Sentences with phrase «small school concept»

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«Look for (schools) that teach beginning reading and writing skills, math and science concepts, offer opportunities to develop large and small muscles, and guide social and emotional development.»

She has served on many executive committees including the American Association of School Administrators, the New York State Council for School Superintendents, the Association of Small City School Districts, and the New Standards Project, a national initiative that launched the transformation to standards - based instruction, a concept that remains the framework for teaching and learning across the nation.

The teaching concept used in Spiss, called Kleinschule (small school), allows the survival of schools in remote places.

Even the smallest concepts become big enough to grasp in this middle school science class, where teacher Rob Olazagasti gives students opportunities to learn by creating, remember by experiencing, and show what they know by teaching.

Virtual schools will replace the class - hour concept with the notion of learning objects — small chunks of teaching that an individual pieces together to learn what he or she needs.

Seven years ago the high school instituted the use of Odysseyware, in part because of the broad range of electives it offered the small district, and also because of its impressive use of interactive multimedia to demonstrate concepts.

When speaking with Ms. Decker regarding the use of the empowerment method she described some of the smaller scale ways to utilize the concept as a leader within a school and as a leader within the classroom.

With its experiential learning opportunities, smaller class sizes and emphasis on relationship - building, I appreciate the concept of Personalized Pathways for high school.

So without a lecture to listen to, he and his classmates at Segerstrom Fundamental High School spend class time doing practice problems in small groups, taking quizzes, explaining the concept to other students, reciting equation formulas in a loud chorus, and making their own videos while teacher Crystal Kirch buzzes from desk to desk to help pupils who are having trouble.

One more comment about the Gates Foundation jumping away from the small schools» concept too quickly: This is the main reason that teachers don't make changes easily in their delivery efforts.

She has spent the better part of her career as an educator designing, launching, and growing new schools — including, very many years ago, a small, innovative secondary school in the South Bronx, where she served as a founding teacher, assistant principal, and, ultimately, principal; and more recently, in her role as Senior Director at Springpoint, as an advisor to partners and design teams across the country who were charged with developing and launching new secondary school concepts.

What made 3D Land so exciting to play was just how nicely it adapted all those old - school concepts onto the 3D handheld; each of the levels offered a small helping of various Mario - style challenges, and though they were a bit smaller than the stages in past 3D Mario titles, the game seemed to have the perfect pace for fans of portable games.

Instructed small groups of students in basic concepts such as the English, Middle - School Level Sciences, History, and College Prep.