Sentences with phrase «education seat time»

support legislation to repeal the Internet continuing education seat time requirement in order to allow real estate licensees and appraisers to complete courses at their own pace

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The Regents will see further change when the three new members take their seats under a new chancellor and vice chancellor, marking the end of an era in New York State education, and, according to education policymakers, a new time of thoughtful progression.

In 2005, when she gave up her seat on the City Council to run for Manhattan borough president, the New York Times editorial board praised her as «smart and driven and an expert on education issues,» but ultimately concluded «her style — often described by those who have worked with her as abrasive — would not be well suited to this office.»

That's a huge jump from the 16,119 full - time seats currently available inside public schools, as well as the more than 3,000 full - time seats available in community - based organizations, according to the joint report prepared by the mayor's office, the Education Department and other agencies.

And soon we have a world with choriocarcinoma, toxic fruit - fly semen, and umpteen times the education budget buying $ 600 toilet seats for the military.

«This is the first time I've had an up - close and behind - the - scenes seat at a national - level education reform process,» she says.

These leaders should focus their efforts on moving to a competency - based education that requires students to demonstrate mastery of the material, ending the archaic practice of seat - time, funding education based on achievement instead of attendance, eliminating the all too common practice of restricting students to district boundaries, and removing barriers to effective, high quality instruction.

The problem with both is that they are largely based on a relic of a bygone era in education — degree by seat time.

When it comes to fragile states theft of public resources like development money for education and land do create deep seated anger that if not addressed in time can evolve into grounds for seeking alternative means to redress the situation.

Often, these schools are taking advantage of the innovations offered by blended learning technology platforms and combining them with the regulatory freedom offered under charter school laws, waivers of seat time requirements, and teacher reforms to develop entirely new models of education.

During the last decade, we've documented how online learning — often in the form of blended learning — is an innovation with disruptive potential to transform our antiquated, seat - time - based education system.

Last week I wrote about structural barriers inhibiting competency - based education from taking off, even when policy shifts away from seat - time requirements to welcome innovation.

Seat time is clearly a rule left over from our factory - based education system built over a century ago, which legislatures and departments of education ought to abandon.

This reliance on summative will in turn stunt other policy efforts, such as competency - based education or seat - time waivers.

It could be «seat time,» Carnegie - style, but that's not a very good metric in a time of standards - based results - fixated education, and isn't very practical outside the traditional brick - and - mortar school - year system.

By education, the Commission meant student learning — not «seat time» in school.

Competency - based education, or CBE, is a model of education in which credits are awarded based on the demonstration of content mastery, rather than on seat time.

He said, «Rethinking policies around seat - time requirements, class size, compensating teachers based on their educational credentials, the use of technology in the classroom, inequitable school financing, the over placement of students in special education — almost all of these potentially transformative productivity gains are primarily state and local issues that have to be grappled with.»

Yet, when it came time to report continuing education credits, teachers still only reported professional development «hours» that involved seat time and structured in - service days.

A shift to a focus on measuring outcomes will open the licensure process to high - quality alternative pathways into teaching and encourage innovation among higher education providers who wish to compete on cost and quality rather than on traditional curriculum and seat - time requirements.

These leaders should focus their efforts on moving to a competency - based education that requires students to demonstrate mastery of the material, ending the archaic practice of seat - time, funding education based on achievement instead of attendance, eliminating the all - too - common practice of restricting students to district boundaries, and removing barriers to effective, high - quality instruction.

Policymakers should make policy that promotes quality - focused rural education by expanding broadband access, developing quality control mechanisms, and removing barriers to innovation such as class size and seat - time requirements.

And yet, despite the dire state of today's higher education system, there is hope on the horizon: By favoring knowledge and skill acquisition over seat time, online options and competency - based learning are disrupting the traditional higher education market and perhaps have laid the foundation for a revitalization of American education.

The state has become a leader in the «competency - based» education movement — in which success is less about «seat time» in a classroom or passing traditional tests and more about students showing they can apply skills and knowledge to complex challenges.

Currently, state and local education agencies control decisions about teacher certification requirements, staffing ratios, required seat time for students, and school curricula.

