Sentences with phrase «students meeting the mark»

Baltimore City and Baltimore County had far fewer students meeting the mark than other counties.

Not exact matches

Facebook» CEO Mark Zuckerberg interacts with students in a town hall - style meeting at the Indian Institute of Technology in New Delhi, India, on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2015.

The investigation stemmed from allegations that UNC had a system in which students took an African Studies course that never met, had little instruction, and required only one paper that received high marks, regardless of quality.

It's the awkward mid-way mark in the semester between Halloween and Christmas, and I am beginning to find myself surrounded with zombie students who are tired and in the process of (struggling to) meeting the rest of the semester's deadlines.

The students in the program meet every Monday afternoon and have guest speakers like County Legislator Lyndon Williams, Westchester County Human Rights Commissioner and US Army Reserves Lieutenant Colonel Mark Fang, Former Mayor Ernest D. Davis and Councilman Andre Wallace, just to name a few, to give the young men examples of men in strong leadership positions.

City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito hugs a student from the Lower East Side's Earth School during a meeting to brainstorm ways to advocate for an LGBT - inclusive curriculum in their elementary school.

A few weeks later, students met with more city officials including New York City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito, her Community Engagement Liaison Mili Bonilla, and City Council and LGBT Caucus Member Daniel Dromm.

The meeting with the local party marked the beginning of a day that included addresses with students at the University of the Arts and an address to the William Way Community Center later on tonight.

The debate about whether transgender students should be allowed to use restrooms that align with their gender identity is now before the Buffalo School Board — and the group is getting fierce pressure from those on both sides of the issue.Nearly 150 people turned out at Wednesday's meeting to have their say on the proposed policy.It was a discussion marked by emotional com...

As we noted in January, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) requires institutions to be «reasonable» in calculating the total hours that part - time instructors devote to preparing and giving classes, marking papers, meeting with students, and carrying out other functions involved in presenting their courses.

Where tortoises and roads meet, it is inevitable that tortoises will lose,» said lead author Mark Peaden, a UC Davis ecology doctoral student.

Mark was a graduate student there at the time — and that's how we met.

The included assessment sheets are for the following units: Gold Unit 1 Gold Unit 4 Gold Unit 5 Gold Unit 10 Gold Unit 11 These are ideal for sharing with students, for them to identify which mark criteria have been met and they are excellent for examples of AfL.

They hope the changes will mark a turning point for the 28,000 - student district, which faces declining enrollment, a persistent achievement gap between black and white students, and a failure to meet federal academic standards...

Prior to meeting with my students, I quickly read their essays, making no marks on the papers and instead recording three things in my own notes: a score from the rubric I was using for the essay, one aspect of the writing task the student did well, and one aspect the student needed to work on.

«All that the student does is leaving a mark: The teacher knows what the student is seeing; editors can see what works or not in content; that information is very valuable to publishers and companies that generate the content, because it allows more and more content to be presented to our students to meet that huge demand for which they are made: Teaching, generating knowledge».

Top of mark sheet is teachers copy and bottom slip will be students copy to monitor students have met and completed task set.

Written by an edexcel examiner to support students in meeting the demands of the mark scheme.

The 2001 No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) marked a new level of federal oversight by requiring states to set more rigorous student evaluation standards and, through testing, demonstrate «adequate yearly progress» in how those standards were met.

Teachers here know that our research - based reward system measures the progress individual students make in their classrooms, and educators who do the best job tailoring instruction to meet each child's specific needs tend to receive the highest marks.

The actual marks awarded are then revealed to students and highlighted according to the skill demonstrated which meets the success criteria.

The opening of The Energy Centre at BCA will lead to courses which will enable — for the first time - students aged between 16 and 19 to gain accredited technical qualifications in renewable energy, marking a key development in delivering the skills required by employers to help the UK meet its renewable energy targets.

Teacher - Student Conferences: Each marking period, I meet with students individually to check their journals for completion.

And if their education isn't tailored to meet their developmental needs, the students may become alienated and disengaged and mark time until they are old enough to drop out of high school.

This year marks the 20th Anniversary of the Charter Schools Act and charter parents who are leaders with PACT (People Acting in Community Together) and CCSA, in collaboration with the SJ Consortium, are organizing a Community Action Meeting to build more support from community leaders, show the success of charters in increasing student achievement, and the need for more excellent schools for kids.

