Sentences with phrase «of quality classroom instruction»

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The report also clarified longstanding questions on the viability of implementing universal pre-K across the city, with new details on how the city will provide space for the new pre-K classrooms and students, and guidelines for what constitutes «high - quality» pre-K instruction.

Improving the quality and effectiveness of classroom instruction by recruiting, training, and supporting highly effective STEM teachers; and

With so much time now spent reviewing for tests, here are five ways to improve the quality of both instruction and assessment in your classroom.

Merit pay proponents argue that monetary incentives for better teaching can improve the quality of instruction in our nation's classrooms.

At the very least, they can help to instill a sense of hope and optimism in their students — by getting them ready for college and / or a satisfying career, by embracing high - quality technical education, and by developing in them character traits like drive and prudence, both via classroom instruction and through extracurricular activities.

Instead, instruction in those schools will vary considerably from classroom to classroom with the quality of instruction a student receives depending upon the teacher with whom the computer schedules the student.

The Harvard Teacher Fellows program will be an innovative and important contribution to strengthening K — 12 education by giving new teachers the tools to succeed in the classroom and offering children throughout the country the transformative benefits of high - quality instruction.»

The standards are still very much alive; cut scores are dramatically higher than ever; school - level comparability is largely a lost cause; and the quality of what matters the most — the tests and the classroom instruction — remains mostly unknown at present.

But the proportion of unsatisfactory ratings that Kraft and Gilmour found is about three times the rate before the introduction of the new grading systems, when evaluations were infrequent and typically amounted to nothing more than quick classroom visits by principals wielding simplistic checklists that stressed comportment over quality instruction and student learning.

The Quality Instruction Incentive Council, established this summer in a special legislative session to develop recommendations for a statewide merit - pay system, has three classroom teachers as members, one of whom represents the feau.

Best of all, infusing your classroom with both wonder and worth always enhances your quality and depth of instruction.

There is a need for teachers to shift from teacher - centric classroom style towards the role of a manager who can effectively manage independent variable learners, delivering quality instructions across all learners as well as proactively troubleshooting their hindrances.

Level 2 addresses the most commonly cited characteristic of effective schools: high - quality instruction in every classroom.

Proponents of evaluation systems that include high - quality classroom observations point to their potential value for improving instruction (see «Capturing the Dimensions of Effective Teaching,» Features, Fall 2o12).

If our educational system is to deliver on the promise of high standards for all students, educational leadership must strive to create conditions for high quality instruction in every classroom.

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.

We can also describe instruction as it exists across a wide variety of U.S. classrooms, for example, asking whether — as is often assumed — instruction in urban districts is inferior to those in other areas and whether differences in instructional or teacher quality by academic track (honors, general, or remedial) exist.

Second, professional development can promote quality technology integration and learning by minimizing the importance of computers within professional development and concentrating instead on the core areas of teaching: content, curriculum, instruction, assessment, and classroom management.

The quality of school leadership is second only to the quality of classroom instruction to improve student achievement.

I believe that these rigorous standards have the potential to dramatically improve the quality of instruction in the typical American classroom — to move teachers far beyond the test - prep and bubble - kids obsessions of the No Child Left Behind era.

In the recent national report, Preventing Reading Difficulties in Young Children, a National Academy of Science Committee concluded that «quality classroom instruction in kindergarten and the primary grades is the single best weapon against reading failure» (Snow, Burns, & Griffin, 1998).

When finished, the newly developed and validated online tool will measure school leaders» capacity to observe and analyze the quality of classroom instruction, provide feedback to teachers, and plan professional development for teaching staff.

The theory of action shaping this investigation is based on the belief that high quality instructional leadership and high quality classroom instruction are linked, and together they impact students «learning.

Using a variety of assessments, videotapes of classroom instruction, and surveys (student surveys are featured in the preliminary report), the project is attempting to address some of the heretofore under - addressed issues in the measurement of teacher quality (especially non-random classroom assignment and how different classroom practices lead to different outcomes, neither of which are part of this preliminary report).

