Sentences with phrase «outstanding teacher development programs»

U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige recently announced that two schools and three school districts were the winners of the U.S. Department of Education's National Awards Program for Professional Development for their outstanding teacher development programs.

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Where microcredentials pertain to teachers rather than students, I think the concept is an outstanding way to do a number of things in the area of professional development: 1) recognize professional learning milestones to inspire continuous improvement; 2) move away from a one - size - fits - all (and oft debunked) approach to salary schedules, which typically depend exclusively on time served and postsecondary attainment; 3) move towards recognition of skill development on an a la carte basis rather than solely as part of an advanced degree program; and 4) generate more personalized and self - paced professional learning opportunities.

Additionally, ED may award grant funds to SEAs for: (1) implementation or expansion of effective STEM professional development programs; or (2) the development of state - wide STEM Master Teacher Corps to attract and retain outstanding STEM teachers, particularly in high - need and rural schools.

Many authors report promising practices: clinical training that shifts away from teaching about teaching and toward teaching how to teach; mentoring programs that help teachers become more self - directed and resourceful (p. 60, online); professional development that is innovative and self - propelled — and is making rock stars of outstanding new beginners.

Our Parent Teacher Association (PTA) is comprised of an outstanding group of parents and teachers, who are actively involved in the development and implementation of numerous school programs and activities which enrich the educational experiences of all our students.

This online community extends the K - 12 Teacher Alliance's work with schools around the country to provide outstanding professional development and graduate programming through high quality universities.

«How School Librarians Help Kids Achieve Standards: The Second Colorado Study,» released in June, defines an «outstanding» library media program as one that includes program development, collaboration between the library media specialist and teachers, information technology resources, and frequent visits to the library media center by individual students.