Sentences with phrase «extend learning opportunities in»

Not exact matches

«Technology now gives us the means to extend the reach of high quality education around the world and to provide millions of people with access to learning and opportunities for advancement,» Levin, who also serves on President Obama's Council of Advisors for Science and Technology, said in a statement.

«With more than 900 million listings on eBay, there is an enormous opportunity to extend our experience in machine learning and predictive analytics to help eBay identify important product attributes that can affect the price of a product,» said Yaron Zakai - Or.

The matter in which there might be spiritual progress in time on a time span extending over many generations of life on earth is... the opportunity open to souls by way of the learning that comes through suffering, for getting into closer communication with God during their brief passage through this world.

The Harker Summer Swim School provides both children and adults the opportunity to learn, refine and extend their swimming ability in a noncompetitive environment full of positive reinforcement and encouragement.

It's an opportunity to earn the required CEUs to extend your CYSA for another 2 - year cycle — but more importantly it's an opportunity to network, share and learn from others from across the country who have similar roles in their communities.

In a set of case studies published in 2005, Massachusetts 2020, an independent organization dedicated to improving learning opportunities, found that extended schooling allowed for broader and deeper coverage of the curriculum, more opportunities for experiential learning, greater individualization of instruction, and stronger relationships between adults and studentIn a set of case studies published in 2005, Massachusetts 2020, an independent organization dedicated to improving learning opportunities, found that extended schooling allowed for broader and deeper coverage of the curriculum, more opportunities for experiential learning, greater individualization of instruction, and stronger relationships between adults and studentin 2005, Massachusetts 2020, an independent organization dedicated to improving learning opportunities, found that extended schooling allowed for broader and deeper coverage of the curriculum, more opportunities for experiential learning, greater individualization of instruction, and stronger relationships between adults and students.

Pupils and staff need to be able to access school systems from home and elsewhere from a range of devices, in order to extend learning opportunities and support administrative functions.

It also has the potential to develop personalised learning systems, where children have the opportunity to extend their knowledge, skills and understanding in a variety of ways, depending on the task and the type of technology used to complete it.

The purchase of a Pop - Up classroom will give students the opportunity to immerse themselves in different scenarios and extend their learning experience at Thornaby Academy.»

But in extended learning experiences, research shows that active learning is important: people learn more deeply and retain knowledge longer when they have opportunities to engage actively with the information and experiences at hand, even if these opportunities are punctuated with moments of passive receptivity.

In Public Impact's latest Opportunity Culture case study, Touchstone Education: New Charter With Experienced Leader Learns From Extending Teachers» Reach, we look at how this teacher, Tiffany McAfee, led the school's teachers in their focus on literacy, and how the school combined her leadership with online instructioIn Public Impact's latest Opportunity Culture case study, Touchstone Education: New Charter With Experienced Leader Learns From Extending Teachers» Reach, we look at how this teacher, Tiffany McAfee, led the school's teachers in their focus on literacy, and how the school combined her leadership with online instructioin their focus on literacy, and how the school combined her leadership with online instruction.

Other posts in this series focus on other ways to expand learning opportunities ~ including providing new opportunities over the summer (as in Ogden ~ Utah) and on the weekend (as in Hartford ~ Connecticut) ~ and by extending the school year (as in Des Moines ~ Iowa).

An Opportunity Culture using new school models that extend excellent teachers» reach makes achieving this new vision possible, particularly when tailored to allow all teachers to succeed in teams — increasing the odds of widespread improvement in teaching and learning.

So the message is: the IAAS network can help schools and academies to learn from each other, to share what works best in teaching and learning and, crucially, to embed change and practice to make a real difference to our children and young people — supporting great teaching, extending opportunities, enriching learning and creating the time to learn.

But as those in the education community know ~ it is not necessarily the idea of extending learning time that is appealing it is the idea of expanding learning opportunities.

We know that learning in organizations extends beyond the offer of formal learning and, specifically, onto the playing field of informal learning and work, where new opportunities for L&D arise.

Extended learning time allows students to work together in groups to improve their skills and gives them the opportunity to explore extracurricular areas of interest.

Programs range from Stanford Online High School to specialized dropout prevention high schools run in partnership with community - based nonprofits toRocketship, which plows savings from technology into extended learning opportunities and higher teacher salaries, to the North Carolina Virtual Public School, a signature program of Democratic Governor Bev Purdue (launched when she was the state's Lt. Governor).

