Sentences with phrase «teachers a choice made»

The authors hypothesized that perhaps giving teachers a choice made teaching more attractive.

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We want to be as sure as we can be that our life choices are not made for us by someone else — parents, friends, peers or teachers.

He followed the testy confirmation hearings for Trump's nomination of Betsy DeVos as secretary of the Department of Education, whose strong support of school choice made her a target of teachers» unions.

As a mother myself, wholefoods chef, and former English teacher who's spent years helping kids grow academically, I've created a book that I hope will inspire and help families make better food choices.

Like many high school teachers, she felt mystified by the behavior and choices that some of her students made.

For me personally the decision was a choice, though to go back after would have made no economic sense as childcare would of almost negated my salary as a teacher.

Teachers can also make physical activity a priority throughout the year by creating a Project ACES Club at their school to teach and learn healthy lifestyle food and exercise choices.

In Montessori classrooms, children make creative choices in their learning, while the classroom and the teacher offer age - appropriate activities to guide the process.

At Scholar's Choice, we want to make sure we are supporting teachers in the classroom through the products we offer as well as through the advice and free resources we provide on our Community Blog.

To gift it, fill the thermal of your choice with snacks to enjoy throughout the summer, and make it extra special by personalizing it with the teacher's monogram.

This makes them a favoured choice among office workers, teachers and nurses.

Three days ago on this blog, I launched a Change.org petition regarding 540 Meals: Choices Make the Difference, a new McDonald's «nutrition education» film about an Iowa science teacher who ate nothing but McDonald's for six months.

Two weeks ago I broke an exclusive story regarding a new McDonald's documentary for use in schools, 540 Meals: Choices Make the Difference, which chronicles the experience of a teacher who ate nothing but McDonald's for six months and lost weight.

«FOSI supports Internet Safety Month and we hope that by raising awareness during June and promoting a «culture of responsibility» where government, law enforcement, industry, teachers, parents and even kids themselves, all take part in establishing a safer internet, kids will begin to make wise choices online.»

In her book she offers dozens of activities for both teachers and parents to «empower kids to make good choices.»

If you speak to heads, teachers and cooks about the school meals they provide, they want to be given a little bit more freedom to make their own choices.

Your child is grappling with independence and new kinds of demands from you, her peers, and her teachers, so let her make choices when possible.

Baroness Walmsley, co-chair of the Lib Dems» backbench education, families and young people committee, added: «We should trust the governors, teachers and parents to make their local choice in local circumstances after proper consultation, which is in the Act.»

Nevertheless, Cuomo was successful this year in forming a new teacher evaluation system as well as making it harder for teachers to obtain tenure — a move that state lawmakers felt they had no choice but to accept given the policy's linkage to an increase in school aid.

«Our members are all dedicated and committed members of staff, but they have been left with no choice but to make this strong protest «All that is needed to avoid this strike action is a commitment by the employer to genuine negotiation and to listen to the concerns of teachers.

School districts, teachers unions and local government officials are concerned that the cap was passed without a real effort at chipping away at unfunded state mandates, while the Cuomo team argues that once the cap is in place, governments and school boards will be forced to make the difficult (and presumably correct) spending choices while retaining essential services.

The Parental Choice in Education Act would provide tax credits for those who donate to private and parochial schools for purposes of scholarships, tax credits to parents who pay tuition to private and parochial schools and tax credits to teachers - in both public and private schools - who make personal purchases of school supplies and food to support their underprivileged students.

Neither he nor most of the group's major donors would comment on their support, though Mr. Jones said in a statement, «Maintaining the status quo is unacceptable, and that's why StudentsFirstNY and others are fighting for reforms that can give parents more choices, ensure that only the best teachers are in the classroom and make sure that the best interests of the children in the system are put first.»

The UFT's ultimate goal, Mulgrew has said, is to make Teacher's Choice «a permanent item in the budget.»

That's why the UFT is making another big push this year to increase Teacher's Choice funding in the city budget.

Elections are about choices, and [New York State United Teachers] made the choice not to endorse any candidates because there were issues with everybody.»

