In addition to providing practical, hands on training and technical guidance to use the many features of the iObservation tool, the iObservation team is also dedicated to delivering high quality professional development that places a focus on developing
a common instructional language based on high yield instructional strategies.
It allows for teacher autonomy, but also encourages
a common instructional language amongst staff members.
Not exact matches
There are many other factors to consider, such as administrators making time to visit classrooms, capable
instructional leadership, clear expectations and
common language around school or district initiatives, creating a culture of risk taking, etc..
Dec. 4, 2 p.m. ET:
Common Core State Standards: Literacy and English - Language Learners As educators begin putting the common core into classroom practice, what instructional strategies will they need to bridge the gap between acquiring language and truly mastering academic content for
Common Core State Standards: Literacy and English -
Language Learners As educators begin putting the
common core into classroom practice, what instructional strategies will they need to bridge the gap between acquiring language and truly mastering academic content for
common core into classroom practice, what
instructional strategies will they need to bridge the gap between acquiring
language and truly mastering academic content for ELLs?
Beside focusing on developing communication and reading skills, Marilee Sprenger — an expert in brain - based
instructional strategies and author of Teaching the Critical Vocabulary of the
Common Core — recommends that ELLs learn high - frequency academic
language terms that are embedded in the
Common Core State Standards.
The
Common Instructional Framework gives both teachers and students recurrent tools, expectations, and a common language across all cl
Common Instructional Framework gives both teachers and students recurrent tools, expectations, and a
common language across all cl
common language across all classes.
Representatives from the groups said they wanted to create a
common language to discuss RTI, an
instructional framework that some believe holds promise for helping students in core academic areas and in behavior...
This report presents the findings of a survey of English
language arts (ELA) teachers from
Common Core states, asking them to answer questions about the texts their students read and the
instructional techniques they use in the classroom.
Creating time and opportunities for teachers to share ideas has led to «a
common language about student learning and has accelerated our use of
instructional technology,» Moore notes.
She is particularly interested in the development of a
common language for studying and teaching
instructional practice and on identifying resources that support practice - focused teacher training.
Ensure appropriate systemic interventions are in place to improve teaching and learning schoolwide by developing a clear set of expectations and a
common language around
instructional practices.
Across the country, teachers are adapting their
instructional practices to the new
Common Core standards in math and English
language arts.
Our hope, of course, is that this finding — that educators think they are faithfully implementing the
Common Core standards for English
language arts even though they aren't making the
instructional shifts encouraged by the standards themselves — will motivate action now, rather than later.
Collaborative innovation also benefits from a shared
instructional language, from a
common way of describing what good teaching and learning looks like.
This year all NPS principals will work in professional learning communities to use the 5D to build a
common vision of and
language for instruction while also using learning walks to hone their
instructional leadership skills.
They have a shared
instructional language that lets people talk back and forth about what high quality teaching should look like, and a
common language and set of goals let's faculty work together to measure their progress towards those goals.
Additionally, Learning Sciences supports the system of feedback through a foundation of a
common language of instruction in which teachers receive feedback through self and peer observations, walkthroughs, supervisor observations,
instructional rounds, and deliberate practice.
Just as it is important for educators in a school district and in individual schools to have a shared vision and a
common language around what quality teaching looks and sounds like, it is essential that district and school leaders have a shared vision and
common language on both the definition of
instructional leadership and the description of effective
instructional leadership behaviors.
This year, you may notice some shifts in
instructional practices as teachers begin to align their classroom teaching to the new New York State
Common Core Learning Standards for English
language arts and literacy.
Common warm - up activities in
language arts classrooms, such as editing sentences, vocabulary study, or journal prompts, may yield limited
instructional benefits; but none produce the same level of academic power as 15 minutes of reading time.
Common instructional routines and strategies implemented across content areas (i.e., mathematics, social studies, science, English
language arts) to teach students content area vocabulary and practices for comprehending content area academic text
This project involves 45 English
language arts (ELA), history, and science teachers from Colorado and Kentucky who collaborate in person and virtually to design and teach two
common assignments —
instructional units that promote college - ready academic standards and contain
common performance tasks for students — each year.
Reflective Partners is a professional development approach that asks teachers to engage in purposeful reflection about their
instructional practices; collaborate with colleagues; intentionally plan lessons; observe their own teaching by way of recording their lessons regularly; and use a
common language (CLASS) to frame reflection, observation and discussion.
A primary goal of the work has been to understand educator engagement with RW training resources and its influence on making
instructional shifts in English
language arts and literacy that are required by the
Common Core State Standards.
«Having a
common approach and
language for planning, implementing, observing, reflecting, and talking about instruction is a critical component for building
instructional teams and accelerating student learning,» explains Diane Rymer, Catapult Learning's Vice President of Professional Development.
Teams of teachers,
instructional coaches, and administrators, led by a lead teacher, visit classrooms and then discuss what they observed using the schools / districts
common language of instruction.
Working with the Institute for Learning at the University of Pittsburgh, Hartford is seeking to create a
common language and practices around
instructional leadership.
The resulting
common language of instruction provides a foundation for powerful discourse about effective teaching,
instructional feedback, and the collection and use of formative and summative assessment data across a system.
Use a portion of
common planning time to create grade - level appropriate plans that outline, in comprehensive
language, how
instructional changes will be turn - keyed to students.
Their visual
languages,
instructional charts and diagrams, shared a
common purpose, since both science and religion try to explain the Universe.