Here you'll find materials that have been developed for preschool through
middle school classrooms by our Second Step team of experts.
Not exact matches
Students in
schools populated mostly
by middle - class - and - above children were about equally likely to find themselves in a
classroom with engaged and interesting instruction (47 percent of students) as in one with basic, repetitive instruction (53 percent of students).
This curriculum for
middle and high
school students includes
classroom activities, identification sheets and a dichotomous key for identifying salt marsh plants, and data sheets for salt marsh field trips utilizing lessons developed
by Kristen Grant and the salt marsh science protocols developed
by Dr. Robert Buchsbaum and Dr. David Burdick.
program that lets kids and their adult caregivers learn about the park first hand
by using fun, self - guided worksheets; the NewYork Historical Society, where she developed curriculum guides to help
classroom teachers incorporate primary sources into their instruction; the American Museum of Natural History, where she developed a series of teacher guides for the Moveable Museum exhibits and several temporary museum exhibits; and MOUSE, a New York City based non-profit organization that works to train
middle and high
school students to initiate and manage technology help desks, where she developed curriculum and educational support materials for students, faculty advisors, and MOUSE trainers.
My day started with a delicious grab - n - go breakfast Yogurt Parfait featuring blueberries, strawberries and bananas at Burke County
Middle School, followed
by a
classroom Charlie Cart nutrition - cooking lesson.
She believes many
schools have become a mere diversion from the academic agenda of
middle - class parents — who want their children trained OUTSIDE the
classroom by people better than «just teachers.»
By making small tweaks to the menu to feature student favorites, and moving assembly to the front of the house, participation at the high school has increased by 100 - 125 breakfasts per day; breakfast - in - the - classroom is increasing participation at the elementary and middle school level as well — it's up 55 percent at Lake Elementar
By making small tweaks to the menu to feature student favorites, and moving assembly to the front of the house, participation at the high
school has increased
by 100 - 125 breakfasts per day; breakfast - in - the - classroom is increasing participation at the elementary and middle school level as well — it's up 55 percent at Lake Elementar
by 100 - 125 breakfasts per day; breakfast - in - the -
classroom is increasing participation at the elementary and
middle school level as well — it's up 55 percent at Lake Elementary!
A $ 3 million bond issue planned
by Lake County Community
School District 102 to complete a middle school in Buffalo Grove and add six classrooms to a primary school in Prairie View has been called off in the wake of an Illinois Appellate Court r
School District 102 to complete a
middle school in Buffalo Grove and add six classrooms to a primary school in Prairie View has been called off in the wake of an Illinois Appellate Court r
school in Buffalo Grove and add six
classrooms to a primary
school in Prairie View has been called off in the wake of an Illinois Appellate Court r
school in Prairie View has been called off in the wake of an Illinois Appellate Court ruling.
On topic question topics included the mayor's proposed $ 20 million allocation for arts programs and whether this is all new spending, whether it's typical for elementary
schools to have arts teachers, the mayor's proposed $ 4.4 billion capital spending to address
classroom overcrowding, how many new
classroom seats that spending would produce and where they would be located, whether all trailers used
by schools would be eliminated, the definition of «problematic behavior» used in dealing with the Absent Teacher Reserve, what the state funding to be used for
middle school after
school programs would have otherwise been used for and DoE support for
schools that will participate in the program providing increased
school autonomy.
Since 1985, Project 2061 has led the way in science education reform
by first defining adult science literacy in its influential publication Science for All Americans and then specifying what K - 12 students need to know in Benchmarks for Science Literacy, which helps educators implement science literacy goals in the
classroom; the AAAS Science Assessment website with more than 700
middle school test items; and WeatherSchool @ AAAS, an online resource where students can use real - world data to learn about the fundamental principles of weather and climate.
PlantingScience (PS) is an online platform where
middle and high
school students reflect with scientists on plant - based research projects designed and conducted
by the students in their
classrooms.
In the typical mathematics
classroom, especially in the
middle years of
schooling, we tend to use one model to connect maths with the real world; we start
by teaching the maths content and skills, we then get students to practice and do some maths, and then we next might apply some of those skills into a real world context
by using learning activities such as word problems.
TEACH, a new film
by Waiting for Superman director Davis Guggenheim, profiles four very different elementary,
middle, and high
school teachers and their public
school classrooms.
The organization cited a 1950 world map at one elementary
school, encyclopedias from 1966 in another, light fixtures in one
classroom that leak water when it rains, and a 1920s - vintage alto saxophone used
by a
middle...
