This week, Education World offers three teaching masters
for teachers across the grades to use to help students brush up on their study skills — using a search engine, using an index, looking for key words, skimming text for information, and more — while they learn interesting facts about the world around them!
Included: Activity ideas
for teachers across the grades!
In this section, I highlight a few excellent general resources
for teachers across the grades.
is BIG on ideas
for teachers across the grades who want to get high mileage from classroom discussions.
Recognized for her leadership early on her journey, Kathryn was tapped to serve as a mentor
for teachers across grade levels and also served as a School Improvement Chair.
Not exact matches
Board Members also heard updates on several major CCSD projects: the proposed adoption of new instructional materials
for math classes
across Grades K - 12, which will provide
teachers with a system of integrated text and online resources that eliminates the need to seek out additional resources in order to cover all standards and individualize instruction; and the implementation now underway of a new business management system that increases the efficiency of timekeeping, payroll and personnel operations, which will save CCSD time and money.
To help
teachers integrate media analysis
across the curriculum and
across grade levels, Project Look Sharp has curated hundreds of resources
for decoding, along with protocols and other tools to support
teachers» confidence
for teaching this way.
They are especially important
for young men when one considers that the percentage of 6th -
grade teachers who were female ranged from 58 to 91 percent
across four core subjects (math, science, reading, and history).
Sharing resources
across grade levels, hallways or an entire school can be a frustrating hassle, but with the right planning and preparation,
teachers can still maximize these resources to give students access to digital tools
for learning.
Hangouts can be a great way
for teachers to facilitate a book study
across grade levels, schools and even districts.
In
grade - level meetings,
teachers compare data
across the
grade, looking
for patterns and opportunities to borrow strategies from one another.
Work with
teachers across grades to establish a summer reading list
for the entire school.
In addition to modeling lessons
for teachers and working with small groups of students, the skills specialists also regularly analyze student scores on diagnostic, formative, and standardized tests
across classrooms, subjects, and
grades.
Great bundle
for special education
teacher monitoring
across grade levels!This bundle gives you a 20 % discount on the Math Concepts and Applications practice sheets
for students who are progress monitored at the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th
grade level using the MCAP assessment.
Those two words could just as easily describe the author's thoughtful affect on Paul Allison's
Teachers Teaching
Teachers or the degree to which his new book, Crafting Digital Writing: Composing Texts
Across Media and Genres, methodically articulates how 4th - 12th
grade instructors can introduce technology tools, mentor texts, composing practices, and heuristics
for helping students write.
With recent figures from The Prince's Trust showing that 31 % of
teachers consider the development of soft skills more important than achieving good
grades, teaching specialists TeachingAbroadDirect.co.uk analysed findings from global education technology company Promethean World, who surveyed over 1,600 educators from
across the UK to see if
teachers believe technology has hindered the ability
for students to learn and acquire soft skills.
For those
teachers and their students, Education World offers the following additions to its extensive library of lessons emphasizing reading skills and enjoyment
across the
grades.
The Center
for Civics Education has specific standards that all
teachers can use
across all
grade levels.
Renaissance uses a «looping» model, in which most
teachers remain with students
for two years
across all
grades, including high school, so pre-K
teachers generally follow their students into kindergarten.
With
teachers who release their passion
for learning, students
across all
grades are free to learn new ways of learning with motivation and joy.
High school
teacher Adrienne Curtis Dickinson launches Sammamish High School's blog series about the seven key elements
for integrating PBL
across disciplines,
grades and courses.
As a fourth -
grade teacher, I can truly appreciate how a well - constructed project - based learning experience offers opportunities
for stronger, more consistent reinforcement and support of important foundational learning skills and concepts
across multiple disciplines and provides me more time
for individualized and differentiated instruction
for my learners.
Vertical teams get ideas flowing
across grade levels and provide learning opportunities
for all
teachers, explained Beth Burt, the school's principal.
All our workshops can be delivered
across grade levels and customized
for classroom, special education, and English language
teachers; literacy coaches and trainers; curriculum specialists; and school and district administrators.
Those high - performing schools did things like «set measurable goals on standards based tests and benchmark tests
across all proficiency levels,
grades, and subjects»; create school missions that were «future oriented,» with curricula and instruction designed to prepare students to succeed in a rigorous high - school curriculum; include improvement of student outcomes «as part of the evaluation of the superintendent, the principal, and the
teachers»; and communicate to parents and students «their responsibility as well
for student learning, including parent contracts, turning in homework, attending class, and asking
for help when needed.»
While not universal
across all
teachers, there is a definite trend, in the most effective schools,
for grade 1 and 2
teachers to combine (a) explicit phonics instruction in isolation with (b) coaching students to use a range of strategies to figure out unknown words when they encounter them in everyday reading.
Rochester school district officials say they are increasing the emphasis on literacy at all
grade levels, including hiring 31 additional reading support and intervention
teachers in schools
across the district
for the upcoming school year.
Each department must have a clear rationale regarding the awarding of levels /
grades within each subject area
across the entire year cohort and
for teacher - assessed levels
for the end of Key Stage 3.
Dr. Rees, the Braintree schools» science director, said the standards helped make sure that
teachers across the state covered the same subjects, laying the groundwork
for subsequent
grades.
We also found that
across grade levels once a
teacher has served in one school
for 12 years or more, they are much more likely to remain, compared with peers with less tenure at their present schools.
