Sentences with phrase «collaborative educator communities»

Bryk, Sebring, Allensworth, Luppescu, and Easton (Organizing School for Improvement, 2010) and a host of other researchers and practitioners substantiate the fact that student learning increases in schools where there are reflective, collaborative educator communities focused on teaching and learning.

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Waldorf educators strive to create such conscious, collaborative communities around the children in their care and their activity as a part of a worldwide impulse.

Waldorf educators strive to create such conscious, collaborative communities around the children in their care and see their activity as part of a worldwide cultural impulse.

A partnership between CAI and the Erie County Department of Health (ECDOH) is a youth and community - led collaborative of over 40 diverse stakeholders including teens, adults, health care providers, educators, faith - based and community leaders.

UFT President Michael Mulgrew and other educators at the Changing School Climate breakfast discussion on March 23 at union headquarters in Manhattan said the Positive Learning Collaborative and Community Learning Schools are proven methods to help students cope with emotional issues and improve school discipline.

They also pushed for the full restoration of Teacher Center funding and more state aid to allow for the expansion of the UFT's Community Learning School Initiative and the Positive Learning Collaborative, a joint UFT - Department of Education program to create safe and supportive learning environments by providing educators with strategies to respond to challenging student behavior.

The results indicated that educators value Twitter's «personalized, immediate nature, and the positive and collaborative community it facilitated.»

In general, schools and communities participate by organizing professional development opportunities to encourage collaborative planning between general and special educators, entering our national poster / essay contest, organizing multicultural events and celebrations, issuing proclamations of Inclusive Schools Week in their communities, giving awards and recognition to educators and community members who are making a difference for students with disabilities, holding book fairs, and writing letters - to - the - editor.

If we, you and I together, take this challenge and indeed build that community of collaborative and diverse learners and give to the world what Harvard's Graduate School of Education has already given to us, I believe that the prophesy of the Jesuit French educator Tielhard de Chardin will come true about the HGSE graduating class of 2008 - that women and men will decree, long after we have walked across this stage, that for the second time in history, humankind discovered fire.

Early Warning Indicator and Intervention Systems (EWS) represent a collaborative approach by educators, administrators, parents, and communities to identify and support students at risk of not graduating.

It requires a sustained and collaborative effort of students, parents, educators and community members who work together to model and practice empathy, thoughtful responses and respect for different backgrounds and perspectives.

The exhibit, in which 15 teachers demonstrated their work through posters, attracted an audience of graduate students, administrators, and educators from other communities, as well as representatives from Project Zero and the Center for Collaborative Education, an organization that partners with public schools and districts «to create and sustain effective and equitable schools.»

The event attracted the attention of educators from around the world — not only for the excellent content and collaborative spirit, but also for the unconference model itself — one that costs next to nothing to produce by facilitating ad - hoc community participation.

This sort of stuff is not included in academic standards, but is a critical part of our work as educators — building connections, a collaborative spirit, and community in the classroom.

South Australian Inspired Learning (SAIL) is an exciting new collaborative, professional learning community, founded by a small group of educators in Adelaide, South Australia.

The Global Education Conference (GEC) is a collaborative and world - wide community event designed to reduce participation barriers and significantly increase opportunities for globally - connecting educators (primary, secondary and tertiary levels), students, and organizations.

The Foundation supports the collaborative efforts of public school educators, their unions, school districts, and communities to focus on learning conditions that improve student performance.

To that end, CZI is aspiring to foster «a collaborative community of leading researchers, practitioners, advocates, and policymakers committed to: continuing to explore and advance the science, including by testing new research methodologies that surface the unique needs of individual children; designing and providing the tools and systems of support necessary to help educators and school leaders implement SoLD - aligned practice shifts; advancing science - informed national, state and district policies; and working to limit practices and policies that the science makes clear are detrimental to children's learning and development.»

