Sentences with phrase «of classroom practice by»

The evaluation would be based on «multiple observations» of classroom practice by a supervisor and possibly a peer.

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Our unique Management Infrastructure Series takes learning beyond 48 hours of classroom training and into immediate practice by inspiring dialogue across departments and experience levels through social networking and triad coaching.

In the American classrooms, by contrast, 96 percent of students» time was spent on repetitive practice, and less than 1 percent was spent puzzling through new approaches.

While I feel I've made a lot of strides nationally on The Lunch Tray by bringing these issues to the fore and assisting readers around the country at their children's schools, at my own son's elementary school my principal has declined to make any modifications to practices like birthday cupcakes in the classroom.

Using scientific literature in the classroom does more than supplement lessons — the articles made available by Science in the Classroom also align with educational standards such as the Framework for K - 12 Science Education, the Common Core, Advanced Placement practices and competencies suggested in Vision & Change in Undergraduate Biology Education, said Shelby Lake, senior program associate of Science in the Classroom.

Administrators at Bullard Elementary School in Kennesaw, Georgia, implemented yoga and other mindfulness practices in the classroom to reduce students» stress, but they received an onslaught of complaints from parents who felt they were promoting non-Christian beliefs by «allowing this Far East mystical religion with crystals and chants to be practiced under the guise of stress release meditation.»

Students with disabilities are served by a system of policy and practice that extends from expansive federal laws such as the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) all the way down to the interactions between a single special education teacher and a single student within one classroom.

In the typical mathematics classroom, especially in the middle years of schooling, we tend to use one model to connect maths with the real world; we start by teaching the maths content and skills, we then get students to practice and do some maths, and then we next might apply some of those skills into a real world context by using learning activities such as word problems.

The Responsive Classroom philosophy was conceived in 1981 by six teachers who were interested in exploring developmentally appropriate practices and devoting classroom time to what was considered social curriculum, according to Ruth Charney, one of the founders of the Responsive Classroom movement.

Instructional rounds, as defined by City, Elmore, Fiarman, and Teitel (2011), is a disciplined way for educators to work together to improve instruction and is a practice that combines three common elements of improvement: classroom observation, an improvement strategy, and a network of educators.

The Teachers of Physics awards, instituted in 1986, celebrate the success of secondary school physics teachers who, by their outstanding practice in the classroom have raised the state of physics and science in schools.

Help teachers visualize 21st century classroom practice by showing them videos of 21st century classrooms.

Developed by the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) and the First Amendment Center, the First Amendment Schools Project is designed to move First Amendment's ideas out of textbook discussions and into practice in classrooms and school hallways, while deepening educators» understanding of the First Amendment.

There is very little evidence that the CRE curriculum supports intellectual quality of learning recommended by the DEECD framework of what constitutes high quality teaching and learning practice in the classroom.

As educators who have spent over 20 years researching, observing and studying classroom practice, we are even more convinced that many of the past practices in classroom observation relied on snapshot observations made by supervisors with little professional or academic learning.

The purpose of the ULN is to foster a passionate interest and investment in reading for students who have traditionally been uninterested in, or disenfranchised by, traditional classroom literacy practices.

The final report on the Early Reading First program, conducted by outside researchers under contract to the research arm of the U.S. Department of Education, found the program has had the most significant effect in improving classroom activities and materials, as well as teacher practices related to literacy development.

Though Dillon mentions value - added modeling, he says that the Gates researchers use it «as a starting point,» and spends most of the rest of the piece discussing their use of cameras to capture teachers in action in the classroom — they hope to have 64,000 hours of classroom video by the end of the project and have already begun the process of looking for «correlations between certain teaching practices and high student achievement» and «scoring» the lessons.

Teacher Inquiry is considered as an effective method to help teachers gain a better understanding of their classroom practice and, by developing reflective practitioner competences, contribute to their own self - evaluation and improvement.

His practical translations of the most current research and theory into classroom strategies are internationally known and widely practiced by both teachers and administrators.

The achievement gains based on that measure were more reliable measures of a teacher's practice (less variable across different classes taught by the same teacher) and were more closely related to other measures, such as classroom observations and student surveys.

«It is more a function of the cellular classroom and the fact that education has not developed practices adopted long ago by other professions, like the medical rounds that instructional rounds are based upon,» he says.

Without a rich repository of data to draw from (such as those maintained by research consortia in cities such as Chicago and New York), DC will not be in a strong position to assess the relative effectiveness of different community, school, and classroom policies and practices.

An earlier version of a baseline test produced by National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER)-- the contractor that has just won the bid to run the 2020 version — involved pupils «counting teddy bears, plastic shapes and picture sequencing cards, reflecting familiar classroom practice».

