Sentences with phrase «already on the curriculum»

No other ingredients were really required, whilst learning outside of what was already on the curriculum was almost seen as something rather frivolous.

Not exact matches

Much has already been written on the University of Notre Dame's current core curriculum review — and on its toying with the idea of dropping the two undergraduate theology requirements.

That could mean getting your child started in kindergarten early or skipping ahead to first grade, depending on when you discover that your child has already mastered the kindergarten math curriculum.

We have already made some big steps forward as part of our School Food Plan; Michael Gove has taken on board our advice to make cooking compulsory in the curriculum from September 2014.

Somewhere on its campus, every U.S. university already teaches the «generic» skills required in the Dublin Institute of Technology structured curriculum, so making them available to Ph.D. students should not be hard.

Although most reformers say that they want to raise student achievement, many projects focus on interim targets, like attracting more students into STEM fields, training more and better math and science teachers or improving the skills of those already in the classroom, and strengthening curricula.

The curriculum is already mandated at a national level, so why are tax dollars towards education still based on the city one lives in?

Based on self - reports by state officials, the survey found that, in 30 states, curricula aligned to the common core were already being taught in at least some districts or grade levels.

We made some adjustments to the curriculum midway through the first year, more at the end of the first year, more midway through the second year, and we're already working on refinements for the third year.

The list includes some good news for education reformers, including an examination of how one state is already seeing positive results from its decision to put a high - quality curriculum at the heart of its reform efforts; a look at how the hottest show on Broadway is inspiring a generation of students to explore American history; and a deep dive into the world of higher education with an array of new experiments that are making college degrees more accessible, especially for at - risk students.

But a premium should be placed on helping teachers rigorously implement the curricula that schools have already purchased and are using.

The plans are based on National Curriculum for England and are already approved and tested.

Included in the curriculum that Nida already has piloted on four boards are lessons on aligning the budget with school goals and «working with the school leader.»

TRANSFERRABLE SKILLS Bill Mitchell, director of Education at the Chartered Institute for IT, said: «Based on what primary teachers who are already teaching the new computing curriculum are telling us, we believe that teaching children computing is not just important in its own right, it's also important because it improves numeracy and literacy skills.

This inevitably led to being stuck in those dreadful back - to - school lines with my future students, which was doubly frustrating because I had brought it on myself and because I already had enough to think about with my curriculum to get the new school year started right.

We're continuing to plan, we're continuing to evolve, because we've got to ensure that, [for example], next year, the curriculum for the Year 8s builds on and supplements what we've already done.»

It covers the following National Curriculum learning objectives: - develop pleasure in reading, motivation to read, vocabulary and understanding by: listening to, discussing and expressing views about a wide range of contemporary and classic poetry, stories and non-fiction at a level beyond that at which they can read independently - becoming increasingly familiar with and retelling a wider range of stories, fairy stories and traditional tales - drawing on what they already know or on background information and vocabulary provided by the teacher - making inferences on the basis of what is being said and done - answering and asking questions - predicting what might happen on the basis of what has been read so far - using dictionaries to check the meaning of words that they have read - checking that the text makes sense to them, discussing their understanding, and explaining the meaning of words in context

The positive impact of 3D printing on school curriculum has already been well - documented.

And it protects public education from a nightmare scenario already developing in many schools, described by one teacher from California and relayed by Weingarten to the audience: «Within a couple of years, «we start testing on standards we're not teaching with curriculum we don't have on computers that don't exist.»»

Loren Clarke reports that once the testing has been completed in Term One, teachers audit the collaborative and problem solving tasks that are already in their curriculum and adjust these based on the data.

Although the Obama administration insists that Common Core increases college readiness and prepares students for a 21st - century economy, it has been fiercely resisted by the mostly liberal teachers unions, who say that it already adds to the large burden of high - stakes tests and makes teachers follow a rote set of curriculum instructions, and by conservatives, who say that the standards are a federal infringement on what has traditionally been a local concern.

If you add up the time already spent on behavioral modification curricula and their spin - offs — anti-bullying, anti-drugs, anti-gangs, anti-teen-pregnancy, character, self - esteem, individualized education plans — is it any wonder that our kids are getting the socks beat off them in international academic competitions?

Yes, we need more research on which curricula work best, but we already have ample solid research demonstrating the decided advantage that the traditionalist emphasis on content knowledge has over the progressivist insistence on active learning (disengaged from domain facts and concepts).

Since the standards represent grade - level learning, curricula and assessments based on them will, by definition, not challenge students who are already surpassing these expectations.

As advocated by Russ Whitehurst and Matt Chingos, the search for more effective curriculum materials can yield outsized bang - for - the - buck, because schools are already buying textbooks and better textbooks do not cost more on average than less effective ones.

