Sentences with phrase «value teachers as»

All who value teachers as leaders are welcome to join.

Moreover, the Akatu's education program values the teacher as a leading agent of social transformation through education of children and adolescents through the transmission of new values, new concepts and new practices where the school environment acts as a space host of this process.

Giroux rejects absolutism when it comes to empirical knowledge, but he is more dogmatic with regard to the values teachers as transformative intellectuals are supposed to cultivate.

KIPP Metro Atlanta Schools values teachers as professionals.

This collaboration focuses on the process of thinking and learning among teachers, creates a common thread that brings staff together, and values the teacher as the instructional decision - maker within the classroom, resulting in significant improvement in teacher practice and an increased desire to continue to grow professionally.

«I was so inspired by the company at the outset, excited to be in a private organization that truly valued teachers as 21st century knowledge workers.

MPA received funding to provide teachers with materials and supply budgets to cover «the little things» — markers, paper, binder clips, as well as books, equipment for science experiments, and journals — in order to design quality daily lessons for students, while valuing teachers as professionals by providing needed classroom supplies and materials.

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«Teachers have a responsibility as leaders to create an environment and culture where young people feel valued.

While pensions are not nearly as common as they once were, they are a very important part of the retirement plans for many of society's most valued workers: teachers, police officers, fire fighters and more!

I have watched so many small colleges sucked down the drain by specious appeals to «liberal values» and «top drawer scholarship,» as though one can not find excellent teachers who are also Christians.

Vocational advisement, if it is to be of real educational value, should consist not in one or a few interviews on entering or leaving school, but in a continuing dialogue between the student and his parents and teachers in all fields as well as with professional guidance officers.

One of these is the desire to safeguard the student by demanding of the teacher an illusory objectivity, as if the teacher had no commitment to a certain field of knowledge, to a method of approaching this field, and to a set of attitudes and value assumptions which are embodied in the questions which he raises.

This principle of value in and for itself is violated when what are termed liberal studies (and what may be so for other students) are pursued for the purpose of becoming a professional in liberal learning (as scholar and teacher).

Depending on which figures one adopts, some 40 per cent of the population is below the poverty line (defined here as the inability to get access to 2,200 calories per day) Once the facts are acknowledged, teachers say, the appropriate value responses must still be discussed.

Several of the teachers of values education believe that only a Christian perspective can renew the foundations of public morality — even in a Hindu context — just as it was the encounter with Christianity that prompted Gandhi (and many of his generation) to revise the dominant understanding of Hinduism.

Even if, as individuals, teachers see the value of the change, they know the price they are paying with respect to their career.

Responsible theological teachers did not take at their face value the pictures of heaven which were found in hymnody, nor did they regard the somewhat extraordinary set of images in Revelation as being an exact representation — indeed, these images, laden with Jewish eschatological conceptions of the nature of the Kingdom of God when there should be «a new heaven and a new earth» were sometimes felt to be slightly embarrassing.

Join a faith community in which women are valued as teachers and leaders.

For if we, the teachers, can't fit the forcibly divorced domains of real fact / imaginary value, actual causes / fanciful ideals, feeling / form, concrete / abstract, together, how do we expect our students, shuttled between worlds without transition as they flow between classrooms through school corridors, to do the job?

As well, despite attending Catholic schools, the indoctrination factor was minimal; apparently, looking back my particular school was one of the first to fall under the shadow of those encroaching secular values... less habits and collars, more suits and cute young teachers to have a crush on

The creole cooks, imbued with principles of French thrift, and adroit as their teachers, quickly discovered the intrinsical value of small essentials to proper food - seasoning, and to the judicious employment of these they have become indebted, in no small degree, for acknowledged proficiency in the attainment of most gratifying results.

The following principles guide and define our approach to learning and teaching: • Every child is capable and competent • Children learn through play, investigation, inquiry and exploration • Children and adults learn and play in reciprocal relationships with peers, family members, and teachers • Adults recognize the many ways in which children approach learning and relationships, express themselves, and represent what they are coming to know • Process is valued, acknowledged, supported, nurtured and studied • Documentation of learning processes acts as memory, assessment, and advocacy • The indoor and outdoor environments, and natural spaces, transform, inform, and provoke thinking and learning • School is a place grounded in the pursuit of social justice, social responsibility, human dignity and respect for all THE CREFELD SCHOOL 8836 Crefeld Street Philadelphia, PA 19118 215-242-5545 www.crefeld.org 7th - 12th grade The Crefeld School is a small, independent, coeducational school, serving approximately 100 students in grades 7 - 12.

As a therapist who has taught on the national level for over a decade to families and childcare organizations like Parents As Teachers, First Steps, Children's Hope International, and more about the value of attachment, I knew that truly gentle sleep support for parents was hard to come by and too often attached to a big price tag (from $ 50 to sometimes $ 350 for private coaching, site memberships, books / videos, etc).