Preparing for adulthood • Planning for young people's futures • A broad range of education and learning opportunities: Wolf Review • Employment opportunities and support: the role of disability employment advisers • A coordinated transition to adult health services: joint working across all services • Support for independent living Services working together for families • Local authorities and local health services will play a pivotal role in delivering change for children, young people and families • Reducing bureaucratic burdens on professionals • Empowering local professionals to develop collaborative, innovative and high quality services • Supporting the development of high quality speech and language therapy workforce and educational psychology profession • Encouraging greater collaboration between local areas • Extending local freedom and flexibility over the use of funding • Enabling the voluntary and community sector to take on a greater role in delivering services • Exploring a national banded funding framework • Bringing about greater alignment of pre 16 and post 16 funding arrangements

In a new Public Impact policy brief, A Better Blend: A Vision for Boosting Student Outcomes with Digital Learning, which we co-authored with Joe Ableidinger and Jiye Grace Han, we explain how schools can use blended learning to drive improvements in the quality of digital instruction, transform teaching into a highly paid, opportunity - rich career that extends the reach of excellent teachers to all students and teaching peers, and improve student learning at large scalIn a new Public Impact policy brief, A Better Blend: A Vision for Boosting Student Outcomes with Digital Learning, which we co-authored with Joe Ableidinger and Jiye Grace Han, we explain how schools can use blended learning to drive improvements in the quality of digital instruction, transform teaching into a highly paid, opportunity - rich career that extends the reach of excellent teachers to all students and teaching peers, and improve student learning at largLearning, which we co-authored with Joe Ableidinger and Jiye Grace Han, we explain how schools can use blended learning to drive improvements in the quality of digital instruction, transform teaching into a highly paid, opportunity - rich career that extends the reach of excellent teachers to all students and teaching peers, and improve student learning at larglearning to drive improvements in the quality of digital instruction, transform teaching into a highly paid, opportunity - rich career that extends the reach of excellent teachers to all students and teaching peers, and improve student learning at large scalin the quality of digital instruction, transform teaching into a highly paid, opportunity - rich career that extends the reach of excellent teachers to all students and teaching peers, and improve student learning at larglearning at large scale.

* The gifted - ed world is so far making feeble use of online opportunities to enrich and extend student learning, either in school or out.

Other major efforts include extending unprecedented opportunities for learning by bringing computers with Internet access to every eligible library in the U.S. and Canada, and providing scholarships to academically talented minority students in the U.S. with severe financial need through the Gates Millennium Scholars Program.

Section 28 does provide for designing and developing new assistive devices, teaching aids, special teaching materials or other such items necessary to give a child with disability «equal opportunities in education», but it could be better worded to extend beyond just equal opportunities in curriculum and academics, to a totally interactive learning process, thereby implying the integration of all students, disabled and non-disabled.

Because learning happens 24/7 year around, families and communities play an important role in extending the school day, reinforcing what's learned in the classroom and opening up additional opportunities, through formal and informal activities.

That is because the learning in that area often requires challenge of assumptions, deep inquiry into leaders» thinking and the opportunity for extended dialogue between the learner and someone who is more expert.

