Sentences with phrase «students focused in the classroom»

Noble officials and many parents defend the tough disciplinary code, saying it keeps their schools safe and keeps students focused in the classroom.

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The girls are given a more focused education — the classrooms are much smaller than in the coed schools that pack upwards of a 100 students in one room — and they perform, on average, much better than the rest of Kakuma on Kenya's standardized testing for secondary schools.

The focus of the training, delivered via professional - development workshops and phone - coaching sessions, was the personal interactions in the classroom between teachers and students; the coaches gave teachers strategies designed to help them build a «positive emotional climate» and show «sensitivity to student needs for autonomy.»

And it suggests that school - discipline programs might be more effective if they were to focus less on imposing punishment and more on creating a classroom environment in which students who lack self - regulatory capacities can find the tools and context they need to develop them.

Parent should ask whether the classroom is teacher - led or child - focused, and whether students can work at their own pace or if they must follow a schedule, and whether they are required to participate in group work or whether they can work independently if they choose.

When you present the facts about school breakfast, and its associated benefits — increased test scores, fewer behavioral problems, improved focus in the classroom — you give stakeholders the opportunity to understand the measurable results that come from feeding students a morning meal.

A growing number of Canadian elementary schools have added stationary bikes in classrooms to help students focus on learning.

Lucky for us, we have a left leaning school board who do support our efforts and who understand that this is an investment they make in our students which pays big dividends in terms of better focus in the classroom and improved educational outcomes.

This is a much shorter work which really focuses in on strategies to reach impoverished youth in the classroom and to help them to become better students.

We also strongly support the Governor's proposals to educate the whole child, a key priority for the Regents, including to ensure New York's students have access to healthy meals at school so they can focus on learning in the classroom.

We often report on the struggles of Common Core Learning Standards in the classroom, but in this Focus on Education report WBFO»S Eileen Buckley takes us inside JFK Middle School in Cheektowaga to hear about how educators and students are embracing it successfully and how future teachers are gearing up for the challenge.

«While the UFT focuses on political stunts and lobbying to keep bad teachers in the classroom, the mayor, governor, and State Education Department are working collaboratively to implement a rigorous teacher evaluation system that will help ensure our students have the best teachers,» she said in a statement.

To support the development of young students — particularly in low - income schools, which are at risk for having less effective teachers and less engaged students — researchers are looking to classroom interventions focused on social - emotional learning.

The researchers chose two high schools in two different school districts, focusing on five students that were in 10th or 11th grade, who were identified with a specific learning disability and required modifications and accommodations in their classrooms.

In a three - week series of after - school sessions hosted by Girls Inc., a Washington, D.C. - based nonprofit, the participating students were introduced to basic concepts of matter and energy as they tried out classroom activities focused on the process of weight gain and weight loss and their health implications.

Although most reformers say that they want to raise student achievement, many projects focus on interim targets, like attracting more students into STEM fields, training more and better math and science teachers or improving the skills of those already in the classroom, and strengthening curricula.

A focus on targeting higher attaining students, the high cost of providing school trips and the pressures of high - stakes testing were suggested obstacles restricting wider participation, contributing to inequality in STEM - based learning outside of the classroom.

Stephens said that the ability to apply knowledge to real - world situations is missing in many students — an apparent consequence of relaxed standards in the American educational system and a focus in the classroom on passing standardized tests, he said.

We also focused on demonstrating ways that teachers and students could get involved in this research in their own classrooms,» said Fleming.

The following poses and practices can help kids feel confident, calm down at their desks, build focus, and be stellar students in and out of the classroom.

For my classroom, I still strongly believe in the concept of student as worker, teacher as coach (thank you CES), and I continue to structure learning so that students — and not the teacher — are the focus.

The public release of these ratings — which attempt to isolate a teacher's contribution to his or her students» growth in math and English achievement, as measured by state tests — is one important piece of a much bigger attempt to focus school policy on what really matters: classroom learning.

Jennifer is a passionate advocate of self - directed learning, inquiry, and authentic assessments, and she believes the key to transforming education is to sharpen the focus on student voice and choice in the classroom.

As part of her dissertation work, Honey is focusing specifically on how intrinsically motivated Native American middle school students are to learn cultural information related to the science taught in the classroom.

I want to target at - risk students at the middle school level, focus on leadership, language arts, digital citizenship and lots of other things that tend to get less emphasis in our everyday classroom.

For academically at - risk students who have been enrolled in U.S. schools since kindergarten and who have experienced educational opportunities that are basically similar in design and practice, research suggests that a classroom - wide, universal approach focused on building up academic vocabulary and conceptual knowledge would be appropriate.

