Sentences with phrase «teachers and principals know»

As teachers and principals know, they don't always hear from parents who are happy so it really helps when they do!

Starting School Reform from the Inside Teachers and principals know their schools best, which is why they need to take the lead in school reform, says author Roland S. Barth.

Frequently, the line is spoken with a soft chuckle, but most teachers and principals know it's no joke.

Teachers and principals know how to explain academic content so children feel confident and determined.

If you do find out that your child does not want to go to school because he is being bullied, let his teacher and principal know what is going on, and work side by side with them to make sure the bullying stops.

Not exact matches

The key to the success of an after - school meals program like the one at KCK Schools is «making that connection to the buildings and connecting with athletic directors and principals and teachers to make sure they know the services are available and they're free and easy,» Mathiasmeier stresses.

Knowing I was an artist (and perhaps desperate), the principal of the school called me and asked me to fill in for the art teacher.

Mr. CANADA: Well, you know, it's sort of interesting, because I have some of my Republican friends who love to tout the fact that I am about results, and I want to use data, and I'm prepared to fire teachers or principals or anyone who can't really deliver for children, right?

«We have known for years that breakfast is the most important meal of the day — and we hear from principals and teachers that students are more focused and ready to learn when they start the day with a healthy meal,» said Judy Mobley, President and CEO of Children's Hunger Alliance.

I know because I heard it first - hand from teachers, from principals, from Lilly, and from the kids themselves.

Let's be honest: In most schools, all involved — parents, students, principals and teachers — know who the bad teachers are.

She was a longtime teacher at P.S. 29 in Brooklyn, a well - known principal at P.S. 6 in Manhattan, and the superintendent of District 15 schools in Brooklyn before becoming a deputy chancellor under former Chancellor Joel Klein.

«Who knows more than the teachers, the principals and administrators in the buildings?

The teacher and principal evaluations aren't being carried over under the new law, known as the Every Student Succeeds Act.

Teacher and principal Bryan Reed knows Mayra, along with many other students, very well — the relationships are part of how YES Prep helps kids meet the sometimes overwhelming demands on them.

They saw their principal and a former teacher who now works with technology at the school district level, as well as three others they didn't know — one of those three being me.

It is also clear that despite their best intentions many teachers, principals, superintendents, and professors at schools of education do not know how to address these shortcomings on a meaningful scale.

Students knew about the changes and the contest and reminded teachers to turn off lights and shut windows, principal Richard Webber said.

In order to address a variety of student needs, teachers must have access to resources, and principals must know what's going on in the classroom.

Principals, curriculum leaders and teachers, please let us know what you're doing and thinking about assessment by filling in our online survey.»

«Graduate teachers deserve to know that they have the skills to succeed in the classroom just as students, parents and principals deserve to know that new teachers have been given the best possible skills.»

As administrators know, there's nothing abstract about the process of getting millions of students into their seats, assuring they receive the instruction they're legally entitled to, and welding teachers, principals, and their schools into a coherent, smooth - functioning system.

Education director - general Sharyn O'Neill said the Australian Curriculum set out what all students should be taught, so it was essential principals and teachers knew its requirements.

Smart principals know better and will do what they've always done, which is find a way to play the «dance of the lemons,» sending their bad teachers to another school.

To know the teachers, the principal, and others are supporting your child while they are at school is a huge relief.»

This «move up» enables students to meet with their new teachers, get to know the new facilities they will be attending, and ask questions, said DeGenova, who is assistant principal at Slippery Rock (Pennsylvania) Area High School and as well as a part - time elementary principal at the district's Har - Mer Elementary School.

Put simply, a principal and leadership team that knows how to use the resources and expertise available to them in ways that maximise the outcomes students can achieve is a key determinant of the success of the school and, in particular, the extent to which teachers can deliver high quality teaching to each and every class.

The final average salary rule is well known among teachers, principals, and superintendents throughout the country, making switches like this quite common.

