Sentences with phrase «of skilled teachers who»

Students appreciate the sensitivity of skilled teachers who challenge them within an engaging inquiry - based model.

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There are plenty of people out there who have pretty positive self - assessments: Ninety percent of drivers think they have above average skills behind the wheel, an even higher percentage of college professors think they're better than average teachers, and, as we all know, every single child in Lake Wobegon is above average.

He says, «Nobody learned anything by hearing themselves talk, or speak,» and he goes on to say, «The ability to lock in and listen is a skill that has served me well in life,» says Branson, «Although, it seems to be a dying art, I believe that listening is one of the most important skills for any teacher, parent, leader, entrepreneur, or just about anyone who has a pulse.»

The multigenerational list of those who would have been flushed away is incomplete but includes a doctor, a medical student, several nurses, and an even greater number of teachers, plus a headmaster, two scientists, a systems engineer, a musician, an occupational therapist, a dental technician, a physiotherapist, a draftsman, some pastors, and several skilled tradesmen.

All of our programs are led by a highly trained team of coaches and teachers who are carefully chosen to ensure each campers safety, skill development, & individual enjoyment.

I do think they can be taught in the classroom — I think most of us can think of a teacher in our past who helped us develop one or more of those skills — but I don't think we yet have an ideal model for exactly how to teach them in the classroom.

It helps to remember that teaching is communicating knowledge and skills from someone who knows them to someone who doesn't, and that a lot of skills learned by paid teachers are for class management of groups, which we generally don't need as home schoolers (we need parenting skills, to manage our children when we are home schooling, but we need those anyway).

Tough, who is on a national book tour, said he thinks there's a lot of excitement among teachers and parents around such ideas, and that for many teachers, developing these «noncognitive skills,» as Heckman calls them, are a natural part of their work with students.

Identifying children who may have characteristics of ADHD early on and getting parents and preschool teachers the education, skills, and support they need to help these little ones can really have a positive impact on these kids and their families.

She says the evaluations can be a positive experience, if they result in more support for teachers who need to improve some of their skills.

«We can not afford to squander the talents and skills of new teachers who are the future of the profession.

Formed as a public / private partnership, Teachers Who Code will use the Girls Who Code model to equip New York City public school teachers with the computer science skills to educate students for high tech jobs of today and tTeachers Who Code will use the Girls Who Code model to equip New York City public school teachers with the computer science skills to educate students for high tech jobs of today and tteachers with the computer science skills to educate students for high tech jobs of today and tomorrow.

Aided with one to three teachers in the room who practice both on and off the mat, many examples, moderations and approaches are guided to elevate your new path to a consistent playful approach of learning and new skill.

Our Advanced Studies program allows you to complete your Yoga Alliance 500 - hour (RYT - 500) teacher designation by customizing a course of study that aligns with your passions, giving you the opportunity to grow into a uniquely skilled teacher who will stand out in the marketplace.

This teacher training is designed for students who have already completed a 200 - hour program, and are looking to dive deeper into their study of yoga and further their teaching skill set.

This will indicate in particular the skills of people who engage in training and who will teach you, certified teachers E-RYT 500 («Experiences Registered Yoga Teacher» — 500 hours)

A dedicated teacher of her craft, Sarah's patience, enthusiasm and professional skills have helped the hundreds of sewing students who attend her classes - no matter what their age or sewing ability.

pure and simple, i wish to meet a woman who is patient, skilled, adventurous and open minded, a kind of teacher if you will.

Only Nick Nolte, as Tom Wingo, the psychologically blocked Southern high school teacher who is Conroy's protagonist, transcends the circumstances to deliver a performance of skill and commanding sympathy.

Saeed's teachers and classmates made fun of him when he was in elementary school for his reading skills, but he didn't let those who targeted him get him down for long.

Amanda King, a recent Effingham High School graduate who plans to major in journalism in college, says that as a result of rewriting drafts of scripts based on her teachers» and classmates» critiques, the course has improved her writing skills more than her rhetoric class has.

Other benefits highlighted by these stakeholders included: Literacy and numeracy assessments can be used to celebrate learning, identify strengths, needs, barriers to learning and allow teachers to make informed and objective judgements about learning; Focusing teachers» and schools» attention on the need for phonics to be taught explicitly and systematically to achieve the necessary level of word reading skills that are required to develop skilled reading; Early identification of children with learning difficulties or [those who] need additional instruction.

The Functional Skills Game Show was filmed in front of a live audience of teachers who were involved in the Functional Skills pilot at Nottinghamshire LA in early July 2009.

Benefits: Greater accountability; Drawing teachers focus on what skills need to be taught; Identification of students who have not reached expected benchmarks in reading and numeracy, supported by evidence and data; Improved preservice teacher training and teacher professional learning.

«Labor will boost the skills of 10,000 current primary and secondary teachers, we will train 25,000 new teachers who are science and technology graduates and we will write off the HECS debt of 100,000 science, technology, engineering and maths students.»

Individuals and small teams — often teachers, parents, or community activists who have never run schools — are apt to possess some but not all of these skills and backgrounds.

