Parent-Teacher Association

Reading is fundamental. Learning in school is an ongoing process, which builds on one grade at a time. So, as educators and parents, do you want your students to have the opportunity to think outside the box or stay within the confines of the box? The National Governors Association (NGA) and the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) developed the Common Core State Standards Initiative (CCSSI). After several months of drafting the CCSSI it became official in May 2010. The primary…

a close, teachers and administrators begin to discuss new plans of action to make improvements in weak areas for the upcoming year. Often times these plans for improvement are centered around creating a high quality learning environment with high quality teachers along with improved standards based instruction. In many elementary schools, students are taught in a self-contained single classroom from one teacher who is responsible for teaching all subject areas assuming that the teacher is…

Within education, it is inevitable for teachers to come across learners with special education needs, as all learners are different. Special educational needs (SEN) refers to children with learning difficulties that make it harder for them to learn compared to most children of their age. Examples of special educational needs include emotional issues, trouble with organising, showing inappropriate behaviour, and difficulty with reading, writing or understanding information (Nidirect, 2014).…

cohesiveness between students, teachers and parents, so that they can work together to ensure the student gains optimum growth and development. The school community has an array of cultures with 7% of enrolment consisting of Indigenous students and 22% of enrolment…

B. Keep track of a child’s progress and change at any given time. C. To show parents, teachers and children that they are learning. D. To keep from saying we have done that and the children learned it. Which we need not to assume. E. To make changes to what the children have or have not learned 2. Guide Classroom Planning and Decision Making in Order to Help Children Learn A. helps teachers find where and how to begin and how long to work on a given goal or…

The possibility of year round schools has been a hot debate topic for the last ten years. But, keeping a student's attention for nine straight months is a hard task. It is especially hard when teachers constantly give homework to students. Students get so burnt out by everyday school, that they are more concerned about getting through the year than really learning. Some even take days off of school because it begins to be too much. In year-round school you don’t have to worry about making it…

in children, and that the adult supporting the student need not be a parent. The implications for middle-level students are important, as many of these student’s relationships with school staff can be among the most influential and positive they experience. The study also found that for this age group,…

soon be faced with a hostile faculty and an angry community. Ethics is part of the job. Indeed, it is an essential part of the job. Administrators deal with fairness, equality, justice, and democracy as much as they deal with test scores, teachers’ salaries, parents, and budgets . It is important for the reputation of schools that they have an ethical culture. When viewed from the perspective of stuff, their satisfaction and motivation will indisputably be enhanced when…

(the home atmosphere and parents, the class atmosphere and teachers, and the playground and peers’ atmosphere) and social factors. The “First Step to Success is an early intervention program designed to help children who are at risk for developing aggressive or antisocial behaviors” (Institute of Education Sciences, 2012). Program Overview First Step to Success Early Intervention Program is a multicomponent program, which aims to teach…

group of people with shared objectives or interests that seek the advancement and accomplishment of their aims through a broad range of strategies. The National Rifle Association (NRA) is among the most prominent and influential special interest groups in the United States with more than 5 million members. The National Rifle Association of America had more than $163 million in assets and annual revenues of $227.8 million in 2010 with consistent support from individual and corporate members. The…