Sentences with phrase «who taught middle school»

As someone who taught middle school math last year for DC Public Schools, I witnessed firsthand how much time was spent on computers and iPads.

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If you were creating a middle - of - the - funnel webinar discussing the teaching methodology your horseback riding school follows, and you were targeting an intermediate - level rider, you could include a case study of an intermediate rider who came to your school and, as a result of your methodology and training, became one of the top riders in their division and moved on to compete with more advanced - level horseback riders.

I saw this stuff taught to gifted middle schoolers who got at least the basics faster than this.

Matthews, the student who came out at Wheaton in 2010 — he now teaches middle school science in Connecticut - wrestles with whether the group OneWheaton will be an effective network since its views are far from the college's stance on sexuality.

Coach Murray who has years of coaching and teaching experience with middle and high schoolers is excited to once again inspire and motivate young runners to reach their potential.

upstatetoday.com, March 4, 2009 Seneca High has top consumer science teacher by Greg Oliver «Zandra P. Overstreet, a former Walhalla Middle School teacher who has been a member of the Seneca High School teaching staff since 2005, has been named the state's top teacher in the area of family and consumer science.

Middle and high school kids need their parents to teach them how to be good people who do the right thing, online and off.

Also, newbie Alderman Tony Davis, who teaches history at Miller Middle School and has a master's in education, could teach at the college level.

I have taught at schools on both ends of the spectrum, from at - risk to schools who serve mostly upper - middle class.

About Blog Middle School Principal at St. Mary's International School who shares his teaching experiences.

The film sees Kalu take on a community leadership role as traditional Hawaian burial sites are disturbed; Kalu's status Kumu sees her teach her male high school students as they prepare for a end of performance, accompanied by sixth grade tomboy Ho'onani, who is also «in the middle» like Kalu.

It so happened that Craig Lawson, who I met via online games, moved to our district and was teaching at Cape Fear Middle School.

NPR, 4/25/16» «When you look at Massachusetts» overall performance nationally, we have gone from the middle of the pack to the top of the pack,» says Paul Reville, a former state education secretary who now teaches at Harvard's Graduate School of Education.»

I was surprised by how captivated my students were with these mini-lessons; those of us who teach middle - schoolers know that it's hard to captivate this audience!

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.

Paulette Romano, who teaches sixth grade at Pilgrim Park Middle School, in Elmbrook, Wisconsin, helps her students understand how words can make a world of difference when it comes to describing food.

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).

Jeanne Seilor - Phillips, who teaches sixth grade at Muirland Middle School in La Jolla, California, has used the Writers Workshop concept with her students for years.

Pompa, who teaches geography at Flood Middle School, said the institute provided her with numerous resources to find answers for herself and her students about the Middle East and Islam.

«When I switched from teaching tenth grade to teaching sixth grade, I soon learned that sixth graders» thinking capabilities were more concrete than abstract,» said Crossley, who teaches at Aledo (Texas) Middle School.

Wire Side Chat: Reporter Reflects on Year as a Teacher «I've come to think that only a radical change can address the deep - seated problems in our poor, inner city schools,» says Christina Asquith, a former Philadelphia Inquirer reporter who spent a year teaching in a Philadelphia middle school.

«I think they're appropriate from the earliest levels all the way up through college,» says William Scott, a former middle school teacher who taught oral histories in his Los Angeles and San Francisco classrooms.

So little of what I find for middle school science teachers incorporates labs, experiences, or link - ups with scientists for those of us who teach earth science.

Besides Peiser, who started Boston Collegiate Charter School in 1998, just after earning his master's in public policy from Harvard's Kennedy School, there was Doug Lemov, a founder of Academy of the Pacific Rim (also in Boston) in 1997 and later a best - selling author (Teach Like a Champion); Evan Rudall and John King of Roxbury Prep in Boston (Rudall is now CEO of Zearn, a new educational technology nonprofit, and King is commissioner of education for New York State); and Paul Bambrick - Santoyo, then managing director of North Star's middle and high schools in Newark (and later author of Driven by Data and Leverage Leadership).

Knowing that the teachers who were going to teach the supplemental classes were the most qualified to develop the curriculum, the middle school coordinator advocated for the school to give the teachers the time, resources, and a place to work together.

Look at it this way: your teaching every year is like a narrative, and... if the A-story is the standards - based content, then the B - story is the tween - based content, and there is a huge difference between a middle - school classroom run by a teacher who takes on this added curriculum and a middle - school classroom that doesn't.

Doose, who now teaches sixth through eighth grade English Language Development (ELD) at nearby King Middle School, was surprised that so many of the occupations discussed during career day were new to the students.

Jennifer Johns, who teaches sixth - grade English and science at Crestview Middle School in Huntington, Indiana, provides Education World readers with several additional activities to use with A Christmas Carol.

We find 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.

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.

Further, most middle school teachers who take the time to teach financial literacy are often taking time away from a tested subject area.

As someone who entered the profession with a generic certification for grades 1 - 8, I would now need additional certification to teach content in middle schools.

Chandler, who teaches sixth - grade at Sequoia Middle School in Redding, California, has her students read biographies and implements some ingenious related activities.

This isn't to say that children older than middle - schoolers who have not directly experienced social and emotional learning in school, are a lost cause, but, as Jones attests, as children become older the approach may need to be different in teaching these lessons.

It's a nice transition from «welcome» to «work,» and it's a positive interaction for teacher and students,» added Sessions, who teaches at Olle Middle School in Texas's Alief Independent School District.

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.

Teaching and Curriculum (TAC) is designed for both recent college graduates in the humanities, math, and science, and experienced professionals in the humanities, who are committed to teaching in public middle and high schools in urban envirTeaching and Curriculum (TAC) is designed for both recent college graduates in the humanities, math, and science, and experienced professionals in the humanities, who are committed to teaching in public middle and high schools in urban envirteaching in public middle and high schools in urban environments.

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.

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.

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

Mid-Career Math and Science (MCMS) is designed exclusively for mid-career professionals in math - and science - related professions who want to teach math and / or science in public middle and high schools in urban contexts.

Berg, who teaches at Turner M.E.G.A Magnet Middle School in St. Louis, Missouri, said, «I actually cried.

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.

Lee, who at the time was teaching high school history, focused on this population because, he says, «there was a lot of emerging research that middle school was really a critical juncture, especially for kids with limited experience.

Weve seen results; discipline issues go down to none, said Corbin, who teaches at DeSoto Central Middle School.

Andrea Guengerich Education Policy and Management Hometown: Austin, Texas Experience: High school teacher in Brownsville, Texas, one of the largest cities along the Texas - Mexico border; position at Breakthrough Austin, a community - based organization that provides a path to college, starting in middle school, for low - income students who will be first - generation college students; director of University of Texas Programs for Breakthrough; chair of the College Advising for Undocumented Students Taskforce, a collaboration between six nonprofit organizations and the public school district in Austin Future plans: Teaching 6th grade at a project - based learning school in Mexico City that seeks to educate the whole child

«The Blackboard Jungle helped me decide to become a teacher,» concurred Fran Borden, who teaches eighth grade at Unadilla Valley Middle School in South New Berlin, New York.