They wrote on big pads in magic markers: a need for bilingual staff with an influx of Hispanic students in town, classrooms meant for early childhood classes now housing middle schoolers who are cramped, and a lack of guidance from the schools on
the changes in instruction happening under the Common Core State Standards.
Not exact matches
Educators need specific skills to participate
in meaningful discussion about curriculum and
instruction, make decisions about resources, and recognize when
change is
happening (and when it isn't).
Stepping back and determining what is actually
happening in a classroom before judging what should be
happening, however, is a crucial step to
changing instruction for the better.
A lot of
change has
happened in California public education over the last decade, from standards - based
instruction to funding formulas to local control and accountability to scorecards and systems of support.
«As a classroom teacher myself — first teaching high school students
in the juvenile justice system, then middle school, then third grade — I had seen the amazing
changes that
happened when students were asked to think for themselves instead of sitting passively while their teacher «delivered»
instruction.
By understanding the triggers that may be leading to behavior problems, I can provide specific
instructions for how to
change the way you interact with your child so you can reduce challenges or prevent the problem from
happening in the first place!