Sentences with phrase «engages practicing teachers»

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«Her dedication to engaging students in a hands - on way, her drive to continue her own learning and growth as an educator and her generosity in sharing best practices with her colleagues makes her the perfect example of a great New York state teacher.»

The Conference, which is being held in Cardiff, has heard that too many employers are denying teachers the opportunity to engage in appropriate training and professional development to support high - quality classroom practice.

There was something for everyone on the menu: using Apple technology, developing research - based practices to teach students in the early grades, engaging students through digital instruction, understanding the new teacher evaluation system as set by state law, preventing high - risk student behaviors and how Community Learning Schools meet the needs of students and their families.

Students will engage with scientific ideas and practices through hands - on activities and learn to write clear and concise explanations of real - world phenomena as part of a novel curriculum that the National Science Teachers Association Press is slated to publish in mid-September.

The rubric will also be useful, the researchers concluded, in focusing curriculum developers» and teachers» attention on the importance of engaging students with natural phenomena (or in solving problems) and making sense of them in terms of NGSS core ideas, crosscutting concepts, and science practices.

Providing training for early childhood education teachers, embedding direct instruction and practice of targeted skills into daily practice and engaging families in these efforts help to boost the success of these kinds of interventions, Oregon State University researchers suggest in a new paper.

While serving as Editor in Chief for the International Journal of Yoga Therapy, I participated in numerous animated exchanges with yoga therapists, teachers and researchers from around the world regarding whether or not scholars should engage in «a reductionist approach to the study of yoga» as the author of the critique recommends, or adopt a holistic, ecological framework that honors yoga's complex interplay of philosophies and practices, rather than its constituent parts.

Our experienced teachers, healers, and staff provide these services for you with conscious intention and a positive energy so that you may experience the highest resonating experience while engaging in your practice.

The students felt there was a lack of peer and student - teacher interaction in the class, that the speaking and grammar practice provided was insufficient, and they felt the Knowledge Transmission learning tool was not sufficiently engaging.

Francois notes that the school emphasized independent reading as a community, where students and teachers often engage in shared practice of reading.

Noted for their emphasis on versatility, collaboration and practice - driven outcomes, PLCs feature dynamic teams of teachers engaged in self - contained, self - directed study.

Your 21st century education initiative rests upon your ability to engage and support every teacher in their practice around the 4Cs.

This resulted in the teachers engaging in intensive discussions about mathematical discourse while collaboratively and substantively examining each other's practices (Brantlinger et al., 2011).

Teachers and principals who are engaged in professional practice must advocate for professional development and training that is characterised by these Principles of Procedure if authentic, lifelong professional learning is to occur.

Increasing each teacher's capacity to redesign and assess their own practice demands new ways of thinking, opportunities for deep collaboration and the willingness of school leaders to engage with academic and professional partners who will challenge, reflect and provide evidence for each school to create its own evidence - informed practices and protocols.

The material's richness is shown through the attention that a teacher gives to the meaning of math facts and how a teacher engages students by using math practices and the language of math.

Engaging in teacher research, reading professional periodicals and texts, and regularly reflecting on our practice has helped us adapt to the ever - changing educational climate.

Following on from the point about publicising D&T and related careers, employers can play a significant role too by: collaborating in developing real - life and relevant D&T activities and resources; helping D&T teachers engage with professional practice through work experience, internships and apprenticeships; and helping to highlight D&T's value to government departments through their companies and professional institution.

I travel often and do site visits at schools, which allows me to engage with teachers, administrators, and students to hear about their day - do - day work and understand how policies and innovative practices are being implemented in local schools.

«This program will provide important support for teachers to engage in professional development, professional learning, to enhance teaching practice and improve student outcomes.

Science teachers employ labs to provide students with an opportunity to engage in the practice of science.

«When teachers engage in high - level instructional talk and have the opportunity to improve practice collaboratively and in concrete forms, they develop team loyalty, trust, and feelings of responsibility and accountability for each other and for all the team's students.

Yet, when teachers tried to teach interventions from positive psychology such as resilient explanatory styles (Gillham et al., 1990), gratitude practices (Howells, 2012), or a growth mindset (Dweck, 2006), many teachers voiced concerns that the most vulnerable, dysregulated, or struggling students could not effectively engage in «above - the - neck» cognitively - based strategies.

