Sentences with phrase «new focused curriculum»

In addition to a new focused curriculum, the summer activities also produced an unanticipated bonus: a cohesive team of educators who established self - imposed accountability as a natural trade - off for their newfound responsibility.

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Commenting on the plans, Paul Davies, Head of Policy at the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) said: «While it's great to see a big focus on science subjects in the new EBacc, we are concerned that the plans to narrowly prescribe the curriculum in this way will effectively drive subjects like design & technology (D&T), as well as creative and artistic subjects, from the curriculum.

With another grant from the U.S. Department of Education, Roseman and her colleagues are leading work on a new curriculum project that builds on the THSB project to focus on energy concepts in high school biology.

Another open question is how readily teachers will embrace new, NGSS - aligned curricula when they must also focus on preparing their students for high - stakes standardized tests.

By establishing the Institute, SEAS has committed to fostering graduate training and research in applied computational science, infusing the curriculum with new courses and student research opportunities that will focus on the use of computation to power discovery and innovation.

A new survey, published in the journal Menopause, shows that some American ob / gyn residency programs fail to offer trainees any formal curriculum or clinical experience focused primarily on women's pre - and post-menopausal health.

Teaching the new curriculum outside the classroom will focus on inspiring and engaging opportunities for learning outside the classroom (LOtC) in the new national curriculum at the University of Derby Enterprise Centre on 4th December 2014.

But the bulk of the city's school reforms over the past decade have focused elsewhere, on building a pre-kindergarten system, creating new curriculum materials and instructional strategies and, above all, improving teacher quality — work that's largely unrelated to high school attendance.

He told the audience current reforms in his country include new curriculum standards, teaching and assessment, and new textbooks focusing more on inquiry and cooperation.

In preparation for the program, the district hired about 800 new teachers, installed room dividers in hundreds of classrooms, and devised a new curriculum that focuses only on basic skills.

Susan Caldis, Secretary of AGTA and President of the Geography Teachers» Association of New South Wales (GTANSW), says the focus has been on inquiry - based learning and fieldwork, and how those teaching methods can be linked to the new curriculum topics in the primary and secondary yeaNew South Wales (GTANSW), says the focus has been on inquiry - based learning and fieldwork, and how those teaching methods can be linked to the new curriculum topics in the primary and secondary yeanew curriculum topics in the primary and secondary years.

«I love how the curriculum focusses very much on teaching transferable skills and not the old fashioned schemes of work approach — it means the kids don't get bored or disengaged as there are always new challenges to meet.»

To facilitate and support teachers in the implementation of the Australian Curriculum: Science, ASTA strongly advocates for a greater focus be placed on up - skilling teachers on the knowledge, skills & understandings that are required to teach and assess the new curriculum and senior coursesCurriculum: Science, ASTA strongly advocates for a greater focus be placed on up - skilling teachers on the knowledge, skills & understandings that are required to teach and assess the new curriculum and senior coursescurriculum and senior courses of study.

A range of initiatives from the New York State Education Department (SED) regarding standards, assessments, and graduation requirements has been very helpful in [forming] such important district strategies as aligning our curriculum, more effectively focusing our staff development, and instituting additional summer and afterschool programs.

We are reviewing new curriculum frameworks for primary and secondary education, with a focus on peace, human rights, gender equity and life skills.

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.

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.

Knee then hits his stride, showing how these factors played out when Murdoch's News Corporation acquired the learning analytics company Wireless Generation in 2012 to create an ambitious new «Amplify» division focused on educational tablets, games, curriculum, and data.

NEW 2016 Religious Studies KS3 curriculum lesson focusing on the nature and importance of Church in Christianity.

Although Riley's approach to turning around Lawrence has included several key reforms, such as the «implementation of a new curriculum, establishment of Acceleration Academies, and a focus on data - driven instruction,» creating a Match - style tutor corps with help from Match leaders was also a top priority.

From legislative frameworks to classroom practices, gender - sensitive curricula, sexual and reproductive health information, education and services, and data collection, the new Joint Programme will provide a coordinated and collaborative response to the persistent gender gap in education — with a specific focus on adolescent girls and young women between the ages of 10 and 24.

The new curriculum's focus on more intensive ICT lessons for children means that teachers who find technology a challenge are at something of a disadvantage.

Whilst the new curriculum focus on spelling and grammar and phonics is important, it must not come at the expense of encouraging writing for enjoyment by teaching the writing process and encouraging children to write for purpose and audience.

