Sentences with phrase «whole classrooms of students»

These students are reaching the halfway mark in their teacher education programs and one of my most important goals is to create a sense of energy and motivation as they — for the first time — take on the responsibility of working with small groups and organizing instruction for whole classrooms of students in Milwaukee's high needs urban schools.

You've got a whole classroom of students.

Averaging the scores over a whole classroom of students over several years may even out the individual variation and give you some indicator of teacher performance, but it should never be the only parameter of an evaluation.

Not exact matches

Even inside the classroom, a teacher is using a model or a demo in order to make the student understand the point of the whole thing.

Jenny: The whole concept is not to grow in terms of student classroom numbers, but to grow in terms of the courses we offer, which allows for the continuation of the academy ethos.

There's a whole new range of experiences for students to take inspiration from, with three quarters (75 per cent) believing that VR can support blended learning, and embedding into existing practices will improve the classroom.

This includes funding major renovations to the school's campus, most notably, turning the first floor of Gutman Library into a desperately needed cafe and student center hub that has truly brought the whole school together, and making sure that every classroom renovated during the past few years was done using green, sustainable materials.

Some of the schools I work with in Oakland, California, are aspiring to this description of academic discourse in the classroom: «Conversations in whole and small group settings are facilitated by students and consistently involve all students in academic discourse among students.

The teacher's concern should be to be present near the microphone as well to ensure quietness in the classroom and clear speech by students who need to be aware of the whole project.

Continuing in its mission to help teachers and pupils engage beyond the classroom, schools will now be able to share video and audio recordings of students» work and activities with parents, carers and the whole community, to support learning outside school and encourage parental involvement.

In a kindergarten classroom recently, most of the ESOL students were actively engaged while we were reading the story aloud as a whole group.

That's the great thing about learning outside the classroom; the benefits of outdoor learning and travelling abroad open the students up to a whole new experience that is accessible at their level.

Because we work with all students in different areas of their school life, we're able to collaborate with special educators and classroom teachers to paint a whole picture of an individual student or class.

It seemed to fit our data pretty well and we have from this rather unique perspective of looking at class clowning and playfulness which hadn't been done before, which we have yet further evidence to support the whole idea that there is this Pygmalion effect, this self - fulfilling prophecy that occurs in the classrooms with teachers and their students.

«I would especially want to know what kinds of assets they're bringing,» says Kim, who stresses that asking students to assimilate to an American way of life can mean losing valuable aspects of their cultures that can benefit the whole classroom.

You, as the teacher, use your professional judgment and are empowered to make the right decisions for your students as individuals and your classroom of learners as a whole.

While HGSE master's and doctoral students were busy wrapping up final projects and making plans for commencement this past May, many in the HGSE faculty were preparing for a whole new set of students to take over the classrooms of Appian Way through their engagement with Professional Education at HGSE.

So we have to make sure each child goes outside of his / her comfort zone and speaks and listens to every child in the classroom on a regular basis (I cringe to think of my days as a new high school teacher when I am sure «student K» went the whole year without uttering a sentence to «student G» and vice versa.)

The placemats consist of the following: Key Events (x18 Placemats with a summary of all the required Books for the new OCR Classical Civilisations A-Level) Key Themes (x9 Placemats with a summary of each theme across the whole Odyssey) Key Characters (x6 Placemats with a summary of each character and their impact within the Odyssey) These are excellent revision tools and can be used to support the learning of students both within and outside of the classroom.

There's a whole new range of experiences for students to take inspiration from, with three quarters believing that VR can support blended learning, and embedding into existing practices will improve the classroom.

These resources are useful in classroom and whole - school assembly settings, for students of any age.

A useful resource for students of all ages, to use in the classroom or in a whole school assembly.

For example ~ students use remotes to play Around the World by answering questions to move to the next table with the hopes of circling the whole classroom.

«Research and enquiry has a major contribution to make to effective teacher education in a whole variety of different ways; it also contributes to the quality of students» learning in the classroom and beyond,» inquiry steering group chair, John Furlong, says.

Instead, secondary schools need to develop a continuum of literacy instruction to combat the debilitating fragmentation of block schedules; that is, teachers of content classes from every subject need to use similar classroom approaches so that struggling students can utilize strategies learned in supplementary classes throughout the whole school day.

For instance, a teacher aware of a strong collectivist presence among his or her students might orchestrate classroom activities that revolve around group work and solving potential conflicts as a whole (e.g., taking a class vote).

... the whole premise of SLA is that we care what students are interested in and want to bring that into the classroom.

Ask your students to identify aspects of your classroom and the school as a whole that would benefit from an alteration or addition.

With the development of Virtual Reality, then came along Augmented Reality which created a whole range of new opportunities within the classroom and exciting learning possibilities for both students and teachers.

