Sentences with phrase «curriculum development efforts»

Future curriculum development efforts may need to focus on teaching and learning mathematics content from the elementary level.

Standards also bring much - needed focus to curriculum development efforts and provide the impetus for fashioning new forms of student assessment.

There is also some innovative curriculum development efforts being done by teachers, schools, and others on the margins; this includes the efforts by Harlem Link Charter School in New York City to make sure that students are learning reading, math, history, and science throughout all of their classes.

Accomplished teachers are most knowledgeable about how students in their school or district learn, and thus they are ideal candidates to lead professional - learning and curriculum development efforts (Vescio et al., 2008; Webster - Wright, 2009; Accomplished California Teachers, 2012).

She also led Project 2061's evaluative studies of science and mathematics textbooks and currently serves as principal investigator on curriculum development efforts funded by the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences, the National Science Foundation, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Not exact matches

Ana Cordova is a research assistant at AAAS Project 2061 and works on its curriculum and assessment research and development efforts.

Whichever track you choose, if you are an adjunct or part - time instructor, you will need to provide strong evidence of institutional support for you and your curriculum - development efforts.

The actions we are taking include (1) the development of new sustainable chemical technologies to reduce the magnitude and the impact of society's chemical and energy activities, (2) the development of a new multidisciplinary effort, The Berkeley Center for Green Chemistry (http://bcgc.berkeley.edu/) to organize and enhance sustainability activities on our campus and to reach out nationally and internationally for coordination and best practices transfer, and (3) the reconfiguration of the delivery and content of our educational curriculum and activities at all levels to emphasize sustainable green chemical practice, concepts and awareness so that all members of our profession advance the sustainability of our society through their work and decisions.

In Boston, MCAS is an important part of a seamless standards - based reform effort that includes clear expectations for what students should learn, curriculum aligned with the standards, high - quality instruction and professional development to help teachers improve their practice, and assessments that provide students with a way to demonstrate what they have learned and how they can apply it.

Meaningful progress depends on informed modesty about the likely returns on current efforts; greater specificity and more emphasis on context in the curricula and school - level approaches to teaching soft skills; and the development and use of practical assessments that are closely aligned with a specific framework for teaching and learning.

Funders are wise, then, to focus on new initiatives around curriculum development and adoption, student assignments and grading, next - generation professional development, and efforts to integrate technology and personalized learning into the classroom.

CCSSO's effort aims to «significantly increase» the percentage of school districts in targeted states in which curriculum and materials adoptions are of high quality and aligned to state standards; and to increase the percentage of professional - development and teacher - prep programs that include training on those curricula.

Australia's new government will continue with the development of a new digital technologies curriculum, the nation's first formal effort to teach computer science from kindergarten to year ten in every primary and high school.

Second, à la the Shanker manifesto, efforts should be made [by the federal government] to develop all manner of tools, materials, lesson plans, professional development, curricula, and more that [the federal government determines] will help teachers implement the standards in their classrooms — and to help students master them [as determined by the federal government].

First, as Catherine Gewertz noted last week, Achieve's Mike Cohen (a key player in the Common Core effort and someone for whom I have immense respect) has pooh - poohed concerns that the consortia are moving into curricular development (with federal funds) in violation of the statutory prohibition on the U.S. Department of Education developing curricula.

Proposed changes to improve teaching practices, including implementation of content - rich curriculum and effective use of assessment data, and proposed changes to professional development are central to our effort to ensure every child in Head Start receives high quality early learning experiences that will build the skills they need to succeed in school and beyond.

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.

For - profit management firms would expand their R&D efforts in an attempt to integrate all the elements that contribute to student achievement — curriculum, instruction, assessment, professional development, technology.

There are several other scaled - up preschool programs that have been evaluated with well - implemented RCTs and found to have no immediate effects, including Even Start, the Comprehensive Child Development Program, and over a dozen curriculum improvement efforts pitting model curricula against run - of - the - mill programs (see PCER and CLIO).

Most education reform efforts focus on what teachers are doing — professional development, new curricula, bonuses and incentives to raise scores, and so on.

Participants heard from, and discussed with, high - level education policy leaders in an effort to develop an understanding of the policy conditions, such as capacity building, professional development, funding, Common Core - aligned curriculum, instruction, and assessments, etc., that will allow support for innovative approaches, such as those featured in the site visits to schools, to expand.

All three studies described school reform efforts that utilized teacher leaders in addition to other strategies, such as the use of a new curriculum (Balfanz et al., 2006), professional development workshops for teachers and changes in the structure of the school day (Ruby, 2006), or a training program for school administrators (Weaver & Dick, 2009).

In my experience, curriculum coaches, grade - level representatives, and district staff development led curriculum alignment efforts and shared the results with the pre-K — 3 staff.

