Sentences with phrase «place classroom educators»

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We know that teachers need choices and flexibility, so we're excited to give Nature on the Go teachers a choice for the second part of the program, which takes place after a Nature Museum educator visits the classroom.

This policy brief outlines the reasons educators need to learn more about adoption issues, explains the negative consequences of a lack of knowledge, and proposes steps that teachers, schools, curriculum developers and institutions of higher education can make progress toward placing all children and families on a level playing field in the classroom and beyond.

John Concannon, a retired police captain who has unsuccessfully challenged City Councilman Mark Weprin (D - Oakland Gardens) and state Sen. Tony Avella (D - Bayside), said Cuomo had not pushed to get enough educators with classroom experience on the state Board of Regents or otherwise placed them at the helm of Common Core implementation.

«Too often bulletin boards are just thought of as decoration, when they really should emphasize the learning that is taking place in the classroom,» author / educator Michael Gravois told Education World.

We [early childhood educators] have interpreted the curriculum incorrectly, placing more emphasis and therefore classroom time solely on literacy and numeracy.

By «systems,» I mean the classroom procedures or workflows that educators currently have in place.

In this week's Voice of Experience, educator Brenda Dyck examines the place teacher research has in the classroom and how it can develop into a kind of «dance» between students, teachers, and learning.

Instead, educators need to find a way of making mentoring part of the national educational conversation, as well as ensuring that it is happening at the grass roots level, because if educational reform is not taking place in the classroom, then it's not really happening.

This project seeks to better understand the experiences and responses of educators in diverse places of immigrant settlement to the growing political discourse around immigration that is present in their classrooms, schools, and communities.

However, while many educators welcome the advances in technology, there are still those who question the place of tech in the classroom.

Educators are now considering televisions in place of classroom projectors, but concerns about adaptability remain.

Learn how Crellin educators reach out to the community to identify opportunities for place - based learning and invite community partners into classrooms to share their expertise.

Immordino - Yang's research is helping educators understand how the world a student comes from, and the emotional learning that takes place in that world, can play an integral role in the classroom.

Jason Kamras, deputy to D.C. Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee in charge of human capital, talks with Education Next about the new teacher evaluation system put in place in D.C. Beginning this year, teachers in D.C. will be evaluated based on student test scores (when available) and classroom observations (by principals and master educators), and poorly performing teachers may be fired, regardless of tenure.

This also goes for some educators who leverage social media and choose to focus on the flipped classroom as a trend that needs to be weighed and «put in it's place».

By picking which educational tools to place in the digital classroom, educators provide a personalized learning experience for their students.

Learn how a data - based teacher candidate assessment tool helps principals make informed hiring decisions and place a quality educator in every classroom at Amarillo ISD.

I feel like the role of the principal — our No. 1 job — is to place a teacher in every classroom who is going to be the very best educator for that group of children.

Alexandria, VA (4/24/2014)-- ASCD, a global community dedicated to excellence in learning, teaching, and leading, invites educators to join the association at the Hyatt Regency McCormick Place in Chicago, Ill., on July 31 — August 2, 2014, for an intensive academy that will ensure high - quality teaching and learning implementation in every classroom.

So many EL teachers, classroom teachers, school leaders, guidance counselors and other educators are finding it more imperative than ever to make sure that student groups being targeted are cared for and that school can still be a functioning, welcoming place, even when the world outside is so uncertain.

Educators who are not willing to take responsibility — and hold themselves accountable — for the learning that takes place within the four walls of their classrooms will not be able to take full advantage of this book or the CREATE model.

District teachers ratified a new contract Wednesday that dramatically expands Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee's ability to remove poor educators and places Washington on a growing list of cities and states that have established classroom results, not seniority, as the standard by which teachers are paid.

Those who work at the post-secondary level have a unique opportunity of placing research around fair and equitable assessments into the hands and minds of those faculty members who are responsible for releasing young educators into K - 12 classrooms.

The second guide — the Quick Start Guide to Implementing Place - Based Education — translates educator insights into an actionable guide for the implementation of Place - Based Education in classrooms and in communities.

We recognize the importance placed on high - stakes assessments, and created ReadyTest A-Z with a team of educators to ensure it addresses real classroom needs.

And although we have K - 12 schools incorporating design thinking into their curriculum and instruction, as well as educators attending design thinking workshops at places like the d. School at Stanford, what does design thinking really look like in K - 12 classrooms and schools?

Educators 4 Excellence (E4E), a teacher - led organization, is changing this dynamic by placing the voices of teachers at the forefront of the conversations that shape our classrooms and careers.»

We should create schools dedicated to training aspiring teachers and leaders — moving the preparation of the next generation of educators out of university classrooms, to the place where children learn.

It must inspire entire school communities — educators, parents and supporters — to place the potential of our children above everything else, including the financial challenges that continue to encroach upon our classrooms.

The first is that many educators are already accustomed to «place - taking» in the sense that they have established themselves as the sole authority in the classroom.

To place a quality teacher in every classroom, Leadership Prep uses a sophisticated hiring process that includes having teacher candidates take the TalentEd Educators Professional Inventory (EPI)-- a research - based assessment that objectively predicts the impact candidates will have on student achievement.

Preservice teachers should engage as part of a community of learners by the time they graduate and enter the classroom as professional educators, which can be modeled by cooperative learning, working in groups, and placing emphasis on working in team environments.

If I once thought, like many educators, that copyright had little place in the schoolhouse, I've now come to think that it offers the means of throwing open the classroom door to the history and economy of ideas, to what is regarded by law as common to us all and what is revered as distinct about our ways of understanding the world.