Sentences with phrase «time educators from»

Members include a diverse group of about 1,200 full and part ‑ time educators from the United States, Canada, Bermuda and Norway, with headquarters in Longwood, Fla..

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If he is a Christian educator, does he simply forget that, even for him, preaching and pastoral care are aspects of ministry from which he can not disidentify himself even if his time spent on hem is less than if he were not a functional specialist?

His strict Scotch Presbyterian mother had wanted him to become a preacher, and as a Times man he had become one, his column being the podium from which he could spread his Calvinist view of life throughout the land, thrilling thousands with his sound logic and clarity, influencing students, educators, and politicians, sometimes infuriating such presidents as Eisenhower, who once asked, «Who the hell does Reston think he is, telling me how to run the country?»

She is a 3 - time recipient of the Stanford University School of Education Outstanding Teacher and Mentor Award and was honored with the 2012 Education Professor of the Year «Educators» Voice Award» from the Academy of Education Arts and Sciences.

Meetings are free and open to the public and we welcome moms, especially first - time moms, dads, caregivers, birth educators, grandparents, and anyone else who can offer support or advice to mothers who wish to avoid unnecessary c - sections, or heal from past experiences.

, Texas, that will assemble, for the first time, an international group of leading policy makers, attorneys, educators, children's rights activists, and researchers from multiple disciplines (e.g., anthropology, criminology, history, medicine psychology, social work, and sociology) as well as other interested individuals who concur that corporal punishment of children is an unsuitable and potentially damaging way to discipline and teach children.

Global Summit on Ending Corporate Punishment and Promoting Positive Discipline Registrations are being accepted now for this June 2011 conference in Dallas, Texas, that will assemble, for the first time, an international group of leading policy makers, attorneys, educators, children's rights activists, and researchers from multiple disciplines (e.g., anthropology, criminology, history, medicine psychology, social work, and sociology) as well as other interested individuals who concur that corporal punishment of children is an unsuitable and potentially damaging way to discipline and teach children.

As you may know from the many times I link to her writing on TLT's Facebook page, Dana Woldow of PEACHSF (Parents, Educators & Advocates Connect ion for Healthy School Food) writes a regular and informative column in Beyond Chron, an online daily in San Francisco, in which she tackles all manner of food - related topics, from school food reform to childhood hunger.

As you may know from the many times I link to her writing on TLT's Facebook page, Dana Woldow of PEACHSF (Parents, Educators & Advocates Connect ion for Healthy School Food) writes a regular and informative column in Beyond Chron, an online daily... [Continue reading]

A highlight will be a visit from British Columbia educator and acclaimed film director Kim Hunter, whose documentary «Time to Play,» will have a special screening in late September.

The acronym stands for «Parents Educators & Advocates Connection for Healthy School Food,» and the site is designed «to provide a roadmap for parents and others wanting to get started making changes in their own communities, as well as steering them away from common myths and misunderstandings that can waste their time and energy.»

By the time she was three and ready to spend some time away from us each day, David was enjoying great success with his work, and I had found a dream position as a parent educator.

It weaves together aspects from Charlotte Mason's methods of natural education, and incorporates the ideas of Dr. Benjamin Bloom's research on thinking skills, while fully utilizing the time - tested approach developed by noted author and educator, Dr. Ruth Beechick.

oh and I'm a highly qualified educator with experience of health and education from birth to adult including special needs, with 17 years full time experience, now at home on maternity leave and thinking of giving up my very well paid and highly skilled job to raise my 9 month old twins who are already starting to walk.

The auditorium was far from full, and several speakers blasted King for scheduling the forum for 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., when most parents were at work and it was difficult for educators in other districts to get there on time.

«The concept of a moratorium has been out there for a while, but the urgency really comes from the commissioner's decision to cancel the forums at the very same time that the parents and educators are more and more wanting to speak out,» NYSUT President Richard Iannuzzi told Capital on Friday.

Project 2061 surveyed principals from Green Ribbon Schools to learn more about their use of energy data — one of many times Project 2061 involved feedback from educators and administrators in the development of the curriculum outline.

There will be times when following the meal plan provided by your diabetes educator to a tee will be more difficult, like when you're on the road or you are away from your home (and well - stocked pantry) for a full day or more.

I'm going from full time stay - at - home - mom to part time educator so I need to overhaul my wardrobe.

Part time educator and full time stirrer of pots, happily responding to people's needs from deep within the «darkness of free enterprise.»

As a contribution to illustrated history from a black point of view, Still I Rise is a unique achievement, one that will be valued by students, educators, collectors and general readers for a long time to come.»

As a long - time teacher educator specializing in reading instruction, I was intrigued by your comments regarding «evidence» and education reform (see «Evidence Matters,» Letter from the Editors, Spring 2001).

I use my Twitter account only from time to time, just to stay in the loop with fellow Web 2.0 educators.

In the post «What Doesn't Work: Literacy Practices We Should Abandon,» I wrote, «The number one concern that I hear from educators is lack of time, particularly lack of instructional time with students.

These insights come from Meeting Wise: Making the Most of Collaborative Time for Educators, a handy book by Kathryn Parker Boudett and Elizabeth City that's full of tips and strategies for making better meetings.

A talented California educator Catlin Tucker defines blended learning as «a formal education program in which a student is engaged in active learning at least in part online where they have some control over the time, place, and / or pace and in part at a brick and mortar location away from home.»

WatchKnowLearn has a review panel of educators and educational video experts that vet videos from first - time submitters before posting.

Since its inception, the Foundation has grounded its storytelling about innovations in education research and has even commissioned research from leading researchers in the field of learning; now, George Lucas decides that it's time to deepen the organization's commitment to research and creates a division dedicated to conducting and funding rigorous research in collaboration with university partners, leading educators, and research firms.

