Sentences with phrase «accomplished teachers take»

Over the years, I've seen accomplished teachers take pride in doing things the hard way.

Becoming an accomplished teacher takes time and support, and dignity and respect.

Not exact matches

Parents can request a progress report at anytime from their child's teacher outlining student's strengths and weaknesses in order to get a better idea of what their child is learning and how long it might take to accomplish their level.

Durre's mother typed her assignments and tests into the computer for 4 years, until the family moved to the United States and her school's vision - resource teacher was able to take over the job (which today would be accomplished with an optical scanner).

There has been plenty of press coverage about their corps of very devoted, accomplished teachers who put in long hours and take great pride in their work.

And schools must be radically restructured to take advantage of the capacities of accomplished teachers.

If we pay some of that money to our best teachers for taking in more students, we accomplish three goals at once — we save money, we get more students in classrooms with highly effective teachers, and we give our best teachers a real raise, not just for being good, but for taking on more work.

While the sample was too small to claim much statistical validity and the sampling didn't necessarily yield representative responses, I love the idea of accomplished teachers systematically sharing their take on pressing questions and the fact that NNSTOY is working to make this happen.

While it stands to reason that it takes time and targeted attention on formative assessment to build the necessary expert capacity to create and manage an accomplished formative assessment classroom, we believe it is this expertise that ultimately equips teachers to navigate the complexity of both their classrooms and students» minds.

This can be accomplished by enrolling in teacher preparation programs, taking a series of competency exams and submitting transcripts and proof of a student teaching practicum to the state.

The module framework asks teachers to use a template to design their task; to identify the skills students need to develop to accomplish the task, such as the ability to take notes; and to list the resources students need to read.

Nevertheless, across the United States, accomplished teachers are taking hold of what they can do.

Ron had a vision, and I have a vision, of teachers taking back our profession and putting accomplished teachers in the policy seat.

The group recruits accomplished teachers who want to take on leadership roles within their schools or to advocate for public policy changes without leaving their classrooms.

For example, a focus on literacy across the content areas is now considered best practice and is standard in many school districts, but many programs need to strengthen coursework on literacy instruction for prospective teachers seeking a content - area certification.16 Furthermore, all teacher preparation programs have yet to coalesce around a common understanding of accomplished practice, though the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, or the National Board, has taken steps to provide teacher preparation programs with access to model teaching lessons.

It also explains why policymakers and the public should care about what it means to be an effective teacher and what it will take to create and sustain a teaching workforce defined by accomplished practice.

These roles may include, for example: team leader, who takes responsibility for team and student growth; reach teacher, who takes responsibility for larger - than - average student loads with the help of paraprofessionals; master educator, who develops and leads professional development and learning; peer evaluator, an accomplished educator who coaches other teachers, assesses teachers» effectiveness, and helps his or her colleagues improve their skills; and demonstration teacher, who models excellent teaching for teachers in training.11 According to the Aspen Institute and Leading Educators — a nonprofit organization that partners with schools and districts to promote teacher leadership — teacher leaders can model best practices, observe and coach other teachers, lead teacher teams, and participate in the selection and induction of new teachers.12

I would far prefer that teachers receive adequate compensation for their work, their level of education and their experience, while administrators take the steps necessary to weed out those who aren't up to the job (which CAN be accomplished, despite claims to the contrary).

When teachers worried that their students were incapable of meeting even their current, rather low - level standards — much less more complex demands — Cathy took them to a high - performing school with similar demographics to see what could be accomplished when all elements of success were in place.

«We started with a blank slate and an empty area and asked ourselves, «How do you take the very best research and knowledge about what makes a difference for kids and empower accomplished teachers and start a new school?

In top - performing education systems in other parts of the world, such as Singapore and Shanghai, accomplished teachers earn more by taking on additional responsibilities such as coaching and mentoring other teachers and helping to capture and spread effective teaching techniques.

A learning target theory of action uses evidence that comes from the classroom to inform our decisions about what it takes to develop expert teachers, accomplished administrators, and schools that produce competent young adults and lifelong learners.

He enrolled at the University of Illinois as a physics major but was inspired to change fields after taking an honors literature seminar (taught by Robert Schneider, a charismatic teacher and an accomplished Freudian critic who convinced Powers that literature was the «perfect place for someone who wanted the aerial view»)- which led to him earning an M.A. in English.