Sentences with phrase «best meet the needs of their teachers»

And, in fact, the state wants just such a faramework, even as its stated goal remains allowing districts the «flexibility to develop evaluation systems that will best meet the needs of their teachers.»

Follow up on an individual level will allow for customization to best meet the needs of the teacher.

But, reporting like this will help to elevate the issues, show teachers just how poorly they're being served, and hopefully lead to important reforms and retirement plans that better meet the needs of all teachers.

Not exact matches

Decisions had to be made from time to time as to where or when services of the church would be held; the church needed to be told of the impending visit of an apostle, or of some prophet or teacher from abroad; a question has been raised as to the good faith of one of these visitors, and there must be some discussion of the point and a decision on it; a fellow Christian from another church is on a journey and needs hospitality; a member of the local congregation planning to visit a church abroad needs a letter of introduction to that church, which someone must be authorized to provide; a serious dispute about property rights or some other legal matter has arisen between two of the brothers and the church must name someone to help them settle the issue or must in some other way deal with it; a new local magistrate has begun to prosecute Christians for violating the law against unlicensed assembly, and consideration must be given to ways and means of meeting this crisis; charges have been brought against one of the members by another member, and these must be investigated and perhaps some disciplinary action taken; one of the members has died, and the church is called on for some special action in behalf of his family in the emergency; differences of opinion exist in the church on certain questions of morals or belief (such as marriage and divorce, or the resurrection), differences which local prophets and teachers are apparently unable to compose, and a letter must be written to the apostle — who will write this letter and what exactly will it say?

Or could she talk with her teacher about doing a self - designed end - of - semester project instead of the dictated project, in order to better meet her need for autonomy?

«the care and dedication of individual teachers»...» the loving approach of the teachers»...» the personal attention my child receives in the classroom»...» the depth in teaching the developing human being»... «that the teachers and staff are well - acquainted with my child and every concern I've had about my child has been met with the staff's full attention, concern, and capability to professionally address the matter at hand»... «how the teachers «hold» each child and class»...» mindfulness toward the children's needs»... «love that the teacher stays with the child through 8th grade»

In this way, parents and teachers can work together over time, orchestrating their efforts to best meet the changing needs of the child and the class as a whole.

As K — 12 education and technology continue to evolve, teachers who keep an open mind and embrace new modes of instruction will find they can better meet the needs of all their students.

However, some of the teachers in Portland are saying, «Obviously the special education students are going to fail and they are going to act out because we are not meeting their needs... If there's not the right support there, that's not acceptable, not only for the child, but for the general education teacher as well.»

«Good teachers are able to meet the needs of individual students and meet the needs of the larger group,» Greene contended.

There are also peer networks that can work really well for beginning teachers but again these meetings that we put together for these young people, or inexperienced teachers I guess, we need to have more experienced teachers that are acting as mentors but also that can steer those conversations more towards problem solving and critical discussions, rather than a venting of «what happened in my class last week», «what disaster occurred».

Their urban school systems don't offer (or greatly restrict) gifted - and - talented programs; they mandate «heterogeneous» groupings of students and tell teachers to do their best meeting a panoply of diverse needs using «differentiated instruction.»

«We identified that we were doing a lot of good STEM work already and we were in a good place to share our work and help meet the different needs of teachers and students in regional areas.»

As teachers, we need to individually take responsibility for our emotional well - being by cultivating our resilience so we feel better and can meet the needs of kids.

Formative assessment identifies areas where students are excelling and struggling so that teachers can best alter their instruction to meet the needs of all students.

The Committee is currently inviting written submissions addressing the following topics: - The purpose of primary assessment and how well the current system meets this - The advantages and disadvantages of assessing pupils at primary school - How the most recent reforms have affected teaching and learning - Logistics and delivery of the SATs - Training and support needed for teachers and senior leaders to design and implement effective assessment systems - Next steps following the most recent reforms to primary assessment

According to former JSIS teacher Brent Hester, «Teachers are always looking back at student data to see where we need to meet the needs of our students, because every year our students are changing and so the needs that we need to meet are changing, as well.»

The tool is designed to help the classroom teacher know how best to meet the needs of a particular child.

We've a century or more of cautionary history suggesting that well - intentioned policies designed to strengthen teacher preparation by embracing the residency presumption can all too easily stifle creative efforts to boost quality, meet particular needs, or boost cost - effectiveness by using technology or staff in unconventional ways.

Finland is able to meet the needs of high - ability students, to some extent at least, by employing «exceptionally well - prepared teachers whose skills include the capacity to differentiate their instruction according to the needs, capacities, and prior achievement of their pupils.»

Twitter education chats (edchats) are the answer for an increasing number of teachers and administrators, who eagerly participate in these online sessions because doing so meets their professional growth needs as well as their desire to contribute to the education conversation.

