Sentences with phrase «of educator input»

Read the full interview to learn about her take on the importance of educator input in an ESEA rewrite, what she thinks is the greatest strength of public education, and her experience with one student who changed her perspective.

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«Two days of testing is a natural next step, as long as the assessments continue to cover the material needed to truly measure every student's strengths and challenges, and the changes are implemented carefully and with the input of educators and communities,» High Achievement New York, which advocates for higher standards, said in a statement.

«I think we need to have more of a comment period and require that in the statute so that parents and educators involved can have more opportunity for input,» said Sen. James Seward.

Working with input from educators, parent groups, and school administrators, the Governor will launch a weekly interactive webcast series called «Albany at Work» aimed at helping high school students learn about and keep updated on the workings of New York State government.

What kind of input do educators on the ground (teachers / principals) have in policy making?

And policymakers could stand to read these briefs as well to simplify archaic, input - based regulations that don't further educational outcomes for students given today's world — but create a lot of headaches for the educators serving them.

The researchers used the data to create four vignettes of classroom - based experiences, mapped on a continuum from «invisible» (in a flexible, open - ended learning environment, where the intention of the activity is not known to the child and educator input and monitoring is not explicit) to «visible».

It is designed specifically for younger students and is based upon 18 months working with children learning to code, as well as input from a number of influential computing educators, including Mark Dorling, co-author of the KS1 - 3 CAS Computing Progression Pathways, and Peter Kemp, advisor for the new KS4 curriculum.

The survey, administered by the Education Week Research Center, drew input from 528 educators who are registered users of edweek.org.

Further, AMLE has a history of valuing adult experience by encouraging educator input into school and individual decisions about learning activities through shared decision - making (NMSA, 1995, 2003, 2010, 2011).

«But this entire plan was formulated without the input of Newark residents or educators.»

Having the Secretary of Education, state boards, and a bunch of DC advocacy groups declare a particular approach to be best and cram it into place in the middle of a financial crisis with virtually no public debate or input from educators or parents did not convince local officials, educators, and parents to change their minds.

The means is to create a strong research foundation for educational practice and policy — a foundation that is informed by input from educators and includes the roles of the brain and genetics in learning,» Fischer said.

Sydney co-founded Educators for Excellence to address the lack of teacher input in the crucial education policy decisions that shape our classrooms and the teaching profession.

Not only will this put in place an awful evaluation system that we oppose for the reasons stated in our letter, it is also an affront at collective bargaining and our ability as educators to have meaningful input into the governance of our schools.

«In selecting Richard Carranza, Mayor de Blasio has chosen a lifelong educator and a proven leader with a track record of leading large and diverse school districts, seeking the input of communities and teachers and focusing on improving outcomes for students who have been historically underserved - experiences that should set him up for success in our nation's largest school district,» said Evan Stone, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Educators for Excellence.

«This comprehensive report reflects the input of nearly 300 educators throughout Michigan, giving policymakers clear direction on how much it costs to educate a child and how best to reform Michigan's broken school funding system,» said Bob Moore, School Finance Research Project Director.

With application of neuroscientific principles, educators can pace instruction in ways to plan experiences for sensory input, allow for positive student experiences that support social - emotional connections, and also provide structure for student reflection, a part of the learning cycle.

«The standards are a tremendous credit to the outstanding educators who served on the standards committee, led by co-chairs Dr. John Cannon and Indira Cureton - Cummings, NBCT, and reflect the strong support and input of stakeholders and teachers across the spectrum of CTE.»

Create opportunities across the Commonwealth for public engagement on the role of SEL in youth development, inviting input from educators, parents, students, providers, and other community partners.

Includes representation of educators at all levels and incorporates their input throughout the development, implementation, and evaluation process; and

These reports offer teachers and education support professionals (ESP) recommendations to create a system of continual professional learning with an intense focus on student needs, and they were created with input from two expert panels and task forces focused on how educators, including ESP, can work even more effectively to help students, their families, and communities.

The PARCC Governing Board, made up of the K - 12 education chiefs from each PARCC state, and the Advisory Committee on College Readiness, made up of the higher education chiefs from the PARCC states, approved the PARCC College - and Career - Ready Determination Policy in October 2012, after input from nearly 800 K - 12 educators, higher education faculty, parents, and community members.

