Sentences with phrase «new classroom initiative»

As with any new classroom initiative you are considering, be sure to learn everything you can about how it works.

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For Dan Habib, University of New Hampshire filmmaker and appointee to the President's Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities, educational policies and initiatives that more fully integrate all students within the same classroom environment are sometimes more beneficial than special education alone.

Funders are wise, then, to focus on new initiatives around curriculum development and adoption, student assignments and grading, next - generation professional development, and efforts to integrate technology and personalized learning into the classroom.

In a bold, new initiative the future of contemporary learning and teaching is visible in the newly connected classrooms of Years 7 and 8 at Delany College, Granville, thanks to a first of its kind partnership between Catholic Education Diocese of Parramatta and Telstra.

Part of the promise of the Common Core initiative was that the new standards would be joined by «next - generation» assessments — tests that match the intellectual demands of the Common Core, are harder to game, and actually deserve to guide classroom instruction rather than encourage mindless test preparation.

Such peer observations are becoming part of life at Newman Elementary, thanks to a new initiative called Lab Classrooms.

The goal of the initiative was to create a new Oregon state statute (not a constitutional amendment) mandating that state teachers» classroom performance, not their seniority, determine pay raises.

«We have less money to do new initiatives and we will need to prioritize our investments to support the classroom and our school sites,» King said.

The share of funds devoted to Title I dropped as the federal government added new initiatives to wire classrooms to the Internet and reduce class sizes, among other priorities.

In 2014, parents of students at Horace Mann Elementary School in Northwest Washington, D.C., spent over $ 470,000 of their own money to support the school's programs.1 With just under 290 students enrolled for the 2013 - 14 school year, this means that, in addition to public funding, Horace Mann spent about an extra $ 1,600 for each student.2 Those dollars — equivalent to 9 percent of the District of Columbia's average per - pupil spending3 — paid for new art and music teachers and classroom aides to allow for small group instruction.4 During the same school year, the parent - teacher association, or PTA, raised another $ 100,000 in parent donations and collected over $ 200,000 in membership dues, which it used for similar initiatives in future years.5 Not surprisingly, Horace Mann is one of the most affluent schools in the city, with only 6 percent of students coming from low - income families.6

Instead of using his mayoral control of New York City's schools to improve the quality of teachers in classrooms, Mayor de Blasio has floated union - friendly initiatives that lack substance.

2015 — The organization shortens its name to «Center for Educational Innovation» («CEI») and launches new initiatives focused on easing the use of technology in the classroom and helping middle schools transform for 21st - century learners.

Project Look Sharp is a media literacy initiative of Ithaca College that develops and provides lesson plans, media materials, training, and support for the effective integration of media literacy with critical thinking into classroom curricula at all education levels, including integration with the new common core standards.

Successful tech pilots enhance learning, build excitement around new initiatives, and subject classroom technology to rigorous, data - based testing.

As a consequence of this initiative, not only do students» sentiments toward education improve — because classroom teachers begin paying more attention to affect — but the new superintendent is lauded as the architect of a low - cost but clearly beneficial intervention.

Our General Education Department led a curriculum and assessment initiative called «Hair on Fire» that helped local districts deeply understand the new Common Core State Standards using common classroom language and learn how to develop quality classroom assessments.

In New York, voters supported a school bond initiative to enhance technology in the classrooms.

Two of the biggest names in technology and education philanthropy are jointly funding a $ 12 million initiative to support new ways of tailoring classroom instruction to individual students.

The initiative has included implementation of small group guided reading using Jan Richardson's Next Step Forward as a guide.This process began in January, 2015 when district leaders began to develop and articulate a new vision for what early literacy instruction in K - 1 classrooms should look like.

While interpreting and bringing the new standards into the classroom can be a tricky and convoluted process, Mr. Grossman and his team are working with teachers to devise a set of best practices and to help both teachers and students reach their full potential in a special initiative called the Washoe Core Task Project.

These short, practical titles offer strategies to help administrators and teachers implement new initiatives that will transform student learning schoolwide and build on successes at the classroom level.

Jerenze Campbell, reporting from his viewpoint as a principal coach in Maryland's Prince George's County Public Schools, describes the constant barrage of new initiatives — and the endless meetings and trainings that come along with them — that have resulted in less time to focus on students and classroom instruction.

Despite the many challenges that remain (especially the question of funding the new initiatives in a time of fiscal restraint), Rothman is optimistic that the opportunities for cross-state partnerships created by national standards hold promise for generating real changes in classroom instruction.

Our discussion of the «Respect Diversity» value was especially helpful, because many in the faculty had been fearful that new initiatives would prescribe instructional practices that they wouldn't be comfortable implementing in their own classrooms.

David Low, Teacher, Sound School A classroom teacher with 20 years» experience, Mr. Low has played an integral role in New Haven's extensive School Reform initiative since its inception, negotiating the landmark teachers» contract, coordinating the creation and implementation of the new teacher evaluation process, sitting on the City - Wide Reform Committee, and serving as Chair of the Teachers» Working Group on School RefoNew Haven's extensive School Reform initiative since its inception, negotiating the landmark teachers» contract, coordinating the creation and implementation of the new teacher evaluation process, sitting on the City - Wide Reform Committee, and serving as Chair of the Teachers» Working Group on School Refonew teacher evaluation process, sitting on the City - Wide Reform Committee, and serving as Chair of the Teachers» Working Group on School Reform.

Facilitating a series of one - to - one or small group discussions, how members of a particular sub-group of students (the disengaged, high - achievers, young women, young men, or students not from the majority culture in the surrounding community, for example) are feeling about their learning experiences; or shaping a new initiative in the classroom or school.

At a recent conference for educators, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan unveiled a new initiative intended to support teachers who take leadership roles without leaving the classroom.

The authors suggest that the literacy coach begin by connecting a new initiative to current practice to validate teachers» prior efforts, choose generative practices that raise important questions about teaching, establish teaching credentials by spending significant amounts of time teaching in the classroom, focus teacher training on student learning, use a repertoire of coaching strategies, and get into the habit of regularly videotaping and reviewing lessons and demonstrations.

As part of the program, Attorney Wisneski helped expand the classroom visits in some schools to include a new curriculum designed by the American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division called «Bullyproof,» a comprehensive initiative that provides education and resources to empower parents, educators, students, and lawyers to finally abolish bullying.

Tomorrow, Apple will host an event in Chicago where it's expected to announce new education initiatives, along with a low - cost iPad meant for use in the classroom.

Being focused on serving the classroom, the Acer Chromebook Tab 10 and future tablets released as part of the new initiative will also support the Google Expeditions AR platform which will be rolled out «soon.»

T&B Education, Seoul • Republic of Korea 2009 — 2010 Educational Assistant Implemented new study initiatives for up to 80 students to assist in facilitating higher SAT scores while maintaining superlative classroom organization.

With competing priorities and new initiatives launched frequently, it can be a challenge for school districts to designate sufficient funding to bring social - emotional learning to their classrooms.