Topics of discussion include: • Creating, executing, and evaluating measureable goals and benchmarks to ensure TRUE college and career readiness • Scaling implementation of programs to assess student growth and close math learning gaps • Building teacher capacity through TRUE professional learning communities and collaborative internal support systems • Leading a district - wide mindset shift toward ensuring lifelong learning for both adults and students All school and district - based leaders, and K - 12 educators are invited to attend.

Together, PASA, the Providence Public School District, partner schools, and the community of program partners have developed shared goals, a collaborative practice of community educators within the school day, and joint accountability through a PASA / District shared learning model that includes teacher and community educators co-teaching, a data - sharing agreement, and the creation of an expanded learning model that offers high school credits for high quality out - of - school experiences.

Though the research literature is sparse, evidence is surfacing that types of educator collaborative study groups such as lesson study, interdisciplinary teaming, and professional learning communities, have impacts on teacher practice and, again, limited evidence associating collaborative study groups with student outcomes (Gersten, Domino, Jayanthi, James, & Santoro, 2011; Sanders et al., 2009; Vescio, Ross, & Adams, 2008).

Collaborative Learning Educators routinely engage in collaborative learning in various settings, and SRI provides professional development for members and leaders of these learning communities, offering multiple strategies and tools to help insure tCollaborative Learning Educators routinely engage in collaborative learning in various settings, and SRI provides professional development for members and leaders of these learning communities, offering multiple strategies and tools to help insure tcollaborative learning in various settings, and SRI provides professional development for members and leaders of these learning communities, offering multiple strategies and tools to help insure their success.

Indiana enjoyed almost 24 years of steady, collaborative effort to improve public education under Republicans H. Dean Evans and Suellen Reed, but Bennett's election four years ago marked an end to the partnership among policymakers, educators, parents and the business community.

That this document even exists is a testament to the collaborative vision of educators and members of the extended educational community from across the country.

The Native American Community Academy is the collaborative effort and the dream of many educators, parents, professionals and leaders throughout New Mexico.

The Literacy Design Collaborative is a national community of educators providing a teacher - designed and research - proven framework, online tools, and resources for creating literacy - rich assignments and courses across content areas.

We can't reclaim the promise of public education without investing in strong neighborhood public schools that are safe, collaborative and welcome environments for students, parents, educators and the broader community.

In addition to being a key - team member for many of CTAC's partnerships, Mr. Eglinton served as CTAC's co-project director for the TIF - supported Leadership for Educators» Advanced Performance Initiative (LEAP) with the Charlotte - Mecklenburg Schools, directed CTAC's National Urban Reform Network, led site research and evaluations teams in Christina (DE) Denver (CO) and Newark (NJ) and trained district leadership teams, community collaboratives, corporate leadership groups and policymaking bodies at local, state and national levels.

This holistic approach has yielded results in places like Putnam City West High School in Oklahoma City, where educators have engaged parents and the community to boost the graduation rate of Hispanic students by 70 percent; and Denver, where the teacher - led Math and Science Leadership Academy is taking a collaborative approach that focuses on mentoring and professional development to boost student achievement; and in Las Vegas, where a teacher empowerment program has led to remarkable gains, including at Culley Elementary School, a «high achieving» school where only five years ago, less than a quarter of students were at grade level.

Every child deserves a safe, welcoming and collaborative school that builds trusting relationships and critical thinking ~ Representative Michael Honda (D - CA) As communities begin to align their work around the Common Core State Standards (CCSS), educators and policymakers must acknowledge

The system has been under development for the past year and a half through a collaborative and inclusive process involving thousands of Kentucky educators, education partners, parents, and business and community representatives.

Across Kent County in western Michigan, a network of nonprofits, educators, and state and county agencies has demonstrated that a collaborative, community schools approach can reduce chronic absence.

Facilitating collaborative engagement to cultivate and empower a community of learners: British Columbia educators talk about the difference a learning commons approach has made in their schools.

In the District of Columbia, the district's Male Educators of Color collaborative seeks to create, Nelson says, «opportunities for fellowship, community, professional development, and the sharing of best practices among this target group.»

However, over the past two decades, there has been an increasingly loud call amongst educators, school leaders, and policy makers to break down the walls of classroom isolation in exchange for a more collaborative approach commonly known as professional learning communities (PLCs).

