Sentences with phrase «new teacher use»

As I began to research this topic I was disappointed to discover that resources for supporting new teacher use of mobile learning strategies weren't easily accessible.

«Too often, the assessments new teachers use have very little to do with the standards they are expecting students to meet,» said McCann, principal at Western View Middle School, in Corvallis, Oregon.

New teachers use substituting as a way of «getting their feet wet» and to make a little money as they start out — and it usually is only a little money!

The computer activities that the average new teachers used included accessing research and best practices, as well as retrieving model lesson plans.

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Developers can also use a new so - called Classroom API to create education software for teachers and students.

, an educational gaming platform used by 50 million monthly users in grades K - 12, includes in its new report responses from 580 US teachers, primarily from public schools, who answered questions about technology in their classrooms.

«Education used to be thought of as a teacher sort of opening up a kid's brain and pouring in the knowledge,» Dr Meghan Groome, Executive Director of Education and Public Programs at the New York Academy of Sciences, said.

Loving her new back story and the glimpses of her personality — even her flirting with the new teacher, Danny Pink is so much more endearing instead of off - putting like when she used to try to flirt with Eleven.

By Joanne White Over 50,000 students Australia wide use the new (and free) Australian Organic Schools resources, and as a teacher — and someone who can now call herself a successful gardener — I highly recommend them to anyone who has always wanted to try gardening.

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Each year, our 60 faculty and staff members work with more than 6 intern teachers, 25 student teachers, researchers, and visitors to perform the major functions associated to Laboratory Schools: the development of innovative practices in education, research, the preparation of new teachers, professional development for practicing teachers, and the education of children using best established principles of education.

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.

«It's not just about upgrading your technology, it is also about upgrading the teacher expertise in using these new tools,» adds Musiala.

For example, the school's science teacher started using class time to introduce one new salad bar fruit or vegetable at a time, helping students understand the value of each item.

Two weeks ago I broke an exclusive story regarding a new McDonald's documentary for use in schools, 540 Meals: Choices Make the Difference, which chronicles the experience of a teacher who ate nothing but McDonald's for six months and lost weight.

LINCOLN, MA — Mass Audubon, New England's largest conservation organization and a leader in nature - based education for more than 60 years, this month debuts a new, easy - to - use online program catalog for teachers, science coordinators, administrators, and others looking for educational enrichment programs and field triNew England's largest conservation organization and a leader in nature - based education for more than 60 years, this month debuts a new, easy - to - use online program catalog for teachers, science coordinators, administrators, and others looking for educational enrichment programs and field trinew, easy - to - use online program catalog for teachers, science coordinators, administrators, and others looking for educational enrichment programs and field trips.

Pzizz reminded me of the meditation I used to do prior to some yoga classes with the chimes and new age - y music playing in the background while the yoga teacher instructed us to breathe deeply.

Mass Audubon debuts a new, easy - to - use online program catalog for teachers, science coordinators, administrators, and others looking for educational enrichment programs and field trips.

Some teachers use homework to introduce new material.

Commenting on the use of the English Baccalaureate as a new method of ranking schools, Christine Blower, General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers the largest teachers» unioTeachers the largest teachers» unioteachers» union, said;

In fact, you may be hearing some chatter this week with the start of the state testing season, as the New York State United Teachers union calls for fixing the benchmarks used to determine whether or not your student is proficient.

The proposed rulemaking specifies that teachers who receive this new certification may only use it at another SUNY - authorized charter school.

New York is going back to the drawing board to rethink the way it evaluates school teachers and principals after controversy over the use of student test scores in job evaluations helped fuel a massive boycott of state exams in recent years.

Students across the region began taking New York State Regents tests Tuesday and a Buffalo Public Schools teacher is using digital means to help students review for their History Regents.

At least going by his rhetoric, he seems to have almost declared war on the teacher unions and he has proposed a new system of evaluation, which is more heavily based on students» tests scores than the one currently in use.

It is unclear whether federal acting secretary of education John King — New York's former state education c ommissioner who championed the Common Core and helped usher in the use of teacher evaluations tied to state assessments under No Child Left Behind and the federal Race To The Top grant program — will give his blessing.

A New York appeals court ruled last year that a less comprehensive form of teacher evaluations used by New York City's Department of Education — known as Teacher Data Reports — must be disclosed under the state's Freedom of Informatiteacher evaluations used by New York City's Department of Education — known as Teacher Data Reports — must be disclosed under the state's Freedom of InformatiTeacher Data Reports — must be disclosed under the state's Freedom of Information Law.

