Candice Bocala is a doctoral candidate in education policy, leadership, and
instructional practice at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
Engaging students in the right
instructional practice at the right time is daunting, especially with students at various learning levels and an average of 22 different instructional practice solutions in every classroom nationwide.
Additionally, she completed her Masters of
Instructional Practice at Lipscomb University in 2015.
She has spent her career seeking solutions to close the achievement gap, in part by supporting the improvement of
instructional practice at both the school and system levels.
A sizeable portion of the professional development activities was directly related to
instructional practices at Emerald.
Sponsored by the United States Department of Education, DWW is an online library of resources providing tools to implement research - based
instructional practices at schools.
Not exact matches
In an editorial accompanying the study, Russell Pate and Dr. Jennifer O'Neil of the Department of Exercise Science
at the University of South Carolina said the study showed the «need to learn ways in which the doses of physical activity provided during youth sports and activity programs can be most effectively increased by modifying the manner in which the
practices and contests are conducted... [such as] by changes in
instructional practices that produce greater emphasis on keeping youth active while they learn individual skills and team strategies.»
In the meantime, check out Ashley's conscious pregnancy blog where she shares
instructional practice videos, recipes and more mama magic
at yoginishaktipregnancy.tumblr.com or Ashley on YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter.
Check out the first half of Ashley's prenatal yoga interview here, or Ashley's conscious pregnancy blog where she shares
instructional practice videos, recipes and more mama magic
at yoginishaktipregnancy.tumblr.com or Ashley on YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter.
All leaders, regardless of role, should be working
at the improvement of
instructional practice and performance, rather than working to shield their institutions from outside interference.
Instructional coaches working
at multiple schools share innovative
practices throughout the district.
Ive been looking
at instructional practices, dimensions of learning, and what works strategies.
Instructional rounds is an embedded
practice at Camdenville, used to drive school change.
«On the hook»
instructional practice needs to honor the fact that students process answers to questions
at different rates.
«Teachers learn to draw connections between their
instructional practice and student learning through the deliberate analysis of data,» says Richard Elmore, «and this sense of efficacy in teaching is central to internal accountability
at the school level.»
For Ridie Ghezzi, head of research and
instructional services
at Dartmouth College's Baker Library, the PPE institute wasn't her first exposure to the
practice of mindfulness.
The program examines four leadership themes — school improvement,
instructional practice, student / adult connections, and motivation and engagement strategies — and looks
at how to adapt and implement specific leadership strategies.
The latter is one of nine principles of learning formulated by the Institute for Learning that I direct
at the University of Pittsburgh to provide assistance to school systems in building organizational and
instructional practices that will enable their students to meet higher achievement standards.
By selectively leveraging the most applicable
practices and strategies from the fields of
Instructional Design, Network Theory, Agile Design, Entrepreneurship, Team Dynamics / Management, and Information Systems, the education technology team
at MSU Denver is reshaping a longstanding paradigm within higher education, one which has gone relatively unchanged for decades.
Therefore, we can sum up it up this way: When eLearning practitioners use eLearning platforms to build, create, and promote artistic and creative activities in
instructional practices, one of the benefit of copyright law is that it seeks to secure a fair return for an original author's creative labor and
at the same time stimulate artistic creativity for the general public good.
The good news is that
at the end of the first year, statistically significant positive effects were found for teacher knowledge and for one of three
instructional practices.
If inspectors are able to evaluate actual
practices and
instructional quality
at the school, both before and after an inspection, then inspections may well have a mitigating effect on such unintended responses.
Corwin partners with schools and systems to deliver training and tools that build capacity, have positive change on
instructional practices, and put students
at the heart of all we do.
Keeping the idea of brain plasticity
at the forefront of your professional
practice offers a constant reminder than when students struggle with lessons, it isn't because they can't learn, but because they need more
practice and
instructional support.
This does not mean, however, that students» math achievement would rise if their teachers were to become worse
at a few carefully selected
instructional practices.
Duraisingh, who received her doctorate from the Educational Policy, Leadership, and
Instructional Practice Program
at HGSE, focuses on how young people use the past to help make sense of their own identities, lives, and values.
