Sentences with phrase «school elementary classroom teacher»

Retired Massachusetts public school elementary classroom teacher (34 years).

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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.

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.

Giving the best teacher gift isn't impossible if you know your child's teacher but if you're feeling stuck, here's a list of favorite gifts from the teachers at my kids» elementary school, my former colleagues, and from my experience in the classroom.

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 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.

The Indian Creek breakfast - in - the - classroom program has become so popular among one group of elementary school teachers, they plan to travel to Chicago to champion the program among their peers.

Last spring when Cristy Nolton, executive chef of the Graveyard Tavern in Atlanta, prepared radish and cucumber salad in the classroom for first - and second - graders at nearby Burgess - Peterson Academy, the children cleaned their plates, said Betty Jackson, a physical education teacher and wellness coordinator at the public elementary school.

On topic question topics included the mayor's proposed $ 20 million allocation for arts programs and whether this is all new spending, whether it's typical for elementary schools to have arts teachers, the mayor's proposed $ 4.4 billion capital spending to address classroom overcrowding, how many new classroom seats that spending would produce and where they would be located, whether all trailers used by schools would be eliminated, the definition of «problematic behavior» used in dealing with the Absent Teacher Reserve, what the state funding to be used for middle school after school programs would have otherwise been used for and DoE support for schools that will participate in the program providing increased school autonomy.

6,687 students 623 classroom teachers 10 schools (one high school, two junior highs, seven elementary) $ 188.8 million 2010 - 11 budget 1 % of students need free or reduced price lunches 97 % students are white or Asian (3 % black or Latino) 83 % of third - graders scored proficient or higher on this year's state's English test; 90 % on math exam.

For years, when floodwaters swamped the elementary school, dedicated teachers improvised classrooms in whatever spaces were available, including parks and private homes.

Research has shown that effective teachers and behaviorally engaged students are vital for fostering learning in early elementary school classrooms.

Prior research demonstrates that, regardless of a child's temperament, a warm and supportive teacher - child relationship in early elementary school is associated with fewer problem behaviors and greater classroom engagement.

It stars French - Algerian comedian Mohamed Fellag in a decidedly non-comedic role, as Bashir Lazhar, an Algerian immigrant who takes over teaching duties in a Montreal elementary school after the previous much - beloved teacher hangs herself in the classroom.

Lessons Learned from Howard Gardner and the TV Remote Control Teacher Max Fischer reflects on the eye - opening move from the elementary classroom to the middle school.

Doing research on classroom environments some years ago, I was surprised by how accurately upper elementary school students evaluated their teachers» strengths and limitations.

Led by a former elementary school teacher, the school employs over a 1,000 state certified teachers, almost all of whom have also taught in traditional classrooms.

I have seen teachers in higher elementary grades and middle school special ed classrooms adapt the material to their age group and course of study.

In a July posting on Edutopia.org, elementary school teacher Susan Parker wrote that her classroom's interactive whiteboard «brings the information alive» to the students.

EW: What are some ways an elementary school teacher can motivate the male students and make the classroom more «boy friendly»?

After being a classroom teacher and a content - area teacher (math and science) at the early childhood, elementary, middle, and high school levels for over 10 years, I wanted to specialize and gain expertise in an area that I was passionate about: literacy.

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.

When Gracie Davis, the school's elementary native studies teacher, who is also a resident of the reservation, arrived to take the fourth graders to her classroom, they broke out of their end - of - the - day restlessness.

TEACH, a new film by Waiting for Superman director Davis Guggenheim, profiles four very different elementary, middle, and high school teachers and their public school classrooms.

Museum Teaches History Through GardeningThe National WWII Museum offers elementary school teachers the opportunity to grow Victory Gardens in their classrooms.

The National Education Association should support efforts to connect elementary and high school classrooms to a national, fiber - optic telecommunications network and take other steps to bring teachers into the information age, according to a new report.

