Our project offers
ongoing professional development opportunities for teachers of other languages, including ESL, heritage languages, American Sign Language, and all world languages one might imagine, from French and Spanish to Arabic and Japanese, from Hindi and Swahili to German and Italian... It's a great deal of fun to work with such a diverse array of educators seeking to meet the needs of students in our service region of the greater San Francisco Bay Area.
We will examine common traits of innovative school technology leadership: 1) the power of vision and mission 2) planning for learning, not technology, 3) a «backward - design» alignment of mission with instruction, 4) empowering classroom innovation both formally and informally, 5) structured support for developing institutional capacity, and 6)
blended professional development opportunities for teachers.
Together, they fill a whiteboard with
interconnected professional development opportunities for their teachers over the next eight weeks: a morning meeting and daily classroom coaching sessions, weekly peer meetings, the filming of teachers for an all - faculty critique, monthly performance reviews, visits to higher - performing schools, potlucks, and happy hours.
They need to have a plan for success in place that includes providing
rich professional development opportunities for teachers, being logistically prepared in areas such as technology and curriculum, and they must find ways to get the community to embrace the importance of the Common Core.
Wright also attributed the strong performance of Virginia students on the 2011 national science assessment to
professional development opportunities for teachers made possible through partnerships between school divisions and science education associations, state agencies and institutions of higher education.
ACER UAE also delivers school - based assessment programs and
professional development opportunities for teachers and school leaders.
We offer a number of different training and
professional development opportunities for teachers and school leaders according to their experience and needs.
The Bay Area Regional Leadership Learning Exchange, «Ecology of Action,» was
a professional development opportunity for teachers and principals.
Drew Furedi, formerly the executive director of Los Angeles Unified's talent management division and now its executive director of human capital initiatives, said the piloted changes focus on evaluation as «a growth and development tool rather than a punitive tool,» which will tie results to «aligned, targeted,
professional development opportunities for teachers.»
The participants will be referring to a consensus statement titled «Imperatives for Improving U.S. Education» that stresses shared responsibility, continuous growth and
professional development opportunities for teachers, successful teaching and learning conditions, and engaged communities.
The question obviously implies that the evaluation system would be used exclusively for the teacher's benefit and would lead to
professional development opportunities for teachers.
«By scaffolding the experience and by offering
professional development opportunities for teachers, we're helping everyone broaden their understanding of this relatively new area of the curriculum.»
As a trainer and presenter, he has written and delivered a variety of courses, training and
professional development opportunities for teachers, teaching assistants and examiners, both face - to - face and online.
The Alliance's report, Advancing Adolescent Literacy: Pennsylvania's Keystones to Opportunity Comprehensive Literacy Program, highlights the state's unique strategy to improve literacy rates, including providing
professional development opportunities for teachers to learn how to incorporate higher - order thinking and technology into literacy instruction.
Perhaps the most important benefits of using tasks are: 1) determining whether students are learning beyond what is measured by state exams; 2) signaling that such learning is important; and 3) providing
professional development opportunities for teachers.