The report also makes several recommendations, including
improved teacher professional development, resources for schools, and resources for industry.
• Stand for Children Oregon, in 2008 - 09, successfully lobbied for funding for a mentoring program for new teachers and worked with other nonprofit organizations on a project to
improve teacher professional development.
Not exact matches
requires that
professional development programs shall be made available to
teachers to
improve instruction in the public schools, and shall include instruction in incorporating character education throughout the curriculum.
Character Education: KRS 156.095 requires that
professional development programs shall be made available to
teachers to
improve instruction in the public schools, and shall include instruction in incorporating character education throughout the curriculum.
Schools may want to put more time and resources toward
professional development for all
teachers to
improve differentiation of instruction and revise curricula for all students — not just the advanced students — without the limitations that come with an AP program.
«It's the only way that
teachers get the relevant, hands - on
professional development we need to
improve instruction,» said Vice President for Education Catalina Fortino, who directs the UFT
Teacher Center.
«
Professional development programs
improve pre-K
teacher - child interactions.»
Previous research had indicated that both of these
professional development approaches could
improve teacher - child interactions.
Two
professional development programs for pre-kindergarten
teachers have
improved their interactions with children, according to a new report for Bright from the Start: Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning (DECAL).
In their applications, districts will have outlined a variety of strategies to
improve student performance, Utrup noted, including changes in
teacher preparation and retention,
professional development, and evaluation of classroom performance.
The responsibilities will include leading efforts to
improve the diversity of students entering scientific fields, creating
professional development workshops for K - 12
teachers, expanding collaborations with other science educators, and mentoring student research projects (plasma physics or education) in our Science Education Laboratory.
She has participated in numerous
professional development opportunities to
improve her astronomy teaching, including the National Optical Astronomy Observatory's (NOAO)
Teacher Leaders in Research Based Science Education Program where Ms. Sepulveda learned to bring authentic astronomy research into the classroom.
Over the course of the meeting on this fall day, the 18 - member
professional -
development committee for the Lexington school system will cover a wide swath of topics about the ongoing training — everything from practical concerns about
teacher enrollment in a district - sponsored course to philosophical ones about how to
improve teachers» ability...
PLCs go a step beyond
professional development by providing
teachers with not just skills and knowledge to
improve their teaching practices but also an ongoing community that values each
teacher's experiences in their own classrooms and uses those experiences to guide teaching practices and
improve student learning (Vescio et al., 2008).
Key findings of the study indicate that
teachers are using Twitter primarily for
professional development and
improved classroom practice.
She set up her business precisely to help schools
improve by raising teaching standards and therefore welcomes the recent DfE guidance on standards for
teachers»
professional development.
DCPS also introduced LEAP, an intensive
professional development program to help
teachers improve their skills.
In Boston, MCAS is an important part of a seamless standards - based reform effort that includes clear expectations for what students should learn, curriculum aligned with the standards, high - quality instruction and
professional development to help
teachers improve their practice, and assessments that provide students with a way to demonstrate what they have learned and how they can apply it.
As a profession undergoing constant pressure to grow,
improve and reconstitute the work of
teachers and principals in new times, we must as a continuing priority, advocate strongly for modes of
professional training and
development of the type that reflect these Principles of Procedure.
«This program will provide important support for
teachers to engage in
professional development,
professional learning, to enhance teaching practice and
improve student outcomes.
She consults to schools delivering
teacher professional development on bullying prevention, cybersafety information and ways to
improve school cultures.
By equipping yourself to become a great leader, you can play a larger role in making highly effective practices the norm: such as
improved teacher collaboration,
professional development opportunities, behaviour management and monitoring student progress in meaningful ways.
The Science
Teachers Learning from Lesson Analysis (STeLLA) project is a
professional -
development program that uses video - based analysis of practice to
improve teacher and student learning at the upper elementary level.
MyTeachingPartner - Secondary is a Web - mediated
professional -
development system focused on
improving teacher - student interactions in the classroom.
Teacher professional development is essential to efforts to
improve our schools.
