For now though, I want to give parents some tips on how to talk to their children's school
about instructional support.
The creation of GEO «wasn't really about segregation, it was
about the instructional support,» said Skip Cleavinger, director of Warren County's English language learner programs.
While much of the time problem - solving teams focus heavily on individual student progress in order to make decisions
about instructional supports, the annual spring data review is an important time to consider trends at the class, grade, and school levels.
Not exact matches
To keep up with the growing number of children, she said, the district needs to make
about 19 hires — most in the
instructional areas, with others being additional
support and security staff.
They are also designed so that they can be used without a lot of background knowledge
about a subject or intensive
instructional support by the teacher.
Teachers provide the
instructional support students need and make themselves available for additional help, but students are expected to know their own status and be proactive
about seeking what they need, whether from teachers, tutors, or fellow students.
«We designed the
instructional model first, and then started thinking
about how we would create a business model to
support it,» Lenz explains.
This grant allows us to undertake rigorous research to learn more
about how teachers can best
support their peers»
instructional improvement.
Think
about whether it is expected that your TAs will have an
instructional teaching role (in which case they need appropriate PD and
support) or offer non-pedagogical
support such as helping students develop «soft» skills — good working habits and perseverance for example.
Curriculum materials with detailed information that
supports teachers in making
instructional decisions may help teachers themselves learn
about content, pedagogy, and student learning.
If you are an
Instructional Designer who has spent countless painstaking hours authoring SCORM - compliant content only to find out that the Learning Management System designated to host your content does not
support that type of content, then you are probably as excited
about Captivate Prime as I am.
Among the state - funded pre-K classrooms in the NCEDL study, we found that only
about 25 percent of classrooms serving 4 - year - olds provided students with the high levels of emotional and
instructional support that are needed.
Read an extensive practice guide from the Institute of Education Sciences (IES)
about Using Student Achievement Data to
Support Instructional Decision Making.
In other schools, teachers shared planning time, learned
about data to guide
instructional decision making, and got regular
support from a coach or lead teacher.
It is a distinction between principals who provided
support to teachers by «popping in» and «being visible» as compared with principals who were very intentional
about each classroom visit and conversation, with the explicit purpose of engaging with teachers
about well - defined
instructional ideas and issues.
In addition, CEL staff hosted a booth in the exhibit hall to help attendees learn
about CEL resources and services
supporting instructional leadership and teacher effectiveness.
During NLC, principals talked with their members of Congress
about pressing states and districts to focus on building capacity in systems to better recruit, prepare, and
support principals in the profession, and taking advantage of how they can now
support instructional leadership — an area that was overlooked in the last version of the law, the No Child Left Behind Act.
One recent example of research
about the link between the principal and teachers «professional development is provided by the study of IFL (Institute for Learning) implementation strategies in three urban school districts.127 That study found that teachers reported varying amounts of
instructional support provided by their principals.
NJPSA has been working collaboratively with the Department of Education on ways to
support teachers so that they can learn more
about the Common Core, assessment design,
instructional models, and the leadership and school culture necessary to foster shared accountability for student learning.
This book introduces compelling reasons to move past the old and into a new way of thinking
about deep learning that is inquiry - based and an
instructional model that
supports student learning.
Coggins et al. (2003) found that
instructional coaches who felt knowledgeable
about pedagogy and subject area content were more likely to provide
instructional support to teachers, including designing and / or facilitating professional development.
The principal introduces, •
Instructional challenges (importance of knowing about challenges at different proficiency levels; highlights the needs of beginner, intermediate, and advanced ELLs) • ESL in Content Area: Beginner / intermediate proficiency: ESL Push - In (specific use of ESL teachers with certification in a content area to support both language acquisition and learning content so that students do not fall behind) • ESL Instructional Period: Advanced proficiency (content instruction in English with supported ESL teacher to strengthen language skills) • Co-teaching model (ESL teacher «push - in» with a classroom teacher to deliver content with ESL support; teachers plan and share instructional role; high levels of collaboration and
Instructional challenges (importance of knowing
about challenges at different proficiency levels; highlights the needs of beginner, intermediate, and advanced ELLs) • ESL in Content Area: Beginner / intermediate proficiency: ESL Push - In (specific use of ESL teachers with certification in a content area to
support both language acquisition and learning content so that students do not fall behind) • ESL
Instructional Period: Advanced proficiency (content instruction in English with supported ESL teacher to strengthen language skills) • Co-teaching model (ESL teacher «push - in» with a classroom teacher to deliver content with ESL support; teachers plan and share instructional role; high levels of collaboration and
Instructional Period: Advanced proficiency (content instruction in English with
supported ESL teacher to strengthen language skills) • Co-teaching model (ESL teacher «push - in» with a classroom teacher to deliver content with ESL
support; teachers plan and share
instructional role; high levels of collaboration and
instructional role; high levels of collaboration and co-learning)
Achieving the Core Coaching Tool — The
Instructional Practice Guide Coaching Tool assists teachers, and those who
support them, in building understanding
about Common Core State Standards (CCSS)- aligned instruction through non-evaluative observation.