A founding partner of Student Achievement Partners, Susan now works tirelessly to support curriculum, assessment, and professional development efforts to ensure full implementation in states and districts that have adopted the Common Core State Standards (or their near equivalent).

Maribeth D. Smith, Senior Project Director, Professional Development, Curriculum and Instruction, is one the leading practitioners and evaluators of student learning objectives nationally and has guided design team efforts in Denver, Austin, and Charlotte - Mecklenburg.

There is no standard curriculum, no sincere effort to identify Best Instructional Practices, and truckloads of weak consultants and players with diluted degrees serving up their own brands of Faculty Development.

In an effort to bring financial education into additional classrooms and promote fiscal responsibility among high school students, we worked with Discovery Education, the leading provider of digital content and professional development for K - 12 classrooms, to launch Pathway to Financial Success in Schools, a standards - aligned suite of curriculum materials to provide students, educators, and their families with tools and expertise to make intelligent financial decisions and achieve their personal goals.

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.

As you design your curriculum, create your lesson plans, and pursue professional development opportunities, the NYSED offers these guidelines for helping you align your teaching efforts with the revised standards:

Teachers and administrators at each school will join forces to share professional development and mentoring, including access to ASU faculty, a self - paced digital curriculum for students, and other resources in an effort to boost student achievement, graduation rates and college attendance.

We order new textbooks, address curricula, concentrate professional development efforts on ways to increase student achievement, investigate new strategies to enhance students» academic progress and improve their behavior, and meet throughout the year in our professional learning communities to discuss what is and is not working.

Regarding strategic relationships, a number of school systems are taking on broader efforts to partner with principals in areas such as talent management, fiscal leadership, curriculum, and teacher professional development.

Agile Mind offers comprehensive programs — encompassing job - embedded professional development, course curricula, student practice, formative assessment, and data analytics and reporting — for middle school mathematics through AP Calculus and Statistics, as well as high school Biology and a unique family of programs designed to enhance students» persistence, effective effort, and growth mindsets.

2) school systems redirecting their efforts to making the student the center of the learning process and committing to a purposeful / systemic focus on culturally responsive pedagogy for all professional development until it becomes a part of the school culture reflective in classroom environments, teacher practices, and curriculum adoptions / design.

In addition, schools need to implement ongoing staff development efforts, including instructional strategy workshops, self - study, teacher inquiry projects, and action research in the various content areas in the middle and high school curriculums.

Huge shifts in pedagogical practice and that takes visionary leadership and a strong administrative team to...» plan, implement, monitor, and adjust improvement efforts, as well as to review and align district strategies, policies, protocols, practices, processes, curriculum, instruction, assessment, professional development, and myriad other systems that must work synchronously to meet achievement and instructional goals.

Therefore educators and policy makers in the Arab world should communicate these concepts pragmatically as well as theoretically, starting with formulating a new vision for education in the Arab World, a deep and continuous revision of their curriculums, setting standards for equal chances in professional development, and making serious efforts in creating an educational philosophy not only for gender equity, but rather for human justice.

This brief outlines current efforts to align teacher professional development and credentialing programs to Linked Learning, discussing how teachers must be prepared to integrate core academic and career - related curricula, collaborate with teachers from other disciplines, and develop project or work - based learning opportunities for their students.

Joint curriculum and program development and efforts to alleviate the need for remediation on our campuses are key.

Correspondingly, curriculum and professional development efforts are

Her responsibilities and expertise include: systems change efforts, curriculum and instruction, design and evaluation of professional development, federal programs, early childhood and K - 12 literacy.

Now that the TEM Framework is central to the district, the professional development department, regional superintendents» offices, curriculum and instruction department, teacher effectiveness department, and leadership effectiveness department are working more cohesively to align their efforts.

Taking a leadership position or studying curriculum development may help you contribute to these efforts.

She was involved with overseeing curriculum development and coordinating various efforts in the areas of reading / language arts, early childhood, mathematics, science, social studies, gifted, advanced placement, foreign language, visual and performing arts, library media, textbooks, the Mississippi Virtual Public School, and Response to Interventions (RtI).

We also expected and guided participants to plan for changes in individual teaching practice, changes in school and district professional development strategies, and finally, changes in district curriculum efforts.

Lack of consistency in curriculum hinders sharing of experiences between classrooms and schools, makes it difficult for students transferring among schools and fragments district professional development efforts, all of which interfere with improvement in student learning.

The challenge for any successful intensive, dialogic professional development effort is to «scale up,» providing the means for other teachers to create their own professional groups, their own networks, and their own efforts to enhance literacy curriculum and instruction for their students.

If there's one person charged with building better teachers in Madison, that would be Lisa Wachtel, MMSD's executive director of curriculum and assessment, whose job includes supervising the district's professional development efforts.

That's why Murray said Jackson is also stepping up efforts to hire new teachers by increasing starting pay and offering curriculum support and professional development opportunities.

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