Sentences with phrase «which teaches middle school»

From 1998 to 2000, he was a member of the ACE Service Through Teaching program, in which he taught middle school English and Religion at Holy Rosary School in Shreveport, Louisiana.

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Larry Bird chose my high school to do his student teaching after the ISU Sycamores run to the NCAA championship game and several of us from orchestra kids got to shoot around with him at what would have been our fourth hour orchestra class which was delayed half an hour for one semester while the teacher had younger students from the new middle school built together with the high.

He taught at Levy Middle School, which has since been closed, as well as Corcoran High School and Clary Middle School.

Project 2061, a long - term AAAS initiative to increase literacy in science, mathematics, and technology, has released an outline for its Green Schools Energy Curriculum, which utilizes real - time data on energy generation and consumption from green school buildings to teach middle school students...

Cognitive research has advanced understanding of children's scientific thinking, which informs how to teach science from preschool to middle school.

Project 2061, a long - term AAAS initiative to increase literacy in science, mathematics, and technology, has released an outline for its Green Schools Energy Curriculum, which utilizes real - time data on energy generation and consumption from green school buildings to teach middle school students the science of energy.

Dating is a stage of romantic relationships in humans whereby two people meet socially with the aim of each assessing the other's suitability as a Geology Labs On - Line was initiated in 1999 to develop Web - based activities which enhance the learning and teaching of earth science from middle school

Santa Claus and Newton's Three Laws of Motion Leigh O. Cody, who teaches at Needwood Middle School in Brunswick, Georgia, submitted this week's lesson in which students decide which of Newton's Three Laws of Motion applies to each of three Santa scenarios.

High school exit exams, which are required by nearly half the states, measure skills that students are usually taught in middle school or the first year of high school.

Linda Howard, for example, a sixth - grade English teacher at Morton Middle School in Fall River, Mass., describes her experience teaching in a model in which students rotate between working online and face - to - face: «I get to work with small groups a lot more.

In Ohio, Dungan's daughter had been enrolled at the alternative school at which she had taught, but, having moved in the middle of the school year, there was little time to do research into the options in their new city.

That question had followed him through his education career, which began as a middle school English Language Arts teacher in Baltimore under Teach For America to his time as an assistant principal in a Greenville middle school.

According to the three - year study, which is being conducted by the Santa Monica, Calif. - based RAND Corp., majorities of elementary and middle school science and math teachers in all three states report in surveys that they are making positive changes in the classroom by focusing on their states» academic standards or searching for better teaching methods.

Filling in the Holes, 20 Years Later Glenda Smith, who teaches at Glenpool (Oklahoma) Middle School, submitted this week's lesson in which students draw conclusions about what the main characters in Louis Sachar's Holes will be doing 20 years into the future.

Says Jodee Rose, a former art and math teacher who developed a middle school lesson plan for teaching the method, «It's low tech, but it's high tech ideas, because it's working through computer language, which kids are going to need to learn eventually.»

Drawing a «Life Map» Lindsay Bigham, who teaches at Liberty (South Carolina) Middle School, submitted this lesson in which students create «life maps» of their lives.

Packing Nouns Sharlene McIntyre, who teaches at Arthur Williams Middle School in Jesup, Georgia, submitted this lesson, which reinforces students» knowledge of nouns.

Here is a recent video which shows a once failing middle school in Charlotte, North Carolina, that invested in research - based teaching strategies and is now on the rise.

First, the technological changes and globalization that have fueled inequality have also increased the skills required for good jobs — which means that schools need to teach higher - level skills if their graduates are to secure jobs that pay middle - class wages.

Perplexing Puzzles Melissa Thomas, who teaches at Dacula (Georgia) Middle School, submitted this lesson in which students graph the number of pieces of a puzzle put together at 5 - minute intervals.

Find the Mean, Median, and Range (A Mathematical Game) Melba Smithwick, who teaches at Paul R. Haas Middle School in Corpus Christi, Texas, submitted this lesson in which students use playing cards to reinforce finding the mean, median, and range of data.

Sports and Hobby Math Melissa Thomas, who teaches at Dacula (Georgia) Middle School, submitted this lesson, in which students write about ways in which they use math in a favorite sport or hobby.

She taught math in traditional public middle and high schools for ten years, has provided instruction in math pedagogy, and is the director of the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) Teacher Education Program, which she founded in 1984.

Teaching English as a second language to Houston middle schoolers helped to prepare Greenhill, a Vassar grad, for his current role as chief of staff to the mayor of Tucson, Arizona, which is more than a third Hispanic.

To be considered highly qualified as a middle or secondary school teacher who is new to the profession, you must also have demonstrated a high level of competency in each of the academic subjects in which you teach.

Okema Owens Simpson, the sixth - grade multi-classroom leader for English language arts at Ranson IB Middle School in Charlotte, N.C, guides viewers through several typical days in which she provides what her teaching team needs most: daily coaching; lesson planning; practice in delivering lessons; data analysis; co-teaching or modeling lessons; and pulling out small student groups for intensive help.

We'll use Facing History's approach for teaching literary texts to middle and high school students, which weaves in rich primary sources and historical background for teaching fiction and memoir.

