Sentences with phrase «develop curricular material»

Hirsch had recently launched the Core Knowledge Foundation to develop curricular material; Litt immediately decided that he wanted to employ the curriculum in his school.

, one of 33 such centers across Michigan that offer STEM coursework to advanced students at the secondary level, as well as provide professional development for teachers and develop curricular materials.

It will not be easy, that is, to organize conferences, publish books and articles, and develop curricular materials that rescue the broad meaning of «character education.»

Founded by classroom teachers in 1976, Facing History trains and supports educators, develops curricular materials, and provides myriad resources and programs designed to help students make the essential connection between history and the moral choices they confront in their own lives.

Not exact matches

Some current projects include: Cultures of Computing, an examination of how K - 12 teachers design learning environments to support novice programmers, focusing on teachers» design intentions and how those intentions are enacted; ScratchEd, a model of professional learning for educators who support computational literacy with the Scratch programming language, involving the development of a 25,000 - member online community, a network of in - person events, and curricular materials; and Cultivating Computational Thinking, an investigation of the concepts, practices, and perspectives that young people develop through computational design activities.

Instead, they will say that they are only developing «curricular roadmaps,» «multiple curriculum resources,»» instructional materials,» «content frameworks,» «model instructional units, «content modules» or similar such weasel words.

Secretary Arne Duncan: Ask the two testing consortia to sign agreements swearing not to mandate — directly or indirectly — the use of curricular materials they develop.

Icahn Superintendent Jeff Litt (left) employs the curricular material developed by E. D. Hirsch (center) at the network of charter schools founded by Carl and Gail Icahn (right).

Educators are rightly focused on ensuring high - quality instruction, developing new and improved curricular materials, and creating more engaging school environments.

The needed curricular materials have been developed by the Center for Civic Education.

Driven by the goals and values of its flagship project, Poetry in America, Verse Video Education develops video and accompanying curricular materials in the arts and humanities and beyond, creating a body of educational content capable of reaching a very broad community of learners: formal and informal, online and residential, young and old, American and international.

Within a short period of time, district administrators had developed a new curriculum guide for reading, adopted new curricular materials, revised their student assessment policies, and organized an extensive professional development program about reading that went beyond state policy.

Nationally recognized for its excellence in science education, BSCS is a nonprofit organization that works to improve all students» understanding of science and technology by developing exemplary curricular materials, supporting their widespread and effective use, and providing professional development.

TDS has developed a range of curricular materials that address the need for accelerated student learning and support teachers in taking new approaches.

Still, if a district uses the program to parallel the main curricular materials, it has the potential to bring mildly disabled students to a parallel place with typically developing students by middle school.

Jeff Waraksa Arts Education Manager of Student Achievement [email protected] 773.553.6132 Develops arts curricular materials and tools that drive achievement for all students in the visual and performing arts, and managing district - wide students programs including: Music Festivals, All - City Performing Arts, Advanced Arts @ Gallery 37

Researchers and teacher consultants developed 10 to 12 weeks of lessons and instructional materials based on the district curricular units and learning objectives.

3 BSCS is a nonprofit corporation that endeavors to improve all students» understanding of science and technology by developing exemplary curricular materials, supporting their widespread and effective use, providing professional development, and conducting research and evaluation studies.

To address the significant challenge of the absence of externally vetted, high - quality Common Core materials, districts and teachers are developing aligned curricular materials locally.31 While many districts report challenges associated with developing aligned curriculum, many also report positive responses from teachers involved in creating curricular materials.

The report profiles work in Florida, Louisiana, Massachusetts, New York, and Washington, D.C. to «create the conditions for aligned standards and curricula or to directly develop and scale high - quality, standards - aligned curricular materials, and the results of their efforts.»