Larissa is a certified Childlight Yoga Instructor (Yoga & Mindfulness for Children and Advanced Teacher Concepts) and has completed a Yoga 4
Classrooms Professional Development Workshop.
Not exact matches
Wilson Training has trained and certified over 3,000
professionals around the world and the Qualified Family Office
Professional (QFOP) program leverages that program management, test
development, and online
classroom environment building expertise for the family office industry.
The focus of the training, delivered via
professional -
development workshops and phone - coaching sessions, was the personal interactions in the
classroom between teachers and students; the coaches gave teachers strategies designed to help them build a «positive emotional climate» and show «sensitivity to student needs for autonomy.»
But I think the schools like the Expeditionary Learning schools I visited are really rigorous, not just about what happens in the
classroom but about the
professional development.
«It's important to know that the traditional
professional development seminars that teachers undergo don't usually get into the depth of coaching individual instructors on how to create a dynamic climate and environment, how to shape the emotional and psychological mood in a
classroom.»
Tia is also involved in all aspects of the sanctuary's educational programming — developing curricula and interpretive materials, developing and implementing
classroom teacher
professional development, working on numerous grants in communities and schools, and developing and teaching natural history and food - based programming.
Both types of courses are
professional development workshops that model, teach, and encourage teachers to use inquiry - based, hands - on methods of teaching STEM subjects in their
classrooms.
School Board Vice Chair Patsy Jordan, a former
classroom teacher, spoke of how the Farm Bureau's «amazing»
professional development programs for teachers gave her great tools to use in the
classroom.
The Conference, which is being held in Cardiff, has heard that too many employers are denying teachers the opportunity to engage in appropriate training and
professional development to support high - quality
classroom practice.
Professional development encompasses scientific growth and skills that are infrequently taught in the
classroom but are vital for success in launching a postdoc's independent career.
Gaab frequently leads
professional development workshops for teachers, participates in school «brain awareness days,» and meets with teachers and principals to help them find ways to translate research on how the brain learns into meaningful
classroom applications.
As a scientist who has never had extensive ethics training, the other of us (Wendy Law), an SEP postdoctoral fellow, attended ethics courses at the University of Washington and Georgetown University, as well as teacher
professional development workshops on using ethics in the
classroom offered by the Washington Association for Biomedical Research and by UW's High School Human Genome Project.
Both Cox and Newton say that their work keeps them close to schools — for example, doing research in
classrooms or running
professional -
development workshops for teachers.
Continued investigation of this research may have strong implications for policy makers, public health
professionals and school administrators to consider simple and sustainable environmental changes in
classrooms that can effectively increase energy expenditure and physical activity as well as enhance cognitive
development and education outcomes.
In their applications, districts will have outlined a variety of strategies to improve student performance, Utrup noted, including changes in teacher preparation and retention,
professional development, and evaluation of
classroom performance.
Formal
classroom training,
professional development seminars and panel discussions enable faculty to gain the fundamental skills and knowledge for building and managing research labs.
The Master Educator Program (MEP) offers financial support to successful applicants (ASPB members) to participate in focused, substantive, and practical
professional development with the aim of developing undergraduate plant biology instructional materials for an active learning
classroom.
The Community of Practice provides
professional development opportunities for middle and high school teachers across the country to learn more about current heliophysics research and incorporate it into their
classroom.
Crowdfunding is a great option when you need
classroom materials, money for field trips, or even
professional development.
She has participated in numerous
professional development opportunities to improve her astronomy teaching, including the National Optical Astronomy Observatory's (NOAO) Teacher Leaders in Research Based Science Education Program where Ms. Sepulveda learned to bring authentic astronomy research into the
classroom.
Yoga 4
Classrooms is a ChildLight Yoga affiliate focused on providing professional development training for K - 12 schools and individual school professionals interested in sustainably implementing yoga & mindfulness in their classrooms and schools to improve self - regulation, learning an
Classrooms is a ChildLight Yoga affiliate focused on providing
professional development training for K - 12 schools and individual school
professionals interested in sustainably implementing yoga & mindfulness in their
classrooms and schools to improve self - regulation, learning an
classrooms and schools to improve self - regulation, learning and climate.
Other
professional development has related to leveraging Twitter to promote student learning, a look at the significance of higher - order questioning, and investigating innovative
classroom and school models.
Finally, we made an effort to discuss the status of our Open
Classrooms at each monthly
professional development committee meeting so that we could share the wonderful things we were seeing.
As a part of this
professional development, a team of teachers is engaging with building leaders, district leaders, and other experts / thought leaders to help shape the vision for teaching and learning in our
classrooms.
Attend
professional development presented by your coach - you can often find ways to collaborate further about the content of the session and to personalize the learning within the setting of your own
classroom.
