Sentences with phrase «existing teachers the opportunity»

DOE officials said they are upping efforts to hire more bilingual teachers, offering existing teachers the opportunity to add bilingual education to their skill set and expanding recruitment strategies.

Not exact matches

Technology often affords the teacher extra time to have more one on one opportunities with their students as well as supporting the learning environment in very concrete substantive ways that didn't exist a decade ago.

Other models exist for giving students more voice and choice in their work and the opportunity to work alongside teachers as collaborators, rather than as subordinates.

The Network of Teaching Excellence in Computer Science provides training opportunities for both existing teachers and those training for the profession.

Once the comfort levels have been created, the opportunity exists for teachers to begin branching out beyond departments into interdisciplinary teams and curriculum design.

Star teachers whose reach is extended would have unprecedented opportunities for achievement and could be paid more from existing per - pupil funding streams.

And although those teachers know that this work is powerful, there's a whole part of the country that could have this opportunity for their students, but they doesn't know it exists or that they could partner with different organizations.»

As schools expanding into Multi-Academy Trusts are learning, new projects — whether sponsoring existing schools or setting up new ones — create new opportunities for teachers and staff and can offer a powerful way to retain the best members of your team.

«When opportunities are created for our girls to explore the world of science around them and encourage teachers to be creative in their practices, we then have the power to eliminate the gaps that exist between genders.»

Teachers have particularly seized the opportunity to set up a new school; 67 per cent of free schools have been started by groups led by teachers, existing successful schools, academy chains or existing prTeachers have particularly seized the opportunity to set up a new school; 67 per cent of free schools have been started by groups led by teachers, existing successful schools, academy chains or existing prteachers, existing successful schools, academy chains or existing providers.

For existing educators, this means there is a window of opportunity to flourish, as the demand for quality teachers with recognizable and up - to - date skills rises.

Learning opportunities exist within any project, and teachers can intertwine lessons into the project's procedure.

If you're looking for a deeper understanding of the CCSS and the strongest alignment possible, our experienced standards consultants offer a variety of services, including conducting curriculum audits, assisting with CCSS implementation, analyzing gaps in teacher knowledge and skills, identifying opportunities to embed CCSS content into existing courses, and ensuring instruction and assessment support the standards.

Hill, who also works with the Kentucky Network to Transform Teaching, which is working to increase the number of National Board Certified Teachers in Kentucky and provide teacher leadership opportunities for existing NBCTs, believes the plan has the potential to make work better for every Kentucky teacher.

By utilizing existing venues, the teacher leader may devote more of his / her energy to actively work with colleagues rather than spend time structuring opportunities to work with them.

The commitments could entail scaling existing programs, creating new programs or spearheading supportive policies that give teachers more opportunities to lead, particularly while continuing to teach.

Textbooks are now relics, teacher assistants are a rarity, supplies are donated or bought by low - paid teachers, and few opportunities for professional development exist.

While it is true that both of these Networks have created learning environments that are successful for their teachers and their students, shouldn't the opportunity for choice exist beyond the option between a district school and these networks, which have similar pedagogic underpinnings?

Preservice teachers will have the opportunity to examine some reasons for teaching with technology and may compare those reasons with their existing beliefs about the uses of technology in the classroom.

To counteract the effects of staff churn, and to help boost retention rates and improve teacher agency, VCS is now hyper - focused on providing ongoing Professional Development (PD) opportunities for new and existing staff — and they're using DreamBox PD resources, such as MyFlexPD, ™ to help get everyone up to speed fast.

Where learning is most effective, teachers have the opportunity to relate new ideas to their existing understanding, whereas the least effective learning happens where they passively listen to someone else describe their own understanding.

We don't see it as self - serving at all and we're working to drive changes that have been resisted for decades — both because the existing salary schedules are inadequate for retaining accomplished teachers and because we want to have the kinds of opportunities to control our compensation that are offered to our peers in other professions.

And most importantly, teachers will create their own opportunities where none exist.

In this seminar, Steve provides administrators and teacher - leaders the opportunity to identify their existing leadership skills, create the right environment and develop a plan for enhancing those capabilities.

Duncan said there will be more to come when the president presents his budget, but «all teachers and principals deserve excellent preparation, support and opportunities for growth that go beyond what exists in most places today,» he said.

Teacher leadership is about increasing pathways and opportunities for teachers to exercise leadership, elevating teacher voice to inform and develop policy and practice and expanding existing efforts to steer systemic improvements to benefit student leTeacher leadership is about increasing pathways and opportunities for teachers to exercise leadership, elevating teacher voice to inform and develop policy and practice and expanding existing efforts to steer systemic improvements to benefit student leteacher voice to inform and develop policy and practice and expanding existing efforts to steer systemic improvements to benefit student learning.

