The Pyramid for Learning is a Texas ASCD representation of the design
of the quality professional learning opportunities available for educators.
I suggest that a core aspect of our success in BC, and something that differs from our colleagues in the US, is the collaborative nature
of quality professional learning that is enhanced by inquiry AND Innovation.
Not exact matches
Atlanta - based David Nour, author
of Relationship Economics and Return on Impact, tells me by email that employers should look for specific nature and nurture
qualities in candidates: «
professional pedigree, in particular the lessons they've
learned along the way, the relationship ecosystem they've developed, and how they overcome otherwise insurmountable obstacles.»
Some
of the many benefits a Postpartum Doula provides for you and your baby include: Better infant care skills Positive newborn characteristics Breastfeeding skills improve A healthy set
of coping skills and strategies Relief from postpartum depression More restful sleep duration and
quality Education and support services for a smooth transition home A more content baby Improved infant growth translates into increased confidence A content baby with an easier temperament Education for you to gain greater self - confidence Referrals to competent, appropriate
professionals and support groups when necessary The benefits
of skin to skin contact Breastfeeding success Lessen the severity and duration
of postpartum depression Improved birth outcomes Decrease risk
of abuse Families with disabilities can also benefit greatly by
learning special skills specific to their situation Families experiencing loss often find relief through our Doula services Improved bonding between parent and child.
«We are proud to be part
of this collaborative effort to enhance the
quality of life
of those who will enjoy nourishing meals, as well as culinary students who are
learning an important craft that will aid them in their
professional careers.»
Founded in 1985 to meet the tremendous demand for a credible distance
learning program in nutrition, Huntington University
of Health Sciences continues to enrich lives by offering convenient and affordable
quality online education programs in integrative nutrition and health science, optimizing the
professional and personal potential
of our students.
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Help can include targeted, high -
quality professional development; curriculum improvements; additional time for student
learning after school or in the summers; establishment
of wraparound services, including community school models; redesign
of schools to support personalization and more authentic work in classrooms and internships; or pairing
of struggling schools with successful ones serving similar students.
When online
learning is used as the primary driver
of instruction, teachers inevitably give up control over many aspects
of curriculum planning and lesson delivery; and in low -
quality implementations
of blended
learning, the teacher's
professional judgment ends there.
In today's world, time is at premium and
Learning and Development
professionals have to balance the
quality of eLearning courses within shorter time spans to go - live and within budgets that are shrinking every year.
The eLearning Industry's Network, the largest independent eLearning community
of Instructional Designers and eLearning
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Quality Evaluation Survey.
They argued that there is a growing
professional and academic understanding
of the use
of classroom observation and feedback as key tools for improving the
quality of teaching and
learning practice for individual teachers, teams and schools.
In Boston, MCAS is an important part
of a seamless standards - based reform effort that includes clear expectations for what students should
learn, curriculum aligned with the standards, high -
quality instruction and
professional development to help teachers improve their practice, and assessments that provide students with a way to demonstrate what they have
learned and how they can apply it.
Two leading
professional learning organisations announce an important expansion
of their current partnership that will enhance educators» leadership capacity through more high
quality professional learning experiences.
All
of these features are well established at Camdenville and have enabled teachers to develop expectations for the
quality, purpose and impact
of professional learning.
According to Becky Smerdon and Kathryn Borman, who led the Gates - sponsored research team that evaluated the initiative, by the late 1990s some consensus had emerged among reformers about what made schools successful: «a shared vision focused on student
learning, common strategies for engendering that
learning, a culture
of professional collaboration and collective responsibility, high -
quality curriculum, systematic monitoring
of student
learning, strong instructional leadership (usually from the principal), and adequate resources.»
High
quality, professionally designed pages
of learning material put together by a successful Home Tutor and
professional Graphic Designer.
Ongoing applied
professional growth requires a change in the school schedule that allows time during the regular school day for teachers to
learn, plan, mentor, and share with other teachers so they can constantly improve the
quality of their instruction.
This struck me as a triple win: the students had a high -
quality learning experience, the teacher had a rewarding
professional experience, and the burden
of creating the unit was shared among a group
of teachers rather than each teacher laboring in isolation.
The Programs in
Professional Education (PPE) institute, The Leading Edge
of Early Childhood Education, is structured to highlight the best
of what we currently know about healthy child development and high -
quality systems, schools and classrooms
of early
learning, while also bringing in new thinking from other fields to provide insights that bear on the design
of preK improvement and expansion.
Preparing for adulthood • Planning for young people's futures • A broad range
of education and
learning opportunities: Wolf Review • Employment opportunities and support: the role
of disability employment advisers • A coordinated transition to adult health services: joint working across all services • Support for independent living Services working together for families • Local authorities and local health services will play a pivotal role in delivering change for children, young people and families • Reducing bureaucratic burdens on
professionals • Empowering local
professionals to develop collaborative, innovative and high
quality services • Supporting the development
of high
quality speech and language therapy workforce and educational psychology profession • Encouraging greater collaboration between local areas • Extending local freedom and flexibility over the use
of funding • Enabling the voluntary and community sector to take on a greater role in delivering services • Exploring a national banded funding framework • Bringing about greater alignment
of pre 16 and post 16 funding arrangements
According to the Australian Council for Education Research and Queensland Department
of Education, Training and Employment's National School Improvement Tool (2012), «Research is revealing the powerful impact that school leadership teams can have in improving the
quality of teaching and
learning... and establishing strong
professional learning communities.»
It also provides a practical and resource - effective way to tackle the complex issue
of engaging in
quality professional learning in context.
