In a recent blog post, Dr. Wallace states, «Staff development will always improve when
we let teachers lead their own learning.
For a successful school - wide blended learning program, administrators should remove obstacles,
let teachers lead, and remain engaged with the process as well as the results.
You can
let the teacher lead the activity and focus your conversation and interaction around this.
Not exact matches
«My priorities are to get the basics right —
let heads
lead and
teachers teach.
Let us start anew with space - based research worthy of a great city, where schools and universities work together, where citizens and communities partner to ensure the success of future generations, where Houstonians
lead the charge for students,
teachers, parents, scientists and engineers far and wide.
Thanks to Lamar Alexander's work over the past week, it shows a willingness to
let states take the
lead on key issues like
teacher evaluation and school turnarounds.
Nearly all the school teams chose to combine several models to reach more students with great
teachers, add team collaboration time, and
let excellent
teachers lead and develop their peers.
You know students benefit if they are involved, so
let them organise and
lead on some of the activities whilst the
teacher plays other roles such as facilitator, coach or assistant.
Let's create outstanding courses online,
led by the country's best algebra, geometry, trigonometry, and calculus
teachers, and backed up by sophisticated ancillary material.
Here are a few more ideas, guides, and tips for
letting students take the
lead during parent -
teacher conferences:
My first piece of advice is that
teachers should
let their students take the
lead: allow your students to tell you how they want to join this movement.
It can
lead to new pay structures that
let teachers earn more.
Kati Haycock, who
leads the Washington - based advocacy group Education Trust, called the November change an «about - face» that
let states «keep sweeping under the rug the gaps in
teacher quality that contribute so heavily to longstanding achievement gaps.»
Advancement must be meaningful,
letting teachers increase their impact by reaching more students and
leading while teaching.
The new school models in these schools allow sustainably funded higher pay for all, leadership roles that
let great
teachers lead teams, time for on - the - job collaboration and development, and enhanced authority and credit when helping more students.
We'd like to propose an «unless» that could get
teachers, administrators, policymakers, and unions on the same page:
Let's keep yardsticks off the teaching profession, unless... unless
teacher evaluation
leads to these changes:
Project L.I.F.T. in the Charlotte - Mecklenburg School District started by offering a complete Opportunity Culture package of career advancement roles that
let great
teachers stay in the classroom, help more students, and collaborate with and
lead peers.
As it did all over the country, the «last in, first out» policy
led Teachers - of - the - Year to be
let go before their less talented colleagues.
Career Pathways
Let Top HISD
Teachers Lead Without Leaving the Classroom: Brief description of career pathways from the Houston Independent School District http://blogs.houstonisd.org/news/2013/08/13/career-pathways-
let-top-hisd-
teachers-
lead-without-leaving-the-classroom/
Let PE
Teachers Play a
Leading Role When it comes to social - emotional learning instruction, don't overlook the PE
teacher as the one to take charge.
For principals,
teachers, and students, it's time to
let great principals extend their reach and
lead schools that are leadership — and learning — machines.
From my work with
teachers, I found that these are some of the critical teaching strategies that support students to become assessment - capable learners: Provide time for student reflection on their learning Involve the students in developing success criteria & rubrics for their own assessment
Let students assess their own work & measure this against
teacher judgements Provide feedback & encourage students to set goals from this assessment Be explicit about what learning progressions look like & encourage students to use these to set their own learning goals Provide opportunities for students to achieve goals through attending
teacher -
led or peer -
led clinics And celebrate goals when they are achieved!
The middle and lower class need
teachers leading students RIGHT NOW, as in don't
let teachers with phony credentials continue taking up a real
teacher's slot another month.
For true and successful project - based learning,
teachers need to listen to students,
let them
lead the project, and allow those «C» missions to occur.
As a young mother, I
let teachers take the
lead in my children's education and I thought my role was to simply reinforce whatever they said.
If you can unlock the second set of books, and not
let it get locked up in the car each morning, or even merge the two sets of books, that's crucially important in supporting not only
teachers» passion to teach, but also their passion to
lead.
Hats off to Green Dot, and
let's hope that other
teachers — both in Los Angeles and statewide — follow their
lead.
Chicago
Teachers Union president Karen Lewis, a black women, is one of the most important leaders in the country against corporate education reform, and she
led the union in the «
Let Us Teach!»
For the best results, we see
teachers let children
lead the session, something parents really enjoy.
«I learned how to be more specific in my questioning, [using] open - ended questions that
let the
teacher, or
lead the
teacher, to think through the question / problem.
Leading change can be quite a challenge, especially when you're asking
teachers to
let go of materials and techniques they have used for most of their...
Kati Haycock, who
leads the Washington - based advocacy group Education Trust, called the change, first reported by Education Week, an «about - face» that
lets states «keep sweeping under the rug the gaps in
teacher quality that contribute so heavily to longstanding achievement gaps.»
I suggests recruiting exceptional retired
teachers who
lead by example three to four times a week, three hours a day; give them a stipend; and
let them support new
teacher.
But before digging in all the options,
let's take a look at the situations which have
led to
teachers» impossibility to repay their loans.
Plus,
let's face it, the classroom can be a busy place even when the
teacher is
leading.