Sentences with phrase «focus on the classroom teacher»

Rethinking the regular education initiative: Focus on the classroom teacher.

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Does his sensory system allow for him to focus on the teacher's lessons, engage in classroom activities, and attend to tasks?»

An increased focus on social and emotional learning can improve the classroom climate and help kids see that the teacher truly cares.

When Keith Williams of the Memphis Education Association spoke, he focused on how to create support among teachers for in - classroom breakfast.

Cuomo should focus on increasing the discretion principals have to remove bad teachers — and on giving kids the choice to get out of classrooms with poor teachers by going to charter schools.

«My administration will also focus on the provision of incentives that will motivate teachers, and reward their hard work in the classroom.

We often report on the struggles of Common Core Learning Standards in the classroom, but in this Focus on Education report WBFO»S Eileen Buckley takes us inside JFK Middle School in Cheektowaga to hear about how educators and students are embracing it successfully and how future teachers are gearing up for the challenge.

«While the UFT focuses on political stunts and lobbying to keep bad teachers in the classroom, the mayor, governor, and State Education Department are working collaboratively to implement a rigorous teacher evaluation system that will help ensure our students have the best teachers,» she said in a statement.

To support the development of young students — particularly in low - income schools, which are at risk for having less effective teachers and less engaged students — researchers are looking to classroom interventions focused on social - emotional learning.

To cultivate that untapped talent, Singer said, educators have solid evidence of methods that work in STEM education — such as focusing on conceptual learning, problem - solving, and use of representations such as diagrams and evolution trees — but those methods are used in very few undergraduate classrooms where STEM teachers receive their training, Singer said.

Although most reformers say that they want to raise student achievement, many projects focus on interim targets, like attracting more students into STEM fields, training more and better math and science teachers or improving the skills of those already in the classroom, and strengthening curricula.

We also focused on demonstrating ways that teachers and students could get involved in this research in their own classrooms,» said Fleming.

Rice Lake, Wisconsin About Blog Blog is focused on helping middle school language arts teachers generate ideas in classroom organization, in what to teach, and beyond.

After all the children and their teachers have left for the day, thousands of cleaners around the state get to work in vacant classrooms emptying bins Last week I shared my six pet peeves about middle - aged men's online dating profiles, and I promised everyone that this week I'd focus on middle

An online form could clarify and streamline classroom walkthroughs by focusing on a summary, specific and targeted feedback, teacher reflection / action plans, and adding multimedia.

They should, in my mind, focus on how the incentives, rules, and actions can be arranged to ensure that there is indeed an effective teacher in every classroom.

The public release of these ratings — which attempt to isolate a teacher's contribution to his or her students» growth in math and English achievement, as measured by state tests — is one important piece of a much bigger attempt to focus school policy on what really matters: classroom learning.

The program — for and about teachers — will focus on the most important challenges and opportunities facing America's teachers, and feature examples of great teaching from various schools and classrooms across the country.

Successful technology integration must include an element of reflection to stay focused on how individual teachers and learners will use this technology in the classroom.

Consensus needs to be reached on the focus of the observation (teacher, students or both), the frequency and duration of observations, the structure of pre - and post-observation meetings, who is going to own and control these data (critical with video recordings), and last, but certainly not least, the classroom observation guide to be used.

Focusing on the start of the teacher pipeline, i.e., on those who report applying for a teaching job or teachers who begin classroom positions in the year immediately after receiving an undergraduate degree, we find that teacher applicants and new teachers in recent years have significantly higher SAT scores than their counterparts in the mid-1990s.

For one thing, the perspective of a single fixed camera focused on a teacher provides only a static picture of the actual classroom experience.

These questions have helped me become more reflective with my actions, have allowed me to focus on the teacher I will be coaching, and assist in planning the differentiated, classroom - embedded, technology staff development of which I am an avid proponent.

If their opinions filter down to the classroom level, which Wendy Constantine, the district's Peaceable School coordinator, is hoping will happen, teachers will put a lot more focus on getting to know their young charges.

In preparation for the program, the district hired about 800 new teachers, installed room dividers in hundreds of classrooms, and devised a new curriculum that focuses only on basic skills.

