Through our implementation study, we will have documented how states are implementing new, college - and career - readiness standards; how the standards
affect teacher instruction; what supports are most valuable for states, districts, and schools; and, how the new standards impact English language learners and students with disabilities.
Not exact matches
Before a lesson plan can be created,
teachers must have a firm grasp of the curriculum, its pacing, and how it will
affect daily classroom
instruction.
The internal debate has serious implications for the organization, several of its leaders say, because any changes in the way
teachers are rewarded would inevitably
affect how
instruction is delivered, how schools are organized, and what role
teachers» unions play in such areas as collective bargaining.
Working with
teachers to
affect a deliberate culture and practice shift from
teacher - directed
instruction to inquiry - based learning
Over two - thirds of the
teachers said that the state assessment
affected their
instruction, even when students in their grades were not tested.
As Common Core shifted from an amorphous commitment to «higher standards» into something that
affected classrooms,
instruction, homework, and
teacher evaluation, we predicted, support would narrow and opposition would increase.
Big ideas and well - backed programs end up
affecting instruction barely at all, particularly the
teacher - centered approach, which Cuban singles out as especially hard to dislodge (though he holds back from insisting on child - centered tactics as clearly superior).
How does the test
affect admissions decisions to schools of education and curriculum and
instruction in
teacher training programs?
First, there is little evidence that
teachers meeting to study student data, such as benchmark test scores, actually
affects instruction or student learning.
Finally,
teachers and principals believed that the policy
affected instruction positively.
The multiple linkages model asserts a prominent role for «situational variables» — the size of the work group, organizational policies and procedures, the prior training and experience of members — which mediate what the leader is able to do.131 For example, the size of the school will have a significant effect on how well
teachers know other
teachers; it also will
affect the way in which
teachers form workgroups or departments to talk about their work.132 The fragmented nature of professional communities, rather than size per se, becomes a constraint on how principals try to organize professional communities to focus on
instruction and student learning.
Race and ethnicity influence teaching and learning in two important ways: They
affect how students respond to
instruction and curriculum, and they influence
teachers» assumptions about how students learn and how much students are capable of learning.
But it is likely to include improvements that directly
affect schools, such as expanded broadband so that digital learning can become a regular component of classroom
instruction, better
teacher training and a fine - tuned instructional program.
Guided by tools such as a high - tech calendar that charts the time the principal is spending with
teachers and others, the SAM or SAM team meets regularly with the principal to schedule instructional leadership time, reflect on whether and how changes in time allocations are
affecting instruction, and designate other school staff members to tend to busing or other matters that don't need to be handled in most cases by the principal.
Staffing patterns can significantly
affect educators» efforts to provide high - quality
instruction and create positive
teacher / student relations in the middle grades.
Teacher may increase some time and resources for
instruction but still has a difficult and tense relationship with principals, families, school staff, coaches, or students (and others
affected by the time and resource shifts).
There is some evidence that
teachers» planning and
instruction may be positively
affected by this new capacity.
The TAP System for
Teacher and Student Advancement is implemented in school districts across the country, affecting approximately 15,000 teachers and 200,000 students.46 With support from the National Institute for Excellence in Teaching, school districts create multiple career paths for teachers, including career, mentor, and master teacher.47 Teacher leaders participate in school leadership teams with administrators, provide colleagues with regular professional learning opportunities and individualized coaching, observe and provide feedback for instructional improvement, and are compensated for these additional responsibilities.48 Trained teacher leaders in schools using the TAP System have demonstrated an ability to evaluate classroom instruction with accuracy and consistency, and their observations are closely aligned to student learning gains in classrooms.49 According to Lori Johnson, a participating TAP master teacher in Phoenix, «It was the best decision I ever made professi
Teacher and Student Advancement is implemented in school districts across the country,
affecting approximately 15,000
teachers and 200,000 students.46 With support from the National Institute for Excellence in Teaching, school districts create multiple career paths for
teachers, including career, mentor, and master
teacher.47 Teacher leaders participate in school leadership teams with administrators, provide colleagues with regular professional learning opportunities and individualized coaching, observe and provide feedback for instructional improvement, and are compensated for these additional responsibilities.48 Trained teacher leaders in schools using the TAP System have demonstrated an ability to evaluate classroom instruction with accuracy and consistency, and their observations are closely aligned to student learning gains in classrooms.49 According to Lori Johnson, a participating TAP master teacher in Phoenix, «It was the best decision I ever made professi
teacher.47
Teacher leaders participate in school leadership teams with administrators, provide colleagues with regular professional learning opportunities and individualized coaching, observe and provide feedback for instructional improvement, and are compensated for these additional responsibilities.48 Trained teacher leaders in schools using the TAP System have demonstrated an ability to evaluate classroom instruction with accuracy and consistency, and their observations are closely aligned to student learning gains in classrooms.49 According to Lori Johnson, a participating TAP master teacher in Phoenix, «It was the best decision I ever made professi
Teacher leaders participate in school leadership teams with administrators, provide colleagues with regular professional learning opportunities and individualized coaching, observe and provide feedback for instructional improvement, and are compensated for these additional responsibilities.48 Trained
teacher leaders in schools using the TAP System have demonstrated an ability to evaluate classroom instruction with accuracy and consistency, and their observations are closely aligned to student learning gains in classrooms.49 According to Lori Johnson, a participating TAP master teacher in Phoenix, «It was the best decision I ever made professi
teacher leaders in schools using the TAP System have demonstrated an ability to evaluate classroom
instruction with accuracy and consistency, and their observations are closely aligned to student learning gains in classrooms.49 According to Lori Johnson, a participating TAP master
teacher in Phoenix, «It was the best decision I ever made professi
teacher in Phoenix, «It was the best decision I ever made professionally.
For example, given that many parents seem to translate environmental print for their children (which may
affect what children learn about the meanings of print),
teachers might provide explicit
instruction in how to determine what language a book or sign is in.
The process trains
teachers to set goals, plan
instruction, and implement sound methods and strategies while never losing sight of how each action in a classroom must positively
affect student learning, she said.
I view this disconnect as perhaps the most fundamental challenge of getting standards - based reform to work — that is, to positively
affect teachers»
instruction and students» learning.
While we can't fully predict the demands on and expectations of
teachers in the future, we can anticipate that the design and delivery of
instruction may be very different, ultimately
affecting the roles and responsibilities of
teachers.
It is widely believed that
teacher turnover adversely
affects the quality of
instruction in urban schools serving predominantly disadvantaged children, and a growing body of research investigates various components of turnover effects.
Edward Fergus, citing findings from his 10 - year root cause analysis of disproportionality (2016), found that «the wellness of
instruction and curriculum as it is represented in instructional support teams /
teacher assistance teams, intervention services, assessment, and gifted and talented programs continuously emerged as maintaining gaps in practices that disproportionately
affected struggling learners.»
Whatever assessment is used, it is most important that evaluators identify the specific deficits
affecting your child's math abilities to enable
teachers to develop appropriate
instruction to address those problems.
Children's Social — Cognitive Processes Classroom
instruction and
teacher training and coaching significantly
affected social cognitive processes, such that higher levels of classroom
instruction were associated with lower levels of hostile attribution bias and aggressive strategies, and with higher levels of competent interpersonal strategies.