Neither middle class or poor parents should have fewer or no choices in the array of schools whose teaching and curricula are critical to the futures of their children and communities, than in restaurants to which they should never have to go.

We actually teach geometry and Algebra II, which is not common for middle schools.»

Using evaluations to strengthen teaching is part of the fabric of the school at DC Preparatory Academy, which serves 275 middle school students in northeastern Washington, D.C..

We have just released our latest calculations in the Opportunity Culture series, which indicate that middle and high school teachers who use blended learning and lead teaching teams can earn 20 to 67 percent more, within current budgets, and without class - size increases.

That same sense of engagement can be found in the spacious math centers at William C. McGinnis Middle School in Perth Amboy, which is half - way through its first year of Teach to One Math.

The following fall, students take their second methods class, also held in a computer lab, which concentrates on writing pedagogy, and the teacher candidates concurrently practice - teach at the middle school level for 15 hours a week.

Jillian Davidson has ten years of educational experience which include teaching both middle and high school and leadership positions with School Improvement, Curriculum Council, and the District Dataschool and leadership positions with School Improvement, Curriculum Council, and the District DataSchool Improvement, Curriculum Council, and the District Data Team.

The budget continues all current programs and services and includes an additional five teaching positions, which will primarily address class size at the elementary and middle school levels.

Even «common» knowledge is knowledge that must be taught, and right now — at home and at school — far too many children from low - income homes don't have an opportunity to learn that knowledge (which is common to youth from middle - class and wealthy homes).

For these and other reasons, an extensive body of research suggests that small schools and small learning communities have the following significant advantages: • Increased student performance, along with a reduction in the achievement gap and dropout rate • A more positive school climate, including safer schools, more active student engagement, fewer disciplinary infractions, and less truancy • A more personalized learning environment in which students have the opportunity to form meaningful relationships with both adults and peers • More opportunities for teachers to gather together in professional learning communities that enhance teaching and learning • Greater parent involvement and satisfaction • Cost - efficiency Ultimately, creating successful small learning communities and small schools at the middle level increases the chances for students to be successful in high school and beyond.

-- Worked with middle school students, teaching them to tell and create folktales which illustrated themes of «rites of passage.»

After graduating, Canter taught seventh - grade English at a middle school in the Mississippi Delta, which she describes as «absolutely terrible.»

This study, produced by the Center for the Future of Teaching and Learning at WestEd, explores the connection between mathematics achievement in middle school and high school to better understand the degree to which students stay on the path toward postsecondary STEM study and, if students veer off the trajectory, to better understand when and why.

The other grant awardees are Teach Plus, which will receive a $ 90,000 grant, PUC Charter Schools, which will receive $ 105,000, Aspire Public Schools, which will receive $ 153,000, Environmental Charter Schools, which will receive $ 200,000, and Nightingale Middle School's Business Entrepreneurial Technology Magnet, which will receive $ 65,000.

The Bachelor of Arts in Middle Level Humanities is for students seeking careers in teaching English language arts and social studies (economics, history, geography, social studies and civics) in middle school, which covers grades fifth through eMiddle Level Humanities is for students seeking careers in teaching English language arts and social studies (economics, history, geography, social studies and civics) in middle school, which covers grades fifth through emiddle school, which covers grades fifth through eighth.

She spent many years teaching students with disabilities at the middle school level and has served as a special education coordinator, which involved advocating for students and families and managing IEP documents.

Alignment of dropout efforts with other SEA initiatives including the Reaching and Teaching project, which has 10 high schools and middle schools participating.

In the other study, which appears in Teachers College Record, Dunn interviewed one of her brightest former teaching candidates, Samantha Durrance, who went on to become an urban middle school teacher — only to quit after just two years in the classroom.

Tennessee also requires middle school teachers to pass the Praxis Teaching Reading: Elementary Education test, which, under the heading «reading comprehension strategies across text types,» requires teachers to know «how to select and use a variety of informational, descriptive, and persuasive materials at appropriate reading levels to promote students» comprehension of nonfiction, including content - area texts.»

Currently, Matt oversees the management and growth of RAISEup Texas at E3 Alliance, a collaborative effort to transform middle school teaching and learning which is impacting tens of thousands of middle school students in Central Texas.

Traditionally, content - area focused teachers, particularly in middle or high school, have not been trained to teach students how to access rigorous texts, including which disciplinary - specific strategies to use, how to break down and think about disciplinary text, or how to grapple with difficult questions while reading closely.

Established in 2001, MLC operates a public elementary and middle charter school in the Los Angeles Unified School District teaching a multicultural integrated curriculum, which includes dual immersion (learning curriculum in English / Spanish concurreschool in the Los Angeles Unified School District teaching a multicultural integrated curriculum, which includes dual immersion (learning curriculum in English / Spanish concurreSchool District teaching a multicultural integrated curriculum, which includes dual immersion (learning curriculum in English / Spanish concurrently).

That seems to be the conventional wisdom and has also been my experience with my book (a middle - grades novel to teach kids about 9/11)-- schools account for a big part of my sales, which run about 90/10 in favor of print.