Sentences with phrase «educators in their professional learning community»

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Brennan heads up ScratchEd, a model of professional learning for educators to develop their computer science skills, utilize coding and web development to create educational materials for students, and to network together in a 15,000 - member online community.

Working together with public, private, educator and IB association partners, we are looking forward to further serving the community of Kent by creating educational pathways that allow students to excel in their immediate job or professional needs and also prepare them for a lifetime of learning and success.

This summer Mapp led her first Program in Professional Education (PPE) institute, «Family Engagement in Education: Creating Effective Home and School Partnerships for Student Success,» which focused on designing family engagement practices connected to student learning, and increasing the capacity of educators, families, and community members to develop and sustain partnerships that improve student outcomes.

But MNPS expects this to be a more robust experience as they train under a school's highest - performing educators, participating fully as members of the core instructional staff in planning, professional learning communities, and teaching.

«We appreciate the generosity of many Harvard Clubs in enabling educators in their local communities to learn with our faculty through our professional education programs,» said Keith Collar, associate dean for planning and outreach at HGSE's Research, Innovation, and Outreach.

Now, after completing her master's in learning and teaching, the recent Ed School alum is preparing to open Dimensions Family School, a nonprofit organization that provides homeschoolers — both students and educators — with support in numerous areas, including electives, extracurricular activities, professional development, facilities, and community - building.

In the professional learning communities I observe when I travel throughout the country I see dedicated professionals who chose to become educators because of their dedication to making a difference for all students.

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.

«We appreciate the generosity of many Harvard Clubs in enabling educators in their local communities to learn with our faculty through our professional education programs,» said Keith Collar, associate dean for planning and outreach at HGSE's Research,...

Most educators intellectually know the importance of working in teams, departments, or professional learning communities.

South Australian Inspired Learning (SAIL) is an exciting new collaborative, professional learning community, founded by a small group of educators in Adelaide, South AuLearning (SAIL) is an exciting new collaborative, professional learning community, founded by a small group of educators in Adelaide, South Aulearning community, founded by a small group of educators in Adelaide, South Australia.

Based on theory and the existent research literature, however, there is a growing consensus in the educational community concerning what constitutes high quality professional development that supports educators and subsequent student learning.

In recent years, one of the most popular channels for fostering peer support among educators and promoting positive student outcomes has been the use of professional learning communities (PLC).

Collaborative Learning Educators routinely engage in collaborative learning in various settings, and SRI provides professional development for members and leaders of these learning communities, offering multiple strategies and tools to help insure their Learning Educators routinely engage in collaborative learning in various settings, and SRI provides professional development for members and leaders of these learning communities, offering multiple strategies and tools to help insure their learning in various settings, and SRI provides professional development for members and leaders of these learning communities, offering multiple strategies and tools to help insure their learning communities, offering multiple strategies and tools to help insure their success.

Since 1998, we have published many books and videos with the same two goals in mind: (1) to persuade educators that the most promising strategy for meeting the challenge of helping all students learn at high levels is to develop their capacity to function as a professional learning community and (2) to offer specific strategies and structures to help them transform their own schools and districts into PLCs.

Our mission through our instructional programs, professional learning community (PLC), and mentoring programs is to help educators and administrators promote an organized and effective implementation of social - emotional learning (SEL), school culture and climate, and character education initiatives and programs in their K - 12 schools and districts.

In 2014 - 2015 we will be keeping our model of early release Fridays for our educators to do their PLC (Professional Learning Community) work.

The result is a student - centered learning experience, where students are actively invested in their learning and feel challenged to pursue their interests by a supportive community of educators, professionals, and family members who truly get to know them as individuals.

They encouraged the Department of Education to «leverage social networking technologies and platforms to create communities of practice that provide career - long personal learning opportunities for educators within and across schools, preservice preparation and in - service educational institutions, and professional organizations» (Office of Educational Technology, 2010, p. xviii).

3.2 Leverage social networking technologies and platforms to create communities of practice that provide career - long personal learning opportunities for educators within and across schools, preservice preparation and in - service educational institutions, and professional organizations.

A Professional Learning Community (PLC) is «an ongoing process in which educators work collaboratively in recurring cycles of collective inquiry and action research to achieve better results for the students they serve.

Multiple studies have demonstrated that organizations that prioritize a performance - management system that supports employees» professional growth outperform organizations that do not.25 Similar to all professionals, teachers need feedback and opportunities to develop and refine their practices.26 As their expertise increases, excellent teachers want to take on additional responsibilities and assume leadership roles within their schools.27 Unfortunately, few educators currently receive these kinds of opportunities for professional learning and growth.28 For example, well - developed, sustained professional learning communities, or PLCs, can serve as powerful levers to improve teaching practice and increase student achievement.29 When implemented poorly, however, PLCs result in little to no positive change in school performance.30

These findings hold both promise and cautionary guidance for other teacher educators who seek to help their students join and develop online professional learning communities and engage in praxis - oriented learning and teaching.

«Confianza «translates» research into step - by - step protocols for educators to immediately use in classrooms and professional learning communities.»

By facilitating the social collaboration occurring in professional learning communities and cross-functional teams, Cornerstone enables education organizations to retain and share knowledge from the most experienced and effective educators and staff, as well as improve collaboration and idea sharing across classrooms and schools.

Alexandria, VA (6/26/2014)-- ASCD, a global community dedicated to excellence in learning, teaching, and leading, is pleased to offer five new online professional development courses for educators.

