Sentences with phrase «centered learning practices»

In this report, the Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education (SCOPE) explores student - centered learning practices at Dozier - Libbey Medical High... Read More»

The Oakland - based work has formed a structure that comprises the core design of this prospectus: a fellowship of 28 teachers from 16 schools or organizations working together to build individual maker - centered learning practices and think through new ideas as a learning community; a leadership team made up of educators able to offer personalized professional development according to the needs of participants; a grants program designed to provide schools and organizations with the tools and materials needed to reach their goals; thoughtful partnerships with key organizations in the field; and a primary focus on equity in the work.

From this work grew a local effort to support educators and schools interested in developing maker - centered learning practices.

We are also able to support the educators they serve by providing training on how to utilize technology to implement student - centered learning practices.

To elevate student - centered approaches, the Foundation utilizes a four - part strategy that focuses on building educator ownership, leadership, and capacity; advancing quality and rigor or student - centered learning practices; developing effective systems designs; and building public understanding and demand.

Drawing on research from Project Zero's Agency by Design project, this course offers classroom teachers, maker educators, administrators, and parents an opportunity to explore firsthand maker - centered learning practices and the opportunities they afford.

Teachers need resources like this to help them transition successfully to the student - centered learning practices that blended learning enables.

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Learn how thriving companies are using tech to create more efficient and streamlined practices that keep people at the center.

Children's Hospital Oakland, Sports Medicine Center for Young Athletes (Oakland Campus) Learn and put into practice the five pillars of SPEED training.

Download one chapter at a time due to the very large file size Chapter One Waldorf Education and Education Reform Chapter Two The Waldorf Understanding of the Purpose of Education Chapter Three Research Objectives and Procedures Chapter Four How Waldorf Teachers Set Learning Goals Chapter Five Teaching and Making Assessments in a Waldorf Classroom Chapter Six Formal Assessments in Waldorf Education Chapter Seven Learning - centered Assessments: Waldorf Methods in Concept Chapter Eight The Preparation, Profession, and Practice of a Waldorf Class Teacher Chapter Nine Teacher Evaluation in Waldorf Elementary Schools Chapter Ten Waldorf Education and the Future of Assessment for Learning

Learn more about the safe sleep practices we share with childcare centers and parents through numerous outreach programs, here.

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Adapted from the Mindfulness - Based Stress Reduction Program at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center developed by Jon Kabat - Zinn, Ph.D., the class is an opportunity to learn a life skill that will serve us not only during this profound life transition, but can continue as a lifelong practice for healthy living and wise parenting.

Whether or not the mothers (expectant mothers practiced on dolls; a new father looked on) at Evanston «s Chandler Community Center one recent evening were very relaxed, nary an infant «s cry was heard as they all learned about infant massage, the latest wrinkle in child care.

8:45 Arrivals 9:00 Morning Discussion 9:30 Recreational Period (sports skills practice) 10:30 Academic Learning Center 11:45 Art Studio 12:30 Lunch 12:45 AM Recess 1:15 Swimming at The Lil» 3:00 Recreational Period (sports game) 4:00 End of Day Discussion 4:15 PM Recess 4:30 Departures

To raise your teen's scores and confidence, we use a proven mix of in - center instruction, independent learning, online resources, and ACT practice tests.

Floating Hospital for Children is part of Tufts Medical Center, a teaching hospital located in downtown Boston, so we emphasize learning through clinical practice, research, lectures and other methods of instruction.

Lessons Learned from Breakfast in the Classroom - Part I Hear from the Partners for Breakfast in the Classroom (Food Research and Action Center, School Nutrition Foundation, National Education Association) and operators about best practices and strategies to expand breakfast participation with Breakfast in the Classroom.

«Breastfeeding is natural, but it's a practiced skill, almost an art form,» says Corky Harvey, R.N., M.S., a lactation consultant and co-owner of The Pump Station, a breastfeeding - support center in Santa Monica, Calif. «You could read a book about playing the flute and learn a lot about the instrument,» she explains, «but you won't really learn how to play the flute until you actually do it.»

The Stack Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Siena College engages students through high - impact learning practices designed to develop critical thinking, innovation and entrepreneurial skills.

Some DNA program efforts can raise complex legal and ethical questions, however, and Jennifer Wagner, a 2014 - 2015 AAAS Congressional Fellow and former research associate at the University of Pennsylvania's Center for the Integration of Genetic Healthcare Technologies, and Sara Katsanis, an Instructor of Science & Society at Duke University, are conducting interviews, surveys, and focus groups around two such programs to learn more about the perspectives of the people involved and to develop «best practices» guidelines.

