Sentences with phrase «teachers serve just»

The Troy School District, whose 23 teachers serve just over 250 students in one elementary school and a shared middle and high school building, faces many challenges as it works hard to serve its community.

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He says, «Nobody learned anything by hearing themselves talk, or speak,» and he goes on to say, «The ability to lock in and listen is a skill that has served me well in life,» says Branson, «Although, it seems to be a dying art, I believe that listening is one of the most important skills for any teacher, parent, leader, entrepreneur, or just about anyone who has a pulse.»

The elementary and secondary school system (to name just one Catholic institution affected by the drop in vocations) serves approximately half the number of students it did in 1960, despite the greater presence of lay teachers and administrators.

But just as many more have served as models or examples; quick, now, if you attended Sunday school, think back, and some of those teachers will come to mind, Not all imported curricular materials missed the point.

By allowing your children to take the lead and serve as the «teacher» to the whole family (or even just the other child) this gives the child time to shine and showcase their skills and build confidence.

These include homework - free weekends like the one coming up over Thanksgiving break, encouraging teachers to economize on assignments by, for instance, assigning fewer practice problems in math (10 can serve just as well as 25), and creating a centralized homework calendar that will allow teachers to coordinate big assignments, so that kids don't end up with a lot of tests or projects due on the same day.

Just like that teacher said, knowing your child well in different areas helps you better serve his or her needs.

But just like a significant other, the yoga «teacher» should serve as a partner.

Sometimes a yoga teachers just needs to be adjusted during their practice by experienced hands and we can serve you in that way as well.

We're certainly not a mass route into teaching, but while we account for just six per cent of all new teachers each year, we now supply over 25 per cent for schools serving low income communities.

To serve my students best, I play many roles, such as teacher, cheerleader, mentor, advisor, and — just as often — friend.

It is also yet to be seen whether micro-credentials will serve as just a personalized means of better teacher development, or if they are another catalyst in the movement to personalize learning for students as well.

Don't be afraid to e-mail the staff at a national newsletter, Web site, or listserv; your input will help them better serve the thousands of teachers just like yourself.

KIPP teachers are a diverse group, including experienced teachers who have worked in schools serving educationally underserved students, new teachers who are just beginning their careers, and career changers who are entering the classroom after succeeding in another profession.

KIPP teachers are a diverse group, including experienced teachers who have worked in schools serving underserved students, new teachers who are just beginning their careers and career changers who are entering the classroom after succeeding in another profession.

This means that the goal of co-teaching can not just be to bolster student success it must also be to transfer skills, strategies, and understandings to classroom teachers so that they themselves can serve language learners well.

This serves as somewhat of a one - two punch for new teachers just coming out of colleges or universities as the House bill also eliminates the student loan interest deduction.

Gwinnett County, Prince George's County, Md., and Springfield, Mass., for example, are among those using screening tools, such as Gallup's PrincipalInsight, that allow them to quickly gather information on why a candidate wants to be a school leader and his or her likely ability to foster collegiality, or motivate teachers, students and parents.20 To ensure that would - be candidates genuinely want to lead schools and not just get a salary bump that comes with an advanced degree, Chicago, St. Louis and Springfield, Ill., require would - be leaders to agree to serve as principals for a set number of years.

should reflect expectations not just for teaching, but learning outcomes — helping a teacher see how additional or alternate actions and choices would serve to increase (or continue to increase) student ownership, engagement, and understanding.

This model allows our team of teachers to serve the whole child by offering both grade level access to rigorous standards and «just right» personalized intervention and acceleration to meet students» individual needs.

Of course not; GT teachers are specifically trained to serve a certain population, one which deserves a free and appropriate public education just as much as any other child.

Many of the teachers who serve as mentors share the view that being an educator is more than just helping students graduate from high school and get into college.

Judy has also served on both national and state level ESSA implementation teams, she was one of just 30 active classroom teachers selected by the NEA from across the nation to help educators with the implementation of ESSA.

After all, students are just as adversely impacted by «education reform» as the teachers, and thus their parents and also community organizations who serve children and their parents could be vital allies in this fight against powerful and well funded opponents.

Just as junior and senior members of any profession are given differing sets of responsibilities, Van Roekel said, it makes sense, for example, for more advanced teachers to take on the challenges of the most difficult - to - serve students.

«Just one month ago, California Federation of Teachers President Marty Hittleman - the same man who called the Parent Trigger the «lynch mob provision» - confidently predicted to the media that Governor Brown would immediately remove me from the State Board because I had used my position to advocate for radical kids - first change, ominously stating that I would not be serving on the State Board «in a month or so.»

It is important to note that while opposition to high - stakes testing and value - added analysis often seems self - serving — it is easy to see why ineffective teachers might resist accountability — moving towards embedded software - based assessment actually raises the level of transparency, by allowing us to monitor not just what happens on the day of a high - stakes test, but rather to see how students learn over time.

They're not just No - Nonsense Nurturers, or skilled Real Time Teacher Coaches, but they're also experts in a variety of subjects in their buildings to help better serve their students.

«The Theory of Action serves to anchor the school in its priorities, not just for students and teachers, but also anchors the leadership team in the commitments they've made to teachers.

But, reporting like this will help to elevate the issues, show teachers just how poorly they're being served, and hopefully lead to important reforms and retirement plans that better meet the needs of all teachers.

Having just observed Memorial Day, a special time to honor military personnel who died while serving the United States, most Americans would probably be stunned to learn that teachers and other public employees DO NOT HAVE full First Amendment rights when working in their capacity as a public employee.

The average low - performing teacher in math in a Florida school serving mostly - middle class kids is just two - hundredths of a standard deviation better than an equally laggard peer in school serving poor kids, according to a 2010 study from the National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research.

Just like someone walking into a gym for the first time, a school leader and teacher have a lot of choices to make about how to best serve students.

Not that what high school teachers thought you will not be useful to you in college, but some of the writing strategies that served you well in high school (such as the five - paragraph theme) will just not work here.

I especially recommend the «no checked luggage» and «don't bring just - in - case items», that advice will serve you well whether you're going for a one - month jaunt (I often travel all over on local transportation and need to keep it light — there's simply not room for big suitcases with unneeded stuff for this way of travelling) or even if you're undertaking a life changing but not permanent move — like the teachers I work with who go abroad from the States to teaching jobs in UAE.

The painter whose crisp, bright skies serve as a missing link between the generations of Thomas Cole, his teacher, and of Winslow Homer, he kept just one large, finished painting, oddly dark and even in tone.

Just off of Schwab Hall, the Koret Education Center, with a resource library and classrooms, will serve as an educational hub for students, teachers and lifelong learners.

They also allow the remainder of your child's student loan debt to be forgiven after 20 years, or if they work in the public sector (i.e. if they are a teacher or nurse, serve in the AmeriCorps or Peace Corps, or they hold a job with a non-profit organization, or a local, state, federal, or tribal government), their loans can be forgiven in just ten years through the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.

If you work in the public sector (i.e. if you work as a teacher or nurse, serve in the AmeriCorps or Peace Corps, or hold a job with a non-profit organization, or a local, state, federal, or tribal government), your loans may be forgiven in just 10 years through the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.

I have highlighted just a few career achievements which I believe reflect my dedication to the teaching profession and my ability to serve as an effective Business Teacher at your institution:

Parents as Teachers serves a range of families with high needs — not just first time parents, pregnant parents or teen parents — and offers services throughout the continuum from prenatal to kindergarten entry.