Sentences with phrase «teachers and families need»

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We have frozen post-secondary tuition for two years, funded teachers and nurses that the PCs were going to cut, and created the Alberta Child Benefit Plan for low - income families, which is a $ 340 - million investment in new direct help to families who need it most.

Furthermore, the idea that I am just an individual, owing little or nothing to anyone, that I need to be autonomous, seems absurd when we consider our own personal origins: we each owe our conception and birth to a mother and a father; our whole lives involve a series ofinterlocking relationships with parents, family, friends, teachers, society and so on.

Cooperation as the law of the universe will lead us to restructure the school system so that teachers and students become part of a learning team, not unlike a family, with the task of helping each other learn what needs to be learned.

Decisions had to be made from time to time as to where or when services of the church would be held; the church needed to be told of the impending visit of an apostle, or of some prophet or teacher from abroad; a question has been raised as to the good faith of one of these visitors, and there must be some discussion of the point and a decision on it; a fellow Christian from another church is on a journey and needs hospitality; a member of the local congregation planning to visit a church abroad needs a letter of introduction to that church, which someone must be authorized to provide; a serious dispute about property rights or some other legal matter has arisen between two of the brothers and the church must name someone to help them settle the issue or must in some other way deal with it; a new local magistrate has begun to prosecute Christians for violating the law against unlicensed assembly, and consideration must be given to ways and means of meeting this crisis; charges have been brought against one of the members by another member, and these must be investigated and perhaps some disciplinary action taken; one of the members has died, and the church is called on for some special action in behalf of his family in the emergency; differences of opinion exist in the church on certain questions of morals or belief (such as marriage and divorce, or the resurrection), differences which local prophets and teachers are apparently unable to compose, and a letter must be written to the apostle — who will write this letter and what exactly will it say?

In the end, even with support of family, friends, teachers and community members, the job is ours and we need to trust ourselves.

[It] will help us to provide families, and our teachers and administrators, with the information and strategies we all need to create more balanced and academically fulfilling lives for our kids.»

«A Practical Guide to Autism: What Every Parent, Family Member, and Teacher Needs to Know» by Fred R.Volkmar and Lisa A. Wiesner

This means you need to spin» your child's behavior to friends, family and teachers.

As a parent educator, child - care provider trainer and family consultant I am always excited to discover and share new information that will empower parents, care providers and teachers to more fully meet the needs of children.

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

Each set includes over 30 playful learning activities related to the theme, and we've provided different versions for home preschool families and classroom teachers so all activities are geared directly toward your needs.

The teacher will connect with families, assist the Lead Teacher as needed, and maintain a warm, professional relationship with children, their parents and careteacher will connect with families, assist the Lead Teacher as needed, and maintain a warm, professional relationship with children, their parents and careTeacher as needed, and maintain a warm, professional relationship with children, their parents and caregivers.

These women and girls, along with their family, friends, teachers or employers, are often unprepared for the recovery head and have unrealistic expectations of the time needed to heal.

This policy brief outlines the reasons educators need to learn more about adoption issues, explains the negative consequences of a lack of knowledge, and proposes steps that teachers, schools, curriculum developers and institutions of higher education can make progress toward placing all children and families on a level playing field in the classroom and beyond.

SMA has an International Coordinator who helps link up families, teachers and treating professionals across the world with the valuable information and resources that they need.

Identifying children who may have characteristics of ADHD early on and getting parents and preschool teachers the education, skills, and support they need to help these little ones can really have a positive impact on these kids and their families.

As a City Councilperson I need to do everything I possibly can to save the nearly 400 families of firefighters, teachers, police officers and teamsters that may be facing layoffs this coming budget year.»

All options need to be on the table to improve schools so every child has access to the best teachers and every family has access to great school choices,» said Executive Director Jenny Sedlis.

All options need to be on the table to improve schools so every child has access to the best teachers and every family has access to great school choices,» s

«We need to make sure that the students, their families and the teachers get the support they need on a long - term basis to ensure that they can lead productive lives,» Weingarten told reporters after private sessions with the teachers.

There was something for everyone on the menu: using Apple technology, developing research - based practices to teach students in the early grades, engaging students through digital instruction, understanding the new teacher evaluation system as set by state law, preventing high - risk student behaviors and how Community Learning Schools meet the needs of students and their families.