Using ADVANCEfeedback ®, educators, including teachers and coaches, can easily share their instructional practices with colleagues in professional learning communities — providing rich opportunities for growth.

We create professional learning communities of educators who are deeply engaged in the work of continuous improvement.

ALEXANDRIA, VA — ASCD, a global community dedicated to excellence in learning, teaching, and leading, is pleased to offer educators a selection of high - impact, in - depth professional learning resources at no cost.

Discovery Education, is the global leader in standards - based digital content for K - 12, transforming teaching and learning with award - winning digital textbooks, multimedia content, professional development and the largest professional learning community of its kind that empowers educators and increases students» academic achievement.

Even if professional learning planners agree on the student learning outcomes they want to accomplish, what works best in one context with a particular community of educators and a particular group of students might not work equally well in another context with different educators and different students.

Recognizing that candidates receive much of their content preparation elsewhere in the institution, teacher educators engaged arts and sciences faculty in discipline - based professional learning communities around the standards.

In the new era where teachers have little time for face - to - face interaction with colleagues and district budget cuts limit professional development opportunities, educators are increasingly turning to online communities (or professional learning networks, PLNs) that allow them to share lesson plans, teaching strategies, and student work, as well as collaborate across grade levels and departments.

To enact these policies effectively, educators need protection from contradictory and overwhelming demands, training in viable alternatives to existing punitive discipline responses — including access to viable job - embedded professional learning communities — and sufficient and ongoing support for implementing new and better practices.

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Just as I've written in ASCD's «Inservice» blog in previous months (see here and here), teacher educators can use the same resources that teachers have been using in the professional learning communities in their schools and districts to connect good assessment with good instruction.

Alexandria, VA (01/05/2015)-- ASCD, a global community dedicated to excellence in learning, teaching, and leading, is pleased to offer a number of resources for educators seeking to achieve professional development goals in the new year.

+ Provides coaching experiences for teachers, including review of lesson delivery, providing feedback, and modeling demo lessons + Develops / curates quality instructional resources to share with teachers, including lesson plans, unit plants, and assessments + Facilitates professional development workshops for group sizes ranging up to 100 participants + Designs rich and meaningful professional development sessions aligned to math instruction + Continues own learning through research and self - driven PD to stay current of latest trends in math education + Maintains open communication with supported teachers to nurture a professional learning community of educators + Communicate actively with key stakeholders on progress of teacher development + Provides reporting documentation of services delivered, as required EDUCATION / EXPERIENCE: + BA / BS Degree in Education or related field + 4 + years of work experience teaching math in a K - 12 setting + Expert in math content at least across a 5 year grade level band (g. grades 4 — 8) + Record of result in effectively coaching teachers + Experience designing and delivering professional development for adults + Experience working in blended learning classrooms is a plus + Master's degree preferred + Excellent communication skills are essential OTHER JOB REQUIREMENTS: Some local traveling required.

However, over the past two decades, there has been an increasingly loud call amongst educators, school leaders, and policy makers to break down the walls of classroom isolation in exchange for a more collaborative approach commonly known as professional learning communities (PLCs).

Alexandria, VA (2/12/2014)-- ASCD, a global community dedicated to excellence in learning, teaching, and leading, announced today the release of four new professional development titles for educators.

Groups of these educators may even band together in professional learn - ing communities to make data - driven decisions for their grade level or department.

Teacher leaders (1) foster a collaborative culture to support educator development and student learning; (2) use research to improve practice and student learning; (3) promote professional learning for continual improvement; (4) facilitate improvements in instruction and student learning; (5) promote the use of assessments and data for school and district improvement; (6) improve outreach and collaboration with families and community; and (7) advocate for student learning and the teaching profession.

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The Center for Teacher Innovation will be a premier destination for the next generation educators by promoting excellence in teacher development and ongoing professional learning cultivated within a thriving environment of inclusiveness, community partnerships, and extraordinary service.

For the past 30 years, Reading Recovery - trained educators across the U.S. and Canada have worked in professional learning communities as they taught millions of struggling readers.

In my world as an educator, collaborative cultures are defined as professional learning communities (now, I say this here because I want my readers who are not in the education business to understand the terminology and I so appreciate that you are reading along with us!In my world as an educator, collaborative cultures are defined as professional learning communities (now, I say this here because I want my readers who are not in the education business to understand the terminology and I so appreciate that you are reading along with us!in the education business to understand the terminology and I so appreciate that you are reading along with us!).

empower educators to collaborate and share information and ideas (e.g., in professional learning communities, local professional development, or online)

Again in Fiscal Year 2019, the administration's proposed budget seeks to eliminate funding for the Community Learning Center, the chief federal funding stream for afterschool and summer learning programs, as well as Title II, Supporting Effective Instruction State Grants program (investments in educator professional development programs), along with 27 other pLearning Center, the chief federal funding stream for afterschool and summer learning programs, as well as Title II, Supporting Effective Instruction State Grants program (investments in educator professional development programs), along with 27 other plearning programs, as well as Title II, Supporting Effective Instruction State Grants program (investments in educator professional development programs), along with 27 other programs.

Agency by Design Oakland is gathering a 2018 - 2019 cohort of Oakland educators to participate in a professional learning community focused on learner - centered practice through maker - centered learning.

From engagement in book studies, to Twitter chats, to receiving video feedback, I've been amazed at the growth of my online professional learning community and consequently, my growth as an educator.