Sentences with phrase «focused curriculum»

Both magnet and magnet cluster schools focus their curriculum on one particular area.

Another benefit of a charter school is the ability to have a more focused curriculum.

Our college - prep program and moral focus curriculum help your child reach their full potential, prepared to tackle 21st century problems.

This year's sports - focused curriculum teaches children about the science behind movement, mechanics and nutrition.

We encourage and develop empathy with a world history focused curriculum, service projects, and a progressive school culture.

The school schedule has longer blocks of time to support project - based learning and has more limited but focused curriculum compared to other larger high schools.

Furthermore, he cited a need for more experiential education and solution focused curriculum.

By understanding each grade's units of study, we're able to focus our curriculum on grade - level topics.

Our allied healthcare - focused curriculum helps students prepare for their futures.

Like San Diego's High Tech High, each of these schools has fewer than 500 kids and a more narrowly focused curriculum of four classes instead of the usual seven per day.

While some of the news in these findings supports earlier research (small group instruction, overall commitment to reading, time for reading independently, and the importance of higher level questions), we hope it is welcome news, especially at a time when the policy pressures to focus our curriculum in particular ways are stronger than ever.

«The Government has consistently sought to portray GCSEs as «broken» and «dumbed down» qualifications in order to push through its vision of an elitist, narrowly focused curriculum and qualifications system which risks failing to meet the needs of the majority of young people.

The rubric will also be useful, the researchers concluded, in focusing curriculum developers» and teachers» attention on the importance of engaging students with natural phenomena (or in solving problems) and making sense of them in terms of NGSS core ideas, crosscutting concepts, and science practices.

Continue reading «New Whole Child Focused Curriculum Extends Project - Based Learning Into Kindergarten Classrooms» →

Using a data analysis performed during the initial assessment phase of the project, teachers began to focus the curriculum by writing clear goals, objectives, and activities that targeted specific learning outcomes.

«New Whole Child Focused Curriculum Extends Project - Based Learning Into Kindergarten Classrooms»

«The emphasis on ensuring that there is high - quality vocational provision would mark an end to the restrictions of the Coalition's narrow, elitist, academically focused curriculum that is stifling the talents and skills of so many of our young people.

We're not saying, «Don't do sex ed,» we're saying, «Do sex ed, but also do it for parents who have other views that want a more abstinence focused curriculum,» Mr. Benjamin said.

Earhart also focused her curriculum unit on neuroethics education.

It takes a dogged commitment of building resources, both budget and time, and a staff willing to invest several years into focused curriculum and professional development.

She was previously the Director of Curriculum and Staff Development at the International School of Bangkok for 11 years and has worked as an educational consultant training teachers and administrators in the US and internationally in school improvement, learning focused curriculum, and teacher leadership.

As suggested in my previous post, the first step in translating the Common Core Standards into engaging and outcome - focused curriculum involves a careful reading of the documents in order to ensure clarity about the end results and an understanding of how the pieces fit together.

The Charlotte Mecklenburg Pre-Kindergarten Program is designed to provide a child - centered, literacy focused curriculum to prepare children for success in Kindergarten and beyond.

Some rural charter schools target well - defined niche markets; for example, the Nah Tah Wahsh Public School Academy in the Upper Peninsula focuses its curriculum on Native American students.

Learning A-Z integrates MAP assessment results with Reading A-Z's literacy - focused curriculum resources, creating differentiated instructional recommendations for teachers to use with each student or groups of students.

In addition to a new focused curriculum, the summer activities also produced an unanticipated bonus: a cohesive team of educators who established self - imposed accountability as a natural trade - off for their newfound responsibility.

«The school leaders have thoughtfully worked with parents and the community when creating the technology - focused curriculum offered at the Richmond schools.

«Coupled with our rigorous college prep and public policy focused curriculum we are confident we will continue to see growth and progress toward our targets.»

After exploring methods of observation and identifying how learning moments can be documented through photos, videos, and reflective practice, my focal student Grace focused her curriculum investigation project on «exploring worms» and used this assignment as an opportunity to create a documentation book for the children and families in our classroom.

YLA's STEM - focused curriculum encourages students to explore areas of interest and develop affinities for possible career paths, thus strengthening their personal commitment to the education process and preparing them for solid career choices at the high school and vocational school level.

This is because, for the most part, law schools completely ignore the business aspects of running a law firm, instead focusing their curriculums on theoretical and substantive law.

Partnering your high school with Drivers Ed Direct provides students with access to our safe driving teaching philosophies and environmentally focused curriculum.

Brick Scholars» STEAM focused curriculum provides engaging, creative and fun educational programs and professional development using LEGO ® Education products.

Introducing TST - FC: A Trauma - Focused Curriculum for Caregivers The Annie E. Casey Foundation (2017) Describes a free, online training designed to enhance foster parents» or kinship caregivers» understanding of how trauma affects children's behavior and family dynamics.

I am confident that my ability to utilize my current experience and educational experience to educate elementary school students, and to provide compelling and knowledge - focused curriculum development and daily lesson plans will produce best results for your elementary school program.

These alumni are encouraged to bring their spouses, children, parents, grandparents and anyone else they consider family to the event, people who normally aren't involved in the youth - focused curriculum of the program.

Schools Week has previously reported that some multi-academy trusts shift pupils into more technically - focussed curriculums at UTCs and studio schools in their trusts.

Spencerian offers career - focused curriculums in business, medical and technical fields.

Yes, I know, there are other factors that contribute to their better score on the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA)-- longer school days, advanced science and math starting earlier in elementary school rather than high school, extra tutoring in Korean hagwons, less to learn with a more focused curriculum, no non-essential learning activities such as sports, home ec or computer applications courses.

BETHESDA, MD (June 21, 2016)-- Early learning pioneer Teaching Strategies today announced plans to expand The Creative Curriculum ® to provide kindergarten teachers with a research - based, whole - child focused curriculum to support project - based teaching and learning.

Greene is being honored for improving both math and science achievement at his school by focusing the curriculum on science and technology.

Preschool, Primary through High School levels — CANADIAN - focused curriculum, including Canada's first full - subject kindergarten home - school curriculum.

«Whether through our on - campus events, science and engineering summer camps or career - focused curriculum, Erie Community College continues to support the importance of STEM - related education across Western New York,» said ECC President Jack Quinn.

«Closing a school with a focused curriculum and community buy - in doesn't fix anything.»