Sentences with phrase «focused on student learning in»

Instead, feedback must feed forward and should be based on a growth model focused on student learning in classrooms and professional learning for a teacher.

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By focusing on key learning goals, we are working to ensure that students have the necessary preparation to be successful in their future careers.

The increase in funding will help ensure that students, teachers and school district staff can focus their energy on teaching and learning.

Since the students in the Fort Worth, Texas, school are focused on digital - game creation, often they don't even realize they're learning computer coding, Thomas says.

If we learn to teach with different foci and emphases, perhaps with less isolation from one another and more emphasis on the needs of students, the church, and the world, can we affect the ways in which our guilds function?

«Hong Kong provided me all the basic ingredients in learning and when I kept focused on learning in the US, I immediately became an outstanding student,» recalled Fu.

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.

Dr. Cheyney currently directs the International Reproductive Health Laboratory at Oregon State University where she has developed an academic learning community comprised of five undergraduate research assistants, 12 graduate students and one postdoctoral fellow whose research agendas are focused on identifying culturally appropriate ways to improve access to high quality midwifery care as a means of reducing health inequalities for mothers and babies in the U.S and abroad.

A growing number of Canadian elementary schools have added stationary bikes in classrooms to help students focus on learning.

Students may benefit more from fewer assignments and a focus on deep understanding of concepts learned in class.

These two processes are reflective of one another and have a strong focus on careful consideration of the health needs of students, carefully constructed questioning and relevant goal setting to actively engage students in addressing their own and their peers» wellbeing ensuring a rich healthy, supportive learning environment for all.

Breakfast in The Classroom at Alta Loma has assisted with not only getting students to school on time (it has decreased our tardy rate) but it has helped to ensure students are eating a healthy breakfast, and are ready / focused to learn.

The Montessori way of learning is focused on hands - on learning that is tailor - fit in accordance to the needs and learning curves of students.

; it is weak in science and technology education often mass producing ill - educated or barely literate graduates in arts and humanities; ignores the critical role of economics, management and entrepreneurship education in the context of developing nations; destroys innovation and creativity through outdated teaching methods instead of focusing on fostering the student's own independent learning and creative thinking; and is insufficiently focused on adult, vocational and technical education.

While African governments now invest around US$ 2000 of public funding per student (more than the average for developing countries), this follows decades of underinvestment in which drives for education focused on primary and secondary learning.

We also strongly support the Governor's proposals to educate the whole child, a key priority for the Regents, including to ensure New York's students have access to healthy meals at school so they can focus on learning in the classroom.

In our Focus on Education report, WBFO's Eileen Buckley reports there's not an unwillingness to learn, but it's a matter of some students learning a new language.

«We also need to embed employability in education, with a greater focus from schools on employability outcomes for their pupils, and with management modules becoming mandatory in higher education, to give students in different disciplines more opportunities to learn to lead.»

We often report on the struggles of Common Core Learning Standards in the classroom, but in this Focus on Education report WBFO»S Eileen Buckley takes us inside JFK Middle School in Cheektowaga to hear about how educators and students are embracing it successfully and how future teachers are gearing up for the challenge.

In this Focus on Education report, WBFO»S Eileen Buckley says students performed songs they wrote after a long school year of learning the tough Common Core Standards.

«Joel misses the essence of teacher - student interactions, and the extent to which teachers focus on students» physical and emotional well - being, in addition to their academic learning,» said Eric Nadelstern, the former New York City deputy schools chancellor and visiting professor of practice at Columbia University's Teachers College.

Whether it is expanding the community schools model so more schools provide students the support they need to succeed, or front - loading services to children age five and under so they are ready to learn once they get to school, Bill Thompson is focused on getting kids what they need to achieve — in school and in life.

Cola has focused on public engagement on many fronts, working to inspire K - 12 students and their teachers to learn about the latest research in nano - and energy technologies.

To support the development of young students — particularly in low - income schools, which are at risk for having less effective teachers and less engaged students — researchers are looking to classroom interventions focused on social - emotional learning.

These schools included «early college» high schools with a STEM focus (that offered both college and high school credits to students); tech - savvy schools that relied entirely on project - based learning (an instructional practice emphasizing student production of knowledge via projects and research); and career / technical education high schools that prepared students for careers such as agriculture or medicine through early experiences in those fields.

The researchers chose two high schools in two different school districts, focusing on five students that were in 10th or 11th grade, who were identified with a specific learning disability and required modifications and accommodations in their classrooms.

A focus on targeting higher attaining students, the high cost of providing school trips and the pressures of high - stakes testing were suggested obstacles restricting wider participation, contributing to inequality in STEM - based learning outside of the classroom.

The main focus of the study was on the interaction between the teacher and students in various technology supported learning environments.

