Sentences with phrase «of classroom challenges»

Via online video, teachers can engage with real - life «case studies» of classroom challenges and participate in an interactive online community of professionals.

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Our instruction uses applied learning methods and multiple learning styles to challenge you to achieve your best in and out of the classroom.

Most concerning, class sizes are growing and classrooms host an increasing number of students with learning challenges or other special needs — with too few staff and resources made available to support them.

[Woodman 1991,113] Nonetheless, it is also clear that the Catholic English teacher needs to challenge the dominance of the nineteenth century realist novel in the classroom if he is to remain true to his Catholic principles.

According to Turnaround's research, many of the behavior - management challenges that educators in high - poverty schools face are due to the combustible combination, in the classroom, of two cohorts of students.

When poor children grow up in an environment marked by stable, responsive parenting; by schools that make them feel a sense of belonging and purpose; and by classroom teachers who challenge and support them, they thrive, and their opportunities for a successful life increase exponentially.

Based on over 10 years of work in the field and over 20 case studies from Challenge Success schools, Overloaded and Underprepared serves as a guide for change, offering practical solutions that can be implemented in a single classroom or on a school - wide scale.

For many teachers at M.S. 45, the Turnaround coaches told me, embracing this part of the Turnaround model was much more challenging than adopting the new classroom - management strategies.

Overall, it can indeed be challenging and disheartening for a parent to have a child who does not easily or happily leave each day for school because of their sensitivity or adaptability to a formal classroom setting; you'll feel better if you and your child's teacher can work together as a team.

There is excitement and anxiety in equal measure for our children (and ourselves) as they set out, once again, to meet the challenges of the classroom, the lunchroom, the playground and the playing field.

Challenge Success also makes the case that project - based learning can be an antidote to the high - stakes, high - stress environment of some more traditional classrooms.

Common barriers to implementing breakfast in the classroom include a lack of understanding about the program among stakeholders, as well as funding and equipment challenges.

Moving breakfast to the classroom means a lot of adjustments for school nutrition staff, but Spellman says her team was ready for the challenge.

Each session specifically addressed how to overcome challenges when implementing farm - to - school programming in K - 12 settings, but many of the strategies are applicable regardless of the type of program you may wish to introduce to your school nutrition program — summer feeding, breakfast - in - the - classroom, or afterschool feeding, for example.

A project designed to assist early care and education programs in meeting the social and emotional needs of children who exhibit challenging behaviors in the classroom.

So developing lesson plans and activities that incorporate the different learning styles and skill levels of all students can be a challenge in a traditional classroom environment.

There's something about the classroom environment that certain teachers are creating that makes students feel more of a sense of belonging and motivation and the desire to take on challenges.

Due to this nature of peanut / nut products, it can be more challenging for staff as well as other children to prevent the contamination of common surfaces in the classrooms, cafeteria, bathrooms, keyboards, etc..

Much is covered in this book, and I was most interested in how it explains working through the challenges of incorporating Reggio practice into American classrooms and the art of documentation for advancing child learning.

In partnership with the CPS Office of Social Science & Civic Engagement, the EPIC Challenge is designed to be implemented by science or social studies teachers as a classroom - integrated service learning project.

As a teacher, I have the ability to create a classroom environment of belonging and intellectual challenge.

The logistics are challenging; we have six different buildings — it's kind of a community college design — with 84 homerooms, and some classes are upstairs, which makes delivering to the classroom difficult.

Whether it be a parent talking about feeling helpless, or a teacher discussing the difficulties involved in the classroom or a therapist describing the treatment plan, we hope to provide an insight into the world of Selective Mutism and its challenges for all those involved.

«The NUTs Breaking the Mould project, in which the National Union of Teachers has worked with a small group of primary schools to consider how «traditional» gender stereotypes could be challenged in the classroom through reading materials, is a really useful resource.

At 8:30 a.m., Assemblywoman Maritza Davila, NYC Councilman Antonio Reynoso, parents and advocates challenge the NYC Department of Education for giving public school classroom space to charter schools, School Building K111, 35 Starr St., Brooklyn.

