Sentences with phrase «providing local educators»

These are self - awareness, self - management, social awareness, relationship skills, and responsible decision - making.26 While there are existing assessments that measure aspects of SEL for particular groups of students, none of these assessments» purpose is to hold schools accountable for students» SEL.27 Nonetheless, providing local educators with insights into how well students are developing their SEL can be useful to inform instructional practice.

We are working with local partners to fuel a community dedicated to providing local educators with a warm welcome and continued gratitude.

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Over the years, our company has had a relationship with local colleges and universities, where we've provided them with funds at times, but we've also given them the time of some of our people, to meet with their educators and define curricula.

We not only provide training and curricula to teachers in southern Mexico and Guatemala, but we also help build local networks so educators can sustain this vital environmental education work in their communities for years to come.

Home Educators around the UK have organised themselves into local groups, providing mutual support, sharing information and resources, and often meeting regularly for social and educational activities.

Originally aimed at health workers, educators and community workers in different local regions in developing countries, these resources provide practical information on a wide range of care, support and prevention issues concerning HIV, AIDS and sexually transmitted infections (STIs).

The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health - led research also suggests that employing local community health educators instead of more formally educated nurses to counsel young at - risk mothers could be cost effective and provide badly needed jobs to high school graduates from the same impoverished communities.

Welcome to the NASA Science Mission Directorate STEM Activation Community's public web site, providing content and strategies for formal and informal educators and the public to enable learning, build science literacy, and support national and local goals to improve science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics literacy and practice.

Published semi-annually by NCEP, the electronic journal LinC provides teaching modules that include synthesis documents summarizing a wide range of conservation - related topics, field or laboratory exercises, and relevant short case studies with teaching notes to help educators tailor their lessons to local issues or questions.

Ultimately, Honey says she hopes her research will provide insight for educators and hopefully show them how important it is to incorporate local culture into the classroom.

The Department of Education should continue to provide information and technical assistance to states, school districts, and local schools by funding education experts to help educators improve their overall operations or classroom teaching.

Learn how educators at Glenview Elementary School in Oakland, California use partnerships with local arts organizations to provide much - needed resources, while giving students new creative outlets and developing critical thinking and collaboration skills.

Over the last five years, RIMA has marshaled local and national philanthropy; recruited school operators and educators into Rhode Island; provided staff support for facilities identification, finance, and development; formed and advocated for improved education policies at both the state and local levels; and served as a «help center» for questions about state laws, regulations, practices, and culture.

Based on the literature reviews, observations in the schools and meetings with the departments at the Ministry of Education, the team presented several key policy considerations to the Ministry: (1) utilize a website, the National Play Day, and the Jamaican Teaching Council as platforms from which educators can develop and share best game - based learning practices; (2) promote a culture of collaboration through the Quality Education Circles (local discussion groups for educators), and by allocating time for teachers to develop and share game - based learning strategies; (3) provide resource support for schools in the form of workshops and training; and (4) create a monitoring and evaluation plan to be conducted at the school level.

The emergence of charter schools in the 1990s provided manifold possibilities for educators to create new schools outside the purview of local school boards, where innovation and experimentation were encouraged.

Another sign that we are making a difference: A group of educators from a school in Sofia that focuses on math and science recently wrote a proposal for teacher training, and, after securing funding from the federal Ministry of Education and the local government, they invited our lab to provide the instruction — the first time the teachers themselves hired us to do the training.

Using original photographs, film footage, eyewitness accounts, oral histories, diaries and letters, the Eighth in the East learning pack has pulled together primary and secondary resources from across the country to provide educators with a diversely resourced local history study.

It must therefore provide «triangulation» of local and state data, robust and helpful feedback to educators on clearly worthwhile tasks, and intelligible information to laypersons.

Teachers Can Help With the U.S. Census The U.S. Census provides the federal government with key data that affects local communities, and the Census Bureau wants educators to spread the word about the 2010 head count through lesson plans and teaching materials it has prepared for teachers.

SEDL provides technical assistance and resources to build the capacity of state and local educators in implementing approaches proven to enhance the academic achievement of students with disabilities in the areas of reading and mathematics.

«Contrary to the lower court's view, Connecticut and its school districts may not choose to provide special education and related services only for those students whom local educators believe may ostensibly benefit more from a traditional, elementary or secondary academic program,» Ryder wrote.

The role of the SEAs in providing support to local educators has evolved.

Across the country, the number of community schools continues to grow, as local educators, community leaders, and others look for equitable, efficient, and effective ways to provide the broad range of supports and services that allow young people to become truly well - prepared to enter college or a career.

whether or not state data reports provide sufficient detail to enable local educators to identify specific curriculum expectations that are and are not being met by individuals and sub-groups of students

KANAAE is proud to provide teachers with support services that empower them to create an organization that best meets the needs of local educators.»