It draws on diverse sources: our daily poems and the poets we study, the weekly newsletter and other school publication, teachers» styles of speaking and writing, songs we sing at our whole - school morning meetings, current events, our history textbook, children's literature, the classroom walls, and writing by the students themselves.

Carl offers practical methods for gathering information about every writer in your classroom and shows you how to create writing lessons that address the needs of individual students as well as the whole class.

«We must create accountability for the whole system that drives greater equity in every school, and an important first step is that every new teacher be profession - ready before ever stepping foot into a classroom and becoming the teacher of record for students,» he said.

Over the course of the year, you'll assume increasing responsibility in the classroom: working with individual students, in small groups, and in whole class settings.

To have the deepest impact on school and classroom climate, student engagement, and social - emotional learning (SEL), Facing History's staff works with whole schools in a range of areas, including

Due to the complexity of the study, the fact that many of the classroom variables focus on grades 1 - 3 (e.g., student level of engagement, time spent in small - or whole - group instruction, preferred interaction style), and the use of different outcome measures, the kindergarten classrooms were dropped from the analysis.

Even if your school doesn't qualify for Futures or CELP, you can improve its careers and employability learning using our Post-School Success Toolkit.This provides advice and guidance to all classroom teachers about how to support the post-school progression of their students as well as information for senior leaders on how to set up a «whole - school» strategic approach to improve the post-school success of all their students.

From the perspective of a whole school lead of teaching and learning and also that of a classroom teacher, both of which I am currently, I have spent a considerable amount of time exploring this by looking deeper into the pedagogy that engages and challenges all students.

Through Content Enhancement Routines applied consistently in every classroom and Learning Strategies that give added supports in the critical foundation skills for struggling learners, the tiered approach of the SIM toolkit provides a powerful and evidence - based platform for whole - school transformation and improved student outcomes.

Exploring the six classrooms also pushed many of the students to reconsider a previously held belief that smallgroup instruction was always better than whole class instruction.

FEATURES 19 detailed whole group lessons, small group lessons with activities 1 end - of - unit assessment Teacher guide activities that model concrete representations of abstract mathematical concepts Easy - to - use resources that offer classroom — tested lesson plans targeting the big ideas of math PRODUCT PERKS Teacher Guides 19 differentiated whole and small group lessons per unit; blackline masters; 1 unit assessment Warm - Up Posters 1 poster per unit; short, engaging activties for each day of the week; spiral review previously learned math concepts Card Sets14 card sets per unit to easily manage small group instruction; no printing, cutting, laminating, or sorting; conveniently stored in labeled lesson bags Durable ToteTeacher Guide, Warm - Up Poster, and Card Sets all stored in a durable, stackable tote SUGGESTED MANIPULATIVES TO USE WITH THIS KIT Student ClocksPractice time concepts.

By imposing these types of restrictions it changed the use of the iPads from a 1:1, potentially student - driven classroom to a whole class teacher - driven classroom with the teacher's iPad connected to a projector displaying the app, taking away from the purpose of a 1:1 initiative.

By giving students flexibility over their own learning, we don't have to spend our whole day in the classroom and utilizing blended learning allows us to use a greater variety of instructional techniques.

As an accommodation for students who may be new to this type of classroom discussion, you can pair groups for peer feedback prior to whole class presentations.

So if the statistical controls used did not effectively «control for» the lack of non random assignment of students into classrooms, teachers may have been assigned high value - added scores not necessarily because they were high value - added teachers but because they were non-randomly assigned higher performing, higher aptitude, etc. students, in the first place and as a whole.

This module covers how you can use the computational thinking strategy of collecting data in your classroom to engage your students in a whole new way.

Teachers who reported higher levels of authentic instruction taking place in their classrooms also reported higher levels of student engagement; this suggests that when the teachers felt the lessons were more engaging and interesting for the students, their feelings of self - efficacy increased, and consequently, the whole learning environment became more positive for both teachers and students.

The presence and artistic know - how brought to the classroom by these talented, dedicated professionals can, and is, having notable, sustainable influence on whole school improvement through transforming the daily learning experiences of educators and students alike.

Grouping a wide variety of students in the same self - contained classroom just because they share the label «learning disabled» defeats the whole idea of individualization.

The course, which rewards MCPS teachers with three Continuing Professional Development credits, exposed teachers to the diversity of religious practice in the region and across the United States as a whole, while giving them the tools and knowledge to return to their classrooms in the fall, empowered to incorporate religion into their lessons and build safe spaces for all students.

FEATURES 18 student - centered activities that model concrete representations of abstract mathematical concepts Complete assortment of manipulatives for the whole class Teacher support that provides in - depth discussions of mathematical content Easy - to - use resources that offer classroom - tested lesson plans targeting big ideas of math Durable, easy - to - clean plastic INCLUDES Teacher resource book 12 Sets of Cuisenaire Rods