Sentences with phrase «elementary social studies as»

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But there is room for improvement on its standards, which have not been rated by the American Federation of Teachers as clear, specific, and grounded in content for English above the elementary level or for social studies at any grade span.

As researchers long focused on social studies and informational reading and writing education in the early elementary grades, we were frustrated by this pattern of neglect, and troubled that it is even worse in high - poverty school settings.

He started his career as a high school social studies teacher, earned an administrator's certificate, and served as an elementary school vice principal and principal, before taking his first superintendent job in Sanger, California.

The Instructional Leadership strand is designed for individuals who have taught at least three years, seek to increase their knowledge of instruction and curriculum in their subject area (science, mathematics or social studies) or English Language Arts (ELA) at the elementary and secondary levels, and are interested in finding ways to extend their influence beyond the classroom into areas such as coaching, curriculum development or teacher research.

This one volume brings together in readable, concise language the authoritative research on effective classroom practices in all major disciplines currently taught in elementary and secondary schools: the arts, foreign language, health, language arts, physical education, mathematics, social studies, and science, as well as generic practices that apply across all disciplines.

We are used to attacks on multiculturalism (now so solidly established in social studies in elementary and high schools) from the right, from conservatives who are alarmed at a diminution of loyalty to the nation as other loyalties are promoted.

As a K — 5 social studies coordinator at VBCPS, Meghan Raftery works in 56 elementary schools, implementing and adapting school curriculum to fit each school environment while supporting enrichment and remediation opportunities.

Under the regulation, schools and districts would receive an overall rating of one to five stars as determined by school performance (very low to very high) on multiple indicators — proficiency, a separate academic indicator for science and social studies, growth (elementary and middle school), achievement gap closure, transition readiness, graduation rate (high school) and opportunity and access.

As students progress from elementary school through high school, they need to rely on reading comprehension not only for their literature classes, but also for solving mathematical word problems and understanding texts in science, social studies, and other subjects.

A study that assessed the enduring effects of the Seattle Social Development Project — another elementary school program — on former participants at age 18 found lower rates of violent behavior, heavy drinking, and sexual activity, as well as higher academic motivation and achievement, for program participants relative to comparison group students (Hawkins, Catalano, Kosterman, Abbot, & Hill, 1999).

A recent study conducted by the Council for Basic Education confirms what many educators have feared: The curriculum is narrowing as schools zero in on reading, writing, and math at the expense of the arts, foreign languages, and elementary - level social studies.

In a separate study, Hough, Demetra Kalogrides, and Susanna Loeb of Stanford found 5 percent of the differences in schools» math growth in elementary school and 6 percent of the differences in math growth in middle schools, as well as 11 percent of the differences in high schools» graduation rates, could be explained by differences in their school climate and student - reported social skills.

I could see it happening during my visit as I wandered through CERAS to observe the various small groups holding their meetings: elementary school teachers («generalists») and literacy specialists, secondary school teachers of single subjects like math or social studies, all completely focused and engaged.

In a study of 35 recommended programs serving either elementary or middle school students, Reisner and colleagues (2007) found positive academic outcomes as well as social and behavioral benefits.

There's no devil here as far as I can tell (who is against getting more science and social studies into elementary school?).

Previous to her Leadership Team assignments, Ivey served as the director for preK - 12 curriculum and instruction in the Instructional Services Department, where she supervised the offices for preK — 12 core academics (English, math, science, and social studies), early childhood, advanced academics, online campus, office of counseling, summer programs, and elementary and secondary school support.

On the other hand, in order to comply with ESSA, states may use additional academic subjects such as science and social studies as the second academic indicator for elementary and middle schools, or as an indicator of school quality or student success for any schools, according to initial feedback from the Education Department.26 The analysis in this brief excludes these measures when identifying and weighting measures of school quality or student success.

Dr. Klein Friedman has served New York City students since the mid 1970s as a teacher of special education and reading in elementary, middle and high schools; staff development trainer; principal; director of literacy and social studies; regional director of academic intervention services and local instructional superintendent; director of secondary school reform, director of academic intervention services, director of a Supplemental Educational Services program internal to the New York City Department of Education (NYCDOE); interim superintendent; and currently as executive director of literacy and academic intervention services at NYCDOE.

The preservice teachers entered the elementary social studies methods course with 12 or more years of conditioning to accept social studies as an uninteresting content area, mainly requiring the memorization of names, events, places, and dates.

The studies examine social networks in a wide array of settings and actors, such as elementary school teacher teams and high school leadership networks.

She teaches 5th grade Language Arts and Social Studies at the same elementary school she attended as a child.

The majority of new titles will be solely aimed at K6 and below and will encompass science, social studies, language arts and math will be available by June, each of them curriculum - aligned, covering topics such as animals, colors, holidays, elementary math concepts, astronomy, famous people and hundreds of others.

The job description of the elementary school teacher is to teach and enlighten students on various subjects such as Arithmetic, Reading, Science, Arts, Social and Vocational Studies in order for them to be knowledgeable in several aspects of life.

The responsibility of an elementary school teacher is very high as they have to be capable of teaching children on various topics such as social studies, science, language etc..

Taught English as a Foreign Language to the prospective teachers of elementary schools, Mathematics, Social Studies, Science, Ukrainian Language and Literature, etc..

When the longitudinal study was funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse in 1985, school - based substance abuse prevention research trials had been limited to studies of social influence resistance curricula provided to students in grades 5 through 10.3 In this context, reviewers desired that the study include a condition assessing effects of only 2 years of intervention in the late elementary grades as well as effects of the full intervention, since they questioned whether intervention in the early elementary grades was necessary.

A promising direction for future prevention studies would be to test a combination of the elementary grade interventions used here with middle school curricula that seek to promote norms against health - risk behaviors such as drug use and to enhance life skills to resist health - compromising social influences.3, 6,7,31

Yet while many recent preschool interventions have been found to have short - term effects on young children's language, literacy, mathematics, executive function, and social - emotional development, studies show that impacts on cognitive and academic skills tend to diminish in early elementary school — a phenomenon commonly known as fade - out or convergence.

The purpose of the present study was to examine the relationship between bullying, victimization and a number of social - emotional variables such as trait emotional intelligence, empathy and self - efficacy in 206 elementary school 6th graders in Greece.