Sentences with phrase «teacher network project»

The 8/9 Teacher Network project grew out of the seminal report - Teaching Adolescents to Become Learners - published by the The University of Chicago Consortium on Chicago School Research.

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* Day 1 Monday, February 22, 2016 4:00 PM -5:00 PM Registration & Networking 5:00 PM — 6:00 PM Welcome Reception & Opening Remarks Kevin de Leon, President pro Tem, California State Senate Debra McMannis, Director of Early Education & Support Division, California Department of Education (invited) Karen Stapf Walters, Executive Director, California State Board of Education (invited) 6:00 PM — 7:00 PM Keynote Address & Dinner Dr. Patricia K. Kuhl, Co-Director, Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences * Day 2 Tuesday February 23, 2016 8:00 AM — 9:00 AM Registration, Continental Breakfast, & Networking 9:00 AM — 9:15 AM Opening Remarks John Kim, Executive Director, Advancement Project Camille Maben, Executive Director, First 5 California Tom Torlakson, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, California Department of Education 9:15 AM — 10:00 AM Morning Keynote David B. Grusky, Executive Director, Stanford's Center on Poverty & Inequality 10:00 AM — 11:00 AM Educating California's Young Children: The Recent Developments in Transitional Kindergarten & Expanded Transitional Kindergarten (Panel Discussion) Deborah Kong, Executive Director, Early Edge California Heather Quick, Principal Research Scientist, American Institutes for Research Dean Tagawa, Administrator for Early Education, Los Angeles Unified School District Moderator: Erin Gabel, Deputy Director, First 5 California (Invited) 11:00 AM — 12:00 PM «Political Will & Prioritizing ECE» (Panel Discussion) Eric Heins, President, California Teachers Association Senator Hannah - Beth Jackson, Chair of the Women's Legislative Committee, California State Senate David Kirp, James D. Marver Professor of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley Assemblyman Kevin McCarty, Chairman of Subcommittee No. 2 of Education Finance, California State Assembly Moderator: Kim Pattillo Brownson, Managing Director, Policy & Advocacy, Advancement Project 12:00 PM — 12:45 PM Lunch 12:45 PM — 1:45 PM Lunch Keynote - «How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character» Paul Tough, New York Times Magazine Writer, Author 1:45 PM — 1:55 PM Break 2:00 PM — 3:05 PM Elevating ECE Through Meaningful Community Partnerships (Panel Discussion) Sandra Guiterrez, National Director, Abriendo Purtas / Opening Doors Mary Ignatius, Statewide Organize of Parent Voices, California Child Care Resource & Referral Network Jacquelyn McCroskey, John Mile Professor of Child Welfare, University of Southern California School of Social Work Jolene Smith, Chief Executive Officer, First 5 Santa Clara County Moderator: Rafael González, Director of Best Start, First 5 LA 3:05 PM — 3:20 PM Closing Remarks Camille Maben, Executive Director, First 5 California * Agenda Subject to Change

The Baltimore - based National Federation of the Blind, a project partner, also will help with distribution through its network of teachers and parents.

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One of the best and most widely implemented examples is the GLOBE (Global Learning and Observations to Support the Environment) project, a global network — supported by, among others, the National Science Foundation and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration — of teachers, students, and scientists studying the atmosphere, water quality, soils, and local flora and fauna.

Organized by the Global Education Conference Network, the challenge is designed to bring together students and teachers on globally connected projects that will take place during this school year.

Under a proposal currently being considered, the state education department would spend $ 13 million over 10 years to develop new curricula, retrain teachers who now speak only one language, set up a network of regional resource centers and demonstration projects, and write new statewide...

Rennebohm Franz, teacher at Sunnyside Elementary School, is an early pioneer of iEARN, a network of ninety - five countries and 400,000 students that sponsors a long list of collaborative projects designed to build global bridges, improve education, and make a difference in the world.

«One of the most amazing gifts of doing this Global Art Project is the joy of seeing children unencumbered from expectations that there will be only differences or only similarities with people and places new to them,» says teacher Kristi Rennebohm Franz, who helped create the Global Art Project for the International Education and Resource Network — better known as iEARN.

Teacher networks, such as the National Writing Project or the Coalition of Essential Schools, offer ways to bring a web of knowledge to bear on school problems.

