Sentences with phrase «classroom change effort»

Two members of the District B team were new to workshop teaching and spent much of their study time and classroom change effort moving toward a basic workshop classroom.

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Successful reform efforts require leadership support, and they should address all aspects of the learning environment — from the curriculum and teaching, to how classrooms are configured, said James Collins, who is the Virginia M. Ullman Professor of Natural History and the Environment at Arizona State University: «You can't fix one point on the continuum and expect the continuum to change.»

New standards for classroom acoustics will be the first step in the effort to change all that.

The level of activity states are engaged in, the possibilities offered by technology and cross state collaborations, and the extraordinary effort to develop new assessments all suggest that the common core standards might generate some real changes in classroom instruction.

For all the True Believer energy and aggressive efforts to push an agenda, it remains difficult to discern the impact of Edutopia, either in winning converts to its vision for public education or changing the classroom practice of individual teachers.

Concern that the AFT, and to some degree the NEA, was flip - flopping on the Common Core, which could encourage classroom teachers» resistance to the changes and endanger the effort's ultimate success, has become a common one among standards supporters and union critics.

Elmore's efforts to change this began during his work in a New York City school district, where professional development for principals included spending time every day inside classrooms to re-familiarize themselves with the teaching environment.

For all the commotion, these efforts yielded little noticeable change in most states, with 97 or 98 percent of teachers still rated effective even when no one thinks that offers an accurate picture of what's happening in classrooms.

Teachers are arguing that efforts to change student - disciplinary practices — largely in an attempt to address big racial disparities in who gets suspended and expelled — are making their classrooms harder to manage.

Through these efforts teachers will be able to will enhance school climate, make a difference in the lives of their students, change the fabric of their classroom communities and impact systemic change in their districts.

Her results indicated that participation in the district effort was not integrated with either state policy or the classroom changes that individual teachers were making; the district rules, objectives, players, audiences, and time frames were not conducive to such integration.

A common vision for teacher leader practice between the principal and teacher leaders supports efforts by teacher leaders to change teachers» classroom instruction.

Wiliam also discusses why efforts to change classroom practice have been relatively unsuccessful and explores specific classroom tactics that tend to raise student achievement.

This is a crucial component of any effort to fundamentally change any aspect of classroom practice, says Martha Mac Iver, a research scientist at the John Hopkins School of Education.

The afternoon will focus on strategies and resources to monitor implementation including classroom observation protocols and also address issues around organizational change and sustainability of implementation efforts.

In response to the rapidly changing economic context, the Joyce Foundation will support efforts to dramatically reimagine K - 12 classroom teaching / learning models, and help shape the policy landscape so that it is more open to them.

She has won awards for her work in the classroom, and she has been a leading voice in the effort to change the education system to better serve students.

It does appear that the reform effort is helping teachers at one school make changes in their classroom reading instruction according to research - based practices; increased growth in students» reading achievement was observed from Year 1 to Year 2.

So while Malloy and Jumoke congratulate themselves about their education reform achievements, parents in every other Hartford school would do well to remember, smaller class sizes, having a teacher and an instructional assistant in every classroom and providing more support services is not a result of Malloy's education reform efforts but a result of Malloy, the State of Connecticut and the City of Hartford actually stepping forward and providing the resources necessary to make appropriate changes --- changes that should be being made at every Hartford School if only elected officials would address the broader issue inadequate funding for Connecticut's schools.

Chapter 9 details a case study of a district involved in a serious and focused change effort for differentiated classrooms, allowing a look — in context — at many of the principles and practices discussed elsewhere in the book.

All of the teachers spoke about specific changes they were making in classroom practice, but a few also spoke of their grant - writing efforts to fund district professional development initiatives, and of their roles as facilitators of those district - level efforts.

This study from the Century Foundation is a two - part study, including «background on how universal pre-K programs fit into the national landscape of early childhood policy, outlines the main features of New York City's current UPK expansion efforts, and draws lessons for other cities and states interested in expanding their programs,» and «an in - depth look at the issue of preschool classroom diversity in UPK, highlighting the opportunities and obstacles for integration embedded in current policies and recommending policy changes to address this issue in New York City and beyond.»

The Council of State Governments (CSG) Justice Center has released a new report, Realizing the Full Vision of School Discipline Reform: A Framework for Statewide Change, which documents how five states have reduced their reliance on suspensions while moving toward a more comprehensive vision of school discipline reform — one that ensures that efforts to limit disciplinary removals from the classroom are combined with strategies to foster supportive learning environments.

This situation is what leads a growing call for a much broader energy quest, from the laboratory to the light socket, that starts with the «no brainers» delineated by many studies, particularly a McKinsey analysis of ways to cut energy waste, but also includes a direct, increased and sustained American investment in pushing the frontiers of knowledge on energy — and boosting efforts, from the classroom to the boardroom, to build the community of technological, financial and social innovators necessary to drive the needed change.