Sentences with phrase «school as a classroom teacher»

Tricia has 18 years of experience in urban schools as a classroom teacher, teacher educator and school leader.

Before becoming principal, Fong worked for nearly two decades at the school as a classroom teacher, technology program director and assistant principal.

Prior to this, she worked in an intermediate school as a classroom teacher and mathematics leader where she focused on accelerating student achievement in mathematics.

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The autism wing at Double Churches Middle School was expanded to include five full Marcus Model classrooms as well as three additional full - time teachers and six paraprofessionals.

As gunshots rang out in the halls of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, a teacher guided a few dozen students into a tiny classroom near the culinary area.

Minorities ought to be invited into the classroom both as faculty members and students, as board members of Christian schools and as teachers.

As White expressed it, the potential for impermissible fostering of religion in secular classrooms — an untested, assumption of the court, so far as he was concerned — paradoxically rendered unacceptable the state's efforts to ensure that secular teachers under religious discipline would successfully avoid conflicts between the religious mission of the school and the secular purpose of the state's education prograAs White expressed it, the potential for impermissible fostering of religion in secular classrooms — an untested, assumption of the court, so far as he was concerned — paradoxically rendered unacceptable the state's efforts to ensure that secular teachers under religious discipline would successfully avoid conflicts between the religious mission of the school and the secular purpose of the state's education prograas he was concerned — paradoxically rendered unacceptable the state's efforts to ensure that secular teachers under religious discipline would successfully avoid conflicts between the religious mission of the school and the secular purpose of the state's education program.

For if we, the teachers, can't fit the forcibly divorced domains of real fact / imaginary value, actual causes / fanciful ideals, feeling / form, concrete / abstract, together, how do we expect our students, shuttled between worlds without transition as they flow between classrooms through school corridors, to do the job?

In later years, I was busy getting my kids ready for back - to - school time, and for many years, as a teacher myself, I was preparing classroom activities.

Furthermore, the schools (in general) do not provide teachers with the adequate resources to perform their jobs effectively, such as teacher - requested books for their students; presentation items such as chalk, whiteboard markers, or projectors; basic classroom organizational needs such as storage bins, filing cabinets with adequate files, and functional modern computers with adequate software to make results tabulating more efficient; or motivational equipment designed to reward students for good behavior, scores, or attitudes (grades simply are not enough of a motivational tool).

And like many other teachers at high - poverty schools, those at M.S. 45 had come to believe that with students as potentially disruptive as theirs, strong, dominant teacher control was the only way to keep the classroom calm and orderly; handing over the reins would mean chaos.

I'm a big proponent of classroom education and never would have pictured myself as a home - schooling parent, but if anything could convince me to change my tune, it's a science teacher opposing solar farms because they might suck up too much energy from the sun.

Overall, it can indeed be challenging and disheartening for a parent to have a child who does not easily or happily leave each day for school because of their sensitivity or adaptability to a formal classroom setting; you'll feel better if you and your child's teacher can work together as a team.

As a school teacher, I pride myself on not raising my voice, even in a classroom full of oversexed, texting adolescents.

As you send your elementary aged child to school with items from their list of school supplies, consider showing a little love to their new teacher with these helpful tools they are sure to enjoy now and be sure to help replenish classroom supplies throughout the school year.

Comic books, now generally known as graphic novels, have increasingly been finding their way into classrooms and school libraries as teachers search for tools to not only help their students learn how to read, but to tap into the vivid imagination that is the hallmark of childhood and turn their students onto a lifelong love of reading.

The toolkit continues with fact sheets addressing common questions about breakfast in the classroom, as well as a brief breakdown of the roles of various stakeholders; teachers, as well as custodians and school nutrition staff.

Stay tuned to Beyond Breakfast for Part Two of our interview with Burke County Public Schools» Nutrition Director and Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics president - elect Donna Martin, to find out how teachers reacted to breakfast - in - the - classroom as the program was expanded district - wide, and some student - favorite school breakfast menu items.

Another notable feature in both the proposed and final rules — one likely to be of special interest to elementary school parents — is a requirement that wellness policies set nutritional standards for foods and beverages that aren't sold but instead made available to children at school, such as offerings at classroom parties or treats given out by teachers as a reward.

Angela has worked for the Orinda School District as an assistant in the special education classroom, working primarily with autistic children, and as a master teacher for the Head Start program in Alameda, Calif..

To recap, the reader's child has just entered public school and she's dismayed by the cafeteria food, the snacks in the kindergarten classroom (Rice Krispie Treats and Cheetos), and the fact that her son is receiving Dum - Dums as rewards from the gym teacher.

Barbara has served as a classroom teacher, a laboratory school instructor, and a university instructor.

This event, where parents visit their child's school shortly after school starts in the fall, is a chance to tour the classroom and meet the teacher as well as other parents.

Her uniquely effective parenting and teaching strategies were developed through her years of training in sociology, special education, and philosophy, as well as field - tested through her experiences as a classroom teacher, laboratory school instructor, university instructor, seminar leader, volunteer in Rwanda, and mother of three grown children.

