Sentences with phrase «based teacher professional development»

School - and Cluster - based Teacher Professional Development: Bringing Teacher Learning to the Schools Working Paper # 1 under EQUIP1's Study of School - based Teacher Inservice Programs and Clustering of Schools

Cognitively guided instruction: A research - based teacher professional development program for elementary school mathematics.

Findings from a video - based teacher professional development programme.

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Tia is also involved in all aspects of the sanctuary's educational programming — developing curricula and interpretive materials, developing and implementing classroom teacher professional development, working on numerous grants in communities and schools, and developing and teaching natural history and food - based programming.

Both types of courses are professional development workshops that model, teach, and encourage teachers to use inquiry - based, hands - on methods of teaching STEM subjects in their classrooms.

«If the proposal for License to Practise signals a commitment by a future Labour Government to restore qualified teacher status (QTS) as a requirement for all teachers in state funded schools, to introduce, within a national framework of pay and conditions of service, a contractual entitlement for all teachers to continuing professional development and to re-establish a proper system of professional regulation which ensures that all headteachers have QTS and NPQH and are accredited to lead and manage schools, then this is a basis on which progress could be made.

Commenting on the launch of a consultation by the Secretary of State for Education on professional development for teachers and calling for expressions of interest in a College of Teaching, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union in the UK, said: «This Government can establish whatever framework it likes for professional development but unless teachers are given a contractual entitlement to access such development, the current system of inequality and ad hoc arrangements will continue, with access being on the basis of grace and favour and the whims and preferences of individual employers.

The governor's budget, which is meant to close a projected $ 7.4 billion budget deficit, eliminated funding for UFT Teacher Centers, a nationally recognized, research - based professional development program.

To this end we (1) partner with precollege science teachers to develop and produce innovative Internet - based curriculum supplement materials focused on genetics, biotechnology, and bioethics; (2) update and expand teachers» knowledge in these areas through professional development programs; and (3) engage precollege students in science enrichment experiences.

Early this year, Rubie - Davies published a study based on an experiment in which she randomly assigned 84 teachers to either the workshops or regular professional development.

She has participated in numerous professional development opportunities to improve her astronomy teaching, including the National Optical Astronomy Observatory's (NOAO) Teacher Leaders in Research Based Science Education Program where Ms. Sepulveda learned to bring authentic astronomy research into the classroom.

Lincoln, NE About Blog Whether you are a parent, grandparent, guardian, child care professional, babysitter, teacher, or just a caring adult involved in the lives of kids, TLC is committed to provide you with research - based strategies to help you support the development and success of kids.

Lincoln, NE About Blog Whether you are a parent, grandparent, guardian, child care professional, babysitter, teacher, or just a caring adult involved in the lives of kids, TLC is committed to provide you with research - based strategies to help you support the development and success of kids.

Five - year evaluation study on the effectiveness of A + arts - integrated school reform strategies in Oklahoma schools, based on a survey of students, teachers, and professional - development faculty.

It recommends evidence - based training and professional development is given to teachers in the delivery of the checks, data collection and interpretation of the results, and intervention programs for students.

In short, the competitive model would substitute meaningful professional development for what is essentially a guild system funded by levying a significant tuition - based tax on aspiring teachers before permitting them to enter the profession.

In our study, teachers had no prior experience using a project - based approach, and we had limited time to devote to professional development (about three hours initially, with brief videos introducing subsequent units and an average of 11 visits from coaches), so it was important for the unit and session plans to provide considerable support through explicitness and detail.

Summit's PLP (a free platform that comes with professional development tools and customizable, teacher - created, project - based curricula, including virtual textbooks, curated resources, and assessments) allows students to learn at their own pace, track their progress, and reflect on feedback.

This may have some basis in fact but it is probably more likely to be the lack of high quality training at both initial teacher education and within on - going continuing professional development.

Interactive Learning is based upon the Learning - Focused professional - development program, which teachers at Cochrane first began using in the 2007 - 08 school year.

In her synthesis of research on effective teacher professional development that has demonstrated a positive impact on student outcomes, Timperley (2008) identified 10 key principles, including: providing teachers with opportunities to drive their own professional development, allowing teachers to work collaboratively to learn and apply evidence based practices, establishing a professional learning culture that provides a safe and authentic environment for professional enquiry and ensuring school leaders take an active role in developing professional learning, and maintaining momentum within schools.

In Boston, MCAS is an important part of a seamless standards - based reform effort that includes clear expectations for what students should learn, curriculum aligned with the standards, high - quality instruction and professional development to help teachers improve their practice, and assessments that provide students with a way to demonstrate what they have learned and how they can apply it.

