Sentences with phrase «teachers in any given week»

In my work in education, I am fortunate to interact with a diversity of children and teachers in any given week, enhancing learning through the arts.

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Teachers have given him time off to attend events like the conference in India and a Intel Capital summit this week in Huntington Beach, California.

But last week the teacher gave lollipops to the kids in the classroom as part of their learning activities.

If your kindergartener is given an assessment in the first few weeks of kindergarten the results will probably be used by your child's teacher for lesson planning for the remainder of the year.

A teacher at Cambridge Central Schools is on leave after seventh and eighth grade students were given a handout on transgender education this week that angered many parents in the district.

It also was no coincidence that NYSUT coordinated «Days of Actions» that allowed them to organize rallies, forums and other events at schools, giving them access to teachers in the critical weeks before the election.

Wondering: Why music teachers think they don't need to give the schedule for class more than a week in advance?

Since Zoey's daycare gives teachers a discount in which we do not have to pay for care, or partially pay for care, if we are not in school, I get to spend the whole week with our girl.

Last week, Gates Foundation education chief Vicki Phillips wrote a «letter to our partners» urging that states give students and teachers time to adjust to the new Common Core standards before using those standards as factors «in high - stakes decisions on teacher evaluation or student promotion for the next two years, during this transition.»

Writing in his always - entertaining blog a few weeks ago, Whitney Tilson gave a nice nod to Dan Willingham's New York Times op - ed addressing the sorry state of American teacher preparation.

Some 26 teachers, and their students, took part in the research and were given professional development support once a week.

The comments come from current Teachers, Teaching Assistants, SEND co-ordinators, heads of house, inclusion managers and Form Group Tutors...: We used this in small groups in our new class every morning for a week, what a great start, everyone is still buzzing... Builds a strong sense of belonging to something special... your class... Encourages differences and similarities to recognised and valued... Hugely improves our efforts at inclusion... The students quickly came out of their shells and are blossoming... Reveals much of the nature of the students... Gets us buzzing as a group... Encourages participants to take part in their own game and go and find things out from others... brilliant ice breaker game... Helped to resolve a huge problem we had in getting students to gel... Switches the students brains on from the moment go... Helps to break down various barriers... Gives a big boost to developing important life skills... This gives a great insight and a fantastic array of examples, clues and hints as to the characters of each individual in the group... Helps participants learn some things about themselves... Helps participants learn some things about others... Helps you learn about the participants (you can be a player as well on some occasions)... Makes it easy to develop class rules of fairness and cooperation... Builds a sense of purpose... Creates a sense of community and togetherness... Brilliant, just brilliant... our school is buzziGives a big boost to developing important life skills... This gives a great insight and a fantastic array of examples, clues and hints as to the characters of each individual in the group... Helps participants learn some things about themselves... Helps participants learn some things about others... Helps you learn about the participants (you can be a player as well on some occasions)... Makes it easy to develop class rules of fairness and cooperation... Builds a sense of purpose... Creates a sense of community and togetherness... Brilliant, just brilliant... our school is buzzigives a great insight and a fantastic array of examples, clues and hints as to the characters of each individual in the group... Helps participants learn some things about themselves... Helps participants learn some things about others... Helps you learn about the participants (you can be a player as well on some occasions)... Makes it easy to develop class rules of fairness and cooperation... Builds a sense of purpose... Creates a sense of community and togetherness... Brilliant, just brilliant... our school is buzzing...

Mathematica's survey of online school leaders gives important insight as to why students may not be making gains: online charter schools offer only 3 to 6 hours of «synchronous» (teachers and students in «live» contact online) instruction per week; school leaders say they struggle the most with student engagement; and it's clear that parents are expected to play an active role in instruction and in making sure that students stay on track.

Instead of giving students assignments with predetermined topics and step - by - step instructions, teachers set aside a designated amount of time during the week for students to engage in self - directed projects that allow them to pursue their own questions, interests, and passions.

Back in their classrooms after a nearly three - week strike that ended just before Thanksgiving, teachers in Billings, Mont., approved a hard - fought contract last week that will give them 2.5 percent pay raises and additional help with health insurance.

A story in the Aug. 13, 2008, issue of Education Week about the federal Teacher Incentive Fund gave the wrong name for the Santa Monica, Calif. - based National Institute for Excellence in Teaching.

In makerspaces and maker - centered classrooms, a teacher's role may shift throughout a given hour, day, week, or semester.

