Sentences with phrase «enhance student learning opportunities»

For example, watching too much television or working too many hours per week can be detrimental, and extracurricular activities such as internships, community - service activities, part - time jobs, and sports can enhance student learning opportunities.

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With specialized streams of study in Biotechnology Management & Entrepreneurship, as well as Innovative Management, the EMBA program at the Faculty of Business provides students with the theory, skills, experiential learning and research opportunities to advance their knowledge and enhance their employability in these flourishing fields.

The learning partnership between Goddard College and the Institute for Integrative Nutrition — for students who graduated as of January 1, 2007 — will enhance learning opportunities for graduates of the Institute for Integrative Nutrition who enroll in one of Goddard's low - residency Bachelor of Arts or Master of Arts degree programs.

New tools are emerging all the time, many not originally intended for education, but which can be put to good use by students and teachers alike to extent opportunities, enhance learning potential and develop the level of digital literacy that students will need for the 21st century.

Adding the iPad only enhances the learning opportunities for teachers and students alike.

These projects enhance the curriculum and provide opportunities for young people and schools to benefit from working with excellent practitioners able to inspire and engage staff, students and families, and offer a new way of working and learning.

The recommendations covered raising schools» staff awareness about the opportunities offered by outdoor education, DfEs and other agencies developing teachers» confidence in an outdoor context, the need for enhanced participation in outdoor education and the need for connecting students» outdoor learning with the curriculum.

Enhancing the curriculum In addition to the financial savings, teachers have told us that environmental sustainability has helped to enrich the curriculum by providing different learning opportunities for students struggling with conventional classroom activities.

«In addition, this study may give us an opportunity to test the experience in other contexts that academic results are enhanced when schools make values explicit and central to students» learning.»

Students» familiarity and enthusiasm for mobile phones offer an opportunity to progress this individualized, student - centered, and active technology - enhanced learning.

This role may be challenging for both teachers and students, but it may also be an opportunity to enhance the learning experience.

Every year EduTECH produces targeted information for educators seeking to maximise their own learning opportunities, and therefore provide enhanced teaching to their students.

The introduction of the interactive whiteboard in the classroom has since resulted in an era in which the use of technology was literally moved to the front and centre of the learning environment, with many teachers and educators grasping the opportunity to enhance teaching by effectively using it as an interactive, real - time projection device resulting in higher levels of student participation and concentration.

With the sheer amount of technology available, it comes as no surprise that schools have faced several challenges this year involving cloud computing, cyber security, internet connectivity, IT procurement, as well as emerging concepts like gamification; all of which help schools to enhance students» learning opportunities.

Informal learning settings such as museums present unique opportunities for enhancing students» knowledge and motivation in science while, at the same time, optimising the personal connection between science and everyday life.

Understanding how students learn, enhancing educational achievement, and expanding educational opportunity are among the defining challenges of our time, and HGSE has an essential leadership role to play in meeting them.

Improving the quality of learning: through hands on and practical learning experiences, as well as opportunities to diversify the curriculum, sustainability can be used to enhance students» learning experience and improve their life skills.

Technology can be used to advance learning by bringing exciting curricula based on real - world problems into the classroom, providing scaffolds and tools to enhance learning, such as modeling programs and visualization tools, giving students and teachers more opportunities for feedback, reflection, and revision, and building local and global communities that include teachers, administrators, students, parents, practicing scientists, and other interested people expanding opportunities for teacher learning.

His main focus is purposeful integration of technology to facilitate student learning, improve communications with stakeholders, enhance public relations, create a positive brand presence, discover opportunity, transform learning spaces, and help educators grow professionally.Eric has received numerous awards and acknowledgements for his work.

Each Confucius Classroom is linked with a partner school in China to enhance opportunities for language learning and provide students, teachers, and administrators with opportunities to conduct exchanges and joint projects.

Some districts, schools, and teachers are designing, implementing, and experiencing professional - learning opportunities that have the power to improve teaching and enhance student learning.

While there are many initiatives that can be implemented in our schools to begin to offer opportunities for our students to grow and learn in different ways, these just scratch the surface of the more important theme of the book — shifting the culture of our schools to utilize technology as a tool to enhance learning and achievement.

Attendees will learn how to harness the power of digital tools and social media accessible today to improve communications, enhance public relations, establish a brand presence, increase student engagement, discover opportunity, and grow professionally like never before.

His main focus is purposeful integration of technology to facilitate student learning, improve communications with stakeholders, enhance public relations, create a positive brand presence, discover opportunity, transform learning spaces, and help educators grow professionally.Eric has received numerous awards and acknowledgments for his work.

His main focus is the use of social media and web 2.0 technology as tools to facilitate student learning, improve communications with stakeholders, enhance public relations, create a positive brand presence, discover opportunity, transform learning spaces, and help educators grow professionally.

