Sentences with phrase «observe work practices»

Employees have the opportunity to put their skills into action and observe work practices firsthand.

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To spark new levels of creativity in your work, you need to observe things around you, practice mindfulness, and step outside your comfort zone.

Orwin goes on to say that Liberal Democracy doesn't work like that in practice because it actually assumes a particular conception of the good: «For so long as you observe prevailing liberal democratic norms on all fundamental social questions, you're free in merely secondary matters to continue in the ways of your ancestors.»

Campers ages 4 — 18 experience life on a working farm and wildlife sanctuary as they care for farm animals, practice sustainable farming, discover the science behind nature, and observe native wildlife.

Campers experience life on a working farm and wildlife sanctuary as they care for farm animals, practice sustainable farming, discover the science behind nature, and observe native wildlife.

It involves working with an accredited sport scientist and learning through observing and practice.

The practice of science, which includes the packaging of findings from science for use in the public - policy arena, is governed by an unwritten code of conduct that includes such elements as mastering the relevant fundamental concepts before venturing into print in the professional or public arena, learning and observing proper practices for presenting ranges of respectable opinion and uncertainty, avoiding the selection of data to fit pre-conceived conclusions, reading the references one cites and representing their content accurately and fairly, and acknowledging and correcting the errors that have crept into ones work (some of which are, of course, inevitable) after they are discovered by oneself or by others.

In my work, all sessions include mindfulness practices and «homework,» essentially practices to observe between sessions.

Although we work hard, we encourage students to listen to their bodies and rest or observe practices when needed.

«People are happier when they're empowered to stretch and meditate and practice yoga at work,» Amber observes.

Often a health physicist is present in the work area to observe good anti-contamination practices.

There is scant robust evidence of what actually works whether it is how to observe colleagues, to provide meaningful feedback or to help change the practice of fellow teachers for the better.

Beyond opportunities to observe and analyze instructional practice and student work, participants also worked together to apply effective protocols and build teamwork to improve teaching and learning.

Data Wise stresses examining a wide range of data sources, with a particular emphasis on looking at student work and observing teaching practice.

Our mission is three-fold: to provide high - quality, developmentally - appropriate educational programs for children; to provide a clinical setting in which students preparing for careers working with young children can observe and participate in the application of theory into practice; and to facilitate educational research opportunities that engage participants in the process of investigation, reflection, and documentation.

The goals of all this observing and questioning are clear: As a year of walk - throughs progresses, principals should see more student engagement, students working at higher cognitive levels, and teachers questioning their own practices and making appropriate adjustments.

When we practice reflection and think about words as labels to the new concepts which children formulate gradually by observing various aspects of the concept, we understand why the image — word combinations used as the main learning tool by all conventional methods don't work.

Complex questions of learning and development require just as complex modes of investigation and practice, which can be formulated by the collaborative work of those studying cognitive and neurobiological phenomena in laboratories, those observing learning in classrooms, and those making educational decisions in Capitol Hill.

Professional practices, rated primarily by the principal observing the teacher at work, would count most heavily.

For comprehension instruction, eight different instructional practices were observed and coded: doing a picture walk; asking for a prediction; asking a text - based question; asking a higher level, aesthetic response question; asking children to write in response to reading (including writing answers to questions about what they had read); doing a story map; asking children to retell a story; and working on a comprehension skill or strategy.

They are both Black and have worked under the guidance of master teachers, co-planning and observing expertly designed lessons, and then practicing them...

A coach working one - to - one with a teacher, to model and observe classroom practice and to support reflection and professional conversation.

Gersten and Kelly (1992), Gigante and Firestone (2007), Balfanz et al. (2006), Ruby (2006) and Vesilind and Jones (1998) examined teacher leader practices in support of instructional materials implementation, in which teacher leaders worked directly with teachers in their classrooms, such as by co-teaching, conducting demonstration lessons, and observing teachers» instructional practice and providing feedback.

In discussing the nature and value of professional practice, Shulman (2007) observed «the work of both scholarship and practice progresses as a consequence of dialogue, debate and exchange» (p. 1).

Active learning: The program allowed teachers to engage in six elements of active learning: observing demonstrations, practicing what they've learned and receiving feedback, leading group discussions, leading demonstrations, developing and practicing using student materials, and reviewing student work or scoring assessments.

She has also served as a teacher development coach with the Achievement School district, observing and analyzing teachers at work and collaborating with school leadership to create a system of best practices and targeted feedback to further improve teaching skills.

Principals themselves agree almost unanimously on the importance of several specific practices, according to one survey, including keeping track of teachers» professional development needs and monitoring teachers» work in the classroom (83 percent).32 Whether they call it formal evaluation, classroom visits or learning walks, principals intent on promoting growth in both students and adults spend time in classrooms (or ensure that someone who's qualified does), observing and commenting on what's working well and what is not.

