Sentences with phrase «teacher assignment by»

In addition to test - score data, the system will include, among other things, demographic data, teacher assignment by course, and each student's course enrollment and completion.

Not exact matches

One particular high school teacher was notorious for his rigor — his assignments would often be supplemented by a short worksheet which unsurprisingly operated under the title «Drill It and Kill It.»

As is the case with the Utah «$ 5 Date» assignment, this one was reportedly not written by the teacher who handed it out.

These include homework - free weekends like the one coming up over Thanksgiving break, encouraging teachers to economize on assignments by, for instance, assigning fewer practice problems in math (10 can serve just as well as 25), and creating a centralized homework calendar that will allow teachers to coordinate big assignments, so that kids don't end up with a lot of tests or projects due on the same day.

Modern parenting is defined by an unprecedented level of overprotectiveness: parents who rush to school at the whim of a phone call to deliver forgotten assignments, who challenge teachers on report card disappointments, mastermind children's friendships, and interfere on the playing field.

Modern parenting is defined by an unprecedented level of overprotectiveness: parents who rush to school at the whim of a phone call to deliver forgotten assignments, who challenge teachers on report - card disappointments, mastermind children's friendships, and interfere on the playing field.

A real - time electronic poll of members attending the Conference found that: 55 % said that national standards for supply agencies would most help to secure better employment conditions for supply teachers; 83 % said supply agencies do not fully disclose all fees and charges they make for their services; 61 % said supply agencies do not act to ensure their safety, health and wellbeing at work; Nearly a quarter (24 %) said their supply agency does not make them fully aware of how much they will be paid for each assignment and the same number said they were not paid promptly and accurately by their agency; A third said their agency did not make them fully aware of the type of work they were expected to undertake; 15 % said that their supply agency prevents them from seeking work from other sources; 65 % said supply agencies do not respect and develop their professional skills; Nearly a third (32 %) said they would not recommend their main supply agency to other teachers.

Former New Suffolk School teacher Martha Kennelly, who has spent two years fighting with the district that refused to reinstate her when a special assignment ended, appears to have won her case that would force the district to reinstate her and pay back wages and benefits from June 30, 2015, according to the decision written by State Commissioner of Education Mary Ellen Elia.

The new methodology is already challenging widely held beliefs by finding that teachers can not be judged solely on the basis of their academic credentials, that classroom size is not always paramount and that students may actually be more engaged if they struggle to complete a classroom assignment.

This is a practice that teachers can promote by giving more frequent assignments and quizzes that require a review of material covered earlier in the course.

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Because of her acting career, her elementary school teachers would mail her lessons and assignments on cassette tapes to be used by her on - set tutors.

Students analyze whether their thoughts about the problem are permanent («I stink at math and will never get good at it») or temporary («I was distracted by my friends»), and whether they blame themselves («I didn't ask for help when I was confused by my math assignment») or others («the teacher doesn't like me») for the problem.

The assignment allows them to share their views, «but they have to justify them in a way that's supported by argument and reason,» the teacher explains.

A common concern expressed by teachers is that when students are given back assignments they've handed in, they don't look at the comments.

The teachers who first used them a few years ago started simply by posting assignments and information for their students.

One example is an end of semester or end of unit assignment or portfolio task developed by the subject or classroom teacher.

If they are having difficulties with the assignments by offering help and by contact their teacher to ask for suggestions if they are having difficulty with the math or the reading materials.

Rather than getting mad at a student with poor working memory who constantly forgets to write down homework assignments, a teacher could easily help that kid by verbalizing assignments and writing them down on the white board.

The authors address three criticisms of value - added (VA) measures of teacher effectiveness that Stanford University education professor Linda Darling - Hammond and her colleagues present in a recent article: that VA estimates are inconsistent because they fluctuate over time; that teachers» value - added performance is skewed by student assignment, which is non-random; and that value - added ratings can't disentangle the many influences on student progress.

An example of a low - abstraction soft skill is whether a student is observed by her teacher to finish math homework assignments on time.

After her students complained that they were unable to find material they needed for a Black History Month assignment, Dorothy Winbush Riley, a Detroit teacher, set out to find and collect a volume of familiar quotations by people of color.

By utilizing the cloud, students will no longer have to submit germ - laden assignments for the teacher to thumb through.

