Sentences with phrase «language arts leaders»

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According to the project web site, books by its leaders are «widely regarded as foundational to language arts education throughout the English - speaking world.»

For instance, if the project is a language arts research - based initiative involving readings about Civil Rights leaders.

Following months of lively debate among education, civic, and political leaders, the Massachusetts board of education approved plans Tuesday to replace the state's own English / language arts and mathematics standards with a common set of teaching guidelines now being approved in states across the nation.

To date, our work using the distributed perspective has demonstrated the ways that leaders co-construct leadership activity, how leadership practice connects and fails to connect with instructional change, why teachers heed or ignore the guidance of school leaders, and how leadership is practiced differently in different school subjects (e.g. mathematics versus language arts).

On Jan. 24, readers questioned three members of the Teacher Leaders Network — Corrina Knight, a 6th grade language arts / social studies teacher at Salem Middle School in Apex, N.C.; Linda Emm, an educational specialist with Schools of Choice in Miami, and a consultant with the National School Reform Faculty; and Carolann Wade, the coordinator for national - board certification and liaison for Peace College's teacher education program of the Wake County, N.C., school district — about their work with teacher - directed professional development.

The plan sets a target of 66 % of working - age New Mexicans earning a college degree or post-secondary credential by the year 2030 — a rigorous goal given the current attainment rate of 45 %.1 The plan also sets a vision for New Mexico to be the fastest growing state in the nation when it comes to student outcomes, with a goal to increase the percentage of students who demonstrate readiness to more than 60 % on the state English language arts (ELA) and math assessments.2 These efforts are significant considering New Mexico's historically lower student academic proficiency rates compared to other states and to national averages3, and demonstrate how leaders are driving a sense of urgency to improve.

In the Executive Development Program, school leaders build a strong foundation in best practices in instruction and in the latest research around what makes for strong instruction in the content areas of math, English language arts and science.

In an effort to help school districts provide students with a well rounded education that includes the humanities and arts, the U.S. Department of Education sent a letter to state and local education leaders outlining creative ways they may enhance holistic education programs by utilizing in conjunction various federal resources.The department defines humanities in the letter as history, civics, government, economics, geography, literature, art, music and other non-STEM subjects not usually found in the English / language arts curriculum.

Okema Owens Simpson, the sixth - grade multi-classroom leader for English language arts at Ranson IB Middle School in Charlotte, N.C, guides viewers through several typical days in which she provides what her teaching team needs most: daily coaching; lesson planning; practice in delivering lessons; data analysis; co-teaching or modeling lessons; and pulling out small student groups for intensive help.

But as instructional leaders and teachers increasingly have a shared general understanding of what good teaching looks like and how it is evaluated, many are asking how to grow teaching practice — in particular, content areas like math, language arts, social science and others.

Spillane et al. (2001) found that teacher leaders in science were more likely to be engaged in instructional leadership practices, including providing professional development for teachers, than teacher leaders in the language arts.

• Teacher leaders in language arts, mathematics, science and social studies work closely with the staff and administration.

As Chief Program Officer and Chief Learning Officer, Fu has led innovative shifts in districts» teacher and school leader development strategies which have produced accelerated growth in student's math and English language arts knowledge.

After receiving her master's degree in education from John Carroll University, she served as a middle school language arts teacher, a dean of students, an assistant principal, and a principal before becoming the founding instructional leader of the National Inventors Hall of Fame ® School... Center for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Learning.

Barb Barclay, a 6th grade language arts and social studies teacher and teacher evaluation team member at Totem says, «I feel good about being part of a staff that has a lot of strong teacher leaders on it who are trying to make a difference in kids lives.

Many will have very tough decisions to make in meeting the requirements and expectations of the new school financing law, implementing multiple new academic standards, preparing for a new state assessment in math and English language arts and balancing the requests of their many stakeholders (parent groups, teacher bargaining units, community and business leaders).

QFI operates as both a grant - making organization, and a convener of thought leaders on issues related to global and international education, open education and education technologies as they intersect with the three core QFI programmatic areas: Arabic language and Arab culture, STE -LCB- A -RCB- M (STEM plus the Arts), and Youth Engagement.

Compass Learning gives Edgenuity a full K - 12 math and English language arts curriculum product line, enabling Edgenuity to more effectively meet the growing demand of school leaders and teachers for personalized, targeted learning at all grade levels.

For 90 years, Perfection Learning has been a leader in literature and language arts programs for grades 6 - 12.

«Edgenuity is the leader in courseware for grades 6 - 12 and Compass Learning has enjoyed a long history in the market for intervention and skills instruction in K - 8 math, reading and language arts.

Lois Hagie has shared her expertise with language arts literacy in several workshops at FEA / NJPSA having extensive training by many of the respected literacy leaders such as Lucy Calkins, Leah Mermelstein, Susan Zimmermann, Irene Fountas, Gay Su Pinnell, and Carl Anderson.

Last year, leaders of the state's public universities and community colleges agreed to waive placement tests for students who scored 3 or 4 on the Smarter Balanced test in English language arts and math in order to help bridge the gap between high school and higher education.

Three leaders of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Conference on English Education (CEE) reflect on the changes that have occurred in English language arts teacher education in the past 15 years since the first edition of Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education (CITE Journal) was published.

Travis Franklin, co-founder and head of school at SIA, told the parents that night about how SIA would be a different kind of school: Cambridge Curriculum, immersive Spanish language study for all grades, science and the arts, and educating young people on how to become good citizens and leaders.

The so - called group of «state education leaders» also voted to define the «passing mark» on the Common Core tests so that 38 percent to 44 percent of the elementary school children will «meet the proficiency mark» in English / language arts, and only 32 percent to 39 percent will do so in math.

Most significant, in this case, was the way that the project enabled language arts to become the focus of districtwide professional development, and the MELAF teachers to become leaders in this effort.

Each team has three English language arts (ELA) and three mathematics teacher leaders, three principals, and three district leaders (e.g., instructional supervisors, special education directors).

Since the Combines represented a profound shift in pictorial language, they also exposed the deficits in the critical terms of art history, and as such posed a formidable challenge to the discipline's leaders.

Through their numerous collaborations, and in their life together, these artistic leaders explored the intersections of dance and music; poetry, language, and visual art; and art and life.

The next month is spent in an intensive in - country orientation where students are immersed in state - of - the - art language and intercultural training, and are introduced to leaders across the private, public and social sectors to help contextualize the experience they will have in their communities.