Sentences with phrase «on teacher involvement»

And since nobody knows teaching like teachers, the collective effort relied on teacher involvement and feedback to ensure the tools are reflective of the challenges faced in the classroom.

Studies on teacher involvement in decision - making have not shown any clear benefits to students.

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Many people need active involvement of the therapist as creative teacher, coach, and guide on their growth journey.

International teacher involvement is also on the increase.

One is a teacher in the school (responsible for leading on Ethnic Minority Achievement); the other is the LEA Parental Involvement co-ordinator who co-ordinates SHARE throughout the LEA.

«All those who have had any involvement in this case, including the jury and the judge, have, however, been prepared to recognise that here was an exemplary teacher, in a fragile mental state, brought to breaking point by a number of critical failures on the part of his employer.

King and New York State United Teachers president Richard Iannuzzi, whose union represents districts outside the city, also voiced support for Cuomo's involvement on upstate's «Capitol Pressroom» radio show.

Since the turmoil that saw public school advocates protest across the state — New York State United Teachers decried he tests as an «erosion of local control» — the state Department of Education has revised the controversial testing, reducing the number of questions on the exams, encouraging more teacher involvement in developing them, no longer timing the tests and reducing potential teacher penalties.

It advises this should be done through involvement in part - time Masters courses, encouraging them to share excellence with other schools and defining new career paths for teachers who wish to remain in the classroom instead of taking on management roles.

Christine Blower, general secretary of the National Union of Teachers, said: «Pearson needs to end its involvement with fee - paying private schools in the global south; stop all practices that promote and support the obsession with high - stakes testing; and negotiate with teachers» unions and others to secure agreement on the appropriate role of «edu - business» in edTeachers, said: «Pearson needs to end its involvement with fee - paying private schools in the global south; stop all practices that promote and support the obsession with high - stakes testing; and negotiate with teachers» unions and others to secure agreement on the appropriate role of «edu - business» in edteachers» unions and others to secure agreement on the appropriate role of «edu - business» in education.

In their 2004 action brief on the parent - involvement provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act, the Public Education Network and the National Coalition for Parent Involvement in Education cite several reasons for the low level of parental involvement in many schools, including a less - than - welcoming atmosphere, language and cultural barriers, insufficient training for teachers, and lack of parent education or parentinvolvement provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act, the Public Education Network and the National Coalition for Parent Involvement in Education cite several reasons for the low level of parental involvement in many schools, including a less - than - welcoming atmosphere, language and cultural barriers, insufficient training for teachers, and lack of parent education or parentInvolvement in Education cite several reasons for the low level of parental involvement in many schools, including a less - than - welcoming atmosphere, language and cultural barriers, insufficient training for teachers, and lack of parent education or parentinvolvement in many schools, including a less - than - welcoming atmosphere, language and cultural barriers, insufficient training for teachers, and lack of parent education or parenting skills.

The related instructional delivery in the Instructor's Manual also does not appear to support clear sequencing, clear descriptions and demonstrations of skills to be acquired, nor are the student activities followed by practice and timely feedback — the essence of good pedagogical practice which should focus initially on high levels of teacher involvement.

Many new teachers said they lacked guidance from their principal on parent involvement, and about a quarter of the respondents said they felt unprepared to engage parents in their children's education.

Called Parents as Learning Partners, the initiative is having a positive impact on the attitudes of both parents and teachers toward family involvement in education, according to the study conducted by Denise D. Quigley, a senior education researcher from the Center for the Study...

Her book, Windows on Teaching Mathematics: Cases of Secondary Mathematics Classrooms (Teachers College Press), represents work in mathematics education and the case method while her involvement as a case method teacher of school administrators exists in her Cases in Educational Administration (Longman).

The program, created by a 1990 Commission with substantial business community involvement, provides cash awards to teachers based on standardized test results.

My involvement with research into successful teaching and successful schools shows that the best teachers and schools, including those in disadvantaged areas, have a balanced focus on every student as a learner and a person, a fundamental point I make in How to Get Your School Moving and Improving.

Crafted with the involvement of teachers, parents, and students, it supports academic achievement based on values, confidence, and respect, and it emphasizes the importance and value of a schoolwide civic spirit.

Maran offers a five - point plan focused on desegregation, better pay for teachers, and more community and family involvement.

It happens only if schools, ideally with heavy involvement from teachers themselves, redesign roles and schedules to capitalize on digital instruction's most potent value: the power to free great teachers» time to help more students and to help other teachers excel.

Unlike other family involvement typologies, this framework focuses not on actual family involvement activities carried out in schools, but on the attitudes, skills and knowledge teachers need to work effectively with parents.

