Sentences with phrase «on teacher capacity»

In that study, as in the present one, leadership was most strongly related to teachers «work setting and had weaker effects on teacher capacity than on teacher motivation.

As Superintendent, he has a district - wide focus on teacher capacity - building to ensure equitable outcomes for all students.

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David Robinson, in his capacity as trade and education consultant for Education International, a global union federation claiming to represent 30 million teachers and other education workers, met with WTO negotiators during the ministerial to discuss potential impacts on public education.

If a teacher is using artificial forms of contraception, how is that going to affect his or her capacity to teach the Church's teaching on contraception?

If the teacher is «co-habiting» with another human being, male or female, same sex or other sex, without benefit of matrimony, how does that affect that person's capacity to teach with integrity on the Church's requirement of chastity and abstinence before marriage?

These criteria were employed in choosing the well adjusted children: Plays well with other children, appears to be a happy child, has reasonable control over his emotions, can be depended on, is achieving somewhere near his capacity, is able to think for himself, is kind and helpful to teachers and classmates, is liked and respected by his peers.)

The future of Waldorf education and the possibility that Waldorf schools can be transformative organizations rests both on the capacity of teachers to continue their good work out of a real creative impulse connected to anthroposophy and the capacity of administrative staff to do the same.

It is also misplaced to spend GHc135.95 million in 2015 on improving the capacity of teachers, supplying teaching and learning materials, etc., with no reference to technical skills acquisition.

«The Prime Minister must also take urgent steps to tackle the excessive workload demands already placed on teachers, including as a result of job cuts, in order that schools have the capacity to meet pupils» mental health needs.

Taking the stage on a snowy Super Bowl Sunday with a well - beyond - capacity crowd at the Mescal Hornbeck Community Center in Woodstock, February 4 to debate the issues were history teacher Jeff Beals of Woodstock, attorney David Clegg of Woodstock, attorney Antonio Delgado of Rhinebeck, business owner Brian Flynn of Elka Park, business owner Gareth Rhodes of Kerhonkson and business owner Pat Ryan of Gardiner.

Nevertheless, Mr. Martilotta, a Greenport Middle School science teacher, explained to the town Democratic committee that the village sewage treatment plant is currently operating at about half its maximum capacity and could take on additional sewage flow.

The teachers demonstrate these poses on the stage, whereas, the students are encouraged to perform the poses with modifications or completely depending on their capacity.

And unions don't like dismissing ineffective teachers for the very simple reason that union power rests on union commitment and capacity to defend every teacher from losing his or her job.

It would seem that the ongoing discussions about «teacher effectiveness» and the creation of evaluation systems focused on measuring a teacher's capacity (increasingly based on test scores) often do very little to actually develop that capacity.

She also assists with the management of UNESCO's Strengthening Pre-service Teacher Education in Myanmar project, focusing on capacity - building in Burma's education colleges.

He said, to deliver on that promise, countries need to develop strategies to build teacher capacity and teachers themselves need to become «active agents for change» when it comes to implementing and designing technology - related innovations.

On any given day, the school staffroom at Vasse Primary School is filled to capacity with teachers, school leaders and support staff.

In this latter capacity, he presided over what some have called «The Massachusetts Miracle,» a series of reforms involving teacher preparation, standards, and testing that are associated with the commonwealth's rise to the top of performance on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP).

CPAHS has consistently used AL to build teachers» understanding and capacity across more than 25 projects on a range of new and emerging pedagogies to deepen student engagement and improve learning outcomes for students.

The 52,000 - student district requested the report on schools» capacity to handle students with mental and behavior needs after a 14 - year - old opened fire at a school last August, wounding two teachers and two other students before killing himself.

«We have a lot of excellent assistant teachers at our schools already, and [the program] is about building their capacity, while also building on Indigenous leadership within our communities.»

International evidence suggests that progress in education depends on teachers» individual and collective capacity and its link with the school's capacity for promoting learning.

Developed from trauma - informed classroom practices which focus on building relational capacities and self - regulatory strength, trauma - informed teachers often felt they needed more in their toolkit to create a strong culture of wellbeing within their classrooms.

