Sentences with phrase «curriculum experts in»

Our Improving Learning Group, which consists of curriculum experts in the company, also provide curriculum support to teachers and schools.

They are developed by curriculum experts in the Australian Computing Academy (ACA) at the University of Sydney.

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Experts also advise pushing for more personal finance in the school curriculum, lobbying both your local schools for inclusion and area businesses for sponsorship or teacher training funds.

A report issued by Deloitte in 2011 called for revamping the K - 12 curriculum to expose kids to entrepreneurial concepts, and Stuart says government officials and policy experts are even considering the possibility of specialized, innovation - focused schools.Programs like the lecture series currently offered at Toronto French School that brings in entrepreneurs to talk to students can make a difference, he says.

In our case, we had to bring in field experts to provide a full range of new scenarios to build into the curriculuIn our case, we had to bring in field experts to provide a full range of new scenarios to build into the curriculuin field experts to provide a full range of new scenarios to build into the curriculum.

The finalists will participate in a 12 - week curriculum, during which they will gain access to expert advice in market developments, obligations and investment opportunities, as well as the chance to be spotted by Standard Chartered.

It was an RCC sanctioned book, complete with imprimatur, that had been placed in my classroom by the curriculum development experts in the diocese with the expectation that I would read it to the children.

Utilizing the resources of a prominent advisory board of interdisciplinary experts, the co-founders created a research - based organization that develops practical curriculum, conferences, and programs for parents, schools, and kids looking for a healthier and more effective path to success in the 21st century.

With an innovative curriculum that develops skills, speed and confidence in players ages 3 - 18, British Soccer Camps provide boys and girls with the rare opportunity to receive high - level soccer coaching from a team of international experts right in the heart of their own community.

She is a homeschooling and attachment parenting mother of three with nearly two decades of experience working with young children and parents, has a master's degree in family therapy, is a featured parenting expert and media advocate on television and radio, published author of parenting books, articles, and curricula, and a certified parent educator with her company Sage Parenting.

She is a parenting expert certified in several prominent parenting curricula including nonviolent parenting and attachment parenting.

Oddo collaborated with the NYPD, the city Department of Education, the Archdiocese of New York and substance abuse experts to develop a curriculum to implement in schools.

While unveiling the 3 books; «Curriculum for Basic Critical Thinking and Judgement», «Curriculum for Self - Awareness in Critical Thinking and Judgement» and «Curriculum for Advanced Critical Thinking and Judgement», as well as «Curriculum for Self - Awareness in Critical Thinking and Judgement Workbook», Lieutenant General TY Buratai, who was represented by Major General Chris Jemitola, Chief of Policy and Plans (Army) at the occasion, said top military and management experts have rated Critical Thinking as the most important skill set for the complex strategic environment of the 21st century.

Its former chairman and current member Don McLeroy uttered this immortal line when confronted with numerous actual scientists urging that evolution be discussed accurately in the curriculum: «I disagree with these experts.

A primary role of school systems, states, districts, and charter - management organizations, the pair write, «is to create the conditions in schools through which teachers can become experts at teaching the curriculum they are using and adapting instruction to the needs of their particular students.»

The Australian Curriculum for geography has been developed in consultation with education authorities, curriculum experts, teachers, professional associations and universities and has been endorsed by the Ministerial Council for Education Curriculum for geography has been developed in consultation with education authorities, curriculum experts, teachers, professional associations and universities and has been endorsed by the Ministerial Council for Education curriculum experts, teachers, professional associations and universities and has been endorsed by the Ministerial Council for Education Ministers.

«Now, for primary teachers in particular, trying to be an expert in every area of the curriculum is quite problematic and we know, for example, two areas that people struggle with are maths and science, in some cases.

GETTING THE MOST FROM TECHNOLOGY The beauty of the Steljes Training Portal is that it has been created by experts working with teachers, to ensure it covers all aspects of the curriculum, in a way that meets teachers» working schedule.

Many new schools have been set up in close collaboration with industry, operating curricula that delivers the skills necessary for future careers and engaging experts in the field.

Moreover, the history curricula promoted by social studies experts insisted that teachers ought to encourage their students to look more critically at U.S. policy in the Middle East in the hopes of understanding the terrorists» motives.

I was in charge of a huge curriculum - development project, and Max was working as an expert on sabbatical from the University of Chicago.

If enacted, such a mandate would make Dallas the only major U.S. district to require study in a specific foreign language for a high - school diploma, experts in language curricula said.

According to the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), which administers NAEP, the determination of proficiency in any given subject at a particular grade level «was the result of a comprehensive national process [which took into account]... what hundreds of educators, curriculum experts, policymakers, and members of the general public thought the assessment should test.

This includes recommendations suggesting that: primary schools should bring in outside experts to teach coding; all primaries should have 3D printers and design software; secondary schools should be able to teach Computer Science, Design and Technology or another technical / practical subject in place of a foreign language GCSE; the Computer Science GCSE should be taken by at least half of all 16 year olds; young apprenticeships should be reintroduced at 14, blending a core academic curriculum with hands - on learning; all students should learn how businesses work, with schools linked to local employers; schools should be encouraged to develop a technical stream from 14 - 18 for some students, covering enterprise, health, design and hands - on skills; and that universities should provide part - time courses for apprentices to get Foundation and Honours degrees.

