Sentences with phrase «on teacher success»

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The student is dear to the teacher to the extent that he is willing to open himself to the teacher's communication; the student's value depends on his individual success or failure to appropriate the subject matter.

The classroom sizes at FXW are smaller, which leads to more one on one attention from the teachers and the children have a better chance of academic success.

Look for some of your child's positive skills and character traits that the teacher can build on to help your child and their peers see your child as a success.

In our rural community, someone had posted a teachers name and her «success rate» (or lack thereof) in getting her class to pass the ASK, on a commercial billboard... it was a failing mark by any standard.

``... someone had posted a teachers name and her «success rate» (or lack thereof) in getting her class to pass the ASK, on a commercial billboard... it was a failing mark by any standard.

And because under the Perry program teachers systematically reported on a range of students» behavioral and social skills, Heckman was able to learn that students» success later in life was predicted not by their IQs but by the noncognitive skills like curiosity and self - control that the Perry program had imparted.

Whatever level of the bureaucracy you inhabit, when your success depends on rising scores, it's hard to take steps that will serve only to lower those scores — whether that means blowing the whistle on a fellow teacher or launching an investigation of the whole system.

Total Focus is a multi-media program that comes to you on CD with an interactive workbook, daily success charts for teachers and a handy «stress meter» to help your child recognize when he's «over the top» and stay calm under stress.

Newsletters: Find out what's going on in your school and in your PTA through its newsletter, which often also introduces a teacher each edition, reports on past successes, and offers parenting tips.

However, even after control for confounding and selection factors associated with infant feeding practices, increasing duration of breastfeeding was associated with small but significant increases in scores on standardized tests of ability and achievement, teacher ratings of classroom performance, and greater success at high school.

The design of this study made it possible to examine 1) the extent to which benefits of breastfeeding on cognitive ability and achievement were evident throughout middle childhood, adolescence, and into young adulthood; and 2) the extent to which breastfeeding was related to a range of indices of academic achievement that included performance on standardized tests, teacher ratings of academic achievement, and levels of success in examinations on leaving school.

«We congratulate our students, teachers and administrators for their continued exceptional performance on these new tests, which shows they're mastering knowledge crucial to career and college readiness, and we have set our sights on greater success for every child in the coming year,» Superintendent of Schools Dr. Brian V. Hightower said.

Investigating successful kids and programs at low - income schools and high - achieving prep schools, as well as interviewing psychologists and neuroscientists, Tough challenges some conventional wisdom on causes of failure (poverty, teacher quality) and contends that nurturing character in children and young adults is the key to success.

We are the only union in continuous action on all the issues facing teachers and daily we are seeing successes from that action.

«Trusting teachers and freeing them up from the daily grind of targets, testing and inspections that change as often as the weather will ensure that there is more time spent on what teachers do best, providing a stimulating and fulfilling experience for all our youngsters ensuring success and interest in the classroom and beyond»

Her schools have endured scathing reports on disciplinary procedures and attacks from teachers» unions and rival charters, noting that Success Academies rarely refill the seats of students who drop out or are expelled, leading to far smaller class sizes.

The latest edition of the Mount Hope Monitor is now online: Stories include: PS 204 Teachers, Parents: Current School Building Not Up to Par Teachers and parents suspect that the academic success of their school, on West 174th Street in Morris Heights, is hurting their chances of moving to a new location a few blocks away.

Eva S. Moskowitz, the founder and chief executive of Success Academy Charter Schools, shown last year, said in a statement on Wednesday, «In the midst of a widely recognized teacher shortage, SUNY's vote today ensures that kids of color will have access to great teachers and exceptional educational outcomes.»

Senate Republicans not only stuck it to NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio on mayoral control of the public schools, but also handed a victory to his nemesis, Success Academy charter school network founder Eva Moskowitz by allowing charters to hire more uncertified teachers.

«Scotland's continued success depends on the quality of its education system, which in turn depends upon securing decent pay and conditions of service for all teachers in Scotland.»

