Sentences with phrase «teachers felt they had»

«Teachers feel they have to give homework because they're confusing the notions of rigor and load,» Pope says.
«That frustrates parents, and teachers feel they have to teach to the test because their jobs are on the line,» he said.
Since the syllabus was open - ended, these teachers felt they had to spend too much time designing a suitable series of lessons and gathering an extensive range of materials and equipment.
With such pleasant experiences, the teacher felt she had a stake in her neighborhood and was quickly committed to becoming an active member of the community.
This mirrors the subjects which teachers feel would most benefit from VR, with Sciences (27 per cent) and Geography (23 per cent) making up the top two.
This mirrors the subjects which teachers feel would most benefit from VR, with sciences and geography making up the most popular choices.
Second, we need to improve the professional conditions so that teachers feel they have the trust, the collaborative environment, and the tools to be successful in their careers and achieve the overall goal of reaching every child with whom they are entrusted.
This does sound similar to the mental change many teachers feel they have seen in their students in the last decade or two; they can't pay attention, and teachers feel they must do a song and dance to engage them.
«We then created classroom resources the teachers felt would be helpful,» says Darcey Martin, the PTO member who coordinates classroom volunteers.
With a clear focus on homework from OFSTED: «Teachers use well - judged teaching strategies, including setting appropriate homework that, together with clearly directed and timely support and intervention, match pupils» needs accurately» we have to guard against schools driving homework to «death» whereby teachers feel they have to set homework for the sake of it to satisfy accountability measures and / or internal monitoring systems.
Teachers can still close the classroom door, but after more than a decade of federal and state accountability systems, teachers feel they have less independence in what they do inside, federal data show.
Redirection occurs when teachers feel they have heard enough of what a student is thinking or think the student is headed down an incorrect path and decide to intervene by telling the student to use a particular strategy.
These teachers felt they had obtained a minimum level of technical competency, although that perception may not reflect reality.
«The teachers felt it would be overwhelming to students if we didn't have them prepare for it all year long.»
In our experience with Real Time Teacher Coaching, if teachers feel they have all the answers and are resistant to change, they will never grow at the same rate as a teacher who is willing to receive feedback openly, and who listens to what they can do to get better.
«The informational text, highlighting, critical thinking: Our teachers felt that would fill the void we had.»
Indiana State Teachers Association President Nate Schnellenberger said the union hasn't held a rally in years and that teachers felt they had to speak out this year.
But parallel peer review mitigates personal bias in evaluation that is often seen as subjective and provides an opportunity for discussion and appeal when teachers feel they have been unfairly evaluated.

Not exact matches

I started to think about what would happen if there was a shooting at Midwood, and I couldn't begin to imagine how I would feel if I lost one of my friends, teachers, or anyone for that matter.
Although you never start a company alone and I had many partners to thank, I did feel I truly earned my success as a self - made man when we signed those contracts, and I definitely thought back to those teachers who told me I would never amount to anything.»
If you naturally come alive at night and feel like a zombie before midmorning no matter what you do, you've no doubt spent most of your life being nagged by well - meaning parents, teachers, and advice peddlers to mend your ways and become a morning person.
«Teachers have a responsibility as leaders to create an environment and culture where young people feel valued.
When Barnett asked her what had gone wrong, she replied that she had suddenly felt as if she was back in 10th grade being scrutinized by her horrifying teacher.
I have to say, though, that things have improved considerably since the days when our public school music teacher felt the need to teach her largely Jewish students about the divinity of Jesus.
How would you feel if your child attended public school and the teacher made the class fast during Ramadan?
Another adopted child felt treated differently by her teacher; the teacher made comments like: «You think because you've gone through one experience in your life [the adoption], you've paid all your dues.»
If you feel I've mischaracterized the guidance, I'd be interested in how you think divine guidance can influence decisions without interfering with free will (try something other than the teacher analogy).
One is that a lot of conscientious laymen feel guilty when they don't have the name «Jesus Christ» on their lips, and their teachers have not helped them to understand any better.
It is also an assurance that these absolutely respected leading intellectuals from the 20th Century scholarship, of whom most were religious, have agreed to have each other's names associated with their own and that they felt comfortable with what each other were saying in an academic setting and commanded world - wide respect as conservative, careful, and sincere, life - long teachers, academics and scholars.
See Between Man and Man (London: Regan Paul 1947), p. 89) Such communication by a teacher who has a deep feeling for a religious tradition often leads students to an encounter with the meanings which speak to human needs from that tradition.
In the first case, when we have pastors who are not teachers, but are just care providers, we end up with Christians who feel cared for, but who don't know much, and so can not properly live or function as a follower of Jesus.
What she's suggesting is something like saying that teachers and child care workers should be so fulfilled with their work with children that neither of them would ever feel the need to have children of their own.
Totally agree with you, I am here in Texas and we are already feeling his wrath of destruction, fired thousands of teachers, and many more has lost their job.
«teachers and child care workers should be so fulfilled with their work with children that neither of them would ever feel the need to have children of their own.»
This is not to say that we are advocating a flight away from the facts into the realm of the fantastic but rather a reminder to the teacher to be aware of the gap that has to be constantly bridged between the ways of thinking and feeling of our own age and climate and those of peoples removed from us in space and time.
One can well imagine a wisdom teacher like Jesus, son of Sirach, having much the same attitude towards those of his fellow Jews who were fascinated by apocalyptic, as an orthodox churchman today may feel towards some of the stranger Christian sects.
Few preachers or teachers feel that they can work in the Church, or have loyalties in it apart from work and loyalty within a particular order.
The maths teacher went on to quit his job at the state secondary school - which has not been named - saying he felt it was impossible for him to continue in the role.
He said: «I've got a six - year - old girl, she doesn't know what gender identity is, yet teachers are now asking a five - year - old child «how are you feeling today?
The textbooks will have to include this teaching, but teachers will often feel bound to correct those textbooks.
I don't even feel I've got anything at all from the teacher - there is no guidance, recognition for hard work or anything.
The gospel may have been written by a disciple of the disciple John; it may have been written by the other John the elder, who was perhaps some kind of follower of the disciple John; or it may have been written by an unknown teacher of Ephesus who himself felt that he possessed a strong apostolic authority.
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.
In his recent study of process theology, Peter Hamilton has noted that he has found among the young people with whom he has worked as a chaplain and teacher of divinity a willingness to consider very seriously the reality of God but a feeling that talk about «personal immortality» makes no sense.
Neither the schools nor the teachers have felt unfairly pressured to give up distinctive values or pedagogical methods in order to receive state assistance.
I myself have been hendered to own and read books from teachers and pastors on account of not being able to afford the material, I feel that all leaders should recieve equally from one pot as other priests while working secular jobs to then freely give what God put in thier hearts freely to say.
I would ask anyone to read through those gospels and tell me what I am saying is not close to the mark — you wil felt you have been taught by a «rabbi» (teacher)-- and he's offering guidance on principles from a place where God exists.
If a guru, teacher, or matter makes you feel that you aren't «yet» enlightened and still have more to «learn,» «release,» or «let go of» before getting there, then they're not doing a good job of teaching you who you truly are, or you're misunderstanding them.
I've been teaching yoga now for about 3 years, and as a yoga teacher people always always ask about my diet... I'm not entirely sure why, but anyway, they always expect me to come out with a strict label like vegan / vegetarian, so I for a while I kinda felt embarrassed in a way to tell them otherwise.
And ever since one of my yoga teachers, Dr. Sada Simran, told us to take a course of turmeric to ease pain and inflammation, I've felt my turmeric obsession was more than justified.
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