They know when the entire education ecosystem has a shared belief and understanding of assessment,
educator preparation efforts on how to use data to support students can be successfully applied.
Not exact matches
In her book Birthing From Within, nurse midwife and childbirth
educator Pam England calls writing birth plans, «a ritual of modern pregnancy» that can act as, «a hidden reef on which your
efforts toward deeper birth
preparation may run aground.»
This is especially important when the goals are admirable but ambiguous, like improving professional development,
educator preparation, or turnaround
efforts.
Over the last year, the chapter has been working on strengthening its advocacy
efforts and ensuring its members a seat at the table when the state is deliberating on laws such as this one and other regulations that impact
educator preparation.
As a representative from the Missouri NTEP team, I joined colleagues from five states — Georgia, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Oklahoma, and Washington — on the visit to Baton Rouge to attend Louisiana's Believe and Prepare Community Meeting and learn from the work of practitioners, programs, and districts across Louisiana leading
efforts to improve
educator preparation.
Teacher
educators seek to integrate various forms of reflective practice throughout teacher
preparation, acknowledging that reflection supports teachers» ability to analyze issues of teaching and learning from differing perspectives, as well as their
efforts to make changes to practice and belief (Calderhead, 1992; Zeichner & Liston, 1996).
The authors»
efforts to more effectively guide the
preparation of social studies
educators in the utilization of technological applications in more useful, efficient, and appropriate ways is readily apparent and appreciated.
Our
effort aims to support and advance
educator preparation by articulating a common understanding of the critical components and value of clinical practice and partnerships.
Teacher
preparation programs should lead
efforts to develop a set of technology competencies for online teacher
educators.
Under his leadership, substantive
educator preparation, certification, and ethics reform
efforts were initiated, including tiered certification,
Preparation Program Effectiveness Measures (PPEM), performance - based educational leadership, enhanced ethics instruction and assessment, and the current work in job - embedded professional learning.
As the report notes, despite widespread calls for connecting evidence of new teachers» effectiveness back to their
preparation programs, «there has been no coordinated
effort to provide these programs with valid, reliable, timely, and comparable data about the [
educators] they prepare» (p. 2).
Providing students with exposure to the appropriate technologies should be an important part of all
educators» test -
preparation efforts.
Throughout 2015 - 2016, AACTE is engaging its membership and partner organizations in a concerted
effort to debunk myths about
educator preparation and teacher quality.
Taylor)-- TCTA's
efforts ensured that the required number of hours of classroom instruction in a new abbreviated
educator preparation program for a trade / industrial certification candidate was increased from 25 - 50 to 80.
My beginning teacher colleagues definitely have a higher level of expertise than they would have had before recent
efforts to emphasize assessment literacy in
educator preparation.
Supporting teacher research articles are designed as a resource for teacher
educators who are interested in incorporating teacher research into their professional
preparation programs or refining or expanding their current teacher research
efforts.