Sentences with phrase «instructional focus supported»

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The Master Educator Program (MEP) offers financial support to successful applicants (ASPB members) to participate in focused, substantive, and practical professional development with the aim of developing undergraduate plant biology instructional materials for an active learning classroom.

Many of the sessions supported technology / instructional technology and content - specific topics focused on district goals.

In the past, administrations emphasised school management; tomorrow the focus needs to be on instructional leadership, with leaders supporting, evaluating and developing high - quality teachers, and designing innovative learning environments.

The related instructional delivery in the Instructor's Manual also does not appear to support clear sequencing, clear descriptions and demonstrations of skills to be acquired, nor are the student activities followed by practice and timely feedback — the essence of good pedagogical practice which should focus initially on high levels of teacher involvement.

Understand the instructional core, the power of focusing attention on learning tasks, and the elements of a school or system that support continuous instructional improvement

The review concludes that instructional process programs designed to change daily teaching practices have substantially greater research support than programs that focus on curriculum or technology alone.

Another important factor is the investment that the most successful CMOs are making in building the capacity of their central offices, especially the focus on recruiting and developing talent, as well as building instructional support systems that are grounded in the use of performance data.

Supporting and mentoring the principal as instructional leader by focusing on the further development of core leadership capacities, practices and competencies;

Bringing diverse perspectives on the principalship to the discussion, the panelists will engage in dialogue focused on how instructional leadership, distributed leadership, and accountability impact the work of principals in the 21st century and beyond, as well as how to best mentor and support the next generation of school leaders.

PBL focuses on inquiry and student questioning: Once students generate their initial list of questions, teachers can be ready with appropriate instructional moves to support their learning.

What we do know is that pre-K teachers» training in child development, experience in working with young children, and support systems focused on their instructional behaviors and classroom management do matter — for the quality of both of teachers» social interactions with children and their implementation of curricula.

The Leadership Team (Principal, Deputy, Head of Curriculum, Head of Special Education Services, Guidance Officer, Master Teacher, Support Teacher Literacy and Numeracy, and Business Services Manager) act as instructional leaders and facilitators of staff learning focusing on the following key elements:

She is particularly interested in the development of a common language for studying and teaching instructional practice and on identifying resources that support practice - focused teacher training.

Join the director of technology at Del Mar Union School District — a high performing school district in San Diego, Calif. — along with Google in Education for an instructional webinar to see how they use Chromebooks in the classroom to support their curriculum focus, both in writing and the Common Core State Standards.

While many high - performing charter schools increase instructional time, the shared systematic model is unique in its focus on continuous personalized support.

We find evidence supporting the scaffolded sequence: A fidelity - focused approach promoted learning and instructional change more so for teachers inexperienced with the intervention, while a structured adaptive approach was more effective for teachers experienced with the intervention.

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A third report, Small High Schools at Work: A Case Study of Six Gates - Funded Schools in New York City, from the Academy for Educational Development, takes a close look a handful of these new small schools, focusing on particular practices associated with student success: intermediary support, personal and academic support, effective instructional practices, and college preparation.

[1] Our report focused on the instructional changes teachers were making and the effectiveness of the training and support they were receiving.

There's not much data out there to suggest that states without technology plans are indeed engaging in focused instructional planning that considers how technology might support student - centered learning.

Across these fourteen studies, the work of teacher leader focused primarily on providing instructional support to teachers.

Instructional leaders are often so focused on supporting the development of teacher practice that they forget to check if their work has an impact on students.

In those instances, it is wise for the instructional coach — to support teachers to self - identify a focus area.

During NLC, principals talked with their members of Congress about pressing states and districts to focus on building capacity in systems to better recruit, prepare, and support principals in the profession, and taking advantage of how they can now support instructional leadership — an area that was overlooked in the last version of the law, the No Child Left Behind Act.

The instructional support materials in the Big Cat Emergent Small Group Package are built around 40 fresh, new leveled books (half fiction, half nonfiction) ranging from Guided Reading Levels A through F with the «just right» ingredients for your classroom: high student appeal, built - in teaching tips for comprehension - focused support, and an embedded reading response summary page to quickly check comprehension and improve speaking and listening skills.

We also investigated the relationship between district focus on instruction and principals «selfassessments of their expertise in providing instructional support to teachers.

In each of the fourteen studies, demonstration lesson or modeling was investigated as part of a set of teacher leader instructional support strategies and not focused on the unique contribution of demonstration lesson or modeling as a specific strategy.

