Sentences with phrase «worrying about classroom»

Instead of worrying about classroom decorations or a memorable holiday party, I'm turning my focus to durable traditions of gratitude and thanks.

Roland S. Barth offers a keen observation about school leaders: «I noticed there were two classes of citizens in the school: those who worried about their classroom and those who worried about the school writ large,» he says.

The risks associated with student - led discussions often induce anxiety in educators, who may worry about classroom management or covering required content.

When I was an elementary school teacher, I noticed there were two classes of citizens in the school: those who worried about their classroom and those who worried about the school writ large.

Not exact matches

I couldn't stop thinking about the layout of my sister's elementary school, worrying that her classroom was too close to the school's entrance.

Many youngsters say one of their biggest worries about heading back to the classroom is how they look, a poll suggests.

Still, many parents worry about the «schoolification» of children, whom they fear already spend too much time in classrooms.

The biggest issues I had were worries about spills in the classroom.

See what teacher and administrator Trudy Carpenter says about being worried about getting too involved in your child's classroom.

There was worry about them bringing food to the classroom, and that being disruptive, but what we've found — for the high school kids, especially — is that they are usually done consuming their breakfast by the time they get to the classroom!

But the main important thing is that the kids in these classrooms have a full tummy, with foods that are healthy and nutritious for them, and we know they are going to be able to learn, and pay attention, and when they go home at night they don't have to worry about whether they will have breakfast the next morning because they will have it in their classroom.

If you'd like to voice your objection to the bill, please consider signing this petition from Food Policy Action and this one launched on Change.org by a second grade teacher worried about the hungry kids in her classroom.

Meanwhile, we are hyper vigilant about sex education and what goes into kids» minds in classrooms, but we aren't worried about what goes into kids» bodies in the cafeteria.

Carl Pressley, the vice president of the PTA at Wadleigh Secondary School for the Performing Arts, whose middle school was spared closure this year but is set to begin sharing space with a Harlem Success Academy school in September, said he worries about the loss of classroom space on the building's first floor to the charter school.

«Teachers have enough to worry about between lessons, grading, managing their classroom, and the actual work of educating our children.

Parents worry about funding and standards for their public school students and remain least concerned about the amount of testing in classrooms, a survey released by High Achievement New York and Achieve found.

As an adjunct, you'll bounce among the local colleges, teaching classes on six different campuses a day, but you'll know that you no longer have to worry about pointless things like research — all that matters is whether you can convince a classroom of 18 - year - olds not to plagiarize their take - home exams.

Many of the parents who initially supported the idea of integrating special education students into regular education classrooms in Portland are now worried about how the Portland Public School System is doing it.

But, what I worry about is that because teachers are so dedicated and pulling off daily miracles in the classroom, districts, community leaders, and politician may be pushing too hard for the full - inclusion model thinking that the teachers will just have to figure it out.

Lack of classroom confidence stems from students doubting what they know, or worrying about making a mistake in front of their classmates.

In response to administrators» and teachers» worries about the vocabulary skills of Boston Public School students, a group of researchers and educators — assembled by the Strategic Education Research Partnership (SERP) in collaboration with the Boston Public Schools, and directed by Harvard Graduate School of Education Professor Catherine Snow — designed a curriculum supplement called Word Generation, for sixth - to eighth - grade classrooms.

In the context of schools, Rose says that while most of us will never need to worry about the flexibility of a fighter plane, we do need to worry about what he calls «the cockpits of our economy» — classrooms.

There are a number of people who are worried about the swift adaptation of cloud - based technologies at the classroom level, simply because of its inherent vulnerability.

As you get ready to head back to school, don't worry about demanding parents or troubled students, over-filled classrooms or under - stocked supply closets, assessment tools that conflict with curriculum goals, or discipline procedures that conflict with common sense.

Stipek found that children in didactic, content - centered programs generally do better on measures of academic skill than do children in child - centered classrooms, while children in child - centered classrooms worry less about school and have higher expectations for success than children in content - centered classrooms.

Finally, don't worry about how the flurry of tech revolutions on the horizon will impact your classroom.

As reading skills are taught at younger ages, child - development experts increasingly worry about the new look and feel of classrooms for 4 -, 5 -, and 6 - year - old children.

«Structural» education reformers — the kind who worry about school governance, choice, standards, accountability, ESSA, universal pre-K, graduation rates, collective bargaining, etc. — have long been faulted by «inside the classroom» educators for neglecting pedagogy and curriculum.

When you schedule your classroom sessions, the last thing you want to worry about is ensuring that your learners actually attend!

Topics include classroom management to engage students, problems that stem from students» worry about what others think about them such as cheating and lack of participation, and teacher - student communication about self - efficacy.

So, I got to spend my «official» first year not having to worry about stereotypical first - year worries — classroom management and teacher - student relationships.

Rather than worry about choosing someone who teaches the same grade level or subject, is located near the new teachers» classroom, or shares the same planning time, it is more critical that new teachers work with someone who is highly effective.

Students learn best when they are able to focus on their education rather than worry about bullying or disruptive classrooms where an instructor is attempting to manage the behavior of 35 or more students.

But as we move into the digital classroom, teachers are beginning to worry more about how students learn, rather than their SAT scores.

She also worried about supervisors from the district who have a role in teacher planning and classroom observations:

Every educator I've met has stories of children bursting into tears, worrying about themselves or a loved one being deported, or simply being genuinely confused about what the election says about classroom lessons on compassion and respect.

Now educators, students and parents can put their energy into adapting the standards for their classrooms instead of worrying about what will be on the test.

Students can internalize these social expectations or worry about confirming these stereotypes in the classroom.

I remember worrying about how they would perform in a classroom where directions, activities, and lessons were delivered in a foreign language.

I would be worried about you in a classroom — the assaultive behavior that you display is not what our children need to learn.

eAchieve students don't have to worry about the many pressures and distractions common in the traditional classroom setting.

If the group is too large I worry that it becomes too easy for a participant to «hide» and really never reveal very much about their thinking and practice, and therefore never really examine that thinking and practice with colleagues and, as a consequence, never really work to strengthen what is happening in the classroom.

Local authorities have added «bulge» classrooms - but parents worry about the outsize primary schools

As for Smarter Balanced, McGehee also liked the idea of the classroom activity that precedes the Smarter Balanced performance tasks, but once again worried about it throwing off the scoring.

I constantly worry about his academic needs — the school's curriculum, the lack of accountability within the classrooms, the poor quality of his teachers and the ongoing need for additional instruction time for his struggling classmates.

Evidence like this has left some education reformers worried that they have talked too much about removing bad teachers from the classroom and not enough about respecting the good ones and keeping them there.

Learners who formerly may not have immediately grasped their teacher's in - class instruction may now feel empowered to contribute to classroom discussions and ask informed questions instead of worrying about «looking dumb.»

«I've seen the anxiety that it actually produces in the classroom, and these are good teachers that are now so worried about the observations that they're going to have that they're sweating, and they're actually not producing the best lesson plans....

However, 75 percent of foreign - born Hispanic parents said they worried classroom technology could cause teachers to know less about their children's individual needs — a misgiving especially prevalent among parents whose children were English - language learners and should benefit from more personalized instruction.

For example, when children are worried about their parents» divorce, those emotions follow them into the classroom and make it hard to focus on schoolwork.