Sentences with phrase «meant teachers based»

By that he meant teachers based their instruction on what their hearts told them was best for students.

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Mr. McFadden: The changes that we propose to the pension scheme will mean that the deficit is handled on the same basis as the pension schemes serving teachers, nurses and civil servants.

ALBANY — A drive to repeal New York's legal requirement basing teacher job ratings largely on students» state tests scores ignited debate Monday over the question of whether repeal could mean «double testing» for students.

The governor's budget, which is meant to close a projected $ 7.4 billion budget deficit, eliminated funding for UFT Teacher Centers, a nationally recognized, research - based professional development program.

«If you're running, zeroing in on the physical means paying attention to your breathing, listening to your feet hit the pavement, and, yes, ditching the music,» explains Cooper Chou, a New York City - based yoga and meditation teacher at New York Health and Racquet Club, who is also a runner.

The report, released last week by the Center for the Future of Teaching and Learning, based in Santa Cruz, Calif., says that 18,000 of the state's more than 300,000 teachers are still «underprepared,» meaning they don't have, at minimum, a preliminary teaching credential.

Between midday on 4th and 14th December, all donations online can be doubled, which means in the future twice as many teachers could be learning about child rights and gender - based violence, twice as many communities learning about the importance of girls» education, twice as many school - boards understanding and enforcing national policies aimed at supporting girls, and hopefully twice as many girls could be making that crucial transition from primary to secondary school, become shining beacons for hundreds of other women and girls who dream of a better future but wonder if it's possible.

Technology has enable teachers to «assess on the fly» meaning they can look at all student work and make determinations about how well students understand the material and what comes next based on student understanding...

So, when I talk about modern pedagogy, what I mean is we have redesigned the teaching and learning of maths with a group of students and teachers, based on three parts.

So funders, by all means, bet big on «place - based strategies,» school networks, personalized learning, better tools and training for teachers, and all the rest.

«We support the standards, but have major, major problems with the implementation» really means «Damn, we asked for the Common Core but we don't like all this talk about evaluating teachers based on student performance and this was the best line our beltway consultants could come up with to get us out of this jam.»)

The existence of an orderly learning environment throughout the school — established through positive rather than negative means, whereby there are high levels of teacher consistency about how it is «enforced» and structures in place to ensure that all students are known well by at least one adult in the school — is a fundamental precondition for improved teaching and learning to occur on which the subsequent improvement in student learning outcomes can be based.

In 2002 and 2003 no single choice received more than half of the responses, but the fact that fewer than half of the teachers surveyed selected the first choice, none, is remarkable; it means that for two years» running more than half of the union members surveyed believe that some portion of their pay should be based on accurately measured student growth.

At the national level sample - based student assessments similar to the National Assessment of Educational Progress that have no stakes for students, teachers, or schools are the main means to inform policy - makers and the public on how Finland's...

First, to achieve a targeted budget reduction, school districts need to lay off a greater number of junior teachers than senior teachers (as junior teachers have lower salaries), meaning that a seniority - based layoff policy will cause class sizes to rise more than they would under an alternate arrangement.

«School reform» has taken on a very particular meaning in the past decade: reformers are those who support things like charter schooling, accountability, test - based teacher evaluation, and the Common Core.

Research has shown that performance - based assessment provides a means to assess higher - order thinking skills and helps teachers and principals support students in developing a deeper understanding of content.

And the fact that the Coleman findings are based on differences between schools means that it ignores important differences in resources — teacher quality in particular — that we know today exist within schools.

A better means of driving reform would be to reward states and districts based not on unenforceable promises but on specific, concrete steps to overhaul anachronistic policies like teacher tenure, now granted in most states as a matter of course after just a couple of years in the classroom.

The New American Academy — P.S. 274 Bronx, New York Work on a monthly basis as a consultant with Pre-Kindergarten, Kindergarten, and Grade 3 teacher teams to introduce the concept and strategies of conducting Teacher Rounds as a means of improving instruction (with Vivian teacher teams to introduce the concept and strategies of conducting Teacher Rounds as a means of improving instruction (with Vivian Teacher Rounds as a means of improving instruction (with Vivian Troen).

A conversion to the evidence - based salary schedule could thus be seen as a means of boosting starting teacher salaries without increasing expenditures on education.

The discriminatory impact of this compromise lessened as the gender gap in master's degree attainment narrowed, and more subtle means of discrimination were hampered by nearly universal adoption of the uniform salary schedule, with teachers» pay based only on experience and education.

Formal adoption of high - tech innovations does not mean teachers have total access to devices or use them on a daily basis.

By instructional leadership, we mean the principal's capacity to: 1) offer a vision for instruction that will inspire the faculty; 2) analyze student performance data and make sound judgments as to which areas of the curriculum need attention; 3) make good judgments about the quality of the teaching in a classroom based on analysis of student work; 4) recognize the elements of sound standards - based classroom organization and practice; 5) provide strong coaching to teachers on all of the foregoing; 6) evaluate whether instructional systems in the school are properly aligned; and 7) determine the quality and fitness of instructional materials.

