Sentences with phrase «on teacher engagement»

Sanée is passionate about authentic, purposeful learning for students and teachers, and also has a strong passion for leadership and its impact on teacher engagement, student learning and school culture.

NEA has also partnered with Teach Plus to launch a selective fellowship that will empower solutions - oriented teachers, most of whom are in the first 10 years of their careers, to advise union leadership on teacher engagement and retention.

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«It's smart to build socially responsible marketing relationships with parents, teachers, and students on the path to a lifetime of brand engagement.»

As you know, we're into our second full year of the New Education Bargain, with an emphasis on community schools, parental engagement, teacher support - and her responses to the questions that the Board asked indicated that she would be someone that would be very supportive of all of the tenets of the New Education Bargain.»

The Teachout - Wu campaign has been banking on online engagement with frequent social media posts, Facebook advertising, a Victory Center page with an online phone banking tool and mapped local coordinators across the state, an AskCuomo page in response to Cuomo's refusal to debate, and is also receiving support from a Thunderclap campaign started by a teachers» advocacy group.

The NASUWT has called for political parties to commit to genuine engagement, dialogue and partnership if they are elected on 7 May, in a motion debated today at the Annual Conference of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union in the UK.

Cola has focused on public engagement on many fronts, working to inspire K - 12 students and their teachers to learn about the latest research in nano - and energy technologies.

A classroom program that helps teachers adapt their interactions with students based on individuals» temperaments may lead to more student engagement in kindergarten, more teacher emotional support to kindergarten and first grade students, and better classroom organization and less off - task behavior in first - grade classes, according to research by NYU's Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development.

The researchers did not observe the same effect of the teacher - child relationship on behavioral engagement.

A new study in the journal Early Childhood Research Quarterly finds that kindergartners and first graders with high maintenance temperaments showed less disruptive behavior and more active engagement and on - task behavior in the classroom, thanks to a program that helps teachers, parents, and students recognize and adapt to individual differences.

Brent Duckor, associate professor in the Department of Teacher Education at San José State University, frames such «non-cognitive» skills in a different way, putting the emphasis, not on whether a student inherently possesses tenacity, for instance, but on what seems to encourage perseverance and the contexts for learning that advance deeper student engagement.

The complex event and its aftermath can also be further illuminated via discussions of larger themes in social and political history, such as balancing national safety and civil rights — comparing reactions to 9/11 with those following the attack on Pearl Harbor, for example — or the grounds for overseas military interventions — such as the recent U.S. engagements in Iraq and Afghanistan as compared with the U.S.'s position on the League of Nations after World War I. «These themes put a light on it,» Brodsky Schur says, giving teachers and even parents a way to integrate such a seemingly unteachable event.

The Airborne Astronomy Ambassadors project is aimed to measurably enhance student STEM engagement and achievement in selected school districts via professional development for teachers consisting of: (1) STEM Professional Development in astrophysics and planetary science delivered via webinars & in - person workshops; (2) a week - long STEM immersion experience at NASA's science research aircraft facility in Palmdale, California, including participation in research flights on the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA); (3) follow - through involving continuing webinars fostering reflection and connections with astrophysics & planetary science subject matter experts.

Sharon has a Ph.D. in Buddhist Studies from Harvard University and teaches courses on Buddhism, gender, race, and social engagement at Seattle University and was thrilled by the idea of further exploring the connection between mindfulness and the body through her teacher training.

Here is something from a curriculum he has written for teachers: «Mindfulness is the direct engagement with the present moment, like you were bending down on one knee and literally getting engaged to this moment, and saying Yes!»

Such teachers notice and measure not only when students are on task but also the quality of their engagement.

How hints and extensions are used: The teacher should maintain student engagement through a judicious and timely use of hints and extensions to maintain a balance between the challenge of the task and the abilities of the students working on it.

The basic tenets of IR hold that visiting teams do not discuss individual teacher «data:» they focus on trends that they see related to the «problem» they are looking to address at scale - be it student engagement, poor writing skills, boy / girl performance gap, etc..

«Clearly, the new brain research on emotional engagement demonstrates strongly that people's brains are more receptive to learning if they have a relationship with the teacher.»

This helps teachers reflect on the experience of PBL, see challenges students will face, and create engagement and excitement for doing PBL in the classroom.

I was especially interested in the influence of a teacher's gender on students» perceptions, because engagement with an academic subject may be an important precursor to subsequent achievement levels, course selection in high school and college, and also occupational choice.

Teachers in participating schools have already begun being trained by Future First on how to use the untapped wealth of talents of alumni and in embedding a long term culture of alumni and employer engagement in the school.

«Encouraging and supporting teachers to focus on the application of mathematics principles to real - world problems will encourage girls» engagement in mathematics, and also their ability to use mathematics to solve problems.»

