Sentences with phrase «of classroom groupings»

There's no separating the role of the brain and the influence of classroom groupings, lunchroom foods, school architecture, mandated curricula, and state assessments.

Not exact matches

The method, which he has tried in classrooms in the U.K., Italy and the U.S., begins by dividing kids into groups of four, and giving each group a computer with Internet access.

«These are things any great teacher would be able to do for a small group of students in a particular classroom,» Baker says, but D2L can do it on a massive scale.

But for all the big talk, Ivey has a lot of walk.MBA graduates, according to the school's owndata, can expect an average starting salaryof over $ 98,000 a year upon graduation.Every class evolves from students tacklingreal - world problems on their own, to doing so in groups, then as an entire class.Outside the classroom, the school offersscores of special projects, internationalinternships and one - of - a-kind programs, like the Ivey Consulting Project, the largestand longest - running Canadian programpairing MBA students with real - world businessesin need of help.

With or without a classroom, directors thirst for content, dialogue and networking, all of which can be found in this group.

Tower 3 is nine stories and includes the executive offices of Raymond James Financial, Associate Financial Services, Corporate Client Services, Classrooms 1 - 6, Distribution Services, Financial Reporting, Investment Banking, Merchant Banking, Private Client Group Services, Public Finance, Raymond James & Associates — Carillon Branch, Raymond James Capital, Raymond James Financial Services, Raymond James International Holdings, Raymond James Tax Credit Funds, and Retail Sales and Management Development.

Growth groups (in and out of the classroom) constitute the most energizing and change - producing aspect of my work.

These groups, which encourage students to grapple with bold truth - claims about the nature of God and the meaning of life, are tapping into a hunger for truth too often ignored in the classroom.

Some of the Haredi population, which has many children and a shortage of classrooms of its own, can not stand to see a new, well - supplied school building go to another group.

On the other hand, well - distributed approval, particularly of the whole group, germinates a positive classroom climate.

His years of teaching in the classroom and making presentations to non-Muslim groups clearly inform the structure and content of his book.

In addition to classroom growth methods, schools should develop a variety of other small groups for students, led by qualified teachers, counselors, and school psychologists.

Growth - group methods can be applied to classroom teaching to increase students» feelings of confidence and competence.

Theological education involves a series of quite physical spaces: classrooms, hallways and worship places, and sites of spirituality groups and committee meetings.

But many, perhaps most, classroom meetings do not include much conversation, nor is there, for the most part, much intimacy and engagement among the several members of the group.

Consider adopting a classroom with your church home group or Sunday school class or for your family Christmas (instead of gifts for each other, give the gift of education).

Battleground: One Mother's Crusade, The Religious Right, and the Struggle for Control of our Classrooms by stephen bates poseidon press, 365 pages, $ 24 The 1983 protest by a group of parents in Hawkins County, Tennessee, against certain stories and themes in the public school reading....

If that is too ambitious, we can at least organize groups of teachers who will develop innovative techniques in their classrooms.

Learning to learn has become the primary focus of my classroom work, and this focus is expressed in such methods as dividing large classes into rotating discussion groups; assigning shorter, more frequent written work that can be rewritten; structuring group oral examination experiences; and stressing the application of what is learned to other disciplines and life situations.

And when I was at school I once came across a group of kids playing strip poker in a classroom.

Occasionally this can be productive of self - awareness — e.g., the dramatic differences noted in the interaction of one group in a church classroom and in a cabin at the beach!

Farms, Group and Chain of Custody Certification Training January 8 - 15, 2018 - Uganda The entire duration of the training is 7 - days and consists of a 4 - day preparatory classroom training and 1 day of on - site audit and 2 days Training for the Chain of Custody Management System.

For a classroom of preschoolers, having interactive group conversations and setting up role - playing scenarios that focus on basic differences and similarities are healthy, productive ways to address false stereotypes, and may even help prevent potential discrimination and bullying, Eusebio says.

The results of a recent randomized trial of CSRP showed that children who spent their prekindergarten year in a CSRP Head Start classroom had, at the end of the school year, substantially higher attention skills, greater impulse control, and better performance on executive - function tasks than did children in a control group.

The Cincinnati Waldorf School's faculty is a diverse, educated group of people dedicated to providing a rich, Waldorf experience in the classroom.

Through my writings (books, scholarly articles, popular articles, and website), my lectures at conferences (for physicians, lactation consultants, health departments, and LLL groups), and my university classroom teaching (I manage to work this material into every class, no matter what the official topic might be), I have been able to pass along the lessons I learned from LLL to thousands of people, who in turn have passed them along.

