Sentences with phrase «leading educators uses»

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It also, however, after the half - pause of a semi-colon, «encourages the use of peer educators in sexuality education as a good way to lead to empowerment,» and suggests that governments — as really the much more crucial «stakeholders» — consider using social marketing techniques to promote contraceptive use.

While bullying has a long and sordid history in American classrooms, a November 7, 2016 article in The Nation asserts that the current surge is notable in two respects, both for the similarity of its targets - Muslim students, immigrants and children of immigrants, children of color, girls, and Jews - and the language used against them, leading some educators to suggest a link to Donald Trump and the «degraded course of this election season.»

Many British home educators, who start by using structure a bit like a school day, find themselves veering more and more to autonomous child - led learning, exploring new topics together, and following the child's own need to learn at their own rate.

Since 1985, Project 2061 has led the way in science education reform by first defining adult science literacy in its influential publication Science for All Americans and then specifying what K - 12 students need to know in Benchmarks for Science Literacy, which helps educators implement science literacy goals in the classroom; the AAAS Science Assessment website with more than 700 middle school test items; and WeatherSchool @ AAAS, an online resource where students can use real - world data to learn about the fundamental principles of weather and climate.

In October, Drakes and Donovan will be among a group of teachers giving a presentation on their experiences using the Toward High School Biology unit and helping to lead a workshop to introduce the new unit to attendees of the 2017 Area Conference of the NSTA, the world's largest organization of science educators.

Over the course of five years, BLI will use DNA barcoding to explore, document, and track the biodiversity on and around Long Island, through independent and distributed experiments by student research teams, led by trained Long Island educators.

States and school districts may find it tricky to navigate what is required and how money can be spent, which can lead to funds being used in «safe» and «permissible» ways rather than the ways that educators deem most useful.

Second, despite a decade of calls by everyone from leading educators to leaders in the business community to shift our schooling from fact - based learning structured by academic disciplines to one that develops creative, flexible thinkers using a more interdisciplinary approach, this change is still not happening in any widespread way.

It has also been known for ICT procurement to be based on one of the following: educators wishing to keep up with certain trends in the general public's use of computing and communication devices; to actually be ahead of those trends and maintain a reputation for being at the leading edge, with all the attendant issues of being an early adopter; or even on the back of people seeing a new gadget being tested on a television programme.

Those who are already skeptical about using tests to judge schools and educators will find a lot to like, while those in favor of the practice will be challenged by the evidence presented that test - based accountability can lead schools to engage in unproductive practices.

We believe that all educators - from those standing in front of a roomful of students to those leading state educational agencies - should be able to participate in and use research effectively: to distinguish between random sampling and random assignment, differentiate between credible evidence and anecdotal claims, and apply scientific conclusions for the benefit of their respective «teams.»

NIA Educators in Residence, including educational lead Becky Jaramillo, recipient of the 2004 Presidential Award for Excellence in Science Teaching, taught attendees interactive lessons they can use in the classroom.

Howard - Jones, Professor of Neuroscience and Education at the University of Bristol's Graduate School of Education in the UK, says differences in language and terminology used by neuroscientists and educators has led to the perpetuation of common neuromyths.

All of our discovery workshops are led by professional educators and use a combination of live animals and bio artefacts to really bring learning to life.

In the 1990s when schools began shifting to mobile technology, the software purchased for classroom use was selected with a monolithic approach, which led educators to set up each computer exactly the same for all students and teachers.

The interactive nature of audio - visual touch screen technology means educators can not only use it to offer dynamic teaching led by themselves, but also encourage pupils to actually get involved.

Using Stanford's K12 lab Design Thinking for Educators a methodology, or process leading product and service designers use everyday, participants collaborate to come up with ideas and learning experiences and then share them online for all to benefit from.

It is her hope that the Lead Early Educators for Success series will follow the same path as her prior set of briefs, Lead for Literacy, currently being used across the nation for literacy planning, including underpinning a statewide plan to improve third - grade reading outcomes in Arizona.

In this webinar, we'll discuss how educators and administrators are using industry - leading tools and smart strategies to personalize learning, improve classroom management, and gain back valuable instructional time.

Whether I'm leading a professional development session or having a casual conversation with a fellow educator, I often use the phrase «tasks before apps.»

But it's also the case that data can used in ways that might lead educators to say «look, it's exactly as I imagined this particular groups to be as low achieving, that's what I've always thought, I don't see anything useful here in these data».

Over the past two years he has helped lead an interdisciplinary group of designers and educators from the U.S., U.K., Canada, and Germany, to collaborate on a research project that resulted in the publication The Third Teacher: 79 Ways You Can Use Design to Transform Teaching & Learning.

Gray is a leading voice in the conversation about 21st - century learning initiatives, and she is helping influence the way educators use technology to modernize their teaching practices.

