Sentences with phrase «for educators collaboration»

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Our organization, Haiti Partners, is doing a USAID - funded education program to build collaboration skills and encourage civic participation for 1,000 educators and grassroots leaders.

In collaboration with the National Parents as Teacher Center, the Pennsylvania PAT State Office maintains a qualified, experienced state training team and regularly organizes PAT core model training courses and Knowledge Studio courses for Parent Educators and Supervisors in affiliate and approved member programs in Pennsylvania.

The project, overseen by Yolanda George, deputy director of AAAS Education and Human Resources, in collaboration with the National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), brought hundreds of educators, students, policy - makers, scientists, and others together for a series of regional and national meetings on transforming biology education.

An online resource centre with high quality tools for science educators The resource centre was based on the collaboration of two universities and two Ministries of Education.

The responsibilities will include leading efforts to improve the diversity of students entering scientific fields, creating professional development workshops for K - 12 teachers, expanding collaborations with other science educators, and mentoring student research projects (plasma physics or education) in our Science Education Laboratory.

The U.S. Department of Education intends to pay for research to study online professional - collaboration communities for teachers and other educators, according to the action plan in the final version of the Obama administration's National Education Technology Plan.

In response to administrators» and teachers» worries about the vocabulary skills of Boston Public School students, a group of researchers and educators — assembled by the Strategic Education Research Partnership (SERP) in collaboration with the Boston Public Schools, and directed by Harvard Graduate School of Education Professor Catherine Snow — designed a curriculum supplement called Word Generation, for sixth - to eighth - grade classrooms.

The collaboration has five principal projects: Diagnostic Screener, Personalized Intervention, PreK Home and Family Engagement, Capacity Building for Educators and Families, and Integration and Building for the Future.

Based on the literature reviews, observations in the schools and meetings with the departments at the Ministry of Education, the team presented several key policy considerations to the Ministry: (1) utilize a website, the National Play Day, and the Jamaican Teaching Council as platforms from which educators can develop and share best game - based learning practices; (2) promote a culture of collaboration through the Quality Education Circles (local discussion groups for educators), and by allocating time for teachers to develop and share game - based learning strategies; (3) provide resource support for schools in the form of workshops and training; and (4) create a monitoring and evaluation plan to be conducted at the school level.

Working with educators, we are updating the curriculum and assessment practices for the teaching of the global competencies that are necessary for the current and future economy, such as critical thinking, problem solving, innovation, creativity, entrepreneurship, self - direction, collaboration, communication, global citizenship, and sustainability.

Rosenbrock says the annual conference has been a cornerstone of the regional facility and its PD programs as it brings together a large number of teachers from a wide area, building the foundation for plenty of collaboration and the creation of networks within schools, providing a «canvas» for educators who are keen to share in their areas of passion.

And meaningful collaboration between teachers is still an unmet goal for most online educators.

As with any virtual forum, it's important for educators to be mindful of privacy issues and diligent in understanding the social collaboration space in which students are working.

NEA, in collaboration with other U.S. professional organizations, developed this guide to help educators integrate policies and practices for building the «Four Cs» (critical thinking, communication, collaboration, and creativity) into their own instruction.

Additionally, developing a high - quality virtual - learning program can be costly, requiring sizable capital expenditures on computers and servers, sophisticated instructional design (the orchestration of different media — such as online, offline, images, sound — into compelling and effective instructional units), content and course - management systems (computer systems for organizing and facilitating collaboration on documents and courses), course - authoring platforms (computer frameworks that allow educators to «post» their courses onto the Internet), and beta and usability testing (publishing test versions of new programs to eliminate the «bugs» and ensure ease of use).

Educators who leverage these standards to teach and assess such competencies as critical thinking, problem - solving, and collaboration will lead the way to post-secondary and career success for more students.

«You know, the educators in the prior - to - school settings and then first years of school, they're working within very different curricular and learning framework structures so opportunities for collaboration of learning experiences might not be feasible.

Collaboration is, I think, recognised across the world as best practice for educators, but those are three things that I want our school to be known for.

Sibme, a video collaboration platform developed by educators and for educators, helps make this cumbersome process more efficient and informative.

Their vibrant Facebook community allows for educators to share their success stories as well as to find opportunities for collaboration globally.

We provide that space for organizations, institutions or independent volunteer staff where you can find, discuss and enrich themselves through common experiences in the past, allowing a mutual aid for the progress of the various activities implemented through international collaboration between educators who don't know one other but with a common goal, human development.

American membership in the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, they say, will lead to richer collaborations between education researchers in the United States and other countries, more straightforward participation of the United States in UNESCO's agenda, and more opportunities for American educators to land jobs with the international organization.

We hope that the renewed attention on chronic absenteeism by policymakers will be accompanied by greater collaboration between educators and researchers to develop and assess strategies for keeping kids in school.

But the specific methods and amount of time allowed for such collaboration among educators vary widely, the poll found.

The research question for educators at St Philip's Christian College in Newcastle is: What is the effectiveness of problem - based learning (PBL) in the development of... critical thinking, collaboration, and communication among Stage Four students across two schools?

