Sentences with phrase «common challenges educators»

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We often report on the struggles of Common Core Learning Standards in the classroom, but in this Focus on Education report WBFO»S Eileen Buckley takes us inside JFK Middle School in Cheektowaga to hear about how educators and students are embracing it successfully and how future teachers are gearing up for the challenge.

John Concannon, a retired police captain who has unsuccessfully challenged City Councilman Mark Weprin (D - Oakland Gardens) and state Sen. Tony Avella (D - Bayside), said Cuomo had not pushed to get enough educators with classroom experience on the state Board of Regents or otherwise placed them at the helm of Common Core implementation.

Landsman - Yakin's challenge is to convince the new and veteran educators at Belfry to work toward common goals.

VideoAmy has collected this playlist of videos and resources for educators everywhere who are facing the challenge of mapping their practice to the Common Core State Standards.

This special report looks at the challenges educators face in adapting the Common Core State Standards for students with disabilities, English - learners, and gifted students.

He's spent years studying great educators, creating a taxonomy of techniques they use to manage common challenges (like defiant kids or tired kids or kids who need a lot of time to learn something that other kids learn quickly).

The challenges many teachers face in implementing project - based learning well are not to be taken lightly, but we've compiled a list of strategies to avert the most common issues educators face.

As we continue to study choice - based policies in K — 12 education, one challenge we must confront is the push - pull created by high - stakes accountability measures designed to assess schools, students, and educators, based solely on test scores — an area where choice proponents and opponents often find common ground.

The second is that the Common Core movement muddles through, meaning that we end up, eventually, with a nearly national set of standards for what students need to know and do at each grade, high quality assessments aligned to those standards, cut scores for proficiency on those assessments that are challenging and equal across the nation, and a set of meaningful carrots and sticks for holding educators accountable for preparing all their students for success.

In addition to providing concrete examples of how the educator preparation program at Tulane has evolved to meet the challenges that new, higher standards bring, they made a strong case for establishing a grace period during which results from the next - generation assessments slated to accompany the Common Core be used only as diagnostic tools, as they are being designed to be, and not for high stakes or accountability.

The excerpt we've posted on the Ed Next website focuses on the challenge of preparing students to read nonfiction text, something many educators nationwide are wrestling with as their states transition to the common core.

As many educators are discovering, Common Core State Standards pose particular challenges for English - language learners in both language arts and mathematics, and yet the standards documents themselves provide little guidance for how teachers can help their ELLs meet the new objectives.

Mark Murphy was Delaware's Secretary of Education adopting rigorous educator preparation standards into law, updating the state's charter school law to improve school accountability and support, tackling college readiness and retention challenges, implementing the Common Core State Standards and assessments and promoting school choice.

Teacher Blog: 5 Free Apps That Align To The Common Core: ELA Edition — Always Prepped For educators there is the extra challenge of choosing apps that meet the needs of their students and align to the curriculum and Common Core Standards.

Challenging educators to create interactive learning modules and embedded assessments designed to improve mastery of 7th — 9th grade level Common Core State Standards in math and literacy.

Opportunities such as the TFA conference are too rare — Educators and experts from the traditional public school sector and from the charter school community focusing on common special education challenges and shared solutions.

This article outlines six of the most common communication challenges between educators and parents, as reported by a recent Parenting / NEA survey, along with NEA member - tested solutions.

As California educators prepare for the seismic challenge of ushering in the new curriculum known as the Common Core State Standards, much of the worry has centered on student assessment.

Jacqueline Raphael and Rhonda Barton look closely at the demands of the Common Core State Standards on student writing and show how a traits - based model for teaching writing can help educators meet the challenge.

The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) present a new mandate and challenge for K — 12 educators — teaching and reinforcing cognitive verbs.

«This new series of institutes is part of our ongoing effort to support educators at all levels with important instruction on two of the most challenging topics educators are facing today: 21st century curricula and the Common Core State Standards.»

Educators will learn how to use their data to identify bright spots that can share successes and create a space to discuss common challenges.

A common challenge cited by K - 12 educators is insecurity about their ability to effectively use technology and student data in the classroom, according to a survey released this week by the Software and Information Industry Association.

This is not entirely unexpected: educators were expecting that some students would find math especially challenging because Common Core math requires more ELA proficiency than California's old standards.4 But it does suggest that, as measured in the first year of the SBAC, high - need students have farther to go — perhaps further than the old standards and assessments indicated.

Instead, he argues that educators across the country should work collaboratively to tackle challenges, such as the implementation of the Common Core State Standards.

UDL can help educators anticipate challenges and map out multiple pathways of learning, which in turn helps their diverse group of students achieve a common set of learning goals and standards6.

At sessions offered throughout the year, school leaders have the opportunity to interact with other educators who share both the common and emerging challenges related to creating a 21st century school.

As we address this challenge, educators across Canada and around the world are re-imagining the potential of the library to be a true learning commons: the physical and virtual collaborative hub within a whole - school approach to participatory learning.

In May 2018, Education Northwest is focusing on educator networks as a strategy that allows schools and stakeholders to work together to address common challenges.

With the continued implementation of the Common Core State Standards and a new teacher evaluation system, educators and students were challenged to meet high expectations.

Although it is common knowledge that changing diet or substance use is extremely difficult, therapists and educators have known for years that making changes to relationship habits also presents a significant challenge.

The contributors to this issue of Zero to Three describe a range of services and supports to address challenging behavior and support early social and emotional competence: A model of early childhood mental health consultation to reduce the rate of preschool expulsion; how child care professionals and parents can have useful conversations around sensitive behavioral issues; an approach to coaching early educators to prevent and manage challenging behavior in the classroom; a parent — infant play group to build parenting skills; the treatment of common sleep issues; and a program of support to strengthen military families when a parent returns from deployment.