It's also a tool that we used often in
our collaboration as classroom teacher and teaching artist.
Not exact matches
The Early Learning Center also serves
as a learning lab where New Legacy students explore healthy child development and positive parenting and then apply the learning — in
collaboration with the early learning
teachers — in the
classrooms.
This tool enables
collaboration between multiple groups in a
classroom environment,
as students and
teachers can share content sources, allowing them to discuss their work on a main screen in front of the class.
A
teacher can «translate» the game experience to
classroom teams through written reflections and discussions,
as well
as hands - on gameplay in a fishbowl, where the
classroom observes and documents elements of successful
collaboration.
In the second and third year of the project,
teachers and researchers met weekly, developed case studies of their
classroom experiences, and helped to refine the theory and framework
as it emerged from the
collaboration.
There are many ways that
teachers can facilitate
collaboration within the
classroom, such
as arranging desks in cooperative formations and having students exchange phone numbers and email addresses.
More than three decades ago, researchers identified
teacher collaboration — including time for colleagues to discuss
classroom challenges, design learning materials together, and critique each other's practice —
as a cornerstone of school success.
As a T3
Teacher Leader, Daniel impacts the lives of students through leading successful teacher collaborations and facilitating positive outcomes classroom and scho
Teacher Leader, Daniel impacts the lives of students through leading successful
teacher collaborations and facilitating positive outcomes classroom and scho
teacher collaborations and facilitating positive outcomes
classroom and schoolwide.
In regard to the
classroom, it gives us
as leaders the ability to meet students where they are and increase that
collaboration with
teacher teams in order to differentiate our own needs.
We know that the work of Teaching Artists in
collaboration with arts and non-arts
classroom teachers is critical to making this happen, and we know the need for experienced teaching artists to do this work is expanding
as a building body of research identifies positive school - wide effects of arts integration.
As a
classroom teacher, I strive to work in
collaboration with families and community members to promote awareness and interest in culturally and linguistically significant education.
Both FACS and math educators benefited from lesson development
collaboration,
as math
teachers learned new ways to incorporate career - oriented math into their
classroom experience for students.
As part of the Music - in - Education National Consortium, El Dorado's Music Learning Leadership Staff (administration,
classroom and music
teachers) received monthly professional development in a) M+MI curriculum unit design based on fundamental concepts of literacy shared between music and language, b) teaching for transfer strategies, c) music and music integration literacy skill assessment, and d) action research based documentation of student learning through
collaboration with MuST, MIENC guided practices consultants, and SF Opera.
For years, the art of teaching has been within the confines of the four walls of the
classroom, and I see the TPA
as an opportunity for
collaboration within the profession and inducting novice
teachers into a professional community where reflection and experimentation are normal.
This
collaboration focuses on the process of thinking and learning among
teachers, creates a common thread that brings staff together, and values the
teacher as the instructional decision - maker within the
classroom, resulting in significant improvement in
teacher practice and an increased desire to continue to grow professionally.
Although the gradual release model began in reading comprehension research, the method is now recognized
as an instructional method that can help all content area
teachers move from lecture and whole group instruction to a more student - centered
classroom that uses
collaboration and independent practice.
But at the end of the day, one thing's for sure:
Teachers need just
as much engagement,
collaboration, and choice
as students in order to facilitate innovative experiences in the
classroom.
As we strive to implement strategies that promote systemic change, we must do so with the goal that no matter where students are assigned, they have the benefit of the thinking, expertise, and dedication of all
teachers in that grade level or subject area; that they are part of a school system that requires all
teachers to participate in learning teams that are provided regular time to plan, study, and problem solve together; and that this
collaboration ensures that great practices and high expectations spread across
classrooms, grade levels, and schools.
As a
teacher, you might identify a need to add more data - informing formative assessment to your repertoire, or ways to customize activities and assessments for students to personalize their learning, or perhaps you feel compelled to «flip» your
classroom to increase the
collaboration among students during class.
In some cases, participants wanted to approach the wiki
as a source of information, not
collaboration — or wanted the wiki to mediate more traditional, less collaborative kinds of social interactions among
teachers, such
as sharing lesson ideas or
classroom anecdotes (
as in Bush, 2000; Dressman, 2000; Stock, 2001).
Collaboration makes it so much easier on the
teacher and not to mention the students love to work with different students from other
classrooms as well.
Collaboration between specialist
teachers and
classroom teachers in other core subjects such
as math, history and writing, has become the norm at WSD.
The theme of this year's program — which will be explored in a panel discussion and breakout sessions — is
teacher leaders
as enablers of creativity,
collaboration, and innovation in their
classrooms and beyond.
Routman's experiences
as a
classroom teacher, Reading Recovery
teacher, language arts coach, and staff developer led her to see schoolwide
collaboration and high - level, professional learning
as a necessity for increasing and sustaining achievement.
Anne Jolly is ready to return to the
classroom, so long
as she can teach at Fisher Middle, a flexible facility designed to maximize student learning, with fully integrated technology, a project based STEAM curriculum; and built - in
teacher collaboration and professional learning.
Other
teachers talked about their growth
as reflective
teachers, increased intent in their teaching, and increased
collaboration among students in their
classrooms.
As we toured
classrooms observing the school's highly effective
teachers at work, Malka told me about the school's plans for the future - her impending move into a new school facility being developed in
collaboration with Pacific Charter School Development and the anticipated opening of a new middle school in response to requests from parents to expand her offerings.
Book Creator brings the potential for
classroom collaboration without borders,
as these two
teachers discovered.
Teachers use multiple resources, including lessons from Lions - Quest (http://www.lions-quest.org/) and other programs to establish a positive
classroom culture, teach
collaboration skills, prevent and address bullying, and help students develop personal skills such
as goal - setting and self - reflection.
In her more than 30 years
as a
classroom teacher, Betsy Hanger has fostered creative
collaboration between
teachers and students.
Emotions are ubiquitous in the early childhood
classroom;
as young students learn alongside and in
collaboration with
teachers and peers, they must utilize their emotions to facilitate learning.