Institutions that must staff courses given at distant sites and odd hours are especially tempted to lean heavily
on occasional teachers rather than regular faculty, many of whom don't like to move around or to teach after dinner.
Not exact matches
Johanne Ouellette found she got a surprisingly large lift from taking
on a part - time job as an
occasional teacher when she retired from running her own insurance business at age 53.
As a longtime admirer of Russell, and as an
occasional student and (in due turn)
teacher of his views, I have long believed that the similarities between Whitehead and Russell
on metaphysical issues were much closer than we imagined, and I am grateful to Kuntz for laboring to point out some of these.
Susan Cohen is a mom, a special education
teacher for more than three decades and a Target shopper extraordinaire — she admits, with the exception of the
occasional Saturday night out, there aren't many occasions that she feels call for her to put
on a full face of glamorous, super-trendy makeup.
About Blog A young middle school
teacher in Little Rock shares her thoughts
on classroom management, technology, literature and science, with the
occasional dash of Christian perspective.
Without release time, mentors can not interact with their
teacher partners in a hands -
on manner during the school day, except for the
occasional moment during a prep period if prep periods exist.
The Education World
Teacher Team includes more than 30 dedicated and knowledgeable education professionals who have volunteered to contribute to
occasional articles that draw
on their varied expertise and experience.
Teachers also get to use modern - day technology tools in everyday practice, not just as
occasional add -
ons, and they get to master a form of teaching that's likely to reach millions of new students each year in the United States and abroad.
As many
teachers know, the national discussion
on education is overcrowded with opinions
on teacher training, salaries, tenure, and unions — with
occasional detours through iPads, textbooks, and national policy.
Teachers in these schools may also design
occasional projects that focus
on literature or applied math, as long as they are still following the guidelines of their literacy model.
Additionally, those
occasional assessments need to take a back seat to the real learning and achievement going
on in every day assessments observed by the
teacher.
A
teacher from St Andrews commented
on her students» experience «the team did everything themselves, with only the
occasional steer from me.
The principal benefit of this debate is that it has exposed the shortcomings of the former systems used to evaluate
teachers, which often relied
on occasional, casual observations by principals and which resulted in high ratings for most
teachers.
Likewise, though, «[a] number of states... have been moving away from [said] student growth [and value - added] measures in [
teacher] evaluations,» said a friend, colleague, co-editor, and
occasional writer
on this blog (see, for example, here and here) Kimberly Kappler Hewitt (University of North Carolina at Greensboro).
Strong technical skills, particularly in integrating technology in the classroom to drive academic achievement Demonstrated volunteer or community service At least one (or more) of the following: o National Board Certificationo TAP Experience (sign
on bonus for TAP certification) o Core Knowledge Experienceo Experience with Blended Learningo At least two years of successful teaching in an urban environment ESSENTIAL POSITION FUNCTIONS: An Elementary School
teacher is required to perform the following duties: Plan and implement a blended learning environment, providing direct and indirect instruction in the areas of Social Studies, Science, Language Arts, Health, and Mathematics based
on state standards Participation in all TAP requirements, focusing
on data - driven instruction Create inviting, innovative and engaging learning environment that develops student critical thinking and problem solving skills Prepare students for strong academic achievement and passing of all required assessments Communicate regularly with parents Continually assess student progress toward mastery of standards and keep students and parents well informed of student progress by collecting and tracking data, providing daily feedback, weekly assessments, and
occasional parent /
teacher conferences Work with the Special Education
teachers and administration to serve special needs students in the classroom Attend all grade level and staff meetings and attend designated school functions outside of school hours Establish and enforce rules for behavior and procedures for maintaining order among the students for whom you are responsible Accept and incorporate feedback and coaching from administrative staff Perform necessary duties including but not limited to morning, lunch, dismissal, and after - school duties Preforms other duties, as deemed appropriate, by the principal Dress professionally and uphold all school policies
Older students aren't included in the policy change, and
teachers can assign younger students the
occasional special project — such as book reports or extra work
on classroom projects.
Union members mingled with the
occasional communist pamphleteer, and,
on a temporary stage, a series of activists, students, scholars, and
teachers put forward variations
on a theme: Standardized tests and corporate interests are ruining public education.
What has happened in the past decade and a half is a classic example of ever increasing perverse incentives that have taken standardized tests and converted them from an
occasional check
on the system into an increasingly important end unto themselves by which entire schools and individual
teachers» lives depend.
I just knew they lived in wrecked farmhouses, and though they did a few typically student - like things — argued over books, worked
on the
occasional essay, fell in and out of love — there was no college campus or
teacher anywhere in sight.
About Blog A young middle school
teacher in Little Rock shares her thoughts
on classroom management, technology, literature and science, with the
occasional dash of Christian perspective.