Serve students in grades 7 - 12 and Adult Education programs who wish to take courses for high school credit without a seat - time requirement and

«We're throwing out the clock, we're throwing out credit hours, we're throwing out seat time,» he said, listing the customary measures used in higher education.

Austin, who has been working in education reform for two decades, said it is a unique time in LA Unified's history with the election of a pro-reform majority of the school board who won their seats without the support of an incumbent mayor.

2017 - 18 Pupil Accounting Transition Related to Seat Time Waivers Section 101 (9), of the State School Aid Act (MCL 388.1701 [9]-RRB-, permits the State Superintendent to waive the minimum number of hours and days of pupil instruction for Alternative Education programs or other innovative programs approved by the Michigan Department of Education (MDE).

Overview Internationally, leading countries have built education systems based on a competency - based education approach as opposed to seat - time requirements that we have in the United States.

A charismatic and visionary leader, he has pioneered the use of the Michigan Seat - Time Waiver, online learning platform and technology to help students advance in their education and achieve high school graduation.

In 2003, North Carolina enacted the Innovative Education Initiatives Act of 2003 (updated in 2005), which allowed policy waivers regarding seat time requirements and limited age restrictions for younger students enrolling in institutions of higher education, thus leading to the creation of innovative high school models including Learn and Earn highEducation Initiatives Act of 2003 (updated in 2005), which allowed policy waivers regarding seat time requirements and limited age restrictions for younger students enrolling in institutions of higher education, thus leading to the creation of innovative high school models including Learn and Earn higheducation, thus leading to the creation of innovative high school models including Learn and Earn high schools.

Competency - based education (CBE) awards students with degree credit based on skills learned, rather than seat time or the number of courses completed.

He said, «Rethinking policies around seat - time requirements, class size, compensating teachers based on their educational credentials, the use of technology in the classroom, inequitable school financing, the over-placement of students in special education — almost all of these potentially transformative productivity gains are primarily state and local issues that have to be grappled with.»

In a 2005 editorial, the Times described her as a «smart and driven... expert on education issues» but noted that her «abrasive» attitude made her ill - suited for the political seat she was campaigning for.

While targeted requirements may potentially expand teacher knowledge and improve teacher practice, Kentucky's general, nonspecific continuing education coursework requirements for license renewal merely call for teachers to complete a certain amount of seat time.

A growing numbers of states and districts are embracing competency - based education, focusing on student mastery of critical competencies instead of seat - time requirements that communicate little about the quality of learning.

College students can now receive financial aid when enrolled in competency - based programs as the U.S. Department of Education makes a small shift from credit hours (seat time) to competency.

Los Angeles — A new report from the Center for Civil Rights Remedies at the Civil Rights Project, Suspended Education in California's Public Schools, estimates that more than 400,000 students were suspended and removed from classrooms at least one time during the 2009 - 10 school year in California — enough to fill every seat in all the professional baseball and football stadiums in the state.

The study found that — out of 22 policy barriers to competency - based education, as cited by principals — 20 were merely perceived or could be dealt with through creative workarounds or waivers.14 The same year, a 50 - state policy scan by the Carnegie Foundation found that only nine states provided no flexibility in granting high school credits beyond traditional seat time requirements.15

When the Comprehensive Plan Advisory Committee meets for the first time tomorrow from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm at the Legislative Office Building many of the seats will be filled with corporate education reform industry representatives.

Although our aim is to provide a full K - 12 education to students in Boston, we are, for the time being, unable to do so due to the current legislative cap on charter school seats.

New Hampshire has a statewide competency - based education and assessment system, requiring all students to complete competency - based pathways to graduate and demonstrate their mastery of knowledge and skills, rather than just accumulate credits based on seat time.

As with other forms of education — such as classroom and eLearning — you should be careful about focusing too much on seat time.

We are proud to offer the IDriveSafely course, which is the first online seat belt course approved by the Texas Education Agency (the regulatory agency at the time) and now the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR).

The IREC requires that all online education providers use a timing mechanism to ensure that a minimum seat time is spent in each course (equal to 50 min per credit hour).

The New York Real Estate Commission requires that all online education providers use a timing mechanism to ensure that a minimum seat time is spent in each course (equal to 50 min per credit hour).