Sentences with phrase «of role model teachers»

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One of the amazing things about lateral learning is that you can often learn much more from your peers, role models, and even competitors than you can from any teacher, class, book, or lecture.

The Church, and the papacy in particular, has broken with the «Constantinian» model of power in order to become, in accord with the vision of the Second Vatican Council, the «teacher and evangelist of culture,» a role that retrieves and renews the New Testament task of Peter to «strengthen the brethren.»

The children and young people of every congregation need adults who are able to help them think critically about life values to be their teachers, leaders, and role models.

The teacher can bring out the role of inductive and deductive reasoning, the construction of conceptual schemes and models, idealization and simplifying assumptions, quantitative measurement and the controlled experiment.

Being the son of a local soccer star, I had inspiration all around me as well as a wonderful teacher and role model.

It should be pointed out, though, that nothing in the social - constructivist position legitimates the denial of rights... Assertive gay liberationists have argued that it may be strategically wiser to concede the possibility that a few students might be influenced to become gay by having an openly gay teacher as a role model, and to say, «So what?»

«Fathers are our first teachers and coaches... they're our mentors, our role models» the President told a gathering of local students, families and womens advocates.

His comments come as members of the National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) warned that this could be depriving youngsters of having positive male role models.

Today, Shihan (which means «most excellent role model» in Japanese) Ron, a Martial Arts Hall of Fame Master, and Sensei («teacher,» in Japanese) Joyce, a 5th degree Black Belt, have raised four sons, all of whom have achieved black belts and are accomplished in martial arts, and have five grandchildren who are currently in training.

If some kids are going to be left out of the treat because of some dietary issue, the teacher should role model good citizenship and respect for others and celebrate in a different way.

The head at Cooper Lane was concerned that with only one male teacher out of a staff of 24, that there were few positive male role models for pupils.

Class - teachers feel SHARE FOR DADS raises the profile of fathers in the school, gives children positive male role models, and shows them fathers can be an important part of their school lives, and that fathers are connected to the school.

While many people tend to believe a single woman raising a son alone will have significant difficulties, and raise a boy who is gender - confused or worse, the fact is that there are male role models all around most boys, whether in the form of grandfathers, uncles, teachers, pastors, or mentors.

In addition, most international pen pals are writing in their second language, putting your child in the role of English «teacher» or role model.

Five Buffalo teachers — supported by NYSUT — filed legal papers today with the State Education Department seeking the removal of school board member Carl Paladino for «racially inflammatory statements» about Obama, the first lady and African - Americans that have violated his duty to serve as a role model for the school community.

New York State United Teachers, which filed the petition on behalf of five Buffalo teachers, made the same argument, but also argued that Paladino's comments violated his duty as a board member and role model for the school coTeachers, which filed the petition on behalf of five Buffalo teachers, made the same argument, but also argued that Paladino's comments violated his duty as a board member and role model for the school coteachers, made the same argument, but also argued that Paladino's comments violated his duty as a board member and role model for the school community.

New York State United Teachers, meanwhile, filed the petition on behalf of five Buffalo teachers, arguing that Paladino's comments violated his duty as a board member and role model for the school coTeachers, meanwhile, filed the petition on behalf of five Buffalo teachers, arguing that Paladino's comments violated his duty as a board member and role model for the school coteachers, arguing that Paladino's comments violated his duty as a board member and role model for the school community.

He doesn't understand that he is a bad role model for our kids,» stated Phil Rumore, President of the Buffalo Teachers Federation (BTF).

Adviser, Teacher, Role Model, Friend: On Being a Mentor to Students in Science and Engineering, National Academy of Sciences

- Adviser, Teacher, Role Model, Friend: On Being a Mentor to Students in Science and Engineering, by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, the U.S. National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine.

The Association for the Promotion and Advancement of Science Education: This is a nonprofit society dedicated to supporting teachers, parents, and other community role models in capturing the interests of elementary school children.

Master teachers — an elite group of teachers in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) fields — would mentor other teachers, serve as role models to draw talented students into the profession, and work with community leaders to improve science and math education.

«Minority teachers may be perceived more favorably by minority students because they can serve as role models and are particularly sensitive to the cultural needs of their students,» said study author Hua - Yu Sebastian Cherng, assistant professor of international education at NYU Steinhardt.

One big obstacle is that, although an adviser is envisioned to be an Adviser / Teacher / Role - Model / Friend (that's the title of a guide to mentorship published by the National Academy of Sciences), your adviser is also your boss — the person who pays you — and, in the case of noncitizen graduate students, your visa sponsor.

From day one I'm grateful for the tireless love, support, and encouragement from my parents and family, and I have had many excellent teachers, mentors, and role models at all stages of my education and career.