Design a school that pays more and reaches all with excellence — October 10, 2013 Public Impact Co-Directors Refresh Vision: Opportunity Culture for ALL — September 25, 2013 Report shows promising alternative to closing failing charter schools — August 14, 2013 Rocketship Education: Bringing tech closer to teachers — July 24, 2013 Case study: New charter pays more, extends teachers» reach, gets strong results — July 9, 2013 Case study: How Charlotte zone planned Opportunity Culture schools — June 27, 2013 Case study: How one Leading Educators fellow extends her reach — June 17, 2013 Opportunity Culture district creates paid role for student teachers — May 22, 2013 Reports: City - based organizations» roles in quality digital learning — May 15, 2013 Nation's fifth - largest district explores extending reach of excellent teachers — May 9, 2013 A Better Blend: Combine digital instruction and great teaching to dramatically improve learning — April 30, 2013 Indiana Encourages Dramatically Different Models in New Charter Schools — April 18, 2013 Charlotte Flooded with Teacher Applicants Seeking Roles to Extend Their Reach — April 11, 2013 New charter school study shows the steps to great schools — March 14, 2013 Nashville Joins Sites Extending Excellent Teachers» Reach — March 7, 2013 Opportunity Culture Network to Link Charter School Organizations — February 6, 2013 Share Opportunity Culture with Your Teachers: New Slide Deck and Two - Pager — Dec 13, 2012 Career Paths That Respect Teachers» Time and Talent — Nov 15, 2012 You Know Who Your Great Teachers Are — extending reach of excellent teachers — May 9, 2013 A Better Blend: Combine digital instruction and great teaching to dramatically improve learning — April 30, 2013 Indiana Encourages Dramatically Different Models in New Charter Schools — April 18, 2013 Charlotte Flooded with Teacher Applicants Seeking Roles to Extend Their Reach — April 11, 2013 New charter school study shows the steps to great schools — March 14, 2013 Nashville Joins Sites Extending Excellent Teachers» Reach — March 7, 2013 Opportunity Culture Network to Link Charter School Organizations — February 6, 2013 Share Opportunity Culture with Your Teachers: New Slide Deck and Two - Pager — Dec 13, 2012 Career Paths That Respect Teachers» Time and Talent — Nov 15, 2012 You Know Who Your Great Teachers Are — Extending Excellent Teachers» Reach — March 7, 2013 Opportunity Culture Network to Link Charter School Organizations — February 6, 2013 Share Opportunity Culture with Your Teachers: New Slide Deck and Two - Pager — Dec 13, 2012 Career Paths That Respect Teachers» Time and Talent — Nov 15, 2012 You Know Who Your Great Teachers Are — Now What?

However, in cases of extended leave in which the teacher returns late in the school year and does not have nine weeks, the teacher should set SGOs for as much time as is available, provided that the teacher has an opportunity to have a significant impact on students» learning during that abbreviated period of time.

Academic Gains, Double the # of Schools: Opportunity Culture 2017 — 18 — March 8, 2018 Opportunity Culture Spring 2018 Newsletter: Tools & Info You Need Now — March 1, 2018 Brookings - AIR Study Finds Large Academic Gains in Opportunity Culture — January 11, 2018 Days in the Life: The Work of a Successful Multi-Classroom Leader — November 30, 2017 Opportunity Culture Newsletter: Tools & Info You Need Now — November 16, 2017 Opportunity Culture Tools for Back to School — Instructional Leadership & Excellence — August 31, 2017 Opportunity Culture + Summit Learning: North Little Rock Pilots Arkansas Plan — July 11, 2017 Advanced Teaching Roles: Guideposts for Excellence at Scale — June 13, 2017 How to Lead & Achieve Instructional Excellence — June 6, 201 Vance County Becomes 18th Site in National Opportunity Culture Initiative — February 2, 2017 How 2 Pioneering Blended - Learning Teachers Extended Their Reach — January 24, 2017 Betting on a Brighter Charter School Future for Nevada Students — January 18, 2017 Edgecombe County, NC, Joining Opportunity Culture Initiative to Focus on Great Teaching — January 11, 2017 Start 2017 with Free Tools to Lead Teaching Teams, Turnaround Schools — January 5, 2017 Higher Growth, Teacher Pay and Support: Opportunity Culture Results 2016 — 17 — December 20, 2016 Phoenix - area Districts to Use Opportunity Culture to Extend Great Teachers» Reach — October 5, 2016 Doubled Odds of Higher Growth: N.C. Opportunity Culture Schools Beat State Rates — September 14, 2016 Fresh Ideas for ESSA Excellence: Four Opportunities for State Leaders — July 29, 2016 High - need, San Antonio - area District Joins Opportunity Culture — July 19, 2016 Universal, Paid Residencies for Teacher & Principal Hopefuls — Within School Budgets — June 21, 2016 How to Lead Empowered Teacher - Leaders: Tools for Principals — June 9, 2016 What 4 Pioneering Teacher - Leaders Did to Lead Teaching Teams — June 2, 2016 Speaking Up: a Year's Worth of Opportunity Culture Voices — May 26, 2016 Increase the Success of School Restarts with New Guide — May 17, 2016 Georgia Schools Join Movement to Extend Great Teachers» Reach — May 13, 2016 Measuring Turnaround Success: New Report Explores Options — May 5, 2016 Every School Can Have a Great Principal: A Fresh Vision For How — April 21, 2016 Learning from Tennessee: Growing High - Quality Charter Schools — April 15, 2016 School Turnarounds: How Successful Principals Use Teacher Leadership — March 17, 2016 Where Is Teaching Really Different?