Rather than today's system, which focuses on «input regulations» such as textbook mandates; seat time rules; cumbersome, outdated certification requirements; and
professional development units, public officials should place greater emphasis on vastly
improved data systems, better
teacher evaluations, curricular quality, and meaningful accountability.
The
teachers will also participate in a workshop on creative teaching practices in Orlando, Fla., and work with Disney Worldwide Outreach to help
improve teacher collaboration and
professional development.
How Shanghai Does It: Insights and Lessons from the Highest - Ranking Education System in the World says
teachers are supported with ongoing
professional development which is often collaborative in nature and focused on
improving instruction, and a framework of clear learning standards, regular student assessment and well - aligned curriculum.
Meanwhile, it provides $ 2.5 billion to support
professional development that can be used to «
improve the knowledge of
teachers and principals and, in appropriate cases, paraprofessionals, concerning effective instructional strategies, methods, and skills, and use of challenging State academic content standards and student academic achievement standards, and State assessments, to
improve teaching practices and student academic achievement.»
Funding will be available only for
professional development experiences that result in
improved teacher effectiveness.
For
professional development to truly
improve teachers, they need experienced «master
teachers,» and PD time «should include time to apply the new concept / skill / strategy to the classroom.»
He has also led experimental studies of several widely used
teacher professional development interventions for improving reading and writing outcomes in the elementary and secondary grades, including the Pathway Project, Teacher Study Groups, and the Strategic Adolescent Reading Interv
teacher professional development interventions for
improving reading and writing outcomes in the elementary and secondary grades, including the Pathway Project,
Teacher Study Groups, and the Strategic Adolescent Reading Interv
Teacher Study Groups, and the Strategic Adolescent Reading Intervention.
If we are truly serious about
improving student learning, we must think anew about
teacher recruitment, placement, evaluation,
professional development, retention, and separation.
This is despite the fact that school districts invest considerable resources in
professional development in an effort to
improve teacher performance.
Indeed, our review findings would suggest that if
professional development is explicitly focused on
improving an observed
teacher practice instead of being focused explicitly on addressing a pupil need, then it is less likely to be effective at
improving outcomes for students.
Teachers need to be able to articulate their own
professional development, record evidence and clearly demonstrate that they are reaching their targets and working towards a common goal to
improve the educational outcomes of their pupils.
An evidence - based approach is objective and non-judgemental on the
teacher, and video shows rich and interesting data for
professional development can be reviewed and
improved on — repeatedly.
Improving Math Instruction Through Feedback is an online
professional development program for K - 12 educators looking to
improve instructional coaching for math
teachers.
11 per cent of
teachers said better
professional development could help
improve learning.
Ultimately, the administration hopes states will
improve their approach to
professional development and create ways of measuring
teacher effectiveness.
Improving Teachers» Assessment Literacy Through
Professional Development.
The Metro Nashville district in Tennessee began an intensive high - school - redesign process six years ago, and, about three years ago, officials there began developing an intensive
professional development strategy to help high school
teachers improve their work in project - based learning.
This focus promotes the
development of leadership skills,
professional learning, and support for
teachers that target ways to
improve student outcomes...
· To
improve the nature, quality and availability of
professional development for
teacher educators; and,
The next round must get to measuring
teacher effectiveness based on student achievement, promoting
professional development that is based on research and effective practice and
improves performance, providing incentives for
teachers who are effective, and requiring removal of
teachers who, even with solid
professional development, can't or don't
improve.
Gerstein has run a number of
professional development courses that seek to instruct
teachers in how to model a growth mindset amongst students and one of her key principles is encouraging
teachers to see themselves as learners, and, just like students are all capable of learning and
improving, so too are
teachers (Gerstein 2014)
However,
improved technologies are enabling Cool Australia to provide
professional development which incorporates high - quality content and practical learning experiences to
teachers around Australia.
To be recognized, schools and districts demonstrate that their
professional development programs result in
improved teacher effectiveness and student learning and are consistent with a set of principles for
professional development that are based on the best available research and exemplary practice.
Group lesson study when executed well is one
professional development exercise that can help contribute to
improving teacher efficacy and student achievement.
What can be done to
improve ongoing
professional development for
teachers?