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Professional development: Connecting
Classrooms, Communities, and Careers: Integration of Academic and...
On the site, I explain and demonstrate instructional and
classroom management strategies; explore technology, books, research and
professional development tools that can make us better; help teachers fine - tune the design of their materials; examine the emotional and social forces that impact the way we do our work; and conduct my own little grass - roots studies on topics that I think need more attention.
Professional development should outline strategies for integrating sophisticated, abstract vocabulary and language instruction into formal daily lessons, but also present ways to build language during informal interactions and thereby elevate overall language use in the
classroom.
Please feel free to use anything you find on Edutopia in your
classroom teaching,
professional -
development trainings, PTA meetings, or other venues dedicated to helping pre-K — 12 students learn.
Help can include targeted, high - quality
professional development; curriculum improvements; additional time for student learning after school or in the summers; establishment of wraparound services, including community school models; redesign of schools to support personalization and more authentic work in
classrooms and internships; or pairing of struggling schools with successful ones serving similar students.
Beyond my duties in the
classroom, I also serve as a member of our district leadership team and facilitate
professional development in science for grades K - 12 through the Humboldt County Office of Education.
Heavy investments in highly targeted
professional development for teachers and principals in the fundamentals of strong
classroom instruction;
Now in its 11th year, the Discovery Education Summer Institute is a celebrated week - long
professional development and networking event, bringing together teachers from across the US and Canada who are passionate about using digital media in the
classroom.
PLCs go a step beyond
professional development by providing teachers with not just skills and knowledge to improve their teaching practices but also an ongoing community that values each teacher's experiences in their own
classrooms and uses those experiences to guide teaching practices and improve student learning (Vescio et al., 2008).
Key findings of the study indicate that teachers are using Twitter primarily for
professional development and improved
classroom practice.
«As a former Peace Corps volunteer in the Philippines, New York City teacher, licensed sea captain, and head educator of an ocean
classroom prior to coming to HGSE, Timothy O'Brien is a «stealthy leader» who truly embodies the values, energy, and breadth of the Learning and Teaching (L&T) Program through his focus on student work and
professional development of teachers,» says Lecturer Sally Schwager, Learning and Teaching program director.
According to the principal and teachers at Cochrane Collegiate Academy, a major reason for the growth in student performance is a signature strategy for
classroom instruction and
professional development called Interactive Learning.
Every freshman at UML receives a tour of this National Park and education students learn to use the city as their
classroom through the Tsongas Industrial History Center, a hands - on history, science, and
professional development center named after Senator Paul Tsongas, who championed this park partnership.
«We have used the cases in both
classroom teaching and in
professional development workshops for teachers, social workers, and other
professionals who work with children and families,» says Lopez.
I don't know about you ~ but as an educator I have sometimes sat in
professional development trainings and wondered how the training applied to my
classroom.
Bound up in this is the need for school districts to provide adequate
professional training and
development for substitutes, who are in short supply, and to encourage a positive working relationship between
classroom teachers and their substitutes.
Through a 2 - year
professional development program that incorporates continuous quality improvement methods, UBC provides
classroom teams and school leaders training and in -
classroom coaching to maximize language instructional strategies, instructional time, effective interactions and attendance.
Professional development Teachers hold the key to change the way maths is taught in the classroom and much of that can hinge upon the professional development that teachers
Professional development Teachers hold the key to change the way maths is taught in the
classroom and much of that can hinge upon the
professional development that teachers
professional development that teachers are offered.
Details on how educators can get Spark for Education with premium features for free for their school and universities, along with Spark training and
professional development complete with a guide to using Spark in the
classroom, can be found on the Spark for Education website.
Making sure all of those in education can look forward to investment in their continuous
professional development, and remuneration that is sufficient to encourage them to stay in the
classroom for the long term without the risk of burn out or bankruptcy.
Alison is also chair of the Mathematical Association's
Professional Development Committee, project lead on the University of Chichester TI - Nspire research pilot for Texas Instruments and author of «Evaluating TI - Nspire in secondary mathematics
classrooms» ISBN 978 -0-948765-47-6.
Jennings is a founder of CARE for Teachers, a «mindfulness - based
professional development program designed to reduce stress and promote improvements in
classroom climate and student academic and behavioral outcomes.»
The report, «Learning To Lead, Leading To Learn: Improving School Quality Through Principal
Professional Development,» stresses the need for continual, hands - on training in the
classroom for principals.
MyTeachingPartner - Secondary is a Web - mediated
professional -
development system focused on improving teacher - student interactions in the
classroom.
Lesson study is a Japanese form of
professional development that centers on collaborative study of live
classroom lessons, and it has spread rapidly in the United States since 1999.