Sentences with phrase «well as middle school teachers»

Employment for kindergarten and elementary teachers as well as middle school teachers is projected to grow 12 percent, which is only slightly better than for all occupations.

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The autism wing at Double Churches Middle School was expanded to include five full Marcus Model classrooms as well as three additional full - time teachers and six paraprofessionals.

For lawmakers to truly curb government spending across New York State they need to get public school teacher and administrator salaries, as well as the five - and six - figure payouts many of them receive upon retiring, back into the realm of what's normal for middle - income earners.

As part of an unusual study, Philip Sadler, the Frances W. Wright Senior Lecturer in the Department of Astronomy, and colleagues tested 181 middle school physical science teachers and nearly 10,000 of their students, and showed that while most of the teachers were well - versed in their subject, those better able to predict their students» wrong answers on standardized tests helped students learn the most.

As part of an unusual study, Sadler and colleagues tested 181 middle school physical science teachers and nearly 10,000 of their students, and showed that while most of the teachers were well - versed in their subject, those better able to predict their students» wrong answers on standardized tests helped students learn the most.

At the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, for example, mathematics educator Jim Lewis has developed The Mathematics Semester — a concentration of pedagogy and mathematics courses for undergraduates preparing to be elementary school teachers — as well as Math in the Middle, a graduate program for middle - school math teaMiddle, a graduate program for middle - school math teamiddle - school math teachers.

Teachers in middle and junior high schools may differ as well, both in their knowledge of whole child development and their experience of professional support and satisfaction.

The Laboratory's education arm also includes a graduate school and programs for undergraduates as well as middle and high school students and teachers.

In 2012 over 3,026 high school and middle school students and 265 teachers participated in BTI programs including summer institutes, workshops, classroom experiments and activities as well as presentations and tour at BTI.

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This will be done by eliminating high school sports, Advanced Placement programs, middle school guidance counselors, the jobs of several dozen teachers, and music for grades 1 - 3 — as well as closing elementary, middle, and high schools.

Similarly, in a case study of four middle school math teachers who participated in a yearlong series of ten video club meetings to reflect on their classrooms, teachers in the video club «came to use video not as a resource for evaluating each other's practices, but rather as a resource for trying to better understand the process of teaching and learning» in a supportive, nonthreatening setting (Sherin and Han, 2004).

Taillefer began as a Match Corps tutor in the second cohort and went on to be director of development as well as a math teacher and dean of students at Match Middle School and Match High School.

The ruling by District Judge John W. Coughlin in Denver was a victory for the state's charter law as well as for the proposed Thurgood Marshall Middle School, which is being spearheaded by Cordia Booth, a longtime teacher in the public schools.

As a middle school English teacher, I know all too well how common it is to meet students who have difficulty receiving constructive criticism.

Excerpted from my book, «Tween Crayons and Curfews: Tips for Middle School Teachers, these posts are boiled down versions of my chapter on the «tween brain in the hopes that we not only increase our own knowledge of our clientele, but share that knowledge with them as well.

Lesson plans are available for elementary, middle school and secondary as well as related teacher resources.

The report, scheduled for release this week, examines racial patterns in the aspirations and motivations of middle and high school students, as well as their feelings toward teachers and the role that peer pressure plays in their academic aspirations.

Using students» test scores as one part of evaluations for teachers, principals, and superintendents is associated with better academic performance at schools serving the middle grades, a report released this week has found.

A student in the middle grades may now have as many as five teachers, none of which know her well — one of the reasons big schools, other things being equal, tend to perform less well than others.

«The format was introduced by Walter McKenzie, creator of The One And Only Surfaquarium, who conducted a WebQuest workshop for the teachers at our school as well as teachers at the Academy for the Middle Years, a nearby public school.

As such, this extraordinarily well - written book serves as a searing reminder of the challenges implicit in a teacher's life, especially at the middle school leveAs such, this extraordinarily well - written book serves as a searing reminder of the challenges implicit in a teacher's life, especially at the middle school leveas a searing reminder of the challenges implicit in a teacher's life, especially at the middle school level.

Teachers will find standards - based lesson plans for high school, middle school, and elementary school students, as well as articles, essays, and more.

She markets the publication to teachers of English as a second language at middle and high schools, as well as for adult programs.

I have heard from his teachers and principal at Annapolis, Maryland's Wiley H. Bates Middle School about the academic benefits of arts integration, how various forms of artistic expression (PDF) are employed to learn math and science as well as language arts.

For the 17 students at St. Johnsbury, as well as other elementary school and middle school students across the nation whose teachers have been deployed to the Middle East, someone has left who not only taught them but also bonded withmiddle school students across the nation whose teachers have been deployed to the Middle East, someone has left who not only taught them but also bonded withMiddle East, someone has left who not only taught them but also bonded with them.

Middle school principal Yesenia Cordova has data from Texas» statewide accountability tests, the district's own system, and the weekly common assessments that are benchmarked to the state tests, as well as marks given by classroom teachers on homework and quizzes.

The case is designed for teachers and school leaders, as well as for parents and for middle and high school students themselves, to encourage nuanced conversations about the many pedagogical, ethical, and civic issues at play.

Economists from Harvard and Columbia studied 2.5 million people for over 20 years and concluded that those who had good teachers in elementary and middle school earned more money as adults than peers who did not.

An experienced educator, administrator, and curriculum designer, he has taught elementary, middle, and high school students in public and private schools, as well as community college and teacher preparation courses.

Universalizing access to public preschool, besides being very expensive for taxpayers, amounts to a huge windfall for public schools (and their teacher unions), as well as for middle class families and communities that have already found ways of obtaining it for their kids.

