Sentences with phrase «change in one's classrooms»

That's the message from a growing number of educators who are not only advocating but actually making substantial changes in their classroom practices by eliminating grades and scores entirely.

I hope it leads to lots of positive change in classrooms across the country.

This page is reserved for educators only who are interested in using Our Climate Our Future to teach youth about climate change in their classrooms and programs.

Research shows that if you provide these tool and structures and supports, you can generate real change in the classroom instruction that beginning teachers offer.

Change can be overwhelming for anyone, whether you are a new teacher or if you are a year away from retirement, but what is a good pace for change in our classrooms?

«That's a different place for us» that will require significant changes in the classroom.

From the perspective of a classroom teacher, this session guides educators wanting to make real change in their classrooms by encouraging them to lead rather than manage their students.

We share ideas, collaborate and support one another, and I have found this to be the most powerful way to find solutions, and bring about change in classrooms.

When students can effect change in their classrooms, in their schools, and in their communities, it's tremendously empowering.

The standards were intended to lead to substantial changes in classroom practice and, ultimately, higher student performance.

If you want to see a big change in classrooms and schools, be prepared to design much stronger supports for teachers and students.

Are we hoping that Common Core will lead to instructional change in the classroom?

It's not yet clear, though, exactly how the department will hold states accountable for all this planning — and ultimately produce changes in classrooms.

Sometimes children with disabilities need inexpensive, common - sense changes in classroom routines to help them succeed in school.

Consequently, any substantive change in the classroom experience or school culture failed to take root.

Teachers can, however, promote good listening skills by varying the ways in which they communicate, and by making subtle changes in the classroom setting.

Our mission is to provide opportunities for self - transformation, leadership, and community building to educators in order to affect meaningful change in the classroom, school, community and society.

It allows teachers to not only create powerful assessments that measure impact on student learning but also reflect on daily teaching and learning and lead change in their classrooms.

The influx of Hispanic students, many from poor families, has brought about many changes in classrooms, with more expected as that population continues to grow.

The standards call for some major changes in classroom practice to enable students to meet higher expectations, such as the greater level of text complexity in reading and challenging math expectations for all.

Over the past 10 years, shifts in education have caused changes in classroom learning.

They are willing to openly question their practices and use their research - based findings to initiate positive change in the classroom and in schools.

What are teachers up against when they try to teach the science of climate change in their classrooms?

The new tests were an impetus for change in her classroom — and not necessarily all for the better, she says.

Therefore, the purpose of this book is to explore how school leaders can encourage and support such significant changes in our classrooms.

This has been a big change in my classroom, and it has really given my students a chance to explore their creativity.

An action plan that embraces the cultural, process and change in classroom practice needed to increase the resilience of learners.

It's not yet clear, though, exactly how the department will hold states accountable for all this planning and ultimately produce changes in classrooms.

With this vocabulary and these beliefs in mind, we have developed this book to help educational leaders think through the complexities of guiding substantial change in classrooms at the school and district levels.

However this revolution will only occur if teachers understand the standards and make changes in their classrooms.

Teachers and school leaders who are committed to fostering growth for all students can bring about change in their classrooms.

Implementing changes in classroom pedagogy, such as classroom formative assessment, is more difficult than it might appear.

Follow the Kickboard Culture Data Cycle to help teachers make positive changes in classroom culture, no matter where they are on their journey toward excellence.

Results are discussed in the context of students» experience of yearly change in classroom environments, teachers» variable behavioral expectations and perceptions, and the need for intervention maintenance plans to support sustainment of treatment effects.

All Things Assessment is home to the concepts, strategies, and tools of assessment architects, thought leaders, associates, and practitioners who explore the most current research, apply it, and share their findings in ways meant to inspire changes in classroom assessment practices globally.

Initially the pilot was only in reading but other teachers noticed changes in the classrooms around them and the pilot organically spread to Math and Science classrooms.

Synthesizing 40 years of research, the online Art and Science of Teaching graduate program equips teachers with strategies and practices that translate into measurable changes in the classroom for increased student achievement.

And there is some evidence (Gaffney & Anderson, 1991) to suggest that the reflection teachers engage in during these training sessions shows up as changes in their classroom teaching repertoire; that is, they work differently with groups in their classrooms because they possess new knowledge about learning to read.

It told students they could prevent this from happening if they merely read the brochure especially designed for them, signed a pledge to reduce their personal emissions, and discussed climate change in their classrooms in the hopes that «each of your schoolmates» would also sign the pledge.

In addition, she works closely with local education agency (LEA) partners to provide direct support around the development, use, and refinement of student data review systems to drive changes in classroom instructional practice.

The Common Core State Standards (CCSS)-- adopted in 2010 — are similar to California's current K — 12 standards, but their emphasis on conceptual understanding and problem solving will require changes in classroom instruction.

In the Watervliet City School District, a 1,500 student district in a largely poor and working - class sliver of Albany County, teachers and administrators have already begun to notice a marked change in the classroom.

Continued investigation of this research may have strong implications for policy makers, public health professionals and school administrators to consider simple and sustainable environmental changes in classrooms that can effectively increase energy expenditure and physical activity as well as enhance cognitive development and education outcomes.

Don't get me wrong, I think that putting Zora Neale Hurston, Chang Rae Lee, and Junot Diaz into «the cannon» is an important social step for our discipline, but doing this at the expense of also having substantive structural changes in the classroom is a temptation that one has to be careful of embracing.