Sentences with phrase «on classroom instruction in»

The study also found that OSPI's annual Report Card greatly overstated the amount Washington School Districts spend on teaching: «NCES data shows that Washington spent 60.2 percent of its education dollars on classroom instruction in 2009.

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The master's of arts in interdisciplinary studies with a focus on social entrepreneurship combines classroom instruction, a consulting project with a local social enterprise and a lean startup exercise.

In - depth classroom instruction on setting up your business and managing day - to - day procedures is only the beginning.

There is more emphasis on community service than on classroom instruction» an emphasis entirely consistent with the belief widely accepted in our society that values, while they may be created and clarified, can be neither true nor false.

The State can not finance secular instruction if it permits religion to be taught in the same classroom; but if it exacts a promise that religion not be so taught — a promise the school and its teachers are quite willing and on this record able to give — and enforces it, it is then entangled in the «no entanglement» aspect of the Court's Establishment Clause jurisprudence [Lemon v. Kurtzman, 403 U.S. 666, 668].

ACFEF apprenticeships offer a combination of on - the - job experience and related classroom instruction and have been expanding access to hands - on culinary training for emerging professionals since the formal program began in 1979.

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For the most part, feedback from teachers cited concerns about rodents and bugs, too much going on [in the classroom], spills, and taking away from instruction time.

The post goes on from there, addressing the governor's assertion on the percentage of expenditures devoted to classroom instruction versus administrative costs, as well as his insistence that districts can make up the difference in lost aid with reserve funds and economize by reducing waste, fraud and abuse.

Classes will begin in September, and run every Wednesday for 12 weeks, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Students will learn the fundamentals of writing, reporting, and photojournalism through classroom instruction, and through hands - on reporting in their own neighborhoods.

«In terms of what we're doing on daily basis in our classrooms with our instruction, we are going to continue to move forward with that,» said ChabIn terms of what we're doing on daily basis in our classrooms with our instruction, we are going to continue to move forward with that,» said Chabin our classrooms with our instruction, we are going to continue to move forward with that,» said Chabe.

As program officer for the IES Cognition and Student Learning research grants program, Dr. Albro oversaw the preparation of an IES Practice Guide, Organizing Instruction and Study to Improve Student Learning, which identified a set of instructional principles for use in schools and classrooms that emerged from basic research on learning and memory.

GLEE, first offered in 2010, included classroom instruction, hands - on activities, demonstrations, tours of research facilities, and a team project.

Berkman adds, «Science organizations and people who are concerned about instruction in biology should be paying attention to what's actually going on in the classrooms.»

The researchers then examined whether playing the more difficult games improved performance on additional measures of working memory as well as enhanced other skills, including math, reading, writing and following instructions in a classroom.

Along with classroom instruction, a program specialist will provide one - on - one assistance with developing the interpersonal and intrapersonal skills needed to land a job and succeed in the workforce.

In Sacramento, administrator Lyn McCarty will be focusing her efforts on staff development and monitoring / coaching activities bent on the notion that more consistent literacy instruction can be achieved across classrooms and school sites within the district.

Almost three decades later, during her last years in the classroom, math instruction had become a team effort, with her school's math instructors meeting often to discuss topics, sharing lesson plans, and developing common assessments to make sure everyone was on the same page.

Based on this expertise, they are expected to engage in scholarly endeavors, such as consuming and producing research, and are provided tremendous autonomy to make decisions about curriculum, instruction and assessment in their classrooms.

I've created instructions on how to use a guest journal in the classroom.

Catherine Snow: Incorporating Rich Language in Early Education Educations Funders Researchers Initiative, November 18, 2013 «Taking on the task of improving reading skills, for all children and especially for those scoring at the bottom of the skill distribution, requires three simple things: first, we must provide all children with experiences designed to ensure a broad knowledge base and rich language before entry to kindergarten; second, we must redesign post-primary instruction to focus on discussion, analysis, critique, and synthesis; and third, we must redirect resources from testing children to assessing what is actually going on inside classrooms,» writes Professor Catherine Snow.

Lucie Boyadjian, principal of Glen Oaks School, in Hickory Hills, Illinois, summed up the principals» feelings about providing more hands - on experiences for future teachers: «More time in the classroom with direct instruction allows the undergraduate the opportunity to experience an entire year's worth of classroom activities.»

Studies have shown that schools offering intense physical activity programs have seen positive effects on academic performance such as improvements in math, reading, and classroom behavior — even when the added time takes away from academic instruction time.

