They are building connections with each other that go beyond grade - level and school site and provide inspiration
for instructional innovation.
In deciding what new practices to implement, we must be particularly cautious of
popular instructional innovations that are actually more opinion - based than research - based.
From Teach for America to the KIPP charter schools to
instructional innovations at colleges and universities, we have proven strategies ready to go to scale.
Through the direct exposure to the most promising practices in personalized learning, the Education Innovation Fellowship provides cohorts of teacher leaders the opportunity to advance the field through their own leadership and
through instructional innovation.
Charter schools need the flexibility to move to new facilities if their current buildings are in the wrong place or can't
accommodate instructional innovations (for example, new uses of technology, student grouping strategies, blended learning models).
According to Mottmann (1999), two of the more important reasons for introducing technology and
other instructional innovations into physics education are «1) to improve students» physics ability, and 2) to improve students» negative reactions toward physics» (p. 75).
ConnectEd has partnered with Inland Empire districts to
scale instructional innovation through improvement science, networked improvement communities, and approaches learned from the Billions Institute Skid Row School for Large - Scale Change.
Perceived barriers fell into three categories: those that
prevented instructional innovation, those that restricted resource allocation, and those that impeded efforts to improve teacher quality.
Dave currently works at the KIPP Foundation with KIPP leaders
on instructional innovation, leadership development, and teacher training.
Following this spirit
of instructional innovation and learning, the University of Washington Center for Educational Leadership (CEL) has released an updated version of the
Part of the NOW Classrooms series, this guidebook outlines a flexible framework that leaders can use to
drive instructional innovation and create an engaging, student - centered learning environment using technology.
«Many schools in this country use modified 4 x 4 block scheduling, and I think that is the best direction in the future for
this instructional innovation,» Cobb concluded.
The new technology powering LPS's personalized learning model is the result of numerous years of
instructional innovation that predated the technological innovation of their new platform.
That could do big damage to work statewide to build up Kentucky's teachers and support
the instructional innovations that will be needed to raise achievement for all students and reduce gaps for those who have long been underserved.
The United States has much to offer in these discussions — from its research on child development, to its institutional and
instructional innovations, to its more «creative» culture.
The $ 24 million in reductions to teacher development are the same ones PrichBlog has highlighted before, and they continue to pose a grave threat to teachers» ability to plan and implement
the instructional innovations that will be needed to meet Kentucky's ambitious goals for raising achievement and reducing achievement gaps.
Teachers utilize data to gauge the effectiveness of
their instructional innovations, to determine individualized areas of strength and need for improvement, and to problem - solve to increase impact for all learners.
Presenters: Karen Geddeis, APR, director, public relations & communications, and Ryan Bretag, director,
instructional innovation, Glenbrook High School District 225, Glenview, Ill..
The study, Starting With Why: How District Leaders Create a Compelling Sense of Urgency to Drive District - wide Change, features the Wilkinson County School District in Irwinton, GA and examines how leaders developed, promoted, and supported a district - wide culture of
instructional innovation that laid the groundwork for steady gains in 8th grade math achievement for African - American males and economically disadvantaged students.
Following this spirit of
instructional innovation and learning, the University of Washington Center for Educational Leadership (CEL) has released an updated version of the 5D + Rubric for Instructional Growth and Teacher Evaluation.
Conducted curricular and
instructional innovations, including a learner - centered curriculum for teaching English and low - tech English instruction