As in the past, PARCC states» decisions were a direct result of applying both research results and educator input.

With new Common Core initiatives, impending new tests, controversies surrounding teacher evaluation, tightening financial realities, and a plethora of competing reform agendas devised without input from those who actually work in schools, we were not sure how educators would respond.

While imperfect, the Q Comp plan has the potential to improve student learning, especially if it's implemented in a way that includes more input from a wider variety of educators.

This included input from our professional pathways advisory group and through surveys, focus groups and individual interviews with a wide range of school leaders, teacher educators and sector experts, but most importantly, with our members and the wider teacher profession.

NASSP believes that the success of any incentive pay system depends partially on the local district clearly communicating the purpose of its system to principals, other educators, parents, and community members and actively seeking their input.

Local educators who best know their schools and students must have a greater voice in deciding how to improve the learning environment of those schools, and I believe my legislation will help guarantee that vital input.

Develop a rigorous evaluation process, including significant input from professional educators, to measure the effectiveness of the funded activities and to propose improvements in the respective grant programs.

In the years leading up to the 2010 adoption, DPI convened task forces to review the standards in place then and sought input from members of professional educator associations about the adoption of Common Core standards.

While focusing on tactics and strategies educators across the nation can use to implement the new standards, this report delves deeper into the needs, input, and activities of educators in four states diverse in location and education practice — Arkansas, Colorado, North Carolina, and Utah.

Teacher Robin Herring said that regardless of what the state decides, educators should have input.

What kind of input do educators on the ground (teachers / principals) have in policy making and what kind of input do you think they should have?

«States tell us they are looking for ways to capture stakeholder input, and the creative and bold ideas in the applications show how much these engaged educators have to offer as we enter the implementation phase of ESSA.

Hoonuit's data analytics solution has easy input processes and extensive data connectors to integrate all your data into a single source of information so you and your educators are equipped to take action.

The Literacy Advisory Board members focus areas are to provide input on ways RIDE can more strongly support teachers in their efforts to implement good teaching based on Rhode Island content standards, review instructional resources and curriculum to determine their utility as foundations for good teaching and learning and serve as a vital channel of communication among RIDE, PreK - 12 educators, institutions of postsecondary education, and Rhode Island professional organizations.

As is the case with many education policies and innovations, a rural approach to personalized learning will require thoughtful tailoring, community input, and appropriate policy conditions in order to truly meet the needs of rural students and educators.

They demand educators who personify the balance of both inputs and outcomes.

With input from New Orleans educators, special education leaders, local advocates, and policy makers, NSNO developed a citywide special education blueprint focused on expanding the number of quality options for students with disabilities.

«It represents a better picture of student growth and includes critical educator input.»

But instead of leaving teacher effectiveness completely up to local educators, its Encouraging Innovation and Effective Teachers Act (PDF) surprisingly requires states and districts to develop teacher evaluation systems that use multiple measures of evaluation; incorporate student achievement data; include more than two rating categories; are tied to personnel decisions; and are developed with input from parents, teachers, and other staff.

However, in order for educators and policymakers to be candid about how well a system of inputs and processes is working, states ought to think carefully about what, if any, stakes are attached to the results.

Common Core Standards were written, without input from educators at the K - 12 or college level, by employees of testing companies and companies that analyze standardized test data.

«This comprehensive report reflects the input of nearly 300 educators throughout Michigan, giving policymakers clear direction on how much it costs to...

Educators and researchers questioned the way the standards were written (whether, for example, there was any or enough input from K - 12 classroom teachers) and some criticized the content of the standards (while others praised it).

Based on input from educators across the state, we have put together this one - of - a-kind index of free, high quality resources you can immediately use to implement the California Standards.

We select investment areas based on market research including input from a diverse group of educators and edtech decision - makers, then create opportunities for companies and nonprofits working in these areas to apply for funding as well as other support.

The exclusion of meaningful input from our parents and educators in decisions that affect education is the real agenda of the Vergara lawsuit.

Sadly, he «balanced» that by seeking input from «Educators 4 Excellence,» one of those imitation grassroots outfits that all have suspiciously similar web page design and sprang up right about when Bill Gates was spreading around tons of money to promote the Common Core State Standards and assessing teachers by value added modeling.