Sentences with phrase «started listening to teachers»

It's time legislators and policy makers started listening to teachers rather than test company CEOs.

Imagine if Connecticut's elected and appointed officials actually stopped denigrating teachers, the teaching profession and public schools and started listening to teachers and providing the resources necessary to improve educational outcomes, especially for Connecticut children living in poverty, facing English language challenges or requiring special education services.

Not exact matches

So next time we hear one of our favourite Christian teachers is saying something we personally disagree with, it might be worth pausing before we morph into keyboard warriors, determined to announce THE TRUTH to whoever will listen (note: writing in all caps isn't a great start if you want people to listen to you).

All my life I was seeking the truth, I did not find it in church, and I started listening to various spiritual teachers.

Could it be that we need to listen to fewer preachers and teachers, and start loving our neighbors and coworkers more?

Since Elia's July 6 start date, she has made it a point to travel around the state on a listening tour, speaking with superintendents, teachers and parents.

If you guys listened to this week's podcast, you know I love a good quick yoga routine in the morning for getting my day (and training, as an athlete) started on the right foot... And since I'm starting yoga teacher training tomorrow -LRB-!!!)

This starts with resource state barriers and to listen to the teachers and their concerns — and willing to change.

A good place to start preventing and managing stress in schools is to: • accept that work - related stress might be a problem for employees • understand what work - related stress is as well as the relationship between work and home stress • listen to employees and take action on findings • set expectations with staff so they understand what can and can not be done for them • make time to tackle stress properly — try using the HSE's stress management tool (available from www.hse.gov.uk/stressstandards/) • ensure staff are aware of available support should they experience work - related stress (e.g. teacher support network: www.teachersupport.info).

During writing, the teacher can engage in explicit teaching and modeling of many literacy skills, such as where on the page to start writing (a concept of print), listening to the sounds within words (phonemic awareness), and matching the sounds to letters (spelling).

«Governments and employers would do well to start to listen to the voice of teachers and take seriously their concerns.»

Researchers Chris Baumann and his Macquarie colleague Hana Krskova analysed PISA data to ascertain the impact of school discipline — students listening well in class, the noise level, teacher waiting time, class start times, and students working well — against the impact of increased education spending.

Again, this is an excellent opportunity to listen to the veteran teacher and use conversation as a way to collaborate and eventually start planning together.

The government must listen and start a phased removal of all asbestos in schools so that no more children or teachers are exposed to asbestos and risk dying from this entirely preventable disease.»

Jack starts to listen to his teachers.

Labour's shadow education secretary Angela Rayner said the government «needs to start listening to head teachers and concerned parents».

«There are some simple and very smart changes that can be made to transform professional development, starting with listening to teacher feedback.

When teacher dissatisfaction is at a 25 - year high, school leaders have to stop ignoring the red flags and start listening to and working with teachers to figure out what they and their students need to succeed.

Phalen Leadership Academy: Rapid adjustments: Lessons from a blended - learning start - up charter school details the challenges and joys of blended learning with young students, listens to teacher reactions to the model, and examines how teacher recruitment and retention, sustainable funding, and professional development work at PLA.

Andrea Scott and Janice Rankin started off teaching the course with me and we started, we would go to the, to our AFT office and gather over a number of months, we would listen to our content teachers, listen to our grade level teachers and we would think about what they need, and then we would get together and find the resources on Colorín Colorado to help support and fill those needs.

Leonie writes: Rather than follow blindly in the path of privatization and unleashed free - market competition that led to the collapse of our economy, it's time for Obama to start listening to the priorities of parents and treating teachers as professionals.

Russell Quaglia explains why it's time to start listening to students and teachers.

The Word on Voice Russell Quaglia explains why it's time to start listening to students and teachers.

* Three episodes in, you're not too late to start listening to «What My Students Taught Me,» the fascinating new StoryCorps - like podcast series from the Teacher Project and the Atlantic.

Back home I started talking to judges, lawyers, therapists, ministers, teachers and anyone who would listen.