Sentences with phrase «making curriculum decisions»

Display this poster and begin conversations with your community of learners about, children's skill development and ways to support it through making curriculum decisions and developing relationships.

Do ask students to brainstorm potential sources of (and solutions for) resistance to their increased role in making curriculum decisions.

Additionally, many primary school teachers admit to having limited content knowledge themselves, especially in the fields of physics and chemistry, which makes curriculum decisions even more difficult.

And, since teachers will be evaluated, are they using their professional judgment on making the curriculum decision of how to approach a standard?

Educators who feel confident they have the knowledge and experience to foster children's social and emotional skills are better placed to make curriculum decisions that support children's learning and development, and ultimately, their mental health.

Not exact matches

The core focus of the Merage School's visionary curriculum involves three distinguishing factors: strategic innovation, information technology, and analytic decision making.

The core curriculum of the program builds a general management foundation, and from there, students choose from a selection of electives to further functional knowledge and strengthen strategic decision - making abilities.

Huffington Post: «Beyond the Robe»: New Generation of Buddhist Monks Embraces Science Recently, the Dalai Lama addressed a luncheon gathering at my home in Boston and announced a decision by the leaders of the monasteries to make the study of Western science part of the core curriculum required of all monastic scholars in the Gelug tradition.

In earlier models, decisions about the curriculum were made for the students.

They involve new laws and policies, radical changes in mentalities and lifestyles, codes of conduct for businesses and institutions, changes in the content of curricula and textbooks, new norms and decision - making methods in politics, health care and education systems, new strategic priorities for international cooperation, radically new approaches to development, fundamental transformation of democratic principles and mechanisms - a new social ethos imposed on all.

We've designed, trained, and proudly teach the ProDoula Childbirth Education curriculum for those who wish to have all the information possible to make their decisions about the type of birth they are planning for in the smallest possible commitment of time.

Designed to teach young children about the importance of building healthy bodies and saying «no» to substances that can hurt them, the curriculum helps children develop positive feelings about themselves, and gives them practice in making appropriate decisions in the face of peer pressure.

«By autumn this year, schools will have introduced new safeguarding advice in staff recruitment, ensured their practices comply with new freedom of information policies, made decisions on new pay policies, adopted new codes of practice for special needs pupils, introduced an entirely new curriculum, redesigned assessment and ensured every primary school is ready to offer free school meals to infants regardless of existing kitchen facilities,» he said.

«That this House notes that young people today grow up in an increasingly complex financial world requiring them to make difficult decisions for the future, often without the necessary level of financial literacy; believes that financial education will help address the national problem of irresponsible borrowing and personal insolvency and that teaching people about budgeting and personal finance will help equip the workforce with the necessary skills to succeed in business and drive forward economic growth; further believes that the country has a duty to equip its young people properly through education to make informed financial decisions; and calls on the Government to consider the provision of financial education as part of the current curriculum review.»

The British Humanist Association (BHA) has expressed disappointment at the decision, after the apparent cross-party consensus in 2010 to make PSHE a statutory part of the national curriculum.

«I want local parents, teachers, and school boards to make the decisions about curriculum and assessment.

«We should let the local teachers and parents and school boards make the decisions about standards, curriculum and assessment,» he continued.

«Let the local teachers and parents and school boards, the people who care the most about their local school children, make decisions about standards, curriculum and assessments,» Hawkins said.

«Let the local teachers and parents and school boards and people who care the most about their local school children and the make decisions about standards, curriculum and assessments,» Hawkins said.

Teaching ethics and decision - making skills to HutchLab students takes practice, so we learn, we adjust, and we modify the curriculum almost every time we teach it.

The curriculum's purpose was not to lead students to a predetermined best answer but to raise their awareness about making responsible and reasoned decisions, said Xin Zhang, a doctoral student in psychology at the University of Illinois and the lead author on the paper.

Based on this expertise, they are expected to engage in scholarly endeavors, such as consuming and producing research, and are provided tremendous autonomy to make decisions about curriculum, instruction and assessment in their classrooms.

