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Teachers are often amazed at the number of students who can never find homework on the due date.
They find crunched up masses of papers in the bottom of the backpack or a torn-up mess in the locker at the end of the school year.
With preparation and organization assistance, these students’ odds of success would improve greatly.
1. Use different colored binders for each class. Color-code everything whenever possible.
2. Take time to find the right binder in the locker. Take the right binder to class daily. Take notes in that binder.
3. Buy an inexpensive 3-hole punch that fits in your notebook. Hole punch handouts from teachers and put them in the right binder as soon as the teacher instructs you to put them up.
4. Keep at least one ink pen and/or pencil in a side pocket of the backpack. Return the writing utensil after class to be ready for the next class. Make a note to get new supplies when needed.
5. Write the current date on the upper corner of your notes. This process helps you know what to study when the teacher gives specific notes to study. This also comes in handy when a friend needs to borrow notes.
6. Schedule time to study, do homework and prepare for tests.
7. Use a calendar to record important dates, especially dates for tests and research papers.
8. Prioritize tasks. Complete the short-notice tasks first while continuing to complete parts of long-term tasks.
9. Mark the calendar after completing tasks.
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To become a practicing speech-language pathologist, often called a speech therapist, in the communication field of speech pathology, an individual typically must earn a two-year master’s degree in speech-language pathology, complete an appropriate supervised clinical fellowship and pass the national Praxis Series examination on speech-language pathology offered by the Educational Testing Service.
Meeting those stringent requirements is not the end of the professional preparation process for speech-language pathologists, however, especially those who choose not to work in public schools.
To maintain and advance a career in speech pathology, 47 states require licenses that are frequently obtainable only after proof is provided of relevant continuing education.
Function
Licensing is an important aspect of a career in speech pathology because it helps states ensure that practitioners have adequate skills to successfully assist their patients or clients.
As a result, continuing education is a standard pursuit for speech pathology professionals for more than one reason. It not only helps speech-language pathologists meet licensing requirements in the area in which they practice so that they can continue working, but it also allows the development of expertise related to the pathologist’s specific career goals and/or the types of unique issues he will tend to address in his practice.
Types
Continuing education options in the speech pathology field are extremely flexible and diverse. Speech-language pathologists can essentially choose to focus on whichever topics they feel are most appropriate for their professional aspirations, as long as the subjects fall within the range of areas relevant to speech pathology.
These include just about any subject related to diagnosing, preventing and treating communication disorders of a speech, fluency or cognitive nature. Read the rest of this entry »
Students who plan to pursue careers in medicine can benefit from gaining experience in the form of paid summer internships at hospitals and universities. These internships give students the opportunity to work with professionals and decide on a specific career path, be it medical research or patient care.
Albert Einstein College of Medicine — Summer Undergraduate Research Program
The Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP), gives talented undergraduates with a background in the sciences to conduct biomedical research. Participants spend nine weeks in a laboratory and present their research at the end of the summer.
The 50 students selected for the program also attend weekly seminars and workshops in career planning and ethics. Students receive a $3,000 stipend, free housing on the Einstein campus and transportation assistance (up to $500 for U.S. students living outside the New York City area). The program is open to students completing their junior year.
Summer Undergraduate Research Program
Einstein Graduate Programs in the Biomedical Sciences
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
1300 Morris Park Ave — Belfer 203
Bronx, NY 10461
718-430-2345
einstein.yu.edu
Mayo Graduate School — Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship
Participants in the Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) at the Mayo Clinic can conduct original research or work on ongoing projects. They attend weekly seminars to learn about emerging research areas and are mentored by Mayo Clinic faculty and medical students.
College undergraduates in their sophomore or junior years are eligible for the program, which selects 90 to 100 students annually. Fellows receive a $5,000 stipend, and summer housing is available.
Mayo Graduate School
Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program
200 First Street, SW
Rochester, MN 55905
507-284-3862
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Spain is known for its diverse culture, which is clearly reflected in its cuisine. Spanish food consists of different mouth-watering food items, including baked goods, such as Bolillo, Conchas, Empanadas and Polvorones to name a few.
