Sentences with phrase «curriculum around our needs»

«If we do something that doesn't inconvenience faculty — that means we've designed our curriculum around our needs,» he says.

Nevertheless, the point is identical: Having a separate special school not only allows administrators to organize the program, staff, and curriculum around the needs and challenges of its students; it also provides the opportunity to build a different school culture attuned to those challenges.

Not exact matches

Both Syracuse University and Mohawk Valley Community College have aligned training curriculum and research efforts around the growing needs of this sector.

Australian Education Union Federal President Correna Haythorpe said it's important for teachers to have access to broad curriculum expertise, which is very important for a child's development as a whole, but you can't implement provisions around having specialist teachers in place without looking at the resources that will need to be in place to support that.

Our recommendation to construct curriculum around assessments may lead to a related misunderstanding; i.e., that we need to assess each grade - level Standard in isolation, one by one.

Many of the challenges faced by headteachers and senior staff today revolve around the need to satisfy a growing number of requirements that may not be met through the national curriculum.

The next step should be around delivering high quality education and training across the curriculum, covering all the issues schools need to talk to their pupils about which might be over and above what's been outlined in the framework.

If we accept, as the evidence all around us indicates, that students need to be creative, critical thinkers and responsible citizens who can manage rapid technological and social change, then our curriculum design needs to reflect this and should continue to be updated.

Designed around the needs of busy teachers, there is full curriculum material available.

Two mayors and the city council gave these leaders the political cover, generous funding, and, perhaps most important, the time to make the improvements in people, systems, curriculum, and culture that are needed to turn around a failing institution.

Goddard and colleagues say further studies are needed on collaborative practices but that their study provides preliminary support for efforts to improve student achievement by promoting teacher collaboration around curriculum, instruction and professional development.

There are still teachers around (many of whom got let - go just cuz they suddenly could be) who still remember being able to decide within their classroom what it was that each student needed and the direction that they wanted their curriculum to go for the year.

We publish ELT and school curriculum materials in print, digital and online formats to suit the needs of classrooms around the world, and we support teachers by offering the training they need to deliver the best experience to their students.

A package of financial and non-financial incentives for principals to work in high needs schools including more autonomy around hiring, curriculum and professional development.

Through frequent discussions and special workshops, the education staff of arts organizations learn about specifics of DCPS content standards and other curriculum requirements as well as other pressing topics in arts and humanities education to be able to adapt their offerings to better meet classroom needs and to plan and strategize around approaches to leading the education improvement agenda.

We help schools build a curriculum around their specific needs.

There are unquestionably things that need to be implemented from the last parliament — for example, on curriculum and assessment — as well as challenges around recruiting enough teachers in an improving economy, creating enough school places, and dealing with tighter budgets.

She knows that the real work around curriculum, assessments, student data and what to do to meet the needs of all the students is the work she has to get at with her staff but first, she needed the relationships.

These include: · Use of instructional programs and curricula that support state and district standards and of high quality testing systems that accurately measure achievement of the standards through a variety of measurement techniques · Professional development to prepare all teachers to teach to the standards · Commitment to providing remedial help to children who need it and sufficient resources for schools to meet the standards · Better communication to school staff, students, parents and the community about the content, purposes and consequences of standards · Alignment of standards, assessment and curricula, coupled with appropriate incentives for students and schools that meet the standards In the unlikely event that all of these efforts, including a change in school leadership, fail over a 3 - year period to «turn the school around,» drastic action is required.

15:20 Dr. Montecel closes her speech: «The Quality Schools Action Framework speaks to the need and possibility of engaging citizens, leaders and policymakers around high quality data that call all of us as members of the community to act, to establish common ground, to strengthen education, and finally and most importantly and fundamentally, to align our values with our investments in the school system: fundamentals and features that we know are needed — from teaching quality, to engaged students, engaged parents and families, and a high quality, authentic curriculum so that students in every neighborhood and of every background can in fact have equal educational opportunities.»

«We need to create quality neighborhood schools where we can continue to keep our students in the same classroom while improving the conditions around them, from better facilities to specially trained principals and teachers to updated curriculum.

«Our curriculum is designed around the learning needs of the students that we have, you know, our kids,» said Slightam.

All ESOL curriculum resources are organized around the academic language needed for success in reading / language arts, social studies, and science.

Because an increasingly narrow curriculum wrapped around standardized tests will produce citizens with narrow, standardized knowledge — not the creative, innovative thinkers America needs to compete in the global 21st century economy.

«Emanuel wants to bring it back to give the best - led, best - performing schools freedom to innovate around curriculum and instruction and allocate resources for school specific needs... On charter schools, Emanuel said it's not charters versus public schools, but quality versus non-quality.»

Acting as a role model for preservice teachers, the faculty member explained the need to be able to enact curriculum around «teachable moments» and enlisted the preservice teachers to record the host students» comments as he asked them how problems might be resolved without the use of violence.

Research says that engaged students learn best, and the ICG believes that the most engaging curriculum is built around the values and aspirations of schools, who best know how to meet the needs and interests of their own students.

These two statements alone would constitute a powerful marker that could help restrain future officials, but federal legislators would also need to strengthen the firewalls around curriculum and instruction by adding language that explicitly prohibits federal involvement in setting state standards.

Both NCLB and RttT institutionalized the destructive corporate education reform policies that are turning our public schools into little more than Common Core testing factories dedicated to «test prep» around a narrow curriculum, rather than a broad - based, comprehensive education the ensures every child is provided with the knowledge and skills they will need to live more fulfilling lives,

Functions The teacher leader: a) Facilitates the collection, analysis, and use of classroom - and school - based data to identify opportunities to improve curriculum, instruction, assessment, school organization, and school culture; b) Engages in reflective dialog with colleagues based on observation of instruction, student work, and assessment data and helps make connections to research - based effective practices; c) Supports colleagues» individual and collective reflection and professional growth by serving in roles such as mentor, coach, and content facilitator; d) Serves as a team leader to harness the skills, expertise, and knowledge of colleagues to address curricular expectations and student learning needs; e) Uses knowledge of existing and emerging technologies to guide colleagues in helping students skillfully and appropriately navigate the universe of knowledge available on the Internet, use social media to promote collaborative learning, and connect with people and resources around the globe; and f) Promotes instructional strategies that address issues of diversity and equity in the classroom and ensures that individual student learning needs remain the central focus of instruction.

Without good assessment taking place informally and formally within and around every lesson or series of lessons how can teachers plan effectively and personalise the curriculum to meet the needs of the pupils?

-- The Australian Law Reform Commission... urged an Australian curriculum re-orientation away from the traditional content focus towards skills and values acquisition and training — towards «what lawyers need to be able to do [rather than] anchored around outmoded notions of what lawyers need to know.»

You shouldn't have any trouble the first time around, thanks to our extremely engaging curriculum, but it's there if you need it.

Health and community professionals can contribute to this process by helping to identify the child's strengths and specific support needs, as well as provide advice around curriculum planning, environmental supports and maximizing engagement.

Infants and toddlers need a curriculum that focuses on their need to explore and discover the world around them, guided by supportive and responsive caregivers.56

It also provides teachers and parents with a clear understanding of what needs to be covered in each subject at each year level, while giving teachers the flexibility to shape their classes around the curriculum essentials.