Sentences with phrase «taking skills students»

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Instead of sharing her photography skills with any kind of student, Gregory and Flanagan steered another client toward a niche market she had a passion for - new or expectant parents who wanted to take brilliant photos of their children.

Skill Share gives every student who takes one of their courses a unique link and suggests that they let people know which course they're taking.

Prospective students with a business background can stand out in the admissions process by showing why they want to take their career to the next level, studying the school and making sure their quantitative skills are sharp.

Our Digital Inclusion Program teaches foster youth basic digital literacy skills and provides them with a laptop and mobile Internet access for five years, two things that most of us take for granted but can be life changing for students who are accustomed to writing essays on their cellphones.

As those students become adults, they take those skills with them into the workplace.

We use social, professional, and social professional skills every day.I guess that would be my message to the students next year and also to students thinking about taking the course.

(1) The student's discovering for himself in the process of learning what he really wants out of that course and (2) the skill with which the instructor utilizes and meets the real needs of the student... What takes place between instructor and student provides the dynamic conditions which will be used by the student in his own way.

At that time I took all my photos in my student kitchen in such yellow light and the food looked pretty inedible, so I started working on my photography skills and learnt a lot along the way.

Pablo Pereyra, the school's dean of students, said every student - athlete there took classes involving a technical skill, personal finances... and the Bible.

We want students in middle school and high school to be able to persevere, to be resilient, to be tenacious when faced with obstacles — but we don't often stop to consider the deep roots of those skills, the steps that every child must take, developmentally, to get there.

In this century, deeper - learning proponents argue, the job market requires a very different set of skills, one that our current educational system is not configured to help students develop: the ability to work in teams, to present ideas to a group, to write effectively, to think deeply and analytically about problems, to take information and techniques learned in one context and adapt them to a new and unfamiliar problem or situation.

However, these student - athletes continue to play because they don't want to lose scholarships, disappoint their parents and, more often, they haven't taken the time to develop other social or academic skills.

The child - centered instructional methods allow students to take ownership of their learning and provide students with the skills and confidence to challenge themselves.

A lot of good changes were made at Gunn in preparation for school this year: - limits on AP classes - limits on the number of classes a student can take overall - changes to the overall schedule - adding skills for managing stress to the Phys Ed curriculum.

And research shows that taking a break during the day, even a short one, can improve student learning skills and memory.

We take great pride in our program building our students self - confidence and social skills.

We all want our kids to be happy and confident students so going the extra mile to make sure they are well equipped for learning takes skill to do on a budget.

High school students are more responsible than ever for developing good study habits and organizations skills they will take with them to the college and the working world.

We are striving to build an inclusive and positive school culture, while giving our students the skills they need to take care of themselves, as well as others.

In 1998, Florida became the first state to require a class on relationships and marriage for high school students, part of a larger plan to encourage marriage skills by discounting marriage licenses for couples that take a premarital skills course.

District leaders have been interested in expanding the popular Emerson school for years, building on its success teaching students skills they could take into careers.

The software enables students to develop business management skills, requiring them to take decisions on staffing levels, estimating and bidding, managing cash flow and capital and seeking investment opportunities.

She said government planned to set up Business Support Services to provide take - off base for students of its Vocational Skills Programmes and for women that want to set up businesses.

President Mahama said many industries and businesses such as the oil and gas sector were looking for graduates with middle level technical skills, and encouraged the students to take up such courses to enable them to get jobs after school.

Snooker World Champion Steve Davis is taking his love of the sport into schools in the hope of improving students» maths skills.

Through the Bronx Youth Corps, the students will learn to work as a group, learn about the importance of taking responsibility for their community, and gain the skills to make positive changes in The Bronx and become future leaders.

Here's another take: professional training programmes for PhD students that expand their soft skills.

Teaching ethics and decision - making skills to HutchLab students takes practice, so we learn, we adjust, and we modify the curriculum almost every time we teach it.

It is going to take dedicated teachers with the right skills set, committed parents, responsive school administrations, and invested communities to engage these students and reverse the trend.

Mentoring as well as positive institutional change can improve the success rates of underrepresented students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, Malcom said, but students can also take a «bottom - up» approach, by improving their leadership skills.

Students who want to do a teaching internship, for example, could emphasize how the experience will allow them to improve their communication and presentation skills, which will be valuable if they end up deciding to take the academic route, he says.

For decades, the educational needs of students and postdocs have taken a back seat to universities» need for cheap, skilled workers to perform grant research.

Students at universities that do not offer transferable skills training can take advantage of existing resources available online or use the opportunity to network and demonstrate leadership skills by coordinating a local skills training event.

«Learning how to take an accurate and thorough medical history is one of the most essential skills that a medical student needs to learn,» Danforth said.

A new report from the Royal Society on improving U.K. science and mathematics education contains a lengthy wish list: Upper - level students should take a lot more science and math; more college graduates with science degrees should go into teaching; current teachers should continually upgrade their skills and have a larger voice in the educational process; and the government should de-emphasize the high - stakes tests used to measure student achievement.

Companies are expected to allow and encourage CASE students to take part in corporate training programmes, both technical and «soft skills» such a project management and business strategy training that the company may offer.

Astonishingly, students who took the daily quizzes in their psychology class also performed better in their other courses, during the semester they were enrolled in Pennebaker and Gosling's class and in the semesters that followed — suggesting that the frequent tests accompanied by feedback worked to improve their general skills of self - regulation.

Both as a graduate student and postdoc, Maryrose Franko took every opportunity to volunteer in science education which made her realize that «I have good people skills that I really enjoy using,» she says.

Beer drinking and surviving on Ramen noodles for months at a time may indeed take skill, but what about things like teaching experience, participation in student government, computer skills (programming, database construction, etc.), investing wizardry, and your knack for schmoozing?

«I started taking MOOCs,» he says, «because my grad - school duties include overseeing professional development — helping students gain skills for careers in academics, industry, business, or policy.

Hackney «was hesitant» to take on so young a researcher, he writes in an e-mail, but he gave her a project on the micromechanics of lithium battery design when he recognized that her mathematical skills far exceeded those of many graduate students.

This skill usually takes a graduate student or postdoc several months to learn.

Whether it's the Louvre or the Rubin Museum of Art, students are often encouraged to spend time sketching the paintings and sculptures that intrigue them — not to practice their art skills, but to get them to look closer at the details: the complex color of a sky, the figure off in the distance... After taking the time to draw a sketch yourself, you're bound to remember the details of a work and have a greater appreciation for its creation.

As a student in our program, you'll learn the skills and knowledge it takes to build a rewarding career as a Functional Medicine Certified Health Coach (FMCHC).

It seems like common sense, I know, but you'd be amazed how often most yoga teachers just project their knowledge and skill set onto their students without seeing them at all, without taking into account any of the needs that brought them to class in the first place.

«It has been such a joy and privilege to be a longtime student at ChildLight... I've gained so many practical skills and tools from every ChildLight workshop I've taken and you bet I will be back for more and keeping an eye out for new opportunities!»

Having taken over 700 hours of teacher trainings, she is constantly trying to improve her teaching skills to better serve her students.

The documentary follows a group of students enrolled in an elective class on hospice care that will teach them skills for taking care of dying patients and allow them to employ these skills as volunteers at a hospice care center.

The second half of the film sees Dwight take on a rival House in a student tournament, that involves seven games of various skills.

The students take their newly learned skills back to their tribal communities, pueblos, and reservations to produce their own family and tribal stories.