As Cole notes: «By focusing on concrete actions that generally can be understood and implemented in a relatively short period, and then improved over time, teaching capacity is built step by step and the armoury of strategies and techniques available to the teacher is extended,» (Cole, 2012).

Advocates of the Common Core are counting on PD to equip teachers with the instructional capacity to actualize the standards.

Some of these might be categorized as efforts to build the capacity of the current system by simply paying for professional development sessions on particular topics; others might be thought of as attempts to change the system by developing new approaches to hiring, compensating, and evaluating teachers.

First, improvement in teacher capacity which impacts positively on student outcomes involves «learning to do the right things in the setting where you work» (Elmore, 2004, p. emphasis added).

On top of good pedagogy, an expanding curriculum and a knowledge of mandatory school policies and procedures, teachers need high levels of energy, a capacity to recognise they do not have all the answers and a willingness to seek the support of others when required.

To be productive and to be valuable uses of time, PLCs must be teacher - driven and focused on resolving student - learning concerns through teacher capacity (for example, what do I as a teacher need to learn to help students learn better?)

With that information on top of a few other parts of my personal recipe, I have created a curriculum with the intention of focusing on lessons for teachers to use as they help students to understand their own mind and body, and identify their capacity to deal with emotional duress that can impact their daily lives, as well as providing supports for mental well - being.

We have been weak on building the capacity of teachers to meet the radical new, high standards that are now embodied in policy as well as aspirations.

Its efficacy depended on principals» capacity to provide targeted instructional guidance, teachers» ability to respond to the instructional feedback in a manner that generated improvements in student achievement, and the extent of district - level support and training for principals who were primarily responsible for implementing the new system.

«By relying so heavily on rote memorization, and by testing me only on the things that were easy to test, my teachers came up with a wholly erroneous picture of my capacity — and gave me a fairly serious emotional beating in the process.»

There is also a research study open to participating Victorian government schools focusing on «Realising the Potential of Australia's High Capacity Teachers», which contains a substantial amount of pedagogical training on understanding and teaching self - regulated learning skills to primary and secondary schools students (Grades 5 - 8).

It's one thing to have a goal, it's another thing to really spend some time and energy and invest in the resources to build the capacity of teachers and school systems to deliver on the idea that all students ought to achieve at high levels.

It doesn't matter if you end up knowing about Colonial tinsmiths or sedimentary rocks or even that you agree with how the teacher has chosen to structure the lessons on such topics; what matters is that your kid continually increases his or her desire and capacity to learn.

But Kate Walsh, president of the National Council on Teacher Quality, says that the «certification process» has only a «crude capacity for ensuring» quality teachers, because pedagogical «knowledge can be acquired by means other than coursework.»

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.

Our work is centered on professional development and resources to raise teacher capacity.

Spencer is just one among the phalanx of teachers who have become online publishers in a personal or professional capacity by posting content on blogs and Web sites.

The focus of his second year was on improving facilities and building teacher capacity.

Concerns among teachers included the impact on capacity, in particular with special schools, and any «resultant requirement to amend contracts».

One of the teachers on the advisory group said to us: «I love focusing on student outcomes like critical thinking and collaboration — but we don't have the capacity to train our teachers about them.»

Supporting teacher wellbeing is a valid and appropriate activity for the profession as it enhances the capacity of schools to not only meet the needs of their students, but to positively impact on the whole school community.

Because we believe the online format is limited in its capacity to address teacher content knowledge, we will exclude teachers with very low mathematical knowledge for teaching, then randomly assign teachers to treatment and control conditions, stratifying on grade level.

Many of you got in touch to let us know that Teacher helps you on a practical level, and in a leadership capacity.

He has worked directly with more than 25 schools in Illinois, Maryland, Florida, and Texas, working directly with teachers in their classrooms and grade - level teams on capacity building, differentiated instruction, student learning outcomes, and data analysis.

The self - efficacy was the second theme and students spoke so positively about the high value they place on prac and the capacity for them to build relationships with students and also to see a glimpse of their own future and what it's going to be like to be a drama teacher in schools, seeing the difference that their teaching had on individual students.

NTC builds capacity through district partnerships to develop effective teachers and school leaders on the job.

The papers that were presented examined an array of issues, including lessons learned on accountability, standards, school turnarounds, teacher quality, research, state capacity, and more.