The Local Wellness Committee will represent all school levels (elementary and secondary schools) and include (to the extent possible), but not be limited to: parents and caregivers; students; representatives of the school nutrition program (e.g., school nutrition director); physical education teachers; health education teachers; school health professionals (e.g., health education teachers, school health services staff (e.g., nurses, physicians, dentists, health educators, and other allied health personnel who provide school health services), and mental health and social services staff (e.g., school counselors, psychologists, social workers, or psychiatrists); school administrators (e.g., superintendent, principal, vice principal); school board members; health professionals (e.g., dietitians, doctors, nurses, dentists); and the general public.

Project Tomorrow's annual Speak Up survey held October through December provides an easy way for students, parents, and educators to participate and inform local decisions about technology, as well as contribute to the state and national dialogue about educational technology.

E3 creates the best of both worlds: With a total student enrollment 28,196, E3 provides districts — many of whom are also rural — the advantages of larger districts with a larger community of educators and opportunities for professional development while at the same time allowing educators to maintain and grow their professional connections in their local communities.

They engage in critical education conversations at the national level to provide a student perspective; serve as Educators Rising representatives at local, state, and national functions; and ensure that Educators Rising students have a voice in program development.

The IDRA EAC - South is one of four federally - funded centers that provide technical assistance and training at the request of school districts and other responsible governmental agencies to build capacity of local educators to ensure a more equitable learning environment for all students.

This article provides one example of how an elementary teacher and a teacher educator have used local resources and problem - based learning to teach a fourth grade unit about human communities and the history of the local area.

First, the department is seeking comments (PDF) on how it can provide better technical support to local educators and state education officials responsible for English language learners.

+ Provides coaching experiences for teachers, including review of lesson delivery, providing feedback, and modeling demo lessons + Develops / curates quality instructional resources to share with teachers, including lesson plans, unit plants, and assessments + Facilitates professional development workshops for group sizes ranging up to 100 participants + Designs rich and meaningful professional development sessions aligned to math instruction + Continues own learning through research and self - driven PD to stay current of latest trends in math education + Maintains open communication with supported teachers to nurture a professional learning community of educators + Communicate actively with key stakeholders on progress of teacher development + Provides reporting documentation of services delivered, as required EDUCATION / EXPERIENCE: + BA / BS Degree in Education or related field + 4 + years of work experience teaching math in a K - 12 setting + Expert in math content at least across a 5 year grade level band (g. grades 4 — 8) + Record of result in effectively coaching teachers + Experience designing and delivering professional development for adults + Experience working in blended learning classrooms is a plus + Master's degree preferred + Excellent communication skills are essential OTHER JOB REQUIREMENTS: Some local traveling required.

Some Senators have suggested local districts are misusing their classroom funding, although GOP lawmakers have not provided any examples of actual wrongdoing by districts, which say they've long used flexibility over K - 3 class sizes to retain arts, music and P.E. educators.

The state will provide guidance and facilitation for the identification of local education agencies (LEAs) needs, including shortage areas and instructional priorities; alignment of coursework with clinical experiences to address the needs of all students; and analysis of student achievement and growth and educator evaluation data.

Before a single child's information is turned over to any 3rd party, policymakers should give assurance to parents and educators that no harm will come to Tennessee school children by adopting the following principles: The state and districts should be required to publish any and all existing data sharing agreements in printed and electronic form, and include a thorough explanation of its purpose and provisions, and make it available to parents and local school authorities statewide; The Department of Education should hold hearings throughout the state or testify before the legislature to explain any existing data agreement, and answer questions from the public or their representatives, obtain informed comment, and gauge public reaction; All parents should have the right to be notified of the impending disclosure of their children's data, and provide them with a right to consent or have the right to withhold their children's information from being shared; The state should have to define what rights families or individuals will have to obtain relief if harmed by improper use or release of their child's private information, including how claims can be made; and finally, any legislation must ensure that the privacy interest of public school children and their families are put above the interests of any 3rd Party and its agents and subsidiaries.

As the SEA builds out an informative feedback system that helps educators and local leaders act on what they learn to improve their schools, the SEA's role in working with districts will no longer be to serve as good or bad cop (and parole officer), but to become true agents for improvement, providing needed technical assistance, coaching, and monitoring.

This new group provides a framework for organizing local educators under the ASCD umbrella in the four Canadian provinces of Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and New Brunswick.

While educators and policymakers agree that multiple measures over multiple years are the best way to gauge student, school, and district performance, the first - year SBAC results provide an important baseline for assessing implementation of the Common Core State Standards and the Local Control and Accountability Plans (LCAPs).

The California model believes educators want to do a better job, trusts them to improve if given proper support, and provides local schools and districts the leeway and resources so they can improve.

The California Way rests on the belief that educators want to excel, trusts them to improve when given the proper supports, and provides local schools and districts with the leeway and flexibility to deploy resources so they can improve.

This guide, Leveraging Summer for Student Success, shows how significant changes in California school financing and accountability systems under the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) are right now providing educators, