As a school leader or principal, you can often focus more time on
improving teaching and learning beyond one classroom, giving others greater confidence and impact.
Not exact matches
About Blog The mission of the Montessori Teachers Institute for Professional Studies is to provide experienced Montessori teachers the opportunity to move
beyond the initial
learning gained from Montessori training courses
and the first years of classroom
teaching by offering a variety of services that will advance their knowledge,
improve their skills as practitioners.
Beyond opportunities to observe
and analyze instructional practice
and student work, participants also worked together to apply effective protocols
and build teamwork to
improve teaching and learning.
As a way to bring the group's efforts to educators
beyond Boston, a book, Data Wise: A Step - by - Step Guide to Using Assessment Results to
Improve Teaching and Learning, was published in 2005 by Harvard Education Press.
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).
The goal was twofold: could online
learning, delivered
and repeated in spaced intervals, be used as an effective
teaching tool;
and could it
improve knowledge retention
beyond the typical classroom experience?
Last weekend, at the Celebration of
Teaching and Learning, surrounded by educators, representatives from the nonprofit
and business worlds, global education experts, academics,
and education advocates of all stripes, I found it inspiring how committed the group as a whole was to not just
improving family engagement in schools, but expanding engagement
beyond the family, to the community in general.
Proposed changes to
improve teaching practices, including implementation of content - rich curriculum
and effective use of assessment data,
and proposed changes to professional development are central to our effort to ensure every child in Head Start receives high quality early
learning experiences that will build the skills they need to succeed in school
and beyond.
Our mission is to transform the
teaching and learning of mathematics,
improving outcomes for all students in elementary school
and beyond.
(James J. Barta
and Michael G. Allen); «Ideas
and Programs To Assist in the Untracking of American Schools» (Howard D. Hill); «Providing Equity for All: Meeting the Needs of High - Ability Students» (Sally M. Reis); «Promoting Gifted Behavior in an Untracked Middle School Setting» (Thomas O. Erb et al.); «Untracking Your Middle School: Nine Tentative Steps toward Long - Term Success» (Paul S. George); «In the Meantime: Using a Dialectical Approach To Raise Levels of Intellectual Stimulation
and Inquiry in Low - Track Classes» (Barbara G. Blackwell); «Synthesis of Research on Cooperative
Learning» (Robert E. Slavin); «Incorporating Cooperation: Its Effects on Instruction» (Harbison Pool et al.); «
Improving All Students» Achievement:
Teaching Cognitive
and Metacognitive Thinking Strategies» (Robert W. Warkentin
and Dorothy A. Battle); «Integrating Diverse
Learning Styles» (Dan W. Rea); «Reintegrating Schools for Success: Untracking across the United States» (Anne Wheelock); «Creatinga Nontraditional School in a Traditional Community» (Nancy B. Norton
and Charlotte A. Jones); «Ungrouping Our Way: A Teacher's Story» (Daphrene Kathryn Sheppard); «Educating All Our Students: Success in Serving At - Risk Youth» (Edward B. Strauser
and John J. Hobe); «Technology Education: A New Application of the Principles of Untracking at the Secondary Level» (N. Creighton Alexander); «Tracking
and Research - Based Decisions: A Georgia School System's Dilemma» (Jane A. Page
and Fred M. Page, Jr.);
and «A Call to Action: The Time Has Come To Move
beyond Tracking» (Harbison Pool
and Jane A. Page).
We are dedicated to transforming the
teaching and learning of mathematics, thereby
improving outcomes for all students in elementary school
and beyond.
Gerard Randall is the executive director of the Milwaukee Education Partnership (MEP), which aims to enhance the quality of
teaching and learning in Milwaukee Public Schools; bring every student to grade level or
beyond in reading, writing, math
and science;
improve access to higher education opportunities;
and advocate for public education.
The name
Beyond Textbooks does not refer to an abandonment of traditional textbooks, but rather refers to a philosophy of
teaching and learning that transcends textbooks
and state standards to strengthen support for communities of teachers, facilitate
teaching and learning,
and improve student growth
and achievement.
A Commissioned Paper for the U.S. Department of Education Project Preparing Teachers to Use Contextual
Teaching and Learning Strategies To
Improve Student Success In
and Beyond School.
Teaching students to be mindful of signs of academic stress
and to use self - regulation techniques to manage their stress levels can
improve their
learning readiness
and equip them with useful strategies for high school, college,
and beyond.
He coauthored a recent research report for The
Learning First Alliance on the school district role in improving teaching and learning (Beyond Islands of Excellence) and edited and contributed to a book of case studies of school improvement projects in East Africa, Improving Schools Through Teacher Deve
Learning First Alliance on the school district role in
improving teaching and learning (Beyond Islands of Excellence) and edited and contributed to a book of case studies of school improvement projects in East Africa, Improving Schools Through Teacher Dev
improving teaching and learning (Beyond Islands of Excellence) and edited and contributed to a book of case studies of school improvement projects in East Africa, Improving Schools Through Teacher Deve
learning (
Beyond Islands of Excellence)
and edited
and contributed to a book of case studies of school improvement projects in East Africa,
Improving Schools Through Teacher Dev
Improving Schools Through Teacher Development.
About Blog The mission of the Montessori Teachers Institute for Professional Studies is to provide experienced Montessori teachers the opportunity to move
beyond the initial
learning gained from Montessori training courses
and the first years of classroom
teaching by offering a variety of services that will advance their knowledge,
improve their skills as practitioners.
About Blog The mission of the Montessori Teachers Institute for Professional Studies is to provide experienced Montessori teachers the opportunity to move
beyond the initial
learning gained from Montessori training courses
and the first years of classroom
teaching by offering a variety of services that will advance their knowledge,
improve their skills as practitioners.
About Blog The mission of the Montessori Teachers Institute for Professional Studies is to provide experienced Montessori teachers the opportunity to move
beyond the initial
learning gained from Montessori training courses
and the first years of classroom
teaching by offering a variety of services that will advance their knowledge,
improve their skills as practitioners.