Sentences with phrase «focused curriculum resources»

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The course features an interactive curriculum focused on finance and accounting; human resource management; leadership; marketing and brand strategy; relationship marketing and strategic thinking.

By focusing on the day - to - day necessities of a healthy schedule; an engaging, personalized, and rigorous curriculum; and a caring climate, this book is an invaluable resource for school leaders, teachers, parents, and students to help them design learning communities where every student feels a sense of belonging, purpose, and motivation to learn the skills necessary to succeed now and in the future.

Eva Moskowitz, founder of the growing charter network, said she hopes sharing her curriculum and teacher training resources at no charge will help shift the focus of debates on education from politics to the nitty - gritty of what children need to know, how they learn best and how to pace instruction.

Of course there will still be a significant amount of investment in curriculum resources, but it is when this is compared to previous years that we see a decline in focus.

The Digital Technologies Hub (DT Hub) is an online repository of resources for teachers, students, school leaders, and parents focused on the Digital Technologies curriculum.

One of the things we must focus on in the next two years is ensuring that teachers have the resources and support frameworks in place to deliver a rich and exciting curriculum.

This resource supports the Early Years curriculum by building on Dora's ability to capture the imagination of pre-schoolers and focussing on her key traits: exploration, powers of observation, sense of curiosity and ability to work with her friends to solve problems.

To make sure students met California state standards, Carpenter adopted a curriculum from the Global Education Partnership, a nonprofit organization that gives students in low - income communities access to educational resources with a business focus, in 2001.

According to Becky Smerdon and Kathryn Borman, who led the Gates - sponsored research team that evaluated the initiative, by the late 1990s some consensus had emerged among reformers about what made schools successful: «a shared vision focused on student learning, common strategies for engendering that learning, a culture of professional collaboration and collective responsibility, high - quality curriculum, systematic monitoring of student learning, strong instructional leadership (usually from the principal), and adequate resources.»

This resource is a non-fiction comprehension activity for year 2, with a focus on the science curriculum topic of «materials and forces.»

In a similar way to the ICT Curriculum change, many schools fear that they do not have experienced enough staff, or the resources to facilitate this focus on language.

Secondary English specialist creating resources that can be deployed across the curriculum, focusing on how students think, talk, learn, and progress.

Without focused support and resources, military children face social and emotional challenges, difficulty understanding policies and adjusting to curriculum and school climate, difficulty qualifying for or continuing with special education services, and elevated stress and a risk of depression and anxiety.

Curriculum time is being squeezed, able students are being diverted away to focus on EBacc subjects, and resources are withering.

Developing curriculum is not a primary focus for Izard and his team, but the library's learning department has its own home page, an excellent resource for teachers who wish to incorporate Turning the Pages books in their lessons.

His professional activity focuses on the integration of ICT in the curriculum, initial and teachers» professional development and the design, development and evaluation of software and digital learning resources.

These resources will help teachers deliver the government's new curriculum while reducing workload and giving them more time to focus on what they do best — teaching.

While our new, less rigid curriculum gives teachers the freedom to invest in resources, procurement and delivering results in the most cost effective way remains a key focus.

Monmia, in partnership with three other primary schools, has continued to focus on feedback through a combined curriculum day where teaching teams and education support staff collaborated on effective ideas and resources.

Each learning stage has four units and free lesson planning resources, including learning outcomes, suggested activities, information on community and cultural considerations, scene setting scenarios providing real life context, focus questions, assessment tasks and rubrics, teachers» notes, curriculum links and links to additional resources.

Leading education resource provider Focus Education has announced that it is to host a total of 10 Mastery in Maths events over the coming six months following «unprecedented demand» from subject and primary school leaders across the country as a result of the introduction of «fundamental changes» to the mathematics curriculum.

But schools need resources that are more focused and specialized: every year, schools have specific goals to meet, goals that are articulated in state standards and codified in curricula.

This resource focuses on Macbeth and The Tempest and provides teachers across the curriculum with practical ideas and lesson plans for teaching the plays in their subject area.

A focused effort to evaluate curricula and shift demand toward more effective options would yield a higher return on investment than more resource - intensive measures.

Teachers of science, math, and other subjects are now taking on the challenge of integrating literacy into their curricula, she says, citing new practices from organizations such as the National Science Teachers Association, which is increasingly focusing conference offerings and resources on literacy instruction for members.

Designed for busy, committed middle grades leaders, these focused treatments of timely topics include suggestions for taking action, making them invaluable resources for administrators, team leaders, curriculum developers, and others involved in middle grades reform.

ASCD, a national association of education leaders focused on curriculum practices and policies, launched an initiative in 2007 called «Whole Child,» which calls for states to coordinate services, resources and data collection across school, social, health and safety sectors.

