Sentences with phrase «learning pilot programs»

School leaders also are encouraged to host Fellow - run personalized learning pilot programs during the summer of 2016.

Fellows will design and lead personalized learning pilot programs during the spring or summer of 2016 and will expand them in their classrooms and schools in the 2016 - 17 school year.

Sacramento speakers pointed to two successful school - to - work programs currently underway in California: the Linked Learning pilot program and the California Partnership Academies, which boasts a 95 percent high school graduation rate for its students.

In 2011, Aspire received a $ 240,000 grant to start a blended learning pilot program at one of its schools in Oakland.

Personalized learning pilot program in Utah responds to educators who expressed interest in moving toward student - centered model

The Utah State Board of Education announced that the following Utah school districts and charter schools have been accepted in the state's competency - based learning pilot program.

During SY 2016 — 17, RUSD will add two high schools and another elementary school to the personalized learning pilot program with the goal of reaching all 42,000 + students in the district's forty - six schools within five years.

The accompanying excerpt from the CDE website outlines the 17 - step plan that the state has outlined for the Career Readiness Initiative, which includes, among other things, increasing CTE enrollment, revising the state's CTE standards to align to the Common Core State Standards, and implementing a Linked Learning pilot program.

Acting on this responsibility (and because they have the bureaucratic freedom to do so), teachers are implementing a digital learning pilot program, particularly in mathematics.

Not exact matches

In a pilot program with Mohawk College in Hamilton last year, Game - Based Learning boosted course completion rates by 25 %.

They also have a new pilot program that allows teachers to regroup the middle school students based on the students» performance and their learning curve.

The steps include submitting their 510 (k) for FDA approval; submitting other documents for international approvals; and continuing to set up (and learn from) pilot programs testing the finished product in real - world settings.

A similar program to MediaWise was recently piloted in Canada under the name NewsWise, where it provided a program for school - aged children to learn to find and filter accurate information online.

The pilot program for the 2015 - 2016 and 2016 - 2017 academic years seeks to support enhanced confidence with technology integration, facilitate the adoption of campus - wide technologies, such as Adobe Connect and Desire2Learn, while also encouraging exploration of learning technology solutions to classroom and department initiatives.

Last year, the Creative Destruction Lab created a pilot of what is really the first - ever business program in machine learning.

In 2014, we piloted organic recycling in over 50 restaurants and learned a lot about the equipment and process changes required to effectively integrate such programs into our restaurants, as well as the training needed to prepare employees.

I'll let you know if I learn more about the LAUSD pilot program and whether it eventually expands throughout the district.

In a pilot venture with SiriusXM Satellite Radio, Stanford is launching two talk programs hosted by faculty members: The Future of Everything, focused on engineering, science and technology, and School's In, focused on teaching, learning and education.

Although salad bars and pilot programs, such as the First Lady's Go for the Gold campaign, are positive steps, they tend to mask the larger systemic problem, namely that children can't learn if school districts continue to serve sub-standard food, day in and day out.

Board members learned that the pilot program will be conducted at Young and Georgetown Elementary Schools, beginning in October.

Sonia Rivera, who has several sons in the pilot program at Humboldt, said «it's a social kind of fun and it's learning.»

Noting the union's role in creating new models for educational success, Mulgrew shared details of his recent trip to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he, City Comptroller John Liu, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and delegates from the UFT's six community learning schools in its pilot program spoke to Cincinnati educators about the unique community schools model they have pioneered.

CLIFTON — A pilot program targeting learning disabilities such as dyslexia is aiming to intervene early enough to help students avoid needing special education services.

«I learned a lot about how effective or ineffective the state party is,» Dadey said, adding that Cox had «guaranteed» Antonacci that he would have help in reaching the $ 200,000 threshold to qualify for the state's matching funds pilot program — in which the Onondaga County comptroller was the lone participant — and then did not deliver on that promise.

«I'd like to thank the state Senate, specifically Sen. Jeff Klein for his work on achieving the new loan forgiveness program and for supporting community learning schools and Sen. Marisol Alcantara for working to achieve an ELL pilot program,» he said.

BEDFORD - STUYVESANT — Students in three Brooklyn schools are tossing their textbooks in exchange for iPads as part of a new pilot program geared toward digital learning.

A team of researchers from the Smithsonian Department of Botany, Data Science Lab, and Digitization Program Office recently collaborated with NVIDIA to carry out a pilot project using deep learning approaches to dig into digitized herbarium specimens.

One lesson Fong and his team learned during the pilot program is that not every city is starting from the same place when it comes to measuring greenhouse gas emissions.

After the three pilots take Eddie out for a test run, where it is programmed to simply watch and learn, the UCAV is struck by a chain of lightning and its system core is significantly damaged, causing the machine to go AWOL with a set of new targets that could start a World War.

As part of Sundance Institute's pilot program Co / / ab, a new digital learning and community platform where creators come together to learn and collaborate, we convened a panel of five brave storytellers to hear about their journeys, their techniques, and how they mine their own truths in creating the stories only they can tell.

Texas's pre-K pilot program combines a mixed delivery system comprised of public and private providers and consultant services from a third - party expert, the Center for Improving the Readiness of Children for Learning and Education (CIRCLE) at the University of Texas.

Indeed, all the predetermined measures for success this pilot were met and exceeded: the students learned more than two times faster than in the standard program, and the student satisfaction score increased considerably.

He also continues trying out new strategies through his Lighthouse Schools, a group of schools that pilot new technology devices and initiatives, like a tech - driven personalized learning program, before they are implemented in all schools throughout the district.

As you approach your pilot program this year, or your own 1:1 launch, keep in mind that you're giving students the best opportunity to learn in a dynamic, engaging environment.

Implementing an effective blended - learning program may require hiring outside help, visiting other school systems, or running semester - or year - long pilots to get teachers onboard.

Harvard Graduate School of Education will work with the Strategic Education Research Partnership and other partners to complete a program of work designed to a) investigate the predictors of reading comprehension in 4th - 8th grade students, in particular the role of skills at perspective - taking, complex reasoning, and academic language in predicting deep comprehension outcomes, b) track developmental trajectories across the middle grades in perspective - taking, complex reasoning, academic language skill, and deep comprehension, c) develop and evaluate curricular and pedagogical approaches designed to promote deep comprehension in the content areas in 4th - 8th grades, and d) develop and evaluate an intervention program designed for 6th - 8th grade students reading at 3rd - 4th grade level.The HGSE team will take responsibility, in collaboration with colleagues at other institutions, for the following components of the proposed work: Instrument development: Pilot data collection using interviews and candidate assessment items, collaboration with DiscoTest colleagues to develop coding of the pilot data so as to produce well - justified learning sequences for perspective - taking, complex reasoning, academic language skill, and deep comprehension.Curricular development: HGSE investigators Fischer, Selman, Snow, and Uccelli will contribute to the development of a discussion - based curriculum for 4th - 5th graders, and to the expansion of an existing discussion - based curriculum for 6th - 8th graders, with a particular focus on science content (Fischer), social studies content (Selman), and academic language skills (Snow & UccePilot data collection using interviews and candidate assessment items, collaboration with DiscoTest colleagues to develop coding of the pilot data so as to produce well - justified learning sequences for perspective - taking, complex reasoning, academic language skill, and deep comprehension.Curricular development: HGSE investigators Fischer, Selman, Snow, and Uccelli will contribute to the development of a discussion - based curriculum for 4th - 5th graders, and to the expansion of an existing discussion - based curriculum for 6th - 8th graders, with a particular focus on science content (Fischer), social studies content (Selman), and academic language skills (Snow & Uccepilot data so as to produce well - justified learning sequences for perspective - taking, complex reasoning, academic language skill, and deep comprehension.Curricular development: HGSE investigators Fischer, Selman, Snow, and Uccelli will contribute to the development of a discussion - based curriculum for 4th - 5th graders, and to the expansion of an existing discussion - based curriculum for 6th - 8th graders, with a particular focus on science content (Fischer), social studies content (Selman), and academic language skills (Snow & Uccelli).

Project K - Nect, a pilot program in Onslow County, uses smartphones as a learning tool in math classes, supplementing traditional math instruction with alternative teaching strategies.

But principal Michelle Tubbs, a veteran of the classroom who holds a doctorate in education technology, had conducted a pilot program with blended learning at an Alliance school in the city's Watts neighborhood, where the average freshman read and did math at the 4th - grade level.

I felt confident that the learning offered by the Instructional Leadership pilot program would be rigorous and stimulating, and that it would enable me to return to Singapore a better school leader.»

Support from CZI allows us to draw upon the work we have already done,» said Jones, «including a content analysis of 25 leading evidence - based SEL programs, to develop a set of kernels that are grounded in research and practice, and to work directly with teachers to pilot the kernels and learn from them with the larger goal of generating effective and responsive practices that support children's healthy development and well - being.»

Joo further reflects on how her year at HGSE motivated the idea for the experiential pilot trip, specifically citing the learning opportunities led by Visiting Lecturer Bruno della Chiesa, Senior Lecturer Kay Merseth, Lecturers Todd Rose and Mandy Savitz - Romer, and Assistant Professor Stephanie Jones, as well as the mentorship of Special Studies Program Director John Collins.

This year the Ed School is piloting a new program under Learning and Teaching dubbed the Instructional Leadership (IL) strand — a one - year master's program specifically aimed at those teachers who want to stay involved in teaching, while taking on leadership roles in their...

According to Baum, six of the seven students in the pilot program showed gains in self - esteem, learning behavior, and creative productivity.

When the Montgomery Blair High School Magnet Foundation learned of our AoPS Academy plans in their area, they asked to be our pilot program in that effort.

Using the best features of corporate MOOCs with Conscious Business, taught by LinkedIn's vice-president of leadership and organizational development Fred Kofman, they created a pilot program they referred to as blended learning.

The Year 7 cohort is taking part in a pilot program and its impact on learning outcomes is being monitored.

When introducing the pilot program for the first time to principals, the chief education officer, Barbara Eason - Watkins, herself a former principal, personally delivered the message that the EITP pilot would be the district's cornerstone in improving the quality of teaching and instruction and increasing student learning.

Across the four schools, pilot middle - school teachers used a number of different learning programs, including Achieve3000, i - Ready, Khan Academy, ST Math, iLearn, and iPass, according to an SRI International report on the pilot's first year (see First - Year Evaluation sidebar).

This new pilot program will allow me to leverage success to another campus while developing strong leaders who understand that the focus on culture, community, consistency and climate will create a powerful learning environment for all children.

«The Learning on Country project is a grass roots community - based approach to generating an education program where four communities got together and decided they wanted to put something far more structured, sustainable and permanent around this notion of Learning on Country, and so they got together, formed a steering committee, engaged with government to get some funding, and that was the genesis of the four pilot trials that I've been working with recently.»