Sentences with phrase «teachers on the front lines»

«What is your message to Governor Cuomo from Olean, NY as a teacher on the front lines?

«Teachers on the front line following attack in Boston: Study identifies varying support following 2013 Boston Marathon attack.»

For teachers on the front lines like me, answers aren't coming fast enough.

It's nerve - wracking enough to be a teacher on the front lines without being in the dark about the fate of your programs as well.

This timely volume will help teachers on the front line to tackle the key challenges they face in today's classrooms with children ages 3 — 8.

Truth: As our teachers on the front lines will agree, No - Nonsense Nurturer is not an easy way out.

I think teachers on the front line know best!

Education historian Diane Ravitch says the teachers on the front lines of labor rallies in Wisconsin reflect growing anger among educators nationwide.

Not exact matches

«Increasingly teachers who are on the front line say that it's very important to teach kids to be more socially and emotionally competent,» says Roger P. Weissberg, chief knowledge officer of the Collaborative for Social and Emotional Learning (CASEL), which promotes the concept and the term nationwide.

We truly appreciate the daily passion of the teachers and faculty, the lunch cooks who are on the front lines of school food every day, the open and candid attitudes of the students and the wonderful parents and community of Nixa.

A new edition of No Kid Hungry's Hunger In Our Schools report surveyed three groups on the front lines of childhood hunger — families, teachers and kids themselves — and found alarming statistics about the challenges for those facing hunger.

A 57 - year - old high school biology teacher — «I'm on the front lines of the evolution issue,» he says — he describes his religion as «Einsteinian / Spinozan,» lives surrounded by books, loves dancing and blues guitar, and lists his greatest sources of enjoyment as «kids, thinking clearly and critically, walking in the woods.»

He hopes that teachers and other educators, on the front lines of the issue, will join in the effort.

In two important ways teachers are on the front line in the battle to help the soaring number of students who have challenging and frustrating attention issues.

Even though teachers are on the front line of education about acquired immune deficiency syndrome, they are often the last ones consulted about the methods and materials used to address the subject in their classrooms.

Shooting instructor Johnny Price looked at the teachers lined up in front of him, a selection of handguns resting on the table before them.

Every day, K - 12 teachers and administrators on the front lines of education need the most current and cutting - edge insight on what is happening in the K - 12 landscape.

The site will cover all aspects of education in the United States — from the policy debate that will play out in the presidential election to the day - to - day human stories of school superintendents, teachers, parents and kids on the front lines in our nation's schools.

It is through their energy and commitment that we are making a difference for teachers on the «front line».

Regardless of whether they are Special Education IAs (providing vital services to one, two, three, four or more special education students) or Traditional IAs (helping teachers prepare and run classrooms so that all the students have the opportunity to learn), IAs are truly on the front line of enhancing educational opportunities for our children.

As teachers and administrators on the front lines, we have a deep responsibility to engage with those who shape education policy in this country and share the stories we live out with our kids and school community members every day.

Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott appeared torn on the issue when he spoke to news channel NY1 about it: «My bottom line is to make sure that we have effective teachers in front of the classroom, we have a comprehensive view of what those teachers are doing... but at the same time, I don't want our teachers denigrated, I don't want them stereotyped.»

The private schools» body calls for the recruitment of student teachers to become a more rigorous process, with front - line teaching staff sitting on selection panels.

Teachers are on the front lines of all educational policies, as we are the ones who implement new ideas, while at the same time working to master that implementation in order to stay in good standing in our respective school communities.

Bottom line: The war over charter schools is being waged on many fronts, so beware teachers unions bearing «gifts,» especially in an election year.

Teachers are on the front lines every day.

For three years, Kimberly Safran has been on the front lines of the Pittsburgh school district's push to hold teachers more accountable for student achievement.

«In many cases, the Board of Education Distinguished Achievement Award recognizes the successes of teachers, principals and other educators who are on the front line of the commonwealth's effort to narrow and ultimately close achievement gaps,» said Superintendent of Public Instruction Steven R. Staples.

Teachers will no longer be treated like «human capital», with a top down, military - like structure and teachers working on the fronTeachers will no longer be treated like «human capital», with a top down, military - like structure and teachers working on the fronteachers working on the front lines.

On another front, the bill would prohibit the kind of public release of teacher evaluation data that has set off storms of protest in New York City, where individual ratings for 18,000 teachers were posted on linOn another front, the bill would prohibit the kind of public release of teacher evaluation data that has set off storms of protest in New York City, where individual ratings for 18,000 teachers were posted on linon line.

With over fourteen years of experience on the front lines of education, he knows what it takes to truly succeed as a teacher today.

Yup, this practice, in line with the particularly useless directive that some teachers are given to write the standards that are supposed to be covered that day on the front whiteboard, is really going to give teachers helpful information about their craft.

The Chicago Teachers Union sees itself as having been on the front lines of education reform for more than a decade, and this is now a radicalized union, taken over two years ago by an activist faction.

I think the amendment was to clarify that we weren't expecting front - line teachers to take on those duties» of carrying guns, Senate President Joe Negron, R - Stuart, said in a press conference after the Senate adjourned for the day.

Teachers and schools are on the front lines of the fight to end childhood hunger, and I often hear stories of teachers who spend their own money on food for their sTeachers and schools are on the front lines of the fight to end childhood hunger, and I often hear stories of teachers who spend their own money on food for their steachers who spend their own money on food for their students.

So I think there's a lot we can draw out of this and structure that process in a way that it relies on professional wisdom on the front line as opposed to someone in a university figuring out, you know what «s good for a teacher to learn.

Strengthen your practice in a community: We as teachers are on the front lines of the war on inequity, and we can best address this issue by providing students with highquality learning experiences.

Schools and teachers, who know firsthand the realities of many kids» lives, are on the front lines of this battle.

«LPI and CSBA's collaboration has enabled us to hear directly from district leaders who are on the front lines of this crisis, including many who are struggling to serve their students well in the face of shrinking ranks of qualified teachers and swelling class sizes.

Often times, politicians and education reformers are making the decisions that directly affect teachers in the classroom without proper input from those on the front lines of implementing new policies.

At a time when teachers have largely been pushed aside in the education reform dialogue, AAE is listening to those truly on the front lines of education, surveying members from all 50 states in the summer of 2010.

Merrow's work has taken him from community colleges to kindergarten classrooms, from the front lines of teacher protests to policy debates on Capitol Hill.

Increasing teacher and school leader pay and working conditions are not novel suggestions, but they will continue to be issues without dramatic investment in these areas to support the professionals on the front lines of the public school system.

Teachers and principals are on the front line of developing curriculum often without a curriculum director.

Written with candor, clarity, and humor, Beyond the Bake Sale is essential reading for teachers, parents on the front lines in public schools, and administrators and policy makers at all levels.

We currently live in a world where our knowledge about other cultures, languages, and traditions is extremely important to foster understanding and mutual respect, and we are now expecting teachers to be our first responders on the front line in this complex task.

From the front page the doors open to the best on - line resources, databases, tools and tutorials assembled collaboratively by the teacher librarian, other teachers and students to support all learners in all disciplines.

We need teachers out on the front lines showing college students how important education is for our country's future.

Russell Hobby, of the National Association of Head Teachers, said: «Schools are more than capable of leading teacher training, and can provide highly relevant preparation for a career on the front - line of education.

Teachers stand on the front lines against dismissive attitudes toward climate change, and have had varying degrees of success in Idaho and Ohio classrooms in bringing students face - to - face with discomforting evidence, even when challenged by a new crop of deniers - in - training.