Sentences with phrase «classroom teachers and school administrators»

Brookhart has extensive experience working with classroom teachers and school administrators to customize assessment strategies to fit their needs.

High quality classroom teachers and school administrators are essential to positive student achievement.

Time management is an essential, yet often missing, skill in the development of classroom teachers and school administrators.

We attract classroom teachers and school administrators who want to integrate innovative technologies into their schools.

She worked as a classroom teacher and school administrator in China for seven years before moving to the United States for graduate school.

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Dr. Hightower in his presentation cited Ms. McCarthy's stellar record as a classroom teacher, where she was recognized as a Teacher of the Year, and as a school administrator and district teacher, where she was recognized as a Teacher of the Year, and as a school administrator and district Teacher of the Year, and as a school administrator and district leader.

At 7:30 a.m., Regent Ouderkirk will welcome Edwards - Knox Central School District students, teachers and administrators back to first day of school, and tour classrooms, 2512 County Route 24, HSchool District students, teachers and administrators back to first day of school, and tour classrooms, 2512 County Route 24, Hschool, and tour classrooms, 2512 County Route 24, Hermon.

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.

As administrators and school boards around the country consider the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), Science Buddies is helping teachers begin ramping up, now, for some of the ways in which traditional classroom science projects and assignments may change.

These challenges need to be met via regular mindfulness practices as norms in the following areas: school administrators, school union leadership, school structure and process, teacher and classroom structure and climate, effective mindfulness curriculum and QUALIFIED trainers, effective teaching skills, and optimal motivated learning by students.

School would be a lot easier for administrators and teachers if technology were left outside of the classroom walls.

Just as he did for 26 years as a teacher and administrator, staff development specialist Dennis Loftus still makes time to connect with students in classrooms, in hallways, and in cafeterias in the Syracuse City School District, in Syracuse, New York.

With experience as a classroom teacher, Director of Staff Development and district - level administrator, Brandon has practical school - based experience that allows him to work closely with schools to aide their development.

Teams can be comprised of district or school staff, including classroom teachers, instructional leaders, teacher leaders, and administrators

If our child is having a mediocre classroom experience, we may have to make more school visits, talk to more parents to find out if they are dealing with similar challenges, and have more meetings with teachers and administrators (all things we really should be doing anyway).

«Reducing stress and establishing a positive emotional climate in the classroom is arguably the most essential component of teaching,» writes Mariale Hardiman, a former teacher and administrator and current assistant dean of the Urban Schools Partnership at Johns Hopkins University's School of Education.

School administrators and teachers should also be upfront and open with the parents about what applications or digital resources they are incorporating into the classroom.

She says, «Traditional views of administrator as manager prevent schools from implementing hybrid teacher - administrator roles» in such a way that their classroom time remains protected and valued.

His experiences as a classroom teacher, instructional coach, school leader, district administrator and consultant have provided him with the foundation necessary to understand first - hand the needs of students and educators.

Understanding classroom challenges, Jan collaborated with teachers, OTs, and administrators to build the three programs that comprise the Learning Without Tears curricula: Get Set for School ® for kindergarten readiness, Handwriting Without Tears ® for K — 5, and Keyboarding Without Tears ® for K — 5.

They want education to reflect how students learn best today and are working with schools, teachers and administrators to create STEAM curriculum, innovation classrooms and Makerspaces.

In response to administrators» and teachers» worries about the vocabulary skills of Boston Public School students, a group of researchers and educators — assembled by the Strategic Education Research Partnership (SERP) in collaboration with the Boston Public Schools, and directed by Harvard Graduate School of Education Professor Catherine Snow — designed a curriculum supplement called Word Generation, for sixth - to eighth - grade classrooms.

School administrators and teachers can also select students into particular classrooms for reasons that are related to achievement.

Nathan has also accepted two invitations to Buenos Aires, where she has shared strategies for enhanced classroom participation with more than 100 teachers, school administrators, and cultural leaders.

Teams can be comprised of classroom teachers, instructional leaders, school leaders, administrators, and other educators in a variety of settings (e.g. museums, after - school programs, and other informal learning contexts, etc.).

Given teachers» lack of confidence in their expertise outside the classroom, many legislators, school boards, and administrators «do not believe they require teacher participation» in important decisions.

The goal was to establish a program that reflected the diversity of the field itself, bringing artists, teaching artists, researchers, administrators, classroom teachers, and out - of - school educators together for a year of study on the foundational issues that inform all aspects of arts education theory and practice.

Her book, Windows on Teaching Mathematics: Cases of Secondary Mathematics Classrooms (Teachers College Press), represents work in mathematics education and the case method while her involvement as a case method teacher of school administrators exists in her Cases in Educational Administration (Longman).

