Sentences with phrase «who teach a curriculum»

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An «intelligent design» curriculum based on the very premise that «intelligent design» is logic - based and not entirely «faith - based could never be accepted by those who want to teach «intelligent design» in our schools because logic compels:

A lot of homeschool groups arranged for qualified instructors to teach harder subjects like physics and algebra, but if you didn't have access to «qualified» individuals, a mom who could read a curriculum was perfectly acceptable.

Waldorf schools are self - governed, giving the same individuals who teach the children the authority to shape curriculum and school policy.

We've designed, trained, and proudly teach the ProDoula Childbirth Education curriculum for those who wish to have all the information possible to make their decisions about the type of birth they are planning for in the smallest possible commitment of time.

Additionally, API offers a training program for parent educators who can teach a 10 - class curriculum for parents in their communities.

And how about the teachers unions that protect teachers who teach what the want to teach instead of teaching their curriculum.

Children who have never had any formal teaching or any curriculum can still go to college — and often do.

Ultimately, the needs of the student are met by the Waldorf curriculum itself; in addition to the class teacher, the students experience continuity and expertise through involvement with subject teachers who teach handwork, movement and games, a world language, eurythmy, sculptural arts, gardening, music, and fine arts.

Although our methodology is such that all children are taught the same curriculum, a child who is gifted in certain areas, such as in science, music, or the arts, may go deeper or do more advanced work within the general classroom setting.

Advocates for culturally relevant education practices hope the new NYC schools chancellor, Richard Carranza, who once established a mariachi curriculum while teaching in Arizona, will support their efforts.

The curriculum is quite comprehensive; taught by a hodgepodge of veteran operatives and campaign professionals who donate their experience via lectures, webcasts, and grassroots campaigning exercises — all in an effort to raise future leaders equipped with skills in fundraising, community organizing, communications, and legislative action.

Schools have improved in the last 13 years in many ways - in raw standards, in the number and percentage of pupils who now gain the magic five A * - C (or equivalent) GCSEs, in the quality of teaching and learning in our schools, in the quality of our school buildings, in the creativity and flexibility of the curriculum, and in the range and quality of specialist equipment in schools.

They believe our kids should not be over-tested nor be subjected to a rigid and flawed curriculum, tied to standards developed by people who have never taught.

«We are narrowing the curriculum, teaching to the test, and children are missing out on a rich and meaningful education,» said Shirley Verrico, a parent who lives in the Williamsville Central School District and is a member of Western New York Allies.

This also changed the roles of the various players who define education policy in the schools: «Whereas school superintendents and the directors of teachers» colleges had once decided what was to be taught in schools, the curriculum was now being influenced by scientists and as well by teachers to an ever greater extent,» Criblez points out.

Some mathematicians argue that the curricula were not given enough time; others, including David Klein, a mathematician at California State University at Northridge, say New Math's failure was due in part to untrained instructors who did not understand what they were teaching.

Successful reform efforts require leadership support, and they should address all aspects of the learning environment — from the curriculum and teaching, to how classrooms are configured, said James Collins, who is the Virginia M. Ullman Professor of Natural History and the Environment at Arizona State University: «You can't fix one point on the continuum and expect the continuum to change.»

Kristian has been teaching informally since 2010, and has studied the nuances and complexities of Kundalini Yoga and Sikh Dharma very closely with Hari Kaur Khalsa, who developed the curriculum for Yogi Bhajan's teacher training programs for over two decades.

This shift has placed greater emphasis on teachers as professionals who are required to make important judgements on the length, breadth and depth of the curriculum that they teach, given the changing nature of their students.

Malcolm Gladwell, the author of The Tipping Point, suggests that our public schools would benefit from a spirit of innovation rather than one of regimentation.Those of us who have been hanging around public education for more than, say, 15 years may remember a time when words like creativity and imagination were an important part of our conversations about curriculum design, teaching, learning, and lesson planning.

Teachers who teach writing across the curriculum and feel uncomfortable assessing the how can focus their feedback on the what since that is the part of the writing they'll feel most comfortable assessing.

The Born Free Foundation, The Donkey Sanctuary and LionAid have collaborated with us to produce these teaching resources about animals, lions, donkeys and humans which tie in with Key Stage 2 science curriculum, so pupils can learn more about these wonderful animals who play a central role in the operas but who face such terrible threats today.

«Knowledgeable staff members, along with a parent who is a photographer, taught several sessions on camera use and on integrating digital photography into the curriculum.

In great high schools the identified goals and performance standards are not optional but rather constitute the guaranteed curriculum for each course offered at the school, no matter who teaches it.

«It's teaching lessons we've historically left out of curricula,» says Rachel Gutter, who oversees the Green Building Council's schools sector.

Teach the same curriculum to the same tests at the same speed with the same pedagogy with teachers who have fixed mindsets about student achievement - no wonder grouping to ability doesn't save the planet.