Responding to the country's critical need for STEM teachers, and for teaching that supports students all the way to graduation and employment in ever - expanding STEM fields, education researchers and practitioners have fought hard to build effective approaches, and AAAS has helped to spearhead those efforts, said Rush Holt, AAAS CEO and executive publisher of the Science family of journals.

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I summoned support from friends, family, coaches and teachers, to help me find the courage I needed.

Alert the need - to - know people in your life (teachers, coaches, boss, car pool) about your family situation and how it may influence your effort or participation.

Today's educators need to be teachers, guidance counselors, family intervention specialists, big brothers, big sisters, and so on.

Parent - teacher conferences are one of the few opportunities for families to converse with teachers about their children's progress and needs.

This means families need to wait in only one place and are likely to meet with many more teachers.

Refugees» relationships with family, friends, and teachers provide critical motivation and mentorship needed for their academic success.

It doesn't erase the need for rigorous standards, tough accountability, vastly improved data systems, better teacher evaluations (and training, etc.), stronger school leaders, the right of families to choose schools, and much else that reformers have been struggling to bring about.

This approach takes more listening to the needs of our families through their own unique and important lens, and less offering of one - size - fits - all solutions on our part as teachers and administrators.

If a child doesn't have the clothes she needs for her Easter pictures, it's the teacher's job to recognize that her family may be struggling and to tap the petty cash fund and buy her a dress.

During the discussion in Weissbourd's Developing Effective School and Community Interventions for At - Risk Children course, Menino shared his opinion that the biggest challenge facing education is changing the focus from teachers or schools needing money to what's going on at home with students and their families.

Relationships with parents and carers are improved, helping teachers to understand family circumstances and meet each child's need, while continuing the learning process from the classroom to the home and breaking down barriers to each child's learning.

Ogston says that teachers get to know their students, their career goals, their family, and their learning needs.

The ritual unfolds with remarkable consistency each fall, says Heather Weiss, the longtime director of the Harvard Family Research Project: parents and teachers sit across from one another, «knees bunched up against a desk that is just a little too small,» talking hurriedly about goals, needs, and observations.

Students and families need to know their teachers understand them and can effectively meet their diverse needs.

Teachers need to have general knowledge about family contributions to child development and school achievement.

Students answer ten questions that test their ability to demonstrate understanding of vocabulary related to family, domestic living, and academic settings; subject pronouns; and Spanish language in the US, the arrival of Columbus, and the Mexican population This printable quiz includes: • Five matching questions • Five short answer questions • Questions including key vocabulary words and topics, such as: la pizarra, el hogar, el rey, Mixtecos, and Mayas • An accompanying teacher guide with correct answers Need more resources?

Close relationships with family, friends, and teachers, maintained both in - person and virtually, provide critical motivation and mentorship needed for academic success.

Now the first in her family to graduate from college, Martinez plans to become an educator, and thanked the encouraging teacher for «pushing me when I needed it the most.»

More research is needed to understand how school closures affect factors like teacher performance, student and staff morale, and family engagement over time.

The schools need to be made safe for education, and those who bring chaos to the school environment need alternative education settings, where teachers and counselors can work with them and their families on a more one - to - one basis.

Many teachers have students interview members of their family and community to find out what problems are in need of tackling and what resources are available.

Doug Pratt of the Michigan Education Association protested, «When you walk into a building in the middle of winter, the flu bug that's going around and sidelining students and staff can spread like wildfire... Do you want a teacher whose parent or partner is undergoing chemotherapy that morning — and because of the reasonable amount of time they've bargained — gets to be with their family member and take care of what they need to?

Young children need to learn and practice these skills in relationship to their peers, teachers, and family members, Diazgranados Ferráns says.

Unlike other family involvement typologies, this framework focuses not on actual family involvement activities carried out in schools, but on the attitudes, skills and knowledge teachers need to work effectively with parents.

Teachers need to have general knowledge about family contributions to child development and school achievement, according to the repor.

But if we want to limit the ability of teachers unions to advance their own interests at the expense of children, their families, and taxpayers, we need to consider ways of restricting their ability to engage in collective bargaining.

In his blog The Elephant In The (Staff) Room — Why We Need To Talk About Teacher Wellbeing (The Huffington Post, 14th March 2017), Nick Haisman - Smith, Chief Executive at Family Links and the Nurturing Schools Network, makes the point that «it is impossible to support the social and emotional health of young people, if we as teachers do not attend to our own emotional health».