Sentences with phrase «teachers took an interest»

Taking this time to ask students about their experiences, both inside and outside of school, helps to build a genuine relationship, one where the students feel that their teacher takes an interest in their lives.

But teachers took an interest as well, especially the younger ones.

Not exact matches

But here's the most interesting part: Ambady and Rosenthal took the ratings from each of these clips and compared them with the actual student evaluations of these same teachers after an entire semester of classes.

It is extremely difficult for a teacher to take the entire class down the path to Precision without dulling interest.

Hardly anyone seriously doubts any more that there was a Galilean Jew named Jesus, who for a short time attracted local attention as a teacher who took an unusual interest in people and uttered some startling things, and who for this reason fell foul of the religious authorities, the result of it all being that the Roman governor had him crucified.

Thus, when teachers of world religions are needed at many undergraduate colleges, they usually appoint either philosophers of religion, historians, biblical scholars, or theologians who happen to have personal interests and perhaps had taken two or three courses in the history of religions or comparative religion.

The close relationships between students and teachers enhance learning and the ability to explore new interests and take on new challenges.

The head teacher (also a woman) takes a keen interest.

The head teacher of the school takes a keen interest and often pops into the group's sessions.

~ This was a wonderful workshop, and I highly recommend that everyone from teacher to parents take interest and reap the benefits.

You may also be interested in one of these workshops taking place June 29 - July 1, immediately proceeding the start of your course: Singing & Dancing Together in Grades 1 - 6: Musical Activities for Your Class, or (for new, untrained teachers) Waldorf Weekend: Foundations and Fundamentals of Waldorf Education from Early Childhood through High School.

5) If your child is assigned a creative, fun, and interesting project that you think is educationally valuable, it probably took your child's teacher many, many hours to create it and prepare it.

Assembly members Tedisco, Graf, Ra say Assembly Majority more interested in «symbolism over substance» and covering backsides after voting for budget that's outraged parents & teachers than informing parents of their rights to refuse to have their kids take tests

«I applaud those students for speaking up, I applaud the students for taking action and I think the calls of the students and parents have captured the attention of the administration of the Buffalo Public Schools and the teacher's union and I'm hoping that those two entities can come together in the best interest of the education of the children at City Honors,» he said.

And he also referred back to the party's record in the 1980s, renewing a pledge to emulate Margaret Thatcher's administrations in taking on vested interests, including «union barons that threaten another spring of discontent», teachers and big business.

Teachers unions have taken a renewed interest in the Chancellor's District.

According to the president the decision was taken in the interest of many a student who wished to pursue higher education to become a trained teacher or a trained nurse in the countries tertiary institutions.

She handled day - to - day aspects for two federally - funded programs, GET SET (Global Education for Tomorrow in Science, Engineering, and Technology) which engaged students, teachers, and parents in a suite of learning activities designed to increase student interest in pursuit of advanced course - taking, and careers in engineering and other STEM areas, and DC ACTS (DC Advancing Competencies in Technology and Science), which provided CEU's from George Washington University to teachers furthering their science education and teaching pedagogy.

She might have followed that advice but for the inspiration provided by her physics teacher, early mentor and future Nobel Laureate Rosalyn Yalow, who recognized her talent and encouraged her to take her early interest in science further.

I have experienced and witness each teacher taking special interest in and care for their students, their practice as well as their limitations and abilities.

In addition to a small Faculty - Student ratio, each student is assigned a Mentor (Certified Yoga Teacher) who will take a personal interest in supporting your success and fulfillment during this course, and help facilitate the teaching, as well.

Students interested in taking the Master Zink's Yin Yoga Teacher Certification course can begin submitting reading and writing assignments now.

If you are interested in participating in this workshop but are not a yoga teacher, please take the time to answer the questions below.

I have had some very exciting experiences in life and met some very interesting people throughout my time as an English teacher which took me to places like Japan, Thailand, Poland, Turkey to name but a few.