If we lead from a belief that our staff is comprised of learners, of people who are not fixed vessels of knowledge but curious explorers, then opening up time and space for educators to create new things (rather than make iterative adjustments to what exists in the form of curriculum, assessment, etc.) seems to be an incredibly cost - effective way to grow a healthy, collaborative culture and nourish an innovative working environment.

A new report entitled «The State of SMS» reveals how educators are set to benefit from advances in mobile marketing as the number of active mobile phones in circulation tops 80m for the first time.

Boudett and City's Meeting Wise: Making the Most of Collaborative Time for Educators (2014), the latest publication to emerge from the project, recognizes the importance of meetings as the place where much of the real work of school improvements happens.

Competition, though, for students and parent help in an age of school choice and limited time is prompting some educators to take a lesson in customer service from the retail field.

When students are equipped for autonomy through explicit social and emotional learning and a structured, yet flexible curriculum, they operate with much less assistance from a teacher, allowing educators to spend time doing what really matters — interacting with kids.

Those leaders will no longer be able to maintain the fantasy of high - school educators floating from classroom to classroom like Mary Poppins because of their love of children while at the same time haggling over pay, benefits, and working conditions as if they were automobile workers.

Based on the literature reviews, observations in the schools and meetings with the departments at the Ministry of Education, the team presented several key policy considerations to the Ministry: (1) utilize a website, the National Play Day, and the Jamaican Teaching Council as platforms from which educators can develop and share best game - based learning practices; (2) promote a culture of collaboration through the Quality Education Circles (local discussion groups for educators), and by allocating time for teachers to develop and share game - based learning strategies; (3) provide resource support for schools in the form of workshops and training; and (4) create a monitoring and evaluation plan to be conducted at the school level.

Educators from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Teaching Systems Lab, and the instructional design firm Fresh Cognate have created Youth in Front, a new hub of learning - oriented resources and multimedia assets for young activists and the educators and adult allies interested making their voices heard — particularly those who are stepping into activism for the first time, and for the educators who are responding to action in their schools and comEducators from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Teaching Systems Lab, and the instructional design firm Fresh Cognate have created Youth in Front, a new hub of learning - oriented resources and multimedia assets for young activists and the educators and adult allies interested making their voices heard — particularly those who are stepping into activism for the first time, and for the educators who are responding to action in their schools and comeducators and adult allies interested making their voices heard — particularly those who are stepping into activism for the first time, and for the educators who are responding to action in their schools and comeducators who are responding to action in their schools and communities.

Removing seat time from state regulations certainly stands to open up more opportunities for students to move at their own pace, and for educators to measure progress in terms of authentic learning rather than hours and minutes.

Until now 21 EUROCLIO Annual Professional Training and Development Conferences have taken place annually in the past two decades with a growing success: starting with 60 people from 4 countries in Scotland in 1993, the participation reached up to 160 participants from 45 countries in 2005 in Latvia and 2006 in Malta, 200 people from 50 countries in Turkey and Germany, and 165 people from 38 countries in the Republic of Macedonia in 2013 and once again over hundred educators in and around Europe are expected in the 22nd EUROCLIO Annual Conference for the first time in Denmark for the first time in the history of EUROCLIO.

For fourth grade, educators recommended stories from Homer's Odyssey, Washington Irving's «Rip Van Winkle,» Howard Pyle's adventures of Robin Hood, and biographies of Magellan, De Soto, and William Penn.» They were being inducted into becoming Americans, as that was understood at the time.

«Second Life offers teachers and other educators the opportunity to converse, collaborate, and learn from each other despite geographical and time constraints,» she notes.

In many parts of the country, educators spend more time analyzing tests and figuring out how to prepare students for them, often by directly teaching sample items from tests, than they do studying and understanding the standards.

Educators from Edwards Middle School in Charlestown, Massachusetts have provided a sample school schedule, lesson plans, professional - development resources, and more for expanded learning time.

Parents and teachers are tired of America's «time - bound, lockstep school systems,» Grant says in an interview from his offices at Staff Development for Educators, a provider of professional - development training and resources in Peterborough, New Hampshire.

Another sign that we are making a difference: A group of educators from a school in Sofia that focuses on math and science recently wrote a proposal for teacher training, and, after securing funding from the federal Ministry of Education and the local government, they invited our lab to provide the instruction — the first time the teachers themselves hired us to do the training.

«In the journal paper, I talk about those in terms of the way the time is used, the classroom space and resources within the space are used, and the social control in terms of the interactions between the educator and the child, [and] from child to child as well.»

This is why ExcelinEd advocates for policies that incentivize and enable educators to create bold, innovative models that move away from our traditional time - and place - bound systems and toward personalized learning.

The central office is a «service provider» that seeks to free schools and educators from operational burdens and allow them to maximize the time and resources that are focused on student learning.

When asked to reflect upon these conversations ~ held at 16 different schools ~ educators responded by affirming the value of the process ~ Cathy explains: They want to meet with each other at a time and in a place devoted to professional learning ~ and they want to learn from and inspire each other in ways that result in improved teaching and learning across all participating schools.

That theme was echoed by speakers from each of the three sectors during «The American High School: Time for Reform,» a conference for educators sponsored by the Council for Basic Education (cbe).

Maro: «Átiko13 are five social workers, and there are also community organizers; there are monitors of leisure time; a recent addition of a degree in geography has also long been living in Mexico and has many ideas in music; there are musicians; we have psychologists; a social educator, designer, and artist... Apart from that, everyone then has a master's degree in Journalism, a master's degree in Human Rights, a more or less promising career in music and art in general... Right now, we are 11, with two recent additions.