Sentences with phrase «of teacher conversation»

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The killings in Florida have also revived the debate over whether teachers should be allowed to carry guns in schools — an idea DeVos, while careful not to outright endorse it, said in an interview last week with conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt should «be part of the broader, more robust conversation about how can we avoid these things in the future.»

In the midst of the national conversation about arming teachers and right before high school students around the country walked out to protest gun control laws, a high school teacher...

But literature is also a conversation and exists in a social context of publishers, readers, critics, teachers, anthologists.

Such a statement will inevitably be somewhat private, yet though personal it is the report of what has been heard and understood in a conversation in which many contemporary ministers and teachers, many churchmen of the past and, above all, the prophets and apostles participate.

But a heartening sign in the present situation is the increase of interest among these librarians in their work as teachers and the increase of concern among faculties for the development of school libraries as teaching centers)-- to enter into conversation with a continuous if not identical group of thinkers.

With a few exceptions teachers and students do not engage in a denominationally restricted discussion but participate in a Protestant and a Christian conversation or debate about the ultimate problems of faith and life.

In the autumn of 1960, in one of my first conversations with a full professor in Harvard's philosophy department, a teacher of metaphysics and ethics who confessed cheerily that he deeply admired Hume's happy atheism mentioned how nonetheless deeply impressed he had been with Jacques Maritain during the latter's presence on campus.

So though my ideal church would permit questioning, * real * questioning that leads to conversations, discussions and inquiry, rather than pat answers — include teachers of all sexes (female, male, intersex) and of all gender expressions and sexual orientations, it would by definition exclude a bunch of people.

He became a treasured mentor, not only as a teacher of Catholic theology and religiously informed political thought, but also as a friend who unselfishly gave his time in conversation marked by singular shrewdness, prudence, wit, and zeal.

Regardless of how well they know me or my work, these guys tend to approach our conversations with a paternalistic familiarity that makes me uncomfortable, immediately rendering me the student and them the teacher.

Indeed, as we saw, the analysis in The Advancement of Theological Education concluded that it is particularly urgent that there be cross-disciplinary conversation among teachers.

These led me to his earlier works, which consistently vindicated Kass's self - description in his justly acclaimed Towards a More Natural Science: «The author of this book is by reading a moralist, by education a generalist, by training a physician and biochemist, by vocation a teacher» and student» of philosophical texts, and by choice a lover of serious conversations, who thinks best when sharing thoughts and speeches with another.»

An impression one gains from many teachers of these subjects as well as from their students, is that often now a robust sense of Church is accompanied by great willingness to enter into conversation with secular society.

And as always, teachers must use their discretion to determine when it is worth some level of student discomfort to push forward an academic conversation and when that conversation carries the risk of damaging classroom culture and student comfort beyond simple repair.

... I can tell the very place where the blessed Polycarp used to sit [note the posture of the bishop as teacher or preacher upon his cathedra] as he discoursed, his goings out and his comings in, the character of his life,... the discourses he would address to the multitude, how we would tell of his conversations with John and with the others who had seen the Lord, how he would relate their words from memory... and I can testify before God that if that blessed and apostolic presbyter had heard the like [the Gnostic vagaries], he would have cried aloud and stopped his ears and said, as was his custom: «O good God, for what sort of times hast thou kept me, that I should endure these things?»

when people get all huffy over my misuse of words or just plain wrong use of them i laugh, because i can bet my life that you still understood my meaning but rather then discuss the issue i brought up chose to insult thru the means of an english teacher — that i care not for... my point was a valid one and it makes me sad that you think yourself so far above me that you won't even bother with the conversation... tisk tisk.

As a personal trainer and yoga teacher the topic of nutrition and healthy eating is naturally a topic of conversation.

There was Butch, sanctum sanctorum, with several hundred people leaning over a green - and - white cord trying to hear a snippet of conversation between teacher and pupil.

As parent conferences and home visit became increasingly difficult to schedule because of family work and travel schedules, we realized that precious daily parent / teacher conversations were being replaced by conversations with au pairs and caregivers.

As a result of these conversations, students and teachers together created an honor code to be used with every paper, quiz, test, project, and assessment.

They are full of student discussions and group activities large and small; teachers guide the conversation, but they spend much less time lecturing than most public school teachers do.

Do you avoid eye contact with the teacher in the hope of no conversation?

I hear snippets of conversation about friends, teachers and classes.

In a recent conversation about mentoring with my long - time colleague Nettie Fabrie from Sound Circle Center who is the Pedagogical Dean of the Seattle Waldorf School, I posed a question about mentoring a new and untrained teacher and she shared with me an important thought about mentoring new teachers in general.

Britney Spears, your math teacher and President Bush — maybe they'll never meet in real life, but during lunch time, all three can be the topic of conversation.

