Sentences with phrase «of opening their classroom»

Finally, we made an effort to discuss the status of our Open Classrooms at each monthly professional development committee meeting so that we could share the wonderful things we were seeing.

So, we're trying to model for our students — if they get out of this open classrooms, what does team teaching really look like?

Overarching all of that, you do go back to the basic principle of the open classroom movement which is actually that kids have to be allowed to find the people they need to work with to solve particular problems, they need to be able to work with people they need to work, they need to be given facilities to be able to move off and to do things when they feel like they need them.

Teachers resisted the idea of opening their classroom to others.

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That opens up a world of opportunity for entrepreneurs with ideas for how to make the classroom experience better.

When classrooms are not one pace, when it's all not lectured - based, it opens up all sorts of possibilities.

Last August he opened an even bigger and better Stitching Post, a store he says is a direct reflection of his customers» desire for bigger aisles, better lighting, bigger classrooms, and a wider variety of merchandise.

In tandem with the 100,000 Opportunity Youth Initiative, Starbucks has opened four stores with classroom and training space as part of its effort to support local economic development in diverse low - to - medium income communities across the U.S.. Each of these stores creates 20 to 25 new jobs with benefits, partners with a local women - and minority - owned supplier and contractor, and works with local nonprofits to provide job - skills training to youth.

A student took this video of classmates hiding in a classroom at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, as a gunman opens fire.

It turns out the kids are almost as afraid as parents about the chance of a gunman opening fire in their classrooms.

When the shooter opened fire at 7:57 a.m., bystanders fled into nearby classrooms, some out of the building, some away from the school and across the street.

The form in which the answers to these questions have come is not so much that of systematic treatises as of concretizations of alternative philosophical models: the open classroom, gay marriages, tire commune, house churches.

When U.S. News & World Report ran a story in 1996 about the decline of civility, it opened with what it must have considered the man - bites - dog vignette — an account of a classroom where young people were taught to be polite.

I admire the open mind you have about it, but if Praise Allah were written in classrooms in parts of the US, there would be quite the uproar.

If only Americans were open - minded enough to have symbols of religion in public classrooms.

After a long day of freezing in school (I am telling you the classrooms are like 40 degrees and then some kid comes strolling in, declares they are so hot, opens all the windows and turns the fans on.

The courses combine classroom lectures from leading experts in the savoury snacks industry with practical interactive sessions as appropriate and are open to everyone whose job involves the manufacture of savoury snacks, or who simply wishes to improve their knowledge of this area.

In September 2015, children and parents joined the Accolade Wines team to formally open the local pre-primary school following the addition of four new classrooms, two store rooms and a number of toilets, as part of the company's ongoing support of the Kayamandi community in Stellenbosch.

A few days earlier, Thomas worked his way through the classrooms of the King Open School in Cambridge, charming students, delighting faculty and distributing school supplies.

The surprising roots of the alpha complex will be examined, opening the doors for lasting change in the family, classroom, and society.

Montessori classrooms are calm, organized, open spaces where children of various ages work independently and at their own pace.

«I would really like principals to be open to the idea of breakfast - in - the - classroom,» said Cindi.

The toolkit opens up with fact sheets on the importance of breakfast, particularly for children; hungry children act out and have difficulty focusing, and breakfast in the classroom is an excellent tool to address those issues.

By now you've probably attended more than your share of classroom open houses and «back to school nights» but here's one more that might be of interest, especially if you have questions about this fall's new school food regulations and how they might... [Continue reading]

The type of learning you're describing, with open classroom discussion, a lot of choice for students, inquiry - based learning, projects, it seems at odds with the kind of call - and - response, very teacher - directed style that you see at a lot of so - called «no excuses» charter schools that produce high test scores with disadvantaged populations.

Families were invited to visit their classrooms, theatre and playground, as well as chat with teachers and administrators on the morning of February 3 at their open house.