The Milwaukee Public Schools Foundation, Inc. seeks to raise funds and secure donations from individuals and private - sector organizations to support programs and projects not affordable through public funds to provide enhanced learning opportunities for students in Milwaukee Public Schools.

His main focus is purposeful integration of technology to facilitate student learning, improve communications with stakeholders, enhance public relations, create a positive brand presence, discover opportunity, transform learning spaces, and help educators grow professionally.

It also means giving every student the opportunity to learn from a teacher who is trained to teach STEM and to use technology to enhance learning and create quality learning experiences for students.

About Teach to Lead (www.teachtolead.org) Teach to Lead is a joint initiative of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards and the U.S. Department of Education focused on expanding opportunities for teacher leadership in ways that enhance student learning and make it possible for teachers to stay in the classroom while leading in the profession.

Regardless of whether they are Special Education IAs (providing vital services to one, two, three, four or more special education students) or Traditional IAs (helping teachers prepare and run classrooms so that all the students have the opportunity to learn), IAs are truly on the front line of enhancing educational opportunities for our children.

By developing sound assessment processes and skills, principals can capitalize on opportunities under ESSA to enhance student learning.

Teachers are then given an opportunity to work with the PD team as they sort through many games and stories that can be easily assigned to students to further enhance their learning.

They actively communicate with stakeholders, build meaningful relationships, galvanize community resources, and reach out to business, religious, political and service agencies and organizations for the purpose of enhancing the learning opportunities for all students.

The E-Rate program is a vital source of assistance in maintaining Internet connectivity, bringing new learning opportunities to special education students, and enhancing distance learning in rural areas.

All school improvement strategies — particularly interventions focused on the lowest - performing schools — must inform and engage all stakeholders; support enriched curriculum; enhance the school culture; provide high - quality teaching with ongoing professional learning to improve the quality of instruction; be commensurate with the need; and offer engaging learning opportunities that involve all students, families, and staff.

Presenter Eric Sheninger will show attendees how to harness the power of digital tools to improve communications, enhance public relations, establish a brand presence, increase student engagement, transform learning spaces, discover opportunity, and grow professionally like never before.

This issue of Policy Priorities explores how education leaders should rethink the use and rules of social media in schools to harness their potential to enhance access, engagement, communication, and learning in a way that benefits students, educators, and families, while giving students and teachers opportunities to understand and practice responsible, ethical uses of social media.»

Students need access to high - quality, expanded learning opportunities after - school and in the summer to deepen and enhance their learning in and out of the classroom.

The foundation maintains an online library of lessons at www.wallacefoundation.org about what it has learned, including knowledge from its current efforts aimed at: strengthening educational leadership to improve student achievement; helping disadvantaged students gain more time for learning through summer learning and an extended school day and year; enhancing out - of - school time opportunities; and building appreciation and demand for the arts.

I'm hopeful that the Task Force will identify resources to support educators in using such assessments to enhance students» learning opportunities.

A new program under the Every Student Succeeds Act, Student Support and Academic Enrichment Grants, presents an exciting opportunity for schools and teachers to create a more well - rounded climate for learning and to enhance how and what students learn.

It isn't just another accountability or regulatory program; it's a real opportunity for schools and teachers to create a more well - rounded climate for learning and to enhance how and what students learn.

Appropriate instruction and use of the highlighter tool has great potential to enhance each student's opportunity to learn.

Teach to Lead is a joint initiative of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards and the U.S. Department of Education focused on expanding opportunities for teacher leadership in ways that enhance student learning and make it possible for teachers to stay in the classroom while leading in the profession.

Using movement in various learning contexts is a dynamic, brain - based way to engage and motivate students, differentiate instruction, create implicit learning opportunities, and enhance classroom management at all grade levels and in all content areas.

support P - 16 (preschool through postsecondary) collaboration among various sectors of education with business, industry, and government to enhance teaching and learning opportunities so that all students are prepared to live in and contribute to a vibrant society; and

We will investigate sound / music topics and strategize ways in which, when integrated effectively, can deepen learning, clarify student's thinking, enhance critical thinking and open opportunities for understanding multiple perspectives.

The technology enhanced classrooms, environmentally conscious science and engineering labs, and outdoor learning areas provide opportunities for students to experience learning in active, real life environments.

Blog # 11 — Early Childhood Special Education and ESSA: A Great Opportunity for All by Donna Spiker, Kathleen Hebbeler, Debbie Cate, and Sharon Walsh The Center on Enhancing Early Learning Outcomes (CEELO) is proud to partner with New America on this blog series highlighting early learning opportunities and challenges under the Every Student Succeeds ActLearning Outcomes (CEELO) is proud to partner with New America on this blog series highlighting early learning opportunities and challenges under the Every Student Succeeds Actlearning opportunities and challenges under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).

About Agile Mind: With over 2.3 million students served in 27 states, Agile Mind was founded in 2002 to enhance one thing: the opportunity to learn.