Q Design Packs from Institute of Play, based on the tools and methods used by teachers, administrators, curriculum designers and game designers at Quest to Learn and CICS Chicago Quest, provide detailed infographics, worksheets, and rich media resources to support school design, curriculum design, and professional development.

In Australia, a variety of school obesity prevention initiatives have been implemented, including mandatory healthy school canteen guidelines, professional development programmes for teachers, and curriculum - based programmes.

Whether individually or through facilitated professional development, teachers spend a lot of time unpacking the standardized tests and the targeted standards and learning on which they're based.

The Opportunity of Bilingualism is a new online professional development program for teachers, early childhood educators, literacy coaches, parents, and community - based professionals.

Jennings is a founder of CARE for Teachers, a «mindfulness - based professional development program designed to reduce stress and promote improvements in classroom climate and student academic and behavioral outcomes.»

The Science Teachers Learning from Lesson Analysis (STeLLA) project is a professional - development program that uses video - based analysis of practice to improve teacher and student learning at the upper elementary level.

A former teacher and principal, Barth is also the founder of The Principals» Center, a professional development program based at HGSE for school principals, assistant principals, and other school leaders.

Most IEP students arrive with professional experience in international education and development, perhaps as teachers or administrators at international schools, Peace Corps volunteers, field researchers with NGOs, or policy analysts with U.S. - based aid organizations.

It includes, among other elements, the Success for All reading curriculum, Spanish instruction in every grade, monthly computer - based assessments, and a whopping 90 minutes of professional development time for each teacher, every day.

The Princeton, N.J. - based Woodrow Wilson Foundation offers fellowships for graduate study, professional development for teachers, educational opportunities for women and minorities, and other programs.

But the research on effective professional development points more toward ongoing efforts that are school based and tied directly to teachers work.

An evidence - based approach is objective and non-judgemental on the teacher, and video shows rich and interesting data for professional development can be reviewed and improved on — repeatedly.

Important places for me to stop along my path include: undergraduate professor in a college - based teacher education program, professional development specialist for teacher collaborations, and director of community - based learning center that uses culturally responsive arts for academic support and life skills.

In some Minnesota districts, where pay is based on performance, aggressive professional - development programs help ensure all teachers have the chance to earn the extra pay.

The Metro Nashville district in Tennessee began an intensive high - school - redesign process six years ago, and, about three years ago, officials there began developing an intensive professional development strategy to help high school teachers improve their work in project - based learning.

The Chartered College of Teaching aims to be a voluntary, teacher - led organisation which will support professional development, share evidence - based practice, and recognise excellence.

Second, test - based measures by themselves offer little guidance for redesigning teacher training or targeting professional development; they allow one to identify particularly effective teachers, but not to determine the specific practices responsible for their success.

The next round must get to measuring teacher effectiveness based on student achievement, promoting professional development that is based on research and effective practice and improves performance, providing incentives for teachers who are effective, and requiring removal of teachers who, even with solid professional development, can't or don't improve.

If inquiry - based instruction is new for your students and teachers, conduct professional development workshops.

To be recognized, schools and districts demonstrate that their professional development programs result in improved teacher effectiveness and student learning and are consistent with a set of principles for professional development that are based on the best available research and exemplary practice.

In the first of a two - part Q&A, she tells Teacher Editor Jo Earp what prompted the focus on teacher welfare and how the school is delivering evidence - based professional develTeacher Editor Jo Earp what prompted the focus on teacher welfare and how the school is delivering evidence - based professional develteacher welfare and how the school is delivering evidence - based professional development.

Coordinating SEL programs with learning standards, evidence - based programs, teacher professional development, and student assessment also adds additional costs which should be accounted for in helping the longevity of an SEL approach.

Currently, Dillon is a post-doctoral fellow at Haskins Laboratories, a research institute in New Haven, Conn., that focuses on speech, language, and reading and biological basis, where she investigates the effects of a three - year study in which first - grade teachers were provided professional development seminars and in - class coaching in literacy instruction.

Providing ongoing professional development for teachers on planning lessons based on assessment results;

We've always had professional development for teachers, we've had what used to be called «in - service training» but now we've got a profession that is gaining access to, participating in, studies and sharing their knowledge, working in groups, working in teams based upon learning areas.

Montgomery County's school district and union are focusing on standards - based professional development and the evaluation of teachers by principals, with the goal of improving student achievement.

But underlying much of the discussion this year was the need for research - based strategies for the classroom, and the requisite teacher preparation and professional development to help teachers apply them effectively.

This should be our goal whether we're facilitating teacher - led professional development, engaging families and community, communicating across stakeholders, or the hundred other things we're responsible for orchestrating on a daily basis.