We need to concentrate on assisting schools to improve the
quality of teaching and
learning by providing expert guidance,
quality professional development, and the time necessary to use data to improve instructional practice.
These schools, in turn, will provide an initial test case
of an operating hypothesis in the personalized
learning space: that a high -
quality platform and
professional development supports surrounding platform implementation could be critical levers to scaling personalized approaches across traditional settings.
School leaders can use the SPTQ to gain a useful overview
of the
quality of teaching in their school, identify
professional learning needs, and provide a basis for rewarding and recognising teachers who attain high teaching standards.
In today's world, time is at premium and
Learning and Development
professionals have to balance the
quality of eLearning courses...
«It would be worth establishing the extent to which out -
of - field teachers are supported by in - field teachers and by the school leadership, particularly in relation to access to high -
quality professional learning.»
Primarily though, everything we will do will be about building teacher capacity and it's always about teacher capacity and teacher
quality in any
professional learning and any investment
of funds.
The International Chamber
of Commerce (ICC) has taken the benefits
of digital
learning platforms and launched The ICC Academy — a
professional education initiative with the goal
of providing high -
quality education to anyone, anywhere in the world.
We undertook a large - scale consultation with hundreds
of individuals and organisations from across the sector and sought out the highest
quality research on what types
of professional development seem to make the biggest difference to teachers» and students»
learning.
The projects — models
of high -
quality student work in subjects across the disciplines, from classrooms across the country — were the focal point
of a workshop for arts - inspired educators, part
of a three - day
professional development summit earlier this month called Arts and Passion - Driven
Learning.
The AACTE is a national alliance
of educator preparation programs dedicated to the highest
quality professional development
of teachers and school leaders in order to enhance PreK - 12 student
learning.
«Standards recognise the
professional value
of teachers in schools and establish the teacher as the
learning professional for those outside the profession,» says Anna McKenzie, Project Manager with the Standards Implementation Team, ACT Teacher
Quality Institute.
«Early education leaders need many more high -
quality professional learning opportunities,» said Stephanie Jones, professor
of education at the Harvard Graduate School
of Education and co-director
of The Saul Zaentz Early Education Initiative.
Included in Education Week's lineup
of print editions are three high - profile annual reports —
Quality Counts, Technology Counts, and Leaders To
Learn From — and a mix
of popular reports on such subjects as literacy instruction, personalized
learning, student assessment, school principals, and teacher
professional development.
The Saul Zaentz
Professional Learning Academy at the Harvard Graduate School of Education is offering a new Certificate in Early Education Leadership (CEEL) to provide leaders with the core knowledge, management skills, and tools necessary to build and advance high - quality early education across learning envir
Learning Academy at the Harvard Graduate School
of Education is offering a new Certificate in Early Education Leadership (CEEL) to provide leaders with the core knowledge, management skills, and tools necessary to build and advance high -
quality early education across
learning envir
learning environments.
The
quality teacher knows this, and the difference between basic effectiveness and robust leading
of learning and learners emerges from the mindful and
professional combination
of a range
of positive personal attributes such as humour and enthusiasm.
provide staff ongoing, high -
quality job - embedded
professional development (e.g., regarding subject - specific pedagogy, instruction that reflects a deeper understanding
of the community served by the school or differentiated instruction) that is aligned with the school's comprehensive instructional program and designed with school staff to ensure they are equipped to facilitate effective teaching and
learning and have the capacity to successfully implement school reform strategies;
• Strengthens leadership capacity
of principals, deepening their ability to be leaders
of high -
quality professional learning.
The purpose
of the plan shall be to improve the
quality of teaching and
learning by ensuring that teachers participate in substantial
professional development in order that they remain current with their profession and meet the
learning needs
of their students.
FRS Leadership Team
of leading educational experts to create a research - based, two - day agenda that is action packed with personalized
professional learning that models high -
quality professional development practices lead by expert facilitators.
Our team,
of over 100 eLearning
professionals comprising Instructional Designers, Graphic Designers, Programmers and
Quality Analysts, works as an extension to your team, with a shared objective: to improve performance through better
learning.
Proposed changes to improve teaching practices, including implementation
of content - rich curriculum and effective use
of assessment data, and proposed changes to
professional development are central to our effort to ensure every child in Head Start receives high
quality early
learning experiences that will build the skills they need to succeed in school and beyond.
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 SDSU College
of Education is committed to preparing teachers, school administrators, counselors, community college faculty and leaders, performance improvement / technology
professionals, and community service
professionals to provide the highest
quality learning environments to ensure student and client success and achievement through our teaching, research, and service.
The PTLC is an ongoing process designed to work systemically to improve the
quality of professional development; the use
of data to inform instructional and programmatic decisions; the alignment
of curriculum, instruction, and assessment to standards; the monitoring
of student
learning; and leadership support for continuous school improvement.
Does the school employ a variety
of collegial and sustained
professional development activities (e.g., mentoring relationships between new teachers and experienced teachers, high -
quality teacher induction programs,
professional development drawing on school - level expertise,
professional learning communities, collaboration among teachers, and relationships between teacher teams and social service support providers that serve students and families)?
Most recently, she spearheaded the development
of the New Jersey Leadership Academy with the NJASA, in which cohorts
of superintendents, assistant superintendents, principals, assistant principals, supervisors, and directors collaborate for a yearlong experience
of quality, sustained
professional learning.
Since 1987, the National Board for
Professional Teaching Standards has sought to advance the
quality of teaching and
learning by maintaining high and rigorous standards for what accomplished teachers should know and be able to do.