Lesaux leads a research program that focuses on increasing learning opportunities for students from diverse linguistic, cultural, and economic backgrounds in today's classrooms.

Logistically, I can seat all students in a circle and focus on the physical space of my classroom.

Key recommendations of the report include: • A test to assess the literacy and numeracy skills of all teaching graduates; • A requirement for universities to demonstrate that their graduates are classroom ready before gaining full course accreditation; • An overhaul of the in class practical element of teaching degrees; • A specialisation for primary school teachers with a focus on STEM and languages; and, • Universities publish all information about how they select students into teacher education programs.

Teachers can see when something is off with their students from the moment they enter the classroom, and know that students may need support in cooling off or letting go of the emotion before they can focus on academic content.

I set up a portable studio in Mollie Ferguson's classroom and focused on the students» «concentration faces.»

Over the last two years, the school I'm thrilled to be a part of has been able to create a laser - like focus that enables student achievement while protecting teacher autonomy in the classroom.

«The Review panellists are ideal advisers on the best evidence - based practices for our students that will help guide how our schools and educators focus resources in classrooms.

«As a former Peace Corps volunteer in the Philippines, New York City teacher, licensed sea captain, and head educator of an ocean classroom prior to coming to HGSE, Timothy O'Brien is a «stealthy leader» who truly embodies the values, energy, and breadth of the Learning and Teaching (L&T) Program through his focus on student work and professional development of teachers,» says Lecturer Sally Schwager, Learning and Teaching program director.

One teacher originally had a «no - tech» policy in her classroom so she could be assured that students were engaged and focused.

ESSA, however, allows states to focus on what's within the control of educators: how much students learn while in their classrooms.

That focus has led to a teach to the test mentality and tactics that have classrooms in five - by - five rows, students sitting up straight, filling out worksheet after worksheet.

The summit focused on generating policies that raise students» international knowledge and competencies, creating promising practices that support global learning in classrooms, and facilitating the preparation of students for the global environment.

When I think over the years, I focus on remembering my beautiful, brilliant students, and the moments when we were both learning — in Yosemite and the Grand Canyon, as well as in our dingy portables and classrooms.

If students haven't been involved in this type of team - focused environment in the past, however, it can create real challenges for them and for overall classroom management.

In addition, in cases in which inclusion really means «mainstreaming» (special education students are «brought into» a regular classroom for certain periods of the day) or when special education professionals focus solely on special education students instead of supporting, and interacting with, all students, individual differences are magnified and social isolation is increaseIn addition, in cases in which inclusion really means «mainstreaming» (special education students are «brought into» a regular classroom for certain periods of the day) or when special education professionals focus solely on special education students instead of supporting, and interacting with, all students, individual differences are magnified and social isolation is increasein cases in which inclusion really means «mainstreaming» (special education students are «brought into» a regular classroom for certain periods of the day) or when special education professionals focus solely on special education students instead of supporting, and interacting with, all students, individual differences are magnified and social isolation is increasein which inclusion really means «mainstreaming» (special education students are «brought into» a regular classroom for certain periods of the day) or when special education professionals focus solely on special education students instead of supporting, and interacting with, all students, individual differences are magnified and social isolation is increased.

MyTeachingPartner - Secondary is a Web - mediated professional - development system focused on improving teacher - student interactions in the classroom.

Incentives Teach Lessons The management of cooperation in the classroom focuses on giving students a reason to cooperate.

The ideology behind the single - point rubric inherently moves classroom grading away from quantifying and streamlining student work, shifting student and teacher focus in the direction of celebrating creativity and intellectual risk - taking.

The management of cooperation in the classroom, therefore, focuses on supplying students with a good reason to make that decision.

High levels of student engagement are a legacy of the Chinese culture's emphasis on education; students in Shanghai classrooms are typically intensely focused on class activities, and there is no tolerance for inattentive students.

Using arts in the classroom will free students to look at content from different perspectives while clear communication from the teacher in the beginning and continued dialogue through the process will ensure student focus on learning goals.

I was a founding faculty member of Mid-Pacific Institute's eXploratory Program, a core subject curriculum with project - based learning as the primary focus of student work, with 10 years of experience in the Social Studies classroom.

If several students had problems with that, the teacher could focus his or her lessons on that topic or set up centers in the classroom for students to practice that skill.

Grier's focus in Houston, San Diego, and other districts has been on such goals as improving classroom instruction, aiming initiatives at likely dropouts, and getting more minority students to take Advanced Placement (AP) exams.