To enable young, superbly trained, community - oriented physicians to build a better network of care in the underserved areas where they learned their profession, the University of Chicago Medical Center is initiating the UCMC REACH (Repayment for Education to Alumni in Community Health) program, which will encourage Pritzker graduates to return to the South Side of Chicago to practice medicine in underserved communities.

She has authored numerous articles and presentations on clinical supervision, supervisor workload practices, family - centered clinical practice, adult neurogenic language disorders, and learning disabilities.

But what you may not know is that when you practice yoga, you learn to support every movement from your center, which is why yoga is such a great way to tone your midsection.

Students will learn a variety of teaching formats including an introduction to Ashtanga, a gentle beginner class and centering restorative class as well as introductory Iyengar practices.

The Center offers a broad range of educational opportunities for health care professionals with an interest in learning and practicing the principles of integrative medicine.

You will learn practices that you can readily use, so that you can move through life more centered, focused and contented.

You'll learn a unique, practical, and eye - opening blend of eating psychology, holistic nutrition, mind body science, coaching skills, body - centered practices, cultural studies, transformational disciplines, and, for your future, business development training.

Any beginner who wishes to develop their yoga practice and wants to go further in this discipline, they can continue their learning here at the Center as we also offer advanced levels of yoga like Yoga Teacher Training Course — 200 hr yoga TTC (RYT200)-- Yoga Alliance USA.

The process offers an opportunity for intensive, clinical conversations among teachers that center around their classroom practice and ways that they are improving student learning.

The Stanford findings provide independent evidence that deeper learning strategies and student - centered practices increase academic achievement.

Lead author, «Classroom Observation Study: Student - Centered Active Learning and Teaching Practice» with Valeria Rocha, Abdalla Ababneh, Imad Ababneh, Khattab Lebdeh, Sheren Hamed., (2012)

A new toolkit from Harvard University's Center for Education Policy Research provides resources to help educators leverage video observations in school communities to improve teacher practice and student learning.

Professor Thomas Kane and the team at the Center for Education Policy Research are experts at working closely with districts and harnessing big data to identify effective policies and practices in teacher preparation, teacher evaluation, and learning technologies.

By Rinaldi's account, as successful as these educators are at building great teaching practice and reshaping the schools as a community learning centers, they are just getting started.

At Gateway, the Learning Center is where these theories are applied in practice.

«I am still working to ensure that the learning opportunities I create are meaningful, worthwhile, and truly student - centered,» she says, adding that she will always work to improve her practice.

Project Zero's 13 - week online, coach - facilitated course offerings — among them Creating Cultures of Thinking: Learning to Leverage the Eight Forces that Shape the Culture of Groups, Classrooms, and Schools; Multiple Intelligences: Expanding Our Perspectives to Support All Learners; Thinking and Learning in the Maker - Centered Classroom — are grounded in day - to - day teaching and leadership practice.

Fiarman says this group - learning mentality — which centers on the idea that everyone involved is working on their practice — helps especially with superintendents and principals who, having achieved a certain level in their career, are reluctant to admit they don't have all of the answers.

(2) To create and support an initial network of selected states and community - based sites that are both motivated and prepared to engage in an interactive process of «Innovation by Design» through piloting creative, new policies and practices, as well as contributing to active, cross-site learning that will be supported by the Early Childhood Innovation Partnership (ECIP) based at the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University.

In 2012, with help from a grant from the Harvard Initiative for Learning and Teaching, Future of Learning piloted a human - centered design «charrette,» borrowing a practice from the world of architecture in which groups of people collaborate on a solution to a design problem.

So, how can a thoughtful learning professional address the varied needs of adult and child learners and incorporate both teacher - centered and student - centered practices?

When specific skillsets are learned and practiced, they strengthen the happiness centers in the brain.

Spelling: A Key to Good Communication This excellent resource, created for the Dickinson (North Dakota) Adult Learning Center, contains complete lesson and practice exercise combinations on topics such as homonyms, possessives, «ing» endings, and commonly misspelled words.

Can be used as a lesson leader, guided practice, independent practice, for cooperative learning and math centers, or as an assessment.

Agency by Design at the Harvard Graduate School of Education is investigating the «promises, practices, and pedagogies of maker - centered learning experiences.»

Project - centered tasks ask students to practice and demonstrate command over the very skills they will need for the next step in their learning journey.

The report offers a glimpse of the emerging findings of AbD's multiyear research initiative, exploring the promises, practices, and pedagogies of maker - centered learning.

Agency by Design (AbD), a multiyear research initiative at the Harvard Graduate School of Education's Project Zero, is investigating just these questions — chronicling examples of maker - centered learning across the country, gathering thought leaders, and reviewing literature in order to position the trend within a context of best practices.

Number Frames (free for iOS, Chrome, and other web browsers) The Math Learning Center has lots of great resources for students, including interactive math tools to help students practice skills.