This department also provides services to support additional student learning needs such
as extended learning opportunities, language acquisition, and early childhood education.
Specifically, the state now requires districts to create local policies that ensure that they are «meeting the instructional needs of each individual student» and to show that they provide alternative means of demonstrating achievement such
as extended learning opportunities, career and technical education courses, and distance education.
Not exact matches
Grandell also uses her FMCA training
as a course facilitator for the school, an
opportunity that has helped her
extend her
learning.
Integrating the topic of online safety into all subjects is essential,
as more and more subjects are using technology within their lessons to enrich
learning and open
opportunities for
extended research and content.
Other posts in this series focus on other ways to expand
learning opportunities ~ including providing new
opportunities over the summer (
as in Ogden ~ Utah) and on the weekend (
as in Hartford ~ Connecticut) ~ and by
extending the school year (
as in Des Moines ~ Iowa).
But
as those in the education community know ~ it is not necessarily the idea of
extending learning time that is appealing it is the idea of expanding
learning opportunities.
The lesson is fully resourced and includes differentiated tasks,
learning objectives,
opportunities for debate and discussion,
as well
as extended writing tasks.
And some teachers
extend collaborations nationally and internationally
as they seek to enrich
learning experiences and
opportunities for their students.
However, we are perhaps now emerging into the light of a common approach: School 2.0, which could be defined
as a «connected» approach to providing
learning opportunities where the classroom
extends seamlessly beyond its four walls and learners choose the tools appropriate to their task and their mode of
learning.
However, in cases of
extended leave in which the teacher returns late in the school year and does not have nine weeks, the teacher should set SGOs for
as much time
as is available, provided that the teacher has an
opportunity to have a significant impact on students»
learning during that abbreviated period of time.
Gage said that Arkansas is encouraging localities and districts to think about
extended learning opportunities as they apply for stimulus money.
Extending learning beyond the classroom walls requires learners to develop digital literacy
as they engage in regular
opportunities to evaluate the accuracy, perspective, credibility, and relevance of media, data or other resources.
Aside from their role serving
as a «safe space» for students after school hours, today's Out - of - School - Time (OST) programs - which include after - school, summer, and other holistic
extended -
learning opportunities - are innovative, outcomes - based, and surprisingly diverse.
Hence, an expansion of the portability provisions for private schools would constitute a voucher program and divert investments from our public schools, thereby affecting resources such
as those for classroom instruction and curriculum, intervention services and
extended day
learning opportunities.
Presentations can address before - and after - school,
extended day, community - based and summer
learning opportunities,
as well
as workforce development, higher education and field - building research.
As schools increasingly put content online to create blended learning opportunities or as students go entirely online for school, technology is a key factor in extending learning tim
As schools increasingly put content online to create blended
learning opportunities or
as students go entirely online for school, technology is a key factor in extending learning tim
as students go entirely online for school, technology is a key factor in
extending learning time.
Principals noted a compelling need for more adequate preparation and professional development in specific leadership areas, such
as how to manage the change process in the schools, evaluate teachers» use of the new standards during instruction, align the school's instructional focus, make key decisions on the best types of professional development to support teachers, and develop
extended learning opportunities to sufficiently address CCSS implementation.
Further, these rigorous
learning opportunities are available, not only during the traditional school day, but also during
extended day
opportunities such
as before and after care, Saturday academies and summer school.
It provides rigorous
learning opportunities not only during the traditional school day, but also during
extended day offerings such
as before and after care, Saturday academies and summer school.