Sentences with phrase «teachers challenge students»

We know our best teachers challenge students to grow far beyond where they are today.

«When teachers challenge students to figure out information for themselves (whether solving math problems or discerning real news from fake), students become actively engaged in school, their natural curiosity and sense of wonder are sparked, and they are set up for success, not only in school but in their communities and careers.»

The key is that the teacher challenges the student to exceed this.

The teacher challenges students to determine how to divide their shape into two equal halves.

Not exact matches

In your article around Baltimore's technology gap («Computer - based tests a challenge for low - income students, some Baltimore teachers say,» April 22), we read that students who took the PARCC scored lower when they took the test on a computer than when they used paper and pencil.

Johnson's challenge, as a teacher, is to introduce students to a tradition they should have learned elsewhere and to enable them to engage in critical thinking about that tradition.

And so are public school teachers across the country who are being told via this fiasco not to be creative as teachers, not to challenge their students to think in new ways.

If this teacher is fired, I will invite him or her to Boston University, where I now teach, to explain what he or she was trying to accomplish in challenging students with this assignment.

The teacher who is «open» to his students will often sense their needs for reassurance, confrontation, appreciation, challenge, or affection.

The bill guarantees that teachers will not be subjected to discipline for challenging the science of evolution and climate change in class, and provides guidelines for discussing «the controversy» behind evolution and climate change with students.

Students feel competent, they say, when their teachers give them tasks that they can succeed at but that aren't too easy — challenges just a bit beyond their current abilities.

I spoke with several other students that I personally trained at the Honor Council's first ever Integrity Day about defining success in qualitative rather than quantitative ways, organized presentations for parents in the local community, wrote brochures explaining of the program for the teachers, and held discussions about how Challenge Success ties into Jewish values at my Hebrew School.

Working closely with another school team has required me to use all of my Challenge Success experience, as a high school student, as a Challenge Success employee, as a member of the Advisory Board, as a teacher, and as the moderator of a Challenge Success student club.

As a new teacher who strived to bring a love of learning to my high school students, I became a member of the Challenge Success Advisory Board.

As I have grown from high school to college student to teacher, I have played different roles in advancing the Challenge Success mission.

As a teacher and as a Challenge Success coach, I believe that a love of learning is fostered best when students feel supported by their parents and their teachers.

I remember the challenge of balancing the demands on my time as a teenager, and now as a teacher, I watch students continuing to do so.

The close relationships between students and teachers enhance learning and the ability to explore new interests and take on new challenges.

A majority of the more than 1,385 high school students, 3,600 parents and 520 teachers of all grade levels who returned a questionnaire after this change was piloted in Palo Alto said, «If I controlled the school calendar, I would want first - semester finals to occur before winter break»; this included more than 85 percent of the high school students, according to Challenge Success.

With the help of Challenge Success, JLS Principal Sharon Ofek several years ago created a «Shadow Day,» during which teachers would go through a full school day shadowing a student and then attempt to do the student's homework afterward.

Parents and teachers alike can nurture mastery orientation in students by giving children tasks they care about and tasks that are challenging but attainable for them.

In an atmosphere of free and open inquiry, students and teachers debate, collaborate, and investigate, challenging assumptions — and one another — with insights backed by rigorous study.

Since returning from California, Chagnon and other members of the Challenge Success team have worked with teachers to emphasize quality over quantity in homework assignments and craft policies to reduce students» workload.

Tough suggests teachers assign tasks that are challenging, but not too challenging; minimize coercion and control; and show warmth and respect for students, so they feel part of the learning community.

It's also important that teachers provide challenge to students, says Tough.

There's something about the classroom environment that certain teachers are creating that makes students feel more of a sense of belonging and motivation and the desire to take on challenges.

For example, online schools, such as Minnesota Connections Academy, allow students to learn on their own time while receiving the knowledge of state - certified teachers and challenging curricula.

Ms. Hilts the music teacher has thoughtfully given each student several roles to play in this piece that challenges them each individually and yet harmonizes the class.

, such as Minnesota Connections Academy, allow students to learn on their own time while receiving the knowledge of state - certified teachers and challenging curricula.

Waldorf teachers know their students well enough to keep them academically challenged at a level that is appropriate to each child, from the first week in September through the final week in June.

This interactive workshop is designed for teachers, counselors, school staff and administrators who want an effective discipline approach that integrates social and emotional learning while reducing challenging student behaviors.

These students need to build strong relationships with teachers and administrators who hold them to high expectations and create engaging and challenging student - centered curriculum.

Many students with challenging behavior lack the skill of self - regulation, and teachers may need to help students identify their feelings and then encourage them to practice self - calming strategies to avoid a meltdown.

«Too often, teachers enter the classroom ill - equipped to respond to students» challenging behaviors.»

And it discourages teachers from serving our most challenging students.

«Each year, participation in the challenge has grown substantially and that's reflective of the commitment of the students, their families and their teachers.»

According to the media officer, Samson and other JSS 3 students of Challenge International School, Kolokolo Udu Road, Warri, had followed a teacher to Golden Tulip along PTI junction Effurun for «an after exam party».

Adopted by nearly every state and largely commended by educators, the standards were designed collaboratively by education leaders and teachers to prepare students for the challenges of the modern workplace.

We often report on the struggles of Common Core Learning Standards in the classroom, but in this Focus on Education report WBFO»S Eileen Buckley takes us inside JFK Middle School in Cheektowaga to hear about how educators and students are embracing it successfully and how future teachers are gearing up for the challenge.

FUND early intervention and prevention efforts in our elementary schools focused on educating parents, training teachers and working with students so that kids don't turn to drugs and alcohol when they are facing challenges.

While many challenges exist for our schools, the hard work and support by state leaders, teachers, parents, students and communities continues to move us in the right direction.»

«Because tenure exists, teachers in New York state can — and do — challenge the state's obsession with over-testing and how it hurts our students.

There are many challenges facing students, teachers, principals, and the school boards, including Common Core, test scores, and funding, just to name a few.

As you may know, thousands of teachers have recently taken to social media to educate Governor Cuomo about these real challenges facing our students and schools.

Teacher, mentor and scholar, Dr. Bhardwaj is devoted to enriching and challenging students in Erie County to reach new heights of academic and intellectual excellence.

«I want to challenge folks to think about how can we restructure the system successfully to make sure students and teachers have the resources they need to be successful.

Each school will create a Challenge Advisory Council, made up of 10 students and two teachers, to promote the campaign and get students to sign up to the challenge, said Dr. Ginny Mantello, the borough president's healthChallenge Advisory Council, made up of 10 students and two teachers, to promote the campaign and get students to sign up to the challenge, said Dr. Ginny Mantello, the borough president's healthchallenge, said Dr. Ginny Mantello, the borough president's health advisor.

While different states weigh and conduct the components differently, they, like New York, tie teacher performance only to student growth, not raw test scores, so as not to disadvantage teachers whose students hail from challenging socioeconomic backgrounds versus teachers in wealthy districts.

They also pushed for the full restoration of Teacher Center funding and more state aid to allow for the expansion of the UFT's Community Learning School Initiative and the Positive Learning Collaborative, a joint UFT - Department of Education program to create safe and supportive learning environments by providing educators with strategies to respond to challenging student behavior.

The former Bronx high school teacher recalled that, during his time at the blackboard, teaching 36 students had proven a challenge.