Sentences with phrase «improve instruction in the classroom»

• Goal # 4: To dramatically improve instruction in the classroom.

The Executive Development Program addresses a comprehensive set of leadership skills, issues and challenges intended to dramatically improve instruction in the classroom and the practice of school leadership.

One of our top priorities at the Center for Educational Leadership is to help district leaders, principals and teachers improve instruction in every classroom.

The SAM process is designed to free up principals» time so they can focus on improving instruction in classrooms.

In the PBS News Hour video below, Will Miller from Wallace Foundation says, «The most important thing from what the research tells us is that the principal needs to concentrate their time on improving instruction in the classroom, because that's the thing that makes the most difference for the kids.»

The best thing about these realizations is that the teachers are not only improving instruction in their classrooms, but their goals were self - driven and can be supported by an instructional coach — and the teachers shared with their colleagues their realizations from watching the videos!

Successfully developed and facilitated multiple professional development sessions that included research - based best practices to engage adult learners and improve instruction in classroom

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As program officer for the IES Cognition and Student Learning research grants program, Dr. Albro oversaw the preparation of an IES Practice Guide, Organizing Instruction and Study to Improve Student Learning, which identified a set of instructional principles for use in schools and classrooms that emerged from basic research on learning and memory.

The researchers then examined whether playing the more difficult games improved performance on additional measures of working memory as well as enhanced other skills, including math, reading, writing and following instructions in a classroom.

In The Global Achievement Gap, Tony Wagner discusses how analyzing classroom footage is the best way for teachers to improve instruction.

We believe that one of the greatest school - based factors for improving education today is empowering educators with opportunities to develop a growth mindset by working together to build skills and strategies to increase the impact of their instruction in the classroom.

So differentiating instruction so that all students have the opportunity to use multiple brain pathways in the reading classroom throughout their school years is key to motivating them to read and improve.

Catherine Snow: Incorporating Rich Language in Early Education Educations Funders Researchers Initiative, November 18, 2013 «Taking on the task of improving reading skills, for all children and especially for those scoring at the bottom of the skill distribution, requires three simple things: first, we must provide all children with experiences designed to ensure a broad knowledge base and rich language before entry to kindergarten; second, we must redesign post-primary instruction to focus on discussion, analysis, critique, and synthesis; and third, we must redirect resources from testing children to assessing what is actually going on inside classrooms,» writes Professor Catherine Snow.

The Educational Testing Service last week acquired the assets of a Portland, Ore. - based company that specializes in helping teachers use classroom assessments to improve daily instruction.

The article «The WWWDOT approach to improving students» critical evaluation of websites» (Zhang, Duke, & Jimenez, 2011 — see below) provides further detail about teaching the WWWDOT framework, with a description of and artifacts from instruction in a fourth - grade classroom.

With so much time now spent reviewing for tests, here are five ways to improve the quality of both instruction and assessment in your classroom.

Merit pay proponents argue that monetary incentives for better teaching can improve the quality of instruction in our nation's classrooms.

Others still are making the necessary investments in infrastructure and devices over the next year or so, and many see PARCC as the vehicle to help make the upgrades they've wanted all along in order to improve classroom instruction.

Grier's focus in Houston, San Diego, and other districts has been on such goals as improving classroom instruction, aiming initiatives at likely dropouts, and getting more minority students to take Advanced Placement (AP) exams.

It's not unusual for schools in Shanghai to appoint one principal specifically to focus on improving classroom instruction.

Try this exercise to better understand the cognitive depth of the tasks you are using in your classroom and improve the rigor of your instruction:

As with the reading initiative, the curriculum - alignment initiative has the power to improve instruction simply by making what happens in the classroom the subject of discussion and critique.

And yet, its proponents say the practice has a solid place in the 21st - century classroom because looping has been known to strengthen student - teacher bonds, improve test scores, expand time for instruction, increase parent participation, and reduce behavioral problems and placements in special education programs.

Behavior improves when more classroom time is spent in on - task instruction.

An ERIC summary of of that study's findings states... «Implemented in 1990, the Burke County initiative appears to have resulted in expanded classroom space, improved classroom management, strengthened instruction and assessment, enhanced student concept and relationships with peers, and improved teacher - parent communication.

