Sentences with phrase «extended learning instruction»

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Moreover, such smarts arise in long - lived animals: Extended childhoods and parental instruction enable them to learn, and longevity justifies the investment in big brains.

Mayer discussed the implications of this research for policymakers, claiming that there is a place for small games that focus on well - specified learning objectives, become more challenging as students learn, and fit within existing educational programs to supplement, complement, and / or extend traditional instruction rather than replace it.

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 students.

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 instruction.

Other practices include cooperative learning, extended dialogues to develop language and thinking skills, explicit teaching of cognitive strategies, and the use of technology to enhance instruction.

Edmodo recently extended its range of online PD courses for teachers, and to date, over 700 teachers have taken part in fifty courses that leverage live instruction, high - quality videos and peer - based learning through social collaboration.

Reach extension can take several forms, such as redesigning jobs to concentrate 3X teacher time on instruction, putting star teachers in charge of more children's learning, and using technology to extend 3X teacher reach and meet their standard.

For K — 12 education, he proposes programs to «recruit math and science degree graduates» to teaching and «ensure that all children have access to a strong science curriculum at all grade levels,» more funding for «intervention strategies in middle school» for «teaching teams, parent involvement, mentoring, intensive reading and math instruction, and extended learning time» — all to address the «dropout crisis.»

Central to the mission of this low - income, minority school is a commitment to the Expeditionary Learning Schools Outward Bound model of instruction and schoolwide reform that emphasizes project learning that extends across curriculum areas and takes students out of the classroom and into the coLearning Schools Outward Bound model of instruction and schoolwide reform that emphasizes project learning that extends across curriculum areas and takes students out of the classroom and into the colearning that extends across curriculum areas and takes students out of the classroom and into the community.

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 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 larglearning at large scale.

In my research I have identified 34 different examples of charter school innovation, including small size; untenured teachers; contracts with parents; real parent and teacher involvement in school governance; outcome -(rather than input --RRB- based accreditation; service learning fully integrated into the curricula; unusual grade configurations; split sessions and extended school days and years to accommodate working students; and computer - assisted instruction for at - risk and other frequently absent students.

Summer instruction in particular may be as important as any extended time intervention, as it serves to maintain continuous learning, counters the loss of achievement gains caused by long gaps in school, and provides needed nutrition and other auxiliary supports (Borman & Dowling, 2006).

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?

Running a school with no extended learning day, and more than 700 students who ride buses from as far away as East Boston, principal Mary Driscoll understands what it means to have a partner like Steppingstone: It means more students gain access to extra academic instruction on - site.

Early evidence indicates that combining the best of face - to - face instruction with the best of online instruction offers educators new opportunities to differentiate instruction for individual students, to motivate students to take ownership over their own learning, and to extend teacher capacity to reach additional students.

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 instruction.

Hence, an expansion of the portability provisions for private schools would constitute a voucher program and divert investments from our public schools, thereby affecting resources such as those for classroom instruction and curriculum, intervention services and extended day learning opportunities.

This dynamic professional development series focuses on extending the teacher's knowledge of ESL strategies and sheltered instruction to ensure that the English language learner is engaged in learning the academic content.

«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.»

By offering tips on how to capture students» interest, deepen students» understanding of each strategy, use discussion and questioning techniques to extend student thinking, and ask students to synthesize and transfer their learning, The Core Six will ensure that your instruction is inspired rather than tired.

Oberman and Boudett bring this process alive by giving an extended example of how one school followed the eight steps, parsing data to notice a specific problem in student learning, identify a likely cause in teachers» instructional practice, and create and follow an action plan for changing this aspect of their literacy instruction.

Our high - quality TUITION - FREE education provides: * Strong academic instruction in preparation for college * Extended school day and longer school year * A classroom computer for every student * NO COST after school enrichment program until 6:00 pm * NO COST field trips in nature to extend classroom learning * NO COST high school placement assistance

Online learning is a way of delivering education, instruction, or training using Internet - based technologies to learners who are not physically present in one location in an effort to extend the reach of content to a wider audience.

Michael D. Coyne, D. Betsy McCoach, and Sharon Kapp, «Vocabulary Intervention for Kindergarten Students: Comparing Extended Instruction to Embedded Instruction and Incidental Exposure,» Learning Disability Quarterly 30 (2007): 74 — 88.

These combined efforts have enabled us to maintain a highly qualified staff and ensures that students and staff members will have library media programs that focus on the delivery of twenty - first - century learning instruction, information and technology learning competencies, reading achievement, and extend student learning in all curricular content areas.

Small group instruction will include pre-teaching skills, re-teaching skills, scaffolding supports, and extending learning linked to the core reading instruction and based on student needs.

This can take the form of differentiated instruction in the classroom, extended learning time, access to one - on - one or small - group tutoring or new online tools.

Achieve3000 offers the only patented model that delivers truly blended learning, leveraging innovative technology to extend teachers and provide more time on task for students with the «just right» blend of independent student practice and teacher - led instruction available anytime, anywhere, on any device.

Rocketship schools couple an extended day and rich classroom experiences with a «Learning Lab» where every student receives two hours of daily individualized instruction.

Principals noted a compelling need for more adequate preparation and professional development in specific leadership areas, such as 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 students with certain learning challenges and varied learning paces have been very successful in FLVS because of the one - on - one instruction and the extended time in which to complete a course.

The model creates more learning time for students through an extended day and year as well as more efficient and effective educational delivery provided through a four - tiered staffing approach (from resident to master teacher), looping and small - group, discourse - rich blended learning instruction.

With iPads we can now personalize instruction, extend the classroom day, and change the way we teach and learn.

Direct Instruction professional development extends beyond the learning portal and initial implementation.

Assessment of instruction is summative and is especially useful in determining the degree to which a student has mastered an extended body of content or set of KUDs at a concluding point in a sequence of learning.

ScholarCentric's middle and high school materials, technology, and services align well with SIG funding in the following categories: implement research - based assessments and curriculum, provide job - embedded professional development, use data to differentiate instruction, establish early - warning systems, adopt response - to - intervention models, improve the transition from middle to high school, increase graduation rates, and extend learning time.

Highlights of this interactive webinar include how educators can ensure students get daily practice for high - stakes assessments without disrupting core instruction; how to build literacy across the content areas and engage all teachers in reading instruction; and how a blended approach can extend learning beyond the school day for even greater time on task.

Art practitioners from diverse backgrounds contribute and challenge the academic and artistic discourse within the current PNCA curriculum, extending the possibilities for innovative instruction and learning.