Sentences with phrase «deepen teacher content»

While these interviews were focused on «lessons learned» as MSPs engaged in work to deepen teacher content knowledge, many of the «lessons» were pertinent to teacher leadership and were included in our synthesis of practice - based insights.

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Whereas Australia has made Asia an important focus of its national curriculum, Canada, where education is a provincial matter, could follow the model practiced in the US, where a network of universities across the country acts as hubs for teachers to deepen their understanding of Asian geography, history, social studies and arts, so they can introduce that content into their classrooms.

All workshops are designed to help teachers deepen their science content knowledge, teach using inquiry and real world phenomena, and address STEM learning, NGSS, and Common Core Standards.

All workshops are designed to help teachers deepen their science content knowledge and address STEM learning, NGSS, and Common Core Standards.

From the teacher perspective, every teacher has a little bit of sway, in their hours of the day and so on... everyone has a little bit of headroom, about say 20 per cent of the time could be diverted away from just teaching [traditional content] to pay more attention to its deepening through skills acquisition.

Teachers also report that lesson study has been a means for them to deepen their content knowledge and their knowledge about effective instruction.

One such effort is being led by K - 12 systems like the District of Columbia public schools, which has sought to customize content to teachers» needs and deepen their understanding of academic material by giving them a role in developing it.

The teachers wanted to deepen their content knowledge, which departmentalization allows, and they also wanted the ability to quickly iterate their lessons to better meet students where they are.

Program: Learning and Teaching Mission: To quietly empower teachers by deepening their content and pedagogical knowledge - base through targeted, hands - on professional development.

Mission: To quietly empower teachers by deepening their content and pedagogical knowledge - base through targeted, hands - on professional development.

This work includes deepening teachers» content knowledge and assisting them in developing inquiry - based instruction that integrates math with other subjects.

An MSP leader made a case for STEM faculty and middle school teacher leaders collaborating in designing programs to deepen teachers» content knowledge, arguing that «teachers bring the middle school perspective that university faculty doesn't have, and the university faculty brings a stronger mathematics content background.»

As a strategy employed by teacher leaders, professional development may be used for various purposes such as supporting implementation of curriculum, introducing new pedagogical strategies, and deepening mathematics and science content knowledge.

These studies, found that participants» knowledge of content and pedagogical strategies was deepened through participation in the preparation programs, but the studies did not investigate the impact of this preparation on teacher leader practice relative to supporting instructional materials implementation.

These studies echo several of the findings found in the NCTAF report, including evidence of the positive effects of STEM PLCs on deepening teacher knowledge of disciplinary content and pedagogy, influencing teacher classroom practice, and inconclusive evidence on the impact of STEM PLCs on student achievement.

Obviously, a principal who steps in when a teacher is introducing content (Marzano Design Question 2) is going to find a very different classroom from one in which a teacher is practicing and deepening knowledge (Marzano Design Question 3), or when students are generating and testing hypotheses (Marzano Design Question 4).

As a strategy employed by teacher leaders, lesson planning, review, or analysis may be used for various purposes: to focus attention on the content and learning outcomes in a lesson, rather than on an «activity for activity's sake»; to deepen understanding of «big ideas» and the content knowledge in a lesson; or for articulating the conceptual flow across lessons that guides student learning over time.

In Westford, 73 percent of 247 teachers disagree that professional development deepened their content knowledge.

Because MyFlexPD is accessible anywhere, anytime within DreamBox, teachers can deepen their understanding of math content without sacrificing valuable instructional time with students.

Throughout the week, you'll learn both collaboratively and individually to develop teacher knowledge practice and deepen core content knowledge.

Curriculum materials can be designed to incorporate professional development opportunities for teachers to assist them with deepening their understandings of science content, in addition to accomplishing instructional goals for their students.

In the Teacher Practice Networks initiative, facilitated by the Center for the Future of Teaching & Learning, districts and outside organizations partner to leverage their combined expertise to develop teacher leadership skills; deepen content pedagogical knowledge; and support meaningful, teacher - to - teacher professional leTeacher Practice Networks initiative, facilitated by the Center for the Future of Teaching & Learning, districts and outside organizations partner to leverage their combined expertise to develop teacher leadership skills; deepen content pedagogical knowledge; and support meaningful, teacher - to - teacher professional leteacher leadership skills; deepen content pedagogical knowledge; and support meaningful, teacher - to - teacher professional leteacher - to - teacher professional leteacher professional learning.

Working on diverse issues from teacher preparation to family empowerment allows Abby to deepen her content knowledge while developing valuable skills.

It represents a scalable way to deepen teachers» content knowledge in mathematics while also informing their classroom curriculum and lessons.

Interactions between students, teachers, and content provide the catalyst for deepening understanding.

Facilitating grade level or whole school professional development meetings and workshops to deepen teachers» and math specialists» math content and pedagogical knowledge

Two - thirds into each unit, teachers enact an formative assessment lesson, an engaging small group activity that intended to deepen students» understanding of unit content, and uncover any confusion or misconception that remains.

With an eye to building teacher capacity, the administrative team at DCIS at Ford is focusing teacher learning for 2015 — 16 year on deepening educators» understanding of the Common Core standards and what it will take for every student to master grade level content.

As they do, these technologies will reinforce powerful teaching by allowing teachers to deepen curricular content, highlight conceptual frameworks for historical understanding, and connect to local history.

As teachers are exposed to the datasets displayed within geospatial displays, the technology will act as an educative curriculum material (Krajcik & Davis, 2005), deepening their understanding of the content knowledge.

00:39 Karen V: Thinking routines are really an opportunity to allow students to ask questions and really give teachers an opportunity to deepen their understanding of different content knowledge.

By developing content knowledge through Internet resources, preservice teachers not only could deepen their profound understanding of mathematics but also become capable of making instructional decisions that lead to meaningful activities and real - world experiences for the students in their future classrooms.

Funded by the Annenberg Foundation, this initiative focuses on literacy and math coaches providing support to teachers from across the major subject areas to create literacy - rich classrooms in which students actively engage in learning tasks that deepen their content knowledge and strengthen their abilities to think critically and communicate well.

In Deepening Content Knowledge Through Discussion, take a close look at the way fourth grade teacher Sarah Horwitz presents a conversation task closely connected to a unit of study in science.

As teachers collaborate and discuss student work — looking for student understandings and misunderstanding of content — they begin to share ideas about instructional shifts and strategies to deepen understanding of student learning.

Drawing on current research and best practices, the UFT Teacher Center's professional development activities for educators are designed to deepen content knowledge and enhance pedagogical skill.

At the most recent DC Public Schools» professional development day, our SCALE teacher leaders taught their K - 12 how to unleash the potential of students and deepen their understanding of content by utilizing students» imaginations.

MSP - KMD has produced cases on MSP programs in two topics: deepening teachers» content knowledge and teacher leadership.