Sentences with phrase «other teachers in the field»

To find out more about how other teachers in the field are getting creative when teaching times tables, take a look at our Creative Ways of Teaching Times Tables whitepaper.

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Doctors, teachers, and other professionals were forced to work in the fields to «reeducate» themselves.

In 2009 and 2010, as jobs in the U.S. grew increasingly scarce, applications from aspiring teachers — younger people who saw little opportunity to land a full - time gig at home, as well as professionals from other fields who wanted to switch careers and work abroad — poured iIn 2009 and 2010, as jobs in the U.S. grew increasingly scarce, applications from aspiring teachers — younger people who saw little opportunity to land a full - time gig at home, as well as professionals from other fields who wanted to switch careers and work abroad — poured iin the U.S. grew increasingly scarce, applications from aspiring teachers — younger people who saw little opportunity to land a full - time gig at home, as well as professionals from other fields who wanted to switch careers and work abroad — poured inin.

The teacher's approach to such problems might start from three assumptions: (a) the teacher should be concerned with how science fits into the larger framework of life, and the student should raise questions about the meaning of what he studies and its relation to other fields; (b) controversial questions can be treated, not in a spirit of indoctrination, but with an emphasis on asking questions and helping students think through assumptions and implications; an effort should be made to present viewpoints other than one's own as fairly as possible, respecting the integrity of the student by avoiding undue imposition of the lecturer's beliefs; (c) presuppositions inevitably enter the classroom presentation of many subjects, so that a viewpoint frankly and explicitly recognized may be less dangerous than one which is hidden and assumed not to exist.

In the years following, Sunbridge College's offerings grew, eventually encompassing numerous full - and part - time certificate and degree programs and courses in Waldorf Teacher Education, Biography and Social Art, Liberal Studies, Remedial Education (now the Association for a Healing Education), Waldorf Administration and Community Development, Applied Arts (now the Fiber Craft Studio) and other affiliated fieldIn the years following, Sunbridge College's offerings grew, eventually encompassing numerous full - and part - time certificate and degree programs and courses in Waldorf Teacher Education, Biography and Social Art, Liberal Studies, Remedial Education (now the Association for a Healing Education), Waldorf Administration and Community Development, Applied Arts (now the Fiber Craft Studio) and other affiliated fieldin Waldorf Teacher Education, Biography and Social Art, Liberal Studies, Remedial Education (now the Association for a Healing Education), Waldorf Administration and Community Development, Applied Arts (now the Fiber Craft Studio) and other affiliated fields.

LINCOLN, MA — Mass Audubon, New England's largest conservation organization and a leader in nature - based education for more than 60 years, this month debuts a new, easy - to - use online program catalog for teachers, science coordinators, administrators, and others looking for educational enrichment programs and field trips.

Other candidates are Lorna Johnson, the honorary consul for Jamaica in Los Angeles; Latoia Jones, assistant director of human rights for the American Federation of Teachers and co-founder of Black & Engaged; Rick Palacio, chairman of the Colorado Democratic Party; and Adam Parkhomenko, co-founder of Ready for Hillary and was appointed by DNC Interim Chairwoman Donna Brazile to serve as the DNC's national field director for the general election.

The House of Representatives version of the draft stimulus package does not specify how much money NSF, NIH, and other science agencies will be expected to carve out from their portions of the boost the House wants to give them for scholarships and fellowships, besides $ 60 million for NSF's Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program, which is aimed at getting undergraduates majoring in science and engineering fields to become teachers.

Master teachers — an elite group of teachers in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) fields — would mentor other teachers, serve as role models to draw talented students into the profession, and work with community leaders to improve science and math education.

In contrast, the alternative pathway that requires prospective teachers to take courses that are not transferable to other fields yields teachers who are less effective at boosting student test scores than either traditional - route teachers or teachers who entered the profession through other alternative pathways.

The responsibilities will include leading efforts to improve the diversity of students entering scientific fields, creating professional development workshops for K - 12 teachers, expanding collaborations with other science educators, and mentoring student research projects (plasma physics or education) in our Science Education Laboratory.

According to Dr. Phil Maffetone, an internationally recognized researcher, teacher, clinician, and author in the fields of nutrition, biofeedback, exercise, and sports medicine, these foods are processed and manufactured with added chemicals, sugars, and other harmful ingredients that can adversely affect your health.

My teachers included Dr. Andrew Weil, Director of the Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine; Dr. Deepak Chopra, leader in the field of mind - body medicine; Dr. David Katz, Director of Yale University's Prevention Research Center; Dr. Walter Willett, Chair of Nutrition at Harvard University; Geneen Roth, bestselling author and expert on emotional eating; and many other leading researchers and nutrition authorities.

