Sentences with phrase «year teachers spend»

«Whether purchasing colored pencils for art projects, or microscopes for science, every year teachers spend hundreds of dollars of their own money on classroom supplies.

But first - year teachers spend little time doing so.

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Most teachers spend time over the summer attending various professional development seminars on their own dime in order to develop the most effective strategies possible for the upcoming year.

He failed his university entrance exams twice before gaining admission to Hangzhou Teachers University in 1984; after graduation he spent five years teaching English for 120 yuan (about $ 15) per month.

So Schnidman Medbery, who studied computer science at Columbia University before spending two years with Teach for America in rural Arkansas, decided to create software to help teachers track and analyze student performance.

Mark Bello (above) opened Pizza a Casa on New York City's Lower East Side, he says, after spending nearly five years as a «nomadic pizza - teacher - for - hire,» sharing his pizza skills at various locations around the Big Apple.

I spent the remainder of the school year under heavy scrutiny by that teacher, not to mention a fair bit of derision from a number of other students.

Because I spend a good part of my day as a theology teacher in a Catholic high school answering one question, endlessly, day after day, year after year: Why go to Mass?

i've spent all my school years with a crucifix in my class, and i can say no one, not even the religion teacher, would care about it once.

As a mother myself, wholefoods chef, and former English teacher who's spent years helping kids grow academically, I've created a book that I hope will inspire and help families make better food choices.

Mike comes from the UK where he spent 24 years as a professional teacher.

Aforementioned teacher gave me money to get «a little something for myself»... what she didn't realize was that she was basically to blame for the $ 3965826735 dollars spent on the raging sugar / caffeine addiction that was my college years!

My parents were the children of small town Midwestern teachers and farmers who spent most of their formative years in Minnesota, the Dakotas, and Wisconsin.

Between Fleck's four years as a wide receiver at Northern Illinois and his two seasons playing for the 49ers, he spent a few weeks as a sixth - grade social studies teacher in DeKalb, Ill..

Berger, who spent 25 years working as a public school teacher and educational consultant in rural Massachusetts before joining Expeditionary Learning, clearly feels a special connection with those EL schools, like Polaris, that enroll high numbers of students growing up in adversity.

I spent almost five years reporting in Harlem, attending parenting classes and sixth - grade math lessons and basketball games and parent - teacher meetings, and the time I spent there turned out to be a period of great change, not only for Geoff and the scope of his project but also for plenty of individuals whose stories I've tried to tell in the book.

• Shake up the parental leave system so fathers can spend more time with kids under two years - old • 25,000 more dads per year to sign their child's birth certificate, to reach international standards and halve the number of those who don't • Dads able to stay overnight in hospital with their partner when their baby is born • Modern and relevant antenatal education for both parents • Dads reading with their children in all primary schools • Family professionals — midwives, teachers, health visitors, nursery workers, social workers — confidently engaging with dads as well as mums, and supporting all family types.

In addition to the value of providing a stable teacher - child relationship, less time is spent adjusting to a new classroom situation each year.

Mr. Bucher spent 12 years as a class teacher at the City of Lakes Waldorf School in Minneapolis where he took a class through grades 1 - 8.

Bill is a Waldorf - trained teacher who has been a Class Teacher for five years and spent many years before that teaching Woodwork and subbing for various local Waldorf steacher who has been a Class Teacher for five years and spent many years before that teaching Woodwork and subbing for various local Waldorf sTeacher for five years and spent many years before that teaching Woodwork and subbing for various local Waldorf schools.

She spent a number of years as an Early Literacy Instructor training teachers, working with credential programs in local universities, guest lecturing at various venues, and collaborating with parents and teachers to promote literacy in the community.

Before she was a play therapist, Georgie spent many years working as a behavior interventionist and she is able to consult with parents and teachers about supportive steps that can facilitate and maintain desired changes at home and at school.

As opposed to the end - of - the - year faculty retreat when we tend to table everything on the agenda until the back - to - school faculty retreat and spend the day gazing at the beauty of the sun on Teacher Elizabeth's pool and promising that by next year's b - t - s faculty retreat we will be courageous enough to wear a bathing suit.