The National WWII Museum offers elementary school teachers the opportunity to grow Victory Gardens in their classrooms.

A new study by the National Council on Teacher Quality rates 1200 U.S. ed schools and generally finds them to be an «industry of mediocrity» that produces teachers who are poorly prepared to work in elementary and high - school classrooms.

In those years, she has been both an elementary and middle school classroom teacher.

Some of the gems here include a resource guide for environmental and marine science teachers, wetland activities, a resource guide for oceanography, and coastal processes: developed for elementary, middle, and high school teachers, The «marinated» classroom: a sourcebook of aquatic activities for the elementary classroom and another for the secondary classroom, water on the web: integrating real - time data into educational curricula over the internet and coastal capers: a marine education primer.

Picture a classroom where the teacher tells elementary school students on a regular basis: «Questions are more important than answers.»

Five elementary schools (63 teachers and 1,192 students in grades 2 - 5) were randomly assigned to differentiated or whole - group classroom instruction in reading.

My experiences as a high - achieving student in an underperforming high school, a struggling African American student in a top - 20 university, and a classroom teacher in a Title I elementary school, profoundly shaped my interest in positively impacting the field of education.

To further investigate the implementation of Prop 227, I observed 170 classrooms and interviewed teachers and administrators in 29 elementary and junior high schools in eight California school districts during the spring of 1999 and the fall of 2001.

You are an elementary school teacher who glances out the classroom door one day to see a man dressed in camouflage gear and carrying a gun as he walks down the hallway.

99, assesses early childhood and elementary teachers in the District of Columbia Public Schools as a master teacher, having spent 16 years in the classroom teaching kindergarteners through fifth - graders.

Prior to becoming a superintendent, she worked in many different facets of education including as classroom teacher at both the elementary and middle school levels, principal at the middle school level, director of the Upward Bound Program for first - generation college - bound students, and director of the Basic Skills Academy for at - risk high school youth.

I am a teacher with many years experience in the classroom and also as a volunteer in elementary school.

This teacher guide for class meetings is a complete curriculum for upper elementary and middle school classrooms.

In one high - poverty elementary school, a teacher remarked, «Without a trusting environment in our classroom and with the families of my kids, it's all uphill.

Many elementary and middle schools require teachers to include word walls in their classrooms; those teachers know firsthand the effectiveness of word walls.

The teachers sometimes like to tell my story of persistence and dedication to children in their classrooms,» says Jack Yates, elementary school principal.

These meetups are for everyone: novices just beginning to discover how to introduce programming to their classrooms, Scratch experts looking to expand their knowledge, elementary and high school teachers, and teachers across all disciplines.

Thousands of classroom teachers in hundreds of elementary schools are familiar with the Responsive Classroom approach to creating a learning environment where children thrive academically, socially, and emotionally.

According to the three - year study, which is being conducted by the Santa Monica, Calif. - based RAND Corp., majorities of elementary and middle school science and math teachers in all three states report in surveys that they are making positive changes in the classroom by focusing on their states» academic standards or searching for better teaching methods.

Teachers at two elementary schools in Baltimore County, Maryland, find that students jump to attention when the teachers use sound systems in their claTeachers at two elementary schools in Baltimore County, Maryland, find that students jump to attention when the teachers use sound systems in their clateachers use sound systems in their classrooms.

Now, in a recent study, Hill and her colleagues have dug more deeply into the relationship between teachers» mathematical knowledge for teaching and the quality of their teaching in actual elementary school classrooms.

Guest blogger Douglas Kiang, computer science teacher and edtech advocate, shows how the Inform7 language, the Minecraft game and the Maker - friendly Arduino kit can enhance learning in high school, middle school and elementary school classrooms.

We study a sample of midcareer elementary and middle school teachers in the Cincinnati Public Schools, all of whom were evaluated in a yearlong program, based largely on classroom observation, sometime between the 2003 — 04 and 2009 — 10 school years.