District curriculum leaders created a common language and facilitated teacher groups in the creation of district - level curricula and formative assessments, which incorporate digital resources.
Worked with other secondary librarians to provide information to
district curriculum leaders regarding the purchase of databases district wide to support student research (EBSCO databases have been purchased by our school district and will provide all secondary students with access to quality information for research and study beginning this July)
Not exact matches
She spoke with parents, students, teachers, and school and
district leaders to hear what they had to say about the State's learning standards,
curriculum, assessments, and teacher and principal evaluations.
Today, however, more and more teachers are taking on new roles within their
districts as teacher
leaders,
curriculum developers, mentors, and coaches.
Everyone —
district leaders, teachers,
curriculum coordinators, school board, IT staff — needs to understand the product and buy in to shared objectives and expectations.
They're not a detailed, day - to - day
curriculum; they're a broad outline of learning expectations from which teachers or
district leaders craft a
curriculum.
Leaders of the Recovery School
District in New Orleans are crafting an overhaul of high schools that would offer career - oriented magnet programs at each campus, along with a districtwide college - preparatory
curriculum of honors and Advanced Placement courses.
Teacher buy - in, and ultimately the success of educators to support their
curriculum and teaching with technology, rests with
district leaders who must meet teachers where they are and not promote some idealized version of what 1:1 really looks like.
Join
leaders from each
district's
curriculum - and - instruction office as they discuss their different pathways to common - core
curriculum.
School and
district leaders also need to determine how to organize and evaluate materials and integrate them into the
curriculum appropriately.
School
district and state level education
leaders are charged with developing and administering educational
curricula to best prepare students for their futures.
A survey of 500
district leaders shows they want educational games backed up by research of effectiveness and that can be easily integrated into existing
curricula.
Recriminations will be directed at state departments of education for not providing sufficient
curriculum materials, at
district leaders for not preparing students and teachers adequately, at testing contractors for logistical snafus and at federal bureaucrats for interfering with state standard - setting.
-LSB-...] course, I also think
curriculum matters, and that's why I'm studying textbooks and talking with teachers and
district leaders about how they're thinking about -LSB-...]
Under the train - the trainer model, NISL faculty members train local
leaders (selected by the
district or state), who become certified to provide training using NISL's world - class
curriculum.
Curriculum is the top purchasing priority of 2018, a new, exclusive EdWeek Market Brief survey of K - 12
district leaders suggests.
We plan to sample a wide range of educational
leaders in
districts, too — from
curriculum coordinators to supervisors of principals to building principals.
Superintendents,
curriculum directors, and IT
leaders connecting their
districts.
Lisa has a passion for
curriculum, instruction, and assessment; her early work in her own classroom with both
curriculum mapping and formative assessments as instructional tools has led her to her current role as a
leader of assessment in her
district.
One can even say that it is underlying disdain for the very kids in his
district that is a critical reason why he is such an abject failure as a school
leader: If you don't care for kids, you can not do the hard work of transforming the quality of instruction,
curricula and leadership that is needed to give kids cultures of genius in which to succeed.
MindQuest21sm certified and experienced consultant team prepares school
leaders,
districts and teacher teams to transform instruction and systems with the adoption and / or expansion of Project - Based Learning across the
curriculum aimed to produce deeper learning outcomes for all students.
Whether you're a teacher, a
curriculum coordinator, an assistant principal, principal or
district leader, the impact is that you now know, A, you're not alone — there are lots of people working on these challenges — and B, that there are skills and knowledge that you have gained that you can instantly take back.
Compared to others, however,
district leaders in higher - performing
districts appear to have invested in
district - wide
curriculum development over a longer period of time, using well - institutionalized
district curriculum systems.
At the same time, she facilitated ongoing improvement efforts mandated at the
district level prior to her appointment (
curriculum writing, implementation of a commercial mathematics program)-- collaborating with grade team and subject
leaders, specialist teachers, and trainers provided by the externally developed mathematics program.
In an effort to help school
districts provide students with a well rounded education that includes the humanities and arts, the U.S. Department of Education sent a letter to state and local education
leaders outlining creative ways they may enhance holistic education programs by utilizing in conjunction various federal resources.The department defines humanities in the letter as history, civics, government, economics, geography, literature, art, music and other non-STEM subjects not usually found in the English / language arts
curriculum.
Designed for
curriculum directors, principals, and other school and
district leaders, this research - driven guide examines the most essential aspects of high - quality reading practice and the elements that accelerate reading growth.
Graduates of the program work as master teachers in P - 12 classrooms, and as school or
district instructional technology
leaders, staff developers, and
curriculum designers.
