Sentences with phrase «practices focused on instruction»

This finding is quite remarkable: It suggests that district policies and practices focused on instruction are sufficiently powerful that they can be felt by teachers as an animating force behind strong, focused leadership by principals.

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One practice per week for each team will be held at a local high school or city park, with a second practice each week being held at an indoor baseball facility to focus on small group instruction for hitting, pitching, and catching.

First, I could not solely focus my research on mathematics instruction; because the education I witnessed was so integrated and was indicative of best practices, I changed the study to be part of a growing body of knowledge on school restructuring and reform.

The Science Teaching Network focuses on teacher professional development through a summer institute built around best practices in science instruction, including NGSS and local nature and science topics.

The Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum's Science Teaching Network (STN) is a grant - funded program focusing on teacher professional development built around best practices in science instruction, including the Next Generation Science Standards and local nature and science topics.

For new and experienced yogis, small class or private instruction can help individuals focus on posture development, deepen practice, or simply introduce yoga in a safe and anxiety - reducing way.

I'm going to focus on the development of students» academic discourse as a high - leverage instructional practice that contributes to deeper learning, one in which our urban students need particular explicit instruction.

These leaders should focus their efforts on moving to a competency - based education that requires students to demonstrate mastery of the material, ending the archaic practice of seat - time, funding education based on achievement instead of attendance, eliminating the all too common practice of restricting students to district boundaries, and removing barriers to effective, high quality instruction.

The focus of this instruction is on guiding students to understand that they can consciously direct and maintain their attention on learning tasks and that, with regular thoughtful practice, they can improve their ability to attend to learning.

His work examines the promise of distributed leadership, the potential for improved incentive systems to promote effective practices and bring them to scale, and the necessity to maintain a tight focus on instruction within an internalized accountability system.

The three classes started to devise learning programs using Classmate PCs, while also focusing on skills like handwriting and spelling, which teachers and parents had identified as needing regular instruction and practice.

Steps for Making Good Schools Great Good schools can be great schools if staff focus on best practices, common elements for instruction, and strategies to help all students learn, says Dr. Tim R. Westerberg, author of Becoming a Great High School: 6 Strategies and 1 Attitude That Make a Difference.

Dr. Forzani's research focuses on identifying instructional practices that are essential to competent beginning instruction and on the implementation of reform in teacher education.

Russ» blog, «Russ on Reading», focuses on public education, literacy instruction and teaching practice.

These leaders should focus their efforts on moving to a competency - based education that requires students to demonstrate mastery of the material, ending the archaic practice of seat - time, funding education based on achievement instead of attendance, eliminating the all - too - common practice of restricting students to district boundaries, and removing barriers to effective, high - quality instruction.

Students receiving solid instruction focused strongly on mathematical practice # 7 (looking for and making use of structure) are likely to be able to complete this problem more easily and efficiently than those who only learn to think about the problem as substituting each number individually and «checking if it works.»

Mentor practices that focus on instruction and learning have greater impact on student achievement

Cognitively Guided Instruction (CGI) is a professional development program based on an integrated program of research focused on (a) the development of students» mathematical thinking; (b) instruction that influences that development; (c) teachers» knowledge and beliefs that influence their instructional practices; and (d) the way that teachers» knowledge, beliefs, and practices are influenced by their understanding of students» mathematicaInstruction (CGI) is a professional development program based on an integrated program of research focused on (a) the development of students» mathematical thinking; (b) instruction that influences that development; (c) teachers» knowledge and beliefs that influence their instructional practices; and (d) the way that teachers» knowledge, beliefs, and practices are influenced by their understanding of students» mathematicainstruction that influences that development; (c) teachers» knowledge and beliefs that influence their instructional practices; and (d) the way that teachers» knowledge, beliefs, and practices are influenced by their understanding of students» mathematical thinking.

The word recognition approaches included (a) coaching children in the use of strategies to figure out unknown words as they were reading text, (b) focusing on words in stories to review phonic elements, (c) providing explicit phonics instruction, and (d) practicing sight words.

A number of research studies indicate that the work of teacher leaders, particularly when focused on classroom instruction, helps change teachers» practice in ways that may impact student outcomes.

Many of the more than 20 WWC practice guides focus on instructional challenges such as improving student writing at the elementary or secondary level, teaching beginning reading, or providing algebra instruction.

This finding underscores other research indicating that although it's good to have a buddy with a sympathetic ear, mentor conversations that focus on instruction can have a more profound impact on teachers» practice.

Teachers identify their instructional strengths and weaknesses, and focus on and master a handful of classroom strategies, or thin slices of instruction, each academic year through a continuous loop of practice, coaching, and feedback.

Like Graham et al. (2012), we found that the preservice teachers focused on general pedagogical practices (i.e., explicit instruction) applicable across content areas.

In this fourth webinar on the 4 Dimensions of Instructional Leadership ™, school leaders learn how to use a cycle of inquiry as a means of strengthening instruction and leadership through collecting and analyzing data, developing areas of focus, learning and implementing new strategies to improve practice, and analyzing the impact of the new practices.