This may explain why debate over the Common Core often focuses on whether the standards will only set a common framework or will also dictate what teachers do in their classrooms.

Classroom Rewards Reap Dividends for Teachers and Students All teachers prefer to rely on their students» intrinsic motivation to encourage them to come to school, do their homework, and focus on classroom activities, but many supplement the internal drive to succeed with external Teachers and Students All teachers prefer to rely on their students» intrinsic motivation to encourage them to come to school, do their homework, and focus on classroom activities, but many supplement the internal drive to succeed with external teachers prefer to rely on their students» intrinsic motivation to encourage them to come to school, do their homework, and focus on classroom activities, but many supplement the internal drive to succeed with external rewards.

Created for classroom teachers, the focus of the Maths Rescue series is on the reinforcement of «the basics» in maths, as well as activities aimed at developing understanding of mathematics concepts.

Key recommendations of the report include: • A test to assess the literacy and numeracy skills of all teaching graduates; • A requirement for universities to demonstrate that their graduates are classroom ready before gaining full course accreditation; • An overhaul of the in class practical element of teaching degrees; • A specialisation for primary school teachers with a focus on STEM and languages; and, • Universities publish all information about how they select students into teacher education programs.

Teachers can see when something is off with their students from the moment they enter the classroom, and know that students may need support in cooling off or letting go of the emotion before they can focus on academic content.

«I will be focusing on the ways in which our museum can support teachers who are hungry to make their classrooms incubators of creativity.

High quality online CPD gives teachers access to training any time, any place, focusing on classroom best practice for a wide range of products.

«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.

NSTA also focuses on supporting a cooperative relationship among substitute teachers, regular classroom teachers, administrators, parents, and legislators, one that will ultimately serve the critical educational needs of our nation's students.

While we can measure the difference a good teacher makes in the classroom, we can't develop a mathematical formula for creating these heroic professionals, so judges will instead focus on easy - to - measure but inaccurate metrics like teachers» salaries as proxies for teacher quality.

Domain 5 — the idea of teachers in the school sharing and showcasing best practice to support professional learning of others, and this idea of a self - reflective culture, focus on improving classroom teaching, that was... this really informed our vision.

I think teachers make choices about classroom content based on what ideas and skills are important for children and what they can offer by way of support for reasoning and learning, and without a feeling for Science, they tend to focus elsewhere.

Anything that might reduce a teacher's latitude and ability to make professional choices in the context of each unique classroom is off the table (which explains the aversion to focusing on any specific curricula).

Today we hear from Anna Bennett, who runs workshops for early career teachers which focus on equipping them with the tools and skills required in the classroom.

SW: For me, the key implications for teachers would be [to be aware] of their potential to make a difference and focusing on developing children's self - regulation in the classroom.

After noticing second grade students struggling with active listening and peer relationships, we collaborated with classroom teachers to create a second - grade unit focused on our social curriculum and their geology unit.

The focus on personal devices, learning across locations, and learning from experience just doesn't mesh with the classroom as a fixed location for learning and the teacher as source of knowledge and authority.

MyTeachingPartner - Secondary is a Web - mediated professional - development system focused on improving teacher - student interactions in the classroom.

This presentation is full of advice for new and establised teachers, focusing on different strategies for classroom management.

The majority of arguments for single - sex schools and classrooms focus on the effects on interactions among students, but they also present the possibility of greatly increasing the number of students with teachers of the same gender.

As more classroom management functionality becomes automated, this frees up time for teachers to spend more of their skills and mental energy on more important things for students and their learning; such as tailoring learning to student needs and focusing more on individual and small group instruction than on managing large classes.

While the study focuses on the kinds of technology being brought into the classroom and used by educators at home and in the classroom, little is reported about how this has changed teachers» pedagogical approaches aside from how they give and collect assignments.

Mooradian was attracted to TEP because of its focus on intensive classroom experience and support for new teachers.

Using arts in the classroom will free students to look at content from different perspectives while clear communication from the teacher in the beginning and continued dialogue through the process will ensure student focus on learning goals.

Developed from trauma - informed classroom practices which focus on building relational capacities and self - regulatory strength, trauma - informed teachers often felt they needed more in their toolkit to create a strong culture of wellbeing within their classrooms.