Sentences with phrase «regular school year teachers»

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He compares it to the way teachers motivate students; grades based entirely upon the final exams are usually enough to incentivize the best students to go above and beyond to achieve high marks, but many students perform better when faced with regular testing throughout the school year.

The schools and classrooms where I've seen the strongest relationship - based cultures are ones where students have input on establishing norms and processes, where team building happens throughout the year so that students and teachers know each other well, and, on the teacher level, where teachers have regular opportunities to collaborate to design meaningful PBL experiences for students and discuss student supports.

A group of Year 1 children from Charlbury School, Oxfordshire, and their teacher Gill Senior, make one of their regular visits to a local wood.

So we have to make sure each child goes outside of his / her comfort zone and speaks and listens to every child in the classroom on a regular basis (I cringe to think of my days as a new high school teacher when I am sure «student K» went the whole year without uttering a sentence to «student G» and vice versa.)

ClaaS is designed to help schools: · Maximise their budget with savings that can amount to as much as 40 percent when compared to an outright purchase · Release capital from their existing IT assets to help finance their new ClaaS subscription · Receive ongoing servicing, training and maintenance which is covered by the agreement, ensuring schools and teachers get the most from technology · Add more equipment and services as and when required · Potentially include other equipment and services such as; tablets, PCs, printers and Wi - Fi from other best of breed suppliers · Build in a regular refresh to ensure they always have the latest learning technology · Be flexible: choose a convenient term length (for example: 3, 4 or 5 years) with the ability to renew the contract, negotiate a new contract or end the contract at the end of the original term Jane Ashworth, UK Managing Director, SMART Technologies commented: «We are thrilled to announce Crystalised as our third distributor in the UK, effective October 1st.

In this four - year longitudinal class - size study, more than 7,000 students in 79 schools were randomly assigned to one of three classroom situations: small class (13 to 17 students per teacher), regular class (22 to 25 students per teacher), or regular class with a full - time teacher's aide.

Louisiana state law illustrates the relative ease in earning tenure: «Such probationary teacher shall automatically become a regular and permanent teacher in the employ of the school board of the parish or city, as the case may be, in which he has successfully served his three - year probationary term.»

an opportunity to consult with the student's regular classroom teacher (s), and other professional staff providing academic intervention services, at least once per semester during the regular school year;

d. Teacher experience, measured as the percent difference between the percent of teachers in their first or second year of teaching at alternative and regular schools.

Notwithstanding the requirements of this subdivision, participation in professional development outside the regular school day or regularly scheduled working days of the school year shall be volitional for teachers, unless otherwise agreed upon as a term or condition of employment pursuant to collective bargaining under article 14 of the Civil Service Law.

During the academic year, most schools in the U.S. invite parents to come in for regular parent - teacher conferences.

☐ Is overseen by an elected school board ☐ Submits to a financial audit on a regular basis ☐ Follows state class - size mandates ☐ Adheres to health, safety, and civil rights laws ☐ Teaches a curriculum aligned to state standards ☐ Is a brick - and - mortar school (not an online one) ☐ Doesn't teach religion ☐ Is in session at least six hours a day, 180 days a year ☐ Follows state teacher - pay guidelines ☐ Participates in annual assessments ☐ Has at least one librarian, nurse, and counselor ☐ Does not practice selective admissions ☐ Demonstrates at least minimal growth in student achievement ☐ Employs unionized teachers ☐ Keeps student suspensions to a minimal level

Throughout the year the superintendent and directors met and coached the principal on regular monthly and weekly schedules; district curriculum personnel worked with teachers on their instructional needs; and the district supported efforts to improve after - school programs for low - performing students.

hold an active National Board Certificate issued by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards and be employed as a teacher in a public school in Virginia on September 30 of the current school year with at least 50 percent of the regular school day engaged in direct instruction with students; and

Each classroom teacher must sign a statement acknowledging receipt of the funds, keep receipts for no less than 4 years to show that funds expended meet the requirements of this section, and return any unused funds to the district school board at the end of the regular school year.

The programme will include in - school visits, a teacher training programme, and regular monitoring and review sessions over a two year period, with the aim of improving the progress students make, reducing school exclusions, and getting more students staying in education after GCSEs.

One of the most amazing things that came through from this new summer school approach is now, during the regular school year, teachers have noticed and commented that students who participated in the summer school program came to school in the fall more excited and prepared for science.

Last year, the Center for Education Innovation created easy - to - read «education scorecards» for every school district in the state so that parents — many lacking high levels of literacy or regular access to the Internet — would have clear information about test scores, graduation rates and teachers.