Let's hope that Seattle and Baltimore are a stronger indication of the future of union - district cooperation around teaching evaluations than is the case of DC and that when properly engaged, unions can embrace the idea of teacher evaluations that include a component for student performance as well as compensation packages that are linked to evidence of effective teaching practices.

The lesson is really an organizer that the teachers use as they engage in the real work of lesson study: studying teaching materials, discussing content and instruction, reflecting on their practice, and investigating student learning.

And so one of the things that our group is doing right now is we're engaging with teachers from all around the country, in fact all around the world, to try to learn from them what they're doing in their own classroom practice to instill a growth mindset in their students and to help students see intelligence, and to see their academic ability, as things that they can grow.

Teachers also can leverage free technologies to engage with students on a platform they enjoy, and can use those tools to share presentations, notes, practice tests, and quizzes.

I engage teachers from all kinds of schools to exchange ideas regarding best practices.

She is passionate about engaging teachers in sustainable innovation and quality teaching practices.

The intervention aimed both to explore how teachers might improve those practices in light of their reexamination of their validity and to engage them in moderation exercises within and between schools to audit examples of students» work and to discuss their appraisals of these examples.

School managers are encouraged to support teachers to engage in this new methodology and add it to the many theories and practices of teaching.

TIE was ideal — it equips you to take advantage of the enormous space for innovation in education; to engage with international leaders in the field; to gain a deep understanding of education policy, leadership practices, school cultures, and student and teacher needs; to build invaluable contacts.

Skeptical readers may worry that better teachers engage in more of the practices encouraged by TES, but that these practices are not what make the teacher more effective.

We designed a free three - day teacher - training workshop to give educators active - learning tools, showing them how to conduct action research, gather data and analyze their own teaching practices, engage students with critical - thinking exercises, and more.

However, for teachers to engage in deep, sustained professional learning experiences of this kind, they need mechanisms to de-privatise their practice and opportunities for sustained collaboration within the contexts of their everyday work.

In addition, ALL Engage teachers will have access to an online forum where teachers can ask questions, participate in discussions and share best practice in their own online community, moderated by experts at Creative Education the entire year!

Leaders must deal with everything from overstretched budgets to mediocre teachers to unruly (and potentially dangerous) students, not to mention heavy pressure to boost academic results (without, of course, «teaching to the test,» much less engaging in even more dubious practices).

I believed, and believe even more strongly now (with a little more nuance, knowledge, and skill behind my believing), that the best way to sustainably impact student learning is to engage teachers in supportive collaborative investigation and improvement of their practice.

In our Time - Technology Swap — Rotation model, students alternate between learning with teachers and working in a digital learning lab, where they learn online and engage in offline skill practice, homework, and project work.

She empowered us to reflect on our practice as teachers and engaged us as critical coinvestigators of the underlying principles of what it means to be an effective teacher and learner of the English discipline.

In this post, I will break down a few basic classroom practices that allow teachers to engage with best practices in teaching core subjects while also being advocates for social justice in the classroom.

There is recognition that high quality instruction is the key to improved student learning, and teachers and school leaders are engaged in ongoing efforts to understand and meet the needs of individual learners and to improve on current teaching practices.

It can also be used by teachers and pupils at the interactive whiteboard.Finding volumes by counting cubes and volumes of prisms are practiced in a fun and engaging way.

Queensland science teacher Sarah Chapman is passionate about engaging youngsters in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) education and has travelled the world gathering evidence of international best practice.

Teachers can use video to give students further opportunities to practice these strategies in an engaging way.

«We joined collaborative planning teams, where we sat and chatted to teachers, had observations in classrooms, informal walkthroughs... [and] a teacher inquiry group which ran for a semester where a group of teachers who were looking into their practice in mathematics engaged in challenging some of the things that they were doing.»

Moreover, computer - assisted practice can more readily encompass banks of essay - writing topics to assist teachers who may not be personally adept in everything that engages their students.

The event, taking place at the Leicester Marriot Hotel from Tuesday 28 to Wednesday 29 March, seeks to bring together teachers and school leaders from around the country to engage in discussions around the key issues facing education and to share best practice around the use of education technology.

Sherman Oaks students, who are continuously engaged in high - tech, interdisciplinary projects, also reap the advantages of being paired with one teacher for two consecutive years, a practice known as «looping.»

Amy Wegener - Taganashi, the school's English - language - development teacher, says an array of technology helps engage students and provides the structured one - on - one English practice they need.