Sentences with phrase «keep high expectations of students»

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I have high expectations for my students, and I keep in mind that I should ask questions before getting emotionally bent out of shape around a student's lack of compliance with the assignment.

Though the intentions behind this decision were honorable — to keep states from setting lower expectations for and administering easier tests to low achievers — it has curbed the use of computer - adaptive testing and other strategies that can accurately and validly detect student growth at the high end.

As the school year progresses, many teachers find themselves relaxing their expectations for students» execution of procedures, and ceasing to commit the necessary energy to keep procedures at a high - functioning level.

Research behind VAL - ED (the Vanderbilt Assessment of Leadership in Education tool to assess principal performance, developed by researchers at Vanderbilt University) suggests that there are six key steps - or «processes» - that the effective principal takes when carrying out his or her most important leadership responsibilities: planning, implementing, supporting, advocating, communicating and monitoring.40 The school leader pressing for high academic standards would, for example, map out rigorous targets for improvements in learning (planning), get the faculty on board to do what's necessary to meet those targets (implementing), encourage students and teachers in meeting the goals (supporting), challenge low expectations and low district funding for students with special needs (advocating), make sure families are aware of the learning goals (communicating), and keep on top of test results (monitoring).41