Sentences with phrase «professional educator standards»

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In 1987 educators, program directors and experienced midwives in the field of direct entry midwifery decided it was time to begin developing a national credential, the Certified Professional Midwife (CPM) credential, which is administered through the North American Registry of Midwives and has rigorous standards for knowledge, skills and experience.

She is a Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) accredited by NCHEC, the gold standard for professional health educators.

«Updated healthy school meal standards were created based on the expert advice of pediatricians and nutrition experts and are being widely embraced by students, parents, educators, and nutrition professionals.

Here's the explanation of the award: «Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's Empire State Excellence in Teaching Award recognizes educational leaders, pre-kindergarten through 12th grade, who exemplify the professional work of thousands of outstanding, progressive teachers and innovative educators striving to attain New York standards and success for all of their students.

To support FAEs (Fertility Awareness Educators) with professional membership, a code of ethics and standards, and resources for collegial involvement and continuing education.

Now, for the first time, the general public has some standards for assessing the qualifications of an educator, and the professional community has some standards by which to measure itself.

The report — which also features a webinar and online chat — shows how professional development programs are now blending face - to - face and online training, incorporating social networking tools, offering administrators more flexible ways to hone their skills, and developing online PD to prepare educators for the common - core standards and assessments.

Whilst quality and accountability is essential to teacher and principal development, and the notion of professional standards is supported in principle, it is of concern to many educators that the complexity of professional growth, development and training has been reduced to a set of basic competencies that may not truly reflect the complex nature of teaching, the principalship, teacher education and the preparation of teachers and educational leaders for contemporary times and a challenging future.

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NCATE refers institutions to licensing standards for professional educators adopted or adapted by most of the states.

As important as better assessments are, they must work in tandem with high - quality curriculum; meaningful, job - embedded professional development; and all the other pieces that will support educators preparing to teach to these new standards.

Maintain the Momentum As I'm sure you'll hear several times this afternoon, Indiana educators are already hard at work implementing the standards: Engaging in professional development, developing new curricular resources, vetting textbooks, and so forth.

Arguing that academic standards for students will mean little unless educators are adequately prepared, the National Staff Development Council last week released a set of standards for effective professional development.

The state's educators were divided into three groups based on the availability of student - performance measures; these include state tests, external and internal assessments in subjects outside of math / reading, and «growth goals» based on professional standards and position responsibilities.

While AFSA agrees student performance standards need to be high, professional educators must be involved in setting those standards, he added.

Still, professional development and support is needed as educators continue to work to adapt to the new standards.

Micro-credential issuers may scour the research literature to design programs that are aligned with research - based best practices, just as the developers of professional standards for educators have done for decades.

And it helped states fund strong new curricula, instructional materials, and professional development resources tied to these new standards, all now freely available to educators across the country.

«This ambiguous initiative is all about effectiveness and has very little to do with establishing a strong professional standard as a starting point for all educators,» said Joe Bishop, the executive director of Opportunity Action and a member of the Coalition for Teaching Quality.

The standards give educators the information they need to take leadership roles as advocates for and facilitators of effective professional learning and the conditions required for its success.

Professional organizations of teachers, principals, and superintendents focus on collective bargaining and advocacy, not on setting evidence - based professional standards foProfessional organizations of teachers, principals, and superintendents focus on collective bargaining and advocacy, not on setting evidence - based professional standards foprofessional standards for educators.

Learning Forward (formally the National Staff Development Council), an organization focused on effective educator professional learning, adopted and expanded the Guskey and Sparks (2002) model by developing a set of standards for high quality educator learning (Learning Forward, 2011; National Staff Development Council, 2001).

But in general the standards themselves are widely supported by teachers, academics and other experts, according to opinion surveys and statements by a wide variety of professional organizations and educators.

The professional learning that occurs when these standards are fully implemented enrolls educators as active partners in determining the content of their learning, how their learning occurs, and how they evaluate its effectiveness.

That's why smart policy — namely, strong teacher professional standards, rigorous standards for and assessments of prep programs, and exacting rules on educator evaluations and certification — is a huge part of the answer here.

Adopting professional development standards to guide the design, evaluation and funding of educator professional learning.

About 100 of 176 Catholic dioceses have adopted the standards because it is increasingly difficult to buy classroom materials and send teachers to professional development programs that are not influenced by the Common Core, Catholic educators said.

California's standards board for educator training and professional conduct added its support to legislation that would rewrite the rules implementing sanctions against school officials who fail to report changes in an employee's work status while an allegation of misconduct is pending.

