Sentences with phrase «quality teachers and children»

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The final quality required for authentic dialogue is prudence: the prudence of a teacher who is most careful to make allowances for the psychological and moral circumstances of his hearer [Mt 6:7], particularly if he is a child, unprepared, suspicious or hostile... [who] is always at pains to learn the sensitivities of his audience, and... [who] adapts himself... to the susceptibilities and the degree of intelligence of his hearers.

Though it is difficult to raise children in what might be called a «gender - neutral environment», part of the antidote to the current gender - laden environments in which children tend now to be raised is this view of the work of the Spirit in giving gifts as the Spirit chooses, which encourages those who are the teachers and guides of the young to observe the emerging qualities of spirit in each child and to bring those qualities to full flower rather than trying to redirect any «alpha» qualities in women or «beta» qualities in men towards any «norm.»

Along with the accompanying free printable activity pack, it is a valuable resource for parents and teachers to gently encourage children to develop positive qualities.

I have talked with many parents, occupational therapists, and teachers who believe that children and teens today do not have the quality of handwriting that the same age children had in the past.

A longitudinal study by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development concluded in 2007 that «although parenting was a stronger and more consistent predictor of children's development than early child ‐ care experience, higher quality care predicted higher vocabulary scores and more exposure to center care predicted more teacher ‐ reported externalizing probChild Health and Human Development concluded in 2007 that «although parenting was a stronger and more consistent predictor of children's development than early child ‐ care experience, higher quality care predicted higher vocabulary scores and more exposure to center care predicted more teacher ‐ reported externalizing probchild ‐ care experience, higher quality care predicted higher vocabulary scores and more exposure to center care predicted more teacher ‐ reported externalizing problems.

For example, if a child is pretending to be a teacher, I might ask what qualities make up a good teacher, and we work from there.»

CHER has been committed to providing quality educational materials to parents, teachers, and grandparents who have a heart to make a difference in their children's education since 1993.

In addition to supporting children's music development, our in - school curriculum raises the overall quality of a child's education by touching many important factors all at once: school readiness, family engagement, parent - child relationships, and teacher professional development.

Investigating successful kids and programs at low - income schools and high - achieving prep schools, as well as interviewing psychologists and neuroscientists, Tough challenges some conventional wisdom on causes of failure (poverty, teacher quality) and contends that nurturing character in children and young adults is the key to success.

«The top three qualities public school kindergarten teachers consider essential for school readiness are that a child be physically healthy, rested and well - nourished; be able to communicate needs, wants, and thoughts verbally; and be enthusiastic and curious in approaching new activities.»

«Excessive workload and attacks on teachers» working conditions are having a profoundly negative effect on women teachers» mental and physical health and wellbeing and undermining the quality of education for children and young people.

Parents know firsthand the impact a quality school and great teachers have on their child's future potential.

«New York's children deserve a top - quality education, and the state's new teacher evaluation system will ensure that teachers and principals are held responsible for students performance.»

«That's why we have grave concerns about a budget that allows for teacher layoffs, which would be immensely damaging to our education system and children's opportunities for a quality education.

Commenting on the publication of the Key Stage 2 SATs results today, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union in the UK, said: «The NASUWT congratulates teachers for their hard work in ensuring that children have access to high quality teaching and are able to progress and achieve during their time in primary school.

«Ofsted must now take this opportunity to engage with teachers and school leaders to ensure that inspection can be reformed further so that it accurately reflects the full value that schools add to the quality of children and young people's lives and their future prospects.»

«We have grave concerns about a budget that allows for teacher layoffs, which would be immensely damaging to our education system and children's opportunities for a quality education,» City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and Council Finance Chair Domenic Recchia, Jr. said in a statement.

And Assemblymember Karim Camara, Chairman of the Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic & Asian Legislative Caucus, said «One of the greatest determining factors in ensuring that a child has the high quality education they deserve is the capacity of the teacher in the classroom.

«To ensure the best and brightest are teaching our children, the State Education Department will increase the standards for teacher certification to require passage of a «bar exam,» in addition to longer, more intensive and high - quality student - teaching experience in a school setting,» Mr. Cuomo said.

Importantly, the study found that only teachers with high knowledge and skills for science — not literacy or math — created quality scientific opportunities for students, such as providing science materials and engaging children in science experiences in the classroom.

«MMCI significantly increased a teacher's odds of attaining the level of quality interactions needed for pre-k programs to most meaningfully contribute to children's social and academic outcomes,» said Kelly Maxwell, senior program area co-director for early childhood at Child Trends and co-author of the report.

Since the No Child Left Behind Act went into effect in 2002, more data than ever have been made available on schools, the quality of their teachers, and their student achievement.

An analysis suggests that the effects of INSIGHTS in reducing disruptive behaviors and off - task behaviors for children with high - maintenance temperaments were partially mediated through improvements in the quality of teacher - child relationships.