Our Astanga - inspired, athletic, vinyasa classes are all building on a theme — every month, we have a specific focus that our teachers use to inspire their sequences — which gives students the chance to learn more about a posture or major tenet of the practice in a uniquely consistent way as each of our teachers approach that focus or theme in his or her own way.

Teacher Trainees in this course will: • clarify their ethics as a yoga teacher • create both a Kundalini class series and a Dream class series • teach in small group sessions with colleagues • learn to maintain a focus on Light and build an adjustable class framework to meet students» needs.

I'm going to focus on the development of students» academic discourse as a high - leverage instructional practice that contributes to deeper learning, one in which our urban students need particular explicit instruction.

The tendency is to focus on what the teachers are teaching and their techniques, but when we videotaped classes, we saw a dynamic learning environment in which students were constantly sharing.

The public release of these ratings — which attempt to isolate a teacher's contribution to his or her students» growth in math and English achievement, as measured by state tests — is one important piece of a much bigger attempt to focus school policy on what really matters: classroom learning.

Instead of a top - down approach, the teacher has proceeded from the bottom up, putting the focus on each student to be the agent in the learning process.

This in turn really means focusing on student learning.

Stay tuned to the grant winners: Academy 21 at Franklin Central Supervisory Union in Vermont, which is focused on a high - need, predominantly rural community; Cornerstone Charter Schools in Michigan, which seeks to prepare Detroit students for college and health - focused careers; Da Vinci Schools in California, which will integrate blended learning, early college, and real - world experiences with its existing project - based learning approach; Education Achievement Authority in Michigan, which, as part of the statewide turnaround authority is trying to create a student - centric system for students in Detroit; Match Education in Massachusetts, which already operates high - performing schools in Boston and will now focus on using technology to increase the effectiveness of its one - on - one tutoring; Schools for the Future in Michigan, which will serve students significantly below grade level; Summit Public Schools in California, which aims to build off its experiments in blended - learning models to launch a competency - based school; and Venture Academies in Minnesota, which is a new charter organization that will focus on accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation of entrepreneurial leadership.

Based on these statements, we can categorize the schools roughly into five groups: those that have a child - centered or progressive educational philosophy and typically seek to develop students» love of learning, respect for others, and creativity (29 percent of students); those with a general or traditional educational mission and a focus on students» core skills (28 percent of students); those with a rigorous academic emphasis, which have mission statements that focus almost exclusively on academic goals such as excelling in school and going to college (25 percent of students); those that target a particular population of students, such as low - income students, special needs students, likely dropouts, male students, and female students (11 percent of students); and those in which a certain aspect of the curriculum, such as science or the arts, is paramount (7 percent of students).

Jennifer is a passionate advocate of self - directed learning, inquiry, and authentic assessments, and she believes the key to transforming education is to sharpen the focus on student voice and choice in the classroom.

When students sit in one place trying to remain focused on instruction for too long, it makes learning difficult.

As part of her dissertation work, Honey is focusing specifically on how intrinsically motivated Native American middle school students are to learn cultural information related to the science taught in the classroom.

Growth Mindset Sticker Chart: This completely EDITABLE sticker chart is designed to celebrate your students» achievements in a way that helps them focus on and value the process of learning.

Focusing on the features students need in order to share their learning with the world can help us place tasks before apps.

Learn through Service: When cases of the West Nile virus were reported in their area, Minnesota students sprang into action with a project that focused on preventing the disease through public education.

By focusing not just on the learning model at hand for students in these schools but also their business and scaling models, NGLC seeks to remedy that.

When school decisions are being made, begin every discussion by reminding everyone involved to focus on what will most help students achieve success in learning.

Benefits: Greater accountability; Drawing teachers focus on what skills need to be taught; Identification of students who have not reached expected benchmarks in reading and numeracy, supported by evidence and data; Improved preservice teacher training and teacher professional learning.

Current discussions of grit in education focus on the need for students to pursue long - term goals — such as going to college or becoming a nurse — and to hang in there when trying to learn challenging material in school.

Everything that Mayes learned at HGSE will come in handy as she focuses her future on college access for first - generation, low - income students.

Lesaux leads a research program that focuses on increasing learning opportunities for students from diverse linguistic, cultural, and economic backgrounds in today's classrooms.

Murphy imagines a hypothetical model program called Administrative Leaders for Learning — ALL for short — that would be organized to spotlight and connect three overlapping domains of knowledge: instructional practice and learning theory, with a particular focus on high achievement for all students; the education sector, with a particular focus on schooling in context; and matters of leadership and manLearning — ALL for short — that would be organized to spotlight and connect three overlapping domains of knowledge: instructional practice and learning theory, with a particular focus on high achievement for all students; the education sector, with a particular focus on schooling in context; and matters of leadership and manlearning theory, with a particular focus on high achievement for all students; the education sector, with a particular focus on schooling in context; and matters of leadership and management.