She has extensive experience working at the local, district, and state levels conducting education program and policy evaluations focused
on improving student learning in K - 12 and higher education.
6 - 7 — Achievement:
Institute on Improving Student Learning: Looking at the Big Picture of Student Achievement, sponsored by Measured Progress, for teachers and administrators, at the Crowne Plaza Atlanta - Buckhead in Atlanta.
In order to both focus
on improving student learning outcomes through technology integration as well as to create a distributed approach to professional development for teachers in North Carolina, I have been working with district - and state - level social studies educators on the Connecting Carolina grant program.
Linda Darling - Hammond, professor of education at Stanford University, is an outspoken advocate for the recruitment and training of a strong teaching workforce, a goal that has been practically ignored in much of the national
dialogue on improving student learning.
While there are gaps in the literature that indicate a causal relationship between school climate and academic performance, the subcomponents of positive school climate have a scientifically proven
effect on improved student learning (RTI, 2010).
Conservatives, for instance, are less likely than liberals to say that funding is a barrier to academic achievement, and liberals are more likely to put less
focus on improving student learning.
Advocate, participate in and lead strategies to support high - quality professional learning opportunities for colleagues that focus
on improved student learning.
If done thoughtfully and always with a focus
on improving student learning, these types of local adaptations can help us learn a lot about different options for improving instruction and allowing different persons to use their skills in the best ways.
With so much discussion about defining high quality professional development, we talk about strategies for engaging adult learners, giving educators usable take - away strategies, and coaching implementation in real - world instructional settings — all while maintaining a focus
on improving student learning.
They are focused
on improving student learning.
States and districts should establish systems in which all stakeholders collaborate in the development of teacher performance appraisal processes and instruments to create ownership and commitment to effective performance appraisal focused
on improved student learning.
The bill defines a «community school» as a public school that focuses
on improving student learning, strengthening families, developing healthier communities, working with community partners to provide additional services to the surrounding community, and providing wrap - around support services to pupils and their families but does not include independent charter schools or charter schools that are not an instrumentality of a school district.
Educators must be provided support and training specifically focused
on improving student learning;
This issue brief sets a new vision for how teacher learning must be grounded in day - to - day teaching practice and focused
on improving student learning.
John: Union Township has many programs which focus
on improving student learning.
As much as the focus of edtech has been
on improving student learning, so, too, do teachers need ways to help them grow.
States, cities or school districts that allow for a great deal of flexibility on school programs, schedules, calendar, staffing, and funding and have a laser focus
on improving student learning are the programs that have the greatest positive impact on achievement.
For these reasons, I am writing to offer you the opportunity to request flexibility on behalf of your State, your LEAs, and your schools, in order to better focus
on improving student learning and increasing the quality of instruction.
So how did we get here and what can we do to lower the pressure around the issue and focus
on improving student learning?