Not exact matches
In a high - stakes testing climate
like the one many of today's
teachers contend with, it's easy to think that the related rhetoric signifies high
expectations.
(WGBH) Rick Weissbourd discusses the impact that interventions
like buddy benches can have, and how students,
teachers, and schools can work to set ground rules and
expectations about not ostracizing or degrading kids.
The only in - school reform that Rothstein mentions is the need to stop invoking slogans
like «no excuses» to raise
expectations for results because it undermines
teacher morale.
Will they be places
like what D.C. offered my client Eddie, schools with low
expectations, dilapidated facilities, and
teachers who have given up?
He makes similar arguments about how efforts to improve
teacher quality, instructional approaches
like Success for All, and high -
expectation techniques practiced by educators
like Jaime Escalante and Rafe Esquith are not promising models for reform because their success is due to the selection of students or other factors that can not be replicated on a broader scale.
But baking that
expectation, quite literally, into accountability systems is destined to deflate the grades of schools
like Sawgrass and demoralize their
teachers, students, and families.
I,
like many other
teachers, thought that rubrics clearly articulated the
expectations of assessments and would naturally promote achievement.
Like so much else in the world of
teacher preparation, progress at readying new
teachers for vastly different K - 12 content
expectations can probably best be described by one adjective: inconsistent.
Facilitating productive discussions requires
teachers to set clear
expectations, model what a good discussion looks
like, give students sentence starters for engaging (this is especially important for English language learners), and establish routines, so that effective discussions can occur among students even when the
teacher is not present.
We created it after I realized how many school leaders just weren't clearing the space for
teacher coaching to happen at the highest level: foundational things
like creating a vision for their schools, holding adults accountable to meeting schoolwide
expectations, designing and holding weekly leadership team meetings, creating and sticking to a daily calendar; and more advanced things
like using data to inform the design of responsive PD.
Setting high standards and
expectations for all students, and expecting everyone in the schools — students,
teachers, counselors, principals, and parents — to work hard with a laser -
like focus to achieve those
expectations, are important words and symbolism.
The
expectation that each
teacher can be fairly evaluated on a single test without regard to the different traits of each student is
like asking someone to bake a cake with only one ingredient.
Further, the process is meant to serve as an on - ramp to the professional
expectations of a formal
teacher preparation program, performance - based capstone assessments
like edTPA, and ultimately, national board certification.
The Code is a youth - friendly set of cultural
expectations featuring declarative language about the type of classroom culture students and
teachers would
like to uphold that is co-developed by students and
teachers.
Just
like our classrooms with students, learning experiences for
teachers need to be fun, engaging and personalized to suit their needs and
expectations.
Its components include things
like consistent and well - defined learning
expectations for children, frequent conversations among
teachers about pedagogy, and an atmosphere in which it's common for
teachers to visit one another's classrooms to observe and critique instruction.27
I also think we could do a lot better at figuring that out if we could have real discussions about the issue, including distinguishing what is actually «the standard» and what are related, but independent concepts (eg, curriculum, student /
teacher paradigms) and more substantive questions
like developmental appropriateness, aligning
expectations to societal needs — and justifying those needs and that alignment — etc, etc....
For maximum benefit, behavior
expectations should be consistent from classroom to classroom and
teacher to
teacher — just
like your academic standards.
The effect of student —
teacher demographic match on
teacher expectations,» feels
like a punch in the gut.
This idea that if you're a poor black boy, you might not have a lot of contact with college educated folks who look
like you, and spending a year with a
teacher who is also black and who is college educated, might allow them to imagine themselves in that kind of a role, and shift their own
expectations and aspirations,» Papageorge told the Huffington Post, although he does not know if the role model effect influenced his study.
She did many things correct - she created time on the schedule for
teachers to meet and collaborate, she reviewed some structural
expectations,
like what an agenda would look
like, what the work should be that is discussed and she tried to visit with the teams of
teachers on a regular basis.
Teachers with high
expectations of themselves often want to meet even greater goals —
like adhering to a standardized grading process all while utilizing project - based learning techniques.
Although no specific length was required for the weekly reflections, the preservice
teachers held certain
expectations as to a suitable entry length, summarized by the response «I felt
like it needed to be at least a page long.»
The evaluation focused on three key areas: 1) Implementation (training, staffing, promotion, availability, methods for sustainability, curricular connections), 2) Participation (methods of adoption / education, level of participation, parent /
teacher / food service worker roles) and 3) Attitudes (changes in diet / nutrition - related knowledge, behavior, impact of cultural differences, food
likes / dislikes,
expectations, influences on food selection, etc.).
A longer induction period, with appropriate professional learning and high - quality mentoring support, will help to strengthen the foundations for early career
teachers, but should also set a high standard and high
expectations for what professional learning and mentoring should look
like throughout a
teacher's career.
We are transparent when we debrief on the activities; the
expectation is that
teachers will use these activities, or ones
like them, to uncover and celebrate the unique experiences each student brings to their class.
This is an unexpected finding, and my theory is that
teachers tend to generally have very low
expectations of what «appropriately providing for professional development» actually looks
like, meaning that they are likely to report a positive for this on self - report surveys even if the quality is relatively poor, hence the low correlation with intention to leave.
When you work around the globe
like we do, you're used to seeing all kinds of requirements and
expectations that
teachers around the world have for their students — because of this, we've developed the absolute best system possible to assist students with their assignments because we are fully capable of understanding what exactly students need to do in order to impress their
teachers.
As a knowledgeable and student - focused
teacher, I would
like to meet with you to discuss your
expectations and my relevant teaching skills in detail.
When a child's behavior reflects a great example of an
expectation such as «Be a Friend» —
like helping another child clean up a spill at lunch or inviting a new child to build a block tower —
teachers can write a note of thanks or give the child an opportunity to wear a «Super Friend» cape.
It sounds
like your 4 year old is really struggling at school and with following the
teachers expectations.