We also must lift up and trust our educators, continually build their capacity, and ensure that our schools are safe, welcoming, collaborative, and well - resourced places for our students, educators, and communities.

Teacher leaders (1) foster a collaborative culture to support educator development and student learning; (2) use research to improve practice and student learning; (3) promote professional learning for continual improvement; (4) facilitate improvements in instruction and student learning; (5) promote the use of assessments and data for school and district improvement; (6) improve outreach and collaboration with families and community; and (7) advocate for student learning and the teaching profession.

Such an environment can help educators, families, community members, and policymakers move beyond a vision about educating the whole child to sustainable, collaborative action.

In my world as an educator, collaborative cultures are defined as professional learning communities (now, I say this here because I want my readers who are not in the education business to understand the terminology and I so appreciate that you are reading along with us!).

PathFinder also develops aggregate Maps and Paths that guide collaborative learning for groups of educators, professional learning communities, schools, districts, and states.

The world's largest interactive whiteboard community for educators merges with free collaborative teaching and learning community

ATLANTA --(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Promethean is pleased to announce that Promethean Planet, the world's largest interactive whiteboard community for educators, is now part of ClassFlow, the award - winning collaborative teaching and learning software community.

PathFinder also develops a whole - school Map and Path that guide collaborative learning for groups of educators, professional learning communities, schools, districts, and states.

Developed by the National Education Association (NEA), it is the product of a 15 - year collaborative effort involving educators, school district administrators, parents, and business and community leaders.

Shari Albright, Trinity University, Department of Education David Anthony, Former Cypress Fairbanks Superintendent Portia Bosse, Texas State Teachers Association Marcelo Cavazos, Texas School Alliance David Chard, Wheelock College, & Texas Teacher Preparation Collaborative Ana Coca, Texas Association for Bilingual Education Jessica Conlon, TNTP, & Texas Teacher Preparation Collaborative Harley Eckhart, Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association Barry Haenish, Texas Association of Community Schools Frank Hernandez, SMU Simmons School of Education and Human Development Kate Kuhlmann, Association of Texas Professional Educators Stephanie Hirsh, Learning Forward, & Texas Teacher Preparation Collaborative Diane Huber, iTeachTEXAS, & Texas Teacher Preparation Collaborative Janna Lilly, Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education Casey McCreary, Texas Association of School Administrators Patty Quinzi, TX - American Federation of Teachers Jim Nelson, Texas Teacher Preparation Collaborative Colby Nichols, Texas Rural Education Association Scott Ridley, Texas Tech University, Dean of Education, & Texas Teacher Preparation Collaborative Mike Savage, Principal, Audelia Creek Elementary, & Texas Teacher Preparation Collaborative Lindsay Sobel, Teach Plus Texas Kevin Sevin, Teacher, iSchoolHigh@UniversityPark, & Texas Teacher Preparation Collaborative Seth Rue, San Antonio ISD Jenna Watts, Deans for Impact Rodney Watson, Superintendent, Spring ISD, & Texas Teacher Preparation Collaborative Sandra West, Science Teachers Association of Texas Paige Williams, Texas Classroom Teachers Association Randall Woods, Principal, Burgess High School & Texas Teacher Preparation Collaborative

No longer is teaching and learning about the individual educator; it's now about building a collaborative community — a global community — to create a toolbox of strategies and a worldwide support system.

The Reggio schools have inspired thousands of educators around the world with their emphasis on young children's innate creative abilities and the importance of developing a collaborative and supportive learning community.

There's a learning curve to using technology in the classroom, but collaborative PD will expand your teachers» learning community and allow educators to share skills, advice, and feedback across districts.

They are: integrated student supports that include health care and other social services, expanded learning time and opportunities, family and community engagement, and collaborative leadership and practices — both among educators and between educators and family and community partners.

Promethean is pleased to announce that Promethean Planet, the world's largest interactive whiteboard community for educators, is now part of ClassFlow, the award - winning collaborative teaching and learning software community.