Delegates can also meet the experts on Education for Sustainable Development and participate in interactive workshops throughout the day, as well as being able to plan for next year's sustainability curriculum and take home new ideas and resources.

Inventing an ideology Jonathan Burack argues that a «global education ideology» has «captivated» social studies experts in recent years, resulting in a curriculum that is «deeply suspicious» of both American institutions and our role in the world («The Sun Sets on the West,» Feature, Spring 2004).

Although the subjects vary considerably from one grade to the next (from the life cycle of frogs to the role of change makers in society to the study of the causes and consequences of war), every expedition shares some common characteristics: an emphasis on student - led inquiry, connections to the community (through interactions with local experts and service - learning projects, for example), and an integrated curriculum with a strong emphasis on the visual and performing arts.

Finally, these subject - matter experts place a large emphasis on the ways others in their field around the world are accomplishing similar curriculum reviews.

But without the country talking it up, we will fail to recruit the expert teachers it needs, fail to retain its place in the curriculum and fail the current and future generations who will depend on the capabilities it engenders.

Create a cybersafety committee with at least one member being a tech head (a.k.a. computer nerd) and others being experts in student welfare, staff management and curriculum development.

For example, algorithmics and game theory are topics that are relevant for current advancements in a variety of fields that use mathematics, but tradition - oriented mathematics experts do not include them in their efforts to reform mathematics curriculum.

«We are thrilled that the Ed School has selected us for the work that we have done over many decades — work that has included the creation of curriculum for classroom use, national surveys to document the extent of the problem, development of teaching training materials, and, when necessary, serving as expert witnesses in federal lawsuits when school districts have been reluctant to grant civil rights to their students,» Stein says.

He's an expert in eLearning systems design, workforce curriculum development, and business analysis.

The Texas Board of Education's decision to allow school districts to buy a videodisk - based science curriculum with state textbook funds will encourage traditional publishers to step up their efforts in the electronic media, experts said last week, but it is unlikely to signal the end of printed textbooks in the schools.

In this article, our experts reveal their choices for curriculum software.

Yet we've organized conventional schools in an industrial model and we batch - process students in ways that made sense to «cult of efficiency» experts circa 1920, that lent themselves to uniform teachers delivering a uniform curriculum to groups of twenty to thirty same - age pupils in more - or-less identical classrooms during a six - hour day and 180 - day year that made perfect sense for a country that lacked air conditioning and that wanted to standardize the school year.

This document is drawn up by a group of curriculum experts, teachers, and political insiders appointed by the 15 members of the Texas Board of Education, currently five Democrats and ten Republicans, about half of whom have a background in education.

Let's find ways to work with local businesses and subject matter experts to connect core curriculum to the outside world and design engaging learning experiences in and out of the classroom.

The fact that these sessions are delivered by teachers who are experts in computing has had a real impact on the pupils» experience of the computing curriculum; they are covering a lot more ground now, which would ordinarily be difficult within ourschool setting.

«The culture wars over control of and focus for the National Curriculum may also be left to experts in education given the much more progressive views of the new Prime Minister and the Minister of Education.

In addition, novices will learn how to construct an interdisciplinary curriculum, with specific time dedicated to connecting with other new teachers and experts in a virtually learning community such as the Teacher Leaders NetworIn addition, novices will learn how to construct an interdisciplinary curriculum, with specific time dedicated to connecting with other new teachers and experts in a virtually learning community such as the Teacher Leaders Networin a virtually learning community such as the Teacher Leaders Network.

In recent years, educational experts have debated the concept of differentiation — that is varying / altering curriculum, content, and teaching methods to meet the individualized needs of students.

If we really offered our children some great future - oriented content (such as, for example, that they could learn about nanotechnology, bioethics, genetic medicine, and neuroscience in neat interactive ways from real experts), and they could develop their skills in programming, knowledge filtering, using their connectivity, and maximizing their hardware, and that they could do so with cutting - edge, powerful, miniaturized, customizable, and one - to - one technology, I bet they would complete the «standard» curriculum in half the time it now takes, with high test scores all around.

Curriculum designers have drawn on the training given to elite professionals in the worlds of sport and the armed forces and used those principles to create a rigorous suite of courses aimed at those wishing to become experts at what they do in the classroom.

Such community partnerships can range from inviting experts in the financial - services industry to mentor teachers or collaborate on designing investment curriculum to partnering with a local grocery store to help students understand how businesses operate and how consumers and producers are connected.

School districts are putting technology experts at the head of the table in the labor - intensive process of choosing curricula for common - core instruction.

I loved teaching fifth grade, but three years ago I jumped at the chance to shift gears and work with other outstanding teachers and math experts in New York and around the country to help write a world - class math curriculum.

Montgomery County curriculum expert Marty Creel has since told Petrilli that there is more beef in the kindergarten and first - grade plan than the parents» guide revealed.

National and regional experts in communications, technology, curriculum development, organizational management, and more

In 2007, curriculum experts began to devise the new Common Core standards with input from the states.