The Institute of Education Sciences (IES) published «Achievement Effects of Four Early Elementary School Math Curricula: Findings for First and Second Graders,» as well as first - year findings of an ongoing study of professional development for middle - school math teaSchool Math Curricula: Findings for First and Second Graders,» as well as first - year findings of an ongoing study of professional development for middle - school math teaschool math teachers.

But once she began working as a middle school teacher in Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), she started to see the larger problems that existed in education at the system level, some of which affected her ability to be the best teschool teacher in Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), she started to see the larger problems that existed in education at the system level, some of which affected her ability to be the best teSchool District (LAUSD), she started to see the larger problems that existed in education at the system level, some of which affected her ability to be the best teacher.

All of the investigations are designed to deepen teachers understanding of mathematics concepts related to the middle school curriculum and are aligned to the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) standards as well as the Georgia Performance Standardteachers understanding of mathematics concepts related to the middle school curriculum and are aligned to the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) standards as well as the Georgia Performance StandardTeachers of Mathematics (NCTM) standards as well as the Georgia Performance Standards (GPS).

The article covers efforts to improve academic achievement at the Robert P. Hernandez Middle School, a Title I school in Round Rock, Texas, by focusing on teacher collaboration as well as social - emotional leaSchool, a Title I school in Round Rock, Texas, by focusing on teacher collaboration as well as social - emotional leaschool in Round Rock, Texas, by focusing on teacher collaboration as well as social - emotional learning.

For good or ill, elementary teachers can have a major effect on individual children, while middle - and high - school teachers see more students less often, affecting four or five times as many students in a less time - intensive, more subject - specific way.

In middle school, major subjects are departmentalized, and the student has a world language and a special each day, as well as homeroom handled by one of the core teachers.

«I know well as a teacher that if I have five or 10 fewer students, it makes a huge difference with what I can do with kids,» said Duncan Clarke, a Washington Middle School teacher, who added that smaller classes have an effect on teachers as well as students.

Mr. McNeill has been an ELA teacher for a high school in Arlington as well as summer schools in both Boston (elementary) and Cambridge (middle school).

Findings of this research will be available over the coming year in peer - reviewed papers but also in professional teacher journals and education magazines — I will also share more of this work with schools in workshops and at some upcoming conferences in February and August; in 2017 more NSW primary schools will come on board as well as several Victorian schools — the teams in these schools will use HPC for STEM in a project that targets the middle years.

Like many teachers, Amundson had doubts about how well her grades reflected students» true knowledge and abilities when she used traditional practices as a middle school math teacher.

As a presenter and workshop attendee, I love to ask dedicated middle school educators about what creative measures they take with their schedules to help students learn and demonstrate learning at higher levels as well as help teachers continue to groAs a presenter and workshop attendee, I love to ask dedicated middle school educators about what creative measures they take with their schedules to help students learn and demonstrate learning at higher levels as well as help teachers continue to groas well as help teachers continue to groas help teachers continue to grow.

As two middle school girls lead a visitor around their school — describing its extracurriculars, teachers, and students with evident pride — one explains that although they live in different neighborhoods in New York City, «now we're best friends!»

Meadow Park Middle School chose to use individualized language acquisition plans for all English learner students as a way to track their specific learning needs, as well as help content - area and ELL teachers stay on the same page.

«At a time when we as a society are concerned about the mental wellbeing of our pupils, middle schools offer pupils a bridge between the world of primary and secondary schools within a relatively small setting where they are well known and form positive relationships with their teachers,» he said.

She presents public lectures on her work for LSST and occasionally works with Brookhaven's Office of Education Programs where she gives astronomy - related talks for middle and high school students, as well as science teachers.

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My very best moment as a teacher was at Open House when one of my students, a middle schooler who had been in school for 10 years and was a non-reader, proudly stood at the SmartBoard and showed his mother the illustration he had done for a story we read, and read the text that went with it.

Mayor Villaraigosa was joined today by LAUSD Deputy Superintendent John Deasy, Board Member Yolie Flores, lawyers from the ACLU - SC, Public Counsel, and Morrison & Foerster, LLP, as well as teachers from Gompers Middle School to discuss the details of the settlement agreement in Reed v. State of California, et al., a class action suit that claimed the plaintiffs» constitutional rights to a quality education was being violated by the disproportionate impact of teacher layoff at their schools.

Potential elementary school teachers in 21 states take the same test for licensure — the Praxis Principles of Learning & Teaching exam — with a possible score range of 100 to 200.11 Teachers in Iowa must earn a scaled score of 167 to pass, while teachers in Alabama pass with a scaled score of just 145.12 The average performance range — defined as the range of scaled scores earned by the middle 50 percent of the examinees — is 168 to 182; both Iowa's and Alabama's cut scores were well below the median score oteachers in 21 states take the same test for licensure — the Praxis Principles of Learning & Teaching exam — with a possible score range of 100 to 200.11 Teachers in Iowa must earn a scaled score of 167 to pass, while teachers in Alabama pass with a scaled score of just 145.12 The average performance range — defined as the range of scaled scores earned by the middle 50 percent of the examinees — is 168 to 182; both Iowa's and Alabama's cut scores were well below the median score oTeachers in Iowa must earn a scaled score of 167 to pass, while teachers in Alabama pass with a scaled score of just 145.12 The average performance range — defined as the range of scaled scores earned by the middle 50 percent of the examinees — is 168 to 182; both Iowa's and Alabama's cut scores were well below the median score oteachers in Alabama pass with a scaled score of just 145.12 The average performance range — defined as the range of scaled scores earned by the middle 50 percent of the examinees — is 168 to 182; both Iowa's and Alabama's cut scores were well below the median score of 176.13