Sentences with phrase «using teacher goal»

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ALBANY — State education commissioner John King said Tuesday that a call from teachers» unions for a three - year moratorium on using state exam results for «high - stakes» decisions is a «distraction» from the goal of improving New York graduates» outcomes in college and careers.

Such scores are only advisory, however, and are not used in deciding whether principals and teachers are to be assigned improvement goals or fired.

The eventual goal, says Gulley, is to use student feedback to refine the program so that it can be used more widely — perhaps even through computer software for teachers and students.

Engineering is Elementary provides curricula that teachers can use to work toward the goals set by the Next Generation Science Standards.

Inspired by the «zero emission» concept of the Princess Elisabeth station, students involved in the project work with their teacher to devise a technical project with goal of more efficiently managing energy use in their school.

When I was a middle school teacher, I used to have my class write down a daily goal: «What are you going to accomplish today?»

My goal is to create products and activities that teachers everywhere can use in their classroom.

«Our goal is to have all teachers move beyond [using technology for] simple fact - finding.»

If they combine the smart use of those tools with equally smart investments in teacher and leader effectiveness, the goal of having every student succeed will start to seem less like the horizon line we can't reach and more like the finish line we can.

Using these ten questions as a guide to focus the beginning - of - the - year planning sessions, a TIS can decide which program or technology device to suggest for classrooms and how to go about coaching the teachers with this goal in mind.

Principals should model their own use of digital learning tools to personalize their work with individual teachers, whether through providing feedback immediately after a walk through (a quick email focused on a particular area) or by utilizing data to help a teacher better identify professional learning experiences that may support their growth and goals.

The goal is not for all teachers to use exactly the same teaching methods.

The activity can provide teachers with important information about students» interests, concerns, and goals; teachers can use the information to determine how best to direct students and provide for their individual needs.

A future goal for Boyle and the project is to develop curriculum for teachers to use on their own.

In the end, the goal was for students to collaborate through the use of their own «thick» questions and without assistance from the teacher, outside resources, jobs, or role sheets.

TeacherTECH's goals are to equip teachers with knowledge and strategies that will encourage all students» full participation in computer technology, especially in scientific computing, and to enable teachers to effectively use and produce Web resources that support student learning.

One goal of the initiative is to provide a collection of lessons about American music that teachers can use.

Using arts in the classroom will free students to look at content from different perspectives while clear communication from the teacher in the beginning and continued dialogue through the process will ensure student focus on learning goals.

Intense competition among private schools in New York State for a limited supply of students and teachers has some institutions using below - the - belt tactics to meet their admissions and hiring goals, according to the schools» state association.

The recommendation, exemplified through the worked example of The Brookings Soft Skills Report Card, is to use measures of soft skills that are naturally occurring, easily observed, at low levels of abstraction, relevant to the expressed mission and instructional goals of a teacher or school, and useful as feedback at the classroom and parental levels.

Incentives, goal - setting, and consequences will have little effect on education and outcomes unless teachers use approaches that have been validated by research.

Dreeben and Barr describe as «technological» the ways in which teachers form groups and then instruct them; not technological in the sense of using computers or electronic media but in the sense of applying craft knowledge in the pursuit of an occupational end, in this case, the goal of organizing a classroom full of first graders so that they can be taught how to read.

Did teachers use my pages and pages of goals?

Many special education teachers are adopting GoalBook to keep track of IEP goals and other educators are using it to implement and track blended learning and response to intervention (RTI) strategies.

Most importantly, to best serve students and teachers, educators at all levels need to be clear on their goals, both in teaching and in using technology to teach and learn.

Data about student learning, demographics, school processes, and teacher perceptions are used to inform decision making, and extensive professional development is used to set goals, prioritize, and make appropriate intervention plans (Slavin, Cheung, Holmes, Madden, & Chamberlain, 2012).

The goals were to increase teachers» knowledge of the skills covered by the state's academic standards and tested on the algebra end - of - course exam and to provide support for teachers in the use of new teaching methods.

Though there can not be a single universal blueprint for designing a collaborative learning space, teachers can use the goal of global collaboration to inspire classroom design that allows for connected sharing and learning.

The partnership is the latest initiative from Skype to reach its goal of connecting one million classrooms across the globe through Skype in the Classroom, a free online community that helps teachers use Skype to enrich educational experiences for students.

My goals in coming to the Ed School were threefold: expanding my knowledge of how people, early childhood through adolescence, develop moral and ethical behaviors; creating strategies, systems, and tools that educators can use to best preserve and promote moral and ethical growth in the students they teach; and refining the leadership and research skills necessary to further my role as a teacher leader and reformer for the future.

Can be used to stick on or inside front cover of book to track students levels - gives the students an opportunity to identify goals as well as letting the teacher comment

School leaders must make sure classroom teachers are using instructional strategies in a way that reaches all students and are taking appropriate steps to improve teacher competence when this goal is not being met.

Use a goal - setting sheet with other teachers and lay out short - and long - term plans to achieve those goals.

States and districts would be wise to focus on the goals of their evaluation systems, including differentiating teachers based on their observed practice, providing actionable feedback on how to improve, and using the results to make consequential personnel decisions.

«Discovery Education's programme is contributing enormously to the professional development of our teachers and teaching assistants, helping us to achieve our goal of inspiring pupils and empowering staff to use technology across the curriculum.»

Money currently spent on rewarding teachers for valueless credentials could be used to increase starting salaries, a policy goal espoused by nearly all interested parties, from education reformers to teachers unions.

According to Stacey Gershkovich, director of math and science, the math scores are stellar because teachers «plan the lesson with a clear goal and use precise questioning and a carefully designed set of activities to lead scholars to learn, develop, or master a new concept each day.»

Since then I have developed interactive teacher modules on SRL practice and goal setting, monitoring & reflection which are used by my staff as effective practice professional learning.

This evaluation problem is further complicated by the fact that schools have goals other than cognitive achievement (for instance, promoting citizenship, fostering individual development, and reducing drug use and violence) that are difficult to measure and are often achieved only with teachers» cooperation.

«The goal of the CIESE with its online projects is to develop and demonstrate to teachers how the Internet can be used in ways other than just as a large library,» Baron told Education World.

Teachers plan their lessons «with a clear goal and use precise questioning and a carefully designed set of activities to lead scholars to learn, develop, or master a new concept each day.»

For teachers using the Responsive Classroom approach, an important goal for the last six weeks of school is to help children know and celebrate what they know.

Teachers use positive words and tone to promote active learning, a sense of community, and self - discipline to achieve goals.

If teachers decide that their goals for students» learning include «understanding,» then they might ask themselves such questions as, «What strategies do I use to prepare my students to read a text?»

So, teachers were observed, they were given feedback, they set goals, they worked through co-construction meetings using evidence to help them to identify new solutions within their classrooms and we supported them through shadow coaching to help them achieve their goals.

A 2014 PDK / Gallup poll found that 76 percent of teachers continued to support the goals of Common Core, but only 9 percent supported using those test scores to evaluate teachers.

When there is clarity in the goals and good feedback from the different actors - including industry, school leaders and teachers - it is more likely that over a 5 -10-year period, we would be able to identify and create the conditions that support the most effective uses of ICT in schools.

Teachers, like game designers, can gamify by choosing a quadrant and then creating goals and objectives using Kim's Social Engagement Verbs.

«Since most high school teachers feel that preparation for college physics is a major goal, they often use college texts or ones written by college professors,» Sadler said.

Using well organized plans to achieve this goal, we should offer prestige, respect, good conditions, and good salary for teachers.