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We sought to gain insight for teacher educators on the promise and pitfalls of integrating a Twitter chat to introduce TCs to the notion of professional networking.

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Educators in Phoenix and Denver rallied for more education funding at their state capitols on April 26, as part of a wave of teacher protests that have...

Teachers in Arizona and Colorado turned their state Capitols into a sea of red Thursday as they kicked off widespread walkouts that shut down public schools in a bid for better pay and education funding, building on educator revolt that emerged elsewhere in the U.S. but whose political prospects were not clear.

Some educators in Arizona are volunteering to care for students and holding food drives as a historic teacher strike that has closed schools stretches on.

and continuing on to become an elementary school teacher and Literacy Specialist, coaching parents and educators on how to best teach children to develop a love for reading, writing and language.

Drawing on her experience as a prenatal yoga teacher, labor support doula, childbirth educator and mother, Deb looks to establish a safe, effective and empowering class for pregnancy and beyond.

We know that teachers need choices and flexibility, so we're excited to give Nature on the Go teachers a choice for the second part of the program, which takes place after a Nature Museum educator visits the classroom.

«Certainly, the Task Force's recommendations are a better Holiday present than the lump of coal that was shoved in the stockings of students and educators this past spring when the Governor and the Majority doubled down on Common Core testing and the overemphasis on standardized testing for teacher evaluations.»

«By rewarding donations that support public schools, providing tax credits for teachers when they purchase classroom supplies out of pocket, and easing the financial burden on families who send their children to independent, parochial or out - of - district public schools, we can make a fundamental difference in the lives of students, families and educators across the state,» he said.

Most recently, he was a vice president at Educators for Excellence, a progressive non-profit group focused on public school teachers and school policy.

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.

Beyond Satisfactory: A New Teacher Evaluation System for New York Educators for Excellent (E4E), 2011 After five months of research and debate, E4E's Evaluation Policy Team issued this report detailing an evaluation framework for New York teachers based on what actual classroom teachers would recommend.

Teacher's Choice received a 63.5 percent increase in the final city budget, passed on June 6, bringing funding for the City Council's popular program that reimburses educators for out - of - pocket spending on classroom supplies back up to its pre-recession high of more than $ 20 million.

He also has endorsements from New York Badass Teacher Association, United Opt Out, Independent Community of Educators, Independent Commission on Public Education (ICOPE), Coalition for Public Education

After Hackett was put on the list of persistently struggling schools, educators there extended the school day by 42 minutes to include a daily enrichment period for students to meet with teachers.

The New York State Board of Regents is expected to act on two committee reports Tuesday, calling for a delay the impact of Common Core - related state assessments on educators and students and reducing the level of local school district testing associated with the new teacher evaluation law and higher standards for teaching and learning.

But those results were widely criticized by educators and software makers for lumping together the outcomes from many different products and for testing their impact on student achievement in the 1st year the teacher had used the material.

A Web site will provide online access to the exhibit as well as to a network of educators and researchers who are developing educational materials on human origins for teachers.

The program is taught by classroom teachers who train alongside educators from the Carnegie Institution and universities, as well as by «model teachers» who train with BioEYES staff for three years before running the program on their own.

Workshops on themes as varied as «flying on stage», «the theatre of science», or «stem cell research» and «gamma - ray bursts», will give the attendees — teachers and other science educators — the chance to discuss and come up with solutions to the problem of growing disinterest for science in Europe.

About Site - The Educators» Spin On is a resource for parents and teachers of young children that helps foster a love of learning at an early age.

Florida About Blog The Educators» Spin On is a resource for parents and teachers of young children that helps foster a love of learning at an early age.

For secondary teachers, Labour Behind the Label provide a sustainable fashion handbook for educators which includes practical ideas on how to teach about social and environmental responsibility in the fashion industFor secondary teachers, Labour Behind the Label provide a sustainable fashion handbook for educators which includes practical ideas on how to teach about social and environmental responsibility in the fashion industfor educators which includes practical ideas on how to teach about social and environmental responsibility in the fashion industry.

Florida About Blog The Educators» Spin On is a resource for parents and teachers of young children that helps foster a love of learning at an early age.