This 27 page pack has been designed by a sculptor with 20 years of teaching experience for teachers who want to know more about sculpture and how to teach it as part of a broad Art and Design curriculum for Secondary / High School students.

Parents worried that the drive to increase performance on state tests came at the cost of an ever - narrowing curriculum and that the focus on getting the «bubble kids» from slightly below proficient to slightly above proficient came at the cost of teaching kids who were way behind or ahead.

IL is designed for individuals who have taught a minimum of three years in K - 12 classrooms, but also seek to increase their influence in instruction and curriculum outside the classroom.

The Instructional Leadership strand is designed for individuals who have taught at least three years, seek to increase their knowledge of instruction and curriculum in their subject area (science, mathematics or social studies) or English Language Arts (ELA) at the elementary and secondary levels, and are interested in finding ways to extend their influence beyond the classroom into areas such as coaching, curriculum development or teacher research.

Many of those who are less well prepared for teaching use the diminished curriculum as a crutch, with no help of any significant kind offered for their teaching.

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.

Particularly useful for a staff who are teaching ESL students in the mainstream curriculum.

«Technology has the potential to unlock new approaches to assessment that will change what and how we teach,» said Jim Wynn, who noted that «the current curriculum shape and form that we see around the world with subjects taught in silos has to change.»

Educators in my group who were involved with math and science curriculum told me the Japanese were very advanced in those areas, but I saw no creative essay writing or poetry writing taught, and Iwate is an area that prides itself on being the home of many great writers.

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.

From understanding the computer science behind the Wimbledon Championships to gaining insight into IBM Watson, schools are exploring the curriculum through transformational new technologies, making computing real and relevant to those who have to teach it.

In their article, «Lost at Sea: New Teachers» Experiences with Curriculum and Assessment,» which appears in the current issue of Teachers College Record, researchers from HGSE's Project on the Next Generation of Teachers reported that few of the 50 first - and second - year teachers who participated in the study began teaching with a clear, detailed curriculum in hand and even fewer received curricula that aligned with state Curriculum and Assessment,» which appears in the current issue of Teachers College Record, researchers from HGSE's Project on the Next Generation of Teachers reported that few of the 50 first - and second - year teachers who participated in the study began teaching with a clear, detailed curriculum in hand and even fewer received curricula that aligned with state curriculum in hand and even fewer received curricula that aligned with state standards.

Most dual enrollment courses are taught in high school classrooms by high school teachers who have received some training and certification by their university or community - college partner and follow its curriculum.

Sometimes called «exam schools,» because test scores are typically part of their selection process and a handful of them rely solely on such scores, they tailor their curricula and teaching to high - performing, high - potential kids who want a high school experience that emphasizes college - prep, or college - level, academics.

We believe that the market based reformers are practicing a kind of crude social Darwinism — treating education as a commodity to be bought and sold, creating a hierarchy of winners (the elite who get a rich curriculum of questioning) and losers (the oppressed classes, the Black and Brown and immigrant and low - income children who need to be taught passivity and compliance).

First and most obvious, we've organized the entire, massive K — 12 system around an age - based, grade - level, 180 - days - per - year calendar; around mostly self - contained and generally low - tech classrooms; and around a pedagogical model centered on a single teacher teaching a uniform curriculum to twenty to thirty children for a prescribed amount of time each day, children who don't have much in common except that they're more or less the same age and (usually) live in pretty much the same community.

I'm not a gambling person, but if I had to place a bet on one sure - fire method for engaging students, increasing test scores, reaching students who fall below standards, challenging students who exceed grade - level standards, accessing students» creativity and originality, maximizing brain connections formed, applying concepts to new situations, and making the learning process more fun for the students and teacher, I would place that bet on... teaching the core curriculum through the arts.

A shift to a focus on measuring outcomes will open the licensure process to high - quality alternative pathways into teaching and encourage innovation among higher education providers who wish to compete on cost and quality rather than on traditional curriculum and seat - time requirements.

National curriculum places students as objects of teaching, while at QTLC positioned students as subjects, people who studied and have active consciousness.

TRANSFERRABLE SKILLS Bill Mitchell, director of Education at the Chartered Institute for IT, said: «Based on what primary teachers who are already teaching the new computing curriculum are telling us, we believe that teaching children computing is not just important in its own right, it's also important because it improves numeracy and literacy skills.

For example, a Year 5 teacher is expected to teach the Year 5 curriculum to all Year 5 students who are then assessed and graded against Year 5 curriculum expectations.

Among the recommendations is the requirement for the Government to support a new national Top - up Swimming programme; the national roll - out of a new Curriculum Swimming and Water Safety Resource Pack to all primary schools, and; the funding of specific training for school teachers and teaching staff who deliver swimming lessons.

The challenge, Gaynord adds, is that for the primary curriculum to work in England it has to be taught, in the main, by generalist teachers who don't have degrees or any background in Computer Science.

Meredith is an applied linguist who has spent the last seven years working across the language learning industry in various roles from teaching to curriculum development and teacher - training.