Sentences with phrase «other teacher colleagues»

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Very often what we personally value in our teachers, and what we judge best in our colleagues, is not what others, not even our best friends, may need or desire.

While never shy about the importance of his own interpretations, he has always been extraordinarily modest in subordinating his own work to that of others, especially colleagues like John Cobb, and teachers like William Christian, to whom he proclaims unfailingly his allegiance and intellectual indebtedness.

Like our students, teachers at UCDS collaborate with colleagues and support each other professionally.

Most adults only have to deal with other adults in their jobs, but our teachers have to juggle with work issues with colleagues as well as the occasional student problem.

During a recent faculty meeting over this subject, I and a handful of others gave concrete examples of how colleagues ignoring the FMNV create unnecessary obstacles for teachers who don't give candy and students.

Following that, the teachers have been pushing for the same salary structure with their colleagues in other tertiary institutions.

«I look forward to working with the First Minister, with cabinet colleagues, and with other progressives to reduce class sizes, deliver more nurses, be ambitious in our approach to housing, ending mental health discrimination, and supporting teachers and our young people to achieve the highest standards.

One way Hillén has found to give back to the children in her food study is to offer them opportunities to give talks to other children at school, their parents and teachers, and her research colleagues.

Colleagues or peers who share the same interests can become treasured friends to student / teachers, so it's a good idea to attend regular conferences or other events where like - minded, curious souls gather.

To come to a shared agreement with their colleagues about this has led to amazing conversations, passionate discussions and teachers daring to disagree with each other and challenge each other.

Whether it's a simple arrangement between colleagues to observe each other in action, or a more formal approach like teacher rounds (an iterative, inquiry - based cycle of observations between larger teacher teams), schools are turning teachers into lieutenants of their own learning.

Besides friendships with close colleagues, the only connections we often have to other teachers are those nods in passing as we move through the halls en route to class.

«The agreement on pay at TSAT means that teachers are not only placed on a higher level of pay compared to most colleagues in other maintained schools, but also provides them with a very clear and accessible means of career progression.

So teachers invited others into their classrooms and received honest, non-evaluative feedback, as well as validation and support from their colleagues.

Grade - level chairs lead their colleagues through weekly shared planning sessions, and teams of teachers learn by observing each other in sessions modeled on medical - student rounds.

One of the benefits of this is that rather than simply having the other teachers know me as the «new guy,» or the «weird guy,» they will know my name and consider me a colleague.

One of the most troubling things that the 2010 National Teacher of the Year, Sarah Brown Wessling, hears about her profession can be summed up in a single observation: the idea that she and other top - performing colleagues are «just» teachers.

This staff development can take many forms: attending conferences, reading professional articles and discussing them with colleagues, observing each other, participating in teachers - as - readers groups, and engaging in action research.

Similarly, Kevin E. Cahill and colleagues found that when Oregon changed its pension plan, reducing its extremely lucrative benefits to pension values that were merely on par with those of other states, there was no decline in teacher retention.

So, if we believe these OECD numbers (which the WSJ apparently did in this blog post), U.S. teachers work 15.3 % more hours per year than do their colleagues in other developed countries.

If one teacher is regarded by colleagues as a far more valued mentor than another, or helps students master skills much more rapidly than another, it's axiomatic that one teacher is more productive than the other.

She and other experts note that it is first critical that teachers be aware of the signs of ADHD, and report their concerns, typically to a school counselor, though they may want to share their observations with colleagues.

In the hope of promoting handcrafts in other schools, Symonds and her colleagues are sharing their experiences through «Knitting at Night» classes for teachers and adults.

«We have been studying, along with our partners in Tennessee, how teachers learn from each other at work, and how performance evaluation data might help foster and inform learning between colleagues.

New teachers have new ideas: Last week a colleague confided to me that he wished he had more new teachers in his department because his group regularly struggles to innovate — much more so than other departments, in his understanding.

I am happy for you to share them with other teachers within one department but must ask that you do not share these with colleagues outside of your school.

