Sentences with phrase «support increased student learning»

Support increased student learning and growth in economics / financial understanding and knowledge.

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Most concerning, class sizes are growing and classrooms host an increasing number of students with learning challenges or other special needs — with too few staff and resources made available to support them.

«Parents may want to learn more about how their child's school works to identify and support students struggling with mental health issues, and advocate for increased resources if needed,» she says.

Our facilitator - led support sessions provide opportunities for students to collaborate with peers while learning necessary skills for managing stigma, strengthening campus support and relationships, and assessing readiness to increase academic and social demands.

For more visual strategies to support meaning making and retention, see our book BrainSMART: 60 Strategies for Increasing Student Learning.

An early intervention program for Kindergarten students, a program involving professional learning teams working together to increase teacher knowledge, and an action research project looking at how to use data to support student learning and feedback.

«Supporting teachers through resources and professional learning is critical if our teachers are to remain relevant and able to reflect the nature and issues of our changing world in their teaching and ultimately increase student engagement in science,» he said.

Government research showed universities had seen some 15 per cent growth in their per student funding, but that hadn't flowed into increased expenditure on teaching, or learning support, or students, Mr Birmingham said.

«With LEGO Education's long tradition of using the LEGO brick as a strong hands - on learning tool to increase engagement and Pearson's renowned credibility and strong foothold in the education market, we know this solution will help educators with students who need extra support.»

Over the last year, I've written on a variety of educational topics, exploring ideas to increase civic learning, support teen mothers, rethink teacher licensure, foster professional collaboration, and ensure undocumented students» access to college.

But for the students in the program, blended learning is a powerful enabler of self - motivated learning and increased teacher support.

Armed with this information, staff members at the school district, city, and partner organizations have been developing strategies and practices that give both dropouts and at - risk students a web of increased support and services, including providing dropout - prevention specialists in several high schools, establishing accelerated - learning programs for older students who are behind on credits, and implementing reading programs for older students whose skills are well below grade level.

Alonso served as CEO of Baltimore City Public Schools (City Schools) for six years, where he led a reform effort marked by a rebalancing of authority and responsibility among stakeholders, the building of a coalition in support of City Schools, leading edge labor contracts, and a focus on individual students and teaching and learning that yielded marked improvement in achievement and climate data across all levels, the first increases in enrollment in 40 years, and widespread political and ground root support for what have been divisive reform strategies in other districts.

When they calculate the simple correlation between income and math achievement, Helen Ladd's approach, they find that a $ 4,000 increment (a 50 percent increase in the $ 8,000 average income reported by the families in this study) in the income of the poor family will lift student achievement by 20 percent of a standard deviation (close to a year's worth of learning in the middle years of schooling), a substantial impact that seems to support the Broader, Bolder claims.

From The Highly Engaged Classroom to School Engagement, Disengagement, Learning Supports, & School Climate (PDF) to «Strengthening Student Engagement,» the books and articles that have been written on the subject of increasing student engagement could fill a gluttonouStudent Engagement,» the books and articles that have been written on the subject of increasing student engagement could fill a gluttonoustudent engagement could fill a gluttonous orca.

Yet the vast majority of Americans support increased spending on schools and believe that more money will result in more student learning.

I'm thinking of platforms for collaboration in knowledge creation, where teachers can share and enrich teaching materials; of the amount of data that can be collected to measure students» learning; or of the increasing use of blended learning models in teachers» training, in which online lectures are combined with individualized expert support and feedback from peers.

However, with the increasing diversity in student populations and rapidly changing technology, defining and supporting learning styles for all students is becoming more challenging.

Technologies to support data - driven decision - making hold great promise for increasing the effectiveness of teaching and learning activities, accelerating student achievement, and improving organizational performance.

Supporting educators supports students and increases student learning.

Topics of discussion will include: • Setting goals and identifying criteria to evaluate programs for efficacy, standards - alignment, and student growth • How to build teacher capacity using data - informed instruction and intentional organizational support structures • Scaling beyond intervention; increasing district - wide adoption and usage of personalized learning programs All K - 12 administrators and educators are encouraged to attend.

Developing high quality learning experiences for educators that increase student learning, however, means understanding how adults learn in conjunction with intentionally developed professional supports that create positive changes in educator practice in an environment that supports formal, informal, and incidental learning (Drago - Severson, 2012; Zepeda, 2012b).

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This session will discuss why schools should embrace and create policies that support the use of student - owned devices as mobile learning devices to increase equitable access to technology, enhance the learning experience, and teach digital responsibility.

For years, the Vermont Principals Association (VPA) worked statewide to support student councils, hoping without success to increase student engagement in learning.