By testing students, releasing the results to the public, and attaching rewards and sometimes a few weak sanctions to those results, accountability reformers have attempted to tighten the screws on local school boards, administrators, and classroom teachers.

To further investigate the implementation of Prop 227, I observed 170 classrooms and interviewed teachers and administrators in 29 elementary and junior high schools in eight California school districts during the spring of 1999 and the fall of 2001.

I think another set of implications relates to actual classroom teaching and to the ways teachers and school administrators talk about abilities and the way they encourage students to learn and to think about learning.

«A school administrator,» he wrote, «can not watch teachers teach (except through classroom visits that momentarily may change the teacher's behavior) and can not tell how much students have learned (except by standardized tests that do not clearly differentiate between what the teacher has imparted and what the student has acquired otherwise).»

«The research for our paper focused on first - grade classrooms in the Boston Public Schools, and we were very pleased to be part of a successful collaboration with the students, teachers, and administrators in Boston,» Tivnan says.

Johnson, a school administrator and Edutopia blogger, writes about the importance of and strategies for interacting with students and teachers in the classroom.

A continuing dispute between the local teachers» union and school administrators has some education officials in Detroit worried that several alternative schools that opened in August to lure high school dropouts back to the classroom will be forced to close.

The classroom teachers, administrators, professional artists, arts - integration specialists, and community leaders who are champions of the program are eager to see it replicated in schools and school districts elsewhere.

Under the direction of a panel made up of schools administrators and members of the local teachers union, qualified veteran teachers — usually called consulting teachers — take sabbaticals from classroom teaching to mentor new teachers during their first years and to support other experienced teachers who are struggling.

During the yearlong TES process, teachers are typically observed in the classroom and scored four times: three times by an assigned peer evaluator — a high - performing, experienced teacher who previously taught in a different school in the district — and once by the principal or another school administrator.

Tes and SMART technologies have pulled together the advice and expertise of key people in education ranging from teachers at the heart of inspiring our young people, to administrators and policy makers, to discuss ways to transform schools and classrooms into places of inquiry and experimentation, in which limits, creativity and discovery are pushed.

As the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee (UWM) considered authorizing charter schools for the first time in 1999, the local teachers union and top administrators in the Milwaukee Public Schools threatened to ban the college's student teachers from obtaining required classroom experience if UWM approved any charter schools that would be managed by the for - profit firm Edison Sschools for the first time in 1999, the local teachers union and top administrators in the Milwaukee Public Schools threatened to ban the college's student teachers from obtaining required classroom experience if UWM approved any charter schools that would be managed by the for - profit firm Edison SSchools threatened to ban the college's student teachers from obtaining required classroom experience if UWM approved any charter schools that would be managed by the for - profit firm Edison Sschools that would be managed by the for - profit firm Edison SchoolsSchools.

Savvy administrators can meet the needs of teachers and, at the same time, set the tone for a wonderful school year by visiting classrooms those first days and weeks routinely and regularly, making sure teachers can focus on providing excellent instruction instead of having to hunt down, for example, five additional chairs or a working projector.

In addition, teachers, administrators, and other staff members emphasize the word of the week frequently during the school day, using it to illustrate classroom lessons and reinforce behavior in all areas of the school environment.

Lynette N. Tannis began her education career more than two decades ago and has served in myriad capacities in traditional and charter school settings, including classroom teacher, literacy coordinator, school / district administrator, intern superintendent, and education consultant.

Concise guide for teachers, administrators and others interested in using performance assessments in their classrooms and school systems.

Throughout his career, Ben has been able to work with teachers and administrators in bringing best technology practices into their schools and classrooms using iPads and Google Apps for Education.

To assess this broad array, an evaluation system might leverage classroom observations, tests and school records, as well as surveys of students, other teachers, and administrators.

Low teacher salaries, discipline problems, standardized testing, poor principals and administrators, and the impact of poverty are among the reasons South Carolina public - school teachers are quitting their jobs in record numbers, pushing K - 12 classrooms into crisis.

All our workshops can be delivered across grade levels and customized for classroom, special education, and English language teachers; literacy coaches and trainers; curriculum specialists; and school and district administrators.

Still, many California educators and school administrators are questioning how their state will meet the new requirement, given students» persistent struggles in that subject and the potential demand it will generate for more math teachers and classroom resources.

Everyone — policymakers, unions, state leaders, local administrators, teachers, parents, you name it — seems to agree that the amount of testing and its role in America's schools and classrooms merit reconsideration.