Both the principal and the literacy coach
supported teachers by reviewing lesson plans, observing instruction, and engaging in reflective dialogue with teachers
about their
instructional practice.
Developed and pilot tested by researchers at Mills College, the fractions resource kit provides
support for teachers in ways that is similar to those available to Japanese teachers for conceptualizing and teaching fractions, and teachers use the lesson study process to learn
about the subject matter and effective
instructional practice.
Before teachers can be expected to use varied media and media production effectively as student learning tools in their classrooms, teacher educators need to provide teachers with opportunities to learn and think deeply
about media and media production for their own purposes and find ways to
support teachers» ongoing
instructional needs (Miller, 2007).
The teacher
support materials (teacher guides, content materials, videos) provided pedagogical
supports for me to think
about how I might adapt my
instructional practices to meet the needs of my students.
States are required under ESSA to do extensive outside consulting
about their plans, including «teachers, principals, other school leaders, charter school leaders, specialized
instructional support personnel, paraprofessionals, administrators, other staff, and parents.»
These include: · Use of
instructional programs and curricula that
support state and district standards and of high quality testing systems that accurately measure achievement of the standards through a variety of measurement techniques · Professional development to prepare all teachers to teach to the standards · Commitment to providing remedial help to children who need it and sufficient resources for schools to meet the standards · Better communication to school staff, students, parents and the community
about the content, purposes and consequences of standards · Alignment of standards, assessment and curricula, coupled with appropriate incentives for students and schools that meet the standards In the unlikely event that all of these efforts, including a change in school leadership, fail over a 3 - year period to «turn the school around,» drastic action is required.
Focusing on evidence prompted further discussions
about lesson planning, learning progressions, tiered levels of
support, and new
instructional strategies to move individual students from where they are to where they need to be.
Will the data they gather
about their progress
support their ability to make strong
instructional decisions so they can be successful?
District leaders must learn how to gather evidence
about principals»
instructional leadership abilities and use this evidence to evaluate and
support the principal.
The
support is all
about what I want as an
instructional leader.
One school created an organizational structure that enabled teacher collaboration but fell short of changing teachers» ideas
about how to use
instructional resources, such as how to work together, or of
supporting teachers in making
instructional changes.
about IES Practice Guide: Using Student Achievement Data to
Support Instructional Decision Making
As well, this particular kind of expertise requires leaders to know
about how individual teachers learn to teach more effectively; how to skillfully observe for those elements in the
instructional process; and, how to craft feedback to teachers and principals
about what is observed that
supports their current practice, and at the same time challenges them to improve.
Last week Jason Stanford of the Texas Observer wrote an article, titled «Mute the Messenger,»
about University of Texas — Austin's Associate Professor Walter Stroup, who publicly and quite visibly claimed that Texas» standardized tests as
supported by Pearson were flawed, as per their purposes to measure teachers»
instructional effects.
The role of the
instructional coach goes beyond sharing good strategies; it's
about supporting teachers to think differently
about what's happening in their classroom so they can take new actions.
This course enables the educational leader to develop the ability to make informed decisions
about appropriate technologies for school use, understand the importance and role of multimedia technologies for
instructional support, administrative decision - making, and management of data in schools.
Shortly thereafter, EL releases Transformational Literacy, a great companion to EL's grades 3 - 8 ELA curriculum that deepens understanding
about the Common Core
instructional shifts, curriculum decisions, and includes videos to
support teachers» learning.
Envision's
Instructional coaches are all
about helping teachers be their best,
support students, and work...
Finally, teachers with coaching
support report that they are able to change their practice or way of being more readily and are more thoughtful
about their
instructional practices.
Almost every day brings another story somewhere in the state
about teacher assistant layoffs, the loss of teacher positions, an increase in class size, or less money for supplies and
instructional support for teachers and students.
Center staff helps districts address the factors that
support or hinder continuous
instructional improvement: culture (beliefs and values
about adult and student learning); conditions (time, structures and schedules); and competencies (professional skills and knowledge).
Join Mills Teacher Scholars to learn
about how to create conditions that better
support high - quality teacher learning and improvements to
instructional practice.
Participants learn more
about the curriculum's
instructional tools that
support students» fluency.
Eligible participants (North Carolina traditional and charter public school teachers in their first three years of experience) can apply to the program by submitting basic information
about their teaching experience and level of curricular and
instructional support, and submitting a personal statement describing what they hope to achieve by participating in the network.
Instructional leaders must communicate the vision and be prepared to
support the acquisition of resources, while giving stakeholders primary responsibility for making decisions
about a lot of the specific details.
Presentations include current and timeless research, classroom rituals and routines that
support engaging reading communities, classroom and home library development, book recommendations, practical reading and writing workshop strategies and
instructional moves, and personal stories
about the power of independent reading and student choice.
At Mills Teacher Scholars we
support our teachers and leaders to ask questions
about the results of their implementation: Are these
instructional strategies
supporting our students» learning?