Sentences with phrase «over the course of a school year for»

Use the topics separately over the course of a school year for inservice teachers, with each session focusing on a particular aspect of fostering reading success.

Chronic absenteeism — Defined generally as a student missing 10 percent or more of school over the course of the school year for any reason, including excused and unexcused absences.

Not exact matches

For a recent study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, researchers at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health analyzed the eating habits of more than 200,000 health care workers over the course of more than 20 years.

The number of states that require high school students to complete a course in economics has dropped over the last two years, and mandates for personal finance education in the upper grades remain stagnant, a new survey shows.

(Indeed, fascinating histories might be written of major changes in the identities of both denominational and university - related theological schools that came about over the past thirty years not by grand vision and masterful decision but through the accumulated impact of individual decisions about particular proposed courses, programs for this and centers for that.)

These clubs are not new, of course, but they have grown in popularity over the last few years, and for some post-baby boomers, they might be acting as substitutes for the Bible studies and Sunday Schools they grew up with.

During the summer, teachers are either teaching summer school for a meager amount of money over what they earn during the school year, or they are paying money for continuing improvement courses that they can not afford on their teacher's salary.

The school year will be wrapping up for most of us over the course of the next couple of months, which means 2015 is halfway over!

You can help your child by providing support for consistent work over the course of the school year.

From the tens of thousands of e-mails I have received over the last six years [now 14], from my conversations with mothers all across the country, including the mothers of many Olympic athletes, I believe that, first, and foremost, the vast majority of mothers (and many fathers, of course) just want to make youth sports fun again, to know that everything possible is being done to protect their children from injury and abuse and given a chance to play until they graduate high school; that if it is no longer safe for our children to learn baseball or soccer on their own on the neighborhood sandlot, the organized sports program in which we enroll our child - the «village» - will protect them and keep them safe while they are entrusted to their care.

As with magnitude, the impact frequency reported in the current study fell between those of 6 - to 9 - year - olds and high school athletes, with the average player experiencing 240 impacts over the course of a season compared to 107 impacts per season for 6 - to 9 - year - old players, and 565 for high school players.

Through a collaborative process between the Family Association, Faculty Conference, Board of Trustees, staff, alumni, and other community members, the school formed a one - year Ad - Hoc Inclusion, Equity, and Diversity Committee to conduct a rigorous analysis over the course of the 2017 - 2018 academic year and draft a plan for future work.

For a family with two children earning just $ 33,900 a year, the co-payment for school lunch could add up to $ 360 over the course of a school yeFor a family with two children earning just $ 33,900 a year, the co-payment for school lunch could add up to $ 360 over the course of a school yefor school lunch could add up to $ 360 over the course of a school year.

That means they don't show up for 10 % or more of school over the course of the school year.

Allison Roda, who interviewed parents over the course of several years at a city school with a G&T program for her forthcoming book, «Inequality in Gifted and Talented Programs,» said the end result is a clear delineation between students.

Diary of a Wimpy Kid (PG for crude humor and mild epithets) Combination live action / animated comedy based on Jeff Kinney's illustrated children's novel of the same name chronicling the misadventures of a wisecracking, junior high school student (Zachary Gordon) and his best friend (Robert Capron) over the course of a very eventful academic year.

«Lady Bird,» Greta Gerwig's delightful semi-autobiographical look at the relationship between an equally headstrong mother and daughter set over the course of the latter's senior year in high school, was named the winner of the Chicago Film Critics Association's award for the Best Picture of 2017 in a ceremony held tonight.

«Lady Bird» - which saw the film take home the Golden Globe for Best Film - follows outspoken teenager Christine (Ronan) who must navigate a loving but turbulent relationship with her strong - willed mother over the course of an eventful and poignant senior year of high school.

«Lady Bird» - which saw Greta nominated for Best Director at this year's upcoming Academy Awards - follows outspoken teenager Christine who must navigate a loving but turbulent relationship with her strong - willed mother over the course of an eventful and poignant senior year of high school.

Harry (Daniel Radcliffe, getting too old for the role) is kept prisoner in his unctuous uncle's home until his friend Ron (Rupert Grint, frankly terrible) breaks him out with a flying car to spirit him away to the Hogwarts School, where, over the course of seven years, youngsters with magical ability study to become witches and warlocks.

One key reason for so much review over the course of a school year is testing.

Over the last two years or so we've shared research and practical advice for the classroom through our series on School Improvement, Action Research, Teaching Methods, Global Education and, of course, The Research Files --- and we've thrown in a few special episodes for good measure!

For some time now, I've been giving the Department a hard time about not releasing enough data on the performance of the SIG (School Improvement Grants) program — I'm trying to hold them accountable for the Secretary's talk of turning around 5,000 persistently failing schools over the course of five yeaFor some time now, I've been giving the Department a hard time about not releasing enough data on the performance of the SIG (School Improvement Grants) program — I'm trying to hold them accountable for the Secretary's talk of turning around 5,000 persistently failing schools over the course of five yeafor the Secretary's talk of turning around 5,000 persistently failing schools over the course of five years.

