Sentences with phrase «area educators began»

(09/01/2017) Fifty Grand Rapids - area educators began training this summer to increase student achievement through focused work around instructional practices.

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A week after Rachel's diagnosis, a parent educator from North Carolina - based BEGINNINGS came to the Skergan house to provide education about Rachel's hearing loss and services available to her in the area.

Public schools across Long Island and other metro area suburbs already are winning high grades — and they've barely begun opening their doors — according to results of a back - to - school poll by Phi Delta Kappa, a global organization of professional educators.

Other educators got in touch to share how they've begun to explore different topic areas and changed their practice after listening to a Teacher podcast or reading about a new piece of research.

Since then, groups of educators around the world have begun to organize local edcamps in their areas.

Now that the school year has begun, and our research into documentation and assessment practices is off and running, we're excited to welcome the 2016 - 2017 Agency by Design Oakland Fellowship cohort, a group of 28 educators from around the San Francisco Bay Area.

Mike Bublitz Mike, after serving more than three decades as a teacher and administrator in several Michigan districts, began his work as an educational consultant in the areas of educator evaluation, school improvement planning, and Title I planning.

But the concept has perhaps especially resonated with educators across the country: Earlier this year, school districts in the San Francisco area announced plans to begin testing students on grit and other forms of emotional intelligence; other schools have instituted things like Grit Week, in which students set goals for their scores on upcoming standardized tests.

SoundOut began a partnership with Service Learning Seattle in 2003 that continues to present, providing consulting, technical assistance and tools for thousands of students and educators in the Seattle area.

The meeting's primary goal was for PEPSC members to engage beginning teachers on their BT experience to consolidate a list of areas in which BTs seek additional support that may be incorporated into educator preparation programs.

One specific statistical area perceived as lacking for DPS is preschool through second grade — state assessments don't currently begin until third grade — leaving educators «flying blind,» in Schoales» words, when evaluating the growth or readiness of the district's youngest students.

One aspect of the questionnaire focused on how technology is integrated within the context of English teacher education programs, asking — as a new area of emphasis in the teaching of English — how teacher educators prepare beginning English teachers to address the teaching of technology and new literacies in the context of the ELA.

One aspect of the study focused on how technology is integrated within the context of English teacher education programs, asking the question, «As an area of emphasis in the teaching of English, how do teacher educators prepare beginning English teachers to address the teaching of technology and new literacies in the context of the English language arts?»

As promised, herein lies the beginning stages of my first Maker project grounded in critical pedagogy guided by the Oakland Unified School District's (OUSD) Ethnic Studies framework and the Critical Friends Protocol (CFP) with members of the Radical STEMM Educators of the Bay Area.

He spent the six years prior to joining Transcend on Teach For America's Bay Area team in a variety of roles: He began as an instructional coach supporting elementary, bilingual, and early childhood educators.

With 30 years of combined experience as an educator, Will began his career as a high school teacher, but has since held positions as an elementary school principal, a Language Arts / Media Supervisor, K - 12 Curriculum Director, Assistant Superintendent, and Area Superintendent.

Her 35 years of experience as an educator began with 11 years of classroom teaching experience and include time serving as a middle school assistant principal, middle and high school principal, and assistant / area superintendent in Gwinnett County Public Schools.

Perhaps more importantly, policymakers need to begin to tackle the underlying regional inequities that exist; stop blaming educators and schools for larger societal inequities; and find ways to align educational policy with other policy areas, including housing, health, and economic development.