Sentences with phrase «core academic topics»

These educators are beginning to re-invent the learning process, guiding students through rigorous, real - life projects that integrate core academic topics and personalize the learning experience based on a child's strengths and weaknesses.

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What Works Scotland (WWS) will bring together a core team of academics who cover a wide range of topics including health, economics, inequality, employment and social care.

The core curriculum addresses topics like the development of adolescents living in urban contexts; classroom dynamics of race and class; and strategies for teaching students with diverse academic and social - emotional needs.

«The number of topics, for example, with the Indiana Academic Standards is very broad at each grade level, while Common Core is very narrow but very deep for conceptual understand,» Walker told the panel of state lawmakers.

One of the nation's leading organizations on the topic, the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL), identifies five core competencies associated with SEL: self - awareness, self - management, social awareness, relationship skills, and responsible decision - making.

Major changes to the test include incorporating more relevant words such as «empirical» — which the Common Core State standards call «academic vocabulary» — instead of the traditional «SAT words» such as «sagacious;» including an evidence - based reading section; narrowing the focus on math topics to allow for deeper knowledge testing; and eliminating the previous penalty for wrong answers.

A college - ready person is proficient in the core academic subjects, as well as in specialized topics in their selected areas of interests.

Many Americans are confused about the Common Core State Standards, according to a new poll that finds widespread misperceptions that the academic standards — which cover only math and reading — extend to topics such as sex education, evolution, global warming and the American Revolution.

Students must complete the three CORE LESSONS, have a parent complete the PARENT LESSON, and submit an ESSAY on an specified topic prior to April 30th of each academic year.

• Hands - on experience in providing assistance with individualized instruction through well - placed instructional strategies • Skilled in effectively applying methods for enhancing students» working knowledge of core concepts • Excellent skills in recognizing, describing and reporting student behavior and academic progress • Unmatched ability to impart instruction at the student's level of comprehension • Proficient in using a variety of technological tools to communicate with students and provide them with information on complex topics • Adept at recognizing patterns of human development and benchmarks that are typically achieved at different ages • Demonstrated expertise in designing and using age - appropriate materials for instructional enforcement • Documented success in establishing positive relationships with students to promote student self - esteem • Proven ability to mediate student conflicts and handle behavior management duties • Qualified to use appropriate strategies and techniques to provide dedicated instructional support • Able to effectively conduct small group and individualized instruction as part of the class instruction program • Special talent for assisting teachers with planning and organizing instructional activities and developing classroom procedures • Track record of demonstrating awareness of and respect for diversity amongst students • Proven record of applying disciplinary directives in an impartial and consistent manner