Sentences with phrase «among classroom educators»

Bill de Blasio's selection of Carmen Fariña as the new schools chancellor has raised hopes among classroom educators for an end to the obsession with high - stakes testing and a renewed focus on teaching and learning.

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Developmentally appropriate practice, or DAP as some educators refer to it, may mean something very different even among children in the same classroom.

Among these is an online forum of science educators from the United States and Canada where Hysick discusses topics pertinent to her own classroom experience, and shares resources and teaching materials.

«Some issues that we were hoping to see addressed were not, among them the baselining of funding in the budget for initiatives such as legal aid for anti-eviction services and Teacher's Choice, a program that reimburses educators for the purchase of classroom supplies of their choice,» she said.

A group of classroom teachers from schools with newly created teacher leadership positions told delegates how educators in the new positions are nurturing collaboration and professional growth among their colleagues.

The course sessions consist of a series of experiences in which educators try out practices related to these three themes — first among themselves in their learning group, and then in their classrooms, or learning environments, with their learners.

As technology has continued to permeate the classroom, the concept of personalized learning has gained traction among educators and policymakers.

The belief that teacher - candidates need to demonstrate they can help their future students learn before they enter classrooms as full - fledged educators has gained strength over the past decade, especially among states.

The articles also do not take up what is happening inside the classrooms and in interactions between and among educators and young adolescents, nor the organizational structure of the schools, nor the policy and community contexts within which those schools reside.

There was broad consensus among educators that modeling appropriate classroom behavior sets the tone for children: «You make the weather,» said Diana Fliginger from Minot, North Dakota.

Months after the 2016 presidential election, a majority of educators say that national politics have created a sharp divide among students, leaving teachers grappling with how to handle classroom conversations about controversial issues.

Many educators may not realize that Enhancing Education Through Technology, part of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act, provides assistance — in the form of funds and guidance — for improving technology proficiency among educators and increasing technology use in classrooms.

Among the books educator Lisa Signorelli has read about teaching children in high poverty schools, she finds Disrupting Poverty: Five Powerful Classroom Practices is the easiest to understand and contains very impactful strategies to use in the classroom.

Among 27 member nations tracked by the OECD, U.S. primary - school educators spent 1,097 hours a year teaching despite only spending 36 weeks a year in the classroom — among the lowest among the countries traAmong 27 member nations tracked by the OECD, U.S. primary - school educators spent 1,097 hours a year teaching despite only spending 36 weeks a year in the classroom — among the lowest among the countries traamong the lowest among the countries traamong the countries tracked.

Given a high degree of interest among educators to implement social and emotional learning, panelists agreed that there is a need for more professional development on how to integrate social and emotional learning into daily classroom lessons.

A chain of such training classrooms (must be a brick and mortar for initiation purpose) is a must to make this a mass movement among the educators» community.

Performance - based compensation systems must consider gains in student academic achievement as well as classroom evaluations conducted multiple times during each school year among other factors and provide educators with incentives to take on additional responsibilities and leadership roles.

Among other improvements, the law should help school districts offer practical training through apprenticeships, expand dual and concurrent enrollment opportunities, hire and retain skilled CTE educators, and equip classrooms to deliver high - quality CTE programs.

Dr. Leslie «s first priority was to change the prevailing culture of low expectations among educators in the district; his second was to improve student achievement through increased rigor, alignment of state standards to classroom practices, and implementation of mathematics standards higher than those set by the state.

You'll also choose among more than 50 practical workshops, for educators at all levels, devoted to topics like school transformation, change leadership, inspirational feedback, cultivating student autonomy, building collaborative school culture, and reframing classroom instruction to inspire learning like never before.

Silver Spring, Maryland (November 29, 2017)-- In an effort to bring financial education into more classrooms and promote fiscal responsibility among high school students, Discover Financial Services, a recognized leader in the financial education space, and Discovery Education, the leading provider of digital content and professional development for K - 12 classrooms, today announced their collaboration to launch Pathway to Financial Success in Schools, a standards - aligned suite of materials to provide students, educators, and their families with tools and expertise to make intelligent financial decisions and achieve their personal goals.

In an effort to bring financial education into additional classrooms and promote fiscal responsibility among high school students, we worked with Discovery Education, the leading provider of digital content and professional development for K - 12 classrooms, to launch Pathway to Financial Success in Schools, a standards - aligned suite of curriculum materials to provide students, educators, and their families with tools and expertise to make intelligent financial decisions and achieve their personal goals.

Conversations among educators and policymakers about how to incorporate social and emotional skills into classrooms often do not address the need to support students who require extra help with these skills.

In addition, he noted «[her] classroom observations have consistently identified her as an exceptional educator,» among other praises.

Summary: Few measures of teachers» classroom ability inspire as much optimism among researchers — and as much unease among educators — as surveys of students.

Local educators say they chose the D.C. observation method — essentially a list of standards that teachers must demonstrate during a classroom observation, such as promoting critical thinking among students or managing classroom behavior — after looking closely at three different options.

Co-teaching pairs a general educator and a special educator in the same classroom with the objective of using newly learned instructional concepts and techniques to improve math proficiency among students with disabilities.

One study found that high familiarity with the NETS (for teachers and for students) led not only to higher use of technology in the classroom in general, but also higher use of discipline - specific technology tools among teacher educators (Friedman et al., 2009).

There is general agreement among educators and policy makers on the need for a new approach to school leadership through «teacher leaders,» «hybrid teachers,» or «teacherpreneurs» — educators who continue to work with students in classrooms, while also coaching or otherwise supporting peers, and actively shaping instructional practice and policies.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Stronger licensure standards for teachers and principals, identification of skills educators need from their first day in the classroom, and more rigorous preparation programs for teachers and school leaders are among the steps state education chiefs can -LSB-...]

Designed to foster discussion among educators about what they are doing in the classroom, the FIT Teaching Tool can be used by teachers for self - assessment; by teacher peers for collegial feedback in professional learning communities; by instructional coaches to focus on the skills teachers need both onstage and off; and by school leaders to highlight their teachers» strengths and value.

As director at the University of Texas at Austin's Center for Teaching + Learning and associate in the Mazur Group at the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard University, Schell is dedicated to helping other educators learn innovative teaching methods — among them how to flip the classroom to inspire more engagement among students.

Thompson, 70, is among a small cadre of retired educators who returned to Jackson classrooms for the 2017 - 18 school year to teach science, math and English, the courses for which the school district has the direst need.

The greater understanding among educators and administrators in the best practices for using digital books in the classroom has also contributed to the further utilizing of the platform.

This has become an especially important tool for classroom teachers and has seen a dedicated following of educators among registered users.

Also a highly respected educator, Barlow is — to steal a phrase from Barry Schwabsky on Thomas Nozkowski — «quietly influential,» both in the classroom (Mike Nelson and Rachel Whiteread number among her students) and at the galleries.

The introduction of stationary bicycles is part of a broader discussion among educators about «self - regulation» in the classroom, defined loosely as «your own ability to calm yourself and understand your anxiety so that you can reset your situation in order to become calm, alert, and ready to learn.»

In Part II, I will examine the discussion among legal educators about the use of technology in the classroom and how we have responded to perceived changes in new generations of law students.

The topic of technology in preschool classrooms is a highly debated issue among educators today.