It is easy, and unfortunately common, for many outstanding teachers to avoid the spotlight, retreat from high profile leadership opportunities where they exist, and focus on their own classroom.

With trainees in school from day one, working alongside your existing team, it is a great opportunity for them to gain insight into life as a teacher and to be supported by those already doing the job.

Invest in strategies that fully use existing talent by offering education entrepreneurs opportunities, such as paid fellowships, to develop new, groundbreaking school models that allow the best teachers to reach more students.

The new rule must maintain a high standard of quality for teachers and simplify the licensure system as much as practicable, including the following: (a) simplify the grade levels licensees can teach and adopt broadfield subject licenses; (b) enable school districts to increase the number of teachers by offering internships and residency opportunities; (c) simplify out - of - state licensure reciprocity; and (d) expand pathways for existing licensees to fill high needs or shortage areas.

As one teacher leader put it, «If this program didn't exist, I don't think I would have the time, space, or opportunity to work with other colleagues.

An opportunity for teacher leadership growth exists between pre-service teachers (PSTs) and current teacher leaders (TLs).

NCTR offers targeted support to existing teacher residency programs, both inside and outside of the NCTR network, helps identify strengths and challenges, refine programming, create opportunities for professional growth for resident - teachers, mentors, residency staff, and evaluate impact and outcomes.

I actually see these as places where people who are really committed to education — parents, students, teachers, administrators — have an opportunity to take control of their system -LRB-...) in ways that quite often don't exist in the normal K - 12 system.»

The intent was, as the Act states:»... to provide opportunities for teachers, parents, pupils, and community members to establish and maintain schools that operate independently from the existing school district structure...»

Even when and where professional development opportunities exist, it simply may be too dangerous for teachers to attend them.

The report documents the ways in which existing relationships and the political opportunity offered through California's Race to the Top Round 2 application set the stage for a new 10 - district partnership focused on Common Core implementation and teacher quality.

Specifically, your donation will be used to grow, develop and nurture teacher leadership through providing unique professional growth offerings, more opportunities to engage teacher leaders in policy and leverage and maximize existing work and impact with teachers, other education partners and stakeholders.

Once the design task was completed, the team disbanded and the work became the responsibility of existing middleweight teams (curriculum content area teachers, division leadership teams, school faculties) to determine what existing tasks would provide evidence of student learning on the continua and to develop new tasks that would provide additional evidence and opportunity to learn.

Funding under Title II of the Every Student Succeeds Act provides districts with formula grants in order to support teachers, school leaders, and preparation programs.36 States can reserve up to 5 percent of their funding for the expansion of teacher preparation programs.37 In addition, public universities should leverage existing grant opportunities.

Difficulties have existed in developing online teacher training degree programs that lead to a degree with a professional public school teaching certification, yet clearly, online institutions recognize the future opportunity in such efforts (Blumenstyk, 2003).

Functions The teacher leader: a) Facilitates the collection, analysis, and use of classroom - and school - based data to identify opportunities to improve curriculum, instruction, assessment, school organization, and school culture; b) Engages in reflective dialog with colleagues based on observation of instruction, student work, and assessment data and helps make connections to research - based effective practices; c) Supports colleagues» individual and collective reflection and professional growth by serving in roles such as mentor, coach, and content facilitator; d) Serves as a team leader to harness the skills, expertise, and knowledge of colleagues to address curricular expectations and student learning needs; e) Uses knowledge of existing and emerging technologies to guide colleagues in helping students skillfully and appropriately navigate the universe of knowledge available on the Internet, use social media to promote collaborative learning, and connect with people and resources around the globe; and f) Promotes instructional strategies that address issues of diversity and equity in the classroom and ensures that individual student learning needs remain the central focus of instruction.

Opportunity Culture models extend the reach of teachers who excel with students to more students, directly and by leading other teachers, for much higher pay funded by reallocating existing budgets.

In too many school districts, systems do not exist to allow teachers to access meaningful opportunities for leadership that draw on their success in the classroom, and that give them more autonomy and ownership over things like induction, mentorship, and entrepreneurship.

This means that members of the military, firefighters, teachers, and others who dedicate their lives to serving the public should be made aware of the opportunities that exist through the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program («PSLF»).

Luckily, a number of student loan forgiveness options exist for teachers, but it's up to you to find and pursue the right opportunities.

Teaching youth internship opportunities exist working alongside a teacher to help in the classroom.