Purvis presented the BIC concept at end - of - year meetings, explaining to school stakeholders the implementation process, schedule changes, and what each group's role would be; she also took questions, and presented film of another district's breakfast - in - the - classroom program.

The program consists of a 20 - week intensive lecture, film, and experiential series that will utilize a combination of classroom - like discussions, auditory and visual aids, and on - going focus - group interactions, as outlined below.

Family child programs usually offer a mixed age group, with a collection of infants, toddlers and preschoolers, so it's more like a family than a classroom.

One practical way to end this type of behavior in the classroom is to assign seats and assign group projects.

In her current role as senior child nutrition policy analyst, she works with a diverse group of national and state partners to expand the use of the School Breakfast Program among low - income children and increase the number of schools offering breakfast in the classroom free to all students in target states, school districts and schools.

At Wiley, I also volunteered in the classroom and served on several Support Circle groups to help families transitioning out of homelessness.»

I was team mom for little league, cheer mom, pta mom, chaperoned school field trips, volunteered as a classroom helper and parent at their schools (when in public school) attended toddler tumbling and mom classes, was a homeschooling parent for one of my kids with leaning disabilities, I didn't have to scramble to figure out what to do about work or where to take my kids for child care if they were sick, I led and was involved with the church groups with my kids, I spent summers with them doing all kinds of things like traveling, visiting grandparents out of town, amusement park trips, swimming, picnics, and hiking, instead of them being stuck with a sitter every summer.

Waldorf teacher education at Sunbridge Institute includes a deep exploration of child and human development; development of a teacher's contemplative capacities; exploration of pedagogical approaches and skills; studies in the arts; courses that develop abilities for working in a group of colleagues; and practical learning or mentored teaching in the classroom with experienced teachers.

In addition to stimulants, the policy statements recommend the use of behavior therapy, which might include parent training and» 8 - 12 weekly group sessions with a trained therapist» to change the behavior at home and in the classroom for children with ADHD.

Sonja Hill from the Children's Hunger Alliance explained that when the program is fully implemented in the fall students in grades Pre-K to 2 will have direct delivery of breakfast to their classrooms, allowing the students to eat together in the room as a small group while beginning their school day.

The Indian Creek breakfast - in - the - classroom program has become so popular among one group of elementary school teachers, they plan to travel to Chicago to champion the program among their peers.

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.

Fagan and Iglesias16 explored the effects of Head Start fathers» participation in a program that included three components: classroom volunteering, attendance at organized fun activities, and a monthly support group.

Prepare Joint Gifts Instead of everyone giving the classroom teacher or team coach a small gift, pool your resources and put together a group gift.

This easy - to - make Halloween craft would be fun to create with a group of children in a classroom or homeschool.

«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.

Eva S. Moskowitz the founder of the Success Academy group of charter schools, wants permission to double its size by 2016, which could reignite protests over sharing classrooms in crowded districts.

A group of classroom teachers from schools with newly created teacher leadership positions told delegates how educators in the new positions are nurturing collaboration and professional growth among their colleagues.

Jenny Sedlis, executive director of StudentsFirstNY, a group that advocates for the Common Core, among other issues, said in a statement: «Commissioner King has fully demonstrated his commitment to listening to parents across New York State as he goes about the necessary work of bringing rich and rigorous content into the classroom.»

Neither he nor most of the group's major donors would comment on their support, though Mr. Jones said in a statement, «Maintaining the status quo is unacceptable, and that's why StudentsFirstNY and others are fighting for reforms that can give parents more choices, ensure that only the best teachers are in the classroom and make sure that the best interests of the children in the system are put first.»

Group settings, like classrooms, facilitate virus spread,» said Dr. Gale Burstein, Erie County Commissioner of Health.

A federal judge says the legal services group that oversees the welfare of disabled and mentally ill New Yorkers has the right to access the special education classroom and records of a school district where parents complained of abuse.

A group of Suffolk County school district superintendents have sent a letter to state education commissioner John King urging him to address their concerns about over-testing, the fast pace of mandating Common Core standards inside the classroom and issues with new teacher and principal evaluation programs, according to Friday's Newsday cover story.

Maybe this field trip inspired one of our youngsters to become a marine biologist and hopefully inspired the group to be more passionate about science in the classroom,» said Senator Klein.