Sentences with phrase «spend as student teachers»

Teachers whose preparation programs focused on the work of the classroom, provided a supervised clinical experience, and gave them the opportunity to engage in the practices of teaching were able to drive greater learning gains for their students once in the classroom than those who did not receive the same kind of clinically oriented preservice training.56 Prospective teachers who had a longer clinical experience reported greater confidence in their teaching abilities and were more likely to say that the length of time they spent as a student teacher was adequate, compared with their peers who had shorter clinical experiences.57

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The law, which President Donald Trump signed on Saturday as part of the omnibus spending bill, provides funding to train students, teachers, and law enforcement on how to spot and report signs of gun violence.

Berger, who spent 25 years working as a public school teacher and educational consultant in rural Massachusetts before joining Expeditionary Learning, clearly feels a special connection with those EL schools, like Polaris, that enroll high numbers of students growing up in adversity.

Finally, in Houston in 2010 — 11, he gave cash incentives to fifth - grade students in 25 low - performing public schools, as well as to the parents and teachers of those students, with the intent of increasing the time they spent on math homework and improving their scores on standardized math tests.

I kind of can't believe that preschool teachers don't just spend their days laughing at their own students as they're told that pictures that appear to be traced images of male anatomy are actually drawings of airplanes, worms, or fictional superheroes.

Reassure her by telling her that the teacher knows that the children are nervous, and will probably spend some time helping the students feel more comfortable as they settle into the classroom.

North Carolina was determined to be the worst state for education based on a number of factors such as education spending, student - to - teacher ratio, and percentage of dumb kids.

«After watching teachers unions spend $ 60 million over five years to protect their interests, we are proud to serve as the much - needed voice of students in Albany.»

I drove cross-country from New York in my 1980 Honda Civic station wagon to follow the tour and spend those five months in daily practice with the man who had taught my Ashtanga teacher, Norman Allen, the first Westerner to be accepted as a student by Pattabhi Jois in the early»70s.

That is why at our massage school, nearly 80 percent of class hours are dedicated to our students to practice massaging other students, receiving massage, and observing the teacher demonstrate how to massage.The remaining 20 percent of class hours are spent discussing the theory of Raynor massage and other subjects such as hygiene, professional ethics, contraindications, the theory of hand and foot reflexology and the qualities of different aromatherapy oils, which are covered in the Diploma course.

With schools closed for a snow day, we decided to play «school» and spent 3 hours as teacher and student doing a story circle, math, writing, science, reading and art!

I spent fifteen years as a middle school teacher, working hard to gain an understanding of students who vacillated between being needy children and insightful adults.

I'm excited to spend my work days supporting K - 8 teachers and students in this journey known as personalized learning.

Both schools spend about the same per pupil, have similar teacher - student ratios, similar numbers of guidance counselors, and well - qualified teachers (as measured by education and experience).

The general disregard for curriculum as a means to improve teacher effectiveness and student outcomes is reflected in the observation that «many teachers do not have access to strong, standards - aligned curriculum; in fact, most teachers spend hours every week searching for materials that haven't been vetted and aren't connected to ongoing, professional learning activities in their schools.»

Ask any teacher what their students spend most of their time doing in the halls, not to mention during class, and they will tell you that their kids are always on their smartphones — for academic as well as social reasons.

Coleman found that variation in school resources (as measured by per - pupil spending and student - to - teacher ratios) was unrelated to variation in student achievement on standardized tests.

Reports published by the Neag Center for Gifted Education and Talent Development at the University of Connecticut have shown that most general education classroom teachers are poorly equipped to meet the needs of the gifted, and that gifted students can spend as much as half the school repeating curriculum and waiting for classmates to catch up.

Teachers «are able to spend less time «teaching to the middle» and more time connecting with students as individual learners.»

As a teacher, I know how difficult it can be to get to know your students on a personal level; we spend all day teaching, correcting and instructing them, which leaves little time to really find out what interests or inspires them.

As well as this, sending homework electronically through email and shared intranet spaces has improved the productivity of both students and teachers; this is because students can deliver homework to teachers in a quicker time and teachers can spend less time marking physical copies of worAs well as this, sending homework electronically through email and shared intranet spaces has improved the productivity of both students and teachers; this is because students can deliver homework to teachers in a quicker time and teachers can spend less time marking physical copies of woras this, sending homework electronically through email and shared intranet spaces has improved the productivity of both students and teachers; this is because students can deliver homework to teachers in a quicker time and teachers can spend less time marking physical copies of work.

While the rationale is perhaps a bit misguided (some evidence suggests that our students already experience as much instructional time as their peers ~ and other research confirms that teachers in the United States spend more time on instruction than teachers in other nations do) ~ there are certainly reasons to focus on the issue ~ not least of which is the summer learning loss that disproportionately impacts our nations most disadvantaged youth.

When teachers don't have to spend as much of their time on these activities, they can focus their expertise on engaging students with content and providing needed social and emotional support that computers are unable to replicate.

Teachers» time and resources would be better spent on focusing on providing timely and specific feedback to students as there is strong evidence which shows this has an impact of eight months» worth of learning progress (Evidence for Learning, 2017b).

