Sentences with phrase «of teachers teach»

In her address last week at the American Federation of Teachers TEACH conference, AFT President Randi Weingarten came out swinging.

«Over 60 percent of teachers teach within 20 miles of where they went to high school, which makes it vital for every community to invest in growing their own great teachers today.

Over 60 percent of teachers teach within 20 miles of where they went to high school.

It's not immediately apparent what subjects each of these teachers teach but 8 of the top 10 don't even teach the courses that are measured by the state's math and reading tests that were used to calculate the value added measures.

But only a third of teachers teach grades or subjects measured by state standardized tests, so administrators use different measures to rate the rest.

«I want to ask Judge Wood,» Ms. Walsh said, «would she be willing to have any of these teachers teach her own children or grandchildren, and I would bet my life she'd say no.»

I will be the first to tell you that the majority of teachers I taught with did not, in fact, have any better idea what to do with the children in their care than their own parents did.

Other areas the chime led administration is positively giving uncommon facelift to include; renovation of dilapidated school structures, provision of Ambulances and medical emergency response personnel in Enugu State which is under its Medical Emergency Response Scheme, recruitment of 2000 teachers for secondary schools and an additional 2000 volunteer teachers to fast track its Volunteer Service Scheme, a scheme whereby retired but not tired teachers are engaged based on personal volition in order to increase and complement the inadequate number of teachers teaching in the state's schools, provision of brand new tractors to encourage mechanized system of farming to add vim to the revolution going on in the agricultural sector etc..

One of my teachers taught me at a very young age that «when live gives you lemons, make lemonade».

A consequence of undersupply is a growing number of teachers teaching «out - of - field» [1].

For example, 38 per cent of teachers teaching mathematics in Years 7 to 10 have never studied how to teach mathematics and have not taken mathematics beyond first - year tertiary level.

A lot of teachers teaching «combo» classes (classes that include two grades), have told me how MathStories.com has helped them to teach such heterogeneous classes by providing them with appropriate work sheets.»

An illustration of this process, especially in relation to topics that seem to have very little to do with maths, was with a group of teachers teaching the Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning (VCAL) in a secondary college in Victoria.

A high - need LEA is defined as one that: (1) either serves at least 10,000 children from low - income families or serves a community in which at least 20 percent of children are from low - income families; and (2) has a high percentage of teachers teaching either outside of their certification or with emergency, provisional, or temporary certification.

At Orange Grove Elementary School in Anaheim, 1st - grade teacher Elena Tinder, a 23 - year veteran instructor who recently registered to attend the conference, said she thought the idea of teachers teaching each other about topics they chose on the spot sounded «revolutionary.»

In the state of New Mexico, for example, 217 different variations are used to evaluate the many and diverse types of teachers teaching in the state [and likely all other states].

Eighty - three percent of educators in the United States are White and so the likelihood of a teacher teaching students who come from a different background than themselves is highly likely.

Below are two videos of a teacher teaching a lesson.

Currently, out - of - field teaching takes place in more than half of all secondary schools.27 The percentage of teachers teaching outside of their field is higher in schools attended primarily by students who come from low - income households.28

Not exact matches

After watching 17 of their classmates and teachers be shot dead in just minutes, students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas — and other schools around the country — taught us all a lesson in leadership.

Sinek said he also advocates for teaching kids independence and resilience; the best teachers I've found on these two points are former Stanford dean of freshmen Julie Lythcott - Haims and former Navy SEAL commander Eric Greitens.

Yes, of course you need to get through your requirements, but after that an idiosyncratic pick with an inspiring or thought - provoking teacher («When I think about the classes that shaped me the most, I think about my Marxist Canadian history class, taught by a socialist ideologue,» says Blattman) beats on on - topic one taught by a snooze - inducing robot.

And instead of just teaching classes, I created Office Yoga Teacher Training, a professional curriculum I could sell to other teachers.

Instead of teaching to the lowest common denominator or watching the smartest kids complete their work and put their heads down with nothing else to do, the teacher is able to track, react, and adjust the information being provided to each student — as needed and on the fly.

This year's top teachers have withstood the tests of time, taught through bear and bull markets, and have consistently imparted life - changing lessons to MBA students year after year.

