Sentences with phrase «truly values student»

As the department truly values student input (I know this concept may seem foreign to many of you), we were often asked our opinions on various issues related to the Ph.D. program.

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The top programs are able to recruit the best qualified students, provide a truly excellent educational experience, and therefore attract top recruiters who recognize the value of that experience.»

I accept Rorty's defense of the value of literature as a means of sensitizing us to the predicaments of life, but would expand upon it by reiterating my original call for a truly interdisciplinary conversation, one that includes humanists and scientists, theoreticians and practitioners, students and educators.

«Legislators are going to have to weigh which they value more: advice from hedge fund billionaires that come with checks or the concerns of students, parents and teachers about what's needed to truly improve public education.»

But it is only when our actions value others that we can build the kind of relationships with faculty, students, parents, and the larger community that will enable us to be truly successful.

«As a former Peace Corps volunteer in the Philippines, New York City teacher, licensed sea captain, and head educator of an ocean classroom prior to coming to HGSE, Timothy O'Brien is a «stealthy leader» who truly embodies the values, energy, and breadth of the Learning and Teaching (L&T) Program through his focus on student work and professional development of teachers,» says Lecturer Sally Schwager, Learning and Teaching program director.

However, the short end of it is that for students to truly value feedback, the community of the classroom needs to foster a culture of second chances and revision.

The test for us is to acquire expertise, and to assist our students to acquire expertise, in identifying, consolidating, categorising and valuing truly creative thought.

Children and teens often have a great deal of empathy for their close friends and family, but it is often harder to truly value those outside this circle of concern, especially those who are different or who may not be on their radar, such as a new student in class, someone who speaks a different language, or even someone who dresses differently.

We need to focus on developing the values of integrity, resilience, a good work ethic, and most importantly kindness in order to truly prepare our students for life ahead.»

As an example, some states show that in the past six years graduation rates for secondary students has dramatically risen from 68 % to 81 % [ii] due to Student Success programs, but the questions that rarely get asked are, do these numbers truly reflect a students» intellect, insight, understanding, values and citizenship, or is it that higher standards with lower expectations has equated to this phenomenon that claims that «Failure is not an option»?

Forms that surrender control, value the role of play, decenter schools and programs, and really, truly teach students how to think for themselves.

As students begin to use functions in the real world, more and more opportunities will present themselves, and the concept and value of functions will truly come to life.

Students in a healthy school culture, one that truly values collegiality, are part of the decision - making process.

After analyzing a truly staggering amount of data, the researchers conclude that teacher effectiveness can be measured by using «value - added» analysis of student achievement growth on standardized tests.

Since the initial MET report makes no attempt to adjust methods (especially the survey questions) to see if the stability is truly a teacher effect, the results, says Rothstein, must be considered inconclusive (the non-random assignment issue also applies to most of the report's other findings on value - added and student surveys).

If we seek to know our students and truly value them, our classrooms in turn will reflect it in practice.

Just like in games, we need to reward our students for their best work and give them multiple formative assessments that allow them to try and fail in a safe space, where mastery is truly valued.

So, a value - added score should lead us to collect additional information (e.g., more classroom observations, student surveys, portfolios) to identify truly low - performing teachers and to provide feedback to help those teachers improve.

Kassandra Reyes Vizcaino, school counselor at PS381 in Manhattan, added, «I am fortunate as a school counselor that my principal truly believes in and values social emotional learning and realizes that students, especially in struggling communities, need access to social workers and school counselors to support them.

If you truly oppose charter schools, the most impactful thing you can do is work to make public schools places where students of color, particularly low - income Black and Latinx students, feel valued, welcomed and loved.

We value teachers who truly listen to what students are saying — who create a space for students to think their way through to answers, and who praise their insights and curiosities along the way.

She truly cares for and values each individual student at Friedell and wants them to be happy and enjoy learning.

For students of color to matriculate successfully through college to return and teach means that schooling truly added value to a system that apparently rejects black and brown talent.

If the objective is not just to rank teachers and slice off those at the bottom, irrespective of accuracy, but instead to support improvement while providing evidence needed for action, this modest proposal suggests we might make more headway by allowing educators to design systems that truly add value to their knowledge of how students are learning in relation to how teachers are teaching.

Besides, if English teachers value writing as a communicative act, and if they truly want to improve students» writing, they will still need to assess students» writing personally and offer dialogic feedback to students, who will benefit not only from their teachers» specific comments but also from the human touch.

Opt for a card that truly offers value to students.

Schools are in high need of people who truly value education and students» needs.