Sentences with phrase «conversation around teachers»

This is why the conversation around teachers is so important.

Finally, while these data are interesting and likely relevant to broader national conversations around teacher preparation, it's worth noting that North Carolina may have a different teacher pipeline than other states.

I look forward to having meaningful conversations around teacher evaluation systems and union - related concerns, with the intention of making a difference.

We also really were excited about the conversations around teacher autonomy and teacher knowledge because we know from this study and we know from our own experiences about the importance of having teachers who feel that they're being respected and valued for what they know and what they bring.

This paper, in partnership with Marylhurst University, serves to help contextualize the conversation around teacher effectiveness.

In March 2018, The Mind Trust and UNCF hosted an engaging conversation around teacher recruitment and retention efforts in Indianapolis.

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In the midst of the national conversation about arming teachers and right before high school students around the country walked out to protest gun control laws, a high school teacher...

«We know that the conversation around arming teachers and other school personnel was an attempt to delay substantive action on gun violence prevention and deflect attention from real policy proposals.

As a teacher and a makeup artist, Jessa's mission is to bring the message of self - care and empowerment into the conversation around beauty and healing.

Many yoga teachers around the country have found themselves suddenly politicized and engaging in conversations that, for some, have not entered the yoga space before.

You can let the teacher lead the activity and focus your conversation and interaction around this.

TFA believes that recruitment is down because the economy is stronger (and prospective TFA teachers have more options) and because of «an increasingly polarized public conversation around education.»

The process offers an opportunity for intensive, clinical conversations among teachers that center around their classroom practice and ways that they are improving student learning.

In the event that these standards stick around, the conversation needs to change from «These experts say the teachers should do this» to «Teachers are experts, and other experts who aren't teachers have an expertise, tooteachers should do this» to «Teachers are experts, and other experts who aren't teachers have an expertise, tooTeachers are experts, and other experts who aren't teachers have an expertise, tooteachers have an expertise, too.»

It strikes me that the conversation and tenor around teachers in the United States is not as forgiving or supportive at this time.

«I hope that through these conversations, teachers will feel empowered to have a voice around policy issues that affect their students» futures.»

As the teacher and I walked around the room, we noticed conversation focused entirely on the directions; in addition, as students began writing the program, we asked them to keep highlighting the directions they were using.

We must provide schools with the antibodies they need to fight off dangerous and harmful material, while giving parents and teachers the confidence they need to fully engage in the conversation around safeguarding children on the web.

Professor Mapp is an exceptional teacher who can transform a class discussion of 40 students in a large lecture hall into a conversation that feels as intimate as five friends sitting around a table.

A conglomeration of parents and teachers sitting around Chinese food can lead to the same open, relaxed conversations we might have on the town soccer fields.

For the majority of students to be successful, they still need teachers to bring material to life, apply it, facilitate conversations around it and so forth.

Often missing from conversations around technology, the paper outlines the varied roles that teachers play, including helping with motivation, social and emotional support, and stretching critical thinking and analytical skills.

As teachers from around the world start to share ideas for making the most of this resource, a new conversation is brewing about best practices for technology - rich literature studies.

To that end, here are tips (drawn heavily from conversation with Peabody) for teachers and administrators looking to form productive partnerships with counselors around implementation of standards:

«A big reason we decided to undertake this research is because we know from other research in the field that conversations around LGBTQI - inclusivity are not happening in schools,» Ullman tells Teacher.

When we consider ongoing conversations around enhancing teacher preparation programs, is enough time and attention being spent on the importance of cultural competency?

There is a real «buzz» here with teachers talking about possibilities for flipping content, lessons and classes.The conversation around pedagogy and student engagement was really important and we are so excited about all of the tools that you showed us as we were able to implement them in our classes straight away.We have even flipped our professional learning sessions for staff!

He is a founding member and senior fellow of the Collaboratory — a digital home for progressive conversations around the changing nature of teaching and learning — and has served as teacher in residence at the Center for Teaching Quality.