ASCD expresses its goal to provide educators with professional development that helps them implement the standards in their schools and classrooms.

The focus in each state is to build comprehensive professional learning systems aligned with college and career ready standards and systems of educator effectiveness.

QTS represents a formal set of skills, qualities, and professional standards that are recognised as essential aspects of an effective educator.

The Common Core standards, which were adopted by professional educators representing all school levels and approved by governors and the business community, are nothing more than a set of consistent standards for students.

The state's professional - development standards for teachers are neatly outlined in these points, known as PDPs, meant to educate the educators in a quest to cultivate even better teachers.

This new professional development book guides educators in establishing an inquiry - based, real - world learning environment in today's standards - driven classroom.

«Although new standards are important, it takes effective professional development to bring them to life and make them relevant to students and educators.

Silver Spring, Maryland (November 29, 2017)-- In an effort to bring financial education into more classrooms and promote fiscal responsibility among high school students, Discover Financial Services, a recognized leader in the financial education space, and Discovery Education, the leading provider of digital content and professional development for K - 12 classrooms, today announced their collaboration to launch Pathway to Financial Success in Schools, a standards - aligned suite of materials to provide students, educators, and their families with tools and expertise to make intelligent financial decisions and achieve their personal goals.

Curriculum Crafter, originally developed by educators and curriculum professionals, is located in Grand Rapids, Michigan and provides online, Common Core - aligned curriculum, sample lessons, standards tracking and a platform for teachers to design, store and map their own lesson plans.

Policymakers must ensure that each student has access to effective educators by making the necessary investments along the career continuum, including incentives for recruiting and retaining candidates; personalized and ongoing professional development; flexible routes to licensure based on rigorous professional standards; leadership opportunities and development; and collaboration among higher education institutions and local districts.

The Center supports the professional development of educators as they work to become teacher leaders in their schools and assist their students in achieving the high standards that have been set.

The committee, which represents a diverse cross-section of educators from across the country, will follow the standards development process and protocols developed by National Board for Professional Teaching Standards.

Discovery Education, is the global leader in standards - based digital content for K - 12, transforming teaching and learning with award - winning digital textbooks, multimedia content, professional development and the largest professional learning community of its kind that empowers educators and increases students» academic achievement.

In an effort to bring financial education into additional classrooms and promote fiscal responsibility among high school students, we worked with Discovery Education, the leading provider of digital content and professional development for K - 12 classrooms, to launch Pathway to Financial Success in Schools, a standards - aligned suite of curriculum materials to provide students, educators, and their families with tools and expertise to make intelligent financial decisions and achieve their personal goals.

This does not mean lowering standards; rather, it means we need to assess student and school progress in ways that provide deeper learning experiences for students and rich professional growth for educators.

For educators unfamiliar with it, the mission of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards is to advance the quality of teaching and learning by maintaining high and rigorous standards for what accomplished teachers should know and be able to do; provide a national voluntary system certifying teachers who meet these standards; and to advocate for related education reforms that integrate National Board Certification in American education and to capitalize on the expertise of National Board Certified Teachers.

The Florida Department of Education echoed these requirements for exemplary professional practitioners in the Florida Educators Accomplished Practices (Florida Education Standards Commission, 1999), a document offering 12 standards, in which all preservice teachers in state - approved teacher preparation programs must demonstrate proficiency prior to certification.

Recognizing that candidates receive much of their content preparation elsewhere in the institution, teacher educators engaged arts and sciences faculty in discipline - based professional learning communities around the standards.

A blended professional learning model supports site - based professional development and builds educators» skills in creating high - quality assessments and lesson plans aligned to the standards.

In the years leading up to the 2010 adoption, DPI convened task forces to review the standards in place then and sought input from members of professional educator associations about the adoption of Common Core standards.

Since professional standards defined by practitioners are a hallmark of professions, Educators Rising led the development of standards to define what teenage, aspiring educators need to know and be able to do to take their first steps on the path to accomplished Educators Rising led the development of standards to define what teenage, aspiring educators need to know and be able to do to take their first steps on the path to accomplished educators need to know and be able to do to take their first steps on the path to accomplished teaching.

Adopt or adapt the 2015 Professional Standards for Educational Leaders and the 2011 Teacher Leader Model Standards, and revise educator certification and licensure, evaluation systems, and professional learning opportunities to align with thosProfessional Standards for Educational Leaders and the 2011 Teacher Leader Model Standards, and revise educator certification and licensure, evaluation systems, and professional learning opportunities to align with thosprofessional learning opportunities to align with those standards.