Their implementation came at the same time a new teacher evaluation system went into effect across New York state, using some of the test results from the new curriculum as a measure of a teacher's effectiveness and ultimately job securinew teacher evaluation system went into effect across New York state, using some of the test results from the new curriculum as a measure of a teacher's effectiveness and ultimately job securiNew York state, using some of the test results from the new curriculum as a measure of a teacher's effectiveness and ultimately job securinew curriculum as a measure of a teacher's effectiveness and ultimately job security.

Currently, the results of student scores on the new high stakes testing will be used to evaluate teachers this year, but Silver says that should be delayed for another two years.

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Labour has a new policy on free schools it wants to try out - for it, against building them just for middle classes and using untrained teachers.

As a result more than a fifth (22 %) say they have been forced to claim job seekers allowance; nearly two thirds (64 %) of supply teachers say they do not have access to training and professional development opportunities; Nearly two thirds (64 %) of supply teachers say they do not have any access to a mentor or line manager to discuss their work; Nearly half (44 %) of supply teachers feel they are used to cover the lessons of more challenging pupils; only 31 % of supply teachers said they were always made to feel welcome when entering a new school; over a third (35 %) of supply teachers did not always have access to food and drink facilities in the schools where they worked.

The report is the latest step in the state's retreat from the Common Core school standards, national benchmarks that New York adopted in 2010, and especially from using student test scores in teacher evaluations.

In each of his State of the State speeches Cuomo has used the capitol building as a metaphor for something that was once glorious and can be restored; he has said he wants to re-establish New York «the progressive capital of the nation»; he has touted the number of on - time budgets he and the legislature have delivered (this year he'll say four in a row and counting); he has demanded more teacher accountability but explained new changes he's seeking; and, he has stressed a need for ethics rules overhaul and campaign finance reform while mentioning unsavory headlinNew York «the progressive capital of the nation»; he has touted the number of on - time budgets he and the legislature have delivered (this year he'll say four in a row and counting); he has demanded more teacher accountability but explained new changes he's seeking; and, he has stressed a need for ethics rules overhaul and campaign finance reform while mentioning unsavory headlinnew changes he's seeking; and, he has stressed a need for ethics rules overhaul and campaign finance reform while mentioning unsavory headlines.

Dr. Vanden Wyngaard and district staff will provide an overview of state exams and how the Common Core Learning Standards are changing instruction for students at all grade levels, as well as information about how the tests are used in the new statewide evaluation systems for teachers and principals.

The city provided an additional $ 23 million for arts instruction in the DOE's budget for the 2014 — 15 school year, money that was used to hire 120 art teachers and introduce new classes, programs and partnerships with the city's bountiful arts and cultural institutions.

The demonstrators touted a study by the teachers union - backed Alliance for Quality Education, which used a formula developed by Gov. Eliot Spitzer's administration to determine that the state still owes New York City schools $ 2.5 billion, or $ 2,667 per student.

ALBANY — State education commissioner John King said Tuesday that a call from teachers» unions for a three - year moratorium on using state exam results for «high - stakes» decisions is a «distraction» from the goal of improving New York graduates» outcomes in college and careers.

And now, following a national trend, New York's conservatives have joined in, using what they portray as a specimen of big - government overreach in the service of a longer - term fight to eliminate teacher tenure and promote alternatives to traditional public schools.

Written like a press release from New York State United Teachers, the bill pushes for a three - year moratorium on using student scores on Common Core - aligned exams for «high stakes» decisions — principally, teacher evaluations.

The majority of school districts, 606 of them, are using that existing teacher and principal evaluation system, having gotten a waiver letting them to push back implementing the new, Cuomo - backed system — under which teachers are scored on a matrix — until September 2016.

New York State United Teachers president Richard Iannuzzi is calling for a three - year moratorium on using the test results for «high - stakes» decisions, such as whether to promote a student or discipline a teacher.

Amid complaints of disruption and angst in the classrooms, the state's major teachers union launched a petition drive asking parents to protest the use of a new set of standardized tests.

Schools are using the exams to establish student growth for the purpose of state - mandated teacher evaluations, which are in their second year in most of the state and their first year in New York City.

In a letter sent Monday to Gov. Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders, the New York State Educational Conference Board — a group of seven organizations including the New York State School Boards Association and New York State United Teachers — asked state officials to clarify what aid estimates schools should use when they are developing their own budgets for the upcoming fiscal year.

Currently, the results of student scores on the new high - stakes testing will be used to evaluate teachers this year, but Silver says that should be delayed for another two years.

Teachers» Choice applicants can apply for up to 200 new books apiece to be used in projects supporting literacy such as student book clubs, parent - child reading events and other activities or events.

Teachers» Choice applicants can apply for up to 200 new books from REF's collection or 100 special order books to be used in projects supporting literacy such as student book clubs, parent - child reading events and other activities or events.

For one Central New York family, keeping their children from taking the test sends a message to Albany about a complicated issue they say, goes deeper than using tests to measure teachers performance.