STANFORD — Education researchers William G. Howell of the University of Chicago and Martin R. West of Brown University have released newly compiled evidence from the 2008 Education Next / PEPG survey which shows that if the public is given accurate information about what is currently being spent on public schools, their support for increased spending and confidence that more spending will improve student learning both decline.

The new Student Support and Academic Enrichment Grants (Title IV, Part A) program provides funds for programs and activities to improve students» academic achievement by increasing the capacity of local school divisions to provide all students with a well - rounded education; improve school conditions for learning; and improve the use of technology in order to improve the academic achievement and digital literacy of all students.

The Education Digest serves school leaders wanting to find new ways to improve instruction, increase student learning, support teachers, and assist parents.

The district states that it has four primary goals: (1) to increase student achievement and graduation rates, (2) to provide enough classrooms and other learning environments to support achievement, (3) to increase stakeholder involvement for increasing achievement, and (4) to increase communication with outside stakeholders, while emphasizing student achievement.

«By providing beginning teachers with opportunities to collaborate with each other, they will find increased support to stay in the profession and their students will benefit from what teachers learn from each other.»

The sharing of leadership increases the total energy available to support students in learning.

Designing environments that support and enhance the use of technology as part of the learning process is critical to increasing student engagement and encouraging students to take ownership over their learning.

It doesn't take much to imagine how the technology we often take for granted in our daily personal lives could support progressive teaching and personalized learning: by enabling communication and collaboration among students and teachers, increasing student choice and differentiation, offering a wider range of when and where students learn, and giving teachers insight into student learning in ways that weren't possible even a few years ago.

As the district coupled its efforts more closely with state and national standards, student learning improved and school board support for the district increased.

Engaging Schools works with school and program leaders and educators to support students in developing and strengthening social - emotional learning competencies and qualities of character that increase interpersonal effectiveness, reduce aggressive and antisocial behavior and intolerance, and enhance academic achievement.

Although classroom teachers who had such training have found it valuable in increasing student learning, universities rarely fund these opportunities on a par with the extensive clinical training required and supported for other professions.

CCSSO believes that stronger connections across teacher and leader initiatives and instructional work with CCR standards will have increased impact and benefits for talent management systems, allow for more targeted professional development to support improved instruction for both teacher and leaders, and increase capacity for teachers and leaders to meet the needs of each student and improve learning.

Creating Equity in the Classroom to Increase Learning 1:20 pm - 2:50 pm Audience - District Leaders, Lead Teachers / Teachers, Student Support

Clearly, the development of a strong pipeline of school leaders is essential for increasing student learning and success in every school, and strategic state action that supports such a pipeline is critical.

The content will introduce formative and targeted feedback structures designed to support teacher growth of instructional practice to increase student learning

Multiple studies have demonstrated that organizations that prioritize a performance - management system that supports employees» professional growth outperform organizations that do not.25 Similar to all professionals, teachers need feedback and opportunities to develop and refine their practices.26 As their expertise increases, excellent teachers want to take on additional responsibilities and assume leadership roles within their schools.27 Unfortunately, few educators currently receive these kinds of opportunities for professional learning and growth.28 For example, well - developed, sustained professional learning communities, or PLCs, can serve as powerful levers to improve teaching practice and increase student achievement.29 When implemented poorly, however, PLCs result in little to no positive change in school performance.30

a.Encourage leaders to participate in professional learning designed to address the cultural shifts necessary to support increased student voice and choice in the design of learning activities, and the means of demonstrating learning.

The primary purpose of teacher supervision and evaluation should be to enhance teacher effectiveness through the growth, development, and support of teachers to increase student learning gains.

What hiring a Director of School Operations will do is to clarify roles and responsibilities for students, staff, and parents; increase opportunities for direct coaching and management to support staff; allow Principals and Assistant Principals to focus on teaching and learning, all of which create a healthy school culture, and ultimately drive student achievement.

We believe that evaluation goes hand in hand with deepening the expertise of teachers to engage students in high - quality learning while simultaneously increasing the expertise of school leaders to guide and support teachers in this improvement process.

Some advantages of Computer - Supported Collaborative Learning include its ability to increase student motivation, time saving as well as social interaction which helps develop critical thinking.

Somerville High School, Somerville This project supports the work of the ESL teaching team to increase opportunities for students to develop English language and technology skills through the consistent implementation of blended learning.

The goal of this project was to enhance student learning by integrating arts across the curriculum and increasing community support for arts education.

According to brain - based learning advocates, evidence supports the notion that the work in embodied learning can lead to increased student achievement.

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