Sentences with phrase «improve practices around»

AACTE convened the task force to help address questions and improve practices around the collection of teacher work samples from classrooms.

Part Two focused on the need to improve practices around homework, assessment, and grading.

The Georgia Psychotropic Medication Monitoring Project: Final Report and Recommendations (PDF - 1,900 KB) Barton Child Law and Policy Center of Emory University School of Law, Casey Family Programs, & Child Welfare Collaborative (2012) Offers lessons learned for improving practices around the use of psychotropic medication for children in foster care, including protocols for coordination among child welfare, mental health, and Medicaid agencies.

As a result, ACDSS sought to improve practice around fatherhood involvement through the use of agency roundtable discussions with staff to address discrepancies, increase communication around expectations and policies, provide training to target identified needs, and utilize tools to hold staff accountable for their work with fathers.

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Simultaneously, during 2012 — 2015, three years of mentoring were provided by «The Postharvest Education Foundation» for more than a dozen Tanzanian extension workers and post-harvest trainers who are currently working within the local communities in and around Arusha to improve post-harvest handling practices and reduce losses in horticultural crops.

On 24 October 2017, more than 150 participants attended the AIM - PROGRESS Responsible Sourcing Forum in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to discuss common challenges around responsible sourcing and learn about practical tools and processes they can develop to improve their business practices.

I've taken everything I've learned, trained and supported thousands of women, babies and their families with for over twenty years in my private practice locally and around the world, to create this book and do my part in improving maternity and newborn care and experiences, by empowering women and their families to speak up.

The DOH, for its part, employs breastfeeding support groups around the country to help disseminate information and improve breastfeeding practices of mothers, especially in far - flung areas.

Currently, she speaks at events around the world and contracts with hospitals to help improve breastfeeding practices.

Nancy currently contracts with hospitals to improve breastfeeding practices, writes for many publications, and speaks at events around the world.

Through this collaboration, we work with other member institutions to share best practices for the care of high - risk newborns, and to identify trends in outcomes that help us identify opportunities to improve care both at our facility and others around the world.

People who actively practice gratitude are more sensitive to the emotions of others, and by practicing gratitude, you can improve both your own outlook on life and your interactions with the people around you.

He has built his practice around the belief that it is only when you do this that your body's natural intelligence to heal will take over and you will then be able to regain energy, clarity of thought, sleep more soundly, lose weight and improve your overall health and vitality.

To stick with the poker metaphor a little longer, you can practice yoga, stack the deck, and improve your odds of sticking around for the next hand — or not.

I was reminded of how much suffering is taking place around us and delighted to reaffirm that yoga practice can have a profound impact on preventing certain diseases, managing the symptoms and improving the quality of life.

The process offers an opportunity for intensive, clinical conversations among teachers that center around their classroom practice and ways that they are improving student learning.

But part of the HarvardX mission is to make sure that we are having an impact on our students on Harvard's campus as well — this is not just about how we can distribute our lectures around the world but how we can improve our practice for our students here,» said [Assistant Professor] Andrew Ho, research director of HarvardX.»

The prize is awarded every two years and it recognizes initiatives that contribute to improving educational practices around the world, with priority given to developing countries and to marginalized and disadvantaged communities.

Our doctoral programs draw emerging leaders in research, policy, and practice committed to improving educational opportunities in America and around the world.

HGSE doctoral programs draw emerging leaders in research, policy, and practice committed to improving educational opportunities in America and around the world.

The prize is awarded every two years and it recognizes initiatives that contribute to improving educational practices around the world, with priority given to developing countries and to marginalized and disadvantaged -LSB-...]

We believe that through exceptional professional education that is responsive and relevant to the challenges practitioners face, we can equip and empower educators and institutions around the world to improve their practice in service of their students, schools, and communities.

Whether it be language around growth or fixed mindset, a better understanding of intrinsic versus extrinsic motivation, or strategies for deliberate practice or improved focus, we have found that students respond very positively to this work because they better understand their role as agents in their own learning.»

Commenting on the grand opening, Lord Sugar, said: «Principal, Andrew Hemmings and his team have done an outstanding job turning the school around and making it Hertfordshire's most improved school and a true exemplar of best practice in education — their exam results speak for themselves.

Ensure appropriate systemic interventions are in place to improve teaching and learning schoolwide by developing a clear set of expectations and a common language around instructional practices.

Educators around the country are using Google for Education tools to change their teaching practices and improve student outcomes.

Goddard and colleagues say further studies are needed on collaborative practices but that their study provides preliminary support for efforts to improve student achievement by promoting teacher collaboration around curriculum, instruction and professional development.