Students can't improve or become managers of their own learning without constant, real - time assessment and feedback, referred to in PBL instruction as assessment for learning, as opposed to assessment for school, district, or classroom accountability.

«By working in groups to improve instruction, teachers are able to develop a shared language for describing and analysing classroom teaching, and to teach each other about teaching.

They'll also discuss how your district can leverage the power of micro-credentials to help teachers become proficient — technically and pedagogically — in integrating Google into their classrooms to improve their instruction.

Educators are adapting teaching strategies to improve literacy instruction in the classroom.

We seek to strengthen both classroom arts instruction and less formal arts experiences, and, through this work, aim to generate information and insights to help policymakers, arts professionals and others in efforts to improve and expand arts learning for the young.

I believe that these rigorous standards have the potential to dramatically improve the quality of instruction in the typical American classroom — to move teachers far beyond the test - prep and bubble - kids obsessions of the No Child Left Behind era.

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Insight in action As part of an MSP program working to improve middle school science and mathematics instruction, teacher leaders were responsible for providing in - class coaching support to classroom teachers using a variety of strategies.

Other school characteristics associated with better student achievement included: more time spent on English instruction; teacher pay plans that were based on teachers» effectiveness at improving student achievement, principals» evaluations, or whether teachers took on additional duties, rather than traditional pay scales; an emphasis on academics in schools» mission statements; and a classroom policy of punishing or rewarding the smallest of student infractions.

Behind Principal Eyes Three principals share insights about their roles in improving classroom instruction

Teacher leaders — current or former classroom teachers who work with other teachers and educators in their schools or districts to help improve instruction — are a key feature of many school reform efforts.

Both sections report the perceptions of principals and teachers, selected according to quite different criteria, about the leadership practices they believe are helpful in improving classroom instruction.

Maybe, once we see more replication studies in print, we'll be able to judge whether they can filter down to the classroom and improve instruction.

The National Research Council stresses the importance of using well - planned and effective assessments of children in early learning classrooms in order to improve instruction and program planning.

Clearly, a number of the most effective schools had made an effort to improve classroom instruction, primarily through the intervention training they had put in place in their buildings.

Dr. Harding is passionate in several areas of education including mathematics instruction, quality instruction for children, improving teacher education, diversity in classrooms including ethnomathematics, culturally responsive classrooms, STEM learning for English Learners, doctoral advising, and doctoral ethics.

The committee recommended that our number one priority for funding research should be to improve classroom reading instruction in kindergarten and the primary grades.

The majority of teachers reported that their writing instruction had improved; they incorporated more writing into their classrooms and, once more writing was in place, they used the portfolio scoring criteria as part of their instructional talk with students.

In partnership with the VDOE School Improvement Office, school divisions were prioritized for professional development in the areas of co-teaching, specially designed instruction in the general classroom, standards - based IEP, and using data to improve outcomes for students with disabilitieIn partnership with the VDOE School Improvement Office, school divisions were prioritized for professional development in the areas of co-teaching, specially designed instruction in the general classroom, standards - based IEP, and using data to improve outcomes for students with disabilitiein the areas of co-teaching, specially designed instruction in the general classroom, standards - based IEP, and using data to improve outcomes for students with disabilitiein the general classroom, standards - based IEP, and using data to improve outcomes for students with disabilities.

The model embeds Dr. Marzano's research on teaching strategies providing teachers clear guidance on how to improve their classroom instruction in order to raise student achievement, therefore, identifying the «causal» links between teacher practice and student learning gains.

Few of the nation's 15,000 public school districts systematically question students about their classroom experiences, in contrast to American colleges, many of which collect annual student evaluations to improve instruction, Dr. Ferguson said.

Our main question for the research described in this section is, «What leadership practices on the part of school principals are considered, by principals and teachers, to be helpful in supporting and improving classroom instruction?»

The purpose of this action research was to improve novice teachers» planning capacity and, in turn, their classroom instruction.

That is, in order for teachers to receive specific, meaningful feedback to improve the quality of classroom instruction, leaders need to know what this powerful instruction looks like.

Through active engagement in professional development educators improve the quality of classroom instruction, grow professionally and strengthen their practice.