Sentences with phrase «rather than a classroom teacher»

Video productions provided teacher - learners with the opportunity to enjoy final presentations as part of the real audience rather than a classroom teacher and evaluator.

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Teachers are trained in behavior - management techniques that dial confrontations down rather than up, and they are given strategies to help them create a climate of belonging and engagement in the classroom.

Early reading in schools is necessary so that the teacher can give children classroom assignments rather than working individually with each of them, but at home it doesn't matter.

It illustrates that people are hungry for an alternative to the status quo where content is increasingly brought through computers rather than teachers, academic learning is being pushed down to younger and younger children, and the focus in the classroom is «teaching to the test.»

But personal best is something that we want children to understand and to measure themselves against rather than having society or teachers or classrooms always hold up perfectionism as a goal or a standard for children or teens.

«Brain Gym requires little additional training for the classroom teacher, no testing, no technology, and it enhances (rather than replaces) current curriculum.

At Cuomo's urging, the Legislature pushed through some reforms in 2015, tying tenure to teacher performance instead of time in the classroom, and requiring teachers be evaluated for tenure after four years on the job, rather than three.

After the proposition passed, state union representatives immediately lobbied the state attorney general to issue a «clarification» explaining that performance pay actually meant an across - the - board bonus for every teacher in a school or district, regardless of performance, and that funding classrooms directly actually meant passing the funding through the district first so the district, rather than the school, can make the major funding decisions.

I believe we are starting to reach an important tipping point: where educational technology in the classroom can actually start saving a teacher time, rather than adding to their workload.

This provides a financial incentive for teachers to continue delivering the best standards of education in the classroom, because this will provide great teachers with incentives to remain as teachers rather than taking management responsibilities which come with larger salaries.

According to Dorothy M. Steele and Becky Cohn - Vargas, identity safe classrooms are «those in which teachers strive to ensure students that their social identities are an asset rather than a barrier to success.»

I. N. Berlin, a professor of psychiatry and psychiatric consultant to school districts in San Francisco, San Joaquin County, and Stockton, California, argued that some mental pathologies that were causal factors in teacher maladjustment and ineffectiveness in the classroom were, unfortunately, exacerbated rather than alleviated by teacher education.

In addition, if teachers are required to earn a master's degree immediately rather than within five years as now permitted, they may be better prepared when they first enter the classroom, Kelly feels.

So I guess one key aspect would be actually doing behavioural observations of self - regulation and behaviour in the classroom rather than relying on teacher ratings, though we do find that teachers are pretty accurate in their ratings of behaviour.

Teachers received bonuses based on the overall performance of all tested students in their school, rather than just on the performance of students in their own classrooms.

The challenge teachers face is finding the right, slim set of tools that enhances classroom learning, rather than distracting from it.

Anecdotal evidence suggests that the take - up of kindergarten was not completely immediate because of shortages of classrooms and teachers rather than because of a gradual increase in local demand.

This technology is not new to education, but historically tends to be used more by network managers to monitor and control their school's IT from the back - office, rather than being used by classroom teachers themselves.

In addition, a survey of English language arts classrooms published by the Fordham Institute found that most elementary - school teachers, at least in the early stages of common core implementation, assigned books based on students» abilities, rather than grade - level complexity, as the standards state.

«Students go from a primary school environment characterised by smaller class sizes and a smaller student cohort... and one main classroom teacher rather than multiple teachers [and specialist staff].

I have visited schools where, rather than fearing classroom observations, teachers are upset when colleagues don't visit and provide feedback daily or weekly.

The basic idea in the grant proposal was that teachers had to overcome their squeamishness in talking about sex; indeed, they needed to learn how to stand in front of the classroom and describe intimate body parts using their students» vernacular, rather than the technical terms found in biology textbooks.

In a separate Education Next essay written by NCTQ director Kate Walsh, she says ed schools view their mission as being to help «form» teacher thinking rather than to «train» them in techniques useful for classroom management and lesson preparation.

When used educationally, podcasts can empower students and teachers to become content producers rather than content consumers, and they can give them audiences beyond the classroom.

Rather than use choice to set in motion a chain reaction that ends with the removal of bad teachers from the classroom, why not go right at the bad teachers themselves?