This resource from the brand new 2nd edition of The Dyscalculia Toolkit (SAGE Publications 2013) by Ronit Bird, can be used as a teaching aid in the classroom to make division practice fun.

By instructional leadership, we mean the principal's capacity to: 1) offer a vision for instruction that will inspire the faculty; 2) analyze student performance data and make sound judgments as to which areas of the curriculum need attention; 3) make good judgments about the quality of the teaching in a classroom based on analysis of student work; 4) recognize the elements of sound standards - based classroom organization and practice; 5) provide strong coaching to teachers on all of the foregoing; 6) evaluate whether instructional systems in the school are properly aligned; and 7) determine the quality and fitness of instructional materials.

At my institution, we assume that more experience in the classroom than is required by state regulation provides teacher candidates with valuable practice and important information regarding their choices of where to teach.

Consequently, by that year's end, we launched a district video - hosting website that featured 26 classroom clips of local teachers sharing lesson ideas and best practices.

Because they enable feedback loops between theory and everyday classroom practice and are supported by a network of like - minded peers, these models have been found to be much more effective than the traditional model of courses, workshops, conferences and seminars.

Add to those things the inefficient classroom management practices used by teachers; by one estimate, 70 percent of U.S. teachers need to improve their classroom management skills!

The challenge The challenge offered by the results of this survey focuses on the continuation of innovation in ICT, both in product development and in classroom practice.

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.

Gamification can enhance the effectiveness of flipped classrooms in workplaces by motivating learners to do their individual research (as part of their homework), as well as collaborative practice and application (as part of their classwork), in a highly compelling and competitive manner.

Coverage of trends in K - 12 innovation and efforts to put these new ideas and approaches into practice in schools, districts, and classrooms is supported in part by a grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York at www.carnegie.org.

But 109,000 students were paddled, swatted, or otherwise physically punished in U.S. classrooms in 2013 — 14, and the practice is only banned by 29 of 50 states, according to an exclusive Education Week Research Center analysis.

Tech Tales fits into the classroom agenda by allowing students to practice language and writing skills, adopt ways to reflect on the components of a multimedia story, and, most importantly, articulate the lessons of their lives.

Establishing an initiative to transform the way in which schools encourage professional growth by moving from isolated training to training that reflects directly and positively on classroom practice can be (in and of itself) a compelling incentive for faculty.

Drafted by a coalition of education and civil rights organizations to guide reform of assessment practices at all levels, from the classroom to large - scale accountability exams.

® Live, and Dr. Carol Tolman, co-author of LETRS, lead this informative experience, and are joined by distinguished experts who share the latest breakthroughs in literacy research and the importance of connecting literacy theory to classroom practice.

David Liben, who works for Student Achievement Partners, a non-profit set up by the authors of the Common Core to help teachers put the standards into practice, says the «text to self» technique often puts kids from poor families at a disadvantage in the classroom.

The lawsuit alleges SED's failure to appropriately compensate for student poverty when calculating student growth scores resulted in about 35 percent of Syracuse teachers receiving overall ratings of «developing» or «ineffective» in 2012 - 13, even though 98 percent were rated «highly effective» or «effective» by their principals on the 60 points tied to their instructional classroom practices.

Recess promotes social and emotional learning and development for children by offering them a time to engage in peer interactions in which they practice and role play essential social skills.8, 17,18,22,23 This type of activity, under adult supervision, extends teaching in the classroom to augment the school's social climate.

By examining research - based techniques, exploring the role of race, class, and culture in the classroom, and growing effective practices that enable academic growth and close the achievement gap, attendees will leave with a singular blueprint for ways to improve their school.

In particular, rich data on SIG schools in one of the studies shows that schools improved both by differentially retaining their most experienced teachers and by providing teachers with increased supports for instructional improvement such as opportunities to visit each other's classrooms and to receive meaningful feedback on their teaching practice from school leaders.

By incorporating these tools into your daily practice, you can turn your classroom into a place where high levels of engagement and deep learning happen every day.

His practical translations of the most current research and theory into classroom strategies are widely practiced internationally by both teachers and administrators.

Elmore and the Network focus on effective instructional practice as a means of achieving successful student learning; by observing actual classroom settings in schools with particular focuses in mind, they hope to find effective strategies to meet their goals.

Through this project, the feds are promoting open resources both in classroom practice and by awarding grants for research projects focused on the development of open resources.

The Coherence Camp can plausibly argue that its path is the surer route to higher student achievement and more consistent classroom practice — but it risks alienating thousands of teachers who feel hamstrung by a curriculum they don't like and millions of parents who want something different for their kids.

Close observation of candidates» classroom teaching, availability to answer their questions, modeling of effective teaching practices and provision of insightful guidance and advice — by skilled and experienced supervisors - are vital to equipping pre-service teachers to become effective on their own.