The M.A.T. curriculum is delivered 60 % in - person and 40 % online, and the majority of assignments consist of video submissions of your teaching in action and
authentic classroom work samples (e.g., lesson plans).
Not exact matches
Sylvia
works in schools around the world to bring the power of
authentic learning into
classrooms, particularly in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) subjects.
Help can include targeted, high - quality professional development; curriculum improvements; additional time for student learning after school or in the summers; establishment of wraparound services, including community school models; redesign of schools to support personalization and more
authentic work in
classrooms and internships; or pairing of struggling schools with successful ones serving similar students.
It is not likely that the district - level folks are going to begin to hand over any more control to schools, but there is room for more
authentic, ongoing talk at all levels of the organization about what is
working in schools and
classrooms.
«This course offered a deep dive into what really
authentic, meaningful
work can look like in the
classroom.»
The difference is that the
work goes outside the four walls of the
classroom and is actually an
authentic situation where students are engaged in real - world
work.
An innovative teacher, Fran coordinates actual and digital global projects with partnering
classrooms across the globe to co-create and produce
authentic digital artifacts where students think and
work creatively, then implement tech tools to demonstrate quality communication in studied target languages.
Once a student creates
work of value for an
authentic audience beyond the
classroom —
work that is sophisticated, accurate, important and beautiful — that student is never the same.
In
classrooms where students engage with
authentic, rigorous
work, strategic support and modeling enable learners to progress past discomfort.
In all of my years sitting in
classrooms as a student, in public schools that were highly regarded, I never once produced anything that resembled
authentic work or had value beyond addressing a class requirement.
Authentic audiences help students connect their
work in the
classroom to the real world.
A three - year study of teaching and learning in more than 400 third -, sixth -, and eighth - grade
classrooms in Chicago found that when students were given writing and mathematics assignments calling for more
authentic work, they performed better on tests used to judge basic skills.
Authentic assessments are opportunities for students to write for real audiences, share knowledge with a wide audience, and engage in the kind of
work that occurs outside the
classroom.
So, an art initiative and a science initiative between the Elementary School, the Middle School and the High School where there are kids P / K -12
working together and learning together in probably more of an
authentic way than happens sometimes traditionally in the
classroom.
Join this webinar to learn about: • Improving quality of life for students and educators through blended learning • Stretching existing or limited resources and staff • Adding project - based learning and
authentic assessments into
classrooms • Selecting the right learning management system and online curriculum • Keeping pace with global evolutions in technology and education • Maintaining the human element in face - to - face and online course
work
Moreover, professional learning activities must be something
authentic or applicable to their present situations because it is only when a teacher sees how a tech tool can
work or improve instruction, assessment, or
classroom management can he or she truly realize the importance of that professional learning activity.
An instructional approach built upon
authentic learning activities designed to answer a question or solve a problem, and generally reflect the types of learning and
work people do in the everyday world outside the
classroom.
ATLAS is a library of
authentic video cases showing National Board Certified Teachers at
work in the
classroom.
Done well, the formulation of community partnerships can expand the
classroom experience where students can see their
work as
authentic and make learning more relevant.
There are many
authentic measures of student learning, including
classroom tests, experiments, debates, and written
work tied to the curriculum and measured over time.
She has a history of putting students first and has done just that in her
classrooms and also her
work with policymakers and stakeholders to «improve student outcomes, create new teaching standards, develop rigorous teacher evaluations, and design
authentic, job - embedded professional development for teachers.»
There are so many possibilities in a global
classroom when students have voice and choice in their learning and are given the creation tools, such as Book Creator, that allow them to develop outstanding,
authentic work.