Sentences with phrase «practice of other teachers»

An important step in developing a system for ongoing improvement is for principals to engage the most effective teachers in instructional decision - making, and leverage the talents of the most effective teacher leaders to improve the practice of other teachers.

In all cases, teacher - leaders responsible for developing the instructional practice of other teachers must work collaboratively with others and, in most cases, should continue to teach as well as lead.

Not exact matches

He called you by your last name (a practice I use to this day), he had a way of instilling fear into kids who would goof - off and cause distractions in other classes (a practice I was very much unable to duplicate during my one - year stint as an 8th - grade English teacher), and you had to run the gauntlet of sentence - diagramming grammar, which advanced to a pretty complex level, before the more «cool - teacher» aspects of Mr. Pacilio were unveiled — and even then, the tests on those rock songs were no joke!

Within the confines of your scope of practice as a prenatal yoga teacher, you will be able to offer pregnant women a holistic and supportive environment where she can find community with other pregnant mothers.

«Teachers and other professionals who have benefited by working together across institutional boundaries may now find that, as a result of these changes, opportunities to develop practice and share expertise will be lost.

Dr. King, the state commissioner, said the disturbing nature of these records was part of the reason he and other state education officials recently recommended a ban starting next school year on the longstanding practice of teachers» grading their own students» tests and would urge districts to improve monitoring on test days.

At Medgar Evers College Preparatory School in Brooklyn, several anonymous whistle - blowers accused school administrators of pushing for higher scores through a practice city teachers refer to as «scrubbing,» in which scorers reread essays or other open - response questions to search for extra points.

«Yes some kids needs more time, most kids in our district need more time... but all of our teachers need more time to be more thoughtful about the practice and to prepare better and to learn from each other,» Urbanski said.

Other researchers point to the model of Finland, where educational theories, research methodologies and practice are all important parts of teacher education, according to Pasi Sahlberg, who in 2011 wrote Finnish Lessons, an account of how the country rebuilt its education system and rose to the top of international math and literacy rankings.

We encourage teachers to build on the interest and excitement generated during Hour of Code and CSEdWeek and create opportunities for students to use, practice, and develop programming skills in projects for other subjects and assignments, too.

Groups of professionals for which it can be useful to practice talking with children who have been exposed to violence or other traumatic experiences are, for instance, social workers, police officers, teachers, recreational pedagogues, counsellors and school nurses.

As teachers we become mindful of how we practice and from that what practice we are encouraging in others.

He realised that there were many other requirements besides practice to complete the science of health.It made him realise why many great Yoga teachers - even someone like Iyengar himself - suffered from various ailments, despite practising.This changed his entire vision about Ppractice to complete the science of health.It made him realise why many great Yoga teachers - even someone like Iyengar himself - suffered from various ailments, despite practising.This changed his entire vision about PracticePractice.

Here at Five Pillars one of our primary goals was to establish a studio that offered a deeper context for the physical practice, so you will often hear teachers bringing in ideas, poems, history or other teachings («Dharma»).

Thousands of students, teachers, studio owners and others around the world have made our products part of their homes and practice spaces — to inspire learning and remembering.

If you are going in for traditional yoga teacher training, you would be required to learn Sanskrit names of asana, other yoga practices and mantras.

; Ashtau Anga - The Eight Limbs; The Ashtanga Yoga Mantras; Important Concepts from Other Sources; An Art of Healing; Prana, Nadis and Bandhas; Healing the Physical Body; Healing the Mind; Healing the Soul; Ashtanga Yoga - The Method; «Do Your Practice and All Is Coming»; Shri K. Pattabhi Jois» Teaching Style; 1 Percent Anatomy; Things to Ponder (Recommended for Students); Things to Ponder (Recommended for Teachers).

That is why at our massage school, nearly 80 percent of class hours are dedicated to our students to practice massaging other students, receiving massage, and observing the teacher demonstrate how to massage.The remaining 20 percent of class hours are spent discussing the theory of Raynor massage and other subjects such as hygiene, professional ethics, contraindications, the theory of hand and foot reflexology and the qualities of different aromatherapy oils, which are covered in the Diploma course.

