Not exact matches
More than 800
teachers are attending the city's third - annual science, technology, engineering and math
institute.
In the past year,
more than 20 participants took part in Principals» Center leadership
institutes and K — 12 teaching and learning programs such as The Transformative Power of
Teacher Teams and Data Wise: Using Assessment Results to Improve Teaching and Learning.
Lesson Plans for Teaching About the Americas [archived copy]
More than 65 lesson plans written by secondary
teachers in 1995 as part of a summer
institute at the Latin America Data Base.
In 2003 schools chancellor Joel Klein appointed her and the project, through a no - bid three - year $ 5.4 million contract, to the task of revamping the way literacy skills are taught in
more than 100 district schools, including most of those in Brooklyn and Queens, the project's mission is to retrain — through onsite workshops, leadership seminars, curricular materials, and an intensive summer
institute — primary and upper - grade
teachers, administrators from principals up through district superintendents, and central department policymakers.
Proponents, insisting that tying
teacher salaries to measurable standards will improve schools, have
instituted a wide variety of incentive plans across the country: Some evaluate
teachers based solely on standardized test scores, some on
teacher skill development; some offer
more pay to
teachers working in at - risk schools or with at - risk children, or for teaching certain subjects.
If you believe that online courses are a piece of cake and are taught by
teachers who have failed to prove their mettle at
more credible
institutes, you need to change your perspective.
DuFour strove to promote a
more student - centered approach to instruction during his five years at Batavia High School in Illinois» Batavia Unified School District 101, where he
instituted a pilot program in which students could give anonymous feedback to their
teachers.
But then, despite facing a budget shortfall and laying off dozens of
teachers, School Superintendent Paul «education reformer extraordinaire» Vallas, announced that he was
instituting yet another full round of standardized tests in June because he believes that
more testing is the only way to prevent
teachers from allowing a «lull» in learning to take place in their classrooms.
The
teachers determined that students were reluctant to take a strong stand on an issue - a requirement for making a credible argument - so the changes they
instituted included providing
more examples of strong persuasive essays in the lesson plans.
Another
teacher at the end of the
institute day highlighted the advantage that performance tasks provide to hone in on
more meaningful knowledge and skills, «I appreciate the opportunity to assess deeper knowledge as compared to typical standardized testing.»
Thankfully,
more school systems are
instituting rigorous evaluations to understand how both students and
teachers are performing.But, as in teaching, there is also always room for improvement in evaluation methods.
Our new 6 +1 Trait Writing
institute addresses one of the greatest challenges
teachers face today: how to scaffold instruction for diverse learners — including English language learners, students with special needs and gifted and talented students — so that all students in your classroom become stronger,
more confident writers.
The first three years of this program have taught us that
instituting personalization in classrooms takes much
more than exposing
teachers to emerging practices.
States are implementing the new Common Core State Standards to improve math and English / language arts learning and are
instituting more meaningful approaches to evaluate
teachers and support their growth.
The Corporate Education Reform Industry, with the help of elected officials likes of Dannel Malloy, Andrew Cuomo, Jeb Bush and others, have used the problems facing public schools in poorer communities to
institute an agenda of
more standardized testing, inappropriate
teacher evaluation programs and the privatization of public education through the creation of privately owned, but publicly funded charter schools.
Bush's No Child Left Behind Act called for federal standards, and Obama's Race to The Top Act offered states
more than $ 4 billion in federal funds in exchange for
instituting formal
teacher assessments.
In 2010, former charter - school leader David Hill was named director of academic operations for the so - called Jubilee Schools, and he
instituted changes across the network — extending the school day, strengthening school culture, putting
more emphasis on attracting and retaining high - quality
teachers and principals.
While Gov. Jerry Brown has
instituted a new funding formula for school districts statewide, sending putting
more dollars in local hands, he is also asking
teachers to increase their pension contributions as a way to help pay down $ 74 billion in
teacher pension debt.
Over the summer,
more than 400
teachers, counselors, and administrators from 52 schools redesigned or new Learn and Earn schools attended a professional development
institute focused on leading innovative high schools.
Before the
institute, I was a good
teacher — but I believe that I am now uncovering
more of my leadership potential.
If we can accomplish the two pivotal goals: elect the right people to office and support the locals in bringing value to members, then
instituting equitable and learning - centered funding, getting
teachers back in control of our profession, and maintaining a strong and vibrant CEA will become much
more achievable.
This 5 - day
institute (held the same week and at the same location) is designed to inspire and re-energize
teachers who have been teaching CPM for
more than five years.
«Now there are
more ways in which if we do recruit
teachers we can share with them you can start out as a beginning
teacher, then you got the key beginning
teachers, you have the
teacher leadership
institute, then they run into the national board certification, which means
more money,» said Dr. Ve - Lecia Council, the district's assistant superintendent for human resources.
If they can
institute their plan
more cost effectively, negating the effects of an unfunded state mandate, and it is accepted as an effective evaluation of
teacher performance by their Bd of Ed, admins, and
teachers, then where is the argument?
Although the Gates Foundation money is a tiny portion of the Hartford School System's total budget, by accepting the grant, the Hartford Board is committed to
instituting more standardized testing (the NWEA MAP test), supporting the expansion of
more charter slots (a gift for Jumoke and Achievement First) and attaching
teacher evaluation results (From the Danielson / Teachscape programs) to the NWEA MAP and other standardized test data.
As of last week, FarFaria
instituted a summer giveaway which will offer 10,000
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And with
more and
more schools
instituting Bring Your Own Device initiatives, ereading is gaining a lot of traction in public schools, meaning
teachers can incorporate a lot of original content in the process.
I am a qualified professional and state - certified anthropology
teacher with
more than five years of experience regarding teaching classes of the science of human kind and hope that my experience and skill set will help in the growth of the
institute.