Understanding the deep - rooted importance of family and parental involvement in education and its effect on the academic performance of a child requires recognizing the fact that parents are childrens first teachers.

Designed to recognise, showcase and celebrate young people's involvement in film and education, the star - studded, red - carpet event will bring together film industry professionals and young people to shine a spotlight on the filmmaking achievements of 5 - 19 year olds from across the UK, as well as recognising teachers» use of film in the classroom, young film reviewers, and exceptional film clubs in primary and secondary schools.

Key components of the CFL program were support and training for teachers, a learning management system designed to help middle school students develop a sense of responsibility for their own learning and behavior, and an emphasis on community and family involvement.

Editor's note: This is the second in a series of guest blogs on how teachers view parent engagement and involvement in public schools.

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«Brinig and Garnett are intent on showing that it is not just the inner social capital of Catholic schools (discipline, parental involvement, teacher dedication) that counts but that this social capital has a spillover effect on neighborhoods....

Teachers and principals felt that the policy had positive effects on parental involvement as well.

For the first analysis of data from the principal survey, our outcome variables included (1) the diversity of membership on school - site councils, and (2) the level of principals «and teachers «openness to community and parental involvement in schools.

Lastly, NCLB «s promise of a substantial increase in student academic achievement has not been materialized, and the law's pressure on teachers to raise test scores has backfired into resentment of federal involvement in schooling.

The relationships here are correlational, not causal; nevertheless, it appears that direct, active involvement by parents (as perceived by teachers) can have an impact on student learning.

When I train educators across the country on building relationships with families, I find that what teachers can do to gain families» commitment, involvement, and support falls into these major buckets:

«We've now really focused on getting involvement from teachers and practitioners across the state and parents to tell us, these are the things we want our children to know.

Still another explanation is that teachers might focus on the consequences of principals «efforts to promote community involvement, rather than the structural components intended to provide for community involvement.

Over the past five years, they have undertaken a comprehensive effort to provide teachers with professional development and access to resources to encourage student self - determination, with an emphasis on student involvement in the IEP process.

A teacher received a high rating (3) in maintaining student engagement if most of the comments on either of these topics (compliance or involvement) indicated that most students were engaged.

Highly influential school effectiveness studies120 asserted that effective schools are characterized by an climate or culture oriented toward learning, as expressed in high achievement standards and expectations of students, an emphasis on basic skills, a high level of involvement in decision making and professionalism among teachers, cohesiveness, clear policies on matters such as homework and student behaviors, and so on.121 All this implied changes in the principal «s role.

We asked teachers about their approach to teaching, the lessons we had observed, the principal «s role in guiding and supporting their work, factors that have the greatest influence on student learning, district influences, professional development opportunities, the school community, the extent of parental involvement, and what they would tell a new teacher about what it is like to work at this school.

This set of seventeen studies investigated three aspects of teacher leaders» involvement in teams: the impact of teacher leaders» through facilitation of school teams, factors that influenced the effectiveness of teacher leader - led teams, and the prevalence of teacher leader participation on teams.

«I had the opportunity to observe and contribute to tasks that truly assess students on what educators are teaching,» said Shannon Callahan, a math teacher in Helena, MT. «My involvement in this process removes the myth that we are «teaching to the test.»

She has spoken to parent groups, teachers, administrators, business leaders and policy makers on a range of issues: education reform, early childhood and adolescent literacy, conflict and tolerance, and the value of parental involvement in education.

The Kent School District has created a web site dedicated to its laptop initiative, including a robust section on the policies, infrastructure, technical specifications, student and teacher training, family involvement, and more.

National Parental Involvement Day, on Nov. 21, 2013, highlighted a new partnership that aims to provide low - income families with free or discounted Internet access, computers, and training to enable parents to communicate more effectively with their children's teachers and schools.

Guidelines may also address issues of teacher or peer involvement in revising draft work or in deciding on what to identify as a best piece.

These programs and policies may focus on a number of areas including curriculum, data and monitoring systems, student, teacher, and parent engagement, and broader community involvement.

Professional development sessions focused on school improvement, arts teacher involvement, literacy in arts classrooms, process documentation, and collaboration with classroom teachers.

By asking students to discover knowledge on their own with guidance from their teachers, inquiry - based learning can be deeply integral to Meaningful Student Involvement, both in the classroom and throughout the education system.

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Gonzalez said talks with the parent union started out collaboratively, including teacher involvement during staff development days, then quickly snowballed into what he felt was an attack on him and other teachers by Parent Revolution and the parents they trained.

Providing professional development for all adults throughout the education system centered on Meaningful Student Involvement and Student / Adult Partnerships helps teachers, administrators, support staff, parents and others focus on collaborating with students beyond simply listening to student voice.