On his website, he had cited four main objectives — returning power and choice in education to parents, teachers and local districts; pursuing governmental ethics reform beginning with the Governor's office; making sure communities are safe without abridging Second Amendment Rights; and to stimulate economic growth and bolster middle - class financial security.

In a radio interview on Friday, Mr. Bloomberg noted the spreading financial woes of local governments, saying, «Towns and counties across the state are starting to have to make the real choices — fewer cops, fewer firefighters, slower ambulance response, less teachers in front of the classroom.»

Main themes included: accessing community support; receiving support from friends, family and teachers; and creating opportunities for self - determination, such as making independent choices and setting goals.

The Professional Science Master's Degree at Twenty Shelia Tobias and Linda Strausbaugh recently published a short article in the Journal of College Science Teaching to introduce (or reintroduce) college teachers and advisors to the PSM, and to summarize the features that make it a good choice.

A dear friend and teacher shared this quote in her class recently and it has stayed with me: «True self - care is not salt baths and chocolate cake, it is making the choice to build a life you don't need to regularly escape from.»

People shared stories about personal financial struggles, the challenges of making a living as a yoga teacher, and choices to return to the world of «regular» work.

This class is specifically designed for any parent, guardian, teacher or child caretaker who is seeking answers, support or information on how to approach and help any children in their care make the best choices and meet their health needs.

-- Rachel W. I feel like I made an excellent choice for my teacher training.

It's up to the student to make the choice as to what kind of experience they want and, ultimately, what kind of teacher is right for them.

The color choices you make for your little one can have an impact on her interactions with: friends, teachers, etc..

Personally, I believe it's the former, although one can definitely be influenced by modelling such a characteristic, which brings me to your conscious choice of making it a habit to teach by example, your lucky students, who, unlike their lovely teacher, will have the sweetest and fondest memories of her lessons in kindness, having both studied and practiced them in her class.

I will show you how to put together a super affordable gift basket and have made you a free TOE - tally terrific teacher printable tag in three color choices.

A great deal of the impact in The Piano Teacher comes from Isabelle Huppert's performance, which comes as her finest career moment, as well as one of the year's early choices for 2002's Best Actress (personal list, of course: I highly doubt that the conservative Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will be able to make it through the film).

Like Milo, Maggie is impulsive and self - destructive, and serially cheats on Lance, just as Milo makes bad choices, one of them being his teen aged affair with a high school teacher, an event that was hushed up, and provoked the family estrangement.

Gradually, through weeks 4, 5, and 6, more activities are introduced and a workable balance is established between teacher - directed and child - initiated activities, as students learn to make independent choices within the framework of a managed environment.

Make the choice that's best for you,» the teachers remind students who complain about their peers» behavior.

Roy Ballam, Managing Director and Head of Education at the BNF, said: «It is critical that teachers lay the foundations for children to make good dietary and lifestyle choices now and as adults.

And they are grounded in teachers» lived experiences of giving students autonomy only to be disappointed by the choices students make.

His aggressive, bare - knuckle style, cuts to public spending, and well - publicized clashes with the New Jersey Education Association have made the governor a media sensation and shoved his education reform ideas — which include expanding school choice options for students and overhauling teacher tenure, compensation, and pensions — into the national spotlight.

Faculty members do have choices to make, but the conversations at the AACTE are about «dispositional knowledge» and how to engage prospective teachers in the debates about liberalism and education.

«Take a group of students who are arbitrarily assigned to spend a year with a particular teacher, who probably had no choice in selecting the students, and make them get along well,» says former HGSE associate professor Hunter Gehlbach (now at University of California Santa Barbara).

Technology, the global job market, school choice, student expectations, political pressures, and significant advancements in what we know about how kids learn — the science of teaching — are among the forces that make changes in how schools operate and how teachers teach inevitable.

I think teachers make choices about classroom content based on what ideas and skills are important for children and what they can offer by way of support for reasoning and learning, and without a feeling for Science, they tend to focus elsewhere.

Anything that might reduce a teacher's latitude and ability to make professional choices in the context of each unique classroom is off the table (which explains the aversion to focusing on any specific curricula).