Sentences with phrase «teachers and families feel»

Their big question / focus is, how to get in the bloodstream of the district so that no matter what happens organizationally, teachers and families feel so empowered to be partners that you can't disband the office because it's not an office it's a movement.

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Paul Critelli, one of the program's teachers, told me that many parents feel overwhelmed trying to get two or three kids ready for school each morning, and that their instinct is often to «sacrifice the anxious kid» in order to avoid morning hysterics and keep the family train running on time.

Although parents (and indeed governors and teachers) are often uneasy about early or explicit SRE or providing access to family planning services, their feelings are sometimes ambiguous due to a concern that, if they do not follow such a course, children will be at greater risk of underage pregnancy.

So on this happy day, as the students of the class of 2014 celebrate a milestone achievement with their families, their friends, and their teachers, I come to congratulate you, to wish you well, and to address each of you as a person who has received the good turn of a fine education, and who should feel a responsibility to repay the debt of that education by living well as a person, mindful of the personhood, the individuality, and the good of others around you, in the various communities through which your life will take you.

With felt, ribbon and buttons, you can create simple and beautiful Valentine's Day bracelets for gifts for teachers, classmates (instead of store bought cards) or family members.

All parents want to feel validated in their decisions, and even if they do not intentionally seek out support, unsolicited advice will come their way — from family, friends, pediatricians, teachers, strangers, and others.

Every child wants, needs and deserves to feel accepted, liked, loved, valued and appreciated by parents, family, friends, caregivers, teachers, classmates and community.

Foundation Studies Prelude Series - Spring 2018 - Five Wednesdays starting 3/28 Foundation Series — Starting Fall of 2018 The Foundation Studies and the Prelude series are open to any community member (parents, board members, teachers, alumni, alumni families) who feels a genuine longing to work on gaining a deeper acquaintance with Anthroposophy, the worldview that stands behind Waldorf education.

Courses are open to: Parents, board members, teachers, alumni, alumni families Both the Foundation Studies and the Prelude series are open to any community member who feels a genuine longing to work on gaining a deeper acquaintance with Anthroposophy, the worldview that stands behind the Waldorf school.

Torregrosa was feeling disparaged by her mother and teachers, and believes her SGA family support worker Sylvia Sarmiento was the first person to comprehend and validate the fear and loneliness she felt as a young expectant mother.

Maybe it's the ex-English teacher in me, or my love of writing, but I assure you I'm not the only one that feels this way.I love that my neighbor still writes handwritten letters to family and friends.

Her interaction with her friends, family members, classmates, and teachers all felt incredibly realistic.

Instead, the characters portrayed here are dealing with problems regular people handle, like feeling let down by parents or acquaintances, school fights that are broken up by teachers and administrative staff, or family pets that get sick.

Nurses who may or may not be caring, friends who are struck helpless, and even family (played here by Isabelle Huppert, The Piano Teacher) who feel the responsibility to help, but are caught up in the responsibilities of everyday life.

In many cultures, families don't feel that it is appropriate to build relationships, albeit respectful ones, with teachers and school leaders.

Students of color, immigrant students, refugee students, LGBTQ students — as well as their teachers and families — may feel targeted by federal policies and actions, and deeply worried.

As director of education for a tribal nonprofit organization in Anchorage, Ala., where she oversaw teachers, counselors, and family advocates who served more than 1,100 Native American K — 12 students, Loyd felt challenged and rewarded every day.

The realities Ngounou saw for teachers, administrators, families, and students working in education painted a bleak picture of the future, one in which despite all the hard work a certain feeling of powerlessness about policies and practices remained.

A popular routine for teachers with families is to stay at the school until all of your work for the night is done (it might feel like a longer work day, but at the end of it, you should have some uninterrupted time for friends and family).

For the purposes of this article, self - awareness means, quite literally, to have insight into why you feel the way you do toward certain children or their families, their abilities or disabilities, and your values as an individual and as a teacher.

Home visits flip that power dynamic; teachers get out of the school and visit with families in their space, where families feel most comfortable.»

Giant mobs of yelling protesters and blogs filled with tirades may increase the intimidation politicians feel, but it seriously undermines the image of teachers as an extension of our family.

Schools themselves have become larger, more impersonal institutions where students and their families feel less connected to the teachers and school administrators.

For example, results from the MetLife Survey of the American Teacher in its final two years (released in 2012 & 2013) identified parent and family engagement among the top 3 issues that both teachers and administrators felt least capable of doing well.