Teachers, like therapists or educators in other fields, have an inherent power, which can be used to either heal or exploit.

Her teachers included Dr. Andrew Weil, Director of the Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine; Dr. Deepak Chopra, leader in the field of mind - body medicine; Dr. David Katz, Director of Yale University's Prevention Research Center; Dr. Walter Willett, Chair of Nutrition at Harvard University; Geneen Roth, bestselling author and expert on emotional eating; and many other leading researchers and nutrition authorities.

According to the parents» and teachers» reports, improvement was noted regarding behavior and cognitive functions in 9 of 17 patients, particularly in the fields of concentration, learning ability, and communication skills with other children.

Y ’ all, I definitely wanted to take these pictures in a really pretty field (or anywhere other than my front porch) but end - of - year teacher life leaves no time for activities like that.

Finally, you may want to check out the Institutes & Field Schools page, where you'll find an A-to-Z list of nonprofit organizations that offer K - 12 school programs, teacher training, field seminars, and other educational experiences in cooperation with specific parks throughout the couField Schools page, where you'll find an A-to-Z list of nonprofit organizations that offer K - 12 school programs, teacher training, field seminars, and other educational experiences in cooperation with specific parks throughout the coufield seminars, and other educational experiences in cooperation with specific parks throughout the country.

There should also be opportunities to create a variety of differentiated roles for teachers — so that they can pursue their strengths and don't have to be frustrated by their weaknesses (much as happens in other fields)-- as well as increasingly creative opportunities for team teaching, both in a school environment as well as virtually across geographies, to make teaching far less isolating and provide far more opportunities for recognition among one's peers.

Kathleen Kelly, president of the Massachusetts Federation of Teachers, suggests teacher - qualifying exams be required earlier in a students» course of study so that those who seem headed toward problems could be redirected to other fields.

Teachers in the field may have other ideas for these as well, and undoubtedly there will continue to be significant evolution.

They were strongly supported for PD, but what they found was that many of them said that although they felt they needed PD in their out - of - field areas, they felt uncomfortable going to a designated PD in their out - of - field areas because they felt that they knew so much less than the other teachers that were there...

Through the exchange of e-mail, photos, and multimedia reports, and by participating in virtual field trips, they can communicate with students and teachers in other countries.

This year the list is topped by four major research pieces: an analysis of how U.S. students from highly educated families perform compare with similarly advantaged students from other countries; a study investigating what students gain when they are taken on field trips to see high - quality theater performances; a study of teacher evaluation systems in four urban school districts that identifies strengths and weaknesses of different evaluation systems; and the results of Education Next's annual survey of public opinion on education.

The «Strategic Plan for Agricultural Education» calls for, among other goals, developing a more science - based agricultural curriculum; increasing the nation's agricultural «literacy;» attracting more women and minorities to the agriculture field; and including the subject and its teachers in the educational mainstream.

As a supervisor of undergraduates who are training to become teachers, I know the value that comes from being evaluated by others in the field...

Truth: Many teachers are hired who show experience in a variety of career fields without any background in education other than coursework.

As the leading professional association representing teachers and other professionals working in the fields of HPE, the Australian Council for Health, Physical Education and Recreation (ACHPER) is invested in making a difference to schools, teachers and students.

Budgetary shortfalls, school district bankruptcies, teacher and administrator layoffs, hiring and salary freezes, pension system defaults, shorter school years, ever - larger classes, faculty furloughs, fewer course electives, reduced field trips, foregone or curtailed athletics, outdated textbooks, teachers having to make do with fewer supplies, cuts in school maintenance, and other tales of fiscal woe inevitably captivate the news media, particularly during the late - spring and summer budget and appropriations seasons.

Positive comments from some recent users of this book include: Most schools are full of documents and data... Dr Slater is among the first to show how they can be used to compare what is said on paper and in interviews... The results will shock you... Dr Slater is a successful high school teacher and an award winning author... and here's why... Fantastic little book, punches well above its weight... Makes it seem so simple... the art of the genius... As an advocate of the What Works agenda, I think this book really is a wake - up call... A fantastic insight into the potential for using documents in research... Nails twenty years of research in twenty minutes... Worth every dime... Every student in my class (6th form) has been told to buy this book... and it's easy to see why... Shines a great big light on the power of documents in research... Surely this is the best book in its field... First class... I kept referring to this book in my presentation last week and the audience was ecstatic... Education research, usually has little effect on me... Until now... This book is formidable... Crushes the concept that education research is rubbish... fantastic insight... Blows you away with its power and simplicity... Huge reality check, senior school managers at good schools tell the truth, other's don't, won't or can't, and their students suffer.

