Sentences with phrase «visit classrooms every day»

Across the country, principals and superintendents visit classrooms every day and then meet to discuss solutions.

She visits every classroom every day, which allows her to get to know the kids and give the teachers immediate feedback.

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We visited a chairless first - grade classroom where the students spent part of each day crawling along mats labeled with vocabulary words and jumping between platforms while reciting math problems.

But on visiting each of the three classrooms, I brightened — seeing the joy and hope on the girls» faces as they talked about what they loved studying (e.g., Amharic, English, science, math), what they hoped to be (e.g., pilot, doctor, engineer, driver, teacher, community mentor for BiruhTesfa), and what the best / worst parts of their days are (unanimously, best = being at school, worst = work hours).

At a school I visited in Boulder — Columbine Elementary — the beginning of the school day was moved up — from 8:30 to 8:15 — to make room for breakfast in the classroom.

Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner and Syracuse City School District Superintendent Sharon Contreras marked the first day of school with a visit to a classroom at the Dr. Weeks Elementary School on Tuesday.

In May we invited scientists, engineers, mathematicians, doctors and others to volunteer to visit classrooms as part of our three - year (that's the 1,000 days) Change the Equation program.

«If your institution is really focused on student - centered teaching and visits your classroom only once a semester, on a day that you're lecturing, then you're going to fare poorly,» Stains said.

Once four or five computers are available in every classroom and labs allow entire classes of students to visit and do research at any time during the school day, then the use of the Internet in our classes and schools will take off.

Similarly, it was helpful if my son could visit his new classroom prior to the end of the previous year if possible, or if not at least a few days before the new school year started.

Once a year, bankers, lawyers, computer executives, plumbers, and others get to step out of their offices and walk the hallways and visit the classrooms as part of PENCIL's Principal for a Day Program.

The photo shows a student showing me her iPod screen, but it should have been a photo of superintendent Jennifer Walters, who joined the classroom visit that day.

A few days ago, I visited a math teacher who was busily preparing his classroom for the start of the school year.

During the next day's morning meeting, the class would debrief together about each group's visit by sharing pictures and videos, and having a classroom discussion about their experience.

Take time to read the directions and gather supplies days before your classroom visit.

During the day, students took part in classroom experiments and then after school visited different stations to try other activities.

Food is used as a way to improve the whole school experience, such as making lunchtimes a positive feature of the day, enriching classroom learning with farm visits, and practical cooking and growing activities.

Depending on the budget for substitute teachers, you might be able to get someone to cover your classroom, even for a half - day, to visit another classroom or school.

Parents could request a waiver from these requirements, but only after their child had spent 30 days in a sheltered English - immersion classroom and only if the parent personally visited the school.

I fully understood why I had done only a few classroom walkthroughs and did not meet my observation goal of visiting each teacher's classroom every day.

Before you let your students run out the door on the last day of school, why not devote some classroom time to reinforcing summer safety rules, visiting some great vacation spots, and building a roller coaster?

«She opened up the school by making the morning announcements, visited classrooms and teachers, and also met with a group of eighth graders to discuss social issues, current events (such as Kosovo and Littleton, Colorado), and the challenges of being teenagers in this day and age.

During the day, I walk the halls and visit classrooms.

Over the past two days, I have had the opportunity to visit nearly 300 classrooms at Grafton Public Schools.

I have had the opportunity to visit more than 30 schools so far this year and don't intend to stop until my first day back in the classroom this fall.

They meet the day's ten visiting Super Subs in the auditorium for an orientation and introductions, then head to classes held in the theater, the library, and three classrooms.

The best part of Gretchen Schlies day is when she is visiting classrooms.

During a two day programme of free learning outside the classroom within walking distance of the school involving the whole of Year 7 (350 pupils), pupils developed their resilience during activities such as a hike, team building skills when participating in den building and knowledge of a local charity when visiting the lifeboat station.

Savvy administrators can meet the needs of teachers and, at the same time, set the tone for a wonderful school year by visiting classrooms those first days and weeks routinely and regularly, making sure teachers can focus on providing excellent instruction instead of having to hunt down, for example, five additional chairs or a working projector.

We often see that exposing pupils to new and novel «real world» learning experiences on an educational visit can have much more impact than a day in the classroom in helping pupils develop self - confidence and social skills.

Executives Get an Education as Principals for a Day Once a year, bankers, lawyers, computer executives, plumbers, and others get to step out of their offices and walk the hallways and visit the classrooms as part of PENCIL's Principal for a Day Program.

Following this day, the schools embarked on cross school visits where teachers observed feedback in the classrooms.

During the program, which ran from October 2013 to January 2014, Teaching Artists from the Performing Arts Center, visited 8 third and fourth grade classrooms, one day a week for 10 weeks, in two schools in Mt. Vernon City School District, and one school in Yonkers City School District.

They received quite a workout over the course of their day, visiting numerous classrooms and engaging in principals» daily routines that involved countless relationship - building activities.

Join Principal Shepherd on a visit of classrooms and learn more about the day - to - day lives of our students.

The Secretary's visit to the school will be closed press out of respect for the students and faculty who are returning to their first full day back in the classroom.

The project included research focused on the development and delivery of rigorous curriculum supported by intensive and sustained teacher professional development that included in - school coaching, peer classroom visits and content intensive STEM Academies In addition to the school day component, the project offered a STEM - focused, out - of school day program where students completed engineering - focused projects relevant to local communities.

A day later, he visited the teacher in her classroom.

When William Loskoch, Ms. Jones's principal, visited her classroom one day in December, he frequently stopped her co-teacher, Sarah Vistocco, 24, who had started at the network in May, to redirect a discussion or ask her to reinforce the rules.

Consider following the back - to - school event with a classroom - visit day so parents can see how the classroom works.

To get Hispanic, Pakistani, Vietnamese and other parents interested in visiting the school, Faison and her staff canvassed the neighborhood handing out flyers which listed open house days, free GED and adult language classes, and workshops addressing school issues like bullying and classroom discipline.

«I came into office thinking I knew everything I needed to know about the direction we needed to go with public education,» said Osmond, who served as CEO of a for - profit education company... [After] a dozen classroom visits and hundreds of emails from educators, Osmond says he came to understand the challenges public school educators face in the course of a typical day: overcrowded classrooms, outdated technology, language barriers, behavioral issues, and students who are hungry and unbathed.

«Every day in Chesterfield County, I get the opportunity to visit our amazing classrooms,» Lane said.

The number of classrooms and teachers visited during any one day depends on the priorities of the school leadership and the specific issues the Consultant needs to address.

The observation was based on board members» recent visits to college campuses, where they were told that some teacher - training programs provide a full year of classroom experience, while others provide the minimum requirement of 40 days.

After the initial on - site visit, I spent a day in the classrooms, coaching, observing, and assessing teachers to determine what would happen next.

After spending 2 - 3 half and full days in our classroom for a trial visit, we accept students who are curious learners and who are still EXCITED to learn new things.

With early childhood, the home visits were very useful in reducing separation anxiety in our youngest learners and we noticed much less upset feelings during the first few days of school, which can be difficult for children in our early childhood classrooms.

Principals can use back - to - school letters, social media, phone calls or visits from teachers, robo - calls (ideally personalized by classroom) and even text messaging to communicate about how important attendance is for student achievement and to ensure that families know when the first day of school is.

One visiting dog can visit up to three classrooms per day with no more than 25 students per classroom.