Sentences with phrase «priority for student learning»

The SEL team has made a public commitment to implement the vision for schoolwide SEL as a priority for student learning.

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As funding for education programs face dramatic cuts under some plans, we must work to ensure keeping students well - fed and ready to learn remains a top priority.

We also strongly support the Governor's proposals to educate the whole child, a key priority for the Regents, including to ensure New York's students have access to healthy meals at school so they can focus on learning in the classroom.

Co-created with input from key stakeholders, this profile is a clear visualization of priority goals for teaching and learning that can be easily communicated to students, parents, faculty, and staff to align their collective efforts.

The educational priority was to create world - class university buildings that were open and approachable to the community, to attract students through student - led learning environments, to provide better quality social space and to foster a strong sense of community for staff and students alike.

But making the decision to give my students 10 to 15 minutes a day to read choice books was easy once I thought about my priorities for learning.

The main focus of coaching and mentoring conversations for school improvement is to build the competency and capability of teachers, so that they can take steps towards achieving the school's strategic vision and priorities in the curriculum, teaching and learning, and assessment, and can effectively make judgments about students» progress and outcomes.

Manufacturing the phenomenon so that it becomes the norm is a priority for the future, particularly for students challenged by formal learning.

«The Ed School's mission and priorities provide opportunities for librarians to research the role and impact of libraries in learning and also for librarians to collaborate across schools to help students and faculty build student research skills,» said Fliss.

When students do not learn to read by third grade or develop reading difficulties after third grade, as is disproportionately the case for students living in poverty (Kieffer, 2010), it is critically important that an emphasis on learning to read remain an instructional priority in upper - elementary classrooms as well as in middle and high schools.

We should encourage direct learning through movement, gestures, and dance by first making our physical control of students less a priority of classroom management, and secondly, by exploring ways that technology frees us to use gestures and movement as a means for learning.

The three taskforce priorities for the next 12 months are to increase the use and ease and using video, provide more material for students to work independently, and integrate a new learning analytics system to give a much more individualised map of student progress and performance.

A few months ago, I wrote for Edutopia.org about the power of focusing on a few, high - priority standards as a strategy to improve student learning.

The hope is that if enough of these efforts show sustained results, funding priorities may change, and programs such as Quiet Time could find a place next to blended learning, English - language learning, and other strategies that make a substantive difference for students who face a steeper path to success.

The priorities are to deliver at least one year's growth in learning for every student every year; equip every child to be a creative, connected and engaged learner in a rapidly changing world; and cultivate an adaptive, innovative and continuously improving education system.

Her work centers around five essential school priorities: • Supporting school leadership • Using data transparently for accountability • Coordinating a multitier system of support • Providing embedded professional development based on best practices • Engaging parents and families This free one - hour webinar is sponsored by Learning Ally, a national nonprofit providing resources, training, and technology for teachers and schools; and 80,000 human - voiced audiobooks for students with learning & visual disabLearning Ally, a national nonprofit providing resources, training, and technology for teachers and schools; and 80,000 human - voiced audiobooks for students with learning & visual disablearning & visual disabilities.

Language that prevents a federal preference or priority on which approach (afterschool, summer learning, expanded learning for some students, expanded learning for all students) will be used.

We'll identify areas of effectiveness and help you set priorities for areas that most need improvement, while keeping in mind the critical importance of developing curricula that can be reasonably taught in the time allotted, allowing teachers to help students develop deep knowledge of what they're learning.

The Four Policy Priorities to Make Data Work for Students are a set of recommendations to ensure data is used to support learning.

So Raymond turned to outside resources through partnerships with the community and through foundation grants for two priorities: expanded summer learning and a focus on social and emotional learning, which stresses developing students» non-cognitive skills, such as resiliency, self - control and self - motivation as underlying conditions for effective learning.

PRIORITY: As Congress and the Administration explore opportunities to modernize our nation's infrastructure, NSBA encourages investing in education to update educational facilities that support a range of learning opportunities for students and their families.

Depending on how they answer this fundamental question, they may choose to focus on any number of priorities, such as ensuring that young children are ready to learn, improving student attendance, strengthening family involvement in the school, promoting physical and mental health, or providing opportunities for academic enrichment.

Helping teachers determine the right instructional practice goals, linked to student learning, is often a top priority for school leaders.

The shared vision should establish priorities for academic and other formal learning, students» physical and emotional well - being, schools» social environment, and how well schools prepare students to participate in our democracy, be lifelong learners, and make a good living.

Instead of trips to the beach or a day at the ballpark, hundreds of teachers went to «summer school» to dive into professional development and to learn from their peers about what's working — and what's not — to improve education for needy students at priority schools.

For most principal supervisors this is truly new work, with a priority focus on building principals» expertise as instructional leaders through one - to - one coaching and working from problems of practice and problems of student learning.

Because math lessons often have multiple goals and teachers may be unsure of what's most important for students to learn and do, selecting priorities was challenging.

