Sentences with phrase «focus on instruction by»

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Our technique is unique, but it's also intentional — teachers give you step - by - step instructions and guidance to focus on the muscle you are working.

But, they can be helped to greater adequacy in living by varied counseling approaches involving the selective use of guidance, authority, instruction, along with a focus on improving interpersonal relationships (rather than effecting major intrapsychic changes) and seeing one's situation from a more constructive perspective.

By the time I had graduated, the field had become «one that maintains its interest in literary texts but explores all forms of aesthetic speech and that views performance as an art and recognizes its communicative potential and function» There were three challenges to those of us graduating with doctoral degrees in this discipline: 1) to locate which performances within art and / or culture we would focus our attention on as scholars and performers; 2) to interpret the core concepts generating from the cultural turn in our discipline to other studies of culture and human communication and 3) to develop «performance - centered» methods of research and instruction in whatever parts of the university we found ourselves.

The district pursues excellence in education for every child at every level by focusing on quality instruction, managing systems efficiently, and sustaining a culture of excellence.

Also discussed was the administration's School Renewal Program, a $ 150 million initiative focused on 94 struggling schools by providing extra resources, extended instruction hours, and additional after - school, weekend and summer programs.

Other benefits highlighted by these stakeholders included: Literacy and numeracy assessments can be used to celebrate learning, identify strengths, needs, barriers to learning and allow teachers to make informed and objective judgements about learning; Focusing teachers» and schools» attention on the need for phonics to be taught explicitly and systematically to achieve the necessary level of word reading skills that are required to develop skilled reading; Early identification of children with learning difficulties or [those who] need additional instruction.

Tools for Teaching: Instruction Meets Discipline While school discipline codes focus on large infractions, discipline management within the classroom is dominated by continuous small disruptions.

MC2 (Metropolitan Cleveland Consortium) STEM High School is a year - round public school in Cleveland, Ohio, where instruction is through interdisciplinary project - based learning, and the focus is on providing students with an integrated curriculum that is informed by real - world experiences.

Its explicit goal is increasing college enrollment by combining an emphasis on factors proven to bolster academic success (high expectations, parental involvement, time spent on instruction) with a novel focus on developing seven character strengths — zest, grit, self - control, optimism, curiosity, gratitude, and social intelligence.

Here's another tip: use the pre-test data to further target your instruction so you are focusing on the necessary skills and knowledge not yet mastered by the students, rather than «covering the entire lesson» simply because it's on the pacing schedule or within the textbook.

It never occurred to them that there was supposed to be a war between disciples of the phonics approach to reading instruction and supporters of whole language, who promoted learning to read by focusing on good literature and comprehension but neglected phonetics.

The algorithm employed by the software considers each child's entering skill level and progress made during the school year to recommend several dimensions of instruction, including assignment to small, homogenous ability groups, the amount of time spent on code - versus meaning - focused literacy, and teacher / child versus child - managed delivery.

But schools that are continually adapting to new policies made monthly by school boards or superintendents lose their focus on instruction and become dominated by the imperative to comply.

It was, in Ontario, the product of attention to research, and committed collaboration by educators focused on improved instruction and precision in meeting student needs.»

In this situation, the coordinator functioned more as facilitator, understanding that success meant focusing on the people by first identifying students and their specific needs, then giving teachers the helm in developing strategic, quality instruction.

By focusing our innovation energy on instruction first and technology second, investments in edtech are more likely to pay off in the long run.

19 - 21 — Curriculum and instruction: Summer series, focusing on school change, sponsored by the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, for all educators, to be held in San Francisco, Calif..

Outcomes Based Education (OBE), as promoted by Spady (1994), is focused on specifying what students should be able to do at the end of a given period of instruction — for example, an educational course or a traditional year - level curriculum.

Savvy administrators can meet the needs of teachers and, at the same time, set the tone for a wonderful school year by visiting classrooms those first days and weeks routinely and regularly, making sure teachers can focus on providing excellent instruction instead of having to hunt down, for example, five additional chairs or a working projector.

1 — Instruction: Seminar: Teaming: Focus on Instruction, sponsored by the New England League of Middle Schools, for middle school educators, at the NELMS center in Topsfield, Mass..

The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 required schools to focus on struggling students and raise proficiency by focusing on test scores, which prompted many schools to separate out children who were behind so they could provide targeted instruction.

They all made success possible by setting the vision that all students would be successful; established a climate and culture of success; focused their time on instruction; managed the building to support instruction; and monitored and evaluated continually.

The bill, which combines many of the STEM bills that have been introduced this session, focuses primarily on improving student academic achievement in the STEM fields by improving instruction and student access to courses on these subjects.

In many cases, curriculum and instruction have been stifled by strict pacing guides and a focus on discrete learning.

Blended Learning, which focuses on one - to - one personalized instruction powered by digital tools like DreamBox, makes learning math a truly successful and inspiring experience — for students and educators.

