Sentences with phrase «schools as an elective»

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Hsieh discussed his unorthodox approach to building Zappos — widely praised in corporate circles as a playful, innovative, and zany company with a fiercely loyal customer base — during a talk as part of a business school MBA elective course.

First taught as electives and now part of core business school curriculums, the field is still struggling to escape from the bounds of the business plan - centric view that startups are «smaller versions of a large company.»

Obama attended the Indonesian - language government - run Besuki School for part of 3rd grade and for 4th grade (there was a bit of religious studies on Islam included as elective, but he was what?

This film was shown in the Bible classes in the school where I teach — Encina High, Sacramento — when, in 1973, we introduced a Bible course there as a junior - senior nine - week literature elective.

Lau attends Monta Vista High School, a California Blue Ribbon high school, and works hard at her challenging Advanced Placement courses, such as Biology and Chinese, as well as at the electives she enjoys, including Dance, Photography, and Principles of BusSchool, a California Blue Ribbon high school, and works hard at her challenging Advanced Placement courses, such as Biology and Chinese, as well as at the electives she enjoys, including Dance, Photography, and Principles of Busschool, and works hard at her challenging Advanced Placement courses, such as Biology and Chinese, as well as at the electives she enjoys, including Dance, Photography, and Principles of Business.

As the campers reach their middle school years they are offered some elective activities.

Most states require electives for high school and middle school students, and homeschooling parents can offer electives to younger children as well.

Capacity: The new two - story facility, with a capacity of 1,600 students (an increase of 400 from the former campus), allows for the standard middle school configuration of Grades 6 - 8 on one campus... which provides sixth - graders with greater opportunity for academic rigor, fine arts and career electives and athletic and extra-curricular activities, as well as 30 additional minutes of instructional time each day, compared to an elementary schedule.

Selective mutism (SM), formerly called elective mutism, is best understood as a childhood anxiety disorder characterized by a child or adolescent's inability to speak in one or more social settings (e.g., at school, in public places, with adults) despite being able to speak comfortably in other settings (e.g., at home with family).

Selective mutism (SM), formerly called elective mutism, is defined as a disorder of childhood characterized by an inability to speak in certain settings (e.g. at school, in public places) despite speaking in other settings (e.g. at home with family).

Now a combination of Quomo's low ball budget proposal along with the poorly constructed tax cap in place school local school districts need to portray the extremely unpopular cuts they now face (loss of electives and AP options; cuts to music, art and athletics; increased class size) as being directly the result of decisions made by our legislators in Albany.

The report says only five of the nation's 133 medical schools have required courses on pain, and just 17 offer such courses as an elective.

Some doctors have limited nutrition training as elective courses at medical school, while even fewer have post-graduate nutrition training.

While yoga is not a regular part of health curriculum in schools, it is being offered as an elective in more and more educational institutions.

As the only human in St. PigeoNation's prestigious school for birds you'll encounter a feathered cast of characters and choose a suitable love interest all while managing elective school classes.

«If you had an elective program at Year 9 or 10 and they could choose four subjects, but as a school you want them to do one art subject, one technology subject and one humanities subject, we can actually write rules to make sure they choose one of each,» Moira says.

Edval explains why schools should give students as much flexibility as possible when it comes to elective subjects.

Edval believes schools should give students as much freedom as possible when it comes to elective subjects.

In the two schools that had reopened, the Ed School students provided administrative and academic support in a number of areas, including in - classroom support through reading groups, one - on - one tutoring, and substitute teaching; organization and distribution of school uniforms; help to renew the libraries; and organization of after school electives such as Latin dancing, basketball tournaments, soccer games, and chess School students provided administrative and academic support in a number of areas, including in - classroom support through reading groups, one - on - one tutoring, and substitute teaching; organization and distribution of school uniforms; help to renew the libraries; and organization of after school electives such as Latin dancing, basketball tournaments, soccer games, and chess school uniforms; help to renew the libraries; and organization of after school electives such as Latin dancing, basketball tournaments, soccer games, and chess school electives such as Latin dancing, basketball tournaments, soccer games, and chess clubs.

When we began our study of powerful learning in high schools five years ago, we were not thinking of electives or extracurriculars as places to look.

They report that in all of the Catholic schools they included in their study, community service work was available as an elective course.