Rather than designing the rules alone, the teacher works cooperatively with students to establish classroom rules and consequences; the rationale being that if students take part in this process, they are more likely to view the consequences as fair and reasonable.

Howard's description exemplifies how using technology can actually free up teachers to teach in smaller groups — rather than simply lecture at or manage an entire classroom.

But rather than investing solely in training new teachers, we should unlock the existing computer science talent awash in our tech industry and invest in building channels that bring outside experts into classrooms to supplement what teachers are doing.

Interestingly, all of these legal actions target the value - added component of teacher evaluation rather than classroom observations.

In this classroom there is a more inviting learning atmosphere, and teachers walk among students, rather than just sitting or standing in front of the room; it is a space where students can choose where to sit, work, and collaborate with their peers; there are round tables, work areas, and even creative elements like beanbags.

«Time and again ministers fixate on the name above the door rather than ensuring schools have the resources and teachers in the classroom to deliver an excellent education for all.

One possible explanation is that principals focus on the average test scores in a teacher's classroom rather than on student improvement.

But union contracts often limit how many hours a public - school teacher must be in the classroom: that's why a school may hire a substitute librarian rather than send everyone back to their homerooms when the full - time librarian is out.

Rather than removing them from the classroom, our teacher Mrs. Swenson discreetly removed me from the situation by asking me to help her get something from the computer lab.

Avoid gifts that are donations to the classroom rather than tokens for the teacher.

It is likely that in these cases the support provided from a teaching assistant comes at the expense of, rather than in addition to, attention from the classroom teacher.

In a 2002 pilot study involving three middle school classrooms in Boston, Dede found that students who played his game River City surpassed the test group in three areas: They were more motivated to do the work, performed better on postlesson tests, and tended to look to their teachers to facilitate rather than give direction.

It is as intuitive as a smartphone - a «walk up and use» experience that allows teachers to focus on managing their classroom rather than the technology.

«Good Teaching Matters: How Well - Qualified Teachers Can Close the Gap» (1998) makes the case that the capability of the teacher, rather than influences from outside the classroom, has the strongest effect on student learning.

Rather than teachers having to plan and record a program from TV they can watch a program to see if it's relevant and stream it direct to their classroom the next day.

Dr. Linda Darling Hammond has found that for technology to be used effectively in the classroom, three key criteria must be met: Learning must be interactive; the technology must be used to explore, design, and create rather than to «drill and kill»; and there must be the right blend of teachers and technology.

«The whole movement toward the notion that teachers don't have a basic right to be in the classroom unless they are effective is proving so powerful as an idea that they're weakened because they've run away from it rather than embrace it.»

Rather than replacing teachers, the authors see digital learning as transforming teaching — both by offering tools for traditional classroom teachers and by enabling entirely new ways of teaching.

«Rather than following a more traditional professional - development model — where you take teachers out of their school or out of their classroom and «train'them and then send them back without follow - up or support — this is an entirely different process,» said Michael Patron, the headmaster...

For example, it calls for systems to tap into teachers» intrinsic motivations, giving teachers the opportunity to construct solutions to the real challenges they face in the classroom, rather than sit in generalized professional development sessions.

It helps move a classroom culture towards student construction of knowledge rather than the teacher having to tell the knowledge to students.

Through this, leaders can search for specific skills, specialisms, and classroom year groups, establish direct contact with potential teachers in the local area and confirm work with them, rather than relying on the word of an agency that «they'll show up at 8 am tomorrow!»

However, the advisory paper warns that grassroots, teacher - led change must be a catalyst for improving the way tech is used in the classroom, with government supporting this and offering a framework rather than dictating how schools should use technology.

Rather than taking on a general reorganization of the schools, they focused mainly on providing professional development to teachers, formal and informal assessment feedback to teachers, and within - classroom coaching services to students.

Albuquerque Teachers Federation President Ellen Bernstein told the Journal that the poll «indicates that voters are starting to understand the issues with these high - stakes teacher evaluations and how this skews what happens in the classroom to focus narrowly on a single test, rather than on the deep, well - rounded education that students deserve.»