Sentences with phrase «which teachers serve»

There are a variety of quality improvement teams on which teachers serve.

This book has a lot of good strategies for helping students do hands - on activities in which teachers serve as facilitators.

Using the NY State Assessments in evaluations allows us to meaningfully compare teacher performance statewide, which helps policymakers know which students need help or which teachers serving particular student subgroups may need additional support.

Not exact matches

A student and a teacher all his life, he lived by solid family values, which he extended to his employees, his friends, and to the community he served.

• You are serving in a medical or dental internship or residency program and meet requirements • The total amount you owe each month is 20 % or more of your total monthly gross income, for up to three years • You are serving in an AmeriCorps position for which you received a national service award • You are performing teaching service that would qualify you for teacher loan forgiveness • You qualify for partial repayment of your loans under the U.S. Department of Defense Student Loan Repayment Program • You are a member of the National Guard and have been activated by a governor, but you are not eligible for military deferment

Yeshivat Har Etzion founded an affiliated teacher's college and women's program, each of which served as a model for similar initiatives in other Hesder yeshivot.

For the first contemporary, the life of the Teacher was merely an historical event; for the second, the Teacher served as an occasion by which he came to an understanding of himself, and he will be able to forget the Teacher (Chapter I).

Jeremy, if you have chosen to be a spiritual teacher or religious leader you must bring fresh teachings to the generation in which you serve.

It serves little purpose to examine the Sistine Chapel ceiling with a microscope or to read a play of Shakespeare with minute analysis of phrases (which practice prompted Whitehead to call for teachers of English to be «prosecuted for soul murder»).

They regard teachers as partners in inquiry with their students, the main difference being the greater experience of the former, because of which they can serve as «resource persons» in the learning process.

Those of the twice - born castes were to begin early the study of the Vedas, which meant to live in the home of a teacher and serve him while learning the wisdom of the sacred texts.

In this manner the Teacher thrusts the learner away from him, precisely by serving as a reminder; only that the learner, in thus being thrust back upon himself, does not discover that he knew the Truth already, but discovers his Error; with respect to which act of consciousness the Socratic principle holds, that the Teacher is merely an occasion whoever he may be, even if he is a God.

If the Teacher serves as an occasion by means of which the learner is reminded, he can not help the learner to recall that he really knows the Truth; for the learner is in a state of Error.

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.

This year's Conference features keynote speaker Linda Williams, Ed.D., who served as a class teacher at the Detroit Waldorf School from 1987 - 1992, after which she taught grades 1 - 3 at the public Urban Waldorf School in Milwaukee.

Our children are our teachers; they show us the areas in which we can nurture and grow, and they invite us to recognize our beliefs that no longer serve us.

This difficult, but forward - thinking, reorganization, which was completed in January 2010, allowed for a leaner, yet stronger Sunbridge to emerge, one with a highly - keened focus of serving the Waldorf school movement through well - regarded, low - residency teacher education programs and a comprehensive roster of short - term courses and workshops.

(If you don't have a kid in US public school and don't know why lunches would be disgusting, read the blog http://fedupwithschoollunch.blogspot.com/ in which a public school teacher photographed and ate everything the kids were served since the beginning of the year.

I believe we can and do all agree on two points: 1) really, no one — not teachers, not other parents, and not school staff should be feeding our kids things we don't want them to eat or which could harm them (particularly at younger ages) and 2) that there is much too much unhealthy food being served way too often in schools.

I work on a wide variety of programming which serves middle and high school - aged students, middle school teachers, and undergraduates.

Teachers like the program, but found challenges in distributing reimbursable meals, prompting Hodge to move to an offer - versus - serve format which has proven very popular.

«I am told that the University of Education, Winneba, currently serves as the only university in the West African sub region which has the mandate and capacity to train teachers in technical and vocational education through competency - based training (CBT).

The membership of serving teachers determines national policy, which is implemented by those elected to represent them.

The new ability of New York charter schools to set aside seats for employees» children drew fire from the United Federation of Teachers, which said such «nepotism» defied charters» stated goals of serving the neediest children.

