Sentences with phrase «pilot teachers participated»

Pilot teachers participated in extensive professional development prior to implementing the program.

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Roseman is looking to improve the new energy curriculum with the help of teachers in Virginia and Maryland who will participate with their students in pilot testing of the unit next spring.

For the prototype phase, Intrinsic staged two pilots during school holidays, borrowing the multipurpose areas of neighborhood schools, where teachers could interact with students who volunteered to participate.

It began in November 2016 as a pilot across 10 districts, and has since rolled out nationally across England with over 1,400 schools participating following positive feedback from teachers and pupils.

When asked in the spring of 2003, just as the pilot program was ending, to rate whether setting measurable objectives for bonuses of up to $ 1,500 had an impact on «cooperation among teachers,» 53.2 percent of the participating teachers said the impact was positive; only 2 percent said the impact was negative.

Since the pilot program's inception this past September, almost a dozen teachers on the roster have been participating in up to ten or so whiteboard sessions Monday through Thursday, 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. (EST).

Meanwhile, the Denver Public Schools and the Denver Teachers Association have captured attention for agreeing to a two - year pilot of a program that ties pay for all teachers in participating schools to student performance and to further teacher edTeachers Association have captured attention for agreeing to a two - year pilot of a program that ties pay for all teachers in participating schools to student performance and to further teacher edteachers in participating schools to student performance and to further teacher education.

Teachers who participated in the proposed pilot program, which would be voluntary, would earn their salaries over a full year rather than...

If you are a social studies or history teacher interested in participating in a small pilot study next semester please contact her at [email protected].

All the 8th - grade teachers are participating in the blended pilot this year.

In return for this flexibility, states participating in the pilot must commit to: build their capacity for school reform; take the most significant actions for the lowest - performing schools, including addressing the issue of teacher effectiveness; and use data to determine the method of differentiation and categories of intervention.

While a LIS school can ask its teachers to sign a «commitment to the plan» that expects them to put in extra work and participate in professional development, the agreement doesn't have the same enforcement power that pilot school elect - to - work agreements have.

The teacher teams developed a technical math course with nine units; the course was piloted in each of the participating districts in Year 2 of the project.

Of the three autonomy models, pilots are the most flexible option because their teachers, though still represented by UTLA, must sign an «elect - to - work» contract that requires them to put in more hours on the job and participate in supplementary career training.

Fast forward to the Spring of 2009 when Shoah contacted me to pilot a lesson on liberator Howard Cwick, which lead to an offer to participate in their first Master Teacher Program in 2010.

Seventy five of North Carolina's 115 school districts have submitted teacher compensation proposals to the General Assembly with the hope of participating in a pilot program that would reward highly effective teachers with bonuses.

After a successful pilot season, Manchester introduced iPads and eSpark to the majority of the district's classrooms, and the two teachers that participated in the tech pilot were seen as iPad experts in their district.

Two preservice teachers, one graduate student, and one VS cooperating teacher who participated in the pilot field experience were selected using convenience sampling (Maxwell, 2005, Weiss, 1994).

For teacher candidates Mary and Helen, their original intention in participating in this pilot virtual field experience was to acquire the necessary observation hours for their course.

As part of her independent graduate level study, she was asked to participate and complete all learning activities in this pilot field experience as if she were a preservice teacher.

She is also an active Discovery STAR Educator, serving as the Events Chair for the Wisconsin DEN Leadership Council, and in 2009 was one of three teachers selected to participate in the Discovery Student Pilot Adventure in China for 15 days.

We piloted Louisiana Believes ELA units during the 2016 - 17 school year and participating teachers expressed an overwhelming positive impact on their time, instruction, and, in turn, student learning.

A pilot study found that the program positively influenced those teachers who actively participated but that there were procedural weaknesses in the program.

As a kindergarten teacher last year who participated in the pilot program, Casco had a videotaped math lesson that was selected by the district as a model to train administrators on what to look for during an observation.

It's true that public education in Louisiana needs reform, said Karin Jenkins, a third grade teacher at Live Oak Elementary in Waggaman who participated in the pilot, but the evaluation system seems to come from policymakers who lack a classroom view.

The short - lived pilot ends after this school year, when participating teachers will receive differentiated pay based on their performance according to the plan developed for the pilot program.

Six low - performing Boston schools participating in a pilot program that gives teachers more training, support, and leadership roles are showing higher growth on state tests than other low - performing city schools...

For instance, 30 percent of Hawaii's teachers are using new system, while just 14 percent of teachers in Race to the Top - participating districts in Maryland are involved in the pilot.

If a pilot district is participating in both the teacher and principal evaluation pilots, it will expand its teacher evaluation advisory committee to take on principal evaluation pilot work as well.

Deidra Gammill, an NBCT and Ph.D. from Mississippi, was one of ten teachers in her state chosen to participate in the pilot year of the Teacher Leadership Institute.

I've witnessed this myself with teachers who have participated in our National Teacher Enquiry Network (NTEN) Lesson Study pilot reporting greater teamwork and engagement in their work.

The results of the pilot were unprecedented: 91 % of families participated in Family Playlists and a surprising 84 % of participating families chose to submit personal feedback to their child's teacher that was filled with pride and emotion (e.g., «I enjoyed working with my son on this assignment; I am very proud of my son's accomplishment»).

The pilot also demonstrated a significant improvement in the learning relationships between students, teachers, and families, with 100 % of participating families agreeing that the program helped them understand what their child was learning in school.

Approximately 400 teachers, counselors, and school board leaders across Texas will participate in the pilot programs which focus on six key areas including teacher effectiveness, college and career readiness, early literacy, career technical education, and ethics and student outcomes alignment for school governance.

Perhaps most important, the teachers who participated in the pilot project indicated that their students» performance improved, which suggests that teachers saw measurable academic improvement.

One of the school's computer science teachers, Ben Samuels - Kalow, is certified to teach in social studies, but when he was doing his teaching residency at the school in the 2012 - 13 school year, the principal, Ramon Gonzalez, noticed that he was computer savvy and asked if he would participate in a pilot program aimed at training teachers in teaching computer science.

Moreover, teachers who participated in pilot programs could help develop lesson - planning and time - management strategies that minimize the conflict between CRP and standardized tests, which could then be incorporated into more far - reaching professional development programs.

Hakol Chai's pilot educational program «Expanding the Circle of Compassion,» launched earlier this month in 21 classrooms of 8 Arab schools, is already reaping praise from teachers and principals monitoring the over 600 students participating in it.

Through the pilot, 27 teachers participated in a four - day SEL training program that reviewed the definition of mindfulness, the rationale for incorporating it in education, and specific practices for educators and their students.

Twenty - six teachers with prior training and experience implementing the Open Circle Curriculum for social and emotional learning participated in the pilot.