Sentences with phrase «other academic environments»

In other academic environments, students often only get one shot at an assignment, which creates a fear of failure.

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Parental, familial, political, academic, athletic, artistic, ecclesiastical and many other dimensions of our social environment give us all the opportunities we need to convince others of our importance.

Students at Forest Bluff School not only exhibit academic excellence, but also the many qualities that constitute positive character development: empathy, integrity, grit, resilience, responsibility, initiative, self - discipline, self - reflection, and respect for themselves, others, and the environment.

While in residence, students learn in a structured environment about handling personal conflicts, academics, basic life skills, anxiety and other skills or issues.

Other factors that have led to a decrease in free play time include an emphasis on academic preparation, electronic media replacing playtime, less time spent playing outdoors, perceived risk of play environments, and limited access to outdoor play spaces.

The academic environment is also known to be rife with plagiarism, cheating on examinations and other elements of corruption.

However, my father's keen interest in machines, mechanical tools, and puzzles of all sorts — and my older siblings» strong interest in books, music, and higher education — maintained an academic type of environment in the household, compared to the other business families in town.

Her goal: a stylish but versatile outfit that would be appropriate at a science conference, in a «corporate casual» work environment, or in an academic job interview — in other words, the killer outfit.

Connect With Others: Despite whether it is an academic or industrial work environment, the best scientists are plugged in to a professional network.

► In this week's issue of STM, Arthur Levine, senior vice chancellor for the health sciences and dean of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in Pennsylvania, and 18 other U.S. academic medical center leaders wrote that «[u] nstable funding for biomedical research has created a hostile working environment that erodes the time available for investigators to conduct their research, discourages innovative high - risk science, threatens to drive established investigators out of U.S. academic biomedical research, and creates uncertainty for trainees and early - career investigators.

A biotech company is a tightly focused environment, where freedom of academic inquiry is often curbed in the interest of completing a project as quickly as possible, whether it's a new drug, a diagnostic technique, or some other science - related product.

The NPA believes that implementation of reporting requirements around all types of harassment will provide a safer academic research environment and hopes that other funding agencies will follow suit with similar policies.

Choose from these and other vital topics related to the environment you work in (academic research, biotech industry, governmental agencies, non-profits), the transitions from specific career stages, or issues in balancing career and family in any career path.

But after I had excelled for so long in academic environments, lauded for my intellectual capacity, my spirit yearned for some other kind of contact with life.

Research conducted by GreatSchools (and others including the Fordham Institute and Education Research Alliance at Tulane University) shows that parents want nearby schools that provide safe environments, but also strong teachers, a solid academic curriculum, and enriching experiences for their children.

In the postsecondary space, the Gates Foundation made a number of grants — both directly and through NGLC — to intriguing ventures with the potential to improve education dramatically, including some of my disruptive favorites: start - up MyCollege Foundation, which will establish a non-profit college that blends adaptive online learning solutions with other services at a low cost; University of the People, the world's first tuition - free, non-profit, online academic institution dedicated to opening access to higher education globally; New Charter University, a competency - based university that charges only $ 199 per month for students seeking a degree and for which NGLC will fund a research study of its online students and a comparative one of students enrolled in a blended - learning environment delivered through a partnership with the Community College of the District of Columbia; Southern New Hampshire University, which under its President Paul LeBlanc has already created an autonomous online division and will now pioneer the «Pathways Project,» which will offer a self - paced and student - centric associates degree; and MIT, which will use the funds to create a free prototype computer science online course for edX.

Forsten, as well as many other teachers who have tried looping, believes the practice allows educators to develop rich relationships with students and their families, create trusting and caring classroom environments, and help kids overcome both academic and developmental obstacles.

There is a strong desire to expand beyond just academic indicators — including a measure of growth is very important — but including things that are not direct learning outcomes and focus more on environment and other input measures blurs the vision on what we want students to know and be able to do.

Symonds believes that they're often able to make inroads with students who have struggled in other schools because they work to create a supportive environment addressing all of a child's needs, not just his or her academic needs.

