States and districts would be wise to focus on the goals of their evaluation systems, including
differentiating teachers based on their observed practice, providing actionable feedback on how to improve, and using the results to make consequential personnel decisions.
Not exact matches
Teachers might note that Ender's game -
based education hits all of the 21st - century learning skills, including collaboration, critical thinking, creativity, resilience, leadership, empathy, and
differentiated instruction.
Teachers differentiate every day
based on observations of student response to work.
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Despite a recent wave of reform, the vast majority of school districts nationwide continue to pay
teachers based on salary schedules that fail to
differentiate among
teachers based on their subject - area expertise.
With the range of apps available on an iPad,
teachers can present choices to students and
differentiate based on interest and learning style.
In addition, the administration greatly expanded the TIF program, which awards grants to high - need districts to fund performance -
based compensation systems, and established a new rule for winning applications: proposals would need to
differentiate teacher and principal effectiveness,
based in significant part on student growth, and create compensation systems that reflected those results.
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Previous
teacher evaluation policies didn't
differentiate poor
teachers from average
teachers or great ones — much less award or discipline
teachers based on their performance.
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Mike leads great learning with
teachers and schools across the United States and the world on topics such as choice -
based differentiated learning, blending social - emotional learning into daily academic work, supporting students with effective and respectful discipline practices, and
teacher wellness and balance.
The American Federation of
Teachers believes that if we are to attract and retain a qualified workforce, the
base salary must be competitive and, where that is the case, there is room for
differentiated compensation alternatives that recognize
teacher shortages in particular fields and new roles and responsibilities and performance.
If the authors of the above article want to really help
teachers differentiate their programs to improve learning outcomes for every student, offer practical, evidence -
based suggestions focusing on the «how».
Vicky, it looks like a
differentiated classroom, doing productive learning activity,
based around learning progressions (curriculum) that are selected by the
teacher based on solid data that reflects students» current abilities.
As a fourth - grade
teacher, I can truly appreciate how a well - constructed project -
based learning experience offers opportunities for stronger, more consistent reinforcement and support of important foundational learning skills and concepts across multiple disciplines and provides me more time for individualized and
differentiated instruction for my learners.
Teachers have continuous progress monitoring that enables them to
differentiate instruction
based on individual student need.
Teachers who
differentiate shape what is learned, how it is learned and the learning environment
based on the student.
Left - wing policy supports neighborhood -
based public schools, opposes any methods to measure or
differentiate the performance of
teachers or schools, and argues instead for alternatives to school reform like increased anti-poverty spending or urging middle - class parents to enroll their children in high - poverty schools.
Beth Holland combines over 18 years of experience in mobile learning, K - 12 education,
differentiated instruction, design thinking, and Project -
Based Learning to help
teachers create innovative learning environments.
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We wanted
teachers to be able to
differentiate instruction
based on student personal needs, allow students to personalize learning options, and expand beyond the classroom to make learning accessible from home,» explains Tricia Kennedy, Executive Director for eCLASS Transformation at Gwinnett County Public Schools.
Such strategies include
teacher and principal residency programs;
differentiated pay plans; human capital data reports; and targeted recruitment efforts using sophisticated web -
based systems and focusing on the challenge of recruiting and retaining diverse
teachers.
Technology offers
teachers the ability to transform the quality of instruction — to achieve a more student - centered learning environment, have more
differentiated instruction, and develop problem - or project -
based learning, and demand higher order thinking skills.
The type and amount of support a new
teacher receives should be
differentiated based on a
teacher's needs, with baseline requirements met at all sites.
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From there,
teachers have a
basis for
differentiating instruction.
Differentiated hiring plans relate to a new system for professional growth in which
teachers are promoted
based on performance over time rather than simply years of service, number of graduate level credits earned, etc..
This revamped approach to the training, support, and assessment of
teacher candidates has demonstrated that it is possible to meaningfully assess and
differentiate first - year
teacher performance and make sound certification and retention decisions
based on the evidence.
Research -
based instructional tools will be available on - demand to help
teachers address learning challenges and
differentiate instruction.
Based on the updated second edition of Carol Ann Tomlinson's The
Differentiated Classroom: Responding to the Needs of All Learners, this channel shows you practical, real - world examples from experienced elementary and secondary school
teachers of how to divide your time, resources, and efforts to effectively instruct students of various backgrounds, readiness and skill levels, and interests.
Content area preparation is delivered through a blended model of online curriculum with
differentiated support from licensed
teachers based on results from approved GED practice tests.
Additionally, the
teacher will
differentiate curriculum for students
based on ability levels and learning styles.
Additionally, the
teacher will
differentiate curriculum for students
based on readiness levels and learning styles.
Similarly, the CTC requires that
teachers «learn how to plan and
differentiate instruction
based on student assessment data and the diverse learning needs of a full range of learners».
Teacher selection may be
based on a demonstrated ability to create and carry out flexible,
differentiated, and enriched curricular experiences which are suited to the gifted students» needs, or other criteria established by the school division.
Many
teachers are already doing much of what goes into producing an SGO: working in collaborative groups to address questions surrounding student achievement, using high - quality assessments,
differentiating instruction and setting goals
based on student readiness, and teaching a curriculum aligned to state standards.
Dobbertin describes how «learning targets» — standards -
based statements of intended learning — help
teachers focus the
differentiated learning activities they provide students so that each activity connects to needed skills.
Teachers need to pre-assess students to see how far above grade level some students are, then
differentiate instruction on the
basis of what they've learned.
To gain a waiver, states will have to adopt college - and career - ready standards and tie state tests to them, adopt a
differentiated accountability system that focuses on 15 percent of their most troubled schools, and craft guidelines for
teacher - and principal - evaluation systems that will be
based partly on student growth and be used for personnel decisions.
States and districts should create performance appraisal systems with
differentiated approaches to evaluation that are
based on
teachers» knowledge, skills, and experience.
The single - school [PLC structure] mattered because all
teachers developed a shared understanding of
differentiated instruction
based on practice, began to see how students and instruction aligned (or did not) across grade levels, and developed some joint problem - solving approaches.
In lieu of one - size - fits - all, «sit and get» training sessions,
teachers» professional development must be ongoing,
differentiated, sustained, and rooted in issues that they face on a daily
basis.
Standards -
based grading often leads to
differentiated instruction, which requires more planning effort and is often impractical for individual
teachers.
As an ASCD Faculty member and a member of ASCD's
Differentiated Instruction and Framework for Intentional and Targeted Teaching ® Cadres, she has had the opportunity to work on building the capacity of
teacher leaders, school -
based coaches, and administrators nationwide.
«It can't just be the same type of support because, just as we
differentiate learning for students
based on their living conditions, we also need to do that for
teachers based on their unique working conditions.»
For all students, this involves helping district and school supervisors and
teachers understand how to
differentiate instruction, and how to strategically use the approaches of remediation, accommodation, modification, and classroom -
based intervention.
To further
differentiate instruction on the
basis of human interests, schools and
teachers might
And there is an obvious structural hurdle facing the insurgents: like all unions,
teachers» unions exist to protect their members, creating a natural conflict between, say, maintaining job security for everyone and implementing measures that
differentiate based on performance or create real accountability for results.
Teachers can
differentiate instruction
based on students» needs through these tools.