In addition, I work with teachers, leaders, and districts around the country to build the capacity needed to have rich conversations about learning space design.

Huffman also took criticism for his failure to communicate about new teacher evaluations and for his lack of communication regarding implementation of the Common Core, which resulted in Haslam holding an education summit and «re-setting» the conversation around standards.

We believe in the importance of informed, empowered educators so we hosted a house party to bring together teachers from both charter and district schools in order to discuss the current state of the budget and to engage in a conversation around ideas to involve and inform more teachers.

Although the teachers and principals from the represented schools were in agreement, a debate over the CCSS has monopolized the public's conversations around teaching, learning, and schools.

This is just a starting point in the conversation around professional development for online teachers.

My experiences are that teachers move to action more readily from conversations around student work samples.

AP: This process has enabled me to have hundreds of conversations with teachers around the state, to get some real insights into the conditions that are faced by our students and teachers on a daily basis, in very grounded, concrete ways.

We invite you to get a head start on the school year by reviewing our webinar calendar and adding your voice to current conversations around Common Core, teacher evaluation, school culture, technology, early childhood education, and other pressing topics.

After conducting several rounds of classroom observations at Costano it became apparent that while teachers delivered instruction that was of high quality and mostly engaging, they were not providing enough meaningful and strategic opportunities for students to engage in conversation around content.

Much of our conversation throughout the day revolved around the need for teachers to have more time to collaborate.

Facing History and Ourselves and The Allstate Foundation have hosted 116 Community Conversations around the U.S., engaging more than 70,000 teachers, parents, and community members in meaningful dialogue about today's most profound issues, including respecting diversity, promoting tolerance, and creating social change.

She contends that literacy activities can engage students and teachers in conversations around mathematical texts.

Stringer's engagement on Twitter led to her becoming a leader in the weekly #SatChatOC conversations, and to her discovery that the topic of women in education leadership is one that is on the minds of teachers, school leaders, and researchers around the world.

The loss of privacy that we experienced moving from the closed site to the NCSS Ning was far outweighed by the gains from bringing teacher voices from around the world into our conversations and from exposing students to online learning environments.

With the new requirements of Texas Teacher Evaluation and Support System (T - TESS) moving towards full implementation, it seems like every other conversation I have with our members is around teacher evaluation, and it has made me consider, «why do we do teacher evaluation» in the firstTeacher Evaluation and Support System (T - TESS) moving towards full implementation, it seems like every other conversation I have with our members is around teacher evaluation, and it has made me consider, «why do we do teacher evaluation» in the firstteacher evaluation, and it has made me consider, «why do we do teacher evaluation» in the firstteacher evaluation» in the first place?

At Teachers College, she is founder and faculty sponsor of the Racial Literacy Roundtables Series where for eight years Doctoral and Master's students, and scholars in the field of education facilitate informal conversations around issues of race and diversity for the Teachers College community.

Report cards are easily generated from KIDS data and provide the opportunity for teachers to have more meaningful conversations with families around how to best support each child's development.

Our principals lead data meetings that begin with looking at formative assessment data on our students, but that end up with having important conversations that center around the needs of each student and how the teachers can help one another to meet these needs.

After the teacher and coach or study team talk with students and examine their work, it is time to examine the post-discussion questions (Phase 3) in the observation tool to drive deeper levels of conversation around student learning.

Community Conversation: Around Teacher Retention Teacher shortage is national news.

At Teachers College, she is founder and faculty sponsor of the Racial Literacy Roundtables Series where for eight years, national scholars, doctoral, and pre-service and in - service Master's students, and young people facilitate informal conversations around race and other issues involving diversity and teacher education for the Teachers College / Columbia University community.

The SOAR frames give us a common language for engaging in meaningful conversation around instruction, and the rubrics are a useful tool that will help teachers plan instruction as well as reflect on their practice.