Sentences with phrase «made about an individual student»

Perhaps most concerning in the student reports is the definitive nature of the claims made about an individual student based on one test.

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My idea of a hero is a student / individual who: «cents Helps a person with special needs «cents Takes time to talk to the new kid «cents Asks someone how they are doing «cents Stands up for those who aren't strong enough to do so themselves «cents Makes sure others know that they care about them «cents Is a leader who sets an example that treating others negatively is wrong «cents Isn't a follower when others are being treated unfairly

At a forum I attended on the Common Core rollout, many students, parents, teachers and administrators told us of their displeasure and made heartfelt statements about their individual experiences.

For example, think about a classroom of students (a population made up of a group of individuals).

Another PBS lesson plan on civil disobedience asks students to identify «issues of concern» (such as school uniforms or a tax exemption for a business that pollutes), «brainstorm different ways people make their opinions known about issues of concern,» «discuss which of these methods are acceptable» means of protest to them,» and «identify possible negative consequences of activism to individuals engaged in these activities.»

An alternative is to provide information about where students are in their learning (for example, the kinds of knowledge and skills they are ready to learn next); what parents might do to assist further learning; and, possibly, information about the progress individuals have made over time.

Second, the data are at the district level, limiting the ability to make inferences about individual students.

All students benefit from making good decisions about their needs as individuals and in relationships.

The Slinky Paradigm: How One Science Teacher (Eventually) Created Another He made the material, and his students, feel important and, hey, when youre talking about fundamental issues in the universe, it isnt always easy to make an individual student feel significant.

There's a lot of authentic work that doesn't make for good assessment because it's so messy and squishy and it involves so many different people and so many variables that you can't say with any certainty, «Well, what did that individual student know about those particular objectives in this complex project that occurred over a month?»

When using a probing discussion, a teacher meets with an individual student and asks him or her questions about the SEL skill, making sure to address the score 2 content, the score 3 content, and the score 4 content.

Andrew Miller looks at prep for standardized testing as an opportunity to encourage higher order thinking, embed test prep practices, and make informed decisions about engaging the class and reaching individual students.

The comments come from current Teachers, Teaching Assistants, SEND co-ordinators, heads of house, inclusion managers and Form Group Tutors...: We used this in small groups in our new class every morning for a week, what a great start, everyone is still buzzing... Builds a strong sense of belonging to something special... your class... Encourages differences and similarities to recognised and valued... Hugely improves our efforts at inclusion... The students quickly came out of their shells and are blossoming... Reveals much of the nature of the students... Gets us buzzing as a group... Encourages participants to take part in their own game and go and find things out from others... brilliant ice breaker game... Helped to resolve a huge problem we had in getting students to gel... Switches the students brains on from the moment go... Helps to break down various barriers... Gives a big boost to developing important life skills... This gives a great insight and a fantastic array of examples, clues and hints as to the characters of each individual in the group... Helps participants learn some things about themselves... Helps participants learn some things about others... Helps you learn about the participants (you can be a player as well on some occasions)... Makes it easy to develop class rules of fairness and cooperation... Builds a sense of purpose... Creates a sense of community and togetherness... Brilliant, just brilliant... our school is buzzing...

«Over the past three years, we have seen increased student achievement because of the commitment teachers have made to coming together and sharing strategies, best practices, and concerns about individual students.

He made the material, and his students, feel important and, hey, when youre talking about fundamental issues in the universe, it isnt always easy to make an individual student feel significant.

Another part of the problem is that the federal approach pays only a passing nod to the improvement made by individual students, while Florida's own method takes into account how much specific students have learned in a given year - exactly what parents care about.

Known as Community Learning Centers, each school employs a resource coordinator who works closely with school leaders and the school's Local School Decision - Making Committee to gather data about student needs, monitor their performance, and create targeted interventions for individual students and the school as a whole.

The Commissioner made a very interesting claim: The PARCC will provide diagnostic information about individual students.

That you have a way to aggregate classroom data, check to see how individual students are doing, and make decisions about reteaching by looking at a computer monitor.

However, in doing so, individual teachers must make initial assumptions about and then use the Science IDEAS prior knowledge strategy to insure science instruction is appropriate for the students in their classrooms.

While much of the time problem - solving teams focus heavily on individual student progress in order to make decisions about instructional supports, the annual spring data review is an important time to consider trends at the class, grade, and school levels.

The groups are seeking endorsements from other local, state and national organizations as well as individuals concerned with the rapid increase in time, money and energy devoted to exams used to make major decisions about students, educators and schools.

Testing experts agree that using a single test score to make important decisions about individual students (such as promotion, retention or access to a particular program (e.g., gifted and talented programs] is indefensible.