Trichelle Edwards, from Dardanup Primary School, speaks about the projects students take part in at school and the benefit of networking with teachers at Dunsborough Primary School.

Some current projects include: Cultures of Computing, an examination of how K - 12 teachers design learning environments to support novice programmers, focusing on teachers» design intentions and how those intentions are enacted; ScratchEd, a model of professional learning for educators who support computational literacy with the Scratch programming language, involving the development of a 25,000 - member online community, a network of in - person events, and curricular materials; and Cultivating Computational Thinking, an investigation of the concepts, practices, and perspectives that young people develop through computational design activities.

For example, PBL teachers share project ideas, receive feedback, and interact with other PBL classrooms using the Buck Institute for Education's (BIE) Project - Based Learning network on Edmodo and Edutopia's PBL discussionproject ideas, receive feedback, and interact with other PBL classrooms using the Buck Institute for Education's (BIE) Project - Based Learning network on Edmodo and Edutopia's PBL discussionProject - Based Learning network on Edmodo and Edutopia's PBL discussion group.

While at first glance it may appear to be just another guide to a city, Places to Play in Providence — the first product of a newly - created peer teacher network cofacilitated by Project Zero's Making Learning Visible and Ready To Learn Providence — is actually much more.

The Harvard Family Research Project, part of Harvard University's graduate school of education, has formed a network of teacher - educators dedicated to making the nation's future teachers better at working with families and communities.

One - hundred - fifty iEARN projects, designed and facilitatedby teachers and students to fit their curriculum and classroomneeds, create an extraordinary international network.

Another central project is the CAS Network of Teaching Excellence in Computer Science; a network of Master Teachers offering fellow teachers CPD training and sNetwork of Teaching Excellence in Computer Science; a network of Master Teachers offering fellow teachers CPD training and snetwork of Master Teachers offering fellow teachers CPD training and Teachers offering fellow teachers CPD training and teachers CPD training and support.

The other finalists were: The Edible Schoolyard Project; Universe Awareness (UNAWE); Teacher Changemakers Movement; NetEase Open Course; Lights to Learn; The Lab on a Bike; INEE - The Inter-Agency Network for Education in Emergencies; GirlEng (Girls in Engineering); and Discovering Diversity.

Schools across the New Tech Network, a national network of more than 100 PBL schools, are teaming up this fall on what teacher Mike Kaechele (@mikekaechele on Twitter) describes as the «Epic Election Project.Network, a national network of more than 100 PBL schools, are teaming up this fall on what teacher Mike Kaechele (@mikekaechele on Twitter) describes as the «Epic Election Project.network of more than 100 PBL schools, are teaming up this fall on what teacher Mike Kaechele (@mikekaechele on Twitter) describes as the «Epic Election Project.»

Plus they network with other teachers who are doing likeminded projects.»

National Center for Learning Disabilities National Council on Independent Living National Council of La Raza National Disability Rights Network National Down Syndrome Congress National Down Syndrome Society National Urban League National Women's Law Center The New Teacher Project Poverty & Race Research Action Council Public Advocates Southeast Asia Research Action Center Stand for Children U.S. Chamber of Commerce

The Network of Excellence CAS, together with BCS (with funding from the Department for Education) is supporting teachers through the Network of Teaching Excellence (NoE) and Barefoot Computing projects.

Amnesty Int» l Human Rights Education EdChange Education for Liberation Network Equity Alliance at ASU The Freire Project Gay Lesbian Straight Education Network Institute for Critical Animal Studies Institute for Humane Education International Assn. for Intercultural Education The Matrix Center National Assn. for Multicultural Education New York Collective of Radical Educators Radical Math Rethinking Schools Online SoJust: Document History of Social Justice Teachers for Social Justice (Chicago) Teachers 4 Social Justice (San Francisco) Teaching Economics as if People Mattered Teaching for Change Teaching Tolerance White Privilege Conference

FairTest's Assessment Reform Network — a national project created to support parents, teachers, students and others who are working to end the overuse and misuse of standardized testing in public education and to promote authentic forms of assessment.

At Aspire Public Schools, the charter - school network, teachers were assigning projects long before the implementation of the Common Core, said Chief Academic Officer Elise Darwish.

