Sentences with phrase «comprehensive classroom evaluations»

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At a time when research is increasingly pointing to working conditions as being more important than higher pay in keeping good teachers in the classroom, the teachers in the comprehensive evaluation programs say that the combination of extensive evaluations and coaching they receive makes their working conditions more professional, and thus more attractive.

Whereas traditional evaluations tend to be one - dimensional, relying exclusively on a single observation of a teacher in a classroom, more comprehensive models capture a richer picture of a teacher's performance.

Also, development of a strategy to communicate, disseminate, and revisit evaluation of the effectiveness of in - service teacher training and mentoring models would significantly benefit the field and result in an increasingly comprehensive approach to preparing social studies teachers to use technology effectively in the classroom, while also providing a model for influencing policy and continually improving practice.

With just two weeks remaining before a mandatory deadline for a teacher evaluation deal, Educators 4 Excellence classroom teachers have launched a 2013 New Year's Resolution video campaign focused on why a comprehensive evaluation system is sorely needed in New York City.

Even if the administrator has a good understanding that the evaluation is just a moment in time, and that the whole picture of teaching and learning is not being seen, a few visits to at teacher's classroom hardly warrants a comprehensive evaluation of the teachers effectiveness.

Multiple evaluation measures (classroom observation, student academic growth, parent and student surveys) provide a well - rounded and comprehensive look at teacher performance.

Scholars at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill conducted a comprehensive evaluation of the teaching fellows program and found positive results, including a) graduates teach in schools and classrooms with greater concentrations of higher performing and lower poverty students; b) graduates produce larger increases in student test scores in all high school exams and in 3rd - 8th grade mathematics exams; and c) teaching fellows remain in North Carolina public schools longer than other teachers.

In some states, policymakers have consulted NEA affiliates and worked with them to develop comprehensive evaluation systems based on multiple measures of student achievement and traditional classroom observations.

The Marzano Evaluation Model has really made me think of the full circle of teaching — not just what I do in the classroom, or what I do for planning, or what I do as professional development, but to think of it as a whole comprehensive unit.

The formative evaluation examines changes in students» access to quality preschool and comprehensive services, teachers» access to professional development, classroom quality, and factors that influence implementation.

The Evo Social / Emotional system provides: — The Devereux Students Strengths Assessment (DESSA)-- a research - based SEL evaluation instrument — Growth strategies and foundational practices for classroom, small group, individual, or take - home settings; including teacher - reflection activities — A comprehensive system for reading and interpreting data from the DESSA — Support from Aperture Education's dedicated implementation team

We are a full service driving school, offering a wide variety of programs ranging from beginner driver training and classroom education to comprehensive evaluations and driver assessment.