Sentences with phrase «model curricula for»

Among other goals, it would increase high school course and credit requirements, raise student accountability and assessment standards, and include a model curricula for districts.

Furthermore, Bloomberg's Department of Education has listed Core Knowledge as one of the model curricula for New York City teachers to consider as they transition to the new standards.

She has consulted with the New Jersey Department of Education on numerous projects including writing the soon to be released Student Learning Standards for Theatre, the Model Curriculum for Visual and Performing Arts, and the Career and Technical Education written and performance assessments for Theatre.

The School Librarian's Guide to Success in the PA Department of Education Educator Effectiveness System: Using The Model Curriculum for PA School Library Programs as a Foundation

Not exact matches

But instead of a «learning center» where children came to a central location for classes — the model then used by chains like Sylvan and Huntington — Lucas provided one - on - one tutoring in the child's home, based on class curriculums and tailored to the family's schedule.

This is a three - day program for entrepreneurship faculty from around the world to learn how to teach entrepreneurship via the Lean LaunchPad approach (business model canvas + customer development) and bring their entrepreneurship curriculums into the 21st century.

For the rest of the afternoon, Steve and I brainstormed with Alex about how he could take his 20 years of entrepreneurial small business experience and use the Business Model Canvas and Customer Development to create a university entrepreneurship curriculum and vocabulary for the mainstream of American BusineFor the rest of the afternoon, Steve and I brainstormed with Alex about how he could take his 20 years of entrepreneurial small business experience and use the Business Model Canvas and Customer Development to create a university entrepreneurship curriculum and vocabulary for the mainstream of American Businefor the mainstream of American Business.

Whereas Australia has made Asia an important focus of its national curriculum, Canada, where education is a provincial matter, could follow the model practiced in the US, where a network of universities across the country acts as hubs for teachers to deepen their understanding of Asian geography, history, social studies and arts, so they can introduce that content into their classrooms.

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

Furthermore, if shopping for the best kids» program is our primary motivation for choosing a church, we are modeling a consumer approach to church that may very well shape our kids as much or more than any curriculum, which brings me to Point 4:

Wisconsin Model Academic Standards For School Counseling (2007) include three standards in the personal and social domain and support the delivery of social and emotional learning curriculum in the comprehensive school counseling program.

Character Education: State Board of Education Policy 2109 (2005) requires character education to be incorporated into the curriculum for all grades modeled by moral leadership from school administrators, teachers, and students.

This grew into the Lactation Consultant Exam Preparation Course ©, the first course that specifically used (and still uses) the exam grid as a model for the curriculum.

EL's whole - school reform model combines a highly detailed, interdisciplinary curriculum that focuses on active learning, teamwork, and character education with training and coaching for teachers and school leaders.

With this question in mind, the UCLA and UM teams worked closely with CDC to develop curricula that reflected the Legacy model but was responsive and appropriate for their community's needs.

Read the new model funding agreement for Free Schools: http://www.education.gov.uk/schools/leadership/typesofschools/freeschools/a0074737/free-schools-model-funding-agreement Changes to the Curriculum, curriculum development and delivery, and RE and collective worship section of the funding agreement include: Section 22 — it is no longer expected that Free Schools will have a subject - based sCurriculum, curriculum development and delivery, and RE and collective worship section of the funding agreement include: Section 22 — it is no longer expected that Free Schools will have a subject - based scurriculum development and delivery, and RE and collective worship section of the funding agreement include: Section 22 — it is no longer expected that Free Schools will have a subject - based specialism.

In subsequent written correspondence with civil servants, the BHA stated that «Our concern is for the government to make absolutely clear that there is no chance it will ever accept [creationist Free School] bids, or allow any state - funded school to teach creationism as science, anywhere in the curriculum, and this is only possible through a change in the law... we would support any adjustment to the model funding agreement to add a statement [to this effect]... Could we request that the next time the [Free School] model funding agreement is reviewed, our desire for this point's inclusion is considered?»

The Council has formed a committee to explore the curriculum, operational model and potential sites for what will be a state - of - the - art Regional Workforce Advancement Center in the City of Buffalo.

A model for successfully implementing an early mathematics curriculum; University of Buffalo.

The jury also wanted to determine how private universities use their advantages over public universities to develop efficient and innovative courses, the idea being that private institutions might offer models for introducing reforms to improve teaching, focus courses, and establish more vocationally orientated curricula at public universities.

But although the National Curriculum Council, which advises Patten, says that Model B is intended only for less academic pupils, there is growing evidence than an increasing number of academic girls are choosing it.

She also gathers resources for teachers and works with new teachers on implementing curriculum, models lessons, and team - teaches.

If a school plans to use a Station - Rotation model for math with one curriculum provider, for example, it will likely contract with one math vendor that provides supplemental math content — like Dreambox Learning or ST Math — or use a free solution like the Khan Academy.

Set aside time to plan (with colleagues and / or a mentor) how you might begin to use current student data and curriculum content to individualize teaching for students in a blended learning model.