Now in its 14th year, the PZC, offered in collaboration with HGSE's Project Zero and Programs in Professional Education, is an intensive summer institute designed to help pre-K-12 educators create classrooms, instructional materials, and out - of - school learning environments that address a range of learning styles and promote a culture of deep thinking to build complex knowledge in the arts and other academic areas.

The MacArthur framework for Connected Learning (CL) provides a flexible model for exploring how schools could better cultivate the interplay between student interests, peer culture, digital tools and academic success — in other words, reconceiving schools as maker - centered environments.

A lot of the wealthy kids talk about being in a very competitive academic environment and the difficulty they find caring for each other in such an environment.

True educational equity comes from comprehensive school reform, which incorporates academic improvements along with health care, housing policy, funding changes, family support and other policies that allow students to go to class safely and actually focus on their work, and that provides teachers with a work environment and enough support to operate creatively, not like infantilized robots.

A key goal of the program is to create a safe and supportive environment where mentees can be comfortable asking their mentors for academic assistance; discussing barriers to achieving academic success; and learning from mentors about college, graduate school, and other career opportunities that are available post-high school.

The shared vision should establish priorities for academic and other formal learning, students» physical and emotional well - being, schools» social environment, and how well schools prepare students to participate in our democracy, be lifelong learners, and make a good living.

The report defines what it means to be academically prepared at key steps in a student's education, examines Illinois students» academic performance from early childhood education to postsecondary, calls attention to lingering racial and economic achievement gaps, and shares information on the school environment and other factors that contribute to student success.

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

Others with social anxieties and sensory difficulties find it hard to learn in the busy and unpredictable environment of mainstream schools, even if they have the necessary academic ability.

Lisa works with other professionals in education to understand what is changing in their environments and what she can do to help, and she leads her organisation to develop solutions and support that will help make a positive difference in the academic outcomes of learners across Australia.

Calhoun Falls Charter School provides a small school environment with an emphasis on leadership, character development, service to others, and academic excellence.

Social and emotional learning featured prominently in the act, which defined safe and supportive schools as those that ``... foster a safe, positive, healthy and inclusive whole - school learning environment that (i) enable students to develop positive relationships with adults and peers, regulate their emotions and behavior, achieve academic and non-academic success in school and maintain physical and psychological health and well - being and (ii) integrate services and align initiatives that promote students» behavioral health, including social and emotional learning, bullying prevention, trauma sensitivity, dropout prevention, truancy reduction, children's mental health, foster care and homeless youth education, inclusion of students with disabilities, positive behavioral approaches that reduce suspensions and expulsions and other similar initiatives.»

Presentations at the NCTE Conference were about narrative as a way of fostering student engagement and motivation, narrative as a way to understand other people's cultures or environments, narrative as a way to create student voice, narrative as a spur to innovative thinking, narrative as a way to learn any academic discipline, narrative as a form of persuasion, narrative as a way to create personal meaning and new knowledge, narrative as an impetus for social change, narrative as a way to inspire creativity, narrative as the beginning of inquiry, narrative as an expression of imagination, narrative as a reflection on one's own process of learning, and narrative as the basis of collaboration among those with multiple perspectives.

The recipient of the Rohatyn Prize will receive a one - time award of $ 15,000 to support, sustain or further an innovative school learning environment, program or practice that promotes academic rigor and has the potential to be replicated by other schools.

A resource for public officials, advocates and others interested in strengthening state policies to create healthy school environments that support learning and academic achievement

Drawing from the best educational practices, as well as the success of other schools within the Brooklyn Prospect network, we have developed an academic environment where students can explore new ideas in a safe and small school setting with the support of a diverse community of students, families, teachers, and staff.

When technology is used in the learning environment, it creates a unique opportunity for students to practice solving problems independently and building digital and academic skills that can be applied in other settings.

The primary audience for SLR includes academic scholars, school librarians, instructional specialists and other educators who strive to provide a constructive learning environment for all students and teachers.