Although it took too long for NCLB's staggering failures to register with many lawmakers in Congress, educators and parents have known for more than a decade that scrapping NCLB and replacing it with a law that provides more opportunity for all students and more time to learn was an urgent national priority.

The Hassels» op - ed, «N.C. must be bold on increasing teacher pay,» calls for «audacious, achievable goals»: Noting the Opportunity Culture work being done in Charlotte - Mecklenburg Schools to improve teachers» jobs and pay them more, the Hassels call on North Carolina's leaders to transform the state by extending that work and focusing on needed priority and policy changes that would create a surge in student learning, grow the state's economy, and increase teachers» career earnings.

For schools to provide student - centered learning spaces, having flexible furnishings is a top priority.

«Teachers across America understand that social and emotional learning (SEL) is critical to student success in school, work, and life,» according to the Missing Piece survey of educators, commissioned by the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning: «Educators know these skills are teachable; want schools to give far more priority to integrating such development into the curriculum, instruction, and school culture; and believe state student learning standards should reflect this plearning (SEL) is critical to student success in school, work, and life,» according to the Missing Piece survey of educators, commissioned by the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning: «Educators know these skills are teachable; want schools to give far more priority to integrating such development into the curriculum, instruction, and school culture; and believe state student learning standards should reflect this pLearning: «Educators know these skills are teachable; want schools to give far more priority to integrating such development into the curriculum, instruction, and school culture; and believe state student learning standards should reflect this plearning standards should reflect this priority.

These examples provide only a brief glimpse of what classrooms, teaching, and learning could look like if we made it a priority to support students in taking initiative for their learning.

«As a growing priority for k - 12 education, performance assessments have the potential to help transform teaching and learning by increasing project - based learning, improving student engagement and personalization, and helping students develop an array of deeper learning skills.

The fate of a pilot study abroad program launched this year in Oakland Unified to help low - income students learn firsthand about other cultures is up in the air as the district grapples with its budget priorities for next year.

Brazilian educator Paulo Freire wrote that educators must learn to «speak by listening»; bullying opens the door for adults to demonstrate to students that they are our priorities.

For learning disabled students, the support system offered at a school should be the top priority when choosing where to apply and attend college.

Establish and require the use of a district - wide standards - based curriculum aligned with district goals and priorities for instruction and student learning?

In study groups, teachers learned how to set priorities for math lessons and create workable strategies for students with special needs.

Implementation priorities: Competency - based system, student goal setting, student surveys, authentic learning experiences, individual career and academic plans / lessons, instructional supports for perseverance and work habits, ELA / math proficiency scales, Educate Empower Learning Managemenlearning experiences, individual career and academic plans / lessons, instructional supports for perseverance and work habits, ELA / math proficiency scales, Educate Empower Learning ManagemenLearning Management System

The clarity, alignment, and cohesion created when schools commit to just one or two instructional priorities can result in powerful teaching and learning — and results for students.

We are especially grateful for the time everyone took to welcome the students and maximize their learning, including the judges, bailiffs, and everyone present in the courtrooms who made it a priority to ensure the students had a wonderful experience.

Rather than serve as a conduit for flowing district policy to school principals, who are then expected to act on those centralized decisions, Ms. Allen and her team in the 20,000 - student district help principals learn how to best exercise autonomy in their schools, from making staffing decisions to figuring out instructional priorities to determining if there's enough money in the school's budget to buy a van for after - school activities.

In four of these studies (Charles A. Dana Center, 1999; Designs for Change, 1998; Lein et al., 1997; Taylor et al., 2000), improved student learning was cited as the schools» overriding priority.

Since 2015, the National Education Policy Center Schools of Opportunity project has identified and celebrated public high schools that have resisted the test - focused craze of the No Child Left Behind era and — rather than buckling under the pressure to focus solely on student outcomes — have made it a priority also to create strong and equitable opportunities for all students to learn.

Our hope is that these resources can help states and communities build on their successes; identify further opportunities and priorities for improving the prospects of their students; spur collaboration and coordination beyond the schoolhouse doors; and promote a shift from narrowly defined student achievement and traditional education reform to broader efforts that recognize the crucial out - of - school factors that influence learning and truly prepare students for success in college, career, and citizenship.

They created a mission and determined priorities for their school, designed a plan for adult learning, developed criteria for judging student work and teacher practice, and provided resources and incentives.

These LEAs are making equity and access a priority and aim to prepare each student to master the content and skills required for college - and career - readiness, provide each student the opportunity to pursue a rigorous course of study, and accelerate and deepen students» learning through attention to their individual needs.

Infinity Learn was contracted by Berwick Lodge Primary School to introduce Infinity Learning Maps for students to decide on a change priority to -LSB-...]

In the absence of a new bill, the Department continues to hold states and schools accountable under the current law although the [Elementary and Secondary Education Act] accountability system does not conform to the Department's new priorities, particularly around growth models for student learning.

In the absence of a new bill, the Department continues to hold states and schools accountable under the current law although the ESEA accountability system does not conform to the Department's new priorities, particularly around growth models for student learning.