National Center for Learning Disabilities National Council of La Raza National Disability Rights Network National Down Syndrome Society National Education Association National Urban League National Women's Law Center The New Teacher Project Public Advocates Southeast Asia Resource Action Center Southern Poverty Law Center TeachPlus

The New Teacher Project (TNTP) recently looked at professional development in large school districts and a charter school network and concluded that «We found no evidence that any particular kind or amount of professional development consistently helps teachers improve.»

Each year, HTHCV hosts a Community Networking Lunch where local nonprofit organizations, businesses, and community groups meet with teachers to share organizational challenges and brainstorm ideas for collaborative projects that students can undertake for school credit.

Teachers from districts throughout the Eastern Upstate TC Network practice specialized strategies designed to build students» cognitive capacity in this distance - learning enabled collaborative action research project.

This work involves (1) hearing about the strategies BMTN teachers are testing and refining, and having teachers the leaders are working with test out the strategies in their classrooms; (2) sharing resources and strategies that BMTN teachers might use in their improvement projects, (3) providing insights into policies that might affect the instructional work of the network; and (4) helping recruit additional teachers and instructional leaders to the network.

This project involves students» mapping of their learning environments and collaboration within networks of students, family - whānau, teachers and school leaders to make positive changes.

While the Internet adds valuable dimensions to a PBL experience, the management issues of a networked project are the same as those faced by every teacher who has embarked on an «old - fashioned, low - tech» project.

She is currently serving as Secretary of the National Network of State Teachers of the Year and as a teacher representative on the Convergence Center for Policy Resolution Education Reimagined Project.

1647 is licensed by the Parent - Teacher Home Visit Project, a national organization based in Sacramento, CA that developed the relationship - building home visit model and oversees a network of home visit affiliates across 17 states.

Respectfully, Action United Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment Alliance for Multilingual Multicultural Education American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education American Association of State Colleges and Universities American Federation of Teachers ASPIRA Association Association of University Centers on Disabilities Autistic Self Advocacy Network Bay Area Parent Leadership Action Network California Association for Bilingual Education California Latino School Boards Association Californians for Justice Californians Together Campaign for Fiscal Equity Campaign for Quality Education Center for the Future of Teaching and Learning Center for Teaching Quality Citizens for Effective Schools Coalition for Educational Justice Council for Exceptional Children Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund Easter Seals ELC, Education Law Center FairTest, The National Center for Fair & Open Testing Higher Education Consortium for Special Education Justice Matters Latino Elected and Appointed Officials National Taskforce on Education Lawyers» Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Learning Disabilities Association of America Los Angeles Educational Partnership Movement Strategy Center NAACP National Alliance of Black School Educators National Center for Learning Disabilities National Council for Educating Black Children National Council of Teachers of English National Disability Rights Network National Down Syndrome Congress National Down Syndrome Society National Education Association National Latino / a Education Research and Policy Project National League of United Latin American Citizens Parent - U-Turn Parents for Unity Philadelphia Education Fund Public Advocates Inc..

Good things are happening in other places too, like Barnett Berry's network of teacher - run schools, the Coalition for Community Schools (meeting in Baltimore in early May), and the important work being done by Ted Kolderie, Curtis Johnson, and Joe Graba and their Education / Evolving project.

Network Eight: Students in Small and Rural School Districts, which provides that activities that may support learning opportunities and improvements across the state may include projects such as professional community to mentor and support teachers and mitigate professional isolation

This project will facilitate the infusion of statistics content and pedagogy into undergraduate mathematics teacher preparation by providing faculty with technological and curricular resources, networking experiences, and ongoing support.

Prior to this, Kike was a Senior Education Lead at SSAT, the Schools, Students and Teachers Network, where she led on a number of high profile projects including middle and senior leadership programmes, Teaching Schools and their school improvement framework.