Brand new comedy series Bad Teacher is set to premiere on CBS tonight, adapting the 2011 Cameron Diaz movie for the small screen with Fringe's Ari Graynor in the driving seat as the titular inept educator.

As the 1940s began, a growing chorus of educators called for teacher qualification and selection to be based on mental health, first and foremost, and many expected this to be achieved through the teacher education process.

Khan Academy in California has created thousands of 10 - minute videos on math topics, tied to grade - level expectations, which have proved useful for both teachers and educators around the world.

Ken Silburn, who was the only Australian educator amongst the $ 1 million prize's coveted final 10, shares the story of a music teacher who had the greatest influence on his passion for education.

Late on a Sunday afternoon last November, long after most educators had escaped the confines of the convention hotel to drink up the glorious San Diego weather, several dozen teachers remained behind for one final session.

«Integrated Units: A Planning Guide for Teachers» An eighteen - page resource for educators on creating cross-disciplinary teaching units (PDF download, 116 KB).

I've seen posts all over the place - including on Edutopia - outlining to teachers and educators what is meant by digital citizenship and how important it is for students to be aware of it.

The Basics of Investing: A Guide for Educators This site contains a teacher's guide on the basics of saving and investing.

Two leading educators have told Education Matters that the key to engaging high school students with STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) is through teachers, and have called for a greater focus on professional learning.

Now, I won't sit here and say every time a student struggles, it is the fault of the teacher, but with that, when such happens, regardless of fault, as educators, it is our responsibility to redress the instruction and more importantly, our responsibility to reflect on our instruction and identify where changes can be made to maximize the potential for student achievement.

Perhaps the biggest challenge for math educators is not only training teachers differently, but changing society's beliefs on how math should be taught.

Project slices — condensed project - based learning for teachers — give educators a student's perspective on what it's like to do a project.

However, as one program has shown, putting in place strategies focusing on Indigenous teacher retention by supporting pre-service educators can have immense benefits for students.

Increased accountability demands on educators have led to more districts and teachers turning to outside resources for help.

How and Why Educators Use Twitter: A Survey in the Field (Carpenter and Krutka, 2014) investigates Twitter's power for teachers, surveying 755 K - 16 educators on how and why they use thiEducators Use Twitter: A Survey in the Field (Carpenter and Krutka, 2014) investigates Twitter's power for teachers, surveying 755 K - 16 educators on how and why they use thieducators on how and why they use this medium.

On these open - source sites, materials created and reviewed by educators are shared under a Creative Commons license, which means other teachers may use and adapt the content for free.

For example, the idea that the success of LEAs will be determined based on: «the number and percentage of participating students by subgroup who have daily access to effective and highly effective teachers» is problematic in the way that it potentially limits the innovative staffing models possible to serve students if educator is defined as one being co-located with the student.

Recommended for anyone but especially new teachers, who can learn a lot from hearing these educators reflect on their successes and failures.

Professional Conferences Reflect, Restore Passion Brenda Dyck reflects on the importance of teacher conferences — where educators by the hundreds share great ideas, best practices, and their passion for teaching!

Not surprisingly, perhaps, board members who are or were educators (27 percent of the total surveyed) believe that funding is a barrier and that the focus on student achievement is misplaced; these beliefs were held «regardless of the actual level of funding in the district,» «regardless of the actual teacher salaries» in the district, and «even after controlling for the type of student population that the district serves and the actual rigor of academic standards» in the district.

But my reason for writing this blog is not to lament over the teacher retention problem but rather focus on what we, as educators, can do to recruit more creative, intelligent, qualified individuals into the field.

As if that weren't enough, under Publications for Educators, teachers will find a series of e-books on an array of topics.

Bettie Lake is one art teacher who built a Web site for educators who are looking for a guide to art resources on the Web.

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.

Educators overwhelmingly ratified the $ 98.1 million contract on April 23, though they had picketed right up until voting began, said Danielle L. Lum, a spokeswoman for the 13,000 - member Hawaii State Teachers Association.

The goal was to establish a program that reflected the diversity of the field itself, bringing artists, teaching artists, researchers, administrators, classroom teachers, and out - of - school educators together for a year of study on the foundational issues that inform all aspects of arts education theory and practice.