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Getting the "Right" Teacher
Continuing Education

Getting the “Right” Teacher

- by Jacob Sullivan

I remember waiting anxiously for the letter to come announcing the teacher my child would’ve for that upcoming year. So many times, it appeared like I didn’t acquire the best choice. Now, being a teacher myself, it’s interesting to take a seat on the other hand in the desk, and wonder what number of my students’ parents think that they can have inked better.

In truth, most of the time when I was disappointed with my child’s placement, I was proved wrong. Once given a chance, the teacher came through and gave my child an outstanding education. It’s so easy to acquire depressed by rumor and speculation and believe your son or daughter MUST have a certain teacher or he will be doomed to failure. Yet, numerous factors go into developing a cohesive class, and often your kids’ needs are believed.

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Prevent Childhood Obesity With Preschool Fitness
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Prevent Childhood Obesity With Preschool Fitness

- by Jacob Sullivan

Obesity among children in the United States has tripled within the last two decades. Obesity causes social problems for children and often brings about diabetes, coronary disease, and musculoskeletal problems in adulthood. Preschool fitness is a sure way to help prevent childhood obesity and improve children’s health.

By age three, most children can go up and downstairs by alternating their feet, throw overhand, and start place. Most four-year-olds can catch a bounced ball, pedal a tricycle, and jump using a running start. By five, most children can skip, leading with one foot; roll like a log, and pump their legs over a swing.

Physical education activities like running and playing tag help children stay toned. Family activities like walking, sledding, and biking help children enjoy exercise.

Parents can take other learning to make sure their preschoolers learn about and employ fitness activities:

Active Free Play

Give children a minimum of …

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Seven Continuous Trends in Education
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Seven Continuous Trends in Education

- by Jacob Sullivan

In the coming decade of the 21st century, good and comprehensive education can be the difference between developing future or future that depends on low-wage jobs and periods of unemployment. One of the reasons for the current boom in private and online education is one of the growing sectors. What are the seven current trends in education?

1. More Affordable Education

Even though savings measures and reducing government education programs, private and internet-based education programs bridge this gap. Future graduates can study online, but work part time, and

attend personal education course or online. This can be more affordable, because the level of student debt decreases, due to the fact that they are not restricted to spending several years in high school or university.

2. Education for All

Before the internet era, some students had the choice to study outside of traditional educational institutions. The growth of these traditional educational …

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Preschool Curriculum and Child Development
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Preschool Curriculum and Child Development

- by Jacob Sullivan

As your child reaches the age of four, you should begin considering the start of your child’s education. For some this will begin with kindergarten at the age of five or six. However, it is recommended by most pediatric specialists in any field, that child’s education begin earlier than that.

Preschool is great introduction to this. It will give your child the opportunity to become comfortable with the structured environment of school before actually entering those twelve years of education. Providing your children with social and learning stimulus, in and outside the home will help them to develop the needed skills in learning new and more complex ideas. It will help them to form individual concepts and thoughts and give them the confidence to begin growing on their own and seeking their own interests.

Preschool curriculum centers on basic skills and ideas. It is meant to introduce young children to …

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How to Create Teacher Websites Using Blogs
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How to Create Teacher Websites Using Blogs

- by Jacob Sullivan

As a technology coordinator for an elementary school, I have found that it is very hard to get my teachers to create and consistently update websites. There will always be technophobes that are just resistant in general, but mainly the issue isn’t desire its ease of use and availability. Teachers are busy people, most work well beyond any traditional sense of school hours. The thought of one more task in the day is something akin to the straw that broke the camel’s back. My goal became to create a system that was easy to get to, easy to use, and something that my teachers would consider a valuable tool instead of an extra duty.

The best setup I found to accomplish this goal was with a blogging package called B2 Evolution. It is free and easy to install on most websites. For instance, I got approval to purchase a years …

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