Consequently, educators carried on without much regard for collaboration, relying on whatever professional development their districts could afford, and limiting the evolution of methodology and pedagogy.

Donna Wilson and Marcus Conyers are the authors of more than 40 books and professional articles for educators, including, most recently, Teaching Students to Drive Their Brains: Metacognitive Strategies, Activities, and Lesson Ideas (ASCD, 2016), Smarter Teacher Leadership: Neuroscience and the Power of Purposeful Collaboration (Teachers College Press, 2016), Positively Smarter: Science and Strategies for Increasing Happiness, Achievement, and Well - Being (Wiley Blackwell, 2015), Five Big Ideas for Effective Teaching: Connecting Mind, Brain, and Education Research to Classroom Practice (Teachers College Press, 2013) and Flourishing in the First Five Years: Connecting Implications from Mind, Brain, and Education Research to the Development of Young Children (Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2013).

The expectation is that this collaboration will lead to the kind of systemic blend DesignShare lauds as «a seamless grade 9 - 16 curriculum» and that blur physical and program boundaries in a way some educators believe can lead to a paradigm shift for learning in all inner - city high schools.

There had been much joy on display the previous evening at the kickoff of the second annual professional development program for educators and artists presented by the Silk Road Project in collaboration with the HGSE.

For eight years, he directed the School Leadership master's program; prior to that he was the founding director and then faculty senior associate of the Executive Leadership Program for Educators, a five - year collaboration of Harvard Graduate School of Education, Business School, and Kennedy School of Government that focused on bringing high quality teaching and learning to scale in urban and high need districFor eight years, he directed the School Leadership master's program; prior to that he was the founding director and then faculty senior associate of the Executive Leadership Program for Educators, a five - year collaboration of Harvard Graduate School of Education, Business School, and Kennedy School of Government that focused on bringing high quality teaching and learning to scale in urban and high need districfor Educators, a five - year collaboration of Harvard Graduate School of Education, Business School, and Kennedy School of Government that focused on bringing high quality teaching and learning to scale in urban and high need districts.

A project - based clinical approach offers chances to develop mutually - beneficial learning opportunities for P - 12 students and teacher candidates, establishing a model of teacher preparation rooted in authentic collaborations that involve university faculty and classroom teachers — teacher educators, all — in this grand venture that we call school.

Instead of advocating for a solution, educators successful at collaboration find that inquiry helps peers answer the issues they are facing, and develop their capacity to improve teaching and learning.

Coughlin and Kajder (2009), describe the enormous benefits of online collaboration for educators and their classroom practice.

This program also gave us the resources needed to support and bolster change, while providing opportunity for collaboration with educators and architects from around the world.»

Participants will: • Receive an overview of the Google for Education solution, • Hear the story of CCSD 59 from the perspective of both students and educator, and • Learn how Google tools are being used in the classroom and how this is improving student learning, collaboration, and innovation.

Educators need to be more open to students» use of technology for collaboration.

Such collaborations are viewed by many educators as key to high - quality training for aspiring principals.

A bold, state - wide collaboration between Michigan Elementary and Middle School Principals Association (MEMSPA), Michigan Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (MI ASCD) and Oakland Schools is bringing Dr. Hattie and his expertise to Waterford for Day One of a two - day professional development training for Michigan educators.

The mission of the Antioch Center for School Renewal is to work with schools and communities to make lasting, positive change in the day to day school experiences of students, educators and families through engaging instruction, reflection, collaboration, and research.

Educators have taken Twitter beyond its intended use, making it a professional tool for collaboration.

Advocacy Institute American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations American Association of University Women (AAUW) American Civil Liberties Union American Federation of Teachers Autism National Committee (AutCom) Center for American Progress Action Fund Center for Law and Education Children's Defense Fund Collaboration to Promote Self - Determination (CPSD) Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates, Inc. (COPPA) Democrats for Education Reform Easter Seals The Education Trust Educators for Excellence Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network (GLSEN) The Lawyers» Committee for Civil Rights Under Law The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) Mental Health America NAACP NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc..

Organizational structures that promote educator collaboration and decision making might include scheduling for interdisciplinary teams and providing common planning time.

A connected educator may then access any or all of these sources for the purpose of communication, collaboration, or creation.

Certainly the inspiration for this practitioner - based inquiry to Finland is an example of what's possible when like - minded educators make a commitment — based on mutual trust and collaboration — to interrogate their leadership practices.

Publishing of MESHGuides, working with the toolkits, together with the partner online collaboration project MESHConnect provides a way for practitioners, teacher educators or policy makers to engage with educational research and pedagogic strategies in ways that are useful to their practice.

These leadership development systems identify highly capable educators and develop them to lead high - performance school organizations centered on teacher professionalism and collaboration, which in turn drives the state, provincial or national agenda for school improvement.

New classroom uses for technology are introduced in this easy - to - use resource that help educators enhance students» attention, engagement, creativity, and collaboration in reading and learning.

Teacher collaboration is a key part of long - term career development for educators.

Learn about new global competence courses offered by the Center for Global Education in collaboration with Arizona State University designed for educators in schools and in out - of - school time.