Sentences with phrase «thing about educators»

I would say exactly the same thing about educators.

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The job of an educator is to educate people and children about things.

Many home educators belong to sports teams or play in orchestras, and are generally far more relaxed about these things than their schooled contemporaries because they have so much more time available — and less need to compete.

I think teaching children food literacy (especially how what we eat is connected to so many things we all care about, including the environment, health and poverty) is one of the most important things we can do as parents and educators.

I write here often about teaching children, but one of the most important things we do is to also teach their parents, which is done formally through our parent educators, and informally by our larger community of families who are, collectively, striving to offer children the opportunity to acquire the skills and attributes of success through play.

Leading childbirth educator Nicky Wesson dispels many common myths about home birth and shows how giving birth to your baby in your own home can be the most exciting and fulfilling thing you'll ever do.

The Decision Counseling Program © developed by Dr. Myers and colleagues differs from previous decision aids in that a nurse educator uses the program not only to provide information about options, but also to identify and weigh the importance of things that matter to the patient (e.g., worry about treatment side effects, concern about developing aggressive cancer).

Working as a volunteer educator for a teen suicide hotline, I've gone through training about how asking for help is the bravest thing we can do.

There are four things educators should know about engaging students in these politically tumultuous times, write two civic - education leaders.

But we've also had to consider what newcomers might want from an English language class, which could be as something as simple as talking to them about things they know and care about, say educators like Darren Chase, an ELL teacher with New Design High School in New York City.

13, says he initially enrolled in the seven - week module because he thought it was about «tools and techniques to help educators,» things like how to compose a policy memo, or techniques for drafting an op - ed.

In a curious reversal of history, progressive educators now find themselves defending «transfer of training,» the belief that the practice of critical thinking will ensure that the student is able to think well about other things in the future.

JE: Another thing that educators spend quite a bit of time thinking about during the holidays and in the lead - up to the new school year is the physical classroom layout.

There are a lot of things that could be reformed in education, but I think one of the things that I would change is how educators talk about their work.

And there were just a lot of things that resonated with educators so we talked about that and then I asked the teachers to work on developing their own teacher oath, which is a commitment, it's basically an articulation of their core values as an educator.

Whilst particularly in the primary sector many educators would say that there is an issue with respect to over-crowding of the curriculum, we would be concerned about some of the discussion around removing things such as sustainability and climate change and environmental issues from the curriculum.

«One of the surprising things to me is the general lack of capacity to be able to talk about issues of race,» Benavides says, recognizing that they too questioned how they would respond to such an incident as educators.

Slowly, I found myself following educators who were tweeting about things I am interested in: students, education, literacy, writing, edreform, student voice.

But we need to write about the schools, the programs, the educators here as well, who are doing exemplary things in the sense of trying to make sure they're infusing their curriculum with these international and global ideas.

So educators, here are some things to think about and consider if you are thinking about or already using the flipped - classroom model.

Maybe I'll tell a quick story here, because one of the interesting things about the book is that we're all parents in addition to educators.

I know that teachers are natural adventurers: I'm the proud daughter of a lifelong public school teacher, and one of the things my mom loved best about being an educator was the opportunity to travel in the spring and summer.

I started by asking what kinds of things educators should be thinking about before entering into a team teaching relationship.

It was new leadership — and the resulting shift to teacher - driven innovation — that made Meriden's reinvention possible, according to one principal, who says educators now feel confident about sharing their thoughts and trying new things.

JE: Now, I'm sure there are some educators and school leaders listening out there who would feel a little bit apprehensive about doing the same thing.

«Close enough» is fine for education because the big question is not the precise list of intelligences, but what an educator is going to do about the fact that different kids are good at different things.

Chances are, parents, community leaders, and educators will be left years from now with an even greater sense of uncertainty about who really runs the district and to whom they should turn, or assign blame, when things go wrong.

«There is an enormous amount of data about teaching and learning in the things students do and make, yet as educators and researchers, we rarely pay enough attention to it,» says Seidel.

JE: You've already mentioned there about some of the things can educators can do, what are some of the other implications then of this research?

One of the things we've talked about is how many educators feel isolated, and how coming to PPE and working directly with peers is something that really makes them realize that they are not alone.

«Several years of budget cuts and many elected officials and pundits saying very negative things about teachers in general — there is a general feeling, at least among the educators I know, that public education is under attack in NC.

Once these students have lost trust in educators, walking into school for them may very well feel like walking into a used car dealership — a place where you are approached by people who don't seem to care about you, telling you things you don't much believe in.

A few years later, I found myself teaching in a charter school, although I was hesitant at first to accept the job because I'd heard only bad things about charter schools from every educator I knew.

The model presented in this book invites educators to focus on what they do best and to engage in larger, more integral conversations about their work and the things they care about most.

So Mr. Bruni actually sought input from sources that know a few things about teachers and schools (even if Educators Rising has a logo unfortunately reminiscent of Enron's).

It is no wonder that educators are skeptical and cynical about taking on the next «best thing.»

Critics on the left have taken issue with a number of things surrounding the standards (you can read a post about eight problems with the Core here), saying that there was not enough input from educators into the drafting of the Core, that the standards are not based on any research, that they ignore what is known about early childhood development and much more.

So educators, here are some things to think about and consider if you are thinking about or already using the flipped classroom model.

«One of the most exciting things about micro-credentials is that they support educators in applying what they have learned to their classrooms,» added Jill Pellegrini.

Humane educators spread messages about the importance of kindness to animals and the connection between all living things — messages that can increase your organization's visibility while sowing the seeds for a more humane world.

Perhaps one of the most exciting things about our network of Art21 Educators so far has to do with those teachers who are building momentum and reaching out to other cohorts in order to collaborate.

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I was talking to a group of educators recently who were concerned about this very thing and thinking how do we build a better connection with families who are very busy, lead busy lives, and they relocated the sign - in book, the sign - in process, to another part of the room.

All the more reason why in those contexts early childhood educators need to have good systems, good policies, strong philosophies, good communication techniques, to be able to communicate with a number of different people about different things at different times.

One of the things we do ask early childhood educators to do in the context of quality practise is to be reflective, is to take time to talk to each other about how we are travelling as educators.

I think educators know that the team is doing well when there are conversations going on all the time about how we're travelling, how we're feeling about things.

One of those things that does act as a pretty powerful disincentive for speaking to an educator, is when there's a track record that's built up of the educators or the director or whoever you've been dealing with, not following through, so you may have had discussions about something that's concerning you about your child and how they are fitting in or how they are coping with certain things, and you've been assured that changes will be made and your child will be accommodated, but then you discover that that hasn't been done or maybe it was done for the first week and then it just dissipated.

One of the other things that I like is when educators share some of their anxieties, or joys about the children in their care to their parents.

The other thing of course, as lots of educators I know will say there's nothing going on in our community, there's nothing happening, it's just a very ordinary suburb, but I do think looking beyond the four walls of your service, just to be aware and mindful about what's going on you, will notice things that are interesting.