Promote the parent as the child's first most important teacher for helping children not only acquire necessary academic skills and knowledge as well as teaching and sharing values, encouraging and supporting creativity and fostering curiosity and a love for learning.

Just as it is with teachers, social workers or store managers, midwives have to keep themselves from inserting their own personal opinions — or value judgments.

Through constructive endeavour we have agreed a package of measures that values the professionalism of teachers and supports their continued commitment to as they to deliver the highest standards of education for children and young people in Jersey.»

«Worsening the real and relative value of teachers» pay will reduce the attraction of teaching as a career, damaging this vital profession and our economic prospects.»

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Research indicates that any Value Added Measure (VAM) that utilizes one measurement to an inordinate level such as the 50 % suggested by the Governor is ineffective in correlating a teacher's effectiveness as it relates to student learning.

He said the teachers were also aware of the mode of teaching the religion and national values curriculum as distinct subjects on the timetable.

Moreover, as recently as January, the New York City teacher pension fund divested holdings in five publicly traded firearms manufacturers, for investments valued at $ 13.5 million.

Participants took part in a real - time electronic poll which explored their views on a series of issues relating to their profession: Among the results were: over three quarters of BME teachers considered themselves to be ambitious, yet stated they are being held back by racial discrimination, and the attitude of senior colleagues; nearly two - thirds (62 %) of BME teachers felt their school or college was not seriously committed to addressing their professional development needs and aspirations; 63 % of BME teachers said their employers were not committed to ensuring their mental and physical wellbeing at work, with workload cited as the single most negative factor impacting on their wellbeing; the vast majority of BME teachers felt the Government does not respect and value teachers and does not understand the day to day realities of teaching (99 %); three quarters of BME teachers said they were not confident that their headteacher will make professional and fair decisions regarding their future pay.

suggests that class size reduction policies are not the best option in terms of value for money to raising pupil attainment, compared to others such as increasing teacher effectiveness.

Value - added methods and measurements are also being utilized in education as part of a national movement towards teacher evaluation and accountability in the United States.

Take some time to think about how to assess your students, because assessment is the clearest indication of what you value as a teacher.

Another candidate stressed the core value of «relentless pursuit of results» by saying he «demonstrated impressive results as a classroom teacher, with his students tripling the average state science scores expected.»

An outstanding scientist, he had spent almost his entire career at Stanford, where he was renowned as irreverent, creative and unpretentious and as a leader, scholar and teacher with high values and standards.

While targeting postures towards specific issues has obvious value, yoga, as any teacher knows, works its true magic holistically, multi-dimensionally, and unpredictably.

EPS is committed to teaching and upholding the values and ethics of Kundalini Yoga Teachers, KRI Teacher Trainers, and SDI Ministers, as taught by Siri Singh Sahib Yogi Bhajan.

It's challenging for me to find a moment to relax, yet as a yoga teacher, I've learned firsthand the irreplaceable value of quieting the body and mind.

Ronnie is a public speaker and teacher, a published author of multiple books, hosts of two popular podcasts, a transformation and peak performance coach, and above all else a man who deeply values life and has devoted his life to uplifting and inspiring the lives of as many people as he can reach through his mission, his work, and his message.

The school has been facilitating Pure Edge mindfulness - based practices, such as «brain breaks,» which offer an oasis for kids and teachers, allowing them to foster self - value and resilience.

There's a good chance that you have someone — such as a pastor or teacher — whose opinions and perspectives you place a lot of value in.

I have to say that as a Biology teacher I am very disconcerted at the non-educational value of non-anatomically correct dolls.

02 «Value,» the sixth episode of Donald Glover's extraordinary first season of Atlanta, opens with an extended showcase scene of friendly rivalry between the luminous Zazie Beetz (as long - suffering public school teacher Van) and one - episode wonder Aubin Wise (as her childhood pal, now an «Instagram escort»).

Some school leaders and classroom teachers may not believe in the value of independent, for - pleasure reading, or that kids can read for as long as they truly can.

Critics of value - added measures frequently cite year - to - year volatility as a primary reason for not using such measures for evaluating individual teachers.

Growth mindset teachers see the challenge as an opportunity for students to learn when their efforts and mistakes are highly valued.

Whether they comprise a brief adjunct to a lesson or the heart of a unit, hypos work as an easy - to - plan, high - value instructional method that I encourage fellow teachers to try more often.

For many purposes, such as tenure or retention decisions, it is not the «year to year» correlation that matters, but the «year - to - career» — that is, the degree to which a single year's value - added measure would provide information about a teacher's likely impact on students over their future careers.