Above all, writes
middle school drama teacher Kaleroy Zervos, a simple thank - you not only recognizes teachers» day - to - day efforts but also helps them «know their idea of making the world better is at least shared
by someone outside the
classroom.»
Some
schools / districts get their students prepared for the increased workload and stress levels of high
school by simply downloading high
school workload and stress levels into the
middle school classroom.
In these studies (separated
by a year and composed of a separate set of students), seventh - grade students at a racially diverse
middle school in the northeast United States were randomly assigned to self - affirm or not to self - affirm as part of a brief
classroom exercise.
Problem - based learning meets case - based reasoning in the
middle -
school science
classroom: Putting Learning
by Design into practice (PDF).
Look at it this way: your teaching every year is like a narrative, and... if the A-story is the standards - based content, then the B - story is the tween - based content, and there is a huge difference between a
middle -
school classroom run
by a teacher who takes on this added curriculum and a
middle -
school classroom that doesn't.
by Brett Wigdortz, founder and CEO, Teach First; Fair access: Making
school choice and admissions work for all by Rebecca Allen, reader in the economics of education at the Institute of Education, University of London; School accountability, performance and pupil attainment by Simon Burgess, professor of economics at the University of Bristol, and director of the Centre for Market and Public Organisation; The importance of teaching by Dylan Wiliam, emeritus professor at the Institute of Education, University of London; Reducing within - school variation and the role of middle leadership by James Toop, ceo of Teaching Leaders; The importance of collaboration: Creating «families of schools» by Tim Brighouse, a former teacher and chief education officer of Oxfordshire and Birmingham; Testing times: Reforming classroom teaching through assessment by Christine Harrison, senior lecturer in science education at King's College London; Tackling pupil disengagement: Making the curriculum more engaging by David Price, author and educational consultant; Beyond the school gates: Developing children's zones for England by Alan Dyson, professor of education at the University of Manchester and co-director of the Centre for Equity in Education, Kirstin Kerr, lecturer in education at the University of Manchester and Chris Wellings, head of programme policy in Save the Children's UK Programme; After school: Promoting opportunities for all young people in a locality by Ann Hodgson, professor of education and director of the Learning for London @IOE Research Centre, Institute of Education, University of London and Ken Spours, professor or education and co-director of the Centre for Post-14 Research and Innovation at the Institute of Education, University of L
school choice and admissions work for all
by Rebecca Allen, reader in the economics of education at the Institute of Education, University of London;
School accountability, performance and pupil attainment by Simon Burgess, professor of economics at the University of Bristol, and director of the Centre for Market and Public Organisation; The importance of teaching by Dylan Wiliam, emeritus professor at the Institute of Education, University of London; Reducing within - school variation and the role of middle leadership by James Toop, ceo of Teaching Leaders; The importance of collaboration: Creating «families of schools» by Tim Brighouse, a former teacher and chief education officer of Oxfordshire and Birmingham; Testing times: Reforming classroom teaching through assessment by Christine Harrison, senior lecturer in science education at King's College London; Tackling pupil disengagement: Making the curriculum more engaging by David Price, author and educational consultant; Beyond the school gates: Developing children's zones for England by Alan Dyson, professor of education at the University of Manchester and co-director of the Centre for Equity in Education, Kirstin Kerr, lecturer in education at the University of Manchester and Chris Wellings, head of programme policy in Save the Children's UK Programme; After school: Promoting opportunities for all young people in a locality by Ann Hodgson, professor of education and director of the Learning for London @IOE Research Centre, Institute of Education, University of London and Ken Spours, professor or education and co-director of the Centre for Post-14 Research and Innovation at the Institute of Education, University of L
School accountability, performance and pupil attainment
by Simon Burgess, professor of economics at the University of Bristol, and director of the Centre for Market and Public Organisation; The importance of teaching
by Dylan Wiliam, emeritus professor at the Institute of Education, University of London; Reducing within -
school variation and the role of middle leadership by James Toop, ceo of Teaching Leaders; The importance of collaboration: Creating «families of schools» by Tim Brighouse, a former teacher and chief education officer of Oxfordshire and Birmingham; Testing times: Reforming classroom teaching through assessment by Christine Harrison, senior lecturer in science education at King's College London; Tackling pupil disengagement: Making the curriculum more engaging by David Price, author and educational consultant; Beyond the school gates: Developing children's zones for England by Alan Dyson, professor of education at the University of Manchester and co-director of the Centre for Equity in Education, Kirstin Kerr, lecturer in education at the University of Manchester and Chris Wellings, head of programme policy in Save the Children's UK Programme; After school: Promoting opportunities for all young people in a locality by Ann Hodgson, professor of education and director of the Learning for London @IOE Research Centre, Institute of Education, University of London and Ken Spours, professor or education and co-director of the Centre for Post-14 Research and Innovation at the Institute of Education, University of L
