Sometimes
teachers have students draw a line connecting each person or group to a choice he / she / they made related to this event.
Finding common times can be a challenge, especially when ELL
teachers have students spread across several content teachers.
Dr. Steiner, who became education commissioner a year ago, said that the exams had tested a narrow part of the curriculum, particularly in math, and that questions were often repeated year to year, with a few details changed, so that a student who had taken a practice test — as many
teachers have their students do — were likely to do well.
Currently, she is following several teachers who «flipped» their classrooms (a process in which
teachers have students watch the lecture portion of a class at home on video, then do the homework or more hands - on work, in class), and is preparing to go in that direction with her own class.
From there, many
teachers have students write letters in the air or use their fingers to write the letter on their desk before introducing paper and pencil practice.
I have seen other educational researchers and reformers frame it in the opposite way, saying that on weekdays
teachers have students for more hours of the day than their parents do.
Many
teachers have students create experiences (an update on dioramas) to show their knowledge of historical places and times.
Some elementary
teachers have students create their own individual models of a neuron that they can keep at their desk or take home as a reminder of their vast learning potential.
As questions get checked off,
teachers have students ask more questions, which tend to be more complex because their understanding base had deepened.
Many
teachers have students interview members of their family and community to find out what problems are in need of tackling and what resources are available.
With little training and a lot of administrative pressure, many
teachers have students take notes in Word or surf online and call it technology integration.
«This is in addition to the profiles most
teachers have students fill out in the beginning of the year.
Teachers have the students do «sparks» throughout the day, where the students get up in the middle of the class and take movement breaks.
Some teachers have each student go through the online training; some take the online training themselves and then provide face - to - face instruction to their students.
One science
teacher had students work with the local water board to sample water purity in a nearby stream.
For example, there were few differences by age (over or under 30), highest degree attained, the length of time
a teacher had student - taught, the number of teaching methods courses taken, grade level taught, community type, and whether a teacher had ongoing guidance from a mentor.
«One
teacher had students make simple antlers out of pipe cleaners after reading Imogenes Antlers, Gaines told Education World.
For instance, a teaching intern, who attends a classroom management course I teach at the local university, explained that after an elementary student misbehaved, her mentor
teacher had the student move her clip down on the chart (a classic reward / coercive move).
In physics class,
a teacher had the students do a feasibility study to see how much energy the greenhouse used, and whether the solar panels produced enough energy to meet the needs of the space.
The teacher had students start crystal observations with a hand lens.
Once
teachers have student teaching and some substitute teaching behind them, they often look for a means of proving their skill, quantifying their accomplishments, and «selling themselves.»
«If
teachers have a student who is often troublesome, they can look at the Kickboard data and see what kind of morning the student is having.
In this case, although middle - school
teachers had students write across a wider variety of genres (an emphasis of both CAP and instructional recommendations), most of their writing assignments mirrored the test - like setting of CAP (e.g. limited time, one - to two - page writing assignments, teacher - assigned topics, focus on one of the eight CAP modes, emphasis on form over function).
When a fifth - grade
teacher had her students act these out, it was laughter and learning personified.
For example, if
a teacher has a student who is not proficient in reading, teacher and student identify individual goals for the student to achieve the proficiency level.
Change teacher prep courses and student teaching: Maine will meet with leaders of its teacher preparation programs to evaluate course requirements and ensure that new
teachers have student teaching experiences in «high - poverty and isolated - small schools and high - risk school settings.»
Early in the school year, a middle school physical education
teacher has her students analyze their current fitness levels based on a series of measures of strength, endurance, and flexibility.
Not exact matches
For every paid membership, we give a free one to a low - income family,
teacher,
student, or veteran, because we really want everyone to
have access, regardless of wealth.
Schoology, which
has secured a reported $ 57 million in funding, creates a platform for
teachers, parents, and
students to review work and communicate with one another.
It's a question parents,
teachers and
students have been urgently asking since the latest school shooting tragedy in Parkland Florida that left 17 dead.
More than 190 representing both Christian and Jewish denominations received the waivers from the mid-1970s through the late 1990s, seeking permission, for example, to only hire male
teachers for certain positions or to sanction
students or employees who
had sex outside marriage.
Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports that Apple
has developed the education - focused device in an attempt to «win back»
students and
teachers.
Most users
have come from public school districts; high - school coaches use the service to stay connected with
student athletes, and
teachers employ it to elicit participation from shy
students.
«These are things any great
teacher would be able to do for a small group of
students in a particular classroom,» Baker says, but D2L can do it on a massive scale.
In the wake of the mass shooting last week at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, we
have heard a familiar refrain from those steadfastly opposing any kind of gun reform: To stop armed
students, put armed guards — or
teachers «adept at firearms,» as President Trump proposed — in schools.
Eleven entrepreneurs, all from founding teams including women or people of color, made their cases for innovations that
would help bring more real - world experience into classrooms, help
teachers track the progress of special - needs
students, or help underserved people find jobs, among others.
«We
have dramatically increased access to school options for Newark families, provided grants directly to
teachers at 37 schools, given 300,000 books to Newark
students through the My Very Own Library program, and just recently, we committed to a $ 1 million initiative to improve early childhood education in Newark,» the foundation said in a statement to CNBC.
For centuries,
teachers all over the world
have lectured at the front of the room to
students seated in rows.
If Jeffrey Isquith
had his way, the next time there's an active shooter inside a school,
students and
teachers will be able to duck for cover safely behind chairs, desks, and walls that are made with his company's bullet - resistant technology.
They also
have a new pilot program that allows
teachers to regroup the middle school
students based on the
students» performance and their learning curve.
Class Dojo
has nine employees and approximately 15 million registered
teachers and
students worldwide.
«We are scholars and
teachers at Princeton, Harvard, and Yale who
have some thoughts to share and advice to offer
students who are headed off to colleges around the country,» they wrote.
«This system was designed decades ago,» Gates continued, «and it doesn't reflect what educators
have learned about helping
students and
teachers do their best work,» namely, that
students learn far more effectively when their instruction is tailored to their specific needs.
I give everything to my
students and many
have chastised me for giving too much information as a
teacher.
After careful consideration, Brad
has decided to continue to make Kid President videos, write a book, and work to connect with schools across the country to empower
students,
teachers and families.
But Gutfreund needed to find a video system that worked in order to help a client build a tablet - based education platform that
would integrate live video, remote
student /
teacher collaboration, curriculum and rich media.
Over the past 10 years, the hiring of
teachers and non-teaching staff
has continued unabated even though
student enrollment
has declined.
Then, as if Emanuel's administration wasn't already besieged, the local
teachers» union announced this week that its members
had overwhelmingly voted to authorize a strike, which
would put some 400,000
students out on the street.
In a study published in The European Journal of Social Psychology,
students who wrote out self - advice using «you» not only completed more problems but said they
would be happier to work on more in the future compared with
students who used «I.» The researchers speculated this is because second - person self - talk may trigger memories of receiving support and encouragement from parents and
teachers in childhood.
Jim Gard, a
teacher at the school who taught Cruz, said that he was told Cruz «wasn't allowed on campus with a backpack on him» and that Cruz
had threatened fellow
students, the Miami Herald reported.