Every layer of educational bureaucracy should infuse students as well, positioning in them in powerful roles that effect not only individual students, but all students; not as recipients, but as active partners who design, implement, critically assess, and make substantive decisions about the education system as a whole.

Using data from these assessments, schools now make decisions about individual students, groups of students, instructional programs, resource allocation, and more.

I like to think of reflection as a verb — a conscious decision made by a teacher to take a moment and think about specific moments in their day; whether it be reflecting on an individual lesson, a six - week unit, a conversation with a student, an interaction with a parent or a debate with a trusted colleague.

To make informed decisions, both as individuals and as citizens, students need to develop scientific habits of mind and have knowledge about both the natural environment and how it is transformed through technology.

Or, students can make individual books about the story, illustrating a new page each day.

Here are some excerpts: A safe and caring school climate includes feeling safe at school, feeling part of decision — making, and having a sense of school connectedness, which «is the belief by students that adults and peers in the school care about their learning as well as about them as individuals» (CDC, 2009b, SAMHSA Toolkit, p. 12).

Although written cases and analyses of student work samples would achieve similar goals as video analyses, images of classroom lessons provide unique opportunities for novice teachers to see in action how more experienced colleagues make space for student thinking to become visible, probe student thinking to move learning forward, engage students in classroom discourse and learn about students» individual ideas while they teach.

So, for example, instead of just utilizing money to arm police officers in schools, we also are allowing individual school communities to make decisions about putting more mental health for students, to provide advocacy in the support system and not just move kids out of school or automatically engage them in the judicial system that we know can happen too often.

Several other cities have been developing additional data capacity in support of this work, including creating MOUs to share data across agencies, surveying students about their school connectedness, asking families about the barriers they face in accessing preschool, and making use of data collected through a programmatic partnership to improve their understanding of community and individual student needs.

What professional development opportunities are available within your district that could help prepare educators to analyze and interpret student data to make decisions about individuals and also groups of students?

Ms. Sawyer builds a safe environment where any student can open up and talk to her about any problems and she respects every individual and makes them feel right at home, not just a classroom.

This lines up well with what we know about how individual students make the decision to become teachers.

Systems of inquiry will build true implementation of the standards by using data from assessments — from the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium or the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers and locally chosen or developed assessments aligned to the standards — to provide feedback to students about their learning of standards, to identify individual students» instructional needs, and to make adjustments to the curriculum and improve instruction.

TSL levels about 80 allow teachers opportunities to know their students, respond to student work, and have sufficient time out of the classroom to make themselves available to students for individual assistance.

These systems, encouraged by the Obama administration's Race to the Top and No Child Left Behind Waiver programs, use measures of student learning alongside other measures of teachers» classroom performance to make formative and summative judgments about individual teachers.

So, while there are purported benefits to the NHA charter schools, NHA is largely a corrupt organization that worries about making money instead of caring for students, teachers, and the individual charter schools.

When I began making almost all of my literacy assignments open - ended and had students do them on the computer, I saw two important benefits: (1) Students» completed assignments told me a lot about them as individuals; and (2) While each learner worked at his or her own computer, I was able to move around the classroom and have one - to - one and small - group converstudents do them on the computer, I saw two important benefits: (1) Students» completed assignments told me a lot about them as individuals; and (2) While each learner worked at his or her own computer, I was able to move around the classroom and have one - to - one and small - group converStudents» completed assignments told me a lot about them as individuals; and (2) While each learner worked at his or her own computer, I was able to move around the classroom and have one - to - one and small - group conversations.

For some reason, when we reach home, we go from pragmatic individuals who can easily make objective, fact - based decisions for a company, to people who are emotional about their credit card debt and student loans.

Students rave about how Dominika manages to make training fun, balance group and individual needs, and explain things in a way that just makes sense.

I have worked, lived, photographed, studied people for over 20 years and am passionate student about the individual as a personal brand,, marketing & what makes us tick.

About the job (job description) The educationist has to get involved in many different activities like of teaching various projects to a team or individuals, making reports for students, teaching moral science and behavioral skills, arranging programs and other extra curricular activities for children and arranging long or short tours for children.

Made about 50 outbound calls per day and received about 10 inbound calls daily while refining and adapting sales skills to cater to each individual student and their product interest.

February 2007 — Present Kipley High School — Eagle River, AK Math Teacher • Plan and carry out study programs appropriate to individual needs • Create classroom environment conducive to learning and discipline • Make engaging lessons that develop student critical thinking and problem - solving skills • Assess student progress regularly • Diagnose individual learning abilities of students about mathematical concepts and reporting to authorities • Plan and supervise purposeful assignments • Plan and execute student assessments on a monthly basis

When using a probing discussion, a teacher meets with an individual student and asks him or her questions about the SEL skill, making sure to address the score 2 content, the score 3 content, and the score 4 content.