Bock is known for his lectures that parody academic activity, which he enacts in impermanent environments crafted from household objects, detritus, furniture, wood, and other generally inexpensive and often found items.

e. Confidence of the elected in the designers and their program, in the users and their data, in the experts and their judgement, and the data and the product and the academic environment and the current «political environment» within and without the «buro», and all the other «buros» and departments and advisory boards and committees, and what the press thinks, and what the bankers think, and what investors think, and the UN, and Soros, and the lobbyists, and — oh yea — the Voters back home.

A former educator in writing, American literature, technical writing, and business communication at the university level, Dr. Noble combines his teaching experience and knowledge of the job search environment to help others in the job search process.He possesses a strong academic foundation in English and writing as well as real - world experience in teaching others the fundamentals of effective writing and communication skills.

I have also developed qualities of character, commitment, dedication to excellence and the critical ability to work productively with others in academic environments.

Environmental Engineer — Duties & Responsibilities Trained environmental engineer with experience in industrial and academic settings Oversee development and feasibility study of a new low level chlorine detection method by nanotechnology Direct identification and quantification of sulfate - reducing bacteria (SRB) and sulfur - oxidizing bacteria (SOB) by Real Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT - PCR) Lead research for «Control of distribution system water quality in a changing water quality environment» funded by Tampa Bay Water Authority, Water Research Foundation Responsible for analyzing biological parameters and interpreting data from distribution system samples Manage QA / QC and sampling protocol for all biological project samples Compose and organize the entire biological sections for final project reports Develop and verify empirical models relating biofilm density and HPC measurements to water quality Responsible for designing water, sewer, fire, and storm drainage systems for a 3 story building Composed an Operations & Maintenance Manual for drainage systems Drafted full - size CAD blue prints of drainage systems and other structures Proficient in water / waste water treatment, experimental design, and laboratory studies Provide research for a project studying the effects of ultra-filtration on oily waste water Create a full 40 MGD water treatment plant process and design for a fictional city in North China Oversee site and source water selection, water pump stations design, treatment plant planning and pipeline layout Drafted full - size CAD blue prints and composed an Operations & Maintenance Manual Experience with hydraulic modeling and waste water plant design Consistently recognized for excellence in team leadership, project management, and academic study

Other programs emphasize using teacher instructional and classroom management practices to create classroom environments that foster social, emotional, and academic competence.

It brings together early childhood educators, teachers, academics, leaders and other allied professionals from all around Australia and indeed overseas, to be inspired and share ideas and experiences in an environment of collegiality and collaboration.

This practical sourcebook is designed for psychologists, counselors, social workers, school consultants, special educators, and other health care professionals who provide services to or seek knowledge of effective strategies to improve the classroom learning environment, raise academic achievement, and improve student behavior and social competence.

Social and emotional learning featured prominently in the act, which defined safe and supportive schools as those that ``... foster a safe, positive, healthy and inclusive whole - school learning environment that (i) enable students to develop positive relationships with adults and peers, regulate their emotions and behavior, achieve academic and non-academic success in school and maintain physical and psychological health and well - being and (ii) integrate services and align initiatives that promote students» behavioral health, including social and emotional learning, bullying prevention, trauma sensitivity, dropout prevention, truancy reduction, children's mental health, foster care and homeless youth education, inclusion of students with disabilities, positive behavioral approaches that reduce suspensions and expulsions and other similar initiatives.»

Other SEL approaches have specific curricular and instructional components that foster safe, caring, engaging, and participatory learning environments that build student attachment to school, motivation to learn, and academic achievement.

Symonds believes that they're often able to make inroads with students who have struggled in other schools because they work to create a supportive environment addressing all of a child's needs, not just his or her academic needs.

As outlined above, there is good evidence that individual differences in children's academic abilities are associated with a variety of measures of the family environment including the quantity and quality of cognitive support on the one hand and the affective quality of interactions on the other.