This week is the last week of school in my hometown of Sioux Falls, SD and after spending the last school year in and out of schools in the district, I decided to write a letter to these teachers to let them know that I'm grateful for the work they do, day after day, even -LSB-...]

Your Affiliation and Equipment Fee supports your child's education as follows: Roughly, 50 % of the fee goes to your child's class teacher to spend on the year's class supplies and any necessary classroom furniture and equipment (i.e. chairs, desks).

Spend a few minutes crafting and you can have a beautiful gift for your child's teacher which will be a great way to decorate their classroom at the start of the new... MORE school year.

I generally get Barnes & Noble cards, but one teacher this year has mentioned that she's been spending a lot of money at Bath & Body Works because of the drying effects of all the hand sanitizer she has to use.

Spending a year with a truly bad teacher will mean that your child will not be learning the material they need for their future grade levels.

Separation anxiety may still be an issue for some 6 - year - olds, but it will become less intense as children naturally form stronger bonds with friends and teachers at school and become accustomed to spending more time away from home.

Lahey is a warm, engaging writer who spent years in the trenches as a middle school Latin and English teacher.

Teachers spend the school year getting to know your child.

Or maybe teachers could spend the time educating kids about the gazillion dollar a year agricultural industry that drives much of our country's economy.

Your child's teacher spends hundreds of dollars of her / his own money every year on class supplies, and anything you can donate discreetly will be greatly appreciated.

«I spent 20 years as a classroom teacher,» he says.

This class is led by Jill Birt who spent the last 15 years as a labor and deliver nurse before stepping in to her roll as our prenatal yoga specialist and teacher.

Prior to moving to New England, Alice spent 15 years as a high school science teacher.

Leslie is also a Lazure artist whose beautiful work graces our Upper Brookside classroom, and prior to becoming a Waldorf teacher was a professional fiber artist specializing in surface design and wearable art; she also spent several years as a speech pathologist.

I spent almost 4 years of my life trying to get the funding for that Point of Sale system — we applied for grants, we looked for a private funder, we approached the city — until finally we were able to get it funded through a parcel tax which was sold to the voters as a pay increase for our hard working and underpaid teachers, but which also contained a small portion vaguely dexcribed as «technology.»

Previously, Jana spent 14 years on the faculty of the Whidbey Island Waldorf School, teaching music and main lessons, and has also been a visiting faculty member at several Waldorf teacher training institutes in the US, as well as abroad.

Before becoming a counselor, I spent 12 years supporting families in their homes and 13 years as a special education teacher.

In fact, recent studies have shown that most teachers spend about $ 500 out of their own pockets every year on supplies for their students.

Owing to his father's later employment as a roving teacher, Miliband spent two spells living in Boston, Massachusetts, one year when he was seven and one middle school term when he was twelve.

There is one clear winner as school spending costs rise each year: the United Federation of Teachers.

NYC spent nearly $ 25 million last year paying teachers who were removed from permanent classroom gigs because of alleged misconduct or incompetence, new Education Department figures show.

Lawmakers from both parties in the Assembly and Senate have chafed in recent years over Gov. Andrew Cuomo exercising this power over policy in the spending plan, be it pushing through new criteria for teacher evaluations or an increase in the minimum wage the Legislature contends has little to do with the state's overall finances.

After the months spent in the last school year in a fight over teacher evaluations, the district stands to lose nearly $ 59 million in this year's fight over evaluations.

Business Council President Heather Briccetti, in a statement says: «It is ironic and troubling that just days into the school year the teacher's union is asking its members to spend their energy trying to repress opposing views rather than focus on fixing the crisis in our schools.»

VOTE - COPE, a PAC with ties to the New York State United Teachers, a union with ties to the left - leaning Working Families Party, has spent $ 4 million on this year's Senate races, records show.

«Hundreds of teachers are spending all or part of their time on union work, costing taxpayers # 15million a year.

«Isn't it time the Government intervened and looked at the real cost of this — which is damage to children's education but also # 1.3 bn spent last year on agency teachers?