Sentences with phrase «teachers a voice on»

23 Things You'll Understand If You're Dating A Teacher They're going to use the teacher voice on you.

The Varkey Foundation recognizes the importance of the teaching profession and gives teachers a voice on the global stage.

The 2016 AAE national teacher survey will be released this month in an effort to give teachers a voice on the national stage.

In 2011, Kentucky implemented the TELL Kentucky Survey to allow teacher voice on key working conditions such as facilities, resources, leadership, professional development, time, etc..

For Black History Month, BTP will be amplifying Black teacher voices on social media.

The work got early support from local individuals and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, parties interested in hearing teacher voice on policy issues.

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As a client, that means you can focus on the teacher's voice, the instruction, and close your eyes to work deeper in class.

How well are the churches addressing the tensions felt in the minds of many educated Christians who internally hear two choruses: on the one hand, the voices of their pastor and Sunday school, the scriptures and tradition; on the other, the voices of their high school science teacher, their college biology professor and the science section of the New York Times?

Yet again, the list contains both vocal advocates as well as pastors not typically known for speaking out on political matters, topped by influential voices like pastor and devotional author Max Lucado, Bible teacher Beth Moore, and Village Church pastor Matt Chandler.

As a school teacher, I pride myself on not raising my voice, even in a classroom full of oversexed, texting adolescents.

Within two weeks, one of the most influential voices in American nutrition — author and New York University professor Marion Nestle — found Fed Up With Lunch and reported on her Food Politics blog that «an intrepid school teacher, Mrs. Q, has vowed to eat school lunches every day for a year.

If you'd like to voice your objection to the bill, please consider signing this petition from Food Policy Action and this one launched on Change.org by a second grade teacher worried about the hungry kids in her classroom.

's antenatal teachers» panel and sits on local and regional hospital steering groups to represent the voices of women and families using the maternity services

* Day 1 Monday, February 22, 2016 4:00 PM -5:00 PM Registration & Networking 5:00 PM — 6:00 PM Welcome Reception & Opening Remarks Kevin de Leon, President pro Tem, California State Senate Debra McMannis, Director of Early Education & Support Division, California Department of Education (invited) Karen Stapf Walters, Executive Director, California State Board of Education (invited) 6:00 PM — 7:00 PM Keynote Address & Dinner Dr. Patricia K. Kuhl, Co-Director, Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences * Day 2 Tuesday February 23, 2016 8:00 AM — 9:00 AM Registration, Continental Breakfast, & Networking 9:00 AM — 9:15 AM Opening Remarks John Kim, Executive Director, Advancement Project Camille Maben, Executive Director, First 5 California Tom Torlakson, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, California Department of Education 9:15 AM — 10:00 AM Morning Keynote David B. Grusky, Executive Director, Stanford's Center on Poverty & Inequality 10:00 AM — 11:00 AM Educating California's Young Children: The Recent Developments in Transitional Kindergarten & Expanded Transitional Kindergarten (Panel Discussion) Deborah Kong, Executive Director, Early Edge California Heather Quick, Principal Research Scientist, American Institutes for Research Dean Tagawa, Administrator for Early Education, Los Angeles Unified School District Moderator: Erin Gabel, Deputy Director, First 5 California (Invited) 11:00 AM — 12:00 PM «Political Will & Prioritizing ECE» (Panel Discussion) Eric Heins, President, California Teachers Association Senator Hannah - Beth Jackson, Chair of the Women's Legislative Committee, California State Senate David Kirp, James D. Marver Professor of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley Assemblyman Kevin McCarty, Chairman of Subcommittee No. 2 of Education Finance, California State Assembly Moderator: Kim Pattillo Brownson, Managing Director, Policy & Advocacy, Advancement Project 12:00 PM — 12:45 PM Lunch 12:45 PM — 1:45 PM Lunch Keynote - «How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character» Paul Tough, New York Times Magazine Writer, Author 1:45 PM — 1:55 PM Break 2:00 PM — 3:05 PM Elevating ECE Through Meaningful Community Partnerships (Panel Discussion) Sandra Guiterrez, National Director, Abriendo Purtas / Opening Doors Mary Ignatius, Statewide Organize of Parent Voices, California Child Care Resource & Referral Network Jacquelyn McCroskey, John Mile Professor of Child Welfare, University of Southern California School of Social Work Jolene Smith, Chief Executive Officer, First 5 Santa Clara County Moderator: Rafael González, Director of Best Start, First 5 LA 3:05 PM — 3:20 PM Closing Remarks Camille Maben, Executive Director, First 5 California * Agenda Subject to Change

On Tuesday 21st January T and I set off extremely early in the morning to London joining the commuters on the train to one of the main London Stations and then onto the Tube for a trip to West Minster Palace to meet with other parent bloggers who believe strongly like we do that together we can make a change for these children with our voices, teachers, students, volunteers, representatives of Save the Children and Beanstalk, MP's from around the country and peers of the realm to talk about reading, books and how we can make a differencOn Tuesday 21st January T and I set off extremely early in the morning to London joining the commuters on the train to one of the main London Stations and then onto the Tube for a trip to West Minster Palace to meet with other parent bloggers who believe strongly like we do that together we can make a change for these children with our voices, teachers, students, volunteers, representatives of Save the Children and Beanstalk, MP's from around the country and peers of the realm to talk about reading, books and how we can make a differencon the train to one of the main London Stations and then onto the Tube for a trip to West Minster Palace to meet with other parent bloggers who believe strongly like we do that together we can make a change for these children with our voices, teachers, students, volunteers, representatives of Save the Children and Beanstalk, MP's from around the country and peers of the realm to talk about reading, books and how we can make a difference.

