Sentences with phrase «language arts coordinators»

At the same time, the two strong language arts coordinators who led the MELAF effort in District C were able to help develop the district curriculum in ways that both supported and advanced the teachers» work.

He also asked if the public would recognize «joined italics» — one of the two possible types of cursive that Charlotte Webb, prekindergarten - through fifth - grade English language arts coordinator for the education department, said third and fourth graders would be required to learn — as traditional cursive.

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As part of this process, she collaborated with one of the District C language arts coordinators to talk about her unit and discover «how the content standards could be or were addressed within the unit.»

District C's involvement with MELAF reforms was the most top - down in nature.District C employed two language arts coordinators who actively sought and implemented standards - based reforms.

«We needed a way to gauge students» progress and see what they could and could not do and improve learning,» said Pat Fege, the district's language arts coordinator.

She has served as the language arts coordinator in the Arlington Public Schools, the director of reading in the Reading Public Schools, and an elementary program coordinator for reading and language arts in the Boston Public Schools.

To carry out the project, Mr. Grossman joined forces with colleagues Torrey Palmer, the district's K - 6 language arts coordinator, and Cathy Schmidt, an implementation specialist in the district.

After her time with Hayward Unified, Pilar taught in the UC Berkeley Developmental Teacher Education program, wrote literacy curriculum for the Developmental Studies Center in Oakland, and eventually joined the staff of Escuela Bilingue Internacional as the K - 5 language arts coordinator.

For instance, after the MELAF project had formally ended, one teacher remarked that it was the language arts coordinators who had kept MELAF going.

The abovementioned first - grade teacher who spoke out at the state board meeting has now become the district's language arts coordinator.

The interviews also show that teachers credited the changes in their district to the efforts of the language arts coordinators.

Of the four participating districts (and, again, through the efforts of their language arts coordinators), District C was the most actively involved in implementing the standards.

The following factors appear to be related to the nature and impact of policy implementation: district size; degree of investment in reforms by district administration; districts» histories with curricular projects / reforms; role of subject area experts (i.e., language arts coordinators) within district; and the presence and roles of teacher leaders.