«The teacher tries to devise a daily routine that will best serve the largest number; but she often finds it impossible to meet the individual needs of some children who do not lend themselves to education on the plan of mass production.»

By using a web - based project management system, an administrator or principal of a school can better collaborate with teachers over education - related matters without the need to physically meet them.

«We assembled an advisory committee of active teachers, as well as the teachers of those teachers going into primary schools, to ensure we were absolutely meeting the needs of as many classes in Australia as possible.»

In the absence of well - considered, adequately funded programs, new teachers are thrust into a classroom, assigned a nominal teacher «mentor» who has a full teaching load of his or her own, and perhaps invited to attend a support group for novice teachers, where participants meet at the end of a school day and often sit in a circle and wonder why they don't get the professional support they need.

She believes that «a well - informed and observant teacher can focus their instruction and differentiate content to meet the needs of all students.»

This way, staff are confidently identifying and meeting the needs of all learners, and evidence of this can be seen from observations of classroom practice, progress and attainment data, the scrutiny of work produced, discussion with teachers, the views of parents / carers as well as the views of the pupil, too.

This is an Ofsted report undertaken in 2008 that examines the factors that contribute to good training for intending and newly qualified teachers in preparing them to meet the needs of pupils with learning difficulties and / or disabilities.

Consider your own mentoring practices: how could you better meet the needs of the pre-service teachers working in your lessons?

This resource guides teachers in how to meet the changing needs of today's readers while still meeting today's rigorous standards, and provides teachers with the best practices for teaching reading to 21st century students.

If a school system is not well equipped to understand the state of teaching practice within its classrooms, then it will have a difficult time planning and implementing strategies for improvement to meet the development needs of the vast majority of its teachers.

Blaming the failure of teachers on policies that allow charter schools to syphon off resources that they need to be better teachers was met with the response by DeVos that «traditional public schools and charter schools should be thought of as parts of the same public school system,» an accurate and valid response!

In many technology initiatives, schools have realized that they will never have the budget to hire enough support staff to meet all of the tech - support needs of their teachers, but there are lots of kids in schools who would love to help their teachers create better lessons and classrooms using technology.

It can help teachers, parents, and elected leaders understand how well our schools are working to meet the needs of children.

Common criticisms of accountability assessments are that they take time that could be better used to meet the specific needs and interests of students and that they detract from teachers» ability to differentiate instruction.

Despite what the NEA says publicly, the fact is teacher pension systems are in need of reform to better meet teachers» retirement needs.

KANAAE is proud to provide teachers with support services that empower them to create an organization that best meets the needs of local educators.»

When teachers have continuous understanding of students» mastery, they can adapt instruction to better meet students» needs.

In order to better meet the needs of all our students, teachers need to adapt and be selective about how they use curriculum resources to design effective units of study and lesson plans.

LEAP is defining and articulating the teacher practices that best meet individual student needs; determining the school - and classroom - level models that best personalize learning; and constructing the research methods and tools to best evaluate the impact of personalized learning and edtech programs on student achievement.

Teachers use their knowledge of best practices and of their students to create instructional environments and assessments that meet their needs.

Expanding the teacher workforce to meet changing educational needs requires a retooling of recruitment strategies to attract young people and career changers to the profession who are well prepared to succeed.

The specific objectives of a tailored portfolio are designed to meet the particular needs of the student as well as the broader goals of the teacher, school, school district, and state or territory where the student attends school.

Future teachers of English to upper - elementary, middle school, and high school students, and it is most appropriate for teachers and administrators who hope to learn more about best practices for meeting the needs of an increasingly diverse student population.

The author's twenty - five years of classroom experience in meeting the needs of a diversity of students at large, urban Title I schools (including teaching gifted and special needs students, as well as English Language Learners) ensure his advice is teacher - friendly and timely — and actually works!

Strategies that produce better teachers, expand teaching methods to accommodate a range of learning styles, take advantage of today's cornucopia of technological resources, and meet the individual needs of each student can yield substantial benefits.

ASCD calls on policymakers to provide the funding necessary to meet all of the mandates they impose and to increase the resources in order to meet the needs of every student, especially those programs that support socioeconomically disadvantaged students, students with disabilities, career technical education, a well - rounded education, personalized learning, and high - quality teachers and principals.

As a way of determining how the technology tools might be improved for use with beginning teachers, in general, the participants in this study were asked to make suggestions for adapting the technologies to better meet their needs.

Examining student growth helps teachers and school leaders understand and meet the learning needs of individual students as well as entire grades and buildings.

ESSA does not require investments in early learning, but rather encourages states and districts to use the flexibility inherent across all the Titles of the law to create evidence - based interventions that will best meet the needs of their students, families, teachers and schools.