«Across the country, states, districts, and educators are leading the way in developing innovative assessments that measure students» academic progress; promote equity by highlighting achievement gaps, especially for our traditionally underserved students; and spur improvements in teaching and learning for all our children,» stated U.S. Secretary of Education John B. King Jr. «Our proposed regulations build on President Obama's plan to strike a balance around testing, providing additional support for states and districts to develop and use better, less burdensome assessments that give a more well - rounded picture of how students and schools are doing, while providing parents, teachers, and communities with critical information about students» learning.»

Educators who use the tool engage in a discovery and dialogue process that can lead to modifications in the school's time budget and instructional program.

Using national and state - level data on public school managers, we find marked gender disparities in the career paths that lead educators from the classroom to the superintendent post.

Enduring impact: more educators who understand, embrace and use character education, leading to more schools of character that will graduate young men and women who become ethical citizens who appreciate the worth of character, the obligation of duty and the importance of kindness.

But the flaws in techniques like value - added assessment do not automatically lead to the conclusion that those techniques shouldn't be used to hold educators accountable.

«Today, the White House Summit validates the hard work of school board members, students, parents and educators in Rochester City and Hillsborough County, and other districts that have played a leading role in using technology to strengthen the high school academic experience,» stated Thomas J. Gentzel, Executive Director, National School Boards Association (NSBA).

Filled with research - based strategies from leading experts, these resources will provide educators with insight into the cognitive effects of poverty, engagement techniques to use with struggling learners, and best practices for turning around high - poverty schools.

Thousands of educators across the country use the Understanding by Design (UbD ®) framework, created by the late Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe, to get a handle on standards, align programs to assessments, and guide teachers in implementing a standards - based curriculum that leads to student understanding and achievement.

Bilal Tawwab, the superintendent of schools in Flint, Mich., refuses to use the city's lead - water crisis as an excuse from keeping his team of educators focused on improving student achievement in a long - struggling school district.

Learn why leading educators are using DnA's powerful, easy - to - use tools to access the real - time data they need to get their job done.

We blend pedagogical research and intuitive technology into our easy - to - use online tool and leading professional development for educators.

The institute is also an opportunity for educators to explore ways to use multiple measures to ensure that their assessments lead to a system of data collection and analysis that result in higher levels of student achievement.

Following her public school career, Sheryl was the Director of Program Development for 6 + years at Committee for Children — a Seattle - based social enterprise — where she led the development of social and emotional learning programs that are acclaimed by research experts and used by educators in over 20 countries.

Beware of resentment if the skills of the supportive co-teacher (e.g., special educator) are not being used or the lead (e.g., content teacher) co-teacher feels an unequal burden of responsibility.

Read about the new groups formed by «teacherpreneurs» who are using social media to lead one another; the programs like PAR that empower educators to evaluate and support colleagues and improve practice; and the efforts in some areas where teachers manage whole schools.

Educators in the Marysville priority schools have also participated in Washington Education Association and NEA - led professional development focused on cultural competency and effective data use, in addition to traveling to national forums organized by PSC to share and learn from other school districts engaged in school reform.

Governor Markell says our nation's students «deserve action,» and it is «up to leaders to collaborate with their own educators and community members to use the expert guidance offered to them to strengthen their states» education systems and provide students with the high - quality educations that can lead to better futures.»

Many educators, policymakers, and other stakeholders worry that increasing selectivity may lead to a less racially diverse teacher workforce, as minority candidates generally score lower on many of the current selectivity metrics used by teacher preparation programs.14 Others maintain that the diversity gap will only continue to grow in the decades to come, even with a focus on the recruitment and retention of the current generation of prospective teachers.15 Instead, those skeptical of the United States» ability to attain both goals offer solutions such as increased cultural competency among the existing teacher workforce to inspire and encourage a more diverse generation of future educators.16

In particular, Jim's leadership led New Britain educators to use data to realize they had a problem with chronic absence, and encouraged them bring together key stakeholders to identify and implement solutions.

Developed by the organizations that led the successful and widely praised prototyping of items for the PARCC Consortium, Agile Assessment 5.0 provides educators with flexible tools for creating high - quality formative assessments, and for using real - time data on student learning to customize and strengthen classroom -, school -, and district - level math programming.

One study found that high familiarity with the NETS (for teachers and for students) led not only to higher use of technology in the classroom in general, but also higher use of discipline - specific technology tools among teacher educators (Friedman et al., 2009).

According to a report from the National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance (NCEE), three performance measures used for evaluating teachers and principals provided some information to distinguish educator performance and led to increased feedback.

Lack of progress and growing opposition to high - stakes testing have led a growing number of educators and policy advocates to conclude that education policies and the strategies used to help underperforming schools and to promote student achievement must change.

Led by a nationally recognized educator, this intensive training focuses on improving every step of the instructional cycle, from breaking down standards and building the best CFAs to using data to plan meaningful interventions.

NTC also partners with states and districts to report data on teaching and learning conditions using its Teaching, Empowering, Leading, and Learning (TELL) survey to help states develop policies and practices that connect related factors, such as school leadership, teaching, and learning conditions, and specific educator policies.

This engaging and non-competitive simulation game helps educators learn to build a community of practice among school faculty that leads to sustained use of effective practices and improved learning for all.