Researchers are now showing that fathers play many roles in their families, including those of companions, care providers, spouses, protectors, models, moral guides, teachers and, of course, breadwinners, according to one recent study.

When combined with an understanding of authentic yoga philosophy, dedication to practice and the connection to a great teacher or yogic role model, you will begin to feel the goal of yoga is finally possible.

In the grand tradition of Bad Santa, Bad Teacher, and Bad Words, along comes another comedy about a foul - mouthed, irresponsible role model behaving, well, badly in front of impressionable minors.

The film presents a lot of statistics — almost more than can be taken in on one viewing, in fact — about the state of manhood in this country, but it also shows examples of what parents and teachers and coaches and other role models can do to raise men who can be strong and powerful without shutting off their feelings.

Sure, there may not any formal connection between Bad Santa, Bad Teacher, Bad Grandpa, Bad Words, Bad Gymnast (sorry, The Bronze), and the new Bad Moms apart from the universal desire to attract audiences with the promise of zanily inappropriate behavior from people who are supposed to be role models and / or authority figures.

The details: In the grand tradition of Bad Santa, Bad Teacher, and Bad Words, along comes another comedy about a foul - mouthed, irresponsible role model behaving, well, badly in front of impressionable minors.

Although the company helps schools enter into a design process to rethink the use of time, teacher roles, and so forth, the basic model that most schools using Education Elements adopt tends to be pretty consistent.

The role of the teacher changes dramatically in blended - learning models designed to personalize learning for students.

«At the same time, there is a strong evidence - base indicating that the use of dramatic enquiry — a drama - based practice where the teacher and pupils work in roles within a fiction to explore a story in a particular setting with developing characters — as well as the creation of a «community of writers», where the teacher writes alongside the children as a role model, can make the process of writing more meaningful for children.»

Pauline Hawkins (@PaulineDHawkins), author of Uncommon Core: 25 Ways to Help Your Child Succeed in a Cookie Cutter Educational System, says the only way to reduce bullying is to be a good role model in your treatment of others, as a parent or teacher.

Related to the second theory of «role modeling,» we find that black females assigned to black female teachers say they think more about going to college because of their teacher.

A male reception teacher, male nursery teacher and male nursery nurse give a frank account of what it's like to be a male practitioner in a female dominated work place, discuss the issues they face, the highs and lows of teaching and their thoughts on why having male role models for young children is so important.

In a similar vein, some have argued that minority teachers can serve as positive role models and mentors for minority students, capable of building a cultural bridge between home and school.

Research has shown that closing the teacher diversity gap results in better outcomes for students of color, and teachers who share students» backgrounds can serve as powerful role models.

Behaviour management was a concern for me and as a mentor teacher who supervises pre-service teachers, I believe it is an integral part of my role to not only model effective behaviour management approaches, but to give my pre-service teacher strong support when classes are difficult.

On the basis of these survey results, we created three measures: (1) the principal's overall assessment of the teacher's effectiveness, which is a single item from the survey; (2) the teacher's ability to improve student academic performance, which is a simple average of the organization, classroom management, reading achievement, and math achievement survey items; and (3) the teacher's ability to increase student satisfaction, which is a simple average of the role model and student satisfaction survey items.

In these surveys, we asked principals to evaluate their teachers along a variety of dimensions, including dedication and work ethic, organization, classroom management, parent satisfaction, positive relationship with administrators, student satisfaction, role model value for students, and ability to raise math and reading achievement.

«We need,» said Blair appointee Estelle Morris just before resigning in 2002 as secretary of state for education, «a shift in understanding away from the old model of teaching as transmission of facts and figures towards one which captures the teacher's role as expert practitioners in advanced pedagogy.»

Doctor's role is to build support for the organization's philosophy: by modeling teacher preparation and development after training in the medical profession, we can substantially raise the caliber of teaching in this country.

This mini presentation focuses on different teaching strategies, the importance of challenging children, the importance of being a good role model as a teacher and discusses growth / fixed mindsets.

According to faculty at JSIS, full - time, native - speaking teachers and instructional assistants in immersion classrooms play an important role in the success of the international school model, particularly in the younger grades.

Schools must offer Twitter professional development for parents and teachers to build the capacity necessary to role model effective use of social media for collaboration and learning online.

There is also a lack of female mentors and role models with whom female teachers can identify and who can encourage and champion them.

As such, the roles of teachers and students have evolved as our models of education have moved from one iteration to another.

There are a lot of programs now that are being funded by small grants and what have you that are all about finding some of those mentors, some of those role models, and making them available and accessible, getting them into schools, having them as a resource for teachers to draw from — it's quite exciting actually when you see a lot of the things happening.