Sentences with phrase «teachers as role models»

Given the importance of teachers as role models, and sometimes as surrogate parents, this trend could certainly be a policy concern.

The district still needs more minority teachers as role models and merit pay.

The district must prioritize the hiring of more minority teachers as role models.

One big issue Evers» report doesn't address enough is the need for more minority teachers as role models who better understand minority perspectives.

It means that students will see their teachers as role models for having a growth mindset.

Our students look to their teachers as role models, teachers look to site leaders, and so on up the line.

It should be pointed out, though, that nothing in the social - constructivist position legitimates the denial of rights... Assertive gay liberationists have argued that it may be strategically wiser to concede the possibility that a few students might be influenced to become gay by having an openly gay teacher as a role model, and to say, «So what?»

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Professional mentors» time is invaluable to students as role models and nontraditional teachers for the students.

We regularly survey employees about their managers, and then use that information to publicly recognize the best managers and enlist them as teachers and role models for the next year.

Being the son of a local soccer star, I had inspiration all around me as well as a wonderful teacher and role model.

His comments come as members of the National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) warned that this could be depriving youngsters of having positive male role models.

Special Subject teachers are chosen not only for their expertise in specific areas, but also for their ability to relate to the students and serve as adult role models.

A teacher is there not only to educate, but also to act as a role model for children and provide support, encouragement, and a safe environment.

Some teachers described the kitchen workers as «role models» for the boys who attend the academy and take three meals a day there.

Teachers support these children disadvantaged backgrounds everyday and the experience reinforced how important teachers are as role models to young, vulnerable cTeachers support these children disadvantaged backgrounds everyday and the experience reinforced how important teachers are as role models to young, vulnerable cteachers are as role models to young, vulnerable children.

Five Buffalo teachers — supported by NYSUT — filed legal papers today with the State Education Department seeking the removal of school board member Carl Paladino for «racially inflammatory statements» about Obama, the first lady and African - Americans that have violated his duty to serve as a role model for the school community.

New York State United Teachers, which filed the petition on behalf of five Buffalo teachers, made the same argument, but also argued that Paladino's comments violated his duty as a board member and role model for the school coTeachers, which filed the petition on behalf of five Buffalo teachers, made the same argument, but also argued that Paladino's comments violated his duty as a board member and role model for the school coteachers, made the same argument, but also argued that Paladino's comments violated his duty as a board member and role model for the school community.

New York State United Teachers, meanwhile, filed the petition on behalf of five Buffalo teachers, arguing that Paladino's comments violated his duty as a board member and role model for the school coTeachers, meanwhile, filed the petition on behalf of five Buffalo teachers, arguing that Paladino's comments violated his duty as a board member and role model for the school coteachers, arguing that Paladino's comments violated his duty as a board member and role model for the school community.

Master teachers — an elite group of teachers in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) fields — would mentor other teachers, serve as role models to draw talented students into the profession, and work with community leaders to improve science and math education.

Trained as a petroleum and environmental engineer, she has no doubt about what's behind her success: teachers, role models and mentors.

«Minority teachers may be perceived more favorably by minority students because they can serve as role models and are particularly sensitive to the cultural needs of their students,» said study author Hua - Yu Sebastian Cherng, assistant professor of international education at NYU Steinhardt.

To investigate if such individual invention could be passed on to other cockatoos the team used Figaro as a «role model», exposing other birds to tool use demonstrations, some with Figaro as «teacher» and others without his «students» seeing him at work.

I am so grateful to have Caroline as a teacher, friend, and role model.

Emphasizing Sportsmanship in Youth Sports Coaches, teachers, and parents serve as role models for sportsmanlike behaviors in children.

«At the same time, there is a strong evidence - base indicating that the use of dramatic enquiry — a drama - based practice where the teacher and pupils work in roles within a fiction to explore a story in a particular setting with developing characters — as well as the creation of a «community of writers», where the teacher writes alongside the children as a role model, can make the process of writing more meaningful for children.»

Pauline Hawkins (@PaulineDHawkins), author of Uncommon Core: 25 Ways to Help Your Child Succeed in a Cookie Cutter Educational System, says the only way to reduce bullying is to be a good role model in your treatment of others, as a parent or teacher.

«As a result, your approach to social relationships and the emotions you have toward role models, teachers, and peers will change the way you think about non-social concepts like math or democracy or political issues like the death penalty.

In a similar vein, some have argued that minority teachers can serve as positive role models and mentors for minority students, capable of building a cultural bridge between home and school.

Research has shown that closing the teacher diversity gap results in better outcomes for students of color, and teachers who share students» backgrounds can serve as powerful role models.

Behaviour management was a concern for me and as a mentor teacher who supervises pre-service teachers, I believe it is an integral part of my role to not only model effective behaviour management approaches, but to give my pre-service teacher strong support when classes are difficult.

Coaches, teachers, and parents serve as role models for sportsmanlike behaviors in children.

«We need,» said Blair appointee Estelle Morris just before resigning in 2002 as secretary of state for education, «a shift in understanding away from the old model of teaching as transmission of facts and figures towards one which captures the teacher's role as expert practitioners in advanced pedagogy.»

It is crucial that teachers participate in the process as role models.

It would have helped enormously, he told the Committee on Human Differences, if he'd had even one openly gay teacher in high school to serve as a role model.

Before entering high school, most Urban Prep students didn't know anybody who went to college, and now they see their mainly black, male teachers and staff as college graduate role models who reflect their image.

This mini presentation focuses on different teaching strategies, the importance of challenging children, the importance of being a good role model as a teacher and discusses growth / fixed mindsets.

Most teachers don't want to be held out to their peers as examples or role models.

The teacher in an effective problem - based learning environment needs to act as a facilitator, be a role model, model questioning and support and encourage the students.

As such, the roles of teachers and students have evolved as our models of education have moved from one iteration to anotheAs such, the roles of teachers and students have evolved as our models of education have moved from one iteration to anotheas our models of education have moved from one iteration to another.

There are a lot of programs now that are being funded by small grants and what have you that are all about finding some of those mentors, some of those role models, and making them available and accessible, getting them into schools, having them as a resource for teachers to draw from — it's quite exciting actually when you see a lot of the things happening.

But our formal educational institutions stand out as the places where our future citizens spend the most hours, and where they encounter powerful role models — teachers, staff, older students — who impact how they think and how they behave.

Secondary school represents a long geographical as well as psychological distance for girls...» It adds a lack of female teachers and a reluctance of qualified educators to work in remote schools means there are few female role models.

«Teacher's assigned to develop timetables in schools are often busy with other roles, such as administration, or they are teachers without classes to teach, and they don't have the time to sit there and model something as effectively as they'd like,» she says.

Most students who developed high levels of empathy named teachers as their primary role models.

As blended - learning models mature, there will be opportunities for team teaching and differentiated roles for teachers.

Parents argued that Paris Hilton, the star of the show who was to work as a substitute teacher and cafeteria worker, was a poor role model.

Helen Keller's words serve as a reminder of the key role educators play — both as role models and as teachers of tolerance.

Again, as the school and network scales, I'll be curious to see whether blended learning facilitates some of this role differentiation or if HHS sticks with a model that keeps each teacher in charge of every element of each course.

Teachers have a responsibility to be educational leaders and life - long learners in order to serve as role models for the their students, according to National Teacher of the Year Dr. Betsy Rogers.

Likewise, a teacher of the same race may serve as a more effective role model, boosting students» confidence and enthusiasm for learning.