Most adults change their practices not simply from reading and observing others work, but from combining these passive activities with active collaboration and learning - by - doing.

However, with all the evidence that coaching is the one type of professional development that actually brings change in practice, it has been interesting to observe that it is not yet the norm among district leaders, such as superintendents and chief academic officers, to have worked with an executive coach.

Their work was summarized in the book Visible Learning and showed that a certain amount of student learning happens regardless of the teaching practices used, but that additional growth is observed when certain practices are employed (Hattie, 2009).

Known in Japan as jugyou kenkyuu — roughly translated as «lesson research» — the practice asks teachers to plan together, observe each other's classes, and work to continually test, refine, and improve teaching methods.

Full - time instructional coaches work directly with corps members, observing their practice and providing professional development in order to accelerate student progress.

Additionally, students at Arizona State must prove classroom mastery through a series of performance - based assessments developed by the National Institute for Excellence in Teaching, or NIET.44 During these assessments, a mentor teacher observes and records a teacher candidate; both the mentor teacher and the teacher candidate then use the video and student work to analyze the lesson together.45 The partnership between the university, participating schools, and the nonprofit NIET has created the opportunity to integrate effective teaching practices into practicum and coursework.46

As part of this effort, WKCD documented every day practice in six American high schools that prize student - centered learning.We interviewed teachers, students, and administrators and observed them at work — in classrooms, teams, exhibitions, and the community.

Partly because of the lack of time to observe and work with one another, U.S. teachers receive much less feedback from peers, which research shows is the most useful for improving practice.

Designs for job - embedded learning include analyzing student data, case studies, peer observation or visitations, simulations, co-teaching with peers or specialists, action research, peer and expert coaching, observing and analyzing demonstrations of practice, problem - based learning, inquiry into practice, student observation, study groups, data analysis, constructing and scoring assessments, examining student or educator work, lesson study, video clubs, professional reading, or book studies.

Teachers should have the opportunity to observe accomplished mentor and veteran teachers with track records of success, start work with students early in their preparation, practice new skills in classroom settings, and gradually engage in independent practice.

Advice: Provide as much time as possible for pre-service teachers to observe in and work in a variety of classrooms with time to interact with teachers; provide specific training in methods of classroom management, with opportunities to try out practices modeled in training and to come back together for troubleshooting and reflection on the experience; provide specific background on the effects of childhood poverty.

Sandoval and the rest of his district team regularly meet with the interventionist teams in each school, both to observe classes and model instructional techniques, sharing best practices that have worked in other schools.

Determining whether a teacher has those skills will require us to rely on the professional judgment of administrators and other teachers who observe a teacher's practices, the work she assigns, and her students» work.

In each setting, she made a point of modeling her practices, often encouraging other teachers to observe her work — not only to demonstrate specific teaching strategies but also to highlight the ways she interacted with students and made the classroom a safe space for them.

Teachers have opportunities to observe one another's work, receive feedback on their teaching, engage in cycles of inquiry, analyze data, reflect on practice, support and push each other to grow.

Informal assessments include things like talking with students as they enter and leave the room, observing students as they work on a task or in groups, watching students on the playground or at lunch, asking students to use hand signals or colored cards to indicate their degree of confidence with a skill they have just practiced, or making note of informative comments made by parents at a back - to - school night.

The operative word here is «representative,» as the teacher candidates are not assessed by observing their work in an actual classroom, with real live children... «Because a teacher's interaction with students is an integral part of certain high - leverage teaching practices, ETS and TeachingWorks are designing and prototyping virtual classrooms with interactive avatar students.

Again, the purpose is not to evaluate the observed teacher but to give observers a benchmark to reflect on what works and what doesn't in their own practice, how they might adapt the strategies they've watched to their own classrooms, and to brainstorm solutions with colleagues.

Nevertheless, we try our best to make sure that we are working with reputable credit service providers who embrace and follow the local, federal, state and international laws besides observing all the fair practices in the lending industry.

Dr. Lisa's observations and feelings about what she observes in the work environment at Companion Animal Wellness Center, her veterinary practice serving the Poulsbo and Bainbridge Island communities.

At Fourteen30 Contemporary, Rafferty, a participant in this year's Whitney Biennial, presents new work concerning language and the body, a connection bridged through the concept of «figure drawing,» which applies both to the classical practice of artists observing and representing a model as well as using the innate elasticity of words to suggest multiple, sometimes contradictory meanings.

The New York Immersion Trip is an opportunity for students to meet with working professionals, visit exhibitions, and observe a range of contemporary studio practices.

Questioning the every - day and observing society, they highlight anomalies through elements as diverse as exaggeration, the supernatural, détournement, the absurd... Their practice integrates mediums such as performance and installation, resembling a kind of film, as they become ever more persistent in their obsessive commitment to incorporating elements of reality in their work.