(Calif.) Even as a press event by the state superintendent last week focused attention on a handful of schools already teaching lessons based on new science standards, legislation was being crafted that would delay until 2017 development of the tools educators need to bring that new curriculum into all California classrooms.

They believe that the teaching they're doing is correct,» Spruce says, adding that teachers are already making notes on how to improve their instruction next year.As with any new curriculum, the rollout was somewhat challenging at first, as teachers learned how to adjust their pacing, especially with students who had so much ground to make up.

Rather than simply add more and different assessments to what we already have, the time expended on state mandated standardized tests should be reduced and we should move to a broader array of performance assessments that are part of the curriculum.

It is very likely that somebody has already created quality content on some of the topics from your curriculum.

You're already using formative assessment in your classroom, but this free toolkit offers popular new pieces from experienced DreamBox educators (former Superintendents, Teachers and Curriculum Designers) with new ideas and tips on applying assessment in new ways.

On Friday 30th June, the ESU is hosting a free international event to bring together teachers from around the world to consider a variety of different ways in which education professionals can, and in some cases, already do, use oracy - related skills in classrooms and curriculums around the world.

This is a substantial narrowing of the curriculum and is already having a serious impact on the learning and career options open to students.»

Jonathan Kantrowitz: A FACT based assessment of the Common Core (Jonathan Kantrowitz, a fellow blogger and expert on school curricula reminds readers that Connecticut already has extensive school standards already in place and that while standards can and should be improved, the Common Core standards aren't the end all and be all they claim to be).

Many teachers are already doing much of what goes into producing an SGO: working in collaborative groups to address questions surrounding student achievement, using high - quality assessments, differentiating instruction and setting goals based on student readiness, and teaching a curriculum aligned to state standards.

Backdoor to a national curriculum: Already we have heard of states aligning their tests to the NAEP test frameworks, as North Carolina has done [Grissmer for Rand], which may give them an edge on NAEP.

Democratic gubernatorial candidate and Madison School Board member Mary Burke on Wednesday blasted Republican - backed legislation to replace the Common Core State Standards, saying the plan would waste the «precious resources» that school districts have already spent building a curriculum around the standards since they were adopted in 2010.

Speaking to Schools Week ahead of the report's launch today, Leadbeater (pictured above) said that although a lot of schools were already trying to change their practices using tools like the international baccalaureate, improvement across the board would require government action on assessment and «more room» in the curriculum for project - based learning.

The 1993 federal report on the status of the education of gifted students notes that «Most academically talented students have already mastered up to one - half of the required curriculum offered to them in elementary school» (U. S. Department of Education, 1993, p. 19), not an appreciable improvement from the 1930s (Hollingworth, 1942).

While those help to mitigate the rigged market problem that exists in our state, only vouchers may prove sufficient for those of us who are aware of the limitations of the Common Core and who want to experiment, with our own (rather than someone else's) children and their like - minded friends, with educational models based on curricula already proved to have worked in helping students prepare for the world's finest universities.

Register said leaders from the Priority schools and several different departments will work together to develop comprehensive plans based on every aspect of each school's operation — including curriculum, instruction, leadership, student assignment and central office support — and has already mobilized and challenged administrators to begin this work.

Now, Fariña's curriculum choices carry even higher stakes: Some educators and parents are already unhappy about the transition to the Common Core, and missteps early on could cost the new chancellor dearly.

Coach: «A new curriculum does put planning and time demands on an already stressed teacher» schedule.

Additionally the grant will help Mattesky offer workshops to teachers quarterly on how to integrate the makerspace and design thinking into their already established curriculum.

«With the proposals around the new curriculum, new qualifications and potential changes to the way we train teachers and utilise the supply sector, there are already big reforms on the horizon which will have positive impacts.»

But Texas already has in place a high school curriculum that provides plenty of flexibility for multiple pathways to graduation, including a large number of industry certifications, with more on the way.

Technology is perceived as being a segmented topic to be added on to an already full methods class curriculum and a long list of NCATE and content - specific standards teacher educators are expected to address.

The academy will focus on the strategic use of graphic organizers (both teacher - directed and student - directed arrangements) and assessment strategies that can be used to compliment existing programs and curriculum already in place.

The academy will focus on the strategic use of graphic organizers (both teacher - directed and student - directed arrangements) and assessment strategies that can be used to complement existing programs and curriculum already in place.

But phonemic awareness is vitally important as the foundation on which to build his reading skills, so you can still go through our curriculum with him, if only to confirm that he has already developed these skills.

We hope you read on with this in mind: a curriculum or program aimed at forestalling bullying and harassment works best when it's implemented in a school that's already paying meaningful attention to creating a positive, supportive, and caring climate.