Sentences with phrase «other educator groups»

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With educators better equipped at understanding a student's learning process, classrooms are being formed around small groups, with students who match each other's skill level working together.

We, a small group of theological educators, went to a Demolition Derby — a real one, with cars, and then trucks, smashing into each others in a muddy arena, and more than a thousand people watching from the grandstands.

Hundreds of educators, clergymen, and counselors are already experimenting with growth - oriented groups, and many others are eager to find group approaches for releasing human potential.

Members of the staff have participated in conferences of educators of the American Baptist Convention, the United Church of Canada, the Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod, the Disciples of Christ, the Presbyterian Church, U.S., and the Presbyterian Church, U.S.A. With the advice of denominational leaders and others they compiled a list of pastors regarded by their colleagues as «good ministers» and entered into correspondence with a number of them, chosen so as to make the whole group representative of the denominational pattern.

It is important and relevant, and I hope that the group of us who are presently committed to its study will be joined by many other educators and philosophers, and that — as Plato's hope ends his Republic — «we shall fare well.»

, Texas, that will assemble, for the first time, an international group of leading policy makers, attorneys, educators, children's rights activists, and researchers from multiple disciplines (e.g., anthropology, criminology, history, medicine psychology, social work, and sociology) as well as other interested individuals who concur that corporal punishment of children is an unsuitable and potentially damaging way to discipline and teach children.

Global Summit on Ending Corporate Punishment and Promoting Positive Discipline Registrations are being accepted now for this June 2011 conference in Dallas, Texas, that will assemble, for the first time, an international group of leading policy makers, attorneys, educators, children's rights activists, and researchers from multiple disciplines (e.g., anthropology, criminology, history, medicine psychology, social work, and sociology) as well as other interested individuals who concur that corporal punishment of children is an unsuitable and potentially damaging way to discipline and teach children.

As a breastfeeding educator, I hope to create more of an awareness about the importance of breastfeeding with other health professionals as well as provide individual and group breastfeeding support to new mothers to help work towards making positive change.

Once you have an idea of what kind of home educators» group you and your children would like, and know of some others who are interested, start with an informal gathering.

But if you are confident, perhaps a seasoned home educator, then starting a group could be helpful for others.

One award will be presented to a vendor or other for - profit business (including professional babywearing educators) and a second award will be presented to a non-profit organization or individual volunteer (including BWI and non-BWI babywearing groups)

The Waldorf School of Princeton's comprehensive program begins with the observation of children and also may include child studies, consultations with parents as well as additional educators and / or specialists, various assessments, and individual and / or group lessons with other students.

The Society of Health and Physical Educators, among other groups, recommends at least 150 minutes of PE a week for elementary schoolers — that means an average of 30 minutes a day.

The Call is open to a wide range of people and organisations, including mediators and practitioners of science communication; STEM festival organisers; universities and institutes of technology, science centres, museums and other cultural attractions; artists; educators; industry professionals and academics in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM); arts agencies; production companies; schools; local authorities (libraries, city / county councils etc.); youth clubs; community groups; and research institutes.

Neither of you should see the other as a chief ambassador or racial educator for your group.

Some educators may be content experts; others may be those best at one - on - one student coaching, designing project - based learning, or creating well - matched small groups, for example.

Mentoring for All provides funding for school boards to support collaborative professionalism and mentorship across a continuum of employee groups including Early Childhood Educators, Associate Teachers, Business / Support Staff, Vice-Principals and Principals, and other staff identified by boards.

Other countries may be able to impose meaningful systems of test - based accountability, but the decentralized nature of American education and politics gives far more power to organized groups of upper - middle - class families and educators than to the technocratic elite.

The core group of teachers and heritage educators will be involved in activities that will empower them to engage their students and other target groups in critical debate from multiple perspectives promote pluralism, and combat the idea that history is a single, unchangeable truth.

The report is by the Bradley Project on America's National Identity, a group of scholars, educators, and others that has studied key areas of the nation's civic life over the last two years.

Group members have compiled iGoogle pages and use Google Reader to subscribe to each other's and other educators» blogs, as well as gather new content from around the Web.

Lisa Finch, United Arab Emirates: Edmodo is a really great example of a way in which educators can connect with each other - as part of specialized subject communities / groups and also via resource sharing such as Spotlight.

It's run by BetterLesson, an organization that was started by a group of public school teachers from Boston and Atlanta who were frustrated that it was so hard to find and share great curriculum with other educators.

Here you will find several EW resources that offer site reviews grouped by subject area, teaching or technology topics, and other areas of interest to educators.

