Sentences with phrase «developing teacher proficiency»

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One possible idea is to ask local businesses to donate «prizes» to teachers who show an interest, and develop a proficiency, in technology use.

Consider the «personal» graduate profile that you created: Doesn't it also identify the proficiencies you think a 21st - century classroom teacher or district leader should develop?

Those precious resources were spent developing the EngageNY curriculum materials that schools and teachers in other states have eagerly downloaded in enormous numbers; rigorous exams that reflect real - world standards of proficiency in math and reading; and teacher certification standards that are now among the highest in the nation.

Teachers can play upon this need and develop levels of proficiency based on standards.

Teachers of ELLs are charged with the task of developing English language proficiency and teaching grade level content.

Many schools host in - house professional development facilitated by other teachers or administrators who may still be developing proficiency in the concepts they are presenting.

Some recently developed educational products can help teachers build STEM proficiency in the primary grades while providing the supports teachers need to fit hands - on and interactive science instruction into their busy classroom schedules.

Teachers teach only in English and students are expected to perform in English, which prevents them from developing cognitive and academic language proficiency in their first language.

Providing the instructional tools to teachers, schools and districts to develop and refine writing proficiency in students of all ages, the key to improved reading and comprehension.

Partners» staff guide teachers to develop greater cultural proficiency, enabling them to deepen their relationships with students, set clearer goals around what their students need to learn, and to deliver deeply engaging instruction.

As a former middle - grades math teacher, Blake helped to develop an instructional model that significantly increased his students» math proficiency.

Professional development sessions were designed to familiarize teachers with newly developed curricula, develop teachers» proficiency working with LEGO Robotics materials, and build teachers» capacity to engage students» meaningfully in the science and engineering practices within the curriculum.

To create our language development curriculum, teachers and instructional coaches began by reviewing English language arts selections they use with students, with an eye toward the vocabulary, grammar, and themes that they could scaffold for students developing English proficiency.

Designated ELD, on the other hand, is a protected time during the regular school day when teachers provide lessons for English Learners to develop English language proficiency.

For the past 20 years, Empowering Writers has provided instructional tools to teachers, schools and districts to help develop and refine writing proficiency in students of all ages, the key to improved reading and comprehension.

Empowering Writers provides teachers with instructional methods proven to develop sustained writing proficiency, support higher levels of reading comprehension and increase student literacy as a whole.

And that's really at the heart of what's most important and so the artifacts that they created would be used, can be used in like a portfolio situation where teachers can demonstrate their proficiency on the teacher evaluation rubrics but they are practical items, for example, a lesson plan that a teacher taught and reflected on that was developed through the course in Colorín Colorado.

These students also benefit from content area teachers using strategies and techniques that make subject matter understandable while at the same time developing students» English language proficiency.

George has also helped by drafting hiring questions related to the tools of Cultural Proficiency, and he has developed Cultural Proficiency workshops for new teachers.

In 15 years of elementary school teaching, Tim earned and renewed National Board Certification as a Middle Childhood Generalist, held multiple leadership positions in the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, and developed scholarship focused on mathematics teaching practice through the Center for Proficiency in Teaching Mathematics at U-M and the Carnegie Foundation.

Similarly, teacher educators must consider how best to support teacher candidates in developing technology proficiency and integrating technology into content - based instructional practice (Borsheim et al., 2008; Groth, Dunlap, & Kidd, 2007; Richardson, 2006).

For teachers of English language learners, it can be challenging to teach rigorous, standards - based content to these students at the same time they are developing English language proficiency.

Regarding struggling readers, English language arts competencies require teachers to «use instructional strategies to help students, including struggling readers, develop reading proficiency (such as semantic mapping, directed reading - thinking activities, comprehension skill - based activities, phonics based instruction, and scaffolding).»

Another teacher from District C was asked to participate in developing the state's proficiency test.

WHEREAS, TN Ready should be meant to be diagnostic in nature and help teachers and administrators understand and develop an educational plan to help students close the achievement gap in proficiency; and

«[I] n order to develop every student's mathematical proficiency, leaders and teachers must systematically integrate the use of concrete and virtual manipulatives into classroom instruction at all grade levels.»

The idea that teachers would be judged ineffective or, at best, developing based on a wildly inappropriate metric requiring higher rates of proficiency in 2013 could have, and should have, been picked up in a substantive review of the Syracuse APPR proposal by NYSED.

Publishers have a very important role in reversing the deterioration of Arabic skills by developing quality Arabic teaching and learning materials that engage students and support teachers in developing Arabic proficiency.»

Ironically, focusing on «character» provides a vehicle for teachers and counselors to develop students» career skills, character traits, AND academic proficiencies, all within one integrated effort!