Coalition Members: PCAPS (Philadelphia Coalition Advocating for Public Schools) includes: Action United, AFT Pennsylvania, AFL - CIO Central Labor Council, Fight for Philly, Boat People SOS, Jewish Labor Committee, Jobs With Justice, Juntos, Media Mobilizing Project, Neighborhood Networks, Occupy Philadelphia Labor Work Group, Pennsylvania Working Families Organization, Philadelphians Allied for Responsible Economy (PHARE), Philadelphia Federation of Teachers (PFT Local 3), Philadelphia Home and School Council, Philadelphia Student Union, SEIU 32BJ Local 1201, UNITE HERE Local 634, Working America and Youth United for Change (YUC)

The event, held at the Rubin Museum in Manhattan, honored five people who have demonstrated exceptional commitment to enacting positive change in education: Tanell Pendleton, an English teacher who has worked at Bronx Haven High School for eight years, and Michael Wolach, founding teacher and instructional coach at Jill Chaifetz Transfer School, both of whom have worked with Eskolta on multi-year projects on topics ranging from developing students» academic mindsets to implementing outcomes - based grading; Cristal Cruz, a graduate of Brooklyn Frontiers High School, who, after facing significant challenges during school, graduated as salutatorian, enrolled in college, and is now working at Good Shepherd Service to support students in the same way she was supported; and Jeff and Tricia Raikes, co-founders of the Raikes Foundation and part of the founding team of Microsoft, who have become champions of school improvement by establishing national initiatives such as the Mindset Scholars Network and the Student Agency Improvement Community.

Welcome to FairTest's Assessment Reform Network — a national project created to support parents, teachers, students and others who are working to end the overuse and misuse of standardized testing in public education and to promote authentic forms of assessment.

«There has been a marginalization of social studies for quite a few years,» said Nancy McTygue, executive director of the California History - Social Science Project, a statewide network of history scholars and K - 12 teachers offering training in history and social science.

My district is part of the National Board's Network to Transform Teaching (NT3) project, whose aim is to work to ensure that every child has access to accomplished teachers.

The nonprofit New Teacher Project (TNTP), an alternative teacher - certification and advocacy group, surveyed more than 10,500 teachers in three large public school districts and one charter school network to assess whether teacher development programs organized by the districts have helped teachers iTeacher Project (TNTP), an alternative teacher - certification and advocacy group, surveyed more than 10,500 teachers in three large public school districts and one charter school network to assess whether teacher development programs organized by the districts have helped teachers iteacher - certification and advocacy group, surveyed more than 10,500 teachers in three large public school districts and one charter school network to assess whether teacher development programs organized by the districts have helped teachers iteacher development programs organized by the districts have helped teachers improve.

This project is part of the Center for the Future of Teaching and Learning's Teacher Practice Network and is funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

This document represents the work of a team of educators representing various grant projects and organizations, including: KyNT3 — Network to Transform Teaching administered through the Educational Professional Standards Board, Instructional Transformation Grant administered through the Kentucky Department of Education, CTL — the Collaborative for Teaching and Learning, The Fund for Transforming Education in Kentucky, the Kentucky Education Association, Hope Street Group, and the Bluegrass Center for Teacher Quality.

Clark Atlanta University and Albany State University — both HBCUs — participate in the Network for Enhancing Teacher - Quality, or NET - Q, a project run by Georgia State University to increase the quality and number of highly qualified teachers who are committed to high - needs schools.

The Parent Teacher Network (PTN) determines which projects / requests are funded out of these dollars donated by the families, friends and supporters of MITA.

Similarly, the National Academy of Advanced Teacher Education, or NAATE, which provides specialized professional growth opportunities for educators, works to retain teachers and school leaders through opportunities to grow in data - driven instruction techniques, peer leadership, and communication and feedback.32 Building on past professional learning successes via its network of teacher leaders in 185 sites, the National Writing Project's, or NWP's, College Ready Writers Program demonstrated that teachers will commit to and participate in high quality professional development that helps them strategize approaches to teach argument writing using nonfiction texts and provided adaptable classroom matTeacher Education, or NAATE, which provides specialized professional growth opportunities for educators, works to retain teachers and school leaders through opportunities to grow in data - driven instruction techniques, peer leadership, and communication and feedback.32 Building on past professional learning successes via its network of teacher leaders in 185 sites, the National Writing Project's, or NWP's, College Ready Writers Program demonstrated that teachers will commit to and participate in high quality professional development that helps them strategize approaches to teach argument writing using nonfiction texts and provided adaptable classroom matteacher leaders in 185 sites, the National Writing Project's, or NWP's, College Ready Writers Program demonstrated that teachers will commit to and participate in high quality professional development that helps them strategize approaches to teach argument writing using nonfiction texts and provided adaptable classroom materials.