Ckingeducation provides structured planning sessions were teachers can focus on planning, clarifying units of study and / or curriculum resources.

Fall / Winter Planning: Focuses on clarifying units of study and ensure that curriculum resources and materials support the students that we are currently teaching.

Her work focuses on tools and resources that educators can use in the transition to a new curriculum.

◦ that the charter school ensures that reading is a primary focus of the curriculum, and that resources are provided to identify and provide specialized instruction for students who are reading below grade level

As a result, schools which decide not to run two types of curriculum «will have even greater resource to focus on their results», and appear better in the data than schools which offer both.

By producing a growth measure for each student that is predictive of performance on high stakes tests and, for the first time, deeply connected to instructional resources in the core curriculum, the strategic partnership gives educators more time and support to focus on differentiating instruction.

The Social Studies collaborative focuses on identifying, developing, and sharing high - quality educational resources that support student and professional learning through rigorous standards, engaging curriculum, balanced assessments, effective professional development and attention to equity.

The group is focused on securing key academic resources such as a challenging curriculum, high quality teaching, and positive discipline practices, as well as wraparound supports and strong community engagement.

His team built Defined STEM from the ground up, focusing on the ideal user experience for teachers in search of classroom resources and curriculum.

It provides a valuable resource to educators in developing curricula and assessments with a focus on developing and deepening students» understanding of important ideas.

This approach comes with both challenges and opportunities: DPS will be able to focus more attention and central resources on its lowest - performing schools, improving its ability to provide contextualized supports, while still enabling turnaround leaders to choose the educational programming, curriculum, and professional development best suited to the school.

I am interested in: Trainings for school or agency staff on parent engagementTrainings for parent coordinators, community liaisons and volunteersCulturally relevant curriculum to engage students and their families in the early yearsCulturally relevant curriculum to engage students and their families in middle or high schoolCulturally relevant curriculum to engage English Learner students and their familiesAdvocacy trainings for parent leadersAdvocacy focused around parent engagement in schoolsI'm a parent and would like to get free resources to support my child's educationYo soy un padre y me gustaría información sobre recursos gratuitos para apoyar a mi hijo / a en su educaciónSponsoring family engagement program (s) and / or campaign (s) Donating to Families In SchoolsReceiving general email updates from Families In Schools

The Literacy Advisory Board members focus areas are to provide input on ways RIDE can more strongly support teachers in their efforts to implement good teaching based on Rhode Island content standards, review instructional resources and curriculum to determine their utility as foundations for good teaching and learning and serve as a vital channel of communication among RIDE, PreK - 12 educators, institutions of postsecondary education, and Rhode Island professional organizations.

We offer programs and resources beginning with our distinctive mentoring program focused on a successful transition into college - both in and out of the classroom - to initiation into WPI's project - based curriculum.

In addition, magnet cluster schools offer a curriculum focus and increased specialized resources and teachers to support that focus.

Maintaining this focus also requires overcoming many organizational hurdles to align all the school's resources — including the master schedule, curriculum, textbooks, daily lessons, and assessments — with the standards students must master.

Recently we have noticed that many of the organizations we work with are focusing their coaching resources on implementing curriculum, meaning the content...

His daily work involves developing partnerships with school districts across the nation focused on providing curriculum resources and facilitating professional development opportunities.

In particular, we will focus on how to design and enact instruction that elicits and builds on children's thinking in all content domains as well as how to use curriculum materials, family and community - based resources, and other supports to help facilitate mathematical practice development in children.

Functions The teacher leader: a) Facilitates the collection, analysis, and use of classroom - and school - based data to identify opportunities to improve curriculum, instruction, assessment, school organization, and school culture; b) Engages in reflective dialog with colleagues based on observation of instruction, student work, and assessment data and helps make connections to research - based effective practices; c) Supports colleagues» individual and collective reflection and professional growth by serving in roles such as mentor, coach, and content facilitator; d) Serves as a team leader to harness the skills, expertise, and knowledge of colleagues to address curricular expectations and student learning needs; e) Uses knowledge of existing and emerging technologies to guide colleagues in helping students skillfully and appropriately navigate the universe of knowledge available on the Internet, use social media to promote collaborative learning, and connect with people and resources around the globe; and f) Promotes instructional strategies that address issues of diversity and equity in the classroom and ensures that individual student learning needs remain the central focus of instruction.

«The current educational accountability system has become overly focused on narrow measures of success and, in some cases, has discouraged schools from providing a rich curriculum for all students focused on 21st century skills they need to acquire.This particularly impacts under - resourced schools that disproportionally serve low - income and students of color.»

Student achievement is the focus as EL supports schools by providing professional development, curriculum planning resources, leader and teacher coaching, and access to a large national network of like - minded schools.

The focus for educator resources is on the integration of modern technology across curriculum and grade levels.