Sentences with phrase «foster quality teaching»

By investing wisely in the best evidence - based teacher education programs, the government can foster quality teaching without increasing total funding.

This is a progressive child - centred method of education that fosters quality teaching and learning, creativity, integration and sound practical classroom management.

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If the formal teaching of Humanae Vitae is indeed of Christ (as it itself claims, cf. para.s 4 & 6) and that, as we might expect, living in accord with it deepens the quality of married love, strengthens fidelity, brings male sexuality under control, significantly lessens the likelihood of marital breakdown and fosters a generally pro-life attitude then we have done a great disservice to generations of Catholics by failing to break the silence on it.

Character Education: The Policy on Quality Character Education (2004) recommends that schools adopt secular character education programs to teach fairness, trustworthiness, citizenship, and self - restraint in order to help students learn and foster the well being of democratic society.

There's a lot of work left to do, Hammond says, primarily around ensuring that all schools foster a culture of equity and all kids have access to high - quality teaching and learning.

Ideal to get quality feedback from students and to foster an atmosphere of improvement in Teaching and Learning.

Our plan is grounded in the following two premises: 1) When purposefully synchronized with one another across multiple forms of media («cross-media»), children's and adolescents» exposure to high quality youth - oriented social and ethical story content, i.e. stories of substance specifically about character development, compassion, and courage (CCC), is a powerful way to promote youth academic achievement and ethical values; 2) Especially if these stories, told and «read» across media, in their various genres (human interest, biography, history and historical fiction, civic engagement, coming of age, social change, spiritual awakening, moral issues, etc.), are «taught» by «educators» (broadly defined) using an «evidence - based» pedagogy that A) makes use of peer to peer, and adult facilitated group discussion and debate as a primary form of instruction, and B) takes advantage of access to the texts of the story that are made available cross-media (narratives, scripts, videos, etc.) to foster students» critical thinking and ethical reflection skills.

Her turn from university teacher preparation to the daily life of a high school affords her opportunities to live her commitments to quality teaching and to fostering a vibrant, affirming school community focused on delivering powerful learning experiences that guide students to find their purpose and to serve their community.

Fostering high - quality teaching with an enriched curriculum and professional development support: The head start REDI program.

Union City, Kirp argues, is successful because it fosters a culture of continuous improvement of existing staff and schools, utilizes bilingual instruction, and guarantees high quality pre-school — eschewing high stakes accountability, Teach for America teachers, and school choice.

A group of teachers visiting multiple classrooms at their own school with the aim of fostering conversation about teaching and learning in order to develop a shared vision of high quality teaching that impacts on student learning.

Fostering quality leadership, teaching, learning and engagement for all stakeholders to build student school success and a college - going culture.

While their primary goal is to foster high - quality teaching of The 4Rs or RCCP, they share techniques and insights that improve teachers» performance throughout the school day.

Educating the next generation of scientists, technologists, engineers and mathematicians with the skills from high quality hands - on teaching experiences fosters critical thinkers who adapt to change, an essential component to any future career.

In addition, two Alliance reports from the Climate Change series offer specific federal, state, and local policy recommendations for fostering a positive school climate by ensuring greater access to rigorous coursework and high - quality teaching.

We strongly reject the way high - stakes standardized tests are hurting our children and denying them high - quality teaching in a healthy atmosphere that fosters the full development of their capabilities.

It recognizes that public schools (often neighborhood hubs), have a unique opportunity to provide access to effective and integrated service delivery that support conditions for high quality teaching and learning by partnering with organizations representing youth development, academic enrichment, mental and physical health, human services, foster care, early education, adult education, and family engagement.

The authors argue that examining these artifacts can help schools gain a fresh perspective on their policies, practices, and culture; better align human resources with student outcome goals; identify conditions that support or constrain teaching quality; and generally foster more equitable infrastructures for teaching and learning.

Sites named as Best Websites for Teaching & Learning foster the qualities of innovation, creativity, active participation and collaboration.

Administered by the Health Resources and Services Administration in partnership with the Administration for Children and Families, the MIECHV Program uses multiple levers to promote, teach, and use continuous quality improvement (CQI) methods to improve performance and foster innovation within federal offices and projects, and throughout home visiting programs.

While I see the value in fostering a student's social and emotional growth throughout their time in school, these efforts should arise from quality teaching practices, not necessarily state - mandated accountability measures stemmed from federal legislation.