NEVER BORED As a gifted teacher, you become immersed in a fascinating field, which studies intelligence, creativity, emotional and social issues, and other interesting topics.

While other districts, such as New York City, have sought qualified teachers abroad, the Chicago initiative is unique because the INS will issue visas similar to those used to fill shortages in high - tech fields.

Like professionals in other fields, teachers ought to be rewarded for achieving results — in this case, based on their effectiveness in producing student learning.

«Teachers generally don't go into teaching for money, especially in these days when they have access to all other lines of work,» in contrast to years past when women and men of color went into education because they were blocked from some fields, Johnson says.

Financial incentives will encourage teachers to try harder in their jobs, the theory goes, and those who don't should leave the field and seek other careers.

One could hardly imagine the story stirring teachers in other fields, either, for it didn't validate the arts as an academic discipline.

Some have argued that the legal basis for this mandate can be found in section 1111 (a)(8), the so - called «equitable teacher distribution» requirement, which asks states to submit plans to the Secretary that describe «steps that the State educational agency will take to ensure that poor and minority children are not taught at higher rates than other children by inexperienced, unqualified, or out - of - field teachers, and the measures that the State educational agency will use to evaluate and publicly report the progress of the State educational agency with respect to such steps.»

For teachers, it allows them to employ more creative methods of teaching and provides a more level playing field for all students in the class, with those that might struggle with conventional teaching methods suddenly able to express themselves in other ways.

A successful undergraduate teacher in, say, introductory biology, not only induces his or her students to take additional biology courses, but leads those students to do unexpectedly well in those additional classes (based on what we would have predicted based on their standardized test scores, other grades, grading standards in that field, etc.) In our earlier paper, we lay out the statistical techniques [xi] employed in controlling for course and student impacts other than those linked directly to the teaching effectiveness of the original professoin, say, introductory biology, not only induces his or her students to take additional biology courses, but leads those students to do unexpectedly well in those additional classes (based on what we would have predicted based on their standardized test scores, other grades, grading standards in that field, etc.) In our earlier paper, we lay out the statistical techniques [xi] employed in controlling for course and student impacts other than those linked directly to the teaching effectiveness of the original professoin those additional classes (based on what we would have predicted based on their standardized test scores, other grades, grading standards in that field, etc.) In our earlier paper, we lay out the statistical techniques [xi] employed in controlling for course and student impacts other than those linked directly to the teaching effectiveness of the original professoin that field, etc.) In our earlier paper, we lay out the statistical techniques [xi] employed in controlling for course and student impacts other than those linked directly to the teaching effectiveness of the original professoIn our earlier paper, we lay out the statistical techniques [xi] employed in controlling for course and student impacts other than those linked directly to the teaching effectiveness of the original professoin controlling for course and student impacts other than those linked directly to the teaching effectiveness of the original professor.

Charged by the U.S. Department of Education with combing the existing research on teacher preparation and subjecting it to scientific standards used in other fields, scholars with the Center for the Study of Teaching and Policy at the University of Washington (Wilson, Floden, and Ferrini - Mundy 2001) eliminated all but 57 studies written in the past 20 years.

«A big reason we decided to undertake this research is because we know from other research in the field that conversations around LGBTQI - inclusivity are not happening in schools,» Ullman tells Teacher.

Her history suggests that teachers have largely been pawns in the games of others; if teaching is to become a professional field organized around common norms and standards, then practitioners and their representatives need to exert professional control over it, as we have seen in other domains.

In an open market, other organizations could compete for teacher representation, sell liability insurance, and offer professional services on a level playing field.

McRae and Walker explained that the field of education must compete with other fields for minority students; if we are going to encourage minorities to become teachers, we need to put in this extra effort.

We favor reporting the percentage of program graduates who enter and persist in the field for which they were trained — not just for teacher - preparation programs, but for other college majors and training programs as well.

And, like any new product or process in other endeavors, the implementation plans must be field - tested for a year or more, «time when teachers can give and get feedback, share ideas, and try out methods of teaching to the new standards.

With teacher rounds, educators share insights and grow professionally, benefitting from the peer learning common in other demanding fields.

Brownback proposed several initiatives, including affordable internet access for all students, expanded scholarships for college students who agree to stay and teach in Kansas and relaxing teacher certification standards to make it easier for college graduates in other fields to transition to the classroom.

Signup sheets should be available so parents can schedule a one - on - one conference with the teacher; other signup sheets might be available for parents who will be willing to go along on field trips or assist in other ways.

This trend shows that teachers» salaries are falling behind those of highly educated women in other fields at a rapid rate.