Over the past decade, mobile learning is growing in scope and capability that offer new opportunities for learning that extends beyond the traditional e-learning or instructor - led classroom.

Extending learning beyond the classroom walls requires learners to develop digital literacy as they engage in regular opportunities to evaluate the accuracy, perspective, credibility, and relevance of media, data or other resources.

The social studies teacher in today's classroom can use technology to extend learning opportunities for K - 12 students.

Extend learning opportunities by adding additional sets, curriculum packs, software or training options to maximize your in - class teaching resources.

In Public Impact's latest Opportunity Culture case study, Touchstone Education: New Charter With Experienced Leader Learns From Extending Teachers» Reach, we look at how this teacher, Tiffany McAfee (at right), led the school's teachers in their focus on literacy, and how the school combined her leadership with online instructioIn Public Impact's latest Opportunity Culture case study, Touchstone Education: New Charter With Experienced Leader Learns From Extending Teachers» Reach, we look at how this teacher, Tiffany McAfee (at right), led the school's teachers in their focus on literacy, and how the school combined her leadership with online instructioin their focus on literacy, and how the school combined her leadership with online instruction.

Students in the program have unique opportunities to extend their learning beyond the School of Education, e.g. by taking advantage of the Study Abroad programs offered through Boston University or seeking dual degrees with the College of Art and Sciences.

Additionally, the department provides extended and accelerated opportunities in arts - making and arts learning, and to enhance the bridge from elementary school to college and careers.

Many schools provide extended learning opportunities after school and in the summer to eliminate information loss and heighten students» interest in learning.

While no child wants to extend their classroom day, these programs can play a crucial role in closing the learning gap and opening up lifelong opportunities for children from underserved and underrepresented communities.

Extended day and summer learning and enrichment opportunities: Research demonstrates the significant impact more in - school time has on learning outcomes for students of all ages.

The benefits of including assistive technology in preservice teacher preparation extend beyond students» academic performance to encompass lifelong learning and employment opportunities through the development of meaningful, efficacious transition plans.

The Hassels» op - ed, «N.C. must be bold on increasing teacher pay,» calls for «audacious, achievable goals»: Noting the Opportunity Culture work being done in Charlotte - Mecklenburg Schools to improve teachers» jobs and pay them more, the Hassels call on North Carolina's leaders to transform the state by extending that work and focusing on needed priority and policy changes that would create a surge in student learning, grow the state's economy, and increase teachers» career earnings.

The AASA campaign and other like initiatives have launched this year in response to proposals to extend school choice, perceptions of declining support for public schools, and the collective drive to ensure equity in deeper learning opportunities for each child.

«How to manage the change process in the schools, evaluate teachers» use of the new standards during instruction, align the school's instructional focus, make key decisions on the best types of professional development to support teachers, and develop extended learning opportunities to sufficiently address CCSS implementation.»

Some have argued, and rightly so, that the persistent opportunity gap between low - income students and their wealthier peers should be addressed by extending learning opportunities to all students in high - poverty schools to ensure that they have access to a well - rounded education.

In two previous posts, I described the concepts underpinning Ontario School District's ambitious effort to extend language learning opportunities throughout the school day and the instructional framework they developed in collaboration with Education NorthwesIn two previous posts, I described the concepts underpinning Ontario School District's ambitious effort to extend language learning opportunities throughout the school day and the instructional framework they developed in collaboration with Education Northwesin collaboration with Education Northwest.

«Tic - Tac - Toe choice boards give students the opportunity to participate in multiple tasks that allow them to practice skills they've learned in class or to demonstrate and extend their understanding of concepts.

As schools increasingly put content online to create blended learning opportunities or as students go entirely online for school, technology is a key factor in extending learning time.

Knowledge of students» career interests may give teachers the opportunity to extend knowledge, skills, and dispositions in ways that can demonstrate the value of what students may be learning in class, especially in terms of how it might apply to future careers.

This includes an audit of the courses, programs of study, postsecondary alignment and extended learning opportunities (or work - based learning) currently available in the state's six career fields (agriculture, health sciences, communication and information systems, business, education, and skilled and technical sciences).

Instructional leaders and coaches need to create opportunities for teachers to engage in reflection that identifies their ongoing learning about students and critical thinking that applies their learning to extend student success (continuous improvement).

We are a state affiliate of the National AfterSchool Association (NAA), the membership association for professionals who work with children and youth in diverse school and community - based settings to provide a wide variety of extended learning opportunities and care during out - of - school hours.