Addtionally, principals and administrators may respond to large losses of experienced teachers, such as by decreasing class sizes or changing the assignment of teachers to students.

And it all ties back to the personal learning contract, a one - page grid made by the teachers, outlining assignments and expectations for the week.

While the study focuses on the kinds of technology being brought into the classroom and used by educators at home and in the classroom, little is reported about how this has changed teachers» pedagogical approaches aside from how they give and collect assignments.

I often hear parents or other advocates urge teachers to accommodate students with ADHD by giving them a lengthy or indefinite amount of time to turn in assignments.

The algorithm employed by the software considers each child's entering skill level and progress made during the school year to recommend several dimensions of instruction, including assignment to small, homogenous ability groups, the amount of time spent on code - versus meaning - focused literacy, and teacher / child versus child - managed delivery.

Language arts teachers are including more books by minority authors in reading assignments.

The group recommended that teachers who were frequently absent, those who had been judged unsatisfactory by their principals, and those who did not have a permanent job assignment should be the first to go.

Students must submit a certain number of assignments each week as specified by the teacher, and each course includes a «pace chart» with traditional, extended, or accelerated options.

Encouraged by our success, we began to give students «cold prompt» writing assignments (on topics they had never seen before, with no help from teachers) in September, November, March, and June.

Assignment to a teacher with a favorable evaluation by her principal appears to be more important for math performance.

Here's how it works: After teachers are certified by any one of the many online schools out there, they are assigned classes of students with whom they engage directly online, teaching lessons and coordinating assignments using interactive software applications, chat, and email.

,» published by the Consortium on Chicago School Research, students whose teachers routinely gave «authentic intellectual assignments» increased their scores on the Iowa Test of Basic Skills (a widely used standardized test) by 20 percent more than the average increase in scores nationally.

, peer grading teaches them that some assignments don't matter; that they don't have to work too hard on those assignments because the teacher will never see them anyway; and that they can ease their embarrassment about their own errors by teasing those whose scores are a little lower — or significantly higher — than their own.

In reading, by contrast, assignment to a Level II or Level III teacher was associated with a large and statistically significant increase in reading achievement, while estimates of the effects of having a teacher from both of the other two groups remained positive but statistically insignificant.

The system proposed last week by the team would reinvent the way teachers are compensated, rewarding those who produce student growth with uncapped annual salaries and providing bonuses to proven educators who take on the toughest teaching assignments.

Many children have trouble keeping track of assignments, but get by until the demands of multiple teachers in middle school overwhelm them.

Nonetheless, assignment to a teacher who had been certified by the career - ladder evaluations led to large and statistically significant increases in mathematics scores and sizable, though statistically insignificant, increases in reading scores.

An examination of assignments given by middle school teachers appears to show that most of the work asked of students does not reflect the higher, more rigorous standards set by Common Core.

Instead of giving students assignments with predetermined topics and step - by - step instructions, teachers set aside a designated amount of time during the week for students to engage in self - directed projects that allow them to pursue their own questions, interests, and passions.

Another hypothesis consistent with both the tracking results and the effects from random peer assignment is that tracking by initial achievement improves student learning because it allows teachers to focus instruction.

The effect the «work to rule» had on me as a student opened my eyes to the effort expended by teachers to hand grade assignments, often using their evenings and weekends (without extra compensation) to do so.

The «real - world» goals of this assignment are evaluated in part by teacher observation of how the students work together, gather information, complete the writing, plan the illustration, and create the book.

Modifications: Teachers might like to modify this plan by making it a specific assignment where students have to collect all of the cards and learn the authors» names and birth dates.

In many classrooms, teachers encourage acts of kindness by directing kindness assignments themselves.

Pictures of school activities, plus calendars, e-newsletters, examples of student work, and week - by - week listings of course assignments and due dates, are just a few of the ways teachers or principals are using the Internet to share important classroom and school information with parents.

Joan Becker, an American - studies teacher in North Clackamas, Oregon, started by simply adding to her year - end research - paper assignment the requirement that students conduct an interview with someone who has experience or expertise related to their topic.

Whether quality control is done on an assignment - by - assignment basis or as part of a work contract, standards are being raised while the teacher's workload is being reduced.