school variation and the role of
middle leadership
by James Toop, ceo of Teaching Leaders; The importance of collaboration: Creating «families of
schools»
by Tim Brighouse, a former teacher and chief education officer of Oxfordshire and Birmingham; Testing times: Reforming
classroom teaching through assessment
by Christine Harrison, senior lecturer in science education at King's College London; Tackling pupil disengagement: Making the curriculum more engaging
by David Price, author and educational consultant; Beyond the
school gates: Developing children's zones for England by Alan Dyson, professor of education at the University of Manchester and co-director of the Centre for Equity in Education, Kirstin Kerr, lecturer in education at the University of Manchester and Chris Wellings, head of programme policy in Save the Children's UK Programme; After school: Promoting opportunities for all young people in a locality by Ann Hodgson, professor of education and director of the Learning for London @IOE Research Centre, Institute of Education, University of London and Ken Spours, professor or education and co-director of the Centre for Post-14 Research and Innovation at the Institute of Education, University of L
school gates: Developing children's zones for England
by Alan Dyson, professor of education at the University of Manchester and co-director of the Centre for Equity in Education, Kirstin Kerr, lecturer in education at the University of Manchester and Chris Wellings, head of programme policy in Save the Children's UK Programme; After
school: Promoting opportunities for all young people in a locality by Ann Hodgson, professor of education and director of the Learning for London @IOE Research Centre, Institute of Education, University of London and Ken Spours, professor or education and co-director of the Centre for Post-14 Research and Innovation at the Institute of Education, University of L
school: Promoting opportunities for all young people in a locality
by Ann Hodgson, professor of education and director of the Learning for London @IOE Research Centre, Institute of Education, University of London and Ken Spours, professor or education and co-director of the Centre for Post-14 Research and Innovation at the Institute of Education, University of London.
2 - 3 — Portfolio assessment: «Using Portfolios To Assess Student Learning in
Middle and High
School Classrooms,» institute, sponsored
by the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, to be held in Washington, D.C. Contact: A.S.C.D., 1250 North Pitt St., Alexandria, Va. 22314; (703) 549-9110; fax: (703) 549-3891.
According to the three - year study, which is being conducted
by the Santa Monica, Calif. - based RAND Corp., majorities of elementary and
middle school science and math teachers in all three states report in surveys that they are making positive changes in the
classroom by focusing on their states» academic standards or searching for better teaching methods.
More specifically, suggests Snow, «
Middle and high
school teachers could make their
classroom activities more engaging
by ensuring that students are focused on an organizing question or purpose for the activities.
When students do not learn to read
by third grade or develop reading difficulties after third grade, as is disproportionately the case for students living in poverty (Kieffer, 2010), it is critically important that an emphasis on learning to read remain an instructional priority in upper - elementary
classrooms as well as in
middle and high
schools.
These funds also helped reduce class sizes across Kaukauna's elementary,
middle, and high
schools by two to six students per
classroom.
Middle school principal Yesenia Cordova has data from Texas» statewide accountability tests, the district's own system, and the weekly common assessments that are benchmarked to the state tests, as well as marks given
by classroom teachers on homework and quizzes.
At Hood River
Middle School, place - based learning makes student learning relevant and engaging
by turning their local geography, culture, history, and economy into
classroom lessons.
As students transition to
middle school, they go from the familiarity of a homeroom teacher to changing teachers (and
classrooms)
by subject, sometimes seeing as many as eight or even ten different teachers weekly.
This case is designed to help teachers,
school and district leaders, parents, teacher educators, and
middle and high
school students have nuanced conversations about the challenges posed
by divisive political rhetoric for
school classrooms and communities.
By the 6th grade and throughout
middle school, let's assume that only half of a student's time was spent in what we now think of as a
classroom.
3 — English: Censorship and Selection in
Middle and High
School Classrooms, sponsored
by the University of Wisconsin - Madison, for secondary - level educators, librarians, curriculum developers, and administrators, at the Pyle Center in Madison, Wis..
One of her latest projects tackles the problem of adolescent literacy, not solely through dry survey data or statistical analyses, but also
by studying
middle school classrooms in the Boston Public
Schools.