Mary Bousted, ATL general secretary, said: «ATL has developed a workload tracker to help teachers, support staff, school and college managers and other education staff identify the top five things that are taking up their time, so they can check with colleagues common issues in their school or college and try to find solutions.

Because a tenure decision involves thousands of future students as well as future colleagues and supervisors at other schools in a district where a teacher might work, it makes no sense to leave the decision in the hands of their current supervisor alone.

Like other schools in the Algiers charter network, Behrman was implementing the Teacher Advancement Program (TAP), a national initiative to help teachers improve their instruction methods by learning from experienced colleagues designated as mentor teachers and master teachers.

The Design and Technology Association (DATA) supports schools, academies, colleges, initial teacher training and other educational establishments to enable employers to meet their statutory obligations for H&S training for all colleagues working in the subject of Design and Technology (D&T).

I heartily encourage other colleagues to apply for the FMF Teacher Program and to make that global connection for themselves.

In other words, we ask whether teachers who receive higher TES ratings than other teachers in their school produce larger gains in student achievement than their same - school colleagues.

The majority will be located in their schools, so they may just work with colleagues, but they could also link up with other local teachers or be a resource across a school cluster or hub.

He made sure academic and technical teachers talked to each other daily, asked questions about what their colleagues taught and looked for ways to connect and support each other's instruction.

Physically placing master teachers, highly effective teachers, or coaches in central locations where they are closer to — and more likely to cross paths with — their colleagues would increase the probability that these individuals interact with and influence others.

Current users of the book have said: «this is groundbreaking stuff... so simple and so powerful...», «I feel stronger because I know what to ask about the evidence... any evidence», «my primary colleagues love this book... now we bounce off each other and have become a great school», «Dr Slater is a real living teacher and I think a modern day maverick... as soon as I hear words like «the evidence says...» I use what I got from this book...» «I want the best from my students, my staff and myself and....

If you student taught or worked closely with other teachers during an internship, then definitely request a reference from one or more of those supervisors / colleagues.

When thinking about who would attend edcamp Philly it was clear that we wanted a varied group that included classroom teachers, instructional coaches, administrators, colleagues and others.

His students and faculty colleagues remember him as an outstanding educator with a remarkable ability to foster collaboration among students, teachers, and other education stakeholders.

For busy teachers, there are limited opportunities within the school day to be observed, to observe other teachers, to pause and reflect on the details of specific classroom moments, and to receive support from colleagues.

As my colleague Robert Pondiscio has argued, it may be a mistake to expect teachers to play the role of «instructional designer» on top of all of their other duties.

«I would strongly recommend keeping a journal to any teacher who can find at least one other colleague or friend to read it,» Bambino told Education World.

Teachers also may inadvertently break the law by publishing private or personal information about students, colleagues, or others online.

You will learn so much from just talking with colleagues about what projects and lessons they are using with their students.I teach at a summer program for gifted and advanced students, where I work with other teachers of gifted in the school district, and I always pick up new ideas and methods from hanging around them.

More than three decades ago, researchers identified teacher collaboration — including time for colleagues to discuss classroom challenges, design learning materials together, and critique each other's practice — as a cornerstone of school success.

For teacher leaders who want to collaborate with other teachers and motivate colleagues and community with ideas, knowledge, and passion.

The study encourages educators and teacher educators to be sensitive to the influences that teachers» educational views (on learning, teaching, and technology) have on their practices and on their capabilities and need to interact with others (authority figures and colleagues).

Garcia, now a teacher of eight years, says she's found that confiding in others — either a therapist, her boyfriend, or colleagues — helps her process students» trauma and her own emotions.

Tucker and his colleagues challenge us to ask why the U.S. is pursuing a reform agenda that differs markedly from what other advanced countries have found essential for creating good schools — high quality teachers, fair funding, and coherence in the system of education.

I was troubled the other day to hear a colleague describe how hard it was to motivate a group of teachers to take on some aspect of the Common Core because they were «so focused on the high - stakes assessments.»