Although academies are not the only model for infusing a college - preparatory curriculum with a career theme, they are a well - researched approach.

Achieve also lauded Massachusetts for its work to align its standards, curriculum, and assessments, which has provided a model for other states.

Help can include targeted, high - quality professional development; curriculum improvements; additional time for student learning after school or in the summers; establishment of wraparound services, including community school models; redesign of schools to support personalization and more authentic work in classrooms and internships; or pairing of struggling schools with successful ones serving similar students.

This extraordinary response reflects the demand for a practice - based doctorate in education and the attractiveness of a model that integrates curriculum content in education, management, and policy, delivered by faculty from HGSE, Harvard Business School (HBS) and Harvard Kennedy School (HKS).

During that time they have seen a lot of change in terms of the curriculum and support needs of schools, as well as having to adapt to the challenges of moving from a grant funded model to a full cost recovery traded service providing services for schools in Havering and beyond.

Now we have a Learning Cadre (also voluntary, only [for] people of interest who have that as a passion) and they're working now to develop curriculum and to learn themselves, and then model that for their students and bring it in to their students.

When the $ 62 million facility opened in 2006 with a relatively small student population, a computer - based curriculum delivered with the latest technology tools, and a unique partnership with corporate giant Microsoft, it set out to upend a secondary school model that had changed little since the industrial era and had spelled failure for too many students here and in cities...

«Equally worrying is that efforts to promote and embed these important values within the curriculum were undermined by the failure of leaders to model good practice, for example through the work of governors.»

To Klein's credit, he eventually came to see the errors of his ways, and in his last years as chancellor he embraced the Core Knowledge program — a coherent, content - rich curriculum that is a model for what kids in New York, and nationwide, need if they are going to become strong readers.

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced a new investment of $ 1.7 billion for K - 12 education over the next five years, with the bulk of the funding aimed at existing traditional public schools that show progress in improving educational outcomes, the development of new curricula, charter schools focused on students with special needs, and «research and development» for scalable models that could inform best practices.

Over the past decade, I have written a learning model and project based learning curriculum for Eduthink21, my independent research organization.

Just as mathematics textbooks from Singapore have built a following among educators in America, the Southeast Asian nation is looking to the United States for models of science curricula.

To walk from a conversation about the need for a common core curriculum to one about turning schools into digital gaming parlors modeled after Grand Theft Auto — well, it's what we in the business call a head jerk.

During the next three years, teams of teachers in participating sites will work with scholars to design model curricula based on the group's recent report, «Science for All Americans.»

A number of schools appear to have responded with whole - school reform models or a new curriculum — also options for schools in corrective action.

For those who aren't familiar with the School of One, it's a middle school math model that challenges conventions of the traditional teacher marching 30 kids through the familiar 180 day curriculum.

That model, I think, is now well known across the state: standards - based curriculum, radically better assessments,... a fair but rigorous accountability system which, as you know, the Regents will soon put into regulations creating the framework of evaluation for principals and teachers.

The mask set was designed with the Drama teacher in mind as part of a comprehensive collection of masks.Masks can be integrated into many other areas of the curriculum and would be useful as topic starters in English, discussions of occupations and careers in HASS, models for Design and technology or for creative play and art work.

But not for all the usual reasons that people raise concerns: the worry about whether we've got good measures of teacher performance, especially for instructors in subjects other than reading and math; the likelihood that tying achievement to evaluations will spur teaching to the test in ways that warp instruction and curriculum; the futility of trying to «principal - proof» our schools by forcing formulaic, one - size - fits - all evaluation models upon all K — 12 campuses; the terrible timing of introducing new evaluation systems at the same time that educators are working to implement the Common Core.

Although the dream of having students prepare and eat their own organically grown, healthy lunches is still a work in progress, the school's garden and kitchen are now a world - famous success story — a model for schools throughout the country (and the world, really) that want to provide students with an integrated, hands - on gardening curriculum.

Because the New School Model is being gradually phased into the entire school curriculum, it was decided to introduce ArcGIS Online in a pilot project for sixth - grade students.

Wilson knows many secondary teachers who read aloud to students for pure enjoyment, but says potential barriers for others could include time pressures, a busy curriculum and possibly a lack of modelling in the teacher's own life.

The EcoMOD (Model / Modify, Observe, Design) project will build on and extend our prior EcoMUVE curriculum for middle school, using a design - based research approach to combine an immersive virtual environment with hands - on interactive modeling through a scaffolded computational interface.

Surely, a school district could allow a public academy to use assessment measures better aligned to its SEL curriculum and standards framework than an existing model — but in addition to, not a replacement for, state and host district assessments.

When I've asked what common curricula and creeping granularity might mean for charter schools or other schools that rely upon alternative instructional models, I've thus far received no satisfactory response.

The small group curriculum model has changed very little since Saddleback Church introduced the HOST small group ministry concept in 2001: ordinary people with HEARTS for unconnected people to OPEN their homes, SERVE a few refreshments, and TURN on the VCR.