Here's one solution: Start with the premise that a great school either has very high achievement for all students or helps all of its students make a lot of progress over the course of the year.

The programme runs over the course of a school year in a series of four half - day workshops, and includes expert advice and resources for staff as well as the opportunity to ask questions, discuss ideas, and brainstorm solutions.

A basic expectation should be that every student will make excellent progress in their learning — for example, over the course of a school year — regardless of their starting point.

For that reason, we find it to be of some significance that over the course of the past year the public has become much more supportive of school vouchers.

That is, we compare students with the same demographic characteristics, the same test scores in the current year and in a previous year, the same responses to the surveys for other social - emotional measures collected by the district, and within the same school and grade, to see whether students who look the same on all of these measures but have a stronger growth mindset learn more over the course of the following year.

In addition to regularly assessing student performance, Sherman Oaks utilizes a tool (the California Standards for the Teaching Profession) to help teachers self - assess their own growth over the course of a year as a result of the school's staff development efforts.

Pupils at the schools will study for an extra 20 minutes each day in return for two weeks of extra holiday time over the course of the year.

Growth measures — like «value added» or «student growth percentiles» — are a much fairer way to evaluate schools, since they can control for prior achievement and can ascertain progress over the course of the school year.

A study by Stanford's Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO) finds that over the course of three years, Texas charter school students on average gained the equivalent of 17 more days of reading instruction per year than their district school peers.

For example, last year over 90 urban public high school students in New Orleans took advantage of Louisiana's new Supplemental Course Academy (SCA) to complete credits for their first year of college through Bard Early College Campus, a satellite campus of Bard College in New YoFor example, last year over 90 urban public high school students in New Orleans took advantage of Louisiana's new Supplemental Course Academy (SCA) to complete credits for their first year of college through Bard Early College Campus, a satellite campus of Bard College in New Yofor their first year of college through Bard Early College Campus, a satellite campus of Bard College in New York.

If combined with a real growth model — holding schools accountable for making sure that all students make progress over the course of the school year — states can finally create incentives for schools to pay attention to their high achievers too.

It moves away from the once - and - done obligatory and periodic classroom visit as the basis for teacher evaluation to ongoing constructive feedback over the course of a school year, which results in professional growth and documented positive summative evaluation.

Over the course of a school year, SREB's approach to professional development builds capacity for continuous, ongoing professional learning into the instructional day.

He then joined Teach for America and relocated to New Orleans, LA, where he taught 5th and 6th grade science and social studies over the course of four years at KIPP: McDonogh 15 School of the Creative Arts.

iObservation provides professional development for instructional leaders over the course of six sessions, spread over one or two years depending on district and school needs.

A large majority of eventual dropouts are overage for grade by the time they enter ninth grade for the first time, and have increasingly high levels of absenteeism and course failure over their years in high school.

«The government has failed to provide schools with funding for pay awards over the course of several years, and this is one of a series of additional cost pressures which have pushed school finances to breaking point,» he said.

Advocates are planning a broader campaign over the course of the year focused on leveling the playing field for public charter school students.

In order to be used successfully with a larger audience of upper elementary, middle school, and high school classrooms, a model VFT module should be designed for use at various times over the course of the year, and at multiple times during the day.

Over the course of our 69th year, ASCD held an inaugural virtual conference, made significant enhancements to the web - based PD In Focus tool, and selected schools for the first - ever Whole Child Network.

Richard Watts (pictured below), leader of Islington council, which introduced free school meals for all primary school pupils in 2010, has warned that taking a snapshot of take - up numbers so early in the school year risks presenting an inaccurate picture of how many children will receive meals over the course of the year.

Over the course of the 2017 - 2018 school year, the Pace Academy community is thinking critically about CONSERVATION, the Isdell Center for Global Leadership's (ICGL) fourth annual global theme.

Other activities in which teacher candidates engaged have engaged in my courses are attending webinars hosted by the National Council of Geography Education on integrating online maps into pedagogical practice, using Google Earth ™ to create flyovers and virtual fieldtrips, retrieving and analyzing remotely sensed imagery of our town and university to visualize how these places had changed and developed over the years, using various functions in Google Maps ™, and reviewing school demographic and testing data in preparation for instructional planning.

Now all Arizona children will, over the course of four years, become eligible to apply for the Empowerment Scholarship Account (ESA) program that allows education dollars to follow each individual child to the school or learning environment they need.

For high schools, AUSL receives $ 2.4 million more than their neighborhood counterparts over the course of five years and an additional $ 500 per pupil each year.

Under the new system, principals are required to spend from 60 to 90 minutes in a teacher's classroom annually, depending on a teacher's experience — meaning for veteran teachers, principals must conduct four 15 - minute observations over the course of the school year.

When I talk about the long hours, for example, what I mean is that, over the course of four years, my school's administration steadily expanded the workload and workday while barely adjusting salaries.