Sentences with phrase «like focus on student learning»

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As a result of their mindset shifting, teachers like Mrs. Cox are able to focus on their true passion, which is helping students learn by planning the «how» instead of the what, when, or why.

The initiative will focus on contexts of student learning not only in and across the disciplines, but also in diverse spaces that may function effectively and productively as a civic commons, such as museums and events like ISV's Arts Learning Flearning not only in and across the disciplines, but also in diverse spaces that may function effectively and productively as a civic commons, such as museums and events like ISV's Arts Learning FLearning Festival.

Still others act as case workers or counselors (but actually spend the majority of their day in the learning environment with students) to focus on the non-academic problems — like food, health, or emotional issues — that too often trip up students (and sadly receive short shrift in many schools today).

For challenges like large class sizes, high - stakes testing, and intense focus on teacher and administrative accountability, increasing success by all students means we must engage them into the learning dialog.

Blended Learning, which focuses on one - to - one personalized instruction powered by digital tools like DreamBox, makes learning math a truly successful and inspiring experience — for students and edLearning, which focuses on one - to - one personalized instruction powered by digital tools like DreamBox, makes learning math a truly successful and inspiring experience — for students and edlearning math a truly successful and inspiring experience — for students and educators.

Theoretical concepts like the object of learning and its critical aspects can help educators to focus on the ability to be learned, and on what students need to learn in order to do so.

Students who learn literacy skills through programs like these are focused on real learning and authentic communication — achieving goals that provide enjoyment and satisfaction.

Based on our focus group conversations with teachers over three years, engaging students in learning can be further complicated by pressures to prepare students for mandated exams or limited understanding of how external factors like home life and job responsibilities impact students» engagement.

As increasing focus is put on college and career readiness, we're working hard to better understand the evolving landscape and adapt to ensure that we are providing students with the opportunity to learn academic and fundamental skills like teamwork, critical thinking, and problem - solving in order to achieve success in credit - bearing two - or four - year colleges or workforce training programs.

The Thoughtful Classroom has been a cornerstone of our improvement at Edward Town Middle School, focusing our attention and energy on student learning like never before.

I'd like to establish one that includes a behavioral instruction support team and focuses on building relationships and helping students learn behavioral expectations.

Focus on engaging strategies like project - based learning to open the door to learning, instead of forcing students through it.

As more focus is placed on the importance of finding ways to provide more personalized learning experiences to all students, it's worth considering that there's perhaps no approach more personal than making students feel like a crucial part of their school.

Joann Quinn, Global Director for New Pedagogies for Deeper Learning, wrapped up the conference by focusing on what deep learning for students looks like in classrooms and school around thLearning, wrapped up the conference by focusing on what deep learning for students looks like in classrooms and school around thlearning for students looks like in classrooms and school around the globe.

While some say this practice of designing teacher preparation curriculum around the PACT bears resemblance to K - 12 teachers «teaching to the test,» many educators at Northridge say the PACT is focused on critical areas of good teaching, like planning lessons with strong student assessments, and modifying lessons for English language learners and students with disabilities, and that it therefore only reinforces what candidates should learn anyway.

The time spent early in the year will pay off as teachers focus their professional goal setting and launch their professional learning with a laser - like focus on students.

For instance, the Kindergarten class used our second - grade lesson inspired by Kirchner's Hockey Players to support the learning about forces of motion; the third - grade Van Gogh Starry Night lesson turned out to be perfect to help first - grade students discuss patterns in space (like orbits); and students focused on principles of biomimicry through our first grade Banda Mask project.

A focus on any one element (social and emotional learning, for example) inevitably leads to others (like assessment and support) as a school sees students» development through a more holistic lens.

Schools and school systems will need a laser - like focus on building the capacity of teachers through strong induction programs, job - embedded professional learning, support for implementation of the new Common Core Performance Standards with accompanying assessments and teacher evaluation programs linked to student achievement outcomes.

Teacher training programs that focus on particular subject areas like social studies or mathematics can help students learn about different ways in which a subject can be presented.

