Sentences with phrase «instructional efforts for»

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It was announced on Wednesday that Felder secured some $ 200,000 in discretionary funds for «education access» programs for Agudath Israel, the lobbying force that helped fight state efforts to impose instructional standards on yeshivas... What secular education young boys receive typically ends at the equivalent of about seventh grade, with only minimal English and reading studied after that.

But the good news is that any school can adopt the elements needed for a top - quality science program — sufficient instructional time for well - trained teachers to implement a strong curriculum with effective assessments — if it allocates the necessary time, money, and effort.

Here is what you can find in Learning Is For Everyone: Instructional Design For Accessibility to support your design efforts:

«It's time for me to do other things - finishing the book [Every Child, Every Classroom, Every Day], working with Larry Leverett on instructional improvement with 15 superintendents in New Jersey, supporting HGSE's efforts in South Africa, and assisting our graduates as they ascend to their superintendencies,» Peterkin said.

Whatever the approach you may use, an instructional design for MOOCs needs additional time and effort, as you should not only design online activities for a large audience, but you should also foresee what might go wrong.

He makes similar arguments about how efforts to improve teacher quality, instructional approaches like Success for All, and high - expectation techniques practiced by educators like Jaime Escalante and Rafe Esquith are not promising models for reform because their success is due to the selection of students or other factors that can not be replicated on a broader scale.

If, however, teachers must choose a smaller number of practices on which to focus their improvement efforts (for example, because of limited time or professional development opportunities), our results suggest that math achievement would likely benefit most from improvements in classroom management skills before turning to instructional issues.

Schools should focus teacher evaluation and feedback efforts on the specific instructional changes required for the gap standards.

When the instructional design team, for example, identified a need for a database of parent and community resources that could be used by students and teachers, they asked the community team to assist with the effort.

Noelle — I'm assuming that you mean that we'll see effort by districts to trim around the edges, as much as possible, try to avoid core instructional areas for cuts?

The new tools are offering up real - time feedback on what children know, quick access to an array of tailored instructional materials, and important data for teachers to use to improve their own approaches — all in an effort to do a better job personalizing learning in ways that address students» individual strengths and weaknesses.

Recommendations for improving the efficacy of the intervention are discussed, including efforts to improve the match between reader ability and the readability of texts and the instructional goals of the family literacy events.

The Spring 2012 issue of the Teacher PD Sourcebook highlights instructional efforts that, against difficult odds, are showing signs of success in bringing reading and writing to life for today's students.

In other instances, they create the buy - in we get from teachers who see our curricular and instructional changes for what they're meant to be — ways to support them in their efforts to serve their students.

Recently, we have seen increasing recognition of the fact that principals often don't have the tools and support to help teachers — shining a light on central offices and their support for principals» instructional leadership efforts.

Standerford concluded that state and district policies had influenced the teachers» efforts by making them aware that changes were expected in reading instruction, but had not made clear for the teachers what those instructional changes should be.

At Playa Junior High School, for example, the principal sought school improvement through an effort to get teachers to be less didactic in their teaching, to broaden their repertoires of instructional strategies, and to focus on higher - order learning expectations.

Kris Nordstrom, a consultant for the progressive N.C. Justice Center (the parent nonprofit for N.C. Policy Watch) and a former fiscal analyst for the legislature, warned legislators that their efforts would be better spent on proven methods, such as increasing access to pre-K programs, expanding instructional time, recruiting and retaining high - quality teachers, and addressing poverty - related issues such as mental health and child nutrition.

Throughout the year the superintendent and directors met and coached the principal on regular monthly and weekly schedules; district curriculum personnel worked with teachers on their instructional needs; and the district supported efforts to improve after - school programs for low - performing students.

Many districts consider development of their principals «capacity for instructional leadership — one of the district conditions included in our measures — to be a cornerstone of their improvement efforts.

It includes four strands: (1) development of a tool (the «Framework») to guide teachers» design of student learning experiences, (2) enhancement of teachers» leadership skills (particularly related to sharing leadership for instructional improvement), (3) dissemination efforts that support understanding and use of the Framework across levels of the education system and in all areas of the state, and (4) provision of a platform that provides rural areas in Colorado with easy access to the Framework and extends access to and use of the Framework across the nation and the globe.

As to why the principals did not link their observations to any discussion about instructional practice, or any attempt at broader efforts to unite teachers around a vision for the school, teachers said, for example, «He is supportive of my teaching philosophy.»

Since the 1960s, efforts to reform education — including various curricular changes, reading approaches, teacher preparation, money for the disadvantaged, and different instructional approaches — have failed to bring about true systemic change because the reforms fail to deal with a different definition of learning.

Principals and teachers reported increasing efforts to develop the capacity of teachers to engage collectively in data analysis for instructional decision making, supported by but not dependent on other experts.

The effort provides districts with resources and support to ensure that local technology and digital learning plans align with instructional best practices, are implemented by highly trained teachers, and lead to personalized learning experiences for all students, particularly those from traditionally under - served communities.

Over the past several years, Tennessee has ramped up its teacher leadership efforts, with both its department of education as well as local and national nonprofits establishing fellowships for classroom experts to support the implementation of college - and career - ready standards and serve as instructional coaches for colleagues.