On Tuesday, Mr. Cuomo deliberately singled out the Success Academy in his remarks, saying the goal was to change the culture of the schools, even if that meant bucking the teachers» unions.

Padalino said the district will continue focusing its efforts internally on the academic success of its students, even as its administrators, teachers and parents continue their efforts to have their voices heard by the Cuomo administration.

PISA has long - recognised that the success of any education system depends on creating the conditions in which qualified teachers are developed, recognised and rewarded.

The New York Times on Friday posted a video from a Success Academy school that shows a teacher harshly reprimanding and shaming a first - grader for stumbling over a math problem.

Building on the success of the previous years» Chancellor's Days, this will once again be a conference presented by New York City DOE teachers for New York City DOE teachers.»

Despite Mayor Bloomberg's desire for a «gotcha» teacher evaluation system, as Commissioner King noted in his announcement of the new system on June 1, New York City «is not going to fire its way to academic success.»

Whether it's listening to a teacher giving instructions or completing a word problem, the ability to tune out distractions and focus on a task is key to academic success.

Despite her success as both a teacher and a writer, Galbraith says, «I was always on edge, afraid that Id mess up.»

Marci Shimoff is a # 1 NY Times bestselling author, a world - renowned transformational teacher, and an expert on happiness, success and unconditional love.

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Sometimes, researchers measured teacher success based on the observation of classroom supervisors.

Taking a few minutes to write about the class (whether it is a simple reflection on how a lesson went, how a student demonstrated an exceptional insight, or sharing a few successes and challenges from the week) and then sharing this writing with the class can increase trust and respect between the teacher and the students.

It also heavily focuses on the role that teachers can play by providing head teachers with training in nutrition and doing something that Schabas says is critical to the long - term success of the plan: helping teachers develop ways to change the eating culture in their schools.

Given all this, it is perhaps unsurprising that the biggest ever study on teacher evaluation, the Measures of Effective Teaching Project (MET), revealed that even the very best observation approaches had limited success in identifying the teachers also associated with the highest gains in pupil attainment.

Having students see that teachers are writing about their insights and their successes publicly, whether on blogs or in emails to other teachers, is just one more way to show them they are an important.

But the tonic effect of success on teachers does not change.

Keep in mind, however, that our principals success stories are not so much endorsements as they are measures of commitment on the part of the teachers who make them work.

Teachers in a startup culture can work together to build the classroom «brand» through activities such as proudly displaying the mission in the students» learning spaces, sharing messages of success on class websites and blogs, or designing a class logo and fun swag like t - shirts, water bottles, stickers, and pens.

Skeptics — and many parents — worry about whether the teachers who generate success on those tests have any long - term positive impacts on children.

Great teachers are critical to the success of children and incentivizing them to stay on the job, or to teach in our most - challenging schools, is a reform that actually will produce results.

Teachers should agree on the positive changes they expect to see from developing and implementing the project and commit to the work that will be required for success.

Then we focus on success stories in three states: Learn how Maryland has increased the percentage of high school graduates, how Oklahoma has increased the number of appropriately credentialed teachers in its schools, and how Georgia has increased the percentage of high school graduates who move immediately on to postsecondary studies.

Many elements comprise strong programs, but most principals would agree on this one thing: any programs success depends as much on teacher buy - in — and on training and support given to teachers — as on the program itself.

Ultimately, state leaders need to insist on a high - quality assessment that gives teachers and parents the information they need to know about whether students are on track for success, and how instruction needs to improve.

Research into the actions of these specialists in establishing Science as a school priority shows that the pathway to success is not straightforward, with schools harnessing a range of strategies to bring teachers on board.

But you can have success as a Title 1 teacher, he says — three - quarters of projects on DonorsChoose.org are funded by donors the teachers don't know — often corporations or people visiting the site to support public education.

Effective professional development is often seen as vital to school success and teacher satisfaction, but it has also been criticized for its cost, often vaguely determined goals, and for the lack of data on resulting teacher and school improvement that characterizes many efforts.