Sentences with phrase «comprehensive standards for teacher»

Efforts to establish similarly comprehensive standards for teacher preparation, such as those being developed by CAEP, should be applauded.

Not exact matches

Waiver: Comprehensive flexibility that the U.S. Department of Education has granted to more than 40 states and the District of Columbia from key requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act (the current version of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act) in exchange for embracing certain Obama administration education - redesign priorities on teachers, testing, standards, and school turnarounds.

Provides comprehensive data for individual states in the following categories: summary of grades, student achievement, standards and accountability, efforts to improve teacher quality, school climate, resources: equity and spending.

In our balanced budget I proposed a comprehensive strategy to help make our schools the best in the world — to have high national standards of academic achievement, national tests in 4th grade reading and 8th grade math, strengthening math instruction in middle schools, providing smaller classes in the early grades so that teachers can give students the attention they deserve, working to hire more well - prepared and nationally certified teachers, modernizing our schools for the 21st century, supporting more charter schools, encouraging public school choice, ending social promotion, demanding greater accountability from students and teachers, principals and parents.

The heavily weighted criteria (for example, implementing standards, improving teacher and principal effectiveness, turning around the lowest - achieving schools, supporting high - performing charters) formed a coherent and comprehensive core.

The project was supported by grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the U.S. Department of Education, and the National Endowment for the Humanities; a consortium of arts teacher organizations developed comprehensive standards for dance, theater, music, and the visual arts.

Building on the First Edition, our new K - 5 Language Arts curriculum is a comprehensive, standards - based core literacy program that engages teachers and students through compelling, real world content and builds equitable and inclusive learning opportunities for all students.

At a time when head teachers across England and Wales are crying out for sufficient funds to run their schools, provide pupils with a broad and balanced curriculum and retain teachers and support staff, the Government is proposing to lavish scarce education funding on a policy which all the evidence confirms will undermine the high standards of education that comprehensive schools have been able to achieve in the decades since selective education was ended in most parts of the country.

Tennessee has also refocused and reinvested in literacy with a statewide Read to be Ready campaign, new standards with comprehensive guidance and training on teaching reading, a statewide coaching network for elementary reading teachers, and summer camps for students who are furthest behind with an investment of over $ 30 million.

October 30th, 2015: The Fall Conference at Central Michigan University had over 40 individuals attend from all over the state, two topics were the focus of the conference: Standard 2 of CAEP and developing a comprehensive plan for Michigan Partnerships that enhances teacher preparation and P - 12 student growth.

The report describes three inter-related elements that these systems have in common: (a) Rigorous, comprehensive curricula and assessments aligned to high standards; (b) Content - focused, expert - led teacher collaboration time; and (c) Regular, growth - oriented feedback for teachers from content experts.

This short definition establishes a new standard for PD that is a comprehensive, sustained, and intensive approach to improving teachers» and leaders» effectiveness.

Harvey F. Silver, EdD, president of Silver Strong & Associates, is the lead developer of The Thoughtful Classroom ™, a professional development initiative dedicated to the goal of «making students as important as standards,» and The Thoughtful Classroom Teacher Effectiveness Framework, a comprehensive system for observing, evaluating, and refining classroom practice.

Comprehensive, aspirational standards describing a national vision for the initial preparation of all teachers PreK - 12 who teach mathematics.

In Hillsborough, which includes Tampa and is the nation's eighth largest school district, she successfully implemented higher learning standards, partnered with teachers to develop a comprehensive evaluation system, and earned national recognition for gains in student achievement.

In addition, standards for teacher education programs were strengthened, and states like Connecticut and North Carolina, which undertook large - scale, comprehensive reforms, turned shortages into surpluses of much better trained, better supported, and better (and more equitably) paid teachers, while substantially raising achievement and reducing achievement gaps.

President Obama is offering states flexibility from NCLB in exchange for comprehensive plans to raise standards; to create fair, flexible and focused accountability systems; and to improve systems for teacher and principal evaluation and support.

The gold standard for high - quality induction programs is the Santa Cruz New Teacher Project, which eventually grew into the New Teacher Center, a national organization working with districts to provide high - quality induction, among other services.65 The comprehensive program carefully selects and trains teacher mentors and also provides beginning teachers with intensive instructional support and professional development; opportunities to observe master teachers; and opportunities for ongoing assessment, reflection, and feedTeacher Project, which eventually grew into the New Teacher Center, a national organization working with districts to provide high - quality induction, among other services.65 The comprehensive program carefully selects and trains teacher mentors and also provides beginning teachers with intensive instructional support and professional development; opportunities to observe master teachers; and opportunities for ongoing assessment, reflection, and feedTeacher Center, a national organization working with districts to provide high - quality induction, among other services.65 The comprehensive program carefully selects and trains teacher mentors and also provides beginning teachers with intensive instructional support and professional development; opportunities to observe master teachers; and opportunities for ongoing assessment, reflection, and feedteacher mentors and also provides beginning teachers with intensive instructional support and professional development; opportunities to observe master teachers; and opportunities for ongoing assessment, reflection, and feedback.66

The standard resume format for teachers should contain a comprehensive outline of their teaching profile, academic achievements and honors received teaching experiences, and outstanding skills and competencies and professional references.

Quality standards would include early learning standards, comprehensive data and assessment systems, teachers with bachelor of arts degrees and compensation comparable to K - 12 teachers, low child - to - teacher ratios, and comprehensive services for children and families.

Preschool programs across the states would meet common and consistent standards for quality across all programs, including: o Well - trained teachers, who are paid comparably to K - 12 staff; o Small class sizes and low adult to child ratios; o A rigorous curriculum; o Comprehensive health and related services; and o Effective evaluation and review of programs.

o State - level standards for early learning; o Qualified teachers for all preschool classrooms; and o A plan to implement comprehensive data and assessment systems.