Interestingly, the quality of the relationship between a teacher and child played a critical role in the children's behaviors.

We aim to make meaningful connections with children, their families, and their teachers to enable the child to achieve their goals by providing quality, innovative therapy services and resources Occupational Therapists.

1decision is part of Headway, a social enterprise established to provide children and teachers with the most up - to - date, sophisticated, high quality and engaging learning materials possible — increasing their accessibility to all schools.

Spending lots of quality time with each child helps teachers know students better both cognitively and relationally.

Clearly, if you want to make decisions about quality of teaching and the impact of school programs, you must examine not what children know on one occasion, like today, but how their knowledge and skills change over the course of their entire exposure to the teacher or the program.

The situation provides an early indicator of states» responses to the new teacher - quality mandates in the «No Child Left Behind Act» of 2001 — and of how a state that has had chronic problems finding qualified teachers for its toughest classrooms might meet them.

Children and young people are being short changed by this government as they can not receive their entitlement to high quality education when talented teachers are leaving and potential recruits can find jobs in other graduate occupations which recognise and better reward their talents.»

Delivering high quality education Teachers» pay and conditions of service are inextricably linked to the provision of high quality education for all children and young people.

Recent issues have included stories on the qualities that make a good teacher, the parent - teacher conference, and No Child Left Behind.

President Barack Obama has often noted in speeches the enthusiasm of Korean parents for their children's education, the high quality of Korean teachers, the number of learning hours that Korean students spend, and the outstanding educational achievements these have produced; for example, top rankings in international academic - achievement tests, and low rates of school dropouts and juvenile delinquency.

Where the sound quality in the classrooms is poor, teachers have to shout to make themselves heard (increasing their stress and ill health), and children may not hear what is being said.

What we did is we looked at reports of their quality of relationships with the teacher at aged around 10 years and then... we managed to find pairs of children who differed on their quality of relationship to the teacher.

The Harvard Teacher Fellows program will be an innovative and important contribution to strengthening K — 12 education by giving new teachers the tools to succeed in the classroom and offering children throughout the country the transformative benefits of high - quality instruction.»

Bena Hefflin developed guidelines for selecting quality multicultural children's literature, and Eliza Braden and Sanjuana Rodriguez provide questions for teachers to examine texts with Latino families and stories of immigration that reflect real experiences.

«Children in the classroom get increased educational quality, and younger teachers get mentors.»

Kamras: A quality teacher, in my view, is someone who: 1) knows his / her subject matter with great proficiency; 2) has the demonstrated capacity — as measured by quantifiable student achievement — to share that knowledge with children; 3) holds all children, regardless of background, to the highest of standards of excellence; 4) leads by taking full responsibility for his / her students» achievement; and 5) inspires students to pursue dreams they never imagined.

Therefore, it's up to charter school leaders and teachers to prove to parents that their children are getting a high - quality education and laying the foundation for a life of opportunity.

Education secretary Justine Greening said: «Getting the best people to train as teachers and into our classrooms is a crucial part of giving every child the high - quality education deserve.

Kevin Courtney, general secretary of the National Union of Teachers, said: «Every parent, teacher and school staff member knows the debilitating effect a chronic lack of money has for the quality and type of education schools can give to children and young people.

Also in line with current studies is the report's finding that «for any groups whether minority or not, the effect of good teachers is greatest upon the children who suffer most educational disadvantage in their background, and that a given investment in upgrading teacher quality will have most effect on achievement in underprivileged areas.»

«The best thing I can do is prepare the strongest generation of music teachers as they go off and teach in a program and create quality music education that advocates for the field,» Bernard says, noting that an outstanding music teacher can do terrific things for children, even those with autism.

The union's general secretary, Chris Keates, commented: «Excessive workload and attacks on teachers» working conditions are having a profoundly negative effect on women teachers» mental and physical health and wellbeing and undermining the quality of education for children and young people.

Classroom quality, as rated by observers on dimensions such as space and furnishings, personal - care routines, and interactions between teachers and children, has also been shown to affect outcomes for children.

The public is largely disenchanted with the way the federal No Child Left Behind Act measures student learning and teacher quality, and it would like greater input into the law's implementation, a report scheduled for release this week by the Public Education Network finds.

Three major developments of the past 20 years are now bearing fruit: 1) the creation of standards and accountability; 2) research on how the brain develops in early childhood and its implications for pre-K education and child care; and 3) an emerging focus on the single biggest factor in student achievement - teacher quality.

Parents use test scores to gauge their children's academic strengths and weaknesses, communities rely on these scores to judge the quality of their teachers and administrators, and state and federal lawmakers use these scores to hold public schools accountable for providing the high - quality education every child deserves.

Because we know that when low - income children of color have access to high expectations, effective teachers, and quality schools, they can perform equally as well as their wealthy, white peers.