Sentences with phrase «who taught elementary school»

Shana Frazin, who taught elementary school in California before becoming a staff developer with the Reading and Writing Project at Teachers College, says the best principals find ways to reward teachers who work harder and are more effective than others.

Teachers in Reno began each lesson by telling kids the skill they'd be learning that day, says Cathy Schmidt, who taught elementary school.

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They have two children, James, an army officer who is headed for Afghanistan as a translator of Farsi, and Caitlin, who finishes up at Washington University in St. Louis this May and then plans on serving a two - year stint teaching inner - city elementary - school kids for Teach for America.

Debra specializes in teaching reading and writing to elementary school children who are learning disabled, on the autism spectrum, have attention deficit disorders, dyslexia, and who are «twice exceptional» (gifted with learning differences).

Spunky and outgoing 6 - year - old who attends a local Christian private school where I teach elementary age children.

The Afro - Latin Jazz Alliance teachers will come to the high school to teach students like Michelle Vaez, who has not picked up an instrument since elementary school, how to play instruments.

I had been teaching and promoting science education efforts for more than 10 years, through interactions with underrepresented minority students from elementary school to postdoctoral levels, with the assistance and mentorship of caring people who extended countless opportunities to me throughout my career.

It stars French - Algerian comedian Mohamed Fellag in a decidedly non-comedic role, as Bashir Lazhar, an Algerian immigrant who takes over teaching duties in a Montreal elementary school after the previous much - beloved teacher hangs herself in the classroom.

That changes when he pursues a story pitched by journalist Thomas Gnielka (André Szymanski) about an Auschwitz SS officer who now teaches children in an elementary school.

Guest blogger Cathy Knutson, an elementary school librarian and media specialist, suggests a summer home study in digital literacy for parents who want to teach their children safe, smart Internet research skills.

Not only had she taught this woman, but also she had just endorsed graduation certification for 1,000 other elementary school teachers and knew that none of the graduates were equipped with the skills needed to help kids, like her son, who struggled with learning disabilities.

Meet Samantha, who is beginning her teaching career in an urban, multiethnic elementary school.

Libby Rhoden, who teaches gifted and talented kindergarten and elementary school students in Pasadena, Texas, also likes the Web site, especially because topics are easy to find on BiblioCat.

Among those who think that unions need to better represent the diverse views of their members are Evan Stone and Sydney Morris, former Teach For America corps members who worked for several years at the 2,000 - student P.S. 86 in the Bronx, New York's largest elementary school.

«Things were different right after the shooting — parents were at school a lot more,» said Jeanne Shirley, who teaches fifth grade at one of the county's 92 elementary schools.

The program also helps the parents who volunteer to better understand how mathematics is taught in today's elementary schools.

One assignment popular with a number of elementary school instructors helps teach children about their neighborhood by assigning them to interview people who live near them.

A mathematician I know who teaches at a small college told me that a graduate of his education school caused much embarrassment when, during the interview for a job in an elementary school, the job seeker was unable to add two fractions when asked to do so.

Anyone who has ever taught understands bathroom management in elementary school is complicated.

These students teach the Honor Code to fifth graders, who, in turn, explain it to younger elementary school students to help establish a student - driven culture of integrity.

There are some 1,400 schools of education in the United States — schools that prepare the teachers who teach most of America's elementary and secondary students.

A: The book is designed to address a wide audience of people who want to learn more about what teaching in elementary schools is really like.

If people who have no concept of teaching and learning can step into the role, she's going to be able to show all of us just what an elementary school principal can do.»»

For example, many of the middle - school teachers who hold only elementary multiple - subject licenses do not have sufficient depth of knowledge in the content areas they teach.

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 with them.

To be considered highly qualified as an elementary school teacher who is new to the profession, you must also have demonstrated subject knowledge and teaching skills in reading, writing, mathematics, and other areas of the basic elementary school curriculum by passing a rigorous state test.

Michael McKibben of the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CTC) reports that ethnic minorities compose 46 percent of those entering alternative programs; 27 percent are males who want to teach in elementary schools - three times the normal rate.

