed in a bassinet.

I have had three recent opportunities to observe the great man at relatively close quarters — twice at Akure, and once in a meeting in his Lekki Phase 1, Lagos home and on all occasions, the attributes that you observe are always the same - boldness; direct and forthright communication without mincing words; a willingness to challenge and even to confront; and of course his irrepressible energy and vigour, which for a man who has lived a very full and active life in journalism, political party organization, law practice, community affairs, pro-democracy advocacy and agitation, and to the ripe, old age of 90 is truly remarkable.

In practice, this means observing a planet for at least one full orbit around the Sun.

It concluded with a three - day site visit in December, at which a team of appraisers from the ANCC observed nursing practice in action, making certain that day - to - day performance measured up to the standards set by the ANCC.

I've observed in my practice that fewer and fewer people are cooking at home, and families are spending less time together around the dinner table.

That is why at our massage school, nearly 80 percent of class hours are dedicated to our students to practice massaging other students, receiving massage, and observing the teacher demonstrate how to massage.The remaining 20 percent of class hours are spent discussing the theory of Raynor massage and other subjects such as hygiene, professional ethics, contraindications, the theory of hand and foot reflexology and the qualities of different aromatherapy oils, which are covered in the Diploma course.

I try and maintain a very calm yoga practice room: students arrive quietly at the class and observe silence during Yoga.

«People are happier when they're empowered to stretch and meditate and practice yoga at work,» Amber observes.

Despite this, Dr. Matthew Brennecke, a board certified naturopathic doctor practicing at the Rocky Mountain Wellness Clinic in Fort Collins, Colo., has observed oats are still not popular in the American diet.

Observing tapas inspires me to practice yoga for at least 20 minutes every day, even when I don't want to.

At the beginning of a practice, sit and observe your breath to see which nostril — and, hence, which nadi — is dominant.

Monday - Friday: 7.00 - 9.15 am — Meditation & Yoga Practice 9.15 - 11.00 am — Breakfast / optional yoga classes at the studio 11.00am - 1.00 pm — Training Session 1.00 - 2.00 pm — Lunch 2.00 - 4.00 / 4:30 pm — Lecture / Training Session Evening yoga classes to take, assist, or observe ~ as part of the required curriculum

Data Wise stresses examining a wide range of data sources, with a particular emphasis on looking at student work and observing teaching practice.

After they build a theoretical foundation to inform their eventual practice, students observe, reflect, and finally intern at area schools — closing the loop on a program that binds them deeply to their local communities.

Key Elements of Observing Practice (DVD) contains a series of short videos that invite you into classrooms and meeting rooms at the Richard J. Murphy School in Boston, a school that uses data wisely, and comes with a Facilitator's Guide for designing your own process for learning from classroom observation.

Indeed, our review findings would suggest that if professional development is explicitly focused on improving an observed teacher practice instead of being focused explicitly on addressing a pupil need, then it is less likely to be effective at improving outcomes for students.

The goals of all this observing and questioning are clear: As a year of walk - throughs progresses, principals should see more student engagement, students working at higher cognitive levels, and teachers questioning their own practices and making appropriate adjustments.

Identifying causation requires, at a minimum, observing that certain practices or policies tend to be present where there is success and absent where there is failure.

Comparability would enable serious researchers to make fine - grained, practice - based distinctions at the classroom level, enabling the field to observe, define, and disseminate effective practices among various subsets of students.

Haynsworth led a team that observed teaching and learning in the school for a week and then wrote a consensus report that analyzed how well teaching practices at the school, and district practices as a whole, supported learning.

Best practice tells us that a holistic and all - encompassing view of the student is paramount and the pastoral and curriculum aspects of learning should have synergy, we only have to look at the outcomes of the most successful schools to observe this.

From observing conditions there and in other cities, we believe that bargaining and related union activity have not only hampered urban public schools with such things as cumbersome contracts, but have introduced practices into the education system that are counterproductive, fomenting a demoralizing pattern of acrimony between teachers and administrators that is fundamentally at odds with effective education.