Yiorgos Allayannis is one of many superstar teachers at UVA - Darden, and his evolution shows how the school has made teaching an integral part of its culture.

The growing supply of potential teachers — as well as professionals from other fields who wanted to switch careers and work abroad — meant Teach Away could pursue more placement opportunities abroad.

In 2011, Teach Away made headlines in Houston when, soon after news broke that the State of Texas would lay off hundreds of teachers in the Houston area, the company announced plans to recruit 1,000 teachers to be deployed overseas.

The no - holds - barred piece draws on recent research published in Teaching and Teacher Education, as well as older reviews of the scientific literature on so - called digital natives, to review whether the recent mania for tech in education has solid scientific foundations.

The course: This specialization created by Wesleyan University consists of four courses, each taught by a teacher below, and covers elements of three major creative writing genres: short story, narrative essay, and memoir.

Teach Away made headlines in Houston that year when, soon after news broke that the state would lay off hundreds of teachers in the region, the company announced it would hire 1,000 teachers to be deployed in Abu Dhabi.

Instead of hiring instructors with a built - in client base, Fields created a «Teacher Training Institute» to teach brand new instructors how to lead a class the Sonic Yoga way.

The growing supply of potential teachers, meant firms like Teach Away could more aggressively pursue greater placement opportunities overseas.

For the experiment, Ambady and Rosenthal showed muted, 10 - second video clips of professors teaching to participating undergrads, who rated the teachers on 15 dimensions of effectiveness, including warmth, optimism and professionalism, all based entirely on nonverbal cues.

The Academy is in the midst of a growth spurt offline as well, with an excess of 1 million registered teachers around the globe incorporating the supplemental teaching tool into their classrooms.

Her first job was as an English teacher in Bangkok, Thailand where she taught 140 energetic third and fourth graders at a full inclusion school and learned the art of improvisation.

The owner and a couple of the other teachers had asked me a few times if I'd consider teaching, but I kept hemming and hawing because I do have a primary career, which is writing a novel every nine months.

By the end of the four days, the educators know intimately about the monetary policy process, and they can teach other teachers and their students much more accurately.

One of my elementary school art teachers once gave me fantastic advice when he was teaching a class.

Within a couple of months of trying my first class, I was on my way to teacher training in Denver and have been teaching ever since.

We get trained by our elders to be the next teachers of our culture and that continues with our little ones too, we teach them to take on the role when we are not around, when we leave this world.

For eight years it resided with CasePlace.org and grew to have more than 700 teaching materials, including videos, cases, syllabi, teaching modules, and reading collections, with thousands of downloads per year by researchers, teachers, and companies.

She's actually thinking about teaching in Central America, where there's high demand for English - speaking teachers and the pay relative to the cost - of - living is much higher:

He received a recent teaching award as one of five of the top university teachers in Ontario.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP)-- A small but growing number of science and math teachers aren't spending the summer at the beach or catching up on books, they're toiling at companies, practicing the principles they teach.

We then dive into our day: learning what we are teaching, marketing, social media posts, downloading music, adding retail to the system, tagging and organizing retail, planning retail ordering for future seasons, responding to emails / messages from clients, and organizing the schedules of all of our teachers and desk staff.

• You are serving in a medical or dental internship or residency program and meet requirements • The total amount you owe each month is 20 % or more of your total monthly gross income, for up to three years • You are serving in an AmeriCorps position for which you received a national service award • You are performing teaching service that would qualify you for teacher loan forgiveness • You qualify for partial repayment of your loans under the U.S. Department of Defense Student Loan Repayment Program • You are a member of the National Guard and have been activated by a governor, but you are not eligible for military deferment

Teach yourself or hire a staff of teachers on a full - or part - time basis.

Jim Gard, a math teacher at Stoneman Douglas High School, which is named for an icon of the South Florida environmental movement — said he taught the shooting suspect last year.

A total and permanent disability (TPD) discharge relieves you from having to repay a William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan (Direct Loan) Program loan, Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) Program loan, and / or Federal Perkins Loan (Perkins Loan) Program loan or complete a Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education (TEACH) Grant service obligation on the basis of your total and permanent disability.