Most of the elementary and secondary school teachers in this country are women, about 75 percent overall, and90 percent of those who teach in elementary schools.

New elementary school teachers who were well - prepared in preservice programs to teach reading expressed greater confidence in their knowledge and skills, fostered richer literacy environments in their classrooms, and helped their pupils achieve higher levels of reading comprehension than did other teachers, according to the National Commission on Excellence in Elementary Teacher Preparation in Reading Instruction.

Arbogast, who taught elementary - school students, including special education, beginning in 1982 in SKSD before taking her current position, believes that using test - score data to evaluate teachers is flawed because each inherits a different set of circumstances.

The conservatives who control the board have neutered the teachers union, prodded neighborhood elementary schools to compete with one another for market share, directed tax money to pay for religious education and imposed a novel pay scale that values teachers by their subjects, so a young man teaching algebra to eighth graders can make $ 20,000 a year more than a colleague teaching world history down the hall.

One example is Mrs. Cook, an elementary school teacher who was named teacher of the year by her colleagues but was labeled unsatisfactory based on a VAM score calculated the performance of students she hadn't taught.

In the elementary schools, the 163 5th grade teachers, who taught all subjects to the same group of students each day, implemented the intervention with their homeroom students.

If an elementary school student is currently taught by a classroom teacher who, during that school year, receives a performance evaluation rating of «needs improvement» or «unsatisfactory» under s. 1012.34, the student may not be assigned the following school year to a classroom teacher who received a performance evaluation rating of «needs improvement» or «unsatisfactory» in the preceding school year.

Penny Percenti is a former elementary school teacher who is currently substitute teaching in Port Orchard, WA.

The city's second proposal of the morning, to prevent elementary school students from being taught by a U-rated teacher for two years in a row, would effect the student class assignments for 217 elementary school teachers who received U-ratings in 2011.

More than half of all U.S. public school teachers, including those who teach in the arts, physical education, and early elementary grades, are not covered by a standardized test.

Each year we give elementary school educators a hands - on opportunity to work with extraordinary teaching artists who understand how classrooms really work.

ERIC JENSEN is a former teacher who has taught at all levels, from elementary school through university, and who is deeply committed to making a positive, significant, and lasting difference in the way we learn.

We're excited about elementary school special education teachers who are fired up about their lessons — who want to spend their time discussing, preparing, and immersing themselves in the rich content they teach.

These are instructors who teach one subject (predominantly art, music, or physical education) to most of the students in an elementary school.

McCoy, who currently teaches third grade at another McCall elementary school, says Morgan was a high - energy teacher determined to get instruction into every moment of the day.

The program provides grants of up to $ 4,000 per year (up to $ 8,000 for graduate students) to students who intend to teach in a specific high - need field in an elementary or secondary school (public or private) that serves students from low - income families.

A story of two local elementary school teachers who challenge and improve their teaching practice through an innovative professional development program.

A 2015 study by Mathematica Policy Research found that Teach For America corps members who had an average of 1.7 years of teaching experience in elementary grades were as effective as other teachers in the same schools, who averaged nearly 14 years of experience.

In addition to the more traditional master's programs in Education, the University of Florida's Master of Science in Special Education with a specialization in Teach Well is especially suited to students who want to start or advance careers in special and early childhood education, which might lead to advanced careers as elementary school leaders of students with disabilities or special needs.

Applicants who want to teach in elementary school must apply for a Multiple Subject Teaching Credential.

For those interested in becoming educators who already have undergraduate degrees, the school also offers a master's degree in teaching which leads to an elementary or secondary Washington teacher license, as well as other graduate degree programs for students who wish to receive higher pay as teachers.

Members include elementary, middle, and high school visual arts educators; college and university professors; university students preparing to become art educators; researchers and scholars; teaching artists; administrators and supervisors; and art museum educators — as well as more than 54,000 students who are members of the National Art Honor Society.

This paper analyzes attrition patterns among teachers in New York City elementary and middle schools and explores whether teachers who transfer among schools, or leave teaching entirely, are more or less effective than those who remain.