With the help of teachers and principals, Ward and Steele - Pierce led the district to identify two core reform goals: fostering a vigorous academic setting and ensuring that every student is known well by at least one adult.

That model, I think, is now well known across the state: standards - based curriculum, radically better assessments,... a fair but rigorous accountability system which, as you know, the Regents will soon put into regulations creating the framework of evaluation for principals and teachers.

The major planks of Klein's reforms are well known: breaking much of the old local district bureaucracy, empowering principals and creating a new principal training center, issuing report cards for schools, delivering autonomy and innovation zones for experimental schools, and keeping more of the city's problematic teachers out of its schools.

But one thing is clear: new teachers are depending on their principal to let them know what their expectations are and to support them in getting there.

My father was a school principal in my hometown, so all of my teachers knew me and my family.

If we were going to close the schools, we wanted teachers and principals to know in advance, and we had agreed on specific times for that to happen.

«A leader earns credibility and trust by being honest, by knowing how to do his or her job, and by telling the truth and being up - front with teachers, parents, and students,» said Jim Jordan, principal at Buford (South Carolina) High School.

«A letter is an easy way for a new principal to touch base with teachers and let them know you are interested in getting to know them over the summer months,» said Gaines.»

Even the newest and least experienced teachers blossom when they know they have the respect of their principal, said Watson.

So, in addition to the commitment to be in classrooms more, and be more of an instructional leader, one principal may also have a commitment (without realizing it) to be known to the teachers as a principal who is available to them 24/7, or to not finding out about things I don't want to have to deal with, or even to not having my teachers discover I know nothing about high school math.

The teacher will then become frustrated and will let the principal know, and so on, up to the ed - tech decisionmakers.

Indeed, a huge gap exists between the quantity of teacher - related research in recent years and the amount related to the principal — even as we know more than ever before about the importance of the role and have been warned umpteen times about the extent of turnover that lies ahead!

It can work when there is a culture of connection, when the students know that the teachers and principal care deeply about them,» he said.

Beyond a focus on efficiency, those working in the central office to support schools must have a clear, shared understanding that principals and teachers are often better positioned to know and act on the needs of their students and communities.

If principals do nt know how teachers are teaching, or the resources and manipulatives they are using, they need to sit down [in a classroom, for example] in a kindergarten learning center.

When a student known for outlandish dress and provocative accessories (such as an Army ammunition box turned lunchbox) began carting a beach chair to classes, her teachers conferred with the principal, who remarked, «If she's doing her work and not disrupting the class, I don't care if she stands on her head.»

Open house could be held off site or on the playground, becoming more of a get - to - know - you party, where the principal and teachers serve the families.

Taking seats where they could, the teachers turned their attention to Principal Roberta Duvall, who asked her staff to go through the rosters with colored markers and make check marks under columns labeled «Name / Face,» «Something Personal,» «Personal / Family Story,» and «Academic Standing,» to note whether they knew the child just by name or something more — their grades, their family's story, their hobbies.

We have teachers saying they have children who don't know how to hold a pencil, and even though I've been interviewing teachers and principals for years who have been saying that — with myself actually going into schools and doing the developmental assessments with these children, doing language assessments with them, I was stunned.»

«Australia is investing record funding in education that will continue to grow, all targeted based on need, and the Turnbull Government is focused on improving student outcomes through measures we know are effective — teacher quality, a better curriculum, greater parental engagement and support for principals to make local decisions about their local school,» he said.

«Principals generally know when they've got great teachers and when they've got teachers that need to improve and I think that there needs to be far more emphasis on developing teachers — there can't be teachers who are allowed to opt out,» Graham said.

Pip Cleaves, parent, head teacher and Senior Education Consultant at Design, Learn, Empower recommends that teachers and principals have open discussions with school communities about BYOD technology requirements, share the required specifications of the technology, offer recommendations with variety in price, and ensure parents know exactly what a device will be used for to ensure purchased devices suit the learning needs of their children.