For the most part, they look more deeply at literacy than either policy or measurement researchers by examining specific aspects of literacy instruction (e.g., writing process, qualities of writing, alignment of assessment with constructivist curriculum frameworks in literacy, specificity of state standards) and by situating much of their work in classrooms or in direct interactions with teachers.

Dr. Harding is passionate in several areas of education including mathematics instruction, quality instruction for children, improving teacher education, diversity in classrooms including ethnomathematics, culturally responsive classrooms, STEM learning for English Learners, doctoral advising, and doctoral ethics.

From improving the quality of classroom instruction to offering continued professional learning opportunities, principals empower teachers to excel at instructing and students to excel at learning.

Riley and others also ignore another culprit: Low - quality teachers and lackluster school leaders — or, «the other knuckleheads, as Fordham Institute scholar Peter Meyer calls them — who perpetuate cultures of low expectations by failing in reading instruction and failing to properly manage classrooms.

CEL has formed multi-year district partnerships with school systems across the country, from Alaska to Louisiana, helping administrators, school leaders, teachers, students, and communities build a shared language, vision, and mission for improving the quality of classroom instruction.

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That is, in order for teachers to receive specific, meaningful feedback to improve the quality of classroom instruction, leaders need to know what this powerful instruction looks like.

Through active engagement in professional development educators improve the quality of classroom instruction, grow professionally and strengthen their practice.

It represents the great majority of what happens in the classroom, and the success of the entire RTI model depends on it: «Remember, the quality of Tier 1 instruction and interventions will determine the success or failure of the RTI initiative.

These efforts are intended to improve the quality of classroom teaching through the use of new curricula or resources used in instruction.

After conducting several rounds of classroom observations at Costano it became apparent that while teachers delivered instruction that was of high quality and mostly engaging, they were not providing enough meaningfulread more

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One novel feature of this work is the coaches» use of data from practical measures of the quality of classroom instruction when, for example, negotiating improvement goals with teachers.

You can also find high quality courses that will help you improve your skills in writing, math instruction, and creating classrooms that meet the needs of 21st Century learners.

Put expertise into action with Fountas & Pinnell Classroom ™: a first - of - its - kind, cohesive system for high - quality classroom - based literacy instruction for all children in grades PreK — 6.

Increasing student enrollments, a growing number of teacher retirements and growing numbers of teachers migrating to other school divisions represent serious challenges to divisions seeking to ensure the quality of classroom instruction.

Ms. Vanzura is a growth - focused instructional coach with a passion for supporting the use of high - quality, authentic literature in classrooms, development of engaging and dynamic professional development for teachers, and serving as an advocate for excellence in literacy instruction.

He is currently studying the development of literacy and math skills in early childhood with implications for instruction, and methods for assessing school and classroom quality.

Districts shall develop performance appraisal measures for assessing the quality of instruction delivered by substitutes who provide instruction for 30 or more days in a single classroom placement.

The classroom observations provide more nuanced information about the specific ways in which instruction can be improved (classroom management, quality of feedback to students, etc.), something not possible with value - added.

TAP's modified version of Danielson's teaching standards has three main categories — designing and planning instruction, the learning environment, and instruction — and 19 subgroups that target such areas as the frequency and quality of classroom questions and whether teachers are teaching students such higher - level thinking skills as drawing conclusions.

More typically, administrators tend to ``... manage the structures and the processes that surround instruction; they protect, or «buffer,» the technical core from outside scrutiny or interference... in order to assure the public of the quality and legitimacy of what is happening in the technical core... the classroom» (Elmore, 1999, p. 2).

Capturing the complexity: Content, type, and amount of instruction and quality of the classroom learning environment synergistically predict third graders» vocabulary and reading comprehension outcomes

Before students are identified for specific assistance, there must be assurance that the typical classroom instruction is of high quality.

Everything is through the prism of high - quality instruction in every classroom across the district.

Over time, we worked to develop an observational tool, the Mathematical Quality of Instruction (MQI), that would capture these and other dimensions of mathematics classrooms; then we trained several dozen teachers and former teachers to score those videotaped lessons using the observational tool.