The law requires that targets for percentages of students scoring above that mark, known as proficiency rates, rise annually until meeting about 100 percent proficiency in 2014.

The Uniform Mark Scale (UMS) is used to convert marks into grades and exam boards agree grade boundaries which means students must meet the exact boundary to achieve a particular grade.

Four arenas, each reinforcing the others, mark the ground where Met students perform these stretches, reaching beyond what they or anyone else thought possible for them.

A Senate proposal to void adoption of the nationally - crafted Common Core standards includes language that would require Indiana's next expectations for students to meet this mark.

The report paints a similarly discouraging picture in terms of reading proficiency — just 17.4 % of 3rd graders, 10.1 % of 8th graders, and 14.4 % of high school students with disabilities were able to meet the proficiency mark (all down by at least 25 percentage points from 2011 - 12).

On the math assessments, 48 percent of magnet students met or exceeded standards, while 31 percent of independent charter students hit those marks.

A side effect of the adjustments in scoring is that on 5 of the 12 math and English tests this year, a student had a better - than - even chance of earning a Level 2 mark — a failing grade that reflects «partially meeting learning standards» — simply by guessing.

While 258 schools failed to meet annual yearly targets for the first time this year, a number of schools in several districts have 90 percent or more of their students making proficient or advanced marks, state officials said.

Our company was established with the motive to meet online assignment help needs so that every student has the scope of scoring marks.

So most of the students fail in meeting deadlines and it was badly affect their marks.

In a meeting Monday night with the broader Cooper Union community, Mark Epstein, the chairperson of the school's board of trustees, said that although no final decision has been made, lackluster fundraising and the economic downturn that began in 2008 may push the school to reverse its century - old practice and start charging students tuition.

The following statement from the Board of Trustees of The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art was presented by Chairman of the Board Mark Epstein to the student body, faculty and staff of the institution at a meeting today in the Cooper Union Great Hall.

Proper guidance of an articling student or junior lawyer requires endless explanation of the law, heart - to - heart conversations about anything and everything, marking up memos and correcting draft documents, taking the junior to court appearances or client meetings (and maybe lunch), introducing the idea of law as a business as well as a profession, helping resolve complex ethical issues that sometimes arise — and that's just the half of it.

In China, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is again visiting Beijing, meeting with students at the prestigious Tsinghua University.

Stoneman Douglas High School students Matthew Harris, the co-founder of the school's political club, Emily Weingarten and Ryan Marks were also waiting in the heat (which reached 90 degrees and left some in the lines requiring medical attention) to hear Clinton's policies and hopefully get to meet her.

You'll need to work extra hours to plan and prepare lessons, mark students» work and attend meetings and open evenings, especially during term time.

• Track record of providing instructional support within special and general education classrooms as required to meet the students» needs • Skilled in student evaluation and need assessment • Substantial knowledge of and ability to cater for students» age related developmental cognitive, social and psychological needs • Proficient in facilitating the teacher in conducting classroom related activities • Expert in developing and maintaining cooperative working relationships with students and colleague teachers • Effective in devising interactive supportive learning activities to reinforce the lesson being taught • Well versed in filing in for the lead teacher in case of leave or absence and implementing the devised lesson plan effectively • Particularly effective in supervising the children during lunch and playtime, ensuring ample and healthy social interaction among peers • Competent at lesson planning, classroom control, assignment marking, lesson reinforcement and activity facilitation • Profound ability to develop need based individualized educational plans and implement the same in light of pre-determined long term learning objectives for each pupil individually • Proven skills in record keeping, developing individual student progress charts and portfolios along with demonstrated ability to maintain open communication channels with the students» parents and teachers to discuss progress • Track record of providing excellent teacher support in all classroom and lesson planning related activities • Committed to delivery of highest standards of classroom support, maintenance of an interactive atmosphere and provision of specially designed AV aids for special needs students

THE NEW SCHOOL, Huntington, WV May 2005 — July 2008 Teacher • Created and implemented core curriculum according to the procedures and protocols set by the school and the state • Imparted lessons to students and assisted them in grasping new concepts • Designed, developed and used resources to teach difficult concepts • Monitored and observed students to ensure that they are at par with what is being taught in class • Assessed each student according to his or her individual capabilities and provided individual assistance where required • Marked assignments and exams and made reports • Met parents to provide them with insight into their children's achievements or issues and provided solutions for the latter