Not exact matches
UFT President Mike Mulgrew is taking aim at Cuomo's upcoming trip to Cuba, saying if the governor has time to
visit the tiny Caribbean country
next month he should be able to
visit a
classroom in New York.
ALBANY - The head of the city teachers union is taking aim at Gov. Cuomo's upcoming trip to Cuba, saying if the governor has time to
visit the tiny Caribbean country
next month he should be able to
visit a
classroom in New York.
During the
next day's morning meeting, the class would debrief together about each group's
visit by sharing pictures and videos, and having a
classroom discussion about their experience.
Frequent
classroom visits: During informal
classroom visits, principals look over students» shoulders or sit down
next to them and ask questions like, «What are you learning today?»
We found that the teachers who made the most gains in their
classroom practice (as measured by the CLASS ™ observation tool) focused their conversations with mentors on
classroom practice — following a cycle in which mentors observed teachers and collected data, interpreted the data with mentees in post-observation meetings, planned
next steps together and kept in touch between monthly
visits.
Our
next step involves teachers observing in other teachers»
classrooms, and taking the time to debrief after those
visits.
All three of the districts that piloted RISE say they'll use the scorecard developed by the state
next year, though Cain says Fort Wayne administrators plan to continue their daily
classroom visits.
At one point in my
visit, even though she was sitting in back of the
classroom, she exuded such energy that it felt as if she were sitting right
next to me.
Together, they fill a whiteboard with interconnected professional development opportunities for their teachers over the
next eight weeks: a morning meeting and daily
classroom coaching sessions, weekly peer meetings, the filming of teachers for an all - faculty critique, monthly performance reviews,
visits to higher - performing schools, potlucks, and happy hours.
After the initial on - site
visit, I spent a day in the
classrooms, coaching, observing, and assessing teachers to determine what would happen
next.