As early implementers, these educators have gone both to the «source» of the standards and used other proxies for quality and alignment: They've worked directly with and learned from the standards» authors themselves and / or used tools created by them (e.g., the Publishers» Criteria developed by Student Achievement Partners and several other groups).

Judging by the number of out - of - state and foreign educators making pilgrimages to Stanford — tour groups come through nearly weekly — other schools may follow.

You will engage in invigorating work and lively conversations with distinguished faculty, a diverse group of talented, thoughtful and accomplished students and other educators in this cohort - based program.

Belonging to a deliberately small group of academic educators, each with a strong practitioner history, members of Sustainability Frontiers have agreed to collaborate in different combinations as they undertake local, national and international projects, consultancies and initiatives at the leading edge of sustainability education, often in partnership with other organizations.

Melissa: I loved checking in on our group discussions and learning about what other educators are doing in their classrooms.

Creating active groups or connections via LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and other social media channels, educators are positioned to access content, lesson ideas, programs, support and varied ideas to use within professional development meetings, coaching conversations, student and classroom interactions.

In addition to Facebook groups and Twitter chats, teachers are creating groups on Voxer to stay in touch with like - minded educators whom they've met at conferences or through other social networks.

The networks and councils typically bring to the table a diverse set of players: educators, government and business leaders, and representatives of nonprofits and other community groups.

Several years ago, a few HGSE Arts in Education program alumni, lamenting the separation from classmates and other like - minded arts educators, initiated an alumni - networking group called Continuing the Conversation (CtC).

This group is for educators looking to pair up with other classrooms using Skype, Hangouts and other connective tools.

Most young American children spend anywhere from 90 minutes to two and a half hours a day in something educators call «the literacy block,» an extended period that might include reading aloud, small - group «guided reading,» independent writing, and other activities aimed at increasing children's verbal skills.

Educators for Excellence - New York, a group I have joined alongside thousands of other New York City teachers, has published recommendations for using standardized tests fairly and effectively.

Out of School and Unprepared: The Need to Improve Support for Students with Disabilities Transitioning to Adulthood In March 2011, the ARISE Coalition, a group of parents, educators, advocates and other supporters of students with disabilities coordinated by Advocates for Children of New York (AFC), released this policy paper calling on New York City and New York State to follow the law with respect to transition planning and to give post-secondary transition for students with special education needs the same high priority they are beginning to give college and career readiness for other students.

The program offers a series of workshops that provides educators an opportunity to review research, share best practices, and create collaborative groups to learn from each other.

In honor of Washington state's new Seal of Biliteracy law, a group of educators, lawmakers, and other stakeholders who are dedicated to the academic success of English learners gathered at the Kent School District office on June 9.

Discussion should include educators and parents of students who are gifted and talented as well as other representatives from various special interests groups.

She was the director of the Puerto Rican Association for Community Affairs (PRACA); co-director of Atrévete, a group dedicated to voter registration and political participation organized by the Migration Division; member of the boards of National Women's Political Caucus, National Association for Bilingual Education (NABE), and Puerto Rican Educators Association; and a member of various other organizations.

The Caucus of Rank and File Educators (CORE) is a group of dedicated teachers, retirees, Paraprofessional School Related Personnel (PSRPs), parents, community members and other champions of public education who fight for equitable public education and hope to improve the Chicago Teacher's Union (CTU) so that it fights both on behalf of its members and on behalf of Chicago's students.

In this action research study, I engaged with a group of five other AMPUHS educators in a collaborative and reflective process to improve writing instruction at our school.

Just as it sounds, assuming positive intentions means that each educator assumes every other member of the group is acting out of a desire to improve teaching and learning.

Other groups such as Educators4Excellence, Teach for America and Achievement First have more distinct niches including operating public charters and training educators to advocate for change at the state level.»

Of course, differing views exist within this group of educators and other stakeholders, but «there is a common understanding that it is hard to create a rating system that is both fair to educators and administrators and simple enough for parents and the public to understand.»

The research team collected data through interviews with administrators and focus groups with administrators, educators, and other school staff members.

Our core values guide our daily work, and they inform the ways by which we build strong relationships with educators, school leaders, partners, community groups, and each other.

Serve as a national representative for elementary and middle - school education to Congress, the Executive Branch, state and federal agencies, the news media, researchers, educators, and other education and child advocacy groups;

Nevertheless, these problems are occurring in many places — unintended effects of policies that have aimed to provide more useful information to educators, families, students, and policymakers and to ensure attention to the learning progress of low - income and minority students, English learners, students with disabilities, and members of other groups that have been traditionally underserved,» the statement read.