Sentences with phrase «teachers focus on teaching»

It would have been fairer and smarter to help teachers focus on teaching and learning instead of assessment and accountability.

District - wide implementations let teachers focus on teaching When teachers choose their own solutions, they often face the headache of entering student and parent data, keeping it up to date, and answering student and parent questions about technology.

The digital books «grow «in difficulty as students become better readers letting teachers focus on teaching while the company manages the differentiation.

Traditionally teachers focus on teaching, the attempt to deliver knowledge.

«I want my teachers focused on teaching and not worried about whether or not the hiccups that come with implementing a new test are going to impact their livelihood,» said Henderson, who told teachers of the change in a letter Thursday.

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The increase in funding will help ensure that students, teachers and school district staff can focus their energy on teaching and learning.

Well, by inference, since the apostles and prophets laid the foundation for the church through writing Scripture, the pastor - teacher should focus on teaching Scripture.

Here again, since the evangelist gathered together the construction materials which will form the church, and these materials are the people of God, then the pastor - teacher focuses time and attention on teaching Scripture to God's people (cf. Acts 6:4; 1 Tim 5:17; 2 Tim 4:2).

At New Legacy, language arts and social studies are combined into integrated theme - based humanities courses; math is taught in a blended environment that enables teachers to effectively support and challenge a diverse group of learners; and science is taught in six - week modules that focus on scientific inquiry and the scientific process.

The dynamic teachers tailor the classes to the age of the students — with newborn classes focused on teaching parents lullabies, older babies getting in on the silly fun, and toddlers jamming out with tambourines and jingle bells.

The Science Teaching Network focuses on teacher professional development through a summer institute built around best practices in science instruction, including NGSS and local nature and science topics.

A Sunbridge article in the Fall 2016 issue of Lilipoh magazine is a place to read about Waldorf teaching and teacher education (focusing on grades teaching).

The Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum's Science Teaching Network (STN) is a grant - funded program focusing on teacher professional development built around best practices in science instruction, including the Next Generation Science Standards and local nature and science topics.

Graduate Teachers in a «Teach Ghana» program focused on Science, Technology, Engineering and Technology and Mathematics (STEM) and other relevant subjects in primary and secondary schools across the country.

The broad sector policy thrust for Education is Sustainable and Efficient Management of Education Service Delivery with focus on teacher development and accountability; improved Quality of Teaching and Learning at all Levels, inclusive and Equitable Access at all Levels, skills Development and Training for Employability through Quality TVET and strengthened Mathematics, Science, ICT and Technology Education.

By creating one system, it also simplifies administrative processes, allowing schools, principals, and teachers to focus on teaching.

We need to bring common sense to Common Core because New York is wasting too much time and money stressing children out to prepare for these tests which are of questionable educational value instead of focusing on supporting teachers so they can do their job and teach children what's really important,» said Assemblyman Jim Tedisco, a former public school special education teacher and guidance counselor.

In fact, Senator (John) Flanagan is adamantly opposed, and thinks teachers should be allowed to focus on teaching,» Senate GOP spokesman Scott Reif said.

«We need to find ways to create a better learning environment, to allow our teachers to focus solely on teaching the fundamentals, and to expect positive outcomes.»

It would also mean a group of teachers would be given the time and training to focus specifically on teaching the subject.

Commenting on the statement on licensing teachers by Tristram Hunt, Shadow Education Secretary, Chris Keates General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union, said: «When this proposal was made by the last Government in 2010, it was in the context of a national framework of pay and conditions of service which recognised and rewarded teachers as highly skilled professionals and which provided them with rights and entitlements to working conditions which supported them in focusing on teaching and learning.

«In a context of unmanageable and unsustainable levels of teacher workload, the Government will need to demonstrate that its proposals will bring downward pressure on the workload and bureaucratic burdens placed on primary teachers and headteachers and enable them to focus on their core responsibilities for teaching and leading teaching and learning.»

The conference heard concerns from new teachers about the impact of excessive workload and bureaucracy on their ability to focus on teaching and learning.

«The Chief Inspector is right to send a clear warning about the Government's obsession with further structural changes as being the way to raise standards for pupils; what matters is creating the conditions in which teachers can focus on teaching and learning, without unnecessary and wasteful distractions.

Sedlis said a potential legal complaint would likely focus on lengthening New York's probationary teaching period and changing the way teacher seniority is used.

That way, Wright said, teachers get to truly focus on teaching.

These focus on harnessing the wisdom of teachers, helping the business community promote new directions in precollege science education, and — last but not least — catalyzing major changes in the way we teach college - level science.

While a focus on teaching is the characteristic that sets an LAC apart from other institutions, don't assume the committee wants to see a lopsided treatise on your excellence as a teacher.

«We appeal both to politicians, who make educational laws that are increasingly more focused on instrumental subjects, and to teachers, who are the final link in the chain and teach Physical Education day after day.

