Programs that create community help families understand learning objectives (and how families can extend learning at home) and foster
meaningful conversations with teachers and administrators.
We can run reports and have
meaningful conversations with teachers.
«Now there is a much deeper, richer understanding of each student's work, and ultimately parents can be more empowered to have
meaningful conversations with teachers.»
This allowed the administration to start
a meaningful conversation with teachers about root causes and solutions for repairing working relationships.
Not exact matches
Rather than lecturing or delivering whole - class instruction though, the
teacher, who can be armed
with data about where students are in their learning, can meet one - on - one
with each student and have
meaningful conversations about the work she is doing.
As a result of countless
conversations with teachers and parents, I've found that there are some basic things for schools to do to make homework more appealing and
meaningful.
Unfortunately, there were a few
teachers who must have had one too many bad experiences
with evaluation
conversations and basically told me to read out their evaluation, let them sign it, and avoid engaging in any
meaningful conversation.
Once a
teacher can debrief a lesson
with an administrator or fellow
teacher using a well - designed rubric,
meaningful conversations about improvement can begin to occur.
Project Reach Offers Outstretched Hand to Community When
teachers at one Georgia elementary school recognized the need for more frequent and
meaningful dialogue
with the parents of their students, they decided to take the
conversation directly to the parents in the form of «Project Reach.»
I look forward to having
meaningful conversations around
teacher evaluation systems and union - related concerns,
with the intention of making a difference.
To promote cultures of continuous growth, schools and school districts should encourage and support feedback loops, honest coaching
conversations, and collaboration toward improved student outcomes.59 A recent report found that when
teachers are more open to feedback, their evaluation scores are more likely to increase over time.60 Furthermore, the introduction of new
teacher evaluation systems in recent years has created an opportunity to provide
teachers with much more effective feedback and to more intentionally target professional learning to individual
teachers» needs.61 When professional learning is rooted in collaboration and
meaningful opportunities to apply new skills, these systems can become essential components of evaluation systems that support
teacher growth.62
Report cards are easily generated from KIDS data and provide the opportunity for
teachers to have more
meaningful conversations with families around how to best support each child's development.
CHOW DOWN AND LISTEN UP: The nonprofit oral history project StoryCorps has launched a new initiative, the Great Thanksgiving Listen [http://bit.ly/1NnDL04], asking high school
teachers to encourage their students to sit down over the Thanksgiving holiday and record a
meaningful conversation with an older family or community member.
Providing
teachers with professional learning in the use of instructional
conversations and higher - order questioning is a critical element in laying the foundation for
meaningful learning.
This allows
teachers to have
meaningful conversations with students about their behavior every day, as opposed to just once a week or at quarterly conferences.»
She also shares strategies that start
conversations with teachers about using new media tools and resources in rigorous and
meaningful ways to build subject area knowledge while developing 21st century skills.