Some schools quickly found that adding course requirements left little room for electives, such as music and art.

Every other elective activity in high school, including theater, band, newspaper, and art, also has higher costs per participating student than required courses, such as math and English.

As a high - school principal for the past nine years, I have observed Advanced Placement (AP) teachers working harder than teachers of most elective courses, but there is no bonus for them if student scores go up and there is no loss of pay if student scores go down.

Designed with middle school STEM, high school mandatory technology, and elective design and technology classes in mind, the print ready instructions and practice task are suitable as handouts for self paced learning or as a teacher resource for more formal instruction.

Universities and some high schools allow students to choose electives as they progress through school.

Computer science is frequently offered as an elective in schools and districts across the country, but the US has a projected one million computing jobs that will be unfilled by 2020.

Because of the success of the first year's implementation as an after school program, the program is now being implemented as a language arts elective for middle schoolers designed to provide enrichment for students at all levels.

Backers of time - honored electives ranging from band to consumer sciences fear they are being crowded out of the school day as districts, facing tougher state and federal requirements, devote more time and money to core academic subjects.

A Senate companion bill (SB 340) was introduced to AB 427, which would create a comprehensive firearm education curriculum to be offered as an elective to high school pupils.

High school English is a four - year, sequential program of study through which students earn credits toward graduation, as well as a broad selection of electives through which students enrich their learning experiences.

Consequently, schools, especially in Connecticut's neediest districts, can not afford basic educational tools such as a sufficient number of teachers, reasonable class size, adequate school facilities, services for at - risk children, electives, AP classes, even books, computers and paper.

In Minneapolis, a concerted effort to recruit Black males as teachers of an elective for Black male middle and high school students has led to a shift in belief systems and improved GPAs and progress to graduation.

Other students expressed the benefits of larger schools, such as having «electives opportunities that I don't even know about» and that there are «more options in the city.»

Middle school students study core subjects as well as self - guided electives in music or world language.

First, acknowledging that middle level students (age 10 - 14) learn differently than their elementary and high school friends and siblings, they began by reviewing the developmental research on young adolescents and taking those unique learning needs as a starting point for planning changes in classroom instruction, increasing electives, providing intervention, reviewing their discipline procedures, and attending to the social and emotional needs, a key to success with middle level student success.

There are typically three career academies in a school, depending on its size, each with a career focus in core subjects, as well as elective courses.

It's not that teachers haven't heard about the new standards; rumors about their effect on high school electives has raised concern among not only teachers, but parents as well.

Meanwhile, after serving as CEO of the Chicago Schools, Paul Vallas also made a run for elective office.

All high school students at OHDELA are required to take courses in language arts, mathematics, science and social studies, but students can also customize their education by earning credit in a wide variety of elective courses such as music, business, technology, creative writing, and anatomy & physiology.

If Middle School students decide to pursue the performing arts, yearlong electives such as band, chorus and strings offer opportunities to build fundamental skills, learn to read music, and perform for family and friends.

Prior to teaching at Kindezi, Ms. Ricketts taught as a 7th Grade Special Education Co-teacher for English Language Arts for two years and as the SPED Electives Co-Teacher for grades six through eight for one year at Equality Charter School in Bronx, NY.

They were used to school as history, science, math, a little physical activity, and some kind of elective.

1961 The Kamehameha Schools hire former University of Hawai`i music teacher Ms. Dorothy Kahananui to teach Hawaiian as an elective foreign language at the Kamehameha Schools.

Despite that isolation — and despite the fact that the school has just three teachers on site — the students at Qugcuun Memorial still have access to geometry and biology classes taught by highly qualified teachers, as well as up - to - date electives like digital photography.

The school is also adding dance, theater and music as electives this year, something he said students are excited about.

K. Omowale Tumaini is in his fourth year as a seventh grade mathematics and African American studies elective teacher at Kelly Miller Middle School.

School staff worked closely with us to ensure a focus on STEM as a curricular program that integrates concepts across core content areas and electives.

Ideal for public and charter schools, as well independent study, our social studies and history, language arts, math, science, foreign language, and elective courses provide an enhanced educational experience for a diverse mix of students.

All 3 credit dual enrollment classes count for at least a half year's credit toward completing high school subject area or elective requirements, and 267 courses are currently certified as meeting a full year's high school requirement.