Our Open House events are for the entire family and will allow you to visit classrooms, meet teachers, and talk with other parents who can provide their own perspective of life within the Berkeley Rose community.

Keeping the lines of communication open with the teachers can help increase your child's success in the classroom.

Include a variety of structured learning activities and open - ended ideas, thinking about what you believe is the ideal ratio of both types in the classroom.

«CEP opened up a lot more options for us in terms of breakfast - in - the - classroom,» said Hodge.

What was for much of the 20th century a bureaucratic and careerist behemoth dedicated to refighting the Last War, the Army has now morphed into a relatively nimble force that's opened itself to criticism and rethought its tactical doctrine, and that values the ideas and initiatives of younger officers fresh from the harsh classroom of combat.

Come to one of our classrooms: the door is always open» superimposed over a picture of Cuomo.

The five - story Richard Gilder Center, slated to open in 2020, will have a mix of exhibits and classrooms, with bugs as a main focus.

The science of global warming has opened rifts in U.S. classrooms like evolution before it, but teaching it differently may improve science literacy overall

Using pre - and post-course surveys, open - ended questions, self - reports of section leader teaching practices, and classroom observations, the researchers compared student examination scores and end - of - course evaluations from 150 Masters - level candidates in the «Principles of Epidemiology» introductory course.

Open - ended survey responses indicated a number of strengths of the flipped classroom approach, including the freedom to watch prerecorded lectures at any time and the ability of section leaders to clarify targeted concepts.

Others have reported that certain kinds of artificial light can improve sleep and reduce depression and agitation in people with Alzheimer's disease; that higher air temperatures seem to curb calorie consumption; that employees take more sick leave when they work in open - plan offices; and that children in daylight - drenched classrooms progress faster in maths and reading than do those in darker ones.

The model was revised to incorporate advances in teaching practices and family services and included the opening of full - day preschool classrooms in some sites.

LOOK AROUND YOU Open your math textbooks to chapter 3.1415926 and enjoy the subtle but distinctly British humor in this straight - faced send - up of classic classroom film strips.

EMBO workshops, some of which are offered only to EMBO fellows while others are open to all scientists, avoid classroom - style teaching.

A new study shows how the patterns of online communication change by implementing teacher leadership techniques, which opens possibilities for better online classroom design.

One potential culprit captured by the study: Faculty may lack the training necessary to take advantage of smaller class sizes, open classroom layouts and other strategies meant to reduce the reliance on conventional lecturing.

Schools are failing to offer sufficient opportunities for students from diverse backgrounds to engage in science - based learning outside of the classroom, and should be doing more to open up participation, according to new research published in the International Journal of Science Education.

There I was, wearing a t - shirt and sandals, sitting in my classroom with my sunglasses propped on the table and the windows wide open, when I got a text announcing that two feet of snow had fallen on the...

There I was, wearing a t - shirt and sandals, sitting in my classroom with my sunglasses propped on the table and the windows wide open, when I got a text announcing that two feet of snow had fallen on the east coast.

The Latasters rarely put a foot wrong - from their static opening shot in the town of Hapert to the final frames of Miss Kiet in her classroom, this is a beautifully - judged piece.

First is an interesting alternate opening (3:33) which cuts immediately from the old Walt Disney Pictures logo into Carol's classroom, where in response to questions from a student (Abigail Breslin) she recaps the past with help from clips of the original movie and a little wooden Tim Allen doll.

At the end of the clip, Eric's storyboard art (presumably) can be seen playing along with the opening classroom scene.

In other words, it is akin to what the teacher feels each day as she stands in front of a classroom full of new students — or a site leader opening up the first staff meeting of the year.

And if that is the approach taken by schools, then she's right to question the validity of making more of a push for technology in schools, to fall in line with President Obama's call to prepare students for an «increasingly competitive world,» through «a free and open internet» that «extend [s] its reach to every classroom and community.»