In Essential Assessment, Erkens, Schimmer, and Vagle provide a clear picture of what powerful assessment practices look like when they are focused on learning, and when teachers and students build hope, efficacy, and achievement through the assessment process.»

Like the Common Core, the national standards focus on critical thinking and putting students more in charge of their learning.

On a recent visit, several students wearing Impact Prep's uniform of bright yellow polo shirts said they liked the emphasis on hands - on learning, such as building volcanoes in science class, and the focus on disciplinOn a recent visit, several students wearing Impact Prep's uniform of bright yellow polo shirts said they liked the emphasis on hands - on learning, such as building volcanoes in science class, and the focus on disciplinon hands - on learning, such as building volcanoes in science class, and the focus on disciplinon learning, such as building volcanoes in science class, and the focus on disciplinon discipline.

The Common Core, while arguably a strong baseline for student learning in the United States, are rightfully being criticized for a weak emphasis on 21st century competencies like creativity, collaboration, and communication (Partnership for 21st Century Skills, 2010), as well as for a narrow focus on only reading and math.

The ill effects of high - stakes testing - like narrowing learning environments to focus solely on reading, writing, and math, as well as the test - induced increase of high school dropouts — have had a disproportionately negative impact on low - income students and students of color.

Formative classroom walkthroughs involve several elements: Collaborative inquiry that partners teachers and administrators to set and pursue professional learning targets; a laser like focus on evidence from what the students are actually doing and learning during the lesson; and, collegial feedback conversations based on student learning evidence.

If schools or districts would like to stay legal, they should start by focusing on student learning; parents rarely file for a fair hearing because their child is learning too much.

Teachers like Laura are choosing FreshGrade to communicate student learning, focus their teaching practice, and reduce time spent on grading.

In some of these programs like Relay, candidates are awarded degrees based on their ability to raise their students» standardized test scores, which perpetuates the idea that test scores are the most important measure of learning, and encourages a narrowing of the curriculum to focus on tested content.

Like the three reports discussed above, and, in fact, drawing heavily on those reports, the curricular change literature generally takes the position that the case - dialogue method of pedagogy does not sufficiently prepare law students to become practicing lawyers.74 While students learn basic case analysis skills through this method, they are usually not explicitly taught how to integrate those skills into a larger set of lawyering skills, in particular those identified as fundamental in the MacCrate Report.75 Further, while reading and analyzing cases, the focus of most law school classes, are important lawyering skills, they represent only a small portion of what lawyers actually do.76 Consequently, these commentators advocate for teaching legal skills as they are used in their real - world context, not merely as abstract ideas, and for integrating theoretical analysis and practical skills.77

The Report's central conclusion is that, although traditional legal pedagogy is very effective in certain aspects, it overemphasizes legal theory and underemphasizes practical skills and professional development.5 By focusing on theory in the abstract setting of the classroom, the Report argues, traditional legal education undermines the ethical foundations of law students and fails to prepare them adequately for actual practice.6 Traditional legal education is effective in teaching students to «think like lawyers,» but needs significant improvement in teaching them to function as ethical and responsible professionals after law school.7 As I will discuss in greater detail below, in general, the Report recommends «contextualizing» and «humanizing» legal education by integrating clinical and professional responsibility courses into the traditional core curriculum.8 In this way, students will learn to think like lawyers in the concrete setting of actual cases and clients.9 The Report refers to pedagogical theories developed in other educational settings and argues that these theories show that teaching legal theory in the context of practice will not only better prepare students to be lawyers, it will also foster development of a greater and more deeply felt sense of ethical and professional identity.10

Other U.S. - based online learning ventures, like Coursera, Udacity and edX, are also more closely eyeing Asia, but while those providers of massive open online courses (MOOCs) focus on higher education and lifelong learners, Shmoop targets K - 12 students.

Without extensive professional experience, students should focus on the skills they've learned and would like to develop in an internship.

We thought it would add weight to our school's focus on social and emotional learning, and we liked the connection between training and assisting teachers to try new approaches to support students.

Using tools like «Connection Before Correction,» «Four Problem - Solving Steps,» and «Focusing on Solutions,» teachers will be able to focus on student - centered learning, rather than wasting time trying to control their students» behavior.