Professional practices, rated primarily by the principal observing the teacher at work, would count most heavily.

(iii) At a minimum, for education staff who would benefit the most from intensive coaching, opportunities to be observed and receive feedback and modeling of effective teacher practices directly related to program performance goals;

Researchers David Blazar (Doctoral Candidate at Harvard), Erica Litke (Assistant Professor at University of Delaware), and Johanna Barmore (Doctoral Candidate at Harvard) examined (1) the comparability of teachers» value - added estimates within and across four urban districts and (2), given the extent to which variations observed, how and whether said value - added estimates consistently captured differences in teachers» observed, videotaped, and scored classroom practices.

For example, you might see yourself at the novice level in establishing a learning - focused culture, whereas somebody who regularly observes your practice views your level of expertise as «emerging».

And studies of «best practices» may simply call attention to a smattering of things observed at successful schools, without asking whether the same things might also be going on in less successful schools.

She has also served as a teacher development coach with the Achievement School district, observing and analyzing teachers at work and collaborating with school leadership to create a system of best practices and targeted feedback to further improve teaching skills.

In June, Fellows will convene in Peru to observe classroom instruction at local schools and exchange ideas and best practices with Peruvian teachers and administrators.

Participants engage in the in - depth study of relevant course materials, establish a training classroom, do practice teaching, conduct workshops for teachers and caregivers at their home site, observe in classrooms and provide feedback to staff, meet with agency administrators to inform them of their progress, and keep a training journal to document and reflect on their activities.

The Excellent School Visits Program: in which Teach For America teachers observe PS - 12th grade classes at St. Andrew's and exchange ideas with teachers related to best practices.

When teachers coach teachers, focusing each week on one «bite - sized,» measurable teaching action to observe and sharpen, teacher improvement happens faster than with traditional approaches that try to evaluate and fix all aspects of teacher practice at once.

As well, this particular kind of expertise requires leaders to know about how individual teachers learn to teach more effectively; how to skillfully observe for those elements in the instructional process; and, how to craft feedback to teachers and principals about what is observed that supports their current practice, and at the same time challenges them to improve.

Yet, an underexplored use of video in teacher education is scaffolding preservice teachers» video - based self - observation (self - video) by having them first practice critically observing the classroom videos of other preservice teachers at a similar stage of development, whom we call near peers.

Designed by CEL, and launched by Brian Dassler, the deputy chancellor for educator quality at the Florida Department of Education, the program helps leaders develop skills in observing, analyzing and coaching teachers to improve their practice.

As reported in Table 1, teacher candidates indicated that observing a cooperating teacher demonstrating literacy strategies that were first introduced, demonstrated, and discussed at the postsecondary institutions allowed the teacher candidate to transfer theory to practice and resolve questions.

Additionally, students at Arizona State must prove classroom mastery through a series of performance - based assessments developed by the National Institute for Excellence in Teaching, or NIET.44 During these assessments, a mentor teacher observes and records a teacher candidate; both the mentor teacher and the teacher candidate then use the video and student work to analyze the lesson together.45 The partnership between the university, participating schools, and the nonprofit NIET has created the opportunity to integrate effective teaching practices into practicum and coursework.46

At A + College Ready, we analyze the student data from our schools, interview teachers and administrators, observe classroom instructional practice, etc..

As part of this effort, WKCD documented every day practice in six American high schools that prize student - centered learning.We interviewed teachers, students, and administrators and observed them at work — in classrooms, teams, exhibitions, and the community.

It does appear that the reform effort is helping teachers at one school make changes in their classroom reading instruction according to research - based practices; increased growth in students» reading achievement was observed from Year 1 to Year 2.

At the end of the observation, the observer wrote a summary addressing seven key features of the classroom ecology: (a) the general instructional approach used in the classroom, instructional sequences observed, approaches to word recognition, vocabulary, and comprehension instruction; (b) curriculum materials used; (c) teacher's style of interacting with the children; (d) teacher's grouping practices, and activities of children not with the teacher; (e) student engagement; (f) classroom management; and (g) classroom climate.