To build a future in the midst of uncertainty, refugee children need teachers who are trained, a well - developed curriculum that builds skills and knowledge, and the possibility of certifying their learning.

Teachers who aren't familiar with more exotic technology like Photoshop and video editing needn't worry; they can still teach 21st century skills to their students by requiring them to create Word, Publisher, and PowerPoint documents, embed photos, credit sources with hyperlinks, and wade through a variety of Internet sites with a critical eye.

Teachers reported that children who could write by hand expressed themselves better than those who didn't have strong handwriting skills, with 49 % of teachers stating that children who are unable to write clearly are the most likely to feel frustrated and to lose their motivation tTeachers reported that children who could write by hand expressed themselves better than those who didn't have strong handwriting skills, with 49 % of teachers stating that children who are unable to write clearly are the most likely to feel frustrated and to lose their motivation tteachers stating that children who are unable to write clearly are the most likely to feel frustrated and to lose their motivation to learn.

«The DfE will say that IT can be done in other subjects but I don't know any teachers who have time to teach proper ICT skills on top of their own subjects.»

AITSL's evidence - informed recommendations and advice describe what teachers need to develop their leadership skills, and the specific preparation of those who aspire to become principals.

For instance, it takes a history teacher who, when developing a class that covers the use of water throughout U.S. history, also hits on the skills and content students need to pass the New York State Regents test.

It's familiar stuff to those teachers — still far too few — who follow Willingham's work (along with lead author Paul Bruno, he helped produce the report and spoke at the event) but it's a refreshing statement aimed at preparation programs that too often fetishize theory, teachers» dispositions toward learners, or soft pedagogical skills at the expense of subject matter depth.

Washington — The Education Department's new biennial report on bilingual education indicates that students with limited proficiency in English remain an underserved population and that many of the teachers who are trained to help them are, for some reason, not in programs utilizing those skills.

These functions include the ease with which teachers and other adults who are regularly around individual students can directly observe the soft skills they are expected to support, the clear implications for intervention suggested by low scores on a particular skill by a particular student or group of students, the signals sent to administrators about teachers and groups of students who may need additional help, and the usefulness in communicating with parents.

When It Comes to Volatile Kids, Pick Your Battles Dr. Ross W. Greene, a psychologist who works with easily frustrated children and their parents and the author of The Explosive Child, advises parents and teachers that identifying the causes of a child's frustration and working with the youngster to develop coping skills can lead to fewer explosions and more compliance.

Teachers who are not provided with additional training and with the support of special education personnel, they told me, have neither the time nor the specialized skills necessary to adapt curriculum or to develop activities that encourage appropriate social interaction.

Started by veteran teachers who were exploring creativity in children, Key Learning's program is based on the theory of multiple intelligences, pioneered by Harvard University professor Howard Gardner, which holds that each individual possesses different forms of intelligence — verbal - linguistic, musical, logical - mathematical, visual - spatial, naturalistic, body - kinesthetic, intrapersonal (such as insight), and interpersonal (such as social skills)-- to greater or lesser degrees.

It's probably easier for the teachers who have a small number of students with similar issues who are just building skills - not preparing for exams - rather than trying to suit hundreds of students.

Not only had she taught this woman, but also she had just endorsed graduation certification for 1,000 other elementary school teachers and knew that none of the graduates were equipped with the skills needed to help kids, like her son, who struggled with learning disabilities.

Dole and other teachers who use lessons on marine science hope to inspire students to take care of the oceans while simultaneously helping them improve their academic skills.

Conversely, teachers who model higher levels of conscientiousness improve the character skills of their students.

She is one of the school's «skills specialists,» four experienced teachers who support classroom teachers in specific subjects, including math, reading, writing, science, and bilingual education.

They state that «the small fraction of the most cognitively skilled college students who elect to become teachers has declined for decades.»

It's perfect for Art Teachers who want to develop their Photoshop skills, those who want to learn basic Photoshop skills or for teachers who are looking to expand their student's range oTeachers who want to develop their Photoshop skills, those who want to learn basic Photoshop skills or for teachers who are looking to expand their student's range oteachers who are looking to expand their student's range of media.

The platform is open to course developers, business trainers, and teachers who are now able to create unique educational products aimed at the development of skills, as well as provide simulation based training, which is proven to add to learning retention based on experience rather than theory.

All teachers who reach certain goals get a bonus; but 50 percent of that bonus is awarded for teaching skills (a classroom - based evaluation) that are not tied to student outcomes and 50 percent for student achievement gains that are not part of the teaching skills evaluation.

The object was to create a corps of knowledgeable, skilled teachers who would be evaluated, paid, and promoted based on their performance.

David Hopkins, who Morris appointed to the key role of head of the Standards and Effectiveness Unit at the Department for Education and Skills, believes that «when students begin to take ownership of the learning behavior, you see something quite transformational taking place inside the school, because then it is the students who actually control learning rather than the teacher.»

The first responsibility of the licensure process is thus to make clear, through the development of standards, what the license stands for — indeed, what it guarantees about the knowledge, skills, and dispositions of the teacher who holds it.