One strategy might be to beef up standards - based writing instruction, particularly by integrating reading and writing and by focusing more on non-narrative text.

During his six year tenure, the district raised student achievement by elevating academic standards, aligning the curriculum and focusing on principal leadership and teachers» quality of instruction.

In this approach, instruction occurs through student - centered investigations focused on a specific topic driven by a set of objectives, culminating in a broadly - defined product or technique.

Cognitively Guided Instruction (CGI) is a professional development program based on an integrated program of research focused on (a) the development of students» mathematical thinking; (b) instruction that influences that development; (c) teachers» knowledge and beliefs that influence their instructional practices; and (d) the way that teachers» knowledge, beliefs, and practices are influenced by their understanding of students» mathematicaInstruction (CGI) is a professional development program based on an integrated program of research focused on (a) the development of students» mathematical thinking; (b) instruction that influences that development; (c) teachers» knowledge and beliefs that influence their instructional practices; and (d) the way that teachers» knowledge, beliefs, and practices are influenced by their understanding of students» mathematicainstruction that influences that development; (c) teachers» knowledge and beliefs that influence their instructional practices; and (d) the way that teachers» knowledge, beliefs, and practices are influenced by their understanding of students» mathematical thinking.

She helped me really dig in and figure out how to help the school move from mediocre to excellent — especially by focusing on culture, consistency, data, instruction, and accountability.

Here are three plans to complement important skills instruction by focusing on patiently investing in building knowledge and vocabulary across the curriculum and grade levels.

This finding is quite remarkable: It suggests that district policies and practices focused on instruction are sufficiently powerful that they can be felt by teachers as an animating force behind strong, focused leadership by principals.

The Marzano Causal Teacher Evaluation Model has been chosen by Washington's Superintendent of Public Instruction and Washington's Teacher / Principal Evaluation Pilot as one of three preferred evaluation models, not least because the focus of the model is squarely on teacher development and increased student achievement.

In the elementary schools, instruction was predominantly teacher - led, focused on discrete skill instruction, and driven by management concerns.

These resources were created by teachers, for teachers and so are focused on areas of teaching that are critical for meeting the needs of all students, namely: differentiation, reflection, and the cycle teachers engage in as they focus all instruction on the needs of their students in their own contexts.

The first, and by far the larger, part is made up of studies of reading instruction that focus on the broad array of reading interventions that have been tried in classrooms.

This simple 1 - page planning template can be used by teachers to determine which academic vocabulary words to focus on for direct instruction.

In a study by Coggins et al. (2003) coaches (i.e., teacher leaders) reported that they were most effective supporting their schools» reform efforts when facilitating teams of teachers in meetings that were focused on instruction (such as analysis of student achievement data and discussions of research).

Goal: To improve mathematics instruction by providing district - level trainers with professional development resources focused on facilitating students» mathematical understanding through problem solving, communication and reasoning.

First, we are working to more strongly connect our turnaround practices to our statewide strategy for improving curriculum and instruction, in particular by focusing on early grades literacy and middle grades mathematics.

I'd love a world where our mathmatics instruction focused more holistically on mathematically modeling and less on the kinds of computational tasks that make up much of standardized testing, but have been rendered obsolete in the real world by computers.

Subsequent webinars will focus on connecting concepts such as text complexity, leadership, the Understanding by Design ® framework, and differentiated instruction to the successful implementation of the Common Core State Standards.

Focus on content: The program built on teachers» pre-existing mathematics and early childhood education expertise by focusing primarily on infusing arts - integrated strategies into mathematics instruction.

Effective principals work relentlessly to improve achievement by focusing on the quality of instruction.

The Common Core State Standards are designed to transform current instruction by focusing teacher attention on fewer, higher, and deeper standards (NGA / CCSSO, 2010).

Our teachers serve as facilitators of deep personal learning, by focusing on students» interests and by differentiating instruction to meet students» academic needs.

By allowing states to focus on the worst five percent of schools (along with another 10 percent or more of schools with wide achievement gaps), the administration is also letting districts not under watch off the hook for serving up mediocre instruction and curricula.

Such «a healthy school environment,» as Vanderbilt researchers call it, is characterized by basics like safety and orderliness, as well as less tangible qualities such as a «supportive, responsive» attitude toward the children and a sense by teachers that they are part of a community of professionals focused on good instruction.9

An important component is grouping students for daily focused instruction on skills needed by all group members.

As Dropout Nation has pointed out ad nauseam since the administration unveiled the No Child waiver gambit two years ago, the plan to let states to focus on just the worst five percent of schools (along with another 10 percent or more of schools with wide achievement gaps) effectively allowed districts not under watch (including suburban districts whose failures in serving poor and minority kids was exposed by No Child) off the hook for serving up mediocre instruction and curricula.