Course for Families Enhances Math Test Scores With boosting math scores as a goal, the staff
at one Wisconsin school focused on curriculum,
instructional practices, and the role parents play in student success.
These findings also highlight the importance of taking a close look
at the
practices and
instructional policies
at the school level, rather than solely concentrating on district - level policies.
As I seem to be spending much of this semester investigating effective writing instruction, setting up a writing center
at my middle school where I broadcast some of these
instructional practices into the larger school culture has an immense appeal.
Teachers need
practice and appropriate protocols, which can be obtained from outside the school or developed internally, to develop their capacity to look
at student work as a means of
instructional improvement.
According to a recent implementation study with the John W. Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities
at Stanford University, Aim High is helping students reach positive outcomes, and the teaching and
instructional practices result in «increased self - efficacy, or the belief in one's ability to succeed» for its students.
A break from hyperactive policymaking gives schools the time and space to finish what we started — to actually implement the higher standards that most states adopted seven years ago; to get better
at giving teachers helpful feedback about their
instructional practices; to find curricula worth teaching; and to experiment with new approaches to personalization.
At this week's staff meeting, we openly discussed which
instructional practices work and which ones don't work.
Wrapping these ideologically charged reforms into an expert national «consensus,» though, forces those who have concerns about these strategies to look askance
at the SEL agenda — when it might instead make clear that there's room in the SEL coalition for those with diverse views on school discipline and
instructional practice.
Alexandra Barnett leads a team of
instructional designers
at a large online university to continuously incorporate best
practices in online curriculum design into their courses.
At Albemarle County Public Schools, teacher - driven
instructional coaching supports teachers in their professional development, helps them to engage their students in authentic learning, and spreads innovative
practices district - wide.
I teach blended grad courses
at Madonna University, which keeps me actively honing my
instructional practices.
Khan Academy is a learning platform which is comprised of
practice exercises,
instructional videos, dashboard analytics and teacher tools which empower learners in and outside of the classroom to study
at their own pace.
Khan Academy offers
practice exercises,
instructional videos, and a personalized learning dashboard that empower learners to study
at their own pace in and outside of the classroom.
Getting their data back
at this level of specificity also allows teams to examine which
instructional practices are most effective either for all students or even for certain types of students.
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.
By reviewing what is in place for PD
at the district and building level, district leaders have an opportunity to make adjustments and add supports to ensure that the professional development provided to teachers results in improved
instructional practices and increased student achievement.
Utilizing an in - depth consultation protocol, attendees will conduct a thorough analysis of the
practices and accountability of teachers
at their school, leaving with a plan that improves leadership among teachers,
instructional practice, student and adult connections, and motivation and engagement strategies.
Designed primarily by Deborah Garson, head of research and instruction services
at Gutman Library, and Kristin Lofblad, LTC's manager of
instructional and research technology, WLE uses online learning best
practices, which encourage students to work independently on online and offline writing - related activities, and to participate collaboratively in conversations about writing via online discussion boards facilitated by HGSE doctoral students.
At the Askwith Forum on October 15, Rich Milner examines the structural and social policies that shape educators» mindsets in regard to race and considers how we can support
instructional practices that address race and poverty in meaningful ways.
But if we see a lot of failure on the Common Core assessments in 2015 and 2016 and little movement on NAEP, we'll now have a reasonable hypothesis to explain it: Schools didn't change their
instructional practices,
at least as they relate to assigning students more challenging texts.
You only see how they get in the way when you look hard
at instructional practice and ask what needs to change in order for the
practice to improve.
We can continue to utilize a time - bound, age - based, one - size - fits - all curriculum - driven
instructional model or choose to develop a personalized competency based learning system which identifies crucial learning outcomes, gives students the instruction and
practice they need
at their level of readiness, and monitors and adjusts instruction for as long as needed until competency is fully achieved.
End of year reading scores were tracked using the Developmental Reading Assessment 2 (DRA2) throughout each school year to help ensure proper attention was paid to giving students
practice reading time
at the correct
instructional level.
For example, the Juniper Garden Project
at the University of Kansas has demonstrated
instructional practices, such as classwide peer tutoring and cooperative learning, that help African American students, English language learners, and other diverse students become more actively involved in their academic assignments.