Keep track of any conversations you have with your child's teacher, including emails, in order to give the counselor a complete picture of your child's problem.

Ask your child questions about school «The real key is communication,» says Guy Strickland, author of Bad Teachers: The Essential Guide for Concerned Parents, even with a preschooler who can't engage in long conversations about school.

All of this led me to have a conversation with my sister Margie, who I believe is a natural parent and teacher, and is able to strike a balance between kindness and firmness in both of these roles.

Psychologist Dr. Robyn Silverman, author of Good Girls Don't Get Fat and Bully: An Action Plan for Teachers, Parents and Communities to Combat the Bullying Crisis reminds parents that conversations are «not soliloquies.»

In a recent Teacher Training weekend, one of the trainees opened up about a conversation she had with her father.

Through a few simple yet meaningful things such as frequent conversations between his parents and teachers, his mother's involvement in the classroom, and stimulation of his natural curiosity at home, Dylan's parents have helped their son gain a sense that school is important and that doing his best at schoolwork is his current role in life.

In the middle of the last school year they hosted conversations with individuals and groups from the various sectors of the school: parents, teachers, founders, staff, board members, donors, and older students.

It includes a conversation between the parents and the teacher, as well as a short period of time for the teacher to engage with the child.

And immediately after that thought, as if the Universe felt the need to slap me in the face, I very vividly recalled a conversation I had with one of my fellow teachers about sixteen years ago.

It was generally a one - way conversation, with teachers sharing their perspectives of how our sons were doing.

A tweet sent by Trump in 2016 in which he denied wanting guns «brought into the school classroom» has resurfaced after a White House conversation about arming teachers as a way of stopping school shootings.

Radford said it was his participation on the task force that led him to conclude that many of the voices of the opt - out movement were reflective of the teachers unions through parents who are also teachers, but the voice of parents who were not teachers seemed to be missing from the conversation, he said.

Tuesday evening, CUNY Institute for Education Policy (CIEP) will host a one - on - one conversation with the President of the United Federation of Teachers (UFT), Michael Mulgrew: «This unscripted conversation will cover a wide range of pressing issues facing New York State's teachers and their studentsTeachers (UFT), Michael Mulgrew: «This unscripted conversation will cover a wide range of pressing issues facing New York State's teachers and their studentsteachers and their students.»

Leaders of the Buffalo Public School District and Buffalo Teachers Federation are expected to hold a conversation Tuesday.

«Hopefully our stakeholders, including our teachers who are so critical will be part of the conversation and everybody reaches a good end for our kids,» she said.

«I think my NYSUT [New York State United Teachers] people and I are having different conversations than we've ever had about what we do,» said Kingston schools Superintendent Paul Padalino, one of the forum's key speakers.

Buffalo Federation of Teachers President Phil Rumore agreed, pointing to commentary published by Paladino in ArtVoice about conversations in executive sessions.

While ethics reform may be dominating much of the conversation in Albany, education advocates are hoping the public and lawmakers don't forget there's much work to be done regarding teacher evaluations.

In this week's Press Pass conversation WBFO's Eileen Buckley and Buffalo News Education Reporter Tiffany Lankes review the contents of that letter and the battle «receivership» is creating between the teacher's union and district.

This week on the Campbell Conversations, host Grant Reeher speaks with Kevin Ahern, a product of the Syracuse City school system, a longtime English teacher in the system, and currently President of the Syracuse Teachers Association.

NEWTOWN — In 2 1/2 hours of conversations with teachers from Sandy Hook Elementary School Tuesday, Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, said the major concern that emerged is the need to ensure that adequate mental hteachers from Sandy Hook Elementary School Tuesday, Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, said the major concern that emerged is the need to ensure that adequate mental hTeachers, said the major concern that emerged is the need to ensure that adequate mental health...

NEWTOWN — In 2 1/2 hours of conversations with teachers from Sandy Hook Elementary School Tuesday, Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, said the major concern that emerged is the need to ensure that adequate mental health and support services will be available for the community in theteachers from Sandy Hook Elementary School Tuesday, Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, said the major concern that emerged is the need to ensure that adequate mental health and support services will be available for the community in theTeachers, said the major concern that emerged is the need to ensure that adequate mental health and support services will be available for the community in the future.

The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) took aim at Campbell Brown, former CNN anchor, after she inserted herself into the public conversation surrounding teacher misconduct in classrooms.

The majority of members on the Buffalo School Board remain in an executive session discussing a proposed Buffalo teachers contract, but not everyone agreed to having the conversation behind closed doors.

And when that unit of the curriculum is up, you know, when that's happening I want Johnny to say, «Here's what I believe» and I want the teacher to say, «Here's what we think the best evidence in science says» and let that kid go home and say, «Mom and Dad, I really stuck it to him» because that kind of conversation I think is important.