Teachers of science, math, and other subjects are now taking on the challenge of integrating literacy into their curricula, she says, citing new practices from organizations such as the National Science Teachers Association, which is increasingly focusing conference offerings and resources on literacy instruction for members.

Rather than take standalone courses focused on technology, preservice teachers must have frequent opportunities to observe, practice with, and explore the integration of computer - based tools in social studies instruction.

First, we are working to more strongly connect our turnaround practices to our statewide strategy for improving curriculum and instruction, in particular by focusing on early grades literacy and middle grades mathematics.

In the Tigard - Tualatin School District (TTSD), it's about «never giving up; nothing matters as much as teaching every child to read at grade level,» said former district superintendent Rob Saxton, newly appointed in September 2012 as Oregon's first Deputy Superintendent of Public Instruction.1 TTSD's mission to educate every child is operationalized through a collective commitment to focused work; continuous improvement and refinement in instructional practice on a district - wide basis; and a pervasive attitude on the part of district and school personnel to ensure that all students leave TTSD able to be highly successful adults.

Rhonda's research focuses on sustainable differentiated instruction practices using self - regulated learning and motivation theories.

Content is organized using a clear structure that focuses on direct instruction, practice, and assessment.

We also saw marked variability in other dimensions of instruction, like teacher use of student ideas, teachers» and students» use of academic language, and the focus on mathematical meaning and practices.

With an overall focus on Tier 1 instruction, staff outline problems of practice and identify steps for effective solutions.

Her recent research on data - based decision making has focused on the ways in which teachers use multiple sources of data to inform instruction, how these practices are supported by district resources and structures, and which practices may contribute to improved student achievement in Title I schools.

Goodwin and Hubbell present 12 daily touchstones — simple and specific things any teacher can do every day — to keep classroom practice focused on the hallmarks of effective instruction and in line with three essential imperatives for teaching:

To explore what embedding purpose in instruction means in practice, let's look at a CEL partner school district that is focused on improving content - area literacy.

Her research and teaching has been focused on urban school reform policy and practice, culturally relevant instruction, teacher student relationship - building practices, and civic education.

Dr. Kinsella details cross-curricular writing instruction imperatives for educators serving English learners and striving readers, including a focused yet accessible analytic rubric for each assignment, targeted lessons on language and rhetorical devices for specific writing types, explicit analysis of an appropriate writing model, and brief, frequent doses of interactive, teacher - meditated writing practice to build critical competencies for longer, independent assignments.

Thomas also focused on addressing problems of practice and giving concrete, helpful feedback on instruction.

As a member of the task force, I am excited for the opportunity to join my colleagues in making recommendations to craft a new structure to improve California's education system focused on inclusive education practices, high expectations for students and education leaders, and providing evidence - based instruction and learning supports so that all students have an opportunity to learn the standards in all core subject areas, which will ultimately lead to increased accountability and academic success for all.

Younger grades focus on explicit phonemic awareness and phonics - based reading instruction to ensure that NSCS students learn to decode and read text through research - based methodologies and instructional practices described in the Teaching Reading Sourcebook, 2nd edition.

Reading aloud should be practiced in conjunction with the mini-lesson as a time for interactive and focused instruction on skills and strategies for reading.

In the above article Chalkbeat focused on how some district practices, in Boulder specifically, discouraged high school students from taking state standardized tests: for the second year in a row, Boulder high schools continued instruction for ninth - grade students who opted - out of PARCC assessments, effectively penalizing students who took the state assessments as they had to catch up on the content later (1).

The little research that has been done on standards - based practices focuses instead on the impact of standards on local curricula, instruction, and teacher practices (e.g., Goertz, Floden, & O'Day, 1995).

The school currently has a strong focus on STEM and will incorporate these instructional practices into the everyday instruction for all students.

At SCOPE, her research focused on the school conditions and learning opportunities that support teachers in engaging in ambitious instruction, including opportunities for teachers to use curriculum, assessments, and inquiry - based practices to meet the goals of standards - based accountability policies.

For example, a focus on literacy across the content areas is now considered best practice and is standard in many school districts, but many programs need to strengthen coursework on literacy instruction for prospective teachers seeking a content - area certification.16 Furthermore, all teacher preparation programs have yet to coalesce around a common understanding of accomplished practice, though the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, or the National Board, has taken steps to provide teacher preparation programs with access to model teaching lessons.

We serve millions of students with i - Ready ® (adaptive diagnostic, online instruction, and practice apps for math and reading); Ready ® (standards - based instruction build from scratch for the Common Core); BRIGANCE ® (assessment and instruction for special education, early childhood, and Head Start); and other programs because of our laser focus on educators» needs over our own bottom line and a belief that thoughtful and continuous innovation leads to a positive impact on classrooms and measureable growth for students.

Coursework focuses on critical areas such as English Language Learner (ELL) instruction, cultural competency in the classroom including gender and sexually diverse student identities, evidenced - based frameworks for technology integration, educational leadership, and teacher leader / instructional coaching best practices in order to be instructional leaders in the school / district where employed.