Sentences with phrase «time teachers in grades»

Full - time teachers in grades P - 12 who spend 50 percent or more of their time in a classroom or in classroom - like settings, work in select areas, and have three years of teaching experience.

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«The mother told us that she sees Teddy [a CHP] as a kind of doctor to her and that she has known her for a long time because Teddy was her teacher in grade school.»

She was devastated to tell me that, for the first time in 18 years, she has been told they are not «allowed» to celebrate Pi Day as Pi is no longer a sixth grade standard (she had very grand plans with every teacher in every subject).

Finally, in Houston in 2010 — 11, he gave cash incentives to fifth - grade students in 25 low - performing public schools, as well as to the parents and teachers of those students, with the intent of increasing the time they spent on math homework and improving their scores on standardized math tests.

I spent almost five years reporting in Harlem, attending parenting classes and sixth - grade math lessons and basketball games and parent - teacher meetings, and the time I spent there turned out to be a period of great change, not only for Geoff and the scope of his project but also for plenty of individuals whose stories I've tried to tell in the book.

The consequence she will get from you is that you will make sure she sets aside time every evening to study, you will be in touch with her teachers more, and you will monitor her homework more thoroughly until she brings her grade up.

Prior to joining Woodland Star, Ms. Pearl was a long - time Waldorf kindergarten teacher and taught grades 1 - 3 at Aurora Waldorf School and taught in the public school system in Alaska.

Ina is a co-founder and long time teacher of the Denver Waldorf School, bringing decades of experience to her teaching in both elementary grades and high school.

If you have any concerns about how your child is handling the work in his 5th grade year, it's time to speak with his teacher for further advice.

For instance, kids in first grade are usually not expected to spend more than a half hour on homework each day; if your child is having difficulty with the workload, find out what the problem may be and schedule some time to meet with your child's teacher.

Board Members also heard updates on several major CCSD projects: the proposed adoption of new instructional materials for math classes across Grades K - 12, which will provide teachers with a system of integrated text and online resources that eliminates the need to seek out additional resources in order to cover all standards and individualize instruction; and the implementation now underway of a new business management system that increases the efficiency of timekeeping, payroll and personnel operations, which will save CCSD time and money.

Then, last month, the Times released a video that showed a Success teacher scolding and publicly humiliating a first - grade student in front of the rest of her class.

In light of reports in today's Albany Times Union that a 10th grade teacher at Albany High School asked students to make a persuasive argument blaming Jews for the problems of Nazi Germany as part of a writing assignment, Councilman David G. Greenfield is calling on the school district to immediately terminate the teacher in questioIn light of reports in today's Albany Times Union that a 10th grade teacher at Albany High School asked students to make a persuasive argument blaming Jews for the problems of Nazi Germany as part of a writing assignment, Councilman David G. Greenfield is calling on the school district to immediately terminate the teacher in questioin today's Albany Times Union that a 10th grade teacher at Albany High School asked students to make a persuasive argument blaming Jews for the problems of Nazi Germany as part of a writing assignment, Councilman David G. Greenfield is calling on the school district to immediately terminate the teacher in questioin question.

In January, arguing to increase the weight of test scores, Mr. Cuomo cited the small number of teachers who were rated ineffective, noting that at the same time only about a third of students were reading or doing math at grade level, as measured by state tests.

At the same time, because many teachers are looking specifically for activities and ideas for students in certain grades, Science Buddies has grade - specific and thematic boards, too.

34th Annual KidFilm Festival, January 20 - 21, 2018 To request a schedule of events, send us an email marked «KidFilm Schedule» to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Teachers who would like to book an arts - in - education field trip in February 2018 or Summer for your camp, organization, class or entire school (Grades K - 5), contact the Festival any time of year at 214-821-6300.

Miss Meadows (Katie Holmes) is already comfortably ensconced in this small town as a first grade substitute teacher, having uneasily bumped up against her neighbors and coworkers more than a few times before we've met.

However, in countries that have done away with those arguments, they've learned that teachers do much better by having less classes, less students, and more time for the mounds of paperwork they're obligated to grade.

Despite Bad Grades, Many Boston Teachers Stay In Class WBUR, May 25, 2011» «The amount of work that a principal has to do with data and other evidence of lack of performance and meeting standards can take hours and hours of time,» [Professor Thomas] Payzant says.»

Parents can see what grade a child has made on a test, they can receive an email if there is a zero for a grade, they can contact a teacher if a grade hasn't appeared in the amount of time the school has deemed appropriate for grading.

In the same way, taking the time to recognize a handful of new teachers at each level (primary, middle grades and high school teachers) who also demostrate a level of expertise beyond there years of experience sends a powerful message of support for excellence in the professioIn the same way, taking the time to recognize a handful of new teachers at each level (primary, middle grades and high school teachers) who also demostrate a level of expertise beyond there years of experience sends a powerful message of support for excellence in the professioin the profession.

The state assesses students writing in fourth grade, so teachers spend a lot of time on writing skills, Maldonado told Education World.

In the midst of the last - mnute dash to complete curriculums, administer exams, update grade books, and complete report cards, few teachers have time for time for — or an interest in — attending professional development sessionIn the midst of the last - mnute dash to complete curriculums, administer exams, update grade books, and complete report cards, few teachers have time for time for — or an interest in — attending professional development sessionin — attending professional development sessions.