Recent books on best practices emphasize student engagement, and include sample lessons from exemplary teachers.

Here, Professor Becky Parker, science teacher and director of the Institute for Research in Schools (IRIS) reflects on some of her past students and how working at the cutting edge of science research while in the classroom supports students» interests and engagement with the subject, fostering a continued love of the subject.

Indeed, my results confirm that a teacher's gender does have large effects on student test performance, teacher perceptions of students, and students» engagement with academic material.

My results indicate that learning from a teacher of the opposite gender has a detrimental effect on students» academic progress and their engagement in school.

«In its direct engagement with the Home Office and the MAC, the Union has made clear that the impact of a salary threshold on migrant teachers would create serious problems for schools, unfairness for migrant teachers and deny children and young people the opportunity to benefit from the expertise of these highly skilled professionals.

A Plus Learning prides itself on providing teachers and counsellors with quality educational materials and resources that are designed to enhance the engagement and performance of students allowing them to achieve excellent results.

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.

When students use tool technologies to create content, their engagement is largely based on how successfully teachers craft the learning assignments, rather than on the technology itself.

Hitachi provides five tips on how teachers can take advantage of interactive projectors in the classroom, with the benefits ranging from increased engagement and better learning retention.

A consistent focus on student engagement within and across AL projects at CPAHS has been influenced by Munns, Sawyer and Cole's Teachers for a Fair Go3, an action research project on student engagement among low - SES primary school students in Sydney's South West.

What are the adjustments that teachers can make on an everyday basis to increase equity, access, rigor, and engagement for all students?

«Researchers, in conjunction with STEM teachers, have attempted to resolve the questions on Indigenous students» engagement and achievement in STEM through specific contexts with consideration given to the local sociocultural and socio - political backgrounds,» she said.

By using a four - step teacher decision - making framework and implementing structured classroom routines rooted in research on cognition and motivation, you will increase equity, access, rigor, and engagement for all students.

It was found that teachers» attention to validity issues had been undermined by the external test regimes, but teachers could readdress these issues by reflection on their values and by engagement in a shared development of portfolio assessments.

ACT research presented to the House of Lords Committee on Citizenship and Civic engagement on Wednesday 18 October, will show that current policy is creating significant barriers to those who want to train as citizenship specialist teachers, and for existing teachers who want to progress their careers.

Curriculum planning meetings: Principals drop in on teachers» unit planning meetings and make suggestions on ways to check for understanding during lessons, in unit tests, and in performance tasks requiring deeper engagement.

A stronger focus on classroom and relationship management in professional development may give teachers better means to connect with their students and support their engagement at school.

Research conducted by ACT, which is set to be presented to the House of Lords Committee on Citizenship and Civic engagement tomorrow, 18 October, is expected to show that current policy is creating «significant barriers» to those who want to train as citizenship specialist teachers, and for existing teachers who want to progress their careers.

The secondary version covers: • Leading literacy across the school • Reading for enjoyment and wider reading • Developing teachers» reading approaches and pedagogy • Supporting pupils struggling to read through interventions such as phonics • Writing engagement and enjoyment • Developing teachers» writing knowledge and pedagogy • Supporting pupils struggling to write — spelling, punctuation and grammar • Developing spoken language skills This sample section focuses on leading literacy across the school.

Our findings also suggest teachers can not rely on a fixed positive «set - point» of motivation and engagement among their students as a buffer for poor quality instruction and activity.

Teachers should always try and make it fun by using learning apps like the ones on School Jotter to increase pupils engagement.

Across the research reviewed here, systems that effectively support teacher development include collaborative, job - embedded feedback cycles that enable teachers to reflect critically on teaching practices in order to identify those that best promote students» learning and engagement.

Teachers spend much time on parental engagement, via e-mail, phone calls, and meetings.

Mathematica's survey of online school leaders gives important insight as to why students may not be making gains: online charter schools offer only 3 to 6 hours of «synchronous» (teachers and students in «live» contact online) instruction per week; school leaders say they struggle the most with student engagement; and it's clear that parents are expected to play an active role in instruction and in making sure that students stay on track.

In that kind of school model, all teachers can focus their face - to - face time with students on higher - order learning and motivating personal engagement.

By leveraging these skills, and capitalizing on the catalyst of emotional engagement (our stock on the shelf), we can bring about significant student achievement.The challenge for us in the arts education community is to demonstrate how teachers can employ those very same skills in their teaching, whatever the discipline.

Harvard Professor's Quest: Persuade Every Teacher to Build Stronger Ties with Families (The Seattle Times) Professor Karen Mapp shares her thoughts on increasing parent engagement by helping districts train educators to see families as partners.