Her role, a modern dance teacher who «takes a special interest in the talent of Damon» (played by Ryan Jamaal Swain), has been rewritten as a 50 - year - old African - American woman and recast with Charlayne Woodard (The Leftovers).

He borrows sums at exorbitant rates from Frank (John Goodman), who takes an interest in the teacher's future, a Mr. Lee (Alvin Ing), a shark named Neville Baraka (Michael Kenneth Williams), plus a cool quarter million from his mother, who issues the sum with the caveat that it's the last time she will ever give him money or even want to see him again.

Tragically, no one seems to have any answers until Precious» goes back to school where her compassionate GED teacher (Paula Patton) takes a special interest in her well - being.

On the side, Cronauer takes an interest in a young Vietnamese woman and pays his way to become the teacher of her Army - offered English class.

Her alarm bells go off when his teacher, Sister James (Amy Adams), hints that Flynn has taken a special interest in the lonely lad and even went so far as to summon the kid from class for a private meeting in the rectory.

Like Farnsworth, one of the school's teachers, Edwina Dabney (Kirsten Dunst), and students, including Alicia (Elle Fanning), take an intense interest in the soldier.

Without any interest in the class's subject and wanting to get to know Stewart, she returns week after week, taking her «teacher» to dinner.

Cate Blanchett (Fellowship of the Ring, Bandits) gives another terrific performance as an English teacher who is disgusted by the lack of interest by the local Italian police to her husband's drug overdose, and decide to take the law in her own hands by planting a bomb in the office of the drug dealer she feels responsible.

Writer - director Sara Colangelo premiered her feature debut «Little Accidents» at Sundance back in 2014, and now she returns to the festival with her adaptation of Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid's drama, starring Maggie Gyllenhaal as a restless Staten Island teacher who takes special interest a five - year - old student's poetry.

Still, he says the school is taking active steps to keep teachers interested and the environment vibrant enough so they'll want to stay on longer.

The University of Utah required teacher candidates to take the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory and the Strong Vocational Interest Blank.

That enables teachers to take courses that are of interest to them and helps them stay current on new techniques in their own fields.

It's very disturbing how small the worlds of many children are — and that their parents, caregivers, and teachers have not taken them to nearby places of interest.

If teachers took as much personal interest in a student as a good neighbor used to, that would fulfill many of the needs revealed by the study.

«You can allow your students to find their interests and passions on their own and pursue that within the classroom without taking two days a week to go into the community,» explains Sherry Armistead, a Big Picture teacher and advisor.

EW: Do you think todays students have a greater need than in the past to feel teachers take a personal interest in them?

Successful people generally had a teacher who was a mentor and took a real interest in their life and aspirations, who helped them understand who they were, and revealed their passions and how to build on their strengths.

The San Luis Coastal Unified School District and the other six board members sued in state court last November to prevent Caroline Botwin, an English teacher, from taking office, arguing that she would face numerous conflicts of interest serving as both a school - board member and a teacher.

From my experience of the experienced teachers that I certainly know of, if you're good at what you do you'll probably be asked to take some of the more interesting classes.

His teachers and the wider team at the Academy then took steps to support K - Ryan to build on this success and to nurture his interest.

And there were occasions — in a history, government, or English class with the right teacher, or in the three periods of journalism I took in twelfth grade — when flashes of talent or interest would surface.

Since last year, the U.S. Department of Education has awarded nearly $ 75 million in grants to schools and school districts interested in developing systems that reward good teaching and compensate teachers for taking jobs in hard - to - staff schools (low - performing and typically high - poverty schools).

Schools across the country have embraced the philosophies behind personalized learning, customizing their curriculums to suit the needs and interests of their students, with teachers taking the lead.

But among them, the teacher unions are almost always the most active and powerful, and they generally take the lead in championing the cause of employee interests in politics.

What these teachers and other district employees have in common is that they both take a self - interested approach to elections and they both belong to unions.

«That kind of teacher might see perspective taking as the job of a school counselor,» continues Gehlbach, «but what is interesting to consider, especially for those of us who want to enhance SPT in educational settings, is the possibility that one's role can be changed.»