As we glide through the month of May, I know that many teachers and students are steadily dreaming of how to spend their summer vacations.

As more classroom management functionality becomes automated, this frees up time for teachers to spend more of their skills and mental energy on more important things for students and their learning; such as tailoring learning to student needs and focusing more on individual and small group instruction than on managing large classeAs more classroom management functionality becomes automated, this frees up time for teachers to spend more of their skills and mental energy on more important things for students and their learning; such as tailoring learning to student needs and focusing more on individual and small group instruction than on managing large classeas tailoring learning to student needs and focusing more on individual and small group instruction than on managing large classes.

Among the more salient conclusions are: 1) that what children bring to school is vastly more important than what happens thereafter, as the Coleman Report found; 2) in examining all of the variables that impinge on student academic performance (teacher effectiveness, socio - economic advantage, appropriate evaluation criteria, etc.), none is demonstrably more significant than time spent learning «one - on - one»; and 3) that only an individualized computer program can address all these issues effectively and simultaneously.

Though Dillon mentions value - added modeling, he says that the Gates researchers use it «as a starting point,» and spends most of the rest of the piece discussing their use of cameras to capture teachers in action in the classroom — they hope to have 64,000 hours of classroom video by the end of the project and have already begun the process of looking for «correlations between certain teaching practices and high student achievement» and «scoring» the lessons.

Stoll: The money should be spent on reducing class size, on providing teachers with more prep time, on improving school grounds so that students have the ability to study nature in nature, on providing lessons in the humanities and in other technologies, such as plumbing, woodworking, auto mechanics, home economics.

Bennet starts a new year with few bumps, as Royal 7 teachers spend time getting to know their students.

Similarly, teachers who act as instructors will still need to spend time examining their students» work and the grades that assessors assign in order to understand their students» needs and adjust their instruction accordingly.

Massachusetts high - school teachers as well as students would be able to spend time at nearby postsecondary institutions to enrich their understanding of mathematics and science, under a proposal included in Gov. William F. Weld's 1993 budget.

He spent 12 years as a teacher of English Language Learners and students with disabilities in Newark, N.J.

Endorsed by the U.S. Department of Education as early as 1913 under the label «teacher rotation,» it is a form of classroom organization in which a teacher spends two or three years with the same group of students.

I examined variables such as salary, years of teaching experience, whether teachers planned to stay in teaching for the next few years, the number of hours per week (on top of required hours) that teachers spent on activities related to their students» academic progress, and the number of hours that they spent on their students» extracurricular activities.

This is desirable should head teachers, business managers or bursars need to replace items as a matter of urgency, avoiding disruptions to students and minimising the amount of time staff have to spend off site.

The week was highlighted by a global student - teacher - parent - leader panel conversation as representatives from the American and Finnish educational systems spent an hour discussing the core beliefs behind best practice teaching, learning and leading.

In addition, with new technologies such as PASCO Scientific's wireless sensors, teachers can simplify lab setup and remove the clutter of cables, so students can spend more time exploring and performing experiments that were difficult or impossible before.

It gets you, the teacher, out of your comfort zone, but in return enables you to spend more time coaching your students as they engage in meaningful tasks and interactions in class.

But this will allow teachers to spend far more time focused on serving each individual student regardless of where they are in their learning; deeper learning as teachers work with students on projects and facilitate rich discussions; and developing students» social and emotional learning abilities.

As part of the Strategic Data Project's (SDP) first Institute for Leadership Analytics, participants spent four days examining student achievement data as a means to understand students» progress through high school and into college, and patterns of teacher effectivenesAs part of the Strategic Data Project's (SDP) first Institute for Leadership Analytics, participants spent four days examining student achievement data as a means to understand students» progress through high school and into college, and patterns of teacher effectivenesas a means to understand students» progress through high school and into college, and patterns of teacher effectiveness.

As a teacher of gifted and talented students, I spend my days surrounded by learners who excel at being «curious.»

Teachers often spend only ten minutes delivering direct instruction; the rest of the class period is devoted to hands - on learning, as students participate in guided reading and writing or grapple with a math problem.

Prior to HGSE, I spent 10 years as a teacher and truly feared transitioning from being a teacher to a student.

If, as in the example above, state and local funds are to support one teacher per 25 students in grades K - 3, the auditor would check that any Title I funds spent on K - 3 teachers line up dollar for dollar with reductions below that baseline class size in Title I schools.

As someone who spent five years supervising student teachers, I've seen a whole lot of pretty awful practice - oriented teacher preparation.

We spent a lot of time as a professional community discussing ways student - led conferences could work, and then found whatever format was best for us as teachers and also our students.»

«As teachers we spend a lot of time telling students what they did wrong, but very little time showing them what doing it right looks like.

Yes, that standardized testing data can be useful; however, we teachers spend the entire year collecting all sorts of immediate and valuable information about students that informs and influences how we teach, as well as where and what we review, readjust, and reteach.

His major message: The best way you [as principal] can make dramatic, sustained improvement in student achievement and teacher performance is by drastically increasing [your] time spent in classrooms.