Sentences with phrase «school educators looking»

Here are five guiding principles for high school educators looking to implement a response to intervention approach in any academic or behavioral program.

A new practice guide from the U.S. Department of Education's key research office lays out some simple, research - based recommendations for high school educators looking to pry open the doors of higher education for their students.

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And parents, educators and schools were desperately looking for something.

As a middle school educator, I find myself in conversations with parents who are convinced of the value of play, but are unsure what play might look like for a middle school student.

After our session one woman came up to me and explained that she was working to help a large school district roll - out Breakfast in the Classroom and that she was looking for information on how to support educators and school staff in the implementation process.

But with increasing dissatisfaction over the high - stakes testing currently consuming mainstream education; the growing recognition of the many benefits a child receives through experiences with art, movement, and nature; a concern over a reliance on technology by younger and younger students; and the news that leaders in the high - tech industry are touting the lifelong benefits of low - tech Waldorf schools in educating their own children, more and more parents and educators are taking a closer look at the Waldorf approach and what it has to offer.

We will also be looking at supports from Positive Discipline for Teenagers and adolescent development to support Middle School educators.

While I'm staying home, I am looking into going to school to be a certified lactation educator.

This course will be useful for seasoned educators who are new to Waldorf teaching, specialists looking to become Waldorf high school teachers, current Waldorf high school teachers, and those looking to develop new Waldorf high schools.

Parents, educators and elected officials are looking for ways to improve northern Manhattan schools.

«There is tremendous progress already on these initiatives, and I look forward to building on that alongside educators and families to ensure an equitable and excellent school system.»

«We looked at how various features support educators in knowing what students know,» said Barry Fishman, a professor at the U-M School of Information and the School of Education.

Featuring an astonishing, Oscar - nominated performance by a then - twenty - six - year - old Ryan Gosling as a functioning drug addict, basketball coach and history educator, and an equally outstanding turn by newcomer Shareeka Epps as a street-wise middle - school student, the impressive indie drama is a considerate and mannered look at dynamics, race and make - shift families.

In hundreds of schools in the District and elsewhere, these conferences look drastically different as educators seek to build stronger relationships with parents and equip families with tools to reinforce classroom concepts at home.

For those looking to build green schools, this site presents a wide range of educator resources (such as LEED information), professional courses, green building research, presentations, and more.

«It's about supporting the child but also supporting teachers and schools to be confident delivering Aboriginal perspectives within the classroom and also asking educators to look at Aboriginal pedagogies and how they can use that within the classroom.»

You're looking at parents, working with preschool, working with school educators as well.

Now in its 26th year, The Education Show has become the recognised event for educators to keep up to date with the latest developments in education, and for those looking to find out how to make their school an even more inspirational place to teach and learn.

RV: Fantastic, and just finally Nikki, if you were to offer one piece of advice to other educators who are looking to conduct action research in their school, what would it be?

But perhaps in order to make some big initiatives yield bigger benefits, educators need to look more often at simple ideas that have proven to help, even if for just one student or one school at any given time.

Based on the amount of laughter that happened during the Ed School session, which was meant to showcase craft from inspiring educators across Harvard, it looks like Levy did deliver.

If we were to look at our schools and communities through an ecological framework, we can say that educators are part of a learning ecology.

As I have had the privilege to visit 100 + schools and interact with several thousand educators in the last two years, I have distilled key elements of this transition, and the deeper I look, the more I am convinced that THE key element of a successful redefinition of learning requires a reboot of the fundamental relationship between teacher, student, and knowledge.

Upon a closer look, Lewis said they discovered an «institutional discrimination» happening in the school among educators.

That's a big departure from the state - level Race to the Top competitions, which just looked at educators who actually work in schools, not district - level leaders.»

Schools and educators are looking for ways to handle all the content their students create.

As incidents of in - school violence become more common, and strict disciplinary techniques and increased security measures fail to control the problem, many parents, educators, politicians, and social leaders are looking for reliable methods of prevention.

Since the ASD launched three years ago, it has been touted by policymakers in Tennessee and across the country as a promising approach for states looking to improve their lowest - performing schools — and criticized by some local educators and communities for not showing results quickly enough.

Our efforts to determine which students gain more than others — and thus which teachers and schools are more effective — turn out to depend on conventions (arbitrary choices) that make some educators look better than others.

Perhaps, instead of looking forward to high school, it is time for middle school educators to look back at what elementary school is doing.

In this article, school designer, education facility planner, researcher and educator Peter Lippman looks at the history of school design and the importance of structure in open and flexible spaces.

For example, including a school safety measure that looks at the percent of expulsions at a school might force educators into creating a dangerous school environment because expelling or suspending students would affect the school's accountability designation.

After surveying a large sample of adults and educators, Rothstein established eight areas of what people are looking for from schools including basic skills, academic outcomes / critical thinking / reasoning, appreciation arts / literature, preparation for skilled work, emotional health, physical health, good citizenship, social skills / work ethic.

The Scholastic study looks at this issue in a home context, but the findings could offer some useful pointers for educators in schools.

While running an individual OSHC program at a school provides excellent job satisfaction and opportunity to develop skills as educators, it can also be an isolated role for some and is often looked at as a stepping stone.

Principal, educator and blogger Joe Mazza looks at data regarding parent engagement with the suggestion that schools tailor their outreach specifically to the families in their community.

The XQ Super School Project is not an effort to look at the failures of education reform, said Ali, but to help motivate students, educators, and thinkers to reimagine what American high school couSchool Project is not an effort to look at the failures of education reform, said Ali, but to help motivate students, educators, and thinkers to reimagine what American high school couschool could be.

Educators in Illinois Park Ridge - Niles School District 64 could have been content with their strong high - stakes test scores and not looked beyond what those tests measured.

Rarely do districts look outside the traditional population of state - certified public - school educators.

The back - to - school season is full of excitement, with students, parents, educators, businesses, politicians, and other community members all looking to schools to set the tone for the year.

The more innovative a school and outstanding its results, the more impossible replicating it looks to educators elsewhere who are struggling with challenging student populations, limited resources, and unimaginative administrations.

We're looking forward to connecting with more schools and educators in 2016!

Educators undergoing this transformation don't expect their schools to emerge from it looking exactly like High Tech High.

After turning down several jobs that did not meet this family need, the Virginia educator found precisely what he was looking for in the Arlington, Va., school...

«We look forward to working with PIER Fellows to analyze the implementation and impact of statewide initiatives such as our curriculum frameworks, educator evaluation framework, and school and district turnaround efforts.

«In a lot of ways, it looks like a traditional school,» says Will Richardson, an educator and consultant on learning technologies who has visited SLA (and a member of The George Lucas Educational Foundation's National Advisory Council).

Here, school designer, education facility planner, researcher and educator Peter Lippman looks at the history of school design and the importance of structure in open and flexible spaces.

Looking further [ahead] to when they do get to school, how can this research help support educators in what they're discussing with parents around the benefits of reading?

Review: Fluency21, looking at the current state of education, concludes that students have a whole new way of thinking and learning which many educators are unable to understand, and which most schools are unable to accommodate.

In this webinar, our expert guests will look at what's behind the teacher - leadership trend and examine ways that schools are redefining roles to leverage educators» expertise and ambitions.