Reporting on research conducted with participants of two graduate summer courses on video production, Girod, Bell, and Punya (2007) wrote, «Related to the pragmatics of teaching and the pace at which most teachers work, participants appreciated the opportunity to explore digital video design in this summer experience but several only laughed when asked if they would continue to design videos during the regular school year» (p. 27).

During the past two years, the Gates Foundation has helped districts, states, and education organizations involved in piloting and scaling the two collaboratives to create extra time for teachers to engage in this work outside of school budgets and the regular school day.

Our teachers work to integrate strong arts into the core curriculum on a regular basis, and we have multiple teaching artist residencies in all grade levels throughout the school year.

CPS's 10 year slash - and - burn campaign against regular public schools, teachers, and communities is the status quo.

Erik Kass, the district's assistant superintendent for business services, pointed out that teachers would have a longer school day and year in Madison Prep than in a regular district school — 8.75 hours a day for 227 days versus 7.5 hours a day for 192 days.

During the first semester of the second year of the master's program, each participant completed a full - time student teaching experience in a public school setting under the direct supervision and guidance of a regular classroom science teacher.

Doubet was a middle and high school English teacher for 10 years; she taught regular and advanced classes and cotaught special education courses.

Instead of the conventional (and ineffective) format of professional development for educators — filling an auditorium for a day of sleep - inducing lectures — BetterLesson supports teachers for the entire school year with regular, 1:1, virtual coaching.

The school was paying them # 20,000 a year, about half as much as it would have to spend on supply teachers to cover lessons when their regular teachers were not there.

This innovative district is Jefferson County Public Schools (JCPS), which began the process of «PLC Rounds» five years ago when the district's chief academic officer decided that every school would be required to implement PLCs as a regular aspect of their teachers» professional practice.

At the end of the summer program, teachers keep their course supplies to use during the regular school year.

Even those teachers who are not reporting to the classroom during regular school hours over the summer months are using some of that time to plan for the year ahead.

New Teacher Center describes strong induction programs as those that include instructional mentoring for new teachers by carefully selected, well - prepared mentors; formative assessment for teachers and support systems to drive continuous improvement; professional learning communities for mentors and new teachers; engaged principals; and supportive school environments and district policies.9 Research suggests that regular contact between beginning teachers and mentors over a period of at least two years can propel improved teaching and greater student learning.10

In Year 2, based on requests from teachers for regular feedback related to their observations, teachers received a copy of each observation, a description of the codes, a brief summary of research related to the major coding categories being analyzed for the project (e.g., incidence of whole group instruction, and incidence of higher - level questioning; see page 17), and a table summarizing the codes from their observations (e.g., the incidence of whole - group instruction, the incidence of higher - level questioning, etc.) and comparing them to the means at their grade level across all schools.

At KIPP, teachers make about $ 10,000 a year more than their regular public school counterparts, but they put in longer days, Saturday classes and summer school - all extra time and extra resources to lift students who begin KIPP below grade level.

The proposal for the school — now tentatively called «Elm City Imagine» — includes an extended school year with a calendar alternating eight weeks of regular classes with two weeks of «expedition» career engagement; longer school days with staggered teacher schedules; and small - group instruction with more focus on technology.

First, they meet often with teachers during the first weeks of school, then regular check - ins throughout the year, to help ensure all teachers have successfully implemented school culture expectations for their students.

Regular professional development and coaching throughout the school year for teachers and leaders to learn how to align curriculum and instruction to the student assessment system, structure ongoing professional development, and create a culture of revision to support student learning.

Last year, I, along with my esteemed colleague Ms. Tatiana Stewart (another clinician at the Lazear campus) were able to facilitate a conversation between young people in Middle School with their long term substitute teacher who replaced the revolving door of substitute teachers that were covering the class after the regular classroom teacher left mid-year.

«We are not asking for any more than the regular public school funding,» said Pullen, who pointed out that the parents involved in the program have raised hundreds of thousands of dollars a year to supplement teacher assistants for each class.

We the People takes place during the regular school year, and offers teachers a structured, well - tested and supported way of presenting difficult Constitutional principles.

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS • Singlehandedly created and implemented an after school program for a group of special needs children, with different learning abilities • Incorporated remedial programs into afterschool activities, resulting in a high number of students excelling in regular education • Trained 42 new teachers (within a span of 5 years) to successfully implement after school programs in 5 different community schools • Suggested introduction of organic snacks for students during after school activities, which resulted in students opting for healthy food for all their meals

In the next five years our aim is to see 10,000 Australian schools, 295,000 teachers and 4 million students accessing our programs and integrating mindfulness into their classrooms on a regular basis.