Given the fact that # 35m of lottery funding has been committed until 2014 - 15 the government is promising that # 65m will be available in 2011 - 12 and 2012 - 13 to ensure one PE teacher per school is released for a day a week to ensure efforts to boost competitive sports are «embedded».

Programs such as that or just teachers finding flexibility in their timetable — which I know is really hard in a time of a crowded curriculum — but to somehow give children the time to do some independent reading if possible during every school day, [or] at least three or four times a week.

With only one teacher and given the difficulty of learning and mastering the language, P.S. 191's School Leadership Team determined that teaching just one class per week in each grade wouldn't be as effective, she said.

Students write thank - you messages or sign their names; the books are given to teachers at the end of Teacher Appreciation Week in May.

Calling the program «possibly the largest, most aggressive overhaul of teacher induction in the country,» researchers at the New Teacher Center at the University of California, Santa Cruz, praised the 1.1 million - student district for spending $ 36 million to put experienced teachers on the job as full - time mentors, able to give new teachers at least 1 1/4 hours a week of individual coteacher induction in the country,» researchers at the New Teacher Center at the University of California, Santa Cruz, praised the 1.1 million - student district for spending $ 36 million to put experienced teachers on the job as full - time mentors, able to give new teachers at least 1 1/4 hours a week of individual coTeacher Center at the University of California, Santa Cruz, praised the 1.1 million - student district for spending $ 36 million to put experienced teachers on the job as full - time mentors, able to give new teachers at least 1 1/4 hours a week of individual coaching.

«Thus, in week 1 of our study, teacher «a» gave her students both a lesson on, say, leaf identification, outdoors, and another lesson on leaf identification in the classroom, and we compared indoor classroom engagement for that set of students after each of those two lessons.»

In a jointly sponsored program, «In Honor of Excellence,» three organizations have spotlighted 103 principals and teachers, giving them praise and a professional - development workshop in Florida this weeIn a jointly sponsored program, «In Honor of Excellence,» three organizations have spotlighted 103 principals and teachers, giving them praise and a professional - development workshop in Florida this weeIn Honor of Excellence,» three organizations have spotlighted 103 principals and teachers, giving them praise and a professional - development workshop in Florida this weein Florida this week.

At the same time, their silence gives tacit support to arguments by traditionalists that standardized testing should not be used in evaluating teachers or for systemic reform (even when, as seen this week from American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten and others critical of the state education policy report card issued by Rhee's StudentsFirst, find it convenient to use test score data for their own puteachers or for systemic reform (even when, as seen this week from American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten and others critical of the state education policy report card issued by Rhee's StudentsFirst, find it convenient to use test score data for their own puTeachers President Randi Weingarten and others critical of the state education policy report card issued by Rhee's StudentsFirst, find it convenient to use test score data for their own purposes).

Watch last week's new Teacher Support in an Opportunity Culture video — drawn from our interviews with teachers and multi-classroom leaders, who just couldn't stop talking about the long - awaited support they get and give to help everyone extend great teaching to all their students.

Allow teachers to have a full week of professional development before school starts to collaborate and give the option to collaborate in specialized groups during all - school PD.

As we celebrate National Charter Schools Week, National Teacher Appreciation Week, California Day of the Teacher, and Classified School Employees Week, I also invite you to join me in giving back to Compass.

Last week, the U.S. Senate education committee passed a bill that would give states more latitude in how they use test scores to evaluate schools and teachers.

The teacher administered diagnostics at the beginning of the year on biology skills as well as math and writing skills that are relevant to achieving 80 % content mastery in her class (i.e., «I gave students a comprehensive diagnostics in the first week of school.

Castro, the principal at Geddes, talked about how teachers went from giving two assessments a year to giving tests every two weeks in reading and math to keep track of students» progress and help those who are falling behind.

Given the split, Parker told the crowd he would schedule a general membership meeting for next week, allowing teachers to weigh in on the two - tier contract.

In February, Schools Week reported on the findings of the education select committee's teacher recruitment and retention inquiry, which called on the government to give all teachers the chance to formally improve their professional development as one way to boost retention rates.

THE BEST OF THE WEEK Let's give praise to all the journalists who have been busting their asses this week covering the teacher activism in Oklahoma, Kentucky, and elsewhWEEK Let's give praise to all the journalists who have been busting their asses this week covering the teacher activism in Oklahoma, Kentucky, and elsewhweek covering the teacher activism in Oklahoma, Kentucky, and elsewhere.

Speaking at the Association of School and College Leaders» annual conference in Birmingham last week, Damian Hinds promised to «strip away the workload that doesn't add value and give teachers the time to focus on what actually matters».