Beginning next week, students in Dade County, Fla., public schools will start «logging on» microcomputers to solve geometry problems or to work on reading skills as part of a pilot program designed to acquaint students with computer technology and to supplement classroom instruction.

You will learn how to adjust instruction through practical classroom routines designed to ensure all students, including those on the edges of academic achievement, are engaged in meaningful learning.

Grier's focus in Houston, San Diego, and other districts has been on such goals as improving classroom instruction, aiming initiatives at likely dropouts, and getting more minority students to take Advanced Placement (AP) exams.

It's not unusual for schools in Shanghai to appoint one principal specifically to focus on improving classroom instruction.

Teacher Study Group: Impact of the Professional Development Model on Reading Instruction and Student Outcomes in First Grade Classrooms.

Texas Gov. Rick Perry has signed legislation that will make some significant changes in the state's accountability system and budgeting requirements for schools, including tougher high school graduation standards and elimination of a requirement that school districts must spend 65 percent of their operating budgets on classroom instruction.

Tactics include involving all of Ohio's charter schools in the lawsuit and requiring them to deliver school records on a variety of issues, tying up time, energy, and resources in matters far removed from classroom instruction.

The final piece was my participation in a class through the Gateway Writing Institute, where I read Nonfiction Matters, by Stephanie Harvey, and conducted an action research project on inquiry - based instruction in my classroom.

When students are able to get foundational knowledge and skills through technology - based instruction, teachers can evolve their purpose in the classroom and focus their time on providing expert feedback on higher - order skills and tackling complex, real - world problems with their students.

Nearly 240,000 teachers left their classrooms in the East African nation on Sept. 25, a walkout that has effectively stopped instruction in the country, according to John Musambayi Katumanga, the president of the Kenya National Union of Teachers.

An introduction to the theory of anaerobic respiration and instructions on how to make your own bread in the classroom!

This year, my columns, devoted to strategies for effective writing instruction, parallel a growing emphasis on writing in all classrooms.

«There was definitely a higher level of instruction going on in the Louisiana classrooms we visited as compared with what many other states» CAOs were seeing at home.

Students, in a traditional classroom environment, depend on the teacher to deliver, guide, manage, and maintain the flow of instruction.

With the aid of technology in the classroom, Professor Heather Hill's newest study, the Mathematics Teachers and Teaching Survey, will be able to track and collect data on middle school mathematics instruction, providing key insight into teachers» mathematical knowledge, the curriculum, and the nature of mathematics instruction being offered to students.

With colleagues from the Center for Research on Education, Diversity, & Excellence, a federal research center at the University of California campus here, Tharp has identified five standards that he says mark effective instruction in classrooms with high concentrations of students from backgrounds outside the U.S. cultural mainstream.

Explicit instruction on cognitive strategies that can help students learn how to learn may have a positive impact on both academic performance and classroom management by emphasizing that students are in charge of their own behavior and learning.

The second page of the PDF contains instructions on different ways you can use this bingo resource in your classroom.

Why, for example, should learning the letters and sounds of the word «BOO» in a pre-K classroom produce long - term effects on reading scores if a child transitions into a kindergarten classroom that has no academic content and moves from there into an elementary school that does not use systematic instruction in phonics?

Education World Techtorials are weekly, step - by - step instructions on using some aspect of technology in the regular classroom.

«But they were only able to succeed — and were more likely to choose to stay — when those schools provided high - functioning organizational supports that were essential for their success in the classroom, so they could focus on instruction.»

From observations and discussions I have had with many teachers in both my school and division, goal setting, self - monitoring and student reflection on their professional learning and classroom instruction are underutilized for various reasons.

Behavior improves when more classroom time is spent in on - task instruction.

The researchers developed a hands - on curriculum and professional development lessons teaching basic physics using the popular toys, then conducted a randomized controlled trial in about 60 fourth - grade classrooms in a California school district comparing student learning under the project - based and traditional textbook based instruction over three weeks.

These approaches suggest innovations that aren't being batted about by opinion - makers yet, such as redesigning jobs to concentrate top teachers» time on instruction, putting star teachers fully in charge of multiple classrooms, and using technology in combination with in - person reach extension (for one example, learn about Rocketship Education here).

Now, however, in Ms. Mulholland - Glaze's class and classrooms like it across the nation, writing instruction is taking on a new shape.

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.