The Society sponsors 2 conferences each year focusing on technologies used for education, training and job performance improvement, specifically authoring systems, blended learning, distance learning, e-learning, electronic performance support systems (EPSS), interactive multimedia, instructional design, knowledge management systems (KM), Learning Resource Center (LRC), online learning, and web based training.

It allows teachers, supervisors, and instructional support professionals to work together to determine specific areas on which to focus professional development, leading to systemic support for differentiated professional learning.

Presenter: John Foster, NOCTI The NRCCTE is developing two professional development models focused on improving secondary CTE that address: supporting teachers entering the profession through alternative routes and the use of technical assessment data to drive instructional improvement and student achievement.

In short, it appears from this small sample that teachers in schools where our observation measures indicated less ambitious instructional practices were more likely to externalize their needs for instructional support (e.g., resources, backup for classroom management decisions) than to value support focused more directly on developing their instructional expertise.

The instructional support materials in the Big Cat Early - Fluent Small Group Package are built around 40 fresh, new leveled books (half fiction, half nonfiction) ranging from Guided Reading Levels J through P with the «just right» ingredients for your classroom: high student appeal, built - in teaching tips for comprehension - focused support, and an embedded reading response summary page to quickly check comprehension and improve speaking and listening skills.

Findings from across these studies suggest that teacher leaders are more likely to provide instructional support when leading teacher teams within their subject area focus, although the form of instructional leadership may be influenced by subject area.

Studies by Brown et al. (2001), Fortner and Boyd (1995), Frechtling and Katzenmeyer (2001) and Russell (1990) examined teacher leader activities to support teacher use of instructional materials, such as a new curriculum or technology, which had been the focus of a teacher leader preparation program.

It is an essential tool in the development of focused professional collaboration that will raise the level of instructional practices, assessment, and support in your school or district.»

Participants» statements during the focus group interviews support the assertion that their MKT increased and indicate an interaction between their growth in MKT and their instructional practices.

Through the Teaching, Leading, & Learning Collaborative (TLLC), CCSSO will support states as they work to identify and take action on policies aimed at comprehensive approaches to improving teachers and leaders» instructional practices with a focus on the implementation of college - and career - ready (CCR) standards.

- FLACS will focus specifically on instructional leadership, effective use of data to guide classroom instruction, and the establishment and support of professional learning communities.

Each and every instructional leader will support and ensure an aligned system of curriculum, instruction and assessment focused on the Core Curriculum essential concepts and skill sets.

These studies provided some evidence that teacher leaders utilized teams to provide instructional support to classroom teachers, particularly when the team had a subject area focus.

In the context of this work, it soon became apparent that the research base on content - focused instructional coaching was thin and provided little guidance on the types of activities in which coaches might engage teachers to support them in developing ambitious and equitable instructional practices.

There is some evidence that teacher leaders provided more effective instructional support to teams that were focused on specific subject areas than to teams with an interdisciplinary focus.

Upon identifying an area of need around supporting students in making meaning of math through instructional best practices, an extensive literature review occurred and was focused around understanding the shifts in the Common Core State Standards, identifying the skills and content knowledge needed to effectively teach mathematics, how students can make meaning of math, mathematical discourse, novice vs. expert teachers, and how to move teacher practice were reviewed.

Peirce Elementary School, Newton This project will focus on continuing to identify evidence - based methods to improve reading and writing instruction for our learners with special needs, support professional learning for our district's special educators to increase consistency of literacy intervention amongst schools, and ensure that our district has the most appropriate and current assessment and instructional materials.

We have always been so focused on what students need to know to achieve their goals, that we forget to consider the instructional supports that teachers need to move their students forward.

A $ 16.5 million, five - year program supported by the U.S. Department of Education's Teacher Incentive Fund, Learning Leaders sought to increase student achievement in eight of Henrico's lowest performing schools by focusing intensively on instructional improvement.

Ms. Vanzura is a growth - focused instructional coach with a passion for supporting the use of high - quality, authentic literature in classrooms, development of engaging and dynamic professional development for teachers, and serving as an advocate for excellence in literacy instruction.

A $ 10.9 million, five - year program supported by the U.S. Department of Education's Teacher Incentive Fund, TIPA sought to increase student achievement in PWCS's 30 lowest performing schools by focusing intensively on instructional improvement.

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.

Instead, I'm going to focus on the top three ways I support my students as they are reading complex instructional - level text: