Sentences with phrase «expectations for teacher performance»

But it also guides the process with explicit standards and expectations for teacher performance, and it supports teachers with professional development linked to the standards.

Not exact matches

Through early testing and teacher selection, certain children are singled out for an enriched lesson plan to push them to their limit, whereas others are labeled as low achievers, which often diminishes their expectations of themselves and hurts their performance in school.

A commonly proposed strategy for raising achievement levels in schools is to specify high expectations or «standards» of student performance and to hold students, teachers and schools accountable for achieving those standards.

While many North Carolina school administrators and teachers are winning praise and cash for meeting or exceeding performance expectations on state tests, others are starting the school year scrambling to respond to their students» low achievement.

Compelling content and products: Beyond discrete standards, teachers have the opportunity to use content and performance expectations to create real - world problems or situations for students to solve.

For example, at Billingsville Elementary in Charlotte - Mecklenburg, N.C., teachers use Kickboard to track daily student performance on Billingsville's «Family Expectations.»

One quick and effective way for teachers to get a better understanding of what expectations students have set for themselves is to ask them to predict their performance on an assessment.

Focusing the schools» and teachers» attention on goals and expectations for instruction and student achievement is part of Building a shared vision, Fostering acceptance of group goals, and Creating high performance expectations.

The Power of Teacher Teams: With Cases, Analyses, and Strategies for Success: Book provides proven strategies teacher - leaders can use on team participation, meaningful team roles, and performance expectations http://www.amazon.com/The-Power-Teacher-Teams-Strategies/dp/141Teacher Teams: With Cases, Analyses, and Strategies for Success: Book provides proven strategies teacher - leaders can use on team participation, meaningful team roles, and performance expectations http://www.amazon.com/The-Power-Teacher-Teams-Strategies/dp/141teacher - leaders can use on team participation, meaningful team roles, and performance expectations http://www.amazon.com/The-Power-Teacher-Teams-Strategies/dp/141Teacher-Teams-Strategies/dp/1412991331

Research behind VAL - ED (the Vanderbilt Assessment of Leadership in Education tool to assess principal performance, developed by researchers at Vanderbilt University) suggests that there are six key steps - or «processes» - that the effective principal takes when carrying out his or her most important leadership responsibilities: planning, implementing, supporting, advocating, communicating and monitoring.40 The school leader pressing for high academic standards would, for example, map out rigorous targets for improvements in learning (planning), get the faculty on board to do what's necessary to meet those targets (implementing), encourage students and teachers in meeting the goals (supporting), challenge low expectations and low district funding for students with special needs (advocating), make sure families are aware of the learning goals (communicating), and keep on top of test results (monitoring).41

increase student expectations of their own academic performance, teacher expectations of ALL students» academic performance, and parent and community expectations for children's high academic performance

Woven into this highly personal narrative about a boy's journey from silent sidekick to hero are themes that translate to public education: the challenges of finding the right school or instructional method to meet a student's individual needs; the impact of social stigmas on expectations and performance, particularly for «discarded students» in low - income neighborhoods, and the need for a culture of high expectations to counter those negative societal assumptions; the importance of tireless, focused, caring teachers who do whatever it takes to help students succeed; and the ability for all children — regardless of learning challenges or race or income level — to learn.

The line from the study that jumps off the page is that the findings suggest «a pervasive culture of low expectations for teacher development and performance.»

For campuses that are meeting academic performance expectations, any classroom teacher will tell you that half of what they do isn't teaching; it's building a community in the classroom,» said Merwald.

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Although I was not the principal in 2010, from talking to my staff it is evident that there were some common factors contributing to this poor performance: lack of ownership for the whole school, no consistency of learning expectations from teacher to teacher, and a lack of consistency in student behavior expectations.

Proficiency targets encourage teachers to think about a minimum expectation for student performance.

Instruction aligns with those expectations, and assessment aligns with instruction; teachers can then account for their own performance in the classroom by teaching in ways that reflect this alignment, gathering information on students» abilities, and responding to that information by adjusting instruction.

Establish ways to clearly identify performance expectations for students when a teacher is working with another small group.

Data were collected through surveys and interviews to address the question, «Does participation in P3 change teachers» instructional practice and expectations for student performance?»

The Early Career Performance Expectations (ECPE) has been used by teacher preparation programs, school districts, principals and teachers, and can be downloaded for free Early Career Performance Expectations.

For example, classroom conditions such as teacher expectations, availability of learning supports, and safety affect student self - confidence, mindset, and performance.69 Optimal school and classroom settings create safe spaces for social and emotional learning, and in turn, effective SEL programs establish caring learning environments and improve classroom management and teachiFor example, classroom conditions such as teacher expectations, availability of learning supports, and safety affect student self - confidence, mindset, and performance.69 Optimal school and classroom settings create safe spaces for social and emotional learning, and in turn, effective SEL programs establish caring learning environments and improve classroom management and teachifor social and emotional learning, and in turn, effective SEL programs establish caring learning environments and improve classroom management and teaching.

When students understand why they are learning something, how it impacts their lives and why it is important for them to know, they're not only more engaged, but they are motivated to dive deeper into the content, often exceeding teachers» expectations for performance.

Requires SBEC to require educator preparation programs to provide candidates with information concerning required skills and responsibilities, expectations for student performance, current teacher supply and demand, the importance of classroom management skills, and the framework for teacher and principal appraisal (same as HB 2012, except HB 2012 adds: «the performance over time of the educator preparation program»).