This helped give new teachers an idea of who these folks were, and it helped all staff members feel important and part of the family — because they are.

«With the spotlight shone on public school choice this election year, we've seen a stirring up of opinion... and we've also seen expensive, sustained, and coordinated campaigns to discredit charter schools, led by teachers» unions and special interests that feel threatened by families having a choice in public school.»

Teachers and paraprofessionals are essential to implementing Tier 1 and Tier 2 strategies — to create a welcoming environment that makes students and families feel connected to school and to take positive and early action when a student is absent.

Principals and teachers surveyed by Scholastic selected among 14 activities they felt most important to help families engage with their children's learning.

This research shares how a group of students with non-binary gender identities spoke to teachers, counselors, principals, school personnel, peers, and family members about what they needed to feel safe, included, and legitimized at school.

I left law practice in 2000 to become a teacher because I felt that in order to give back to America what this country has given me and my family, I needed to do my part to support its system of public education.

Parents invite teachers to their homes for family events on weekends, and the teachers come because they feel part of the family.

Since families had met and worked with the administration and teachers several times before the school year began, everyone felt more comfortable and «at home» when school started in August — thus the name of our project, «We Are Family.»

«Their average ratings of each survey domain were around the scale's midpoint, meaning that tended to «somewhat agree» that the academic and instructional supports provided by their teachers were culturally responsive, that they were proud of and felt connected to their cultural identity, and that the school had good relationships with their families and communities.»

School staff, families, and community members are all teachers; their actions determine the degree to which students feel healthy, safe, engaged, supported, and challenged.

«Parents are looking for a place where students feel welcome, they feel like a part of the family, they feel a part of a community, they are able to develop closer relationships with teachers, and they want them to know who they are,» says Evelyn Castro, Principal of Ednovate College Prep charter school when speaking about one of the most important things parents want in a school and how sometimes a smaller charter public school can provide that.

When parents and community members knew that teachers were going to stand with them on the issues they felt were important to their families, it helped pave the way for community support of the strike.

Other important factors — the extra hours put in by teachers preparing for class and grading assignments, the school spirit felt by families, the involvement in sports, arts, or other extracurriculars — are crucial aspects of a school community, but are not reflected on the Report Card.

The big difference that the eight teachers and students interviewed all commented on about the experience in Soka Schools compared with other schools was the family feeling generated.

«As long as APPR [Annual Professional Performance Review, teacher evaluations informed by student test scores] is preserved, teachers will teach to the test and the stress they feel will inevitably be felt by students and families,» he says.

We are looking for schools that demonstrate thoughtful work to promote high academic outcomes for students of all backgrounds; hire and train a diverse group of teachers and leaders; create a school culture in which all students and families feel welcomed, respected, and included; and confront institutional racism.

Parents 4 Teachers created this tool kit to help you build unity in your school and work together to make sure all students and families feel safe and protected in the coming year.

A true school community is one in which all members - students, teachers, families, and community partners - not only have the opportunity to participate, but also feel welcome to actively engage in school life.

By sharing best practices with each other and giving and receiving feedback, members of the consultancy group feel that they have been able both to develop tools for other teachers and deepen their family engagement skills and practices.

Standardized test results don't take into account how factors outside of a teacher's control impact student performance on the day the test is taken; these include factors such as whether or not the student slept and ate well prior to the test, social and emotional occurrences (e.g., student's parents are going through a divorce, there is a serious illness in the family, student had an argument with a best friend just before the class in which the test is given, student doesn't feel well that day).

At these events you can meet current families and talk to teachers and representatives to get a feel for what the program is like day to day.

The teachers at her school had a voice, she said, and the close rapport between students and staff made it feel «like a family.»

There is no doubt that CEA leadership feels that it has done an effective job pushing back against the onslaught brought on by the politically - driven Common Core State Standards initiative, the unproven and rushed change in standardized testing requirements, the systematic yet false narrative of failing schools and ineffective teachers, and the questionable storing and sharing of private, personal, and confidential information on students and their families.

With its chronological organization, supplementary cases of instructive technical and archival material (e.g., a family photograph album, tools for working pastel such as stumps and cuttlebone), and intimate galleries that urged careful study, Chase's legacy as a teacher felt omnipresent at The Phillips.

Our local school principal and teachers made adjustments to help our family feel welcome.

She is a reflective teacher that participates in children's play, decision - making and can extend their learning by providing a stimulating environment where children feel included and part of the Growing Together family.