«I see a bright future where yoga and other mind - body practices become more accepted within standard medical care, as our medical system starts to move away from a more limiting illness model to a more enlightened wellness model of health,» says Lorenzo Cohen, PhD, professor and director of the Integrative Medicine Program at MD Anderson Cancer Center and grandson of the famed early Western yoga teacher, the late Vanda Scaravelli.

If you dream of deepening your yoga practice and serving others, discover SWIHA's life - changing and career - elevating yoga teacher training (YTT) programs.

Many of our Yoga Senior Teachers have been studying, practicing or teaching for many years and have a strong foundation in Rahini, Hatha, Raja and Yin Yoga; Meditation; Sound Healing; Reiki; and other Healing Arts.

For me, becoming a yoga teacher is about about sharing the magic of the practice with others who are seeking it out to heal, soothe, and strengthen their minds and bodies.

Other themes may be more spiritual and the teacher may present a string of related thoughts all around a particular idea, such as non-violence or practicing with compassion.

National Board Certified teacher and 2003 National Teacher of the Year, Dr. Betsy Rogers, who was recently profiled by Education World, often tells audiences that seeking National Board Certification helped her realize that, like other professionals, she indeed has a professional prteacher and 2003 National Teacher of the Year, Dr. Betsy Rogers, who was recently profiled by Education World, often tells audiences that seeking National Board Certification helped her realize that, like other professionals, she indeed has a professional prTeacher of the Year, Dr. Betsy Rogers, who was recently profiled by Education World, often tells audiences that seeking National Board Certification helped her realize that, like other professionals, she indeed has a professional practice.

The practice Powell was showing off involved having its teachers present their reteaching plans — developed on data day — to a handful of teachers from other grades and specialties.

George Theoharis, a former teacher and principal, is a professor in the Department of Teaching and Leadership at Syracuse University, where he studies classroom inclusion practices and other special education issues.

«The momentum for change in assessment policy and practice is growing across Australia and in other parts of the world,» Elizabeth Hartnell - Young, Director of the ACER Institute, tells Teacher.

Christine Blower, general secretary of the National Union of Teachers, said: «Pearson needs to end its involvement with fee - paying private schools in the global south; stop all practices that promote and support the obsession with high - stakes testing; and negotiate with teachers» unions and others to secure agreement on the appropriate role of «edu - business» in edTeachers, said: «Pearson needs to end its involvement with fee - paying private schools in the global south; stop all practices that promote and support the obsession with high - stakes testing; and negotiate with teachers» unions and others to secure agreement on the appropriate role of «edu - business» in edteachers» unions and others to secure agreement on the appropriate role of «edu - business» in education.

Domain 5 — the idea of teachers in the school sharing and showcasing best practice to support professional learning of others, and this idea of a self - reflective culture, focus on improving classroom teaching, that was... this really informed our vision.

There are a number of important impediments inhibiting teachers from learning from each other — like packed teaching schedules, a lack of collaboration time, and ambiguity about what constitutes best practice.

Other Quadratic Expression and Quadratic Equation activities and notes include: - Factoring Quadratic Expressions: Notes and Practice for Interactive Notebooks - Factoring Quadratics - task cards for scavenger hunt - Solve Quadratic Equations: Practice and Review with the Math Detective - Factoring Quadratic Expressions: Practice and Review Puzzle Activity - Quadratic Equations: Using the Quadratic Formula Practice and Review Also available as part of Algebra 1: Ultimate Teacher Resource Bundle which contains all Algebra 1 products in the store and all future Algebra 1 related products.

Concerned about complaints that several schools in the past year have conducted raids on other schools» students and teachers, among other questionable practices, the New York State Association of Independent Schools has issued a set of guidelines to its 140 member schools on admissions and hiring standards.

Other Quadratic Expression and Quadratic Equation activities and notes include: - Factoring Quadratic Expressions: Notes and Practice for Interactive Notebooks - Factoring Quadratics - task cards for scavenger hunt - Solve Quadratic Equations: Practice and Review with the Math Detective - Factoring Quadratic Expressions: Practice and Review Puzzle Activity - Quadratic Equations: Using the Quadratic Formula Practice and Review Save $ $ in the All about Quadratic Equations Teacher Resource Bundle Also available as part of Algebra 1: Ultimate Teacher Resource Bundle which contains all Algebra 1 products in the store and all future Algebra 1 related products.