They need to experience democracy as an ethos and way of life today - in their homes, classrooms and communities - if they are to meet tomorrow's challenges.

We often report on the struggles of Common Core Learning Standards in the classroom, but in this Focus on Education report WBFO»S Eileen Buckley takes us inside JFK Middle School in Cheektowaga to hear about how educators and students are embracing it successfully and how future teachers are gearing up for the challenge.

«Take Your Class on a Wild Ride» is the theme of the classroom Winter Reading Challenge, and the Adult theme is «Escape on an All - Expenses - Paid Expedition.»

«One of the concerns that I hear from teachers is the challenges of utilizing the modules when they're teaching in the classroom.»

Following a visit to classrooms at PS 209 in Whitestone, Queens, UFT President Michael Mulgrew met with new District 25 chapter leaders on Sept. 20 in a discussion of their responsibilities in a time of challenges to public education.

John Concannon, a retired police captain who has unsuccessfully challenged City Councilman Mark Weprin (D - Oakland Gardens) and state Sen. Tony Avella (D - Bayside), said Cuomo had not pushed to get enough educators with classroom experience on the state Board of Regents or otherwise placed them at the helm of Common Core implementation.

According to Jo Ellen Roseman, director of Project 2061 and the principal investigator for the new curriculum project, textbooks rarely take advantage of the opportunities to help students make connections across physical and life sciences, nor do they provide experiences to challenge the misconceptions that many students bring to the classroom.

«We conclude by challenging the student deficit model, and suggest a course deficit model as explanatory of these performance gaps, whereby the microclimate of the classroom can either raise or lower barriers to success for underrepresented groups in STEM.»

The real challenge, then, is working with a classroom of students with diverse backgrounds, strengths, and weaknesses.

It seems tenure also brings challenges outside of the classroom.

Negative comments highlighted some of the challenges of a flipped classroom, particularly loss of real - time interaction with lecturers and the perception of the model as a cost - cutting maneuver.

Proponents of ability and acceleration point to benefits for children who are under - challenged in their grade - level classroom.

Beyond classrooms, «we give scientists very challenging roles, where they can contribute to the fullest extent of their abilities,» adds Grossman.

They add that veterans feel separate from the rest of the student body because of their extended gap between high school and college, older average age, and deployment experiences, thus creating additional challenges for them to integrate with the rest of the classroom.

«There has been a widespread pattern of discrimination against educators who would challenge evolution in the classroom,» Casey Luskin, a policy analyst for the pro-intelligent design Discovery Institute, in Seattle, Washington, told ScienceInsider.

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.

«Our biggest problem is finding time to do lab - based science,» says Richard Aguilera, a former principal who four years ago decided to return to the classroom, «and our large ethnic population [the Hmong of Southeast Asia] poses a special challenge.

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.

Between the challenges of school, OT and other therapies and busy home lives, the yoga classroom may very well be the only place a child with a disability is really able to relax during the week.

My roommate and one of my best friends Melanie (who you guys virtually met a week or so ago) is a first grade teacher and has the unique challenge of finding something stylish but also classroom friendly everyday.

Transitioning from the classroom to a corporate office was a bigger change than I had expected, and with that change came the challenge of curating office - appropriate looks for a business environment.

Australia About Blog The aim of the student blogging challenge is to connect student bloggers with a global audience while supporting teachers with their classroom blogging.

They identify five «essential [teaching] acts» that can be analyzed and taught: listening with care; motivating the student; modeling caring by hearing and responding to the pain of others, and by creating a sense of security in their classrooms; evaluating by clarifying, coaching, advising, and deciding on an appropriate challenge for this boy or that girl; and reflecting and renewing.

Thus, although both groups may post lower rates of school readiness, Hispanic children from Spanish - speaking homes face the additional challenge of learning the language of the classroom, making them especially vulnerable to poor academic outcomes.

It appears that education policies related to both compensation and working conditions must evolve further if school systems are to address the challenge of staffing math and science classrooms with teachers of strong academic caliber.