We are hesitant to claim that
district leaders in higher - performing
districts uniquely promoted more standardized,
district - wide
curriculum content and materials, because the trend everywhere is to increase standardization.
Those suggested outside of a
district include: legislators, members of state boards of education, and other policy makers; business and professional
leaders; community
leaders and members; medical personnel; social psychologists; persons having the responsibility for teacher preparation in general and special education;
curriculum and textbook consultants; visionaries and futurists; and theorists and researchers.
In addition to taking advantage of additional funding from the state, and attending mandatory workshops offered by the state for all schools identified as not meeting AYP,
district leaders (
curriculum superintendent,
curriculum directors, school improvement director) conducted their own investigations of the problems in student performance and followed up with
district support tailored to each school «s needs.
Teachers, school
leaders, and
district administrators share overlapping spheres of influence with regards to
curriculum and instruction.
In higher - performing
districts,
leaders did not expect improvement in lowperforming schools to occur merely by means of inputs required under federal and state policies (e.g., school choice, tutoring, prescribed needs assessments and schoolimprovement planning,
curriculum audits, advice from external consultants).
Spillane (2002) found that
district leaders «approaches to facilitating implementation of state
curriculum policy are shaped in part by their conceptions of teacher learning: quasi-behaviorist, situated, and quasicognitive.
This was particularly so in settings where
district leaders mobilized the development of districtlevel
curriculum content and performance expectations across all areas of
curriculum (not only in externally - tested subjects).
As full implementation of both the teacher and principal evaluation systems looms for September 2013, it is imperative that boards of education,
district leaders, and the DOE ensure that principals and teachers have a viable
curriculum based on the Common Core Standards; valid and reliable assessment tools to measure growth in every subject area (tested and nontested); and time to work in professional teams to set growth targets, analyze data, and provide the appropriate instructional interventions for every student.
From
district leaders in our higher - performing settings, we have learned that once standard expectations for
curriculum, instruction, and leadership are implemented and sustained with a reasonable degree of fidelity and quality, further improvement in the quality of teaching and learning is unlikely to be gained by doing more of the same.
Having
district - level expectations for
curriculum and instruction makes it easier for
district leaders to monitor and respond to school - level implementation.
District and school
leaders can facilitate scheduling changes to allow for regular blocks of time for teachers who teach the same subject or who share groups of students to collaborate and plan
curriculums together.
Insight in action In one MSP, teacher
leaders were central to the success of
curriculum adoption within their
districts.
In addition to providing or recommending teaching methods,
leaders in higherperforming
districts provided direction and support for the use of common methods of assessing and reporting student learning, aligned to
curriculum expectations.
Leaders in higher - performing settings not only worked to establish and communicate clear expectations for
curriculum and instruction; they developed and applied mechanisms for monitoring the implementation of
district expectations through supervision systems and school - improvement plans.
In addition to
curriculum standardization,
leaders in higher - performing
districts were more likely than others to promote and support implementation of particular instructional strategies regarded as effective.
Suggested individual or team activity: Arrange a meeting of the
curriculum leaders in a school
district.
Center for Inspired Teaching partners with school
districts and charter schools to create teacher -
leaders with the ability to write and implement
curricula aligned with the College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) standards framework for social studies as well as the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS).
District level educators can analyze sweeping patterns and trends while instructional
leaders can employ fast and flexible reports to shape
curriculum and instruction in the classroom in real - time
As discussed in 5 Reasons Every
District Leader Needs an Executive Coach, to be an effective agent of change today in
districts requires
leaders to have unique expertise in a wide variety of areas, including strategic planning, research and analysis, fiscal management, board and community engagement, implementation planning, communication and training, professional learning design and
curriculum, and coaching.
In this one - day institute, teachers,
curriculum leaders,
district leaders, school - based administrators, and higher education faculty will learn how to use tools and develop strategies to implement formative assessments that link to the instructional shifts in the Common Core standards.
Despite this, critics say that the
curricula and methods at the majority of the nation's 500 - plus university - based principal preparation programs remain subpar and out of step with
district needs.10 A growing number of
districts have become more assertive with universities and other training providers about improving their offerings, because
district leaders want enough well - prepared leadership candidates to meet local learning goals and to lessen the expense and damage of early turnover among poorly prepared novice principals.
LearnZillion's premium participatory
curriculum platform enables schools and
districts to accelerate the successful implementation of the Common Core, augment the efficacy of their coaches, create class time capacity to address differentiation needs, and build teacher
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In this one - day institute, teachers,
curriculum leaders,
district leaders, school - based administrators, and higher education faculty will learn to use the actual language of the Standards for Mathematical Practice.