However, within this, abilities will still vary, meaning teachers may find it challenging to support each and every individual based on their very personal needs.

That means it will be critical for teachers and parents to help children develop sophistication and taste, and learn how to assess a source, how to detect persuasion and manipulation, and how to synthesize their own views based on multiple inputs.

Lizana Oberholzer of the National Association of School Based Teacher Trainers said: «The reduction of bursaries could mean it is not attractive for people to train to teach.»

Such systems, if organized around direct assessments of teacher and classroom quality, based on strong and valid metrics and tied to new or existing incentive systems, could be a cost - effective means of producing real change for teachers and children.

I mean, there are things that teachers are coping with — changes in curriculum, uses of technology, all those sorts of things, on a daily basis, and doing a magnificent job.

Micro-credentials are emerging as a new means of gauging content mastery (see «Competency - Based Learning for Teachers,» what next, Spring 2017).

«For teachers this means they have to be prepared for both paper and non-paper based learning.

Learners will answer questions about: • Acid - base definitions • Hydrogen ions and acidity • pH calculations • hydrogen ion and hdyroxide ion concentrations • acid and base strength • acid dissociation constant • neutralisation reactions • salts in solution • titration calculations This resource is meant to be used by teachers in the US.

It covers the following National Curriculum learning objectives: - develop pleasure in reading, motivation to read, vocabulary and understanding by: listening to, discussing and expressing views about a wide range of contemporary and classic poetry, stories and non-fiction at a level beyond that at which they can read independently - becoming increasingly familiar with and retelling a wider range of stories, fairy stories and traditional tales - drawing on what they already know or on background information and vocabulary provided by the teacher - making inferences on the basis of what is being said and done - answering and asking questions - predicting what might happen on the basis of what has been read so far - using dictionaries to check the meaning of words that they have read - checking that the text makes sense to them, discussing their understanding, and explaining the meaning of words in context

But SEL proponents argue that these are extreme examples, and that relationship - based discipline techniques do not mean student actions will go without consequences — and can actually help teachers manage their classrooms.

The teacher clearly defines the feedback context (small - group instruction and transitions), provides specific and targeted examples of the problem (calling out, causing distraction), expresses in personal terms what this means to her («As his teacher, I'm concerned...»), gives a basis for her claims by tracing the behavior's impact on others (degraded learning environment), and seeks advice from the receiver on how best to resolve the conflict («Can you offer any ideas?»).

Most tests gaining attention today are achievement tests, including those commonly referred to as «high stakes,» meaning that crucial decisions are made about a student, teacher, or school based on the results of the test.

Here's what I mean: Say a governor wants to mandate that all schools offer teacher induction based on a terrific program she's seen.

Today, the section of the NEA's website devoted to NCLB reauthorization explicitly criticizes the Obama administration for supporting policies that use «test scores as a means of evaluating and categorizing schools and teachers» — the foundation of standards - based reform.

As Project Based Learning gains momentum around the world, it's more important than ever that teachers, students, and stakeholders share a common understanding of what high - quality PBL means.

An expanding history base means that teachers cover more topics in less depth than in the past, Altoff says.

Although HHS's teachers were doing a great job thinking through pace — students were working through different lessons and projects based on their strengths and needs and teachers appeared to be monitoring each students» progress along the way — the school's current focus on teacher autonomy in turn means a focus on courses.

The cloud - based digital classroom is mobile - friendly and accessible on the go, which means that students can interact with classmates and the teacher from anywhere, so long as they have an internet connection.

The average starting teacher salary still hovers under $ 40,000 and the median base teacher salary sits at approximately $ 47,400,37 meaning teachers make a staggering 60 percent less than other full - time professionals with college degrees.38 Like other professionals, teachers should earn a salary commensurate with their skillset, responsibilities, and level of education.

This means that, perhaps, teachers are selling today's youth short with broad - brush labels like «unintelligent» or «unteachable» simply because they do not interact well with text - based media and materials.

Parent links: Based on teachers» mean level of home communication and on efforts of school to reach out to parents

Our teacher education is research - based, meaning the programs involve an integration of educational theories, research methodologies and practice — building an understanding of how teaching and learning are related to each other.

In all four cases, this meant that all the teachers in the school regularly (at least three times throughout the year) administered some sort of common classroom - based assessment tool to all students and shared the information about classroom - level performance with the principal and fellow teachers.

Interims are formative, meaning they are designed to help teachers reflect on and improve their teaching on an ongoing, relatively frequent basis.

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 author contextualizes these ideas based on two studies: (a) an analysis of a small group problem - solving discussion that illuminated dynamics around authority and (b) a professional development study meant to support teachers» noticing of students» authority dynamics.