Some Teacher Team members believe the new Secretary of Education should focus on adapting today's curriculum to meet the needs of tomorrow's world.

However challenging the new curriculum is for educators, the focus needs to be on how best to implement it for the benefit of students and schools.

Maintaining creativity against a background of curricular change was a key focus of the day, with teachers exploring how digital technology can encourage pupil innovation, while meeting new curriculum goals and standards.

The administration's new approach, Bloomberg said, was to allow the chancellor's office to «dictate the curriculum and pedagogical methods,» including a reading program with «a daily focus on phonics.»

As a result, the computing curriculum needs to be aligned to this new way of thinking, with a focus on higher level creativity and computational thinking, supported by teaching staff with the skills to drive this movement

The Assistant Principal and Learning Support Coordinator at Our Saviour Lutheran Primary School says the main focus was on using P!nk to help Year 6 and 7s develop skills in the new Digital Technologies Curriculum.

It will require innovative and creative thinking and will enable us to focus on the requirements of our new «made in Wales» curriculum which is currently under development.»

Professor Fernando Reimers will serve on the Global Learning Leadership Council of the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) as part of a new global learning project focused on communication and public advocacy, curriculum and faculty development, and outcomes and assessment...

, a national journal for K — 12 administrators, «New Orleans Superintendent Anthony Amato has rid his district of ghost teachers and focused haphazard curricula.

In some states, new models like Teach to One that are focused on personalization may not meet states» curricula requirements, many of which are the products of decades - old rules that never contemplated a world where we might not need to standardize.

The OECD also stated that the focus of continuing reforms should be on «developing high - quality teaching profession, making leadership a key driver of education reform, ensuring equity in learning opportunities and student well - being, and moving towards a new assessment, evaluation and accountability that aligns with the new 21st - century curriculum».

The key mistakes identified include: late publication and frequent changes in the middle of the year; inappropriate content; lack of clarity on standards and contradictory guidelines; a focus on tick - box skills rather than the quality of work; lack of time to implement the new curriculum; and serious errors on the design of a reception baseline, leading to its cancellation.

I have a Bachelor's degree in Special Education with a focus on students with learning disabilities, a Master's degree in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of New Orleans with a focus on reading, and a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology in the area of Cognition and Instruction from the University of Connecticut.

Until recently, CUP, which receives various federal and local arts grants, has focused its efforts on New York City, but the organization is developing free, downloadable curriculum so its model of local investigations can be conducted anywhere.

Almost 30 percent of total instruction focuses on technical law or finance questions, 11 percent addresses curriculum and pedagogy, while the discussion of staffing focuses more on traditional faculty oversight than on exploiting new managerial tools.

Through various projects focusing on professional development in the STEM subjects and digital skills, teachers are provided with support in delivering new elements of a future - facing curriculum, where their students will be working with new technologies and developments that were not even thought of just a decade or so ago.

«The New Zealand curriculum is focused on developing capabilities in young people rather than particular content and topics,» writes Richard Wells (@EduWells).

«The culture wars over control of and focus for the National Curriculum may also be left to experts in education given the much more progressive views of the new Prime Minister and the Minister of Education.

These resources will help teachers deliver the government's new curriculum while reducing workload and giving them more time to focus on what they do best — teaching.

The report cites yearly national exams, a new curriculum focused on learning results and a new data driven system of school evaluation as further strategies which fostered higher quality schools.

While our new, less rigid curriculum gives teachers the freedom to invest in resources, procurement and delivering results in the most cost effective way remains a key focus.

This fall she served on teacher focus groups while also designing and piloting new curriculum in her classroom, which she will continue doing throughout the rest of the school year.

The renewed focus in these curricula in English on comprehension and essay writing is putting new constraints on classroom teaching and learning, with teachers being forced more and more to to «teach to the test», despite their good instincts that this limits what their students can gain from their learning.

Includes assessment focus areas relevant to the new curriculum.

More recently, we've seen evidence that a knowledge - focused curriculum can lead to better results on Common Core - aligned tests, which New York began using two years ago.

Issues in Analyzing Alignment of Language Arts Common Core Standards With State Standards Educational Researcher, May 2011 A commentary on «Common Core Standards: The New U.S. Intended Curriculum,» the author offers possibly reasons for the lack of focus found in the CCSS.

Unlike many others, the New Zealand curriculum is focused on developing capabilities in young people rather than particular content & topics.