Open to yoga teachers of all levels from all backgrounds and lineages, the Lighting the Path Advanced Teacher Training is taught across four independent 50 - hour modules and offers a unique blend of intensive yoga asana practices, practical teaching experience, and an in - depth focus on sequencing, assisting, alignment and business principles.

New yogis should look for Basics, Level 1, or Beginner classes taught by teachers who have experience and / or training working with new yogis to focus on key, foundational components for safety, and longevity in the practice.

Let yourself settle into a supportive retreat setting with yoga teachers from many different parts of the country, and focus on learning more about the art of teaching and practicing this yoga we all love so much.

Let yourself settle into a supportive retreat setting with a «sangha» of yoga teachers and serious students from many different parts of the country, and focus on learning more about the art of teaching and practicing this yoga we all love so much.

Now he focuses on teaching yoga full time, both to ordinary students of all ages and physical conditions, and to the next generation of yoga teachers, to whom he teaches anatomy and yoga therapy along with his accessible, skillful style of yoga.

Our Yoga Teacher Training focuses primarily on the systems of Aṣhṭānga Yoga and Haṭha Yoga and the methods we teach include ṣhat karma, mudrā, prāṇāyāma, dhyāna, and āsana.

Teacher Trainees in this course will: • clarify their ethics as a yoga teacher • create both a Kundalini class series and a Dream class series • teach in small group sessions with colleagues • learn to maintain a focus on Light and build an adjustable class framework to meet students»Teacher Trainees in this course will: • clarify their ethics as a yoga teacher • create both a Kundalini class series and a Dream class series • teach in small group sessions with colleagues • learn to maintain a focus on Light and build an adjustable class framework to meet students»teacher • create both a Kundalini class series and a Dream class series • teach in small group sessions with colleagues • learn to maintain a focus on Light and build an adjustable class framework to meet students» needs.

First module will focus on Asana and the Art of Sequencing, and is an absolute must for any existing teachers willing to truly understand how and why asanas should be arranged for a balanced outcome, and how to teach different sub-styles of hatha yoga.

I really feel like the teachers here are focused on not just getting you the qualification but are teaching us to be compassionate, whether it be to teach others or even ourselves.

Teaching Yoga for Youth is designed for yoga teachers and yoga teachers in training who have a genuine interest in teaching yoga and mindfulness to youth in schools and community organizations, with a focus on those that mostly work with underserveTeaching Yoga for Youth is designed for yoga teachers and yoga teachers in training who have a genuine interest in teaching yoga and mindfulness to youth in schools and community organizations, with a focus on those that mostly work with underserveteaching yoga and mindfulness to youth in schools and community organizations, with a focus on those that mostly work with underserved youth.

She received her 200 - Hour Yoga Alliance Teacher Certification in 1999, and also holds teaching certificates for pre - and post-natal yoga, yoga for labor and delivery, and Yoga for the Special Child ™ (focusing on yoga for children with autism spectrum disorders, cerebral palsy and Down syndrome).

How about a teacher training or workshop focused on teaching yoga to boys?

Lissa completed her 200 hour yoga teacher training through YogaWorks in 2011 and teaches a vinyasa class with a focus on creative sequencing, corework, mindfulness, and restorative poses.

Rice Lake, Wisconsin About Blog Blog is focused on helping middle school language arts teachers generate ideas in classroom organization, in what to teach, and beyond.

The tendency is to focus on what the teachers are teaching and their techniques, but when we videotaped classes, we saw a dynamic learning environment in which students were constantly sharing.

The program — for and about teachers — will focus on the most important challenges and opportunities facing America's teachers, and feature examples of great teaching from various schools and classrooms across the country.

Other benefits highlighted by these stakeholders included: Literacy and numeracy assessments can be used to celebrate learning, identify strengths, needs, barriers to learning and allow teachers to make informed and objective judgements about learning; Focusing teachers» and schools» attention on the need for phonics to be taught explicitly and systematically to achieve the necessary level of word reading skills that are required to develop skilled reading; Early identification of children with learning difficulties or [those who] need additional instruction.

Focusing on the start of the teacher pipeline, i.e., on those who report applying for a teaching job or teachers who begin classroom positions in the year immediately after receiving an undergraduate degree, we find that teacher applicants and new teachers in recent years have significantly higher SAT scores than their counterparts in the mid-1990s.

Finally, it is important to note that this study focuses solely on how many teachers move among schools and out of teaching.

Teachers who teach writing across the curriculum and feel uncomfortable assessing the how can focus their feedback on the what since that is the part of the writing they'll feel most comfortable assessing.

Later, I was fortunate enough to become involved with Inquiry for the 21st Century, a teacher training grant from the UW Fast Plants and the UW, and that focused on teaching inquiry in science.