With this MicroMasters, we enable learners around the world to improve educational practice while continuing to scale up academic excellence, inclusion and innovation.

The EEF has summarised the evidence around primary literacy into a series of guidance reports, which make evidence - based recommendations to improve practice.

It draws from the research base in educational leadership preparation to propose a series of recommendations to improve current state policy and school leadership preparation program (SLPP) practices around the recruitment and selection of aspirant principal candidates.

The report, North Carolina Charter Schools: Excellence and Equity through Collaboration, looks at policies and outcomes around the state's charter application and approval process and the oversight and measurement of charter school performance, and includes recommendations to improve charter authorizing practices and increase accountability.

I was working diligently with teachers to help them transition their frame of mind around assessment practices while trying to improve my instructional practices as their leader and guide.

In a less formally organized but entirely 21st century way, individual teachers may also choose to join an online community of teacher - learners who want to improve their math practice by engaging with each other and our curriculum writers around a shared instructional tool.

School leaders throughout the country have improved their leadership practice and have turned around underperforming schools into those where students achieve.

He has also consulted at the New York City Department of Education to support the professional development of educators around using assessment data to improve instructional practice.

She amended the schedule to foster PLCs so that grade - level teacher teams could meet daily to reflect on their practice; collaborate around teaching and learning; continuously fine tune their shared beliefs and values; and examine data to improve their craft.

As a school leader Daneen's strengths were uniting people around a student centered vision and creating school wide systems and structures focused on improving adult practices that in turn increase student achievement.

Through strong arts, arts integration and democratic practice, graduates will be able to adapt to an ever - changing world by becoming confident, critical thinkers, socially responsible citizens and lifelong learners who apply their knowledge to improve themselves and the world around them.

Nobody should be working on developing expertise in isolation; all of us should be working on continually improving teaching and learning practice together with the same goal in mind around student learning.

The question around gradual release became less elusive and the school was able to improve specific practices.

Wills: We encounter innovative and creative teachers — in ACE and around the country — who are hungry to improve their practice and their schools in meaningful ways.

Winners of the «Schools to Watch» program will host visitors from California and around the world who are looking for «replicable practices that will help them improve their middle grades schools and close the achievement gap,» according to a press release from the office of State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson

Race to the Top initiated a long - overdue debate over how to improve teacher quality in the United States and highlighted a number of dysfunctional state practices around teacher training, placement, evaluation, tenure, and dismissal.

Summarizing, the main goal of this network is to share knowledge on data use to improve data - driven decision making practices in schools around the world.

Dr. Bob Pritchard, co-founder of EPF for Teaching is a language and literacy specialist who works extensively with teachers and administrators around the county implementing high leverage, research - based, instructional practices associated with improved student learning across content areas.

Considering that research suggests that it takes around 50 hours on a single CPD topic to make a sustainable change in practice but that teachers have to use this limited time for lots of CPD topics, there is really no surprise that research suggests that teachers barely improve their teaching after the first three years on the job — everything becomes habitual and automated and these habits are impossible to shift without concentrated time and effort.

From both decades of research and the craft knowledge of educators who've jumped in and turned around schools, we know these practices generally yield improvement: (1) a focus on what kids need to learn: (2) collaboration on instruction and assessment; (3) examining assessment data; (4) using patterns in data to improve instruction; and (5) building trusting relationships.

Attendance Works, a national initiative that is «dedicated to improving the policy, practice and research» around school attendance has named September as National Attendance Awareness Month.

Functions The teacher leader: a) Facilitates the collection, analysis, and use of classroom - and school - based data to identify opportunities to improve curriculum, instruction, assessment, school organization, and school culture; b) Engages in reflective dialog with colleagues based on observation of instruction, student work, and assessment data and helps make connections to research - based effective practices; c) Supports colleagues» individual and collective reflection and professional growth by serving in roles such as mentor, coach, and content facilitator; d) Serves as a team leader to harness the skills, expertise, and knowledge of colleagues to address curricular expectations and student learning needs; e) Uses knowledge of existing and emerging technologies to guide colleagues in helping students skillfully and appropriately navigate the universe of knowledge available on the Internet, use social media to promote collaborative learning, and connect with people and resources around the globe; and f) Promotes instructional strategies that address issues of diversity and equity in the classroom and ensures that individual student learning needs remain the central focus of instruction.

With the passage of teacher evaluation legislation across the country, it is clearer than ever that an instructional framework — coupled with protocols around observation and feedback — is central to improving teaching practice and learning for all students.