Sentences with phrase «offer teachers time»

One way to do this is to offer teachers time and instruction to collaboratively write grade - level interdisciplinary projects.

A full - day program offers teachers the time to use developmentally appropriate practices with students, rather than use drills and memorization.

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Or, offer to help chaperone school field trips — you'll help the teachers but also spend time with your children.

Wagner offers no broad policy prescriptions in the interview to fix these problems in America's schools, but if you're an individual parent or teacher interested in encouraging an innovative outlook in your kids, he has lots of ideas (less scheduled time, more unstructured play or self - driven exploration, for instance).

Moreover, the programme is simply concerned to ensure that teachers are, for example, «affirmative, encouraging, to be acknowledging and to be empathetic», that they will «offer time to listen and time to challenge» [11].

The computer teacher is free to offer a short prayer at the beginning of class, but ought not spend half the time on a study of the Torah when the students should be learning Microsoft Excel.

There will come a day that these students will think back to the time that their very cool (who are we kidding, coolest) teacher offered to hold class outside and they declined.

Teachers who do this well set aside time for revision, offer specific comments for improvement while conveying the belief that the student is capable, and then value the revision effort.

This three - year, part - time program of professional Waldorf teacher education is offered to those who are seeking to teach out of an understanding of Waldorf Education and what it can contribute to children today.

The part - time course entitled «Teaching Sensible Science,» or TSS, will be offered to help teachers develop a deeper understanding and experience of phenomena - based science so that they can feel more confident using this method in their own classrooms.

With that small amount of extra one - on - one time, breakfast - in - the - classroom offered teachers the chance to better connect with — and understand — their students, something that translated into a healthier classroom environment.

In the years following, Sunbridge College's offerings grew, eventually encompassing numerous full - and part - time certificate and degree programs and courses in Waldorf Teacher Education, Biography and Social Art, Liberal Studies, Remedial Education (now the Association for a Healing Education), Waldorf Administration and Community Development, Applied Arts (now the Fiber Craft Studio) and other affiliated fields.

Our preschool offers a gentle separation — children slowly increase time at school and have time to bond with the teachers.

Prairie Moon is connected to the worldwide Waldorf Education movement and offers Waldorf teacher preparation courses in the region at different times of the year.

In partnership with the Museum Institute for Teaching Science (MITS) and other institutions, Mass Audubon may offer teacher workshops at different times of year for elementary, middle, and high school educators.

And when you've spent time with her children - as a babysitter or a teacher or just as a passer - by - offer her a genuine compliment on her kids.

The Autism Society offers many free printable resources that can be passed on to grandparents, teachers, and anybody else who will be spending time with your child.

As a long - time teacher and two - time mom, I offer 4 pieces of advice that I have learned.

«As a preschool teacher and mom, one of the best toilet training tips I can offer is to resist the temptation of using disposable «underwear,» such as training pants, all the time.

During separate and recent evenings on the campaign trail, the candidates offered up the usual political fare: use environmental technologies to create jobs (Kessner); give teachers more time to implement the Common Core teaching standards (Stott); ensure more workers have a living wage.

But the AAU initiative also calls on universities and colleges to offer undergraduate students more opportunities to do research, shorten the time it takes for students to earn Ph.D. s, reduce attrition rates, and train better K - 12 science and math teachers.

If teachers are offering their time to answer your questions, take them up on the offer.

The RET program offers teachers like Bencivengo and Hart a way to meet these standards, while at the same time providing a hands - on research experience, guidance in designing neural engineering curricula and other professional development opportunities.

In 2007 Gina's Reiki Master Teacher told her she felt it was time for Gina to start teaching Reiki, and offered the Master Teacher training.

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The Master Class line up offers a smorgasboard of options that participants will have a hard time choosing between: the presenting teachers offer workshops ranging from Dr. Fishman's «Yoga as Therapy for Musculoskeletal Conditions» to Judith Hanson Lasater's «Restorative Yoga» to Jane Stelboum's «Yoga and Alzheimer's Prevention and Treatment.»

Often teachers, sometimes with years of experience, offer their time to a senior teacher looking to learn as well as connect with the community of the studio.

For the first time, J.Crew is offering their discount for teachers on all online purchases.

Citizen Schools, which has 3,500 volunteer teachers and 400 full - time and part - time staffers and «team leaders,» offers its 4,500 students one of the nation's most innovative and challenging after - school courses of study.

If a student's family has an extenuating circumstance, teachers encourage an extended family member to attend the conference or offer to schedule it for a different time.

Professional retreats offer teachers the opportunity to dedicate time to those qualitative steps that result in ongoing development.

For those with limited free time, the Academy also offers weekend workshops to local K - 8 teachers throughout the school year.

Not enough districts offer mentoring or formal induction programs, and most districts throw teachers into the fire on the first day of school and expect them to sink or swim, rather than giving them lower - stakes practice time first.

This three - step method for enrichment can be offered daily, which might be too taxing on the teacher's time and energy, but more realistically, offered as a weekly feature in the classroom.

«In addition,» Smith said, «we are considering adding an online help - desk form that date / time stamps requests; providing hand - held devices for teachers who have large groups of students (physical education, music, and so on) to use to take attendance; and offering an Intel Teach to the Future program for teachers who wish to be trainers.

Second, if states wanted to try to make vesting more of a retention incentive, they could offer teachers a «graded» vesting system, where workers are eligible for a growing share of their employer's retirement contributions over time.

«We have a full - time technology specialist who helps teachers and offers beginning computer classes for parents in the evening,» says vice principal Bonita Henderson.

For those who go way above and beyond, «we always work through that some way, maybe by offering comp time in the form of certificates that a teacher can use to come in an hour late or leave an hour early.»

Overall, year - round education offers schools an exciting, almost cost - free opportunity to improve quality time between teachers and students.»

PBL teachers offer voice and choice in how they spend their time and what they create.

Tools and resources developed by Project Zero's Good Work Project can help teachers carve out the time to enter that reflective process, offering them structure and guidance as they navigate their own particular questions and explore common classroom dilemmas.

But of course students need to know about the more distant past too, so we're continuing to offer a wide range of topics already popular with students and teachers - ranging from medieval and early modern times to the First and Second World Wars.»

Often, these schools are taking advantage of the innovations offered by blended learning technology platforms and combining them with the regulatory freedom offered under charter school laws, waivers of seat time requirements, and teacher reforms to develop entirely new models of education.

Some student leaders also keep websites up to date for teachers or principals, or offer after - school mentoring for students who want extra time to work on their projects.

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In my own address to the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education this year, I reported that K - 12 online education options continue to expand, with students participating in site - based online labs, hybrid courses, and part - and full - time virtual options that are offered by a variety of providers including charter schools, districts, state supplemental programs, corporations, and colleges.

I remembered that the book offered dozens of writing prompts and also that the authors urged teachers to play instrumental music during writing time.

It's All About Context «There are times when what makes us most effective as teachers and as mentors is putting things in context and offering a sense of perspective for our students — as well as putting things in context and offering perspective about our students.»

They're an earnest bunch and they offer an attractive, teacher - friendly, alternative vision to the data - obsessed ed reform triumphalism that has the firm upper hand in education at present, yet too often defines well - educated as «reads on grade level and graduates on time.»

Teaching Tips No One Told You «Strangely absent from any official curriculum and in certain cases considered a form of contraband offered only through secret conversations and in code, it is now time to reveal the discrete, covert formulas, practices, and dictums we long - time teachers know to be true.»