It's about creating conditions where all staff, especially teachers, can rapidly increase their effectiveness through meaningful professional learning aligned with improvement efforts, receive actionable feedback based on data, and take advantage of increased time for collaboration and instructional coaching.

By offering training to instructional mentors and coaches, PIIC will expand support for instructional coaching to all 29 IUs, while ensuring that these efforts are of high quality, consistent, and sustainable.

Each session is designed to establish mindsets for leading instructional improvement efforts, promote deep cohesion among members, and learn the process for managing instructional improvement efforts in authentic situations.

Prior to his work with Peer Coaching, Foltos served as the Director of Instructional Technology for Seattle Public Schools from 1990 to 2001 where he led the implementation of the District's efforts to integrate technology into more than 3,000 teachers» classroom.

The effort now spans from support for teacher leaders to sitting principals and principal supervisors and accompanied district policies providing greater autonomy to principals and more explicitly focusing the principal's role on instructional leadership.

Although these insights are written for people who often lead school turnaround efforts — principals, assistant principals, instructional coaches, and teacher leaders — other stakeholders involved in school improvement may also find them instructive.

In this new column for Educational Leadership, experienced researchers at the American Institutes for Research will discuss research - based practices, providing educators on the front lines of school improvement efforts with the information they need to make the best instructional decisions.

If SEL skills are used for accountability, will teachers have to realign their instructional practices to ensure that their efforts to promote SEL skills will be accurately measured by a state survey?

«Schools are often looking at instructional uses,» said Thomas Arnett, a research fellow at the Clayton Christensen Institute for Disruptive Innovation and author of a paper chronicling the efforts of these two organizations to co-develop classroom technology to support personalized learning.

AppleTree's Every Child Ready instructional model is the centerpiece for these efforts.

Support teachers» efforts to align the plan book and the grade book for better instructional decisions and higher student achievement.

These include: · Use of instructional programs and curricula that support state and district standards and of high quality testing systems that accurately measure achievement of the standards through a variety of measurement techniques · Professional development to prepare all teachers to teach to the standards · Commitment to providing remedial help to children who need it and sufficient resources for schools to meet the standards · Better communication to school staff, students, parents and the community about the content, purposes and consequences of standards · Alignment of standards, assessment and curricula, coupled with appropriate incentives for students and schools that meet the standards In the unlikely event that all of these efforts, including a change in school leadership, fail over a 3 - year period to «turn the school around,» drastic action is required.

Evaluative assessments assess school improvement efforts like professional development needs, areas of instructional focus for the whole building, etc..

In an effort to improve performance and growth of students, we assessed and reviewed current instructional models for teaching reading / language arts aligned to the Utah Core.

APR — Annual Performance Report CEIS — Coordinated Early Intervening Services DCV — Discipline, Crime and Violence EOY — End of Year FFY — Federal Fiscal Year IDEA — Individuals with Disabilities Education Act IPAL — Instructional Personnel and Licensure LEA — Local Education Agency MOE — Maintenance of Effort OSEP — U.S. Department of Education Office of Special Education Programs PSA — Proportionate Set - Aside SFY — State Fiscal Year SOP — State Operated Programs SPP — State Performance Plan SRC — Student Record Collection SSEAC — State Special Education Advisory Committee SSWS — Single Sign - on for Web Systems VDOE — Virginia Department of Education

Kayser, who received significant UTLA funding during his 2011 campaign and often aligns himself with teachers union, may have startled some when he threw his lot behind BIC, writing, «Our Breakfast in the Classroom program not only furthers the President's effort to feed hungry children but brings much needed revenue for the instructional program to the District as well.»

The impetus for the overall approach is to be sure that as teachers, instructional leaders, and others are asked to serve on various committees, it's clear that their efforts are part of a larger, strategic picture.

The Student Learning Objectives Handbook by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education provides a typical example: «a Student Learning Objective can be defined as a rigorous, measurable, long - term academic goal for a group of students that teachers use to guide their instructional efforts over a given interval of time».

However, our work suggests the need for instructional designs that provide real - time collaboration in settings that are conducive to focused effort and reflection and feature the guidance of expert mentors who have mastered the professional teaching knowledge that is the focus of the professional development.

Don't just determine monetary costs, such as outsourcing the instructional design — take other elements into consideration, such as the time spent on the project and the actual expenditure of time and effort for the learners themselves.

In St. John the Baptist Parish Public Schools — a district just outside of New Orleans where 85 percent of students qualify for free or reduced - price lunch — the state's efforts to prioritize aligned instructional materials are having a big impact.

Aquino was one of Deasy's top advisors, leading efforts to change the district's instructional protocols to the Common Core State Standards, including the district's plan to purchase iPads for every student and teacher.

The report is intended to provide practitioners with concrete strategies and practices for supporting instructional improvement efforts.

Assessing What Really Matters in Schools: Creating Hope for the Future, by Ronald J. Newell and Mark J. Van Ryzin, asserts that» «since the 1960s, efforts to reform education — including various curricular changes, reading approaches, teacher preparation, money for the disadvantaged, and different instructional approaches — have failed to bring about true systemic change because the reforms fail to deal with a different definition of learning.»»