The school opened in mid-August to give teachers and students an extra two weeks of class time before state testing in the spring.

Last week the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation gave away over $ 34 million in grants to teacher - preparation programs across the nation.

This week, as part of his proposed budget, the governor is tying a four percent increase in the $ 20 billion in subsidies given by the state to traditional school districts and charter schools to implementation of the new teacher evaluation system by next year.

A group of New York City teachers associated with the teacher - advocacy organization Educators 4 Excellence released a report this week laying out ideas for smoothing the implementation of the Common Core State Standards in their state, including giving teachers the option — supported by added compensation — of returning to school a week early at the end of the summer for specialized professional development.

In a telephone interview last week, Nunez gave LA School Report his take on education politics in Sacramento, recent shifts in union priorities after last year's controversial debate over teacher dismissals, and his vision for higher - performing.In a telephone interview last week, Nunez gave LA School Report his take on education politics in Sacramento, recent shifts in union priorities after last year's controversial debate over teacher dismissals, and his vision for higher - performing.in Sacramento, recent shifts in union priorities after last year's controversial debate over teacher dismissals, and his vision for higher - performing.in union priorities after last year's controversial debate over teacher dismissals, and his vision for higher - performing...

In a telephone interview last week, Nunez gave LA School Report his take on education politics in Sacramento, recent shifts in union priorities after last year's controversial debate over teacher dismissals, and his vision for higher - performing schoolIn a telephone interview last week, Nunez gave LA School Report his take on education politics in Sacramento, recent shifts in union priorities after last year's controversial debate over teacher dismissals, and his vision for higher - performing schoolin Sacramento, recent shifts in union priorities after last year's controversial debate over teacher dismissals, and his vision for higher - performing schoolin union priorities after last year's controversial debate over teacher dismissals, and his vision for higher - performing schools.

Last week, the California State Board of Education gave the green light to an advisory committee of math teachers and other educators to begin developing the curriculum frameworks - or classroom blueprints - for implementing the new standards in schools.

This week, the Los Angeles Unified School District and the United Teachers of Los Angeles (UTLA) announced a tentative contract agreement that creates more autonomy for teachers, giving them greater flexibility in the classroom over curricula, materials, hiring practices, and fTeachers of Los Angeles (UTLA) announced a tentative contract agreement that creates more autonomy for teachers, giving them greater flexibility in the classroom over curricula, materials, hiring practices, and fteachers, giving them greater flexibility in the classroom over curricula, materials, hiring practices, and finances.

Next week is Teacher Appreciation Week, so to show our appreciation of everything you do, we'd like to give you something in retweek is Teacher Appreciation Week, so to show our appreciation of everything you do, we'd like to give you something in retWeek, so to show our appreciation of everything you do, we'd like to give you something in return.

In the past few weeks Inglewood has gained an assistant principal to help handle discipline problems, giving teachers more time to focus on teaching, and a full time interventionist to provide extra instruction for students with learning and behavior needs.

Merit pay might work if it was given to students — and only student — who cooperated with teachers and turned in all of their classwork and homework done correctly to boost learning, and increased their literacy skills by voluntarily turning off TV, video games and not texting and replacing all that crap by reading at least one book a week for enjoyment outside of school hours.

Swen Ervin, a SFUSD human capital specialist tasked with recruiting more teachers of color to the district, told The Huffington Post that a black teacher recruitment event last week was a success, drawing about 45 attendees and giving them the chance to meet with district educators, participate in informational interviews and submit their resumes.

In an e-mailed statement last week, American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten said the national union and its members «stand firmly with the CTU, and we will support its members in their efforts to secure a fair contract that will enable them to give their students the best opportunities.&raquIn an e-mailed statement last week, American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten said the national union and its members «stand firmly with the CTU, and we will support its members in their efforts to secure a fair contract that will enable them to give their students the best opportunities.&raquin their efforts to secure a fair contract that will enable them to give their students the best opportunities.»

United Teachers of Los Angeles president Alex Caputo - Pearl gave a speech for the ages a couple of weeks ago, securing a wing in the pantheon - of - vile, a place which includes such memorable outbursts as National Education Association general counsel Bob Chanin's «right - wing bastards» farewell - to - troops speech in 2009 and Chicago Teacher Union boss Karen Lewis» talk to the Illinois Labor History Society in 2012, where she joked about the possibility of union members killing the wealthy.

When given a two - digit number, Johnny Student will model the number using place value rods and blocks, with 90 percent accuracy in four out of five trials administered over a one - week period as measured by teacher - charted data and work samples.