I've written a lot over the years (really, A LOT - see the Related Links below) about junk food in school classrooms, whether distributed by teachers as rewards for good behavior and academic performance or served as part of birthday or classroom... [Continue reading]

And if you're particularly concerned about the junk food offered to your kids in their school classrooms, such as food served at birthday celebrations, class parties and as teacher rewards, be sure to check out «The Lunch Tray's Guide to Getting Junk Food Out of Your Child's Classroom.»

With community support, we eliminated high - fructose drinks from school vending machines and banned sweets from classroom parties (a hard swallow for those drinking the same sugary punch as Cookie Crusader Sarah Palin); changed the tuition - based preschool food offerings to allergy - free, healthful choices; successfully lobbied for a salad bar and then taught kids how to use it; enlisted Gourmet Gorilla, a small independent company, to provide affordable, healthy, locally sourced, organic snacks after - school and boxed lunches; built a teaching kitchen to house an afterschool cooking program; and convinced teachers to give - up a union - mandated planning period in order to supervise daily outdoor recess.

But on visiting each of the three classrooms, I brightened — seeing the joy and hope on the girls» faces as they talked about what they loved studying (e.g., Amharic, English, science, math), what they hoped to be (e.g., pilot, doctor, engineer, driver, teacher, community mentor for BiruhTesfa), and what the best / worst parts of their days are (unanimously, best = being at school, worst = work hours).

Last year, research involving thousands of elementary school students, and published in the February 2009 issue of Pediatrics, demonstrated an association between daily recess and better classroom behavior as reported by teachers.

As a result, they know how to interact properly with their teachers, the staff and their fellow students, turning their school and their classrooms into a better place.

As a former classroom teacher turned private educational consultant, I've seen my share of homework woes: inane assignments, tedious worksheets, and busywork for elementary school children.

While serving as an elementary classroom teacher in the Toronto District School Board, she was actively involved in identifying and supporting numerous children with autism and other special needs.

Instead, what teachers need to do to help develop those qualities in their students is create an environment, in the classroom and the school as a whole, that makes students motivated to persevere.

Dr. Cox began his career in the classroom as a high school physical education and health teacher so he truly understands the importance of teaching kids to develop healthy habits.

Her work as a classroom teacher, school director and mom of three have provided her with extensive practical experience and enhanced her breadth and depth of knowledge in the field of child development.

Through a few simple yet meaningful things such as frequent conversations between his parents and teachers, his mother's involvement in the classroom, and stimulation of his natural curiosity at home, Dylan's parents have helped their son gain a sense that school is important and that doing his best at schoolwork is his current role in life.

Treat lunchtime as part of the school day, your canteen as an extra classroom and your cooks and lunchtime supervisors as key members of staff, on a par with teachers and business managers.

This resource can be used by school nurses and teachers in the classroom as well as a tool to introduce families in the school community to the basic concepts of food allergies.

Although begun primarily as a parenting intervention, the scope of the program has expanded to include a teacher - based classroom management component and a child - based component to improve regulation strategies and school readiness.

As a preschool and kindergarten teacher, I saw first - hand how children who started school prepared were able to thrive in the classroom, while children who started school with gaps in their development struggled.

Dr. Hightower in his presentation cited Ms. McCarthy's stellar record as a classroom teacher, where she was recognized as a Teacher of the Year, and as a school administrator and district teacher, where she was recognized as a Teacher of the Year, and as a school administrator and district Teacher of the Year, and as a school administrator and district leader.

The Cove School currently employs a director and a classroom teacher as well as hosting visiting teachers for our enrichment program.

Education reform — loosely defined as support for charter school expansion and enhanced classroom standards and evaluations — had largely subsided as a major issue in 2016 for state lawmakers, but had bitterly divided the Capitol in 2015 as Gov. Andrew Cuomo sought to develop new standards for public school teachers.

«NASUWT research has shown time and time again that teachers are facing serious health and safety risks in schools as a result of high levels of stress, school buildings which are outdated and not fit for purpose, the presence of asbestos and excessive classroom temperatures.

Still, education remains a top - tier issue, even as the more pitched battles over charter schools, teacher evaluations and classroom standards for testing have been quietly de-emphasized in recent legislative sessions.

A tweet sent by Trump in 2016 in which he denied wanting guns «brought into the school classroom» has resurfaced after a White House conversation about arming teachers as a way of stopping school shootings.

Other forms of support he said he gave to the constituency in the educational sector include the provision of 1,100 teachers» note 3 lesson notes books for schools, 10 packets of roofing sheets for schools, disbursement of Gh cents 10,000 as scholarship packages for students, construction of 4 classroom blocks in four communities (Bugri, Bugpiigu, Gagbiri Natinga and Kugur), roofing of a classroom block at Bulpielise and rehabilitation of a kindergarten block at Bugri Natinga.

The Cambridge University research for the NUT found a «noticeable change in the climate of schooling» as some teachers offered incentives such as snacks or «credits» towards a day off school in a bid to encourage unruly pupils to pay more attention in the classroom.

Allowing unqualified teachers into the classroom — as Michael Gove has done in academies and free schools — without any pathway to achieve qualified status creates a dangerous precedent.

The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has expressed concern that many children of school going age are constantly being taken out of the classroom into mining pits to engage in of illegal mining popularly known as galamsey.