Sentences with phrase «boost teacher effectiveness»

The Gates Foundation has begun funneling $ 60 million to these big charter players, hoping to boost teacher effectiveness through incentives and training efforts.

That surprise reversal can be attributed to at least four factors: a wave of new research on teacher quality, philanthropic interest in boosting teacher effectiveness, efforts by advocacy groups and policymakers to revamp state laws on evaluation, and political pressure to dismiss poorly performing teachers.

This excerpt comes from a chapter called «Boosting Teacher Effectiveness» by Eric A. Hanushek.

Not exact matches

A composite measure on teacher effectiveness drawing on all three of those measures, and tested through a random - assignment experiment, closely predicted how much a high - performing group of teachers would successfully boost their students» standardized - test scores, concludes the series of new papers, part of the massive Measures of Effective Teaching study launched more than three years ago.

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.

If micro-credentials end up just modularizing and digitizing current approaches to PD — or, worse yet, focus on practices unlikely to boost student outcomes — then they will miss the ultimate mark of improving teacher effectiveness and student outcomes.

At the same time, technology has enormous transformative potential to extend the reach of excellent teachers to vastly more students, to help teaching attract and retain the best, and to boost the effectiveness of average teachers.

The conference will showcase best - practice strategies that drive student achievement and will unlock ways to boost teacher and leadership effectiveness.

Through multi-faceted partnerships with elementary schools, we offer professional learning proven to increase teacher effectiveness and job satisfaction while boosting student achievement.

From Arkansas to Massachusetts, California to Ohio, districts across the country are making incredible progress in boosting student achievement and increasing teacher effectiveness.

A composite measure on teacher effectiveness drawing on all three of those measures, and tested through a random - assignment experiment, predicted fairly accurately how much high - performing teachers would successfully boost their students» standardized - test scores, concludes the series of new papers, part of the massive Measures of Effective Teaching study launched three years ago.

The Report recommends three shifts in state policy that it says would boost the odds for growing school effectiveness at scale in every region of the State: test less and report results in ways that are more useful for parents, teachers, and other end - users; follow through on early advances in State support for principal leadership preparation and development; and fund schools equitably.

In national surveys, when teachers are polled as to the best way to boost their effectiveness, their number one recommendation is to reduce class size — far above any other reform offered, including merit pay.

• Assist the teacher in classroom activities while catering for emotional, psychological, social and cognitive needs of physically or mentally disabled students • Provide one to one tutoring and reinforce daily lessons in small groups • Identify weak areas of students and develop individualized lesson plans accordingly • Supervise the children during play and lunchtime • Inculcate strong moral and social values among the students to make them responsible citizens • Facilitate the teacher in conducting various classroom activities • Maintain all teaching aids in an organized manner • Devise need - based AV aids to facilitate teaching process • Assess multiple instructional strategies for effectiveness and change the teaching methodology as per requirement • Carefully record and gauge each student's progress and discuss the same regularly with teachers and parents • Encourage students to participate in extracurricular activities and boost their confidence in all possible ways • Communicate home assignments clearly, mark homework and test papers • Assist students in completing classroom assignments • Maintain daily attendance and early departure records • Discuss individual cases of individual needs and interests with teachers and parents of the student • Develop and implement targeted instructional strategies to cater for particular needs of each student • Observe students» behavior at playtime and chalk out a behavioral intervention plan to address any inappropriate, violent or disruptive behavior • Operate adaptive technological equipment single - handedly • Maintain complete confidentiality of student data • Aid physical, speech and rehabilitative therapists in their sessions and encourage the student to cooperate with them