Similarly, in a case study of four middle school math teachers who participated in a yearlong series of ten video club meetings to reflect on their classrooms, teachers in the video club «came to use video not as a resource for evaluating each other's practices, but rather as a resource for trying to better understand the process of teaching and learning» in a supportive, nonthreatening setting (Sherin and Han, 2004).

• Make it a «non-negotiable» • Recruit and hire teachers who buy - in from the get - go • Provide them with hands - on professional development and plenty of examples • Share and celebrate «best practices» • Identify teachers who do it well and have others visit their classrooms • Give instructional teams time to collaborate and to develop quality prompts • Stockpile successful A.R.T. plans and incorporate them into the school's curriculum map • Hire and / or bring in practicing artists to participate • And, most importantly, get excited - as though you had just seen a narwhal tusk for the first time!

«When teachers engage in high - level instructional talk and have the opportunity to improve practice collaboratively and in concrete forms, they develop team loyalty, trust, and feelings of responsibility and accountability for each other and for all the team's students.

In the absence of full - time virtual schools, teachers unions and other opponents use their resources to attack blended - learning charters, even though the latter do not differ in legal structure, brick - and - mortar presence, or enrollment practices from other charter schools.

Regardless of the approach, all of the groups unabashedly acknowledge that some teachers are more effective than others and that even the best teachers want to keep improving their practice.

• too much school time is given over to test prep — and the pressure to lift scores leads to cheating and other unsavory practices; • subjects and accomplishments that aren't tested — art, creativity, leadership, independent thinking, etc. — are getting squeezed if not discarded; • teachers are losing their freedom to practice their craft, to make classes interesting and stimulating, and to act like professionals; • the curricular homogenizing that generally follows from standardized tests and state (or national) standards represents an undesirable usurpation of school autonomy, teacher freedom, and local control by distant authorities; and • judging teachers and schools by pupil test scores is inaccurate and unfair, given the kids» different starting points and home circumstances, the variation in class sizes and school resources, and the many other services that schools and teachers are now expected to provide their students.

In other words, the observed teacher practices included in the TES evaluation system appear to capture a little less than half of the overall differences in teacher effectiveness.

Thus the use of OER is accompanied by these open education practices and pedagogy among teachers, librarians, and others, increasing the professionalism of educators nation wide.

He makes similar arguments about how efforts to improve teacher quality, instructional approaches like Success for All, and high - expectation techniques practiced by educators like Jaime Escalante and Rafe Esquith are not promising models for reform because their success is due to the selection of students or other factors that can not be replicated on a broader scale.

Proponents of coaching - based supervision contend that, when separated from evaluation practices, coaching provides a «safe place» for teachers to learn and practice new skills and reflect on outcomes — while still drawing upon observation, feedback, and other common supervisory practices (Joyce & Showers, 1982, p. 6).

The trio found that higher percentages of Louisiana ELA teachers were able to correctly identify practices and approaches aligned with Common Core than educators in other states that have adopted the Common Core or similar standards.

On the other side, from this point of view, are those who are «soft»: people who are opposed to measuring outcomes, who in theory want to empower teachers but in practice want to support a failing status quo.

If you're struggling and need to strengthen this area of your practice, observe other teachers, ask your administration to send you to professional development seminars focused on management, and practice some of the key best practices: Build positive relationships with students, have consistent standards, use positive narration, etc..

According to conservatives, the great sin teachers colleges have committed in the past few decades is that they have focused too much on theory and not enough on clinical practice — and by «theory,» they mean critical pedagogy and other theories that enable prospective teachers to situate school knowledge, practices, and modes of governance within wider historical, social, cultural, economic, and political contexts.

«I worked with teachers in one term and we looked just at numeracy — didn't want to see any of their other planning documents for other subject areas, didn't want to worry too much about their practices in those other areas.

For example, past Specialized Studies candidates have included physicians interested in understanding the education of medical students, a career military officer interested in translating classroom practices into training, social entrepreneurs leading innovative educational ventures in the U.S. and abroad, teachers and administrators interested in implementing cutting edge reform in unique settings, as well as so many others who have benefited from designing their own courses of study.

Last February, Farr published Teaching as Leadership, an earnest, well - intentioned book that purports to explain the habits and practices of effective teachers so that others might profit from their example.