Students would self - assess their work in a 1:1 conference with the teacher at the end of the quarter, at which time student and teacher would agree upon a final grade.

«The one concern I hear most is the time it takes to plan and gather things to make PL work,» says Susan Moon, a fifth - grade teacher at West Pelzer Elementary School, in West Pelzer, South Carolina.

«If you look at projects of a particular child over a long period of time — such as through grades K - 8, which is what I do every summer — one of the things you find out is that you get a very strong sense of who the child is, what they're interested in, and actually what their process of learning is,» explains teacher Beverly Hoeltke.

Requiring the coursework and a passing grade on a licensure test serves only to incur costs in time and money to future teachers, potentially closing the profession to some candidates.

For Cleary, a kindergarten and sixth grade teacher for 33 years in Cambridge schools, this fellowship couldn't have come at a better time.

Illustrations by Blair Kelly Once upon a time, teachers taught students to read on grade level in elementary school.

It includes, among other elements, the Success for All reading curriculum, Spanish instruction in every grade, monthly computer - based assessments, and a whopping 90 minutes of professional development time for each teacher, every day.

So every year, at least 800,000 teachers in the U.S. are chronically absent, meaning they miss about 9 million days of school between them, resulting in roughly 1 billion instances in which a kid comes to class to find that his or her time is, more often than not, being wasted (or if you prefer, about a billion hours of wasted class time, since students in the early grades don't have «periods»).

For the past three years, I have worked as a sixth - and seventh - grade math teacher in Brooklyn, N.Y. I have had two value - added scores published on the New York Times SchoolBook website which received the scores from the New York City Department of Education through a Freedom of Information Act request.

They're an earnest bunch and they offer an attractive, teacher - friendly, alternative vision to the data - obsessed ed reform triumphalism that has the firm upper hand in education at present, yet too often defines well - educated as «reads on grade level and graduates on time.»

Similarly, teachers who act as instructors will still need to spend time examining their students» work and the grades that assessors assign in order to understand their students» needs and adjust their instruction accordingly.

«Here's the story on historical fiction in my classroom: It illuminates time periods, helps me integrate the curriculum, and enriches social studies,» says Tarry Lindquist, a fifth - grade teacher on Mercer Island, Washington, who was recognized by the National Council for the Social Studies as National Elementary Teacher of thteacher on Mercer Island, Washington, who was recognized by the National Council for the Social Studies as National Elementary Teacher of thTeacher of the Year.

Whenever possible, Mink tries to schedule specials so two teachers in the same grade level are free at the same time so they can meet to plan.

Teachers are expected to track student data, integrate technology, map their teaching to standards and be familiar with the diverse ways in which their students learn, while also doing daily things like taking attendance, getting students to lunch on time, tying shoes, resolving conflict, grading homework, and all the while making sure that all of their students learn.

According to faculty at JSIS, full - time, native - speaking teachers and instructional assistants in immersion classrooms play an important role in the success of the international school model, particularly in the younger grades.

Cambridge, MA — A new study finds that 8th grade students in the U.S. score higher on standardized tests in math and science when their teachers allocate greater amounts of class time to lecture - style presentations than to group problem - solving activities.

In practice, this means that high school teachers will set the «college - ready» bar every time they give students a grade of B - minus or better.

After twenty years in journalism, including senior positions at TIME and BusinessWeek, Robert became a fifth - grade teacher at a struggling South Bronx public school in 2002.

The methodology in this classroom in the Volksschule Spiss, a primary K - 4 school, is a necessity: There are only eight children in the isolated village's school, and Klingenschmid, as the only full - time teacher, must instruct all grades with a system of short, direct teaching intervals in various subjects.

During this time, in addition to other grades, I was also relieving a number of Prep and Grade 1 teachers.

First and most obvious, we've organized the entire, massive K — 12 system around an age - based, grade - level, 180 - days - per - year calendar; around mostly self - contained and generally low - tech classrooms; and around a pedagogical model centered on a single teacher teaching a uniform curriculum to twenty to thirty children for a prescribed amount of time each day, children who don't have much in common except that they're more or less the same age and (usually) live in pretty much the same community.

«I think there is some sort of age - old comfort in «story time,» something about the teacher reading a story,» eighth - grade teacher Holly Sessions told Education World.

Grading Teachers, With Data From Class New York Times, 9/3/14 Panorama has also invested heavily in improving survey science.

When I was a junior in high school, our teacher's union declared an order for all the teachers in the district: they were to «work to rule,» which meant that they would not spend any time beyond the 40 hours indicated in their contract helping students or grading assignments.

Grades: Professional, Parents A Book in Time was written by teacher Carol Henderson for other teachers.

Ranked as one of the top five innovative nations in The Global Innovation Index, Sweden has taken a much more hard hitting approach, embracing technology — specifically digital assessment and grading solutions — to reduce teacher workload and free up time for all important teacher - learner discussion and engagement.

I recall my third - grade teacher — a conscientious young woman, twenty - five or so, and probably in her second or third year of teaching at the time.