Sentences with phrase «focus on student results»

One important thing instructional leaders can do to support the connection between teacher learning and student results in professional development is to expect outcomes that focus on student results.

Principal McClain attributes this to a consistent, constant, schoolwide focus on student results.

I also think performance reviews of teachers in some schools, that focus on student results (with a factual basis) and «window dressing» in observed lessons are forcing teachers to compete against each other.

Joellen Killion, the former NSDC director of special projects, added that a solid repertoire of professional learning is focused on student results — standards - based, school - based, and content - specific — and includes training, study groups, action research, and observation.

Packed with strategies, tips, and activities, this book shows how to build committed teams of teachers who are focused on student results.

Not exact matches

As a result of running an experimental course at the University of Chicago for two years, for those preparing for campus ministries, in which we focused on personal service and pastoral care to students, I am convinced that more insight and skill in this area could be of great benefit to campus ministers, most of whom currently perform these functions without special training.

As a result no subsequent programme should focus solely on the biological aspect of «sex education» but should also include strategies to help students establish, build and sustain holistic and healthy friendships and relationships.

While unsuccessful in defeating Cousins, this result represented one of the largest swings in the country, possibly attributed to Liberal Democrat candidate Greg Stone's student - oriented campaign which focused on issues such as the 2003 invasion of Iraq and Top - up fees.

While these efforts focus on underrepresented groups, it is expected that the resulting types of interventions will improve research and education opportunities for all students in computing.

At the presentations of their research results, the two students showed their findings respectively focused on (i) Accretion and rotational movement of gas around a protostar and the formation of a circumstellar disc and (ii) Identification of bipolar jets (mass ejection) from multiple protostars and classification according to the evolutionary phases.

But these results at least indicate that accountability systems can help to focus attention on poor and minority students whose needs have been ignored or neglected.

For learning tasks, we focused on having students look closely at a technology to decipher its positive, negative, and unexpected results, and creating their own sustainable piece of technology.

The end result should be a school and classrooms that embody mutual respect, respectful behavior that is taught and supported, and a focus on learning and student success.»

As Beale explains, her students focused on the process of the experiment rather than the experiment and its results.

It's exactly what one would want from a publication named Quality Counts: a nice, clear focus on academic results, namely student achievement, measured on the best yardstick available.

When we look at the results of a test, rather than focusing on the final grade with our students, we should ask:

«Reassessing the Achievement Gap: Fully Measuring What Students Should Be Taught in School» argues that NAEP results offer a «distorted» picture of student achievement because of their exclusive focus on academic skills and take attention away from nontested areas that often fall under the purview of schools.

Sixty - five percent of students in Montana now go to a school with a Graduation Matters initiative, and we are already seeing the results of this statewide focus on graduation — our dropout rates are down.

As a result of their mindset shifting, teachers like Mrs. Cox are able to focus on their true passion, which is helping students learn by planning the «how» instead of the what, when, or why.

He brought a business - like culture to the school which survives today, customer ‑ focused with a clear eye on the bottom line: it is the most professional, results - driven and student - centred school I have known.

This post will focus on how I adjusted this unit making each student a greater master in her / his academic content and how communication will play a huge role in the end result.

Two HGSE doctoral students, Laura Kelley and Leslie Boozer, who were the driving forces behind the book, encouraged Peterkin to focus on the good work being done by urban superintendents across the country as a result of the program.

It focuses teachers on the results of their actions and dialogue with students.

As a result, students are challenged and focus on achieving.

Online and blended learning have the potential to dramatically transform our education system by being able to individualize for each student's distinct learning needs (just look at the results from Carpe Diem, KIPP Empower, or Rocketship Education), but whether it does so will have a lot to do with policy — whether we change the incentives and focus not on merely serving students and micro-managing the inputs, but instead focusing on the student outcomes and leaving behind an antiquated factory - model system for a student - centric one.

My work as an administrator was much more focused on student learning results.

In tackling this task, Feinberg says, they «backed into» the five essential tenets of the KIPP model: High Expectations (for academic achievement and conduct); Choice and Commitment (KIPP students, parents, and teachers all sign a learning pledge, promising to devote the time and effort needed to succeed); More Time (extended school day, week, and year); Power to Lead (school leaders have significant autonomy, including control over their budget, personnel, and culture); and Focus on Results (scores on standardized tests and other objective measures are coupled with a focus on character developmFocus on Results (scores on standardized tests and other objective measures are coupled with a focus on character developmfocus on character development).

To obtain the best possible results for students, school leaders must have the mandate, the support, and the discipline to maintain a relentless focus on what matters most.

As a result each member of staff and their line manager will have an in - depth, contextualised understanding of their professional development needs, which can then be fed upwards to identify trends and ensure a balance between whole school and individual development needs — all the while maintaining a focus on the specific and varied needs of students across the school.

If the student types in «global warming,» then it asks if you would also like results that only focus on «causes of global warming,» «effects of global warming,» and so on.

It's heartening that reporting of the 2014 NAPLAN results focused more on schools with strong student gains than simply on schools with top marks.

Other schools, often with students from higher socioeconomic backgrounds, have more of a focus on the «academic» side, being more concerned with results at the expense of the individual.

YoungMinds stated that the survey results suggest that the current education system is «fundamentally unbalanced», with an «over-emphasis on exams and too little focus on student mental health».

The first screen would focus on student outcomes — test scores, growth metrics, and other gauges that demonstrate that the school is in fact getting excellent results.

A UK survey concluded that we're «too focused on exam results and don't prepare students for the workplace.»

While the small number of students entering charter schools in midstream grades, like grades 6 through 12, precludes our estimating effects for them, the resulting focus is on the whole desirable.

The assessment, which focused on the competencies of 15 - year - old students in close to 70 countries, made major headlines across Australia, with the results showing:

They have a strong bipartisan partnership in which they have put politics aside to focus on results for students.

Every aspect of the work has to be focused on ensuring that whole systems are able to deliver high - quality education that results in students knowing more, being able to think more clearly, and being able to do more.

We have to maintain our results - oriented, relentless focus on student achievement.

«This new research focuses yet again on a small percentage of students, is less comprehensive and has produced results which are a sideshow and miss the real point.»

«As a school we have always focused on the achievement of every student, and today's results bear out that commitment.

But I believe that a critical factor that boosted the results was the focus — the sharp, laser - beam, unwavering focus — on a few slices of content, on strategic instructional planning, and on assessing students as they learned that content and specific skills.

As a result of all these factors, Vietnam has begun to recognise that rote learning is not enough and is instead focused on developing a student - centred curriculum to foster critical thinking.

Dynamic schools result from consistent and redundant focus on the fundamental core elements affecting teachers and students.

As a result of this daily focus on reading nonfiction and writing in response to argumentative, informative and narrative prompts, we have witnessed greater gains in our students» writing, analytical thinking skills and confidence than we have ever experienced before in over two decades of combined teaching.

Provide principals and teachers with professional development opportunities focused on how to optimize each student's learning based on the results of instructionally supportive assessments.

These «Jubilee Schools» received generous support from private benefactors and are now generating remarkable gains in student achievement, thanks to a combination of old - fashioned high expectations and a modern focus on measurable results.

As the KIPP network has grown, it has focused on building strong leadership and maintaining positive academic results for its students.

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