UFT President Michael Mulgrew said: «Delegates representing every part of the teachers union got a chance to have their voice heard on this issue and their message is clear — individual merit pay hasn't worked and doesn't work for schools and kids.»

Radford said it was his participation on the task force that led him to conclude that many of the voices of the opt - out movement were reflective of the teachers unions through parents who are also teachers, but the voice of parents who were not teachers seemed to be missing from the conversation, he said.

King and New York State United Teachers president Richard Iannuzzi, whose union represents districts outside the city, also voiced support for Cuomo's involvement on upstate's «Capitol Pressroom» radio show.

«John King's tenure in New York was very adversarial, leaving families, students and teachers without a voice on important issues and therefore I can not support his nomination at this time,» Gillibrand said in a statement.

Please use your voice to fix this and stop the removal of teachers at City Honors on Tuesday, February 27th,» one parent said.

Some non-governmental organizations including the Center for Democratic Development, IMANI, WACAM and the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), have all added their voices to the campaign and called on the government to act fast to address the menace.

Padalino said the district will continue focusing its efforts internally on the academic success of its students, even as its administrators, teachers and parents continue their efforts to have their voices heard by the Cuomo administration.

«The voices of the parents, teachers and the community have been heard,» said Leonie Haimson, the executive director of education blog Class Size Matters, who delivered 13,000 signatures to Steiner's apartment on the Upper East Side Monday evening urging him to deny the waiver.

Let's focus for a moment on what this means — the NHS nurse, the hard - pressed teacher and the bus driver, all of whom help to ensure our essential services keep running, will at a stroke lose their democratic voice.

The signatories include philosophers and RE professors, consultants, advisors and teachers, including professors from Britain's top universities, leading national voices on RE, and classroom teachers already teaching their pupils about humanism and objecting to its exclusion in the draft criteria:

In a statement released after the vote this afternoon, the union's president, Michael Mulgrew, praised Mr. Espaillat's record on education, and argued the Washington Heights lawmaker «understands what New York schools need and will make sure the voices of teachers, parents and students are heard in Congress.»

Teachers and parents in Jackson Heights voiced their concerns over teacher layoffs at a town hall meeting hosted by Councilman Danny Dromm (D - Jackson Heights) and United Federation of Teachers Queens District 30 Representative Barbara Mylite on Monday.

Mulgrew said that the talks have focused not only on wages but also on improving working conditions and giving teachers a greater professional voice at the school level.

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.

As a result, many scientists have worked on finding the physiological causes to help teachers prevent and treat voice problems.

At this point my teacher raised his voice as he said, «Do not even think of taking on this patient!

With humility, reverence, and respect in my voice, I asked my teacher another question: «Guruji, on my first trip to Mysore, I asked you how I could find inner peace.

We begin our practice on our mats, observing our thoughts as they dwell in the past or race toward the future until we hear the soothing sound of the teacher's voice inviting us back into the room, and into present moment.

Soon, the quartet is shipwrecked on an island where they meet Merlin (voice of Eric Idle), Artie's old magic teacher who had a nervous breakdown and now has new age tendencies.

Similarly, one episode of Those Who Can't, about a trio of immature teachers, was plenty, and I was satiated with 25 minutes of Dark Minions, an animated tale of losers in space written and voiced by John Ross Bowie and Kevin Sussman — Kripke and Stuart the comic - store guy, respectively, on The Big Bang Theory.

She does have a beautiful mezzo - soprano voice which she uses on stage in a concert, accompanied by her piano teacher and a string quartet.

Kaizena allows teachers to leave voice notes on a student paper, making it easy to check in and comment on work during different stages in the process.

An expanded presence on social networks fuels the growth of Edutopia and makes it easier to showcase the community's voices and stories, allowing Edutopia to reach millions of teachers, administrators, and parents as well as students.

Editor's Note: Drew Minock, who co-wrote this piece, is an elementary teacher, co-founder of the popular education blog Two Guys and Some IPads, and is one of the voices on «The Two Guys Show» podcast.

A student survey allows students to voice their issues, needs, and desires, giving feedback on how a teacher can change his or her instruction to help them perform better in class.

Learning from the Experts features work going on in Boston and the voices of Boston teachers.

When I work with teachers, we always collaborate to design projects with the appropriate level of voice and choice for students, which depends on factors such as time of the year, age level, content, and many others.

Several new groups work to amplify the voices of top classroom teachers as they weigh in on controversial policy issues, as with the evaluations in Los Angeles.

High school teachers Joshua Block and Melanie Manuel helped their students find visibility and voices through a public art project on a Philadelphia street.

The principal at West Middle School in Mount Gilead North Carolina, Derek took an active role in participating in the chat on November 2 and was a voice of support to new teachers during that hour.

Jeppesen says linking up with the academic has enabled the school to reflect on how it harnesses trust and student voice in teacher - student relationships and adds that embarking on a research and learning journey that spans the globe is particularly exciting.

Dakabin principal Kelly Jeppesen says two of the school's leadership team attended the workshop and Perry's research on student voice and relationships between students and teachers resonated with them.

In addition to data collected on Google Forms, tech - friendly tools like Explain Everything — which lets students record their voices and explain their thinking — can go beyond just submitting a correct answer to help teachers figure out where students need help.

Good writing requires finding one's voice, and teachers can help students do that by starting out focusing on details, word choice, and sentence fluency.

This will fit any subject and it will offer your teachers to reflect on any current schemes of work This worked really well last year and really helped me to identify gaps that needed sorting It also gave staff the chance to voice their opinions The document can be adapted to suit any year group