Teachers across the nation report being pressured to fudge
grades, pass students who don't deserve it, and accept students into classes they can't keep up in, all because of school evaluation models that use these metrics to keep up appearances
for taxpayers.
Instead of facing this challenge alone in his classroom, as often happens, he described how the districts» shared instructional framework, known as Beyond Textbooks, made it easy
for him to enlist help from
teachers across subject and
grade levels.
Across all four UChicago Charter campuses spanning
grades Pre-K to 12, leaders,
teachers, staff, parents, and students have worked diligently to instill a college - graduating culture, preparing and supporting alumni not only
for acceptance to college, but cultivating the academic mindsets and creating the supports needed to persist through to college completion.
Teachers at every
grade level follow prescribed pedagogical procedures, thus creating a degree of consistency and uniformity
for learners throughout the program and
across time.
Each model provides an underlying framework
for instruction that provides consistency and coherence within and
across grade levels, structuring learning experiences in ways that enable
teachers to plan effective lessons and allow students to purposefully explore content.
These studies were conducted in mathematics and science and
across grades K - 12, providing support
for the claim that
teacher leaders were called upon to support the implementation of instructional materials in a variety of settings.
Across the last two years we have trained one 4th and one 5th
grade teacher from each of the 24 schools to become the math experts
for their
grade level teams.
Textbook companies will send you a comprehensive set of samples that include both
teacher and student materials
across all
grade levels
for the subject being adopted.
The Office of Academics is responsible
for the development and leadership of the district's academic goals and policies, directing the instructional program pre-K to
grade 12
across all content areas and special programs, and it engages constituent groups,
teachers, principals, other staff, parents, and community in the ongoing process of educational reform, curriculum planning and implementation, and program development.
Thus, each of Learning List's alignment reports essentially «unpack» each
grade - level standard into its component pieces, making it easier
for teachers to see the structure of standards, including the focus of learning goals and the sequence of content within and
across grade levels.
Filled with specific examples of effective purpose statements, assignments, and tests
across grade levels and content areas, The Purposeful Classroom is essential reading
for all
teachers who want their students to truly understand what they are learning and why.
Essentially, the result of the planning process is the equivalent of a scope and sequence of how the science curriculum evolves
across grade levels
for each of the major curriculum «tracks» in science (e.g., matter, force and motion) that provides a guide
for Science IDEAS
teachers at each
grade level.
The vast majority of
teachers and principals
across New York got high
grades for their work last year, state data showed Tuesday, prompting top education officials to call
for tougher evaluations.
In the new era where
teachers have little time
for face - to - face interaction with colleagues and district budget cuts limit professional development opportunities, educators are increasingly turning to online communities (or professional learning networks, PLNs) that allow them to share lesson plans, teaching strategies, and student work, as well as collaborate
across grade levels and departments.
Having the necessary stakeholders, or stakeholder representatives, at the table [
for a given purpose] is important, and is more important than identifying a specific number of PLC participants that is most effective; e.g., aligning curriculum
across an elementary school with a
teacher representative
for each
grade participating in the PLC and then receiving / sharing information back to
grade level
teachers at their
grade team meetings.
+ Provides coaching experiences
for teachers, including review of lesson delivery, providing feedback, and modeling demo lessons + Develops / curates quality instructional resources to share with
teachers, including lesson plans, unit plants, and assessments + Facilitates professional development workshops
for group sizes ranging up to 100 participants + Designs rich and meaningful professional development sessions aligned to math instruction + Continues own learning through research and self - driven PD to stay current of latest trends in math education + Maintains open communication with supported
teachers to nurture a professional learning community of educators + Communicate actively with key stakeholders on progress of
teacher development + Provides reporting documentation of services delivered, as required EDUCATION / EXPERIENCE: + BA / BS Degree in Education or related field + 4 + years of work experience teaching math in a K - 12 setting + Expert in math content at least
across a 5 year
grade level band (g.
grades 4 — 8) + Record of result in effectively coaching
teachers + Experience designing and delivering professional development
for adults + Experience working in blended learning classrooms is a plus + Master's degree preferred + Excellent communication skills are essential OTHER JOB REQUIREMENTS: Some local traveling required.
Curious Grade
for Teachers: Nearly All Pass Across the country, education reformers and their allies in both parties have revamped the way teachers are graded, abandoning methods under which nearly everyone was deemed satisfactory, even when students were falling
Teachers: Nearly All Pass
Across the country, education reformers and their allies in both parties have revamped the way
teachers are graded, abandoning methods under which nearly everyone was deemed satisfactory, even when students were falling
teachers are
graded, abandoning methods under which nearly everyone was deemed satisfactory, even when students were falling behind.
North Carolina public school leaders say a legislative mandate to decrease class sizes in the early
grades may have a devastating impact on school systems
across the state, forcing districts to spend millions more hiring
teachers or cut scores of positions
for those teaching «specialty» subjects such as arts, music and physical education.
Today, with a budget approved that includes at least a temporary respite on the harshestimpacts of the state's class size controversy, school districts
across the state may still face packed classes in
grades 4 - 12, the loss of planning periods
for teachers or major job losses next year when more stringent class - size regulations are scheduled to take effect.
My next writing projects include guides
for mentor -
teachers and developing a love of writing
across grade levels and the curriculum.