In order to ensure that the best teachers are hired and retained in the classrooms in which they are needed most, he proposed offering full tuition as an incentive to top CUNY and SUNY students who pledge in return to serve as public school teachers for a minimum of 5 years.

She worked as a bilingual teacher and served as principal of IS 218 in Washington Heights, and was later named superintendent of School District 8 in the Bronx, which includes some of the city's poorest neighborhoods.

That ad, which served as the basis for Wednesday's rally, accused de Blasio of blocking access to charter schools for minority students, and FES was left defending its merits after some critics — many aligned with local teachers» unions — accused it of «race - baiting.»

The United Federation of Teachers» delegate assembly also passed a resolution saying Bloomberg has «thwarted the intent of mayoral control of New York City schools, and created a controversy which ill serves New York City public schools.»

Cuomo said school teachers are not equipped to deal with gang violence, which reinforces the need for a police presence that can work with educators to identify early warning signs of gang activity, interact with students, instructors and the community, and serve as a needed resource.

At the event, Jones, who serves as Franklin County Chairman, introduced his education platform, which includes increasing state aid to public schools and the elimination of the Common Core, which he said places teachers and students in high - pressure environments with «high stakes» testing.

Since its inception in 2012, the RET program has served 22 teachers, which translates to over 2,800 students who have been taught neural engineering.

I served as a lead teacher for Bent On Learning for 6 years, which gave me the pleasure of teaching Yoga to children from ages 4 to 18, through out the NYC Public School System.

Distinguished math and science faculty from Harvard College will assist in the development of the case studies, which will serve as the basis of a course that will be offered tuition - free to teachers from the partner districts.

Across all four districts, which together serve more than 465,000 students, the researchers found new elementary teachers were assigned students who had performed.1 to.3 of a standard deviation below their peers who were assigned to teachers with four years of experience or more — meaning that these students were about three to nine months of schooling behind their classmates.

In addition, the working conditions in urban schools serving low - income children are likely to be rigid, rule - bound, and unpleasant, none of which facilitates enthusiasm among teachers or fosters academic learning.

As students generate their questions, project ideas, and products for learning, teachers must align their work to standards and outcomes, which means that teachers need to know their standards deeply in order to serve as translators of students» personalized projects to the standards.

With teacher burnout on the rise, which perspective serves you better in the long run?

When teachers regularly check for understanding in the classroom, students become increasingly aware of monitoring their own understanding, which serves as a model of good study skills.

However, unlike vesting periods, which apply universally, most states adjust their retirement ages based on how long a teacher has served.

This view of a teacher's role as transformational is not wrong, as teachers often serve as the means by which children overcome challenges inherent in their backgrounds.

In theory, they provide a generous and secure pot of gold at the end of a teacher's career, which serves as an incentive to stay on the job.

The availability of those and other online tools, as well as the growing technical sophistication of teachers, provides the potential for a new type of learning environment, in which the global network serves as a work space for students — not merely a fancy encyclopedia.

Opportunity Culture models redesign jobs to extend the reach of excellent teachers to more students, for more pay, within budget — typically in collaborative teams on which all teachers can pursue instructional excellence together and are formally accountable for all of the students they serve.

Especially, she says, whether teachers will have the resources they need to be able to serve their students, particularly in schools in which poverty is an issue.

The study, which is scheduled to be published next year, «shows how an often - discussed phenomenon — that schools serving poor children get less qualified teachers than schools in the same district serving more advantaged children — is hard - wired...

Now I serve as education strategist for the organization, which includes directing two key parts of their agenda: creating an app that will work for a teacher distribution channel like EdModo, and deepening the feedback model that is a core part of the application and platform.

While not always scintillating, a trio of science teachers, Mr. Bryant, Ms. Albrecht, and Mr. Lawler, gave students a real appreciation for the scientific method, which served me well years later as a researcher.

The College Prep English department uses a variety of practices to promote discussion - based teaching, including the Harkness Method, in which the role of the teacher in facilitating discussion is to serve «mostly as an observer,» and act as little as possible.

I began to think about changing the system in which I was working and the way it served students, parents, and teachers.

Because online learning scales naturally, the good programs about which Cuban writes can theoretically serve millions of students and aid millions of teachers.