Examples of the
schools students can «choose» include: a Milwaukee
school that accepted $ 2.3 million of taxpayer funded vouchers but abruptly closed in the
middle of the
school year; a
school in Florida where classes were held in public parks once the
school was declared unfit
by the fire marshall; or hundreds of
schools that teach creationism in science
classrooms.
Agile Mind dramatically improves achievement in
middle and high
schools by fostering
classrooms that embrace engagement, collaboration, and perseverance.
Recently, a teacher fired a gun while barricaded in a
classroom, and last week alone there have been several accidental gun discharges at
schools, including
by a
school resource officer at a
middle school and
by a teacher, the latter resulting in injury to a student.
WinterFest 2013 included 34 teams of
middle and high
school students who participated in eight dynamic geometry sessions using the VMTwG environment and supervised
by their
classroom teacher.
Inspired
by his stint as a
middle school math tutor, Henry shifted his career to the
classroom to serve as a «role model and symbol of hope» for other young African - American students and to show all young students that they can excel in math and science.
As contract negotiations plod along between LA Unified and the teachers union, UTLA, the issue of class size reduction has taken on a new urgency for Superintendent Ramon Cortines, who plans to shrink the number of students in
middle school and high
school classrooms by the end of the year.
With degrees in elementary education and administration, a license in
middle school math, and numerous professional development courses given
by experts from Madeline Hunter to Bob Marzano (and just about everyone who came in between), I've kept up with the latest techniques to make me a better
classroom teacher.
First, acknowledging that
middle level students (age 10 - 14) learn differently than their elementary and high
school friends and siblings, they began
by reviewing the developmental research on young adolescents and taking those unique learning needs as a starting point for planning changes in
classroom instruction, increasing electives, providing intervention, reviewing their discipline procedures, and attending to the social and emotional needs, a key to success with
middle level student success.
* UPDATED As contract negotiations plod along between LA Unified and the teachers union, UTLA, the issue of class size reduction has taken on a new urgency for Superintendent Ramon Cortines, who plans to shrink the number of students in
middle school and high
school classrooms by the end of the year.
The author describes a lesson on Shakespeare's Sonnet 65 conducted
by a
middle school English teacher, who incorporates writing as an important precursor to
classroom discussion.
She served as a
classroom science, math and social studies teacher, in grades 4 through 8, first at John F. Long Elementary
School in Phoenix, Arizona from 2005 to 2007, followed
by White Pine
Middle School in Saginaw, Michigan from 2007 to 2011.
A
middle school science teacher creates a culture of literacy in her
classroom by engaging students in reading and writing.
Middle school students (grades 6 to 8) identified
by their district as achieving below their peers on state assessments, universal screeners,
classroom grades, and / or teacher reports
They were then joined
by roughly 50 others at the Salt Lake Center for Science Education, where they spoke against the nationalization of science education and the inclusion of what they consider controversial topics in
middle school classrooms.
Using the Iowa Assessments (Iowa Test; ITBS), a nationally - recognized standardized test
by the College of Education of the University of Iowa, our Lower
School (Primary and Elementary
classrooms) and our
Middle School (Intermediate and
Middle School classrooms) students» results were outstanding.
As the oldest teacher recruitment program in the country, South Carolina's Center for Educator Recruitment, Retention, and Advancement, or CERRA, facilitates a variety of programs that aim to recruit, retain, and support highly qualified teacher candidates.64 CERRA recruits
middle and high
school students, college students, and career - changers
by offering an array of programs across the state.65 For example, the Teacher Cadets Program is a high
school recruitment program offered at nearly 160
schools in South Carolina.66 As Teacher Cadets, high - achieving juniors and seniors who express an interest in teaching complete field placements in
classrooms and learn about curriculum development.67 The South Carolina Teaching Fellows Program, another one of CERRA's recruitment programs, is one of the most competitive scholarship and loan programs in the state: Through the program, select high
school seniors who display a strong desire to pursue teaching receive a forgivable loan to attend college.68
To get such results, each
school incorporates longer
school days, robust music programs and have co-teachers in select
classrooms, all of which provide opportunities low - income students may not have had otherwise and incentives for
middle class families to emigrate from high - quality suburban
schools, says Mike Magee, CEO of Rhode Island Mayoral Academies, who spoke recently at the South
by Southwest EDU conference in Austin, Texas.
One very simple strategy is to support teachers
by Focusing on the positive: At Anderson
Middle School (Omaha), where I once taught, the principal and the two assistant principals tried to visit every
classroom once a week.