The principal and the faculty council make all the major staffing, curriculum and fiscal decisions conjointly.

Five years and $ 1 million later, the educators have established a solid research base to help them make decisions for improving math and science curriculum and instruction.

However, for students and educators accustomed to more structured plans and teacher - or curriculum - directed learning, the decision - making and uncertainty can increase the amygdala's stress level and inhibit flow to the prefrontal cortex where those networks of executive function are developing.

Resources such as curriculum need to be aligned to this goal, and these decisions are often made in central offices.

How can educators make informed decisions about the quality of curriculum materials?

The Framework guides curriculum decision making and assists in planning, implementing and evaluating quality in early childhood settings.

Imagine teaching math or reading without a curriculum; each teacher would be on his or her own, making decisions about what students need to learn.

The central focus of professional development and training for teachers and principals should be the educator (teacher or principal) who as a person lives and works within an educational, social and political context in differing ways and engages in curriculum decision making and leadership in unique ways that must be respected and celebrated — there is no sense in a «one - size fits all» approach to training and development;

Using the Bank of England's expertise, experience and management of the UK's economy, your students will learn the importance of critical thinking and forward planning in decision - making, through three engaging and curriculum - linked lessons.

She asked me how I had used data to make decisions about curriculum and instruction; she referenced techniques from Teach Like a Champion, Dr. Robert Marzano's «What Works in Schools» series, and Paul Tough's book about grit; and she quizzed me on formative and summative assessments, SMART goals, token economies, differentiated instruction and adaptive technology.

This was an in - depth examination of our own school, its curriculum, instruction, behavioral policies, student government, and how decisions were made.

The list includes some good news for education reformers, including an examination of how one state is already seeing positive results from its decision to put a high - quality curriculum at the heart of its reform efforts; a look at how the hottest show on Broadway is inspiring a generation of students to explore American history; and a deep dive into the world of higher education with an array of new experiments that are making college degrees more accessible, especially for at - risk students.

Among the many issues that teachers and administrators in ABC have tackled together are curriculum development, textbook selection, recruitment and hiring, mentoring, teacher evaluation and support, and use of data - based decision making to improve student performance.

The curriculum aims to help students develop decision - making skills in real - world contexts.

With tight budgets, public schools are mired in layers of decision making that makes it hard to change curriculum.

Decisions about changes you may want to make to the yearly expectations when putting your curriculum online are also noted.

Educators need specific skills to participate in meaningful discussion about curriculum and instruction, make decisions about resources, and recognize when change is happening (and when it isn't).

This program will prepare you with the agile thinking required to analyze problems of student learning and then make decisions to adjust and differentiate instruction within given time and curriculum constraints.

The Olin Foundation spearheaded an effort to fund faculty, curricula, and guest lectures that introduced the logic of competitive markets and a tempered view of government regulation into legal decision - making.

In the absence of more rigorous scientific research, the decision to adopt a curriculum like Investigations is being made on what the Times sportswriters would call «instinct and whim.»

Below, you will find an activity adapted from the Social Decision Making / Social Problem Solving curriculum.

The dynamics and culture of the school, as well as the curriculum and teaching hours, may change, and it is good practice to seek feedback on reactions to this before making a decision.

By being able to consider all the necessary goals of a 21st Century curriculum at one time, policy makers, curriculum designers, teachers, and parents can more effectively make decisions about the future of education.

For beginning teachers and teachers not as comfortable with the teaching of science, to be able discriminately unpack these documents and make relevant curriculum decisions that address the needs of their specific learners can be tortuous.

Curriculum materials with detailed information that supports teachers in making instructional decisions may help teachers themselves learn about content, pedagogy, and student learning.

Then there's the school districts that have to make adoption decisions about these curriculum materials.

Within a country's educational system, the relevant institutions and policies include the ways in which a society finances and manages its schools, how a society assesses student performance, and who is empowered to make basic educational decisions, such as which curricula to follow, which teachers to hire, and what textbooks to purchase.

These same elected board members, moreover, will make decisions on a gamut of policy issues, from budgets to curriculum to student discipline, that teachers have a stake in and can benefit from enormously.