Spanish baking is an art that a lot of Spanish people and even people from other parts of the world have chosen to learn.
This is evident in the numerous Spanish baking schools that have continuously attracted students not only from Spain but from other countries as well.
Escuela de Panaderia Fundacion Gremio de Panaderos de Barcelona
Escuela de Panaderia Fundacion Gremio de Panaderos de Barcelona in Barcelona, Spain offers intensive, refresher, specialized and online courses for both hobbyists and professional bakers.
Its intensive course consists of eight training units of 24 hours each while its refresher course consists of a 20-hour training unit. Local students may take advantage of grants from the government while international students may apply support from financial institutions.
Chocolate Academy de Chocovic
Chocolate Academy de Chocovic in Barcelona, Spain focuses on training its students in the field of chocolate baking and pastry making, preparing them for a career in all hospitality sectors including hotel, catering and restaurant. It also teaches its students new application techniques to create chocolate baking and pastry recipes and products. Read the rest of this entry »
Every November, families across the country gather around the table and give thanks while partaking in a tasty turkey dinner. As this holiday approaches, teachers can get students in the mood for the feast by engaging them in Thanksgiving and turkey-themed lessons.
There are an assortment of turkey-related bulletin boards that teachers can create. These bulletin boards serve both as decoration for the classroom and as an opportunity for students to reflect and learn.
Alphabet Turkeys
Use the upcoming holiday as an opportunity for students to practice their ABC skills by creating an “Alphabet Turkeys” bulletin board. To make this bulletin board, create cutouts of turkey bodies without their attractive plumage attached.
Using colored construction paper, make feather cutouts to attach to each bird. Label each bird with a letter, and place the naked birds on the class bulletin board.
When students arrive in class, provide them with the cutout feathers. Tell the students that their job is to dress the turkey up so that he doesn’t get cold as the temperature drops.
To dress their birds, they must write words that begin with the bird’s letter on feathers, and attach these features to the bird. Assign each student a bird, or allow students to work in groups, with each group focusing on a collection of birds. Allow students to write words and dress their bulletin board birds.
Thankful Turkey
Thanksgiving is a time to reflect upon the good things that we have. Allow your students to follow the example of the thankful turkey, and explain what they are thankful for. To create this bulletin board, make a large turkey cutout.
Place the cutout in the center of the board. Using white paper, create a speech bubble, and position it so that it comes out of the turkey’s mouth. Write something that the turkey might be thankful for on the speech bubble.
You could write something simple like, “I am thankful for friends and family” or something humorous like, “I am thankful to be on this board, and not the Thanksgiving table.” Create smaller turkey cutouts using construction paper.
Using student photos, replace the turkeys’ faces with the faces of your students. Staple these student birds on the board. Read the rest of this entry »
Learning English can be difficult for non-native speakers because of the complexity of sounds involved and the variety of idioms.
Many English classes emphasize writing, but it is also important to practice spoken English so as to be sure you can make yourself understood.
Thankfully there are many spoken English resources to help you on your journey to speaking clear, idiomatic English which will not only improve your speech, but your confidence too.
Phonetics
Peter Ladefoged from the University of California prepared pronunciations of all of the vowel and consonant symbols on the basic International Phonetic Association chart. His work has the sounds of vowels and consonants, vowel contrasts, intonation examples and many other useful phonetic resources.
Idioms
Spoken English Online offers a list of popular idioms used in the English language. It also contains a list of links to some other helpful websites that provide idiom usages and meanings. Another great idiom resource for American phrases is English Daily. It provides a context in which each idiom can be used, to further help explain its meaning.
Daily Expressions
English Pond lists a range of important phrases and expressions that are used in normal daily conversation. It provides written text examples as well as an mp3 audio which you can listen to, to hear how the sentences should be used.
English Variations
A resource developed by the University of Edinburgh contains a comprehensive list of English accents from around the world. It allows you to hear and compare pronunciation of the same words from different regions.
The University of Washington’s website has a page showing the variations of vowel sounds of American English and British English. It contrasts both sets of vowels in a quadrilateral that indicates where the tongue should be positioned to articulate the correct sound. Read the rest of this entry »