Sentences with phrase «including high quality teachers»

Within the exploration of school reform, participants considered topics including high quality teachers, national education reform, public / private partnerships, and implementation strategies.

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That includes any effect of student poverty on teacher quality; in a 2004 study, Eric Hanushek, John Kain, and I found that poverty contributes to teacher turnover and to schools having a higher share of teachers with little or no prior teaching experience.

This set of resource includes: • 6 attractive PowerPoint presentations which lead the class through each of the lessons • Fun and thought provoking activities and discussion starters, worksheets and questions to reinforce the learning • 6 differentiated homework tasks • A mark sheet which allows pupils to track their own progress • An end of unit test to prepare the students for exams or can be used as a form of assessment • A complete teacher's guide including easy to follow lesson plans • An answer booklet to help the teacher along The lessons are: Lesson 1 — Looking into ethical and moral dilemmas such as driverless cars and the impact of technology on modern life Lesson 2 — More ethical dilemmas including the ratings culture, medical apps, sharing personal data and cyber bullying Lesson 3 — Environmental issues with technology and how organisations and individuals can reduce these effects Lesson 4 — The Computer Misuse Act 1990 Lesson 5 — The Data Protection Act 1998 Lesson 6 — Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 For more high - quality resources written by this author visit www.nicholawilkin.com

Many agencies within the profession, including teachers and principals, are concerned about finding a balance between the compliance discourse that accompanies standards and regulation and the discourse of innovation that is central to the development of rigorous and high quality teaching and educational leadership.

Working with school leaders, new high - quality training opportunities will be developed to boost career progression and support the record number of teachers in our schools to become leaders in their field, including: extending on - the - job training and support for trainee and new teachers to two years, so they get the best possible start to their career; and creating early career development opportunities for teachers through a new framework that schools will follow, developed in partnership with teachers, school leaders and education experts.

Many agencies, including ourselves, will offer guaranteed pay to ensure work for high quality teachers.

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.

And so it goes with their future investment plans: networks to help schools identify and implement evidence - based practices; collaboratives to help improve teacher preparation programs; stronger curricula aligned to college - and - career ready standards; support for «pathways» to postsecondary success, including high - quality CTE; research on personalized learning.

Many people believe that a high - quality teacher - education program must include field experience for teacher candidates in all education courses.

A study published in Education Next by Eric Taylor and John Tyler found that teacher evaluation systems that include high - quality classroom observations can improve the effectiveness of individual teachers.

This is troubling, as the demands of leading such schools, including the need to attract and retain high - quality teachers despite less desirable working conditions, may amplify the importance of having an effective leader.

CCSSO's effort aims to «significantly increase» the percentage of school districts in targeted states in which curriculum and materials adoptions are of high quality and aligned to state standards; and to increase the percentage of professional - development and teacher - prep programs that include training on those curricula.

The conference also included moderated discussions examining the measurement of effective teaching, the importance of teacher quality, and the recruitment of high - talent teachers.

As two school - based teachers of Music at Craigslea State High School, a large suburban secondary school in Queensland, Genevieve and Teresa were concerned about the quality of the students» home practice of chosen instruments, including voice.

Nevertheless, many English language arts teachers (including 56 percent at the middle school level) assign none of the literary or informational texts listed in the survey, which represented both CCSS exemplars and other high - quality texts.

The report recommends various measures to help close the achievement gap, including: more investment in early years education; ensuring all schools have access to good examples of top quality teaching and leadership; good careers guidance for all pupils; extra support for teachers, such as a mortgage deposit scheme to help high - performing school staff get on the housing ladder; and promoting and measuring character development, wellbeing and mental health in schools.

They can try to do so indirectly, via initiatives to recruit and retain talented teachers, to implement high - quality curricula, or to include measures of student engagement in school accountability systems.

In order to achieve this, the Commission suggests the government should mandate all schools in the ten lowest performing local authorities to take part in area - wide programmes, as well as reform the training and distribution of teachers across the country and create new incentives — including better starting pay — to get more of the highest - quality teachers into the schools that need them most.

But to do this, they need to be given access to the tools that enable them to deliver the high - quality learning experience their pupils deserve, including training for teachers, better parental understanding and support, and access to high - quality resources.

In response to the situation, a Scottish government spokesperson has said: «We are committed to making sure councils have the right number and highest quality of teachers in our schools which is why we have offered councils # 51m including an additional # 10m over and above last year's settlements to support teacher numbers.»

The Commission will examine factors contributing to teacher recruitment and performance including: incentives to hire and retain high - quality teachers; improvements in the teacher evaluation system to ensure New York is implementing one of the strongest evaluation systems in the country; the use of teacher evaluations for decisions regarding promotion, hiring and termination as required in the teacher evaluation law; and teacher preparation, certification and education programs to ensure that teachers are properly trained to best educate our students.

Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg is also expected to announce four other measures concerning educational policy, including the protection of spending per - pupil, a guarantee ensuring all teachers in state - funded schools will be qualified by September 2016, the establishing of a Royal College of Teachers and a National Leadership Institute to promote high quality leadership in schools in depriveteachers in state - funded schools will be qualified by September 2016, the establishing of a Royal College of Teachers and a National Leadership Institute to promote high quality leadership in schools in depriveTeachers and a National Leadership Institute to promote high quality leadership in schools in deprived areas.

The Teacher Incentive Fund and grants to expand and replicate high - quality charter schools have been included in both the House committee's bill and in Senator Alexander's initial discussion draft.

Included in Education Week's lineup of print editions are three high - profile annual reports — Quality Counts, Technology Counts, and Leaders To Learn From — and a mix of popular reports on such subjects as literacy instruction, personalized learning, student assessment, school principals, and teacher professional development.

However, we are deeply disappointed that the Trump Administration has proposed slashing more than $ 9.2 billion for education programs, including the entire Title II - A program to support high - quality teachers and school leaders.

Together, PASA, the Providence Public School District, partner schools, and the community of program partners have developed shared goals, a collaborative practice of community educators within the school day, and joint accountability through a PASA / District shared learning model that includes teacher and community educators co-teaching, a data - sharing agreement, and the creation of an expanded learning model that offers high school credits for high quality out - of - school experiences.

This detailed and high quality unit includes: * 18 lesson plans (with 13 differentiation strategies) * 95 slide PowerPoint presentation (divided into lessons) * All resources and worksheets (9 sheets) * Homework project (7 tasks) that includes both reading and writing skills * A copy of the key scene, with original version on the left and space for students to «translate» into modern English on the right * End - of - unit reading / writing exam * End - of - unit exam mark scheme (suitable for KS3 Levels 3 - 6, with GCSE 1 - 9 conversion) Unit's lessons include: * Quiz on the life and times of Shakespeare * Group «collective memory» activity on the Globe Theatre * Activities focused upon «translating» Shakespearean language * Storyboarding the play * Reading and translating Act 3 Scene 1 * Analysing characters in the key scene * Structing an essay response * Designing costumes for Puck and Titania * Designing a set for the key scene * Spelling tests on key vocabulary (differentiated by writing level) * SPaG starter activities * Crosswords * End - of - unit reading exam (GCSE English Language / Literature style) * End - of - unit writing exam (GCSE English Language style) * Teacher / peer / self assessment opportunities

This detailed and high quality unit includes: * 24 lesson plans (with 13 differentiation strategies) * 116 slide PowerPoint presentation (divided into lessons) * All resources and worksheets (20 sheets) * Homework project (7 tasks) that includes both reading and writing skills * End - of - unit reading / writing exam * End - of - unit exam mark scheme (suitable for KS3 Levels 4 - 7, with GCSE 1 - 9 conversion) Unit's lessons include: * Contexts match - up activity * Reading and discussing the whole play * Exploring Salem society in the 1690s - power and influence * Exploring key characters * In - depth analysis of characters - John Proctor and Reverend Hale * Essay writing skills - writing about characters * In - depth analysis of themes - relationships, jealousy, respect, religion * Exploring tension across the play * Linking the play to the 1950s McCarthy Era * 2 huge 60 - question revision quizzes * Spelling tests on key vocabulary (differentiated by writing level) * SPaG starter activities * End - of - unit reading exam (GCSE English Language / Literature style) * End - of - unit writing exam (GCSE English Language style) * Teacher / peer / self assessment opportunities

This detailed and high quality unit includes: * 21 lesson plans (with 13 differentiation strategies) * 77 slide PowerPoint presentation (divided into lessons) * All resources and worksheets (7 sheets) * Homework project (7 tasks) that includes both reading and writing skills * End - of - unit reading / writing exam * End - of - unit exam mark scheme (suitable for KS3 Levels 4 - 7, with GCSE 1 - 9 conversion) Unit's lessons include: * Contexts match - up * Exploring working class vs. middle class stereotypes * Shared reading and discussion of the whole play * Creating theatre publicity posters * In - depth analysis of key scnes (Act 1 Scene 1; Act 2 Scene 1; Act 2 Scene 5) * Writing to describe - script to prose * Features of writing to inform and explain * AfL - improving a sample application letter * Role play - creating and performing an extra scene for the play * Spelling tests on key vocabulary (differentiated by writing level) * SPaG starter activities * Crosswords * Huge 60 - question revision quiz * End - of - unit reading exam (GCSE English Language / Literature style) * End - of - unit writing exam (GCSE English Language style) * Teacher / peer / self assessment opportunities

This detailed and high quality unit includes: * 33 lesson plans (with 13 differentiation strategies) * 147 slide PowerPoint presentation (divided into lessons) * All resources and worksheets (9 sheets) * Homework project (9 tasks) that includes both reading and writing skills Unit's lessons include: * Cloze activity on the play's contexts * Detailed, thorough comprehension questions on each scene * Spelling tests on key vocabulary * SPaG starter activities * Character crosswords * Huge 60 - question revision quiz * In - depth key scene analyses (including group work) * Exploring characters - Helen, Jo, Peter, Boy, Geof * Exploring themes - marriage, motherhood, relationships * AfL activities - improving sample exam responses * Essay planning * Writing a formal essay on a chosen character * Writing a formal essay on a chosen theme * «Closed book» mock exam to reflect new GCSE exam expectations * Teacher / peer / self assessment opportunities

It has quality standards that are high and in keeping with those proposed by the Obama administration under Preschool for All, including the requirement of a licensed teacher in each classroom, no more than 10 children per adult, and an approved and appropriate curriculum.

In particular, Moore, who was the only teacher to testify before the Senate panel today, stressed the importance of investing in the «continuum that includes teacher induction, professional growth and teacher leadership» as a way to better prepare and retain high - quality educators.

Those included the location of charter facilities; the concern that charter schools were not serving their «fair share» of high - need students; and the impact of charters on the district's budget and teacher quality because of state - imposed constraints on the district's ability to dismiss ineffective teachers.

Marzano Center support programs include tailored one -, two -, and three - day training sessions with the Marzano Teacher Evaluation Academy for school district leaders; customized support packages for central offices; seminars on inter-rater reliability; certifications in observer accuracy; and a full range of online, high quality, self - study courses that examine all aspects of the common language of instruction within the Marzano Teacher Evaluation Model.

Comprehensive induction, writes Headden, includes high - quality mentoring by trained mentors, common planning time, ongoing professional development, external networks of teachers, standards - based evaluation, dedicated resources and an adequate and stable source of funding.

Various affordances of oTPD include high - quality learning opportunities, access to experts at low costs to districts, ample time to reflect prior to interaction, flexibility for teachers who have busy work lives, and personalized learning spaces (Dede et al., 2009; Sprague, 2006).

High - Quality Professional Development for All Teachers: Effectively Allocating Resources: National Comprehensive Center for Teaching Quality issue brief includes how to find time and estimate costs for professional learning and repurpose existing time http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED520732.pdf

These «predictive» or «formative» indicators include in - school factors such as strong classroom assessment and professional development for teachers, and out of school factors such as health care, housing, nutrition, and availability of high - quality pre-school; whether educators are using information in a reasonable way to improve teaching, learning and school quality; and whether the state and federal governments are providing positive support in these areas.

The award — regarded as the nation's top honor for mathematics and science (including computer science) teachers — recognizes teachers who develop and implement high - quality instructional programs that improve student learning.

What reformers should do is develop the tools that can allow families to make school overhauls successful; this includes building comprehensive school data systems that can be used in measuring success, and continuing to advance teacher quality reforms (including comprehensive teacher and principal evaluations based mostly on value - added analysis of student test score growth data, a subject of this week's Dropout Nation Podcast) that can allow school operators of all types to select high - quality talents.

The reality is that schools serving high proportions of black and Latino students — typically in low - income communities — tend to suffer from a range of stresses that affect the quality of the education they can provide, including factors such as high teacher turnover, shortages of basic materials, fewer counselors, overcrowding, and poorly maintained facilities.

He says that by taking steps like establishing magnet schools that attract students from diverse backgrounds and regulating the expansion of charter schools, more children could benefit from higher quality schools, which typically have more resources, including more experienced teachers.

In this LPI Blog, Senior Researcher and Policy Analyst Beth Meloy outlines key elements of a high - quality system to achieve this goal, including improvements to teacher preparation and supports for ongoing professional development.

In remarks delivered at Granada Hills Charter High School, Greuel called for an audit of LAUSD «to slash non-school site administrative expenses» and a student's bill of rights including access to technology, mental health counselors, arts and a «quality teacher in every classroom.»

This project, which spanned three years and included analysis of over 20,000 videotaped lessons from 3,000 teacher volunteers, resulted in nine guiding principles to inform the design and implementation of high - quality teacher support and evaluation systems.

Attracting a diverse and high - quality teacher workforce requires expanding innovative and research - based recruitment efforts, including strategies to make teaching careers attractive and financially sustainable.

Other uses include the videotaping of student teachers for assessment and improvement or videotaping of teachers used as evidence of high quality teaching for National Board certification.

FEATURES Directions, data collection tables, and interpretation analysis questions Professional development videos Elementary Science Assessment CD - ROM with test creation software INCLUDES A comprehensive, 42 - page Teacher's Resource Guide with 5 activities, extensions, and reproducible student activity sheets Enough high - quality science materials for a class of 32 students, stored in a plastic storage tote View list of materials.

This includes training principals and teachers on the new standards, designing and purchasing high - quality curricula, making sure assessments meet higher standards, and securing technology for the new state exam.

«It is crucial for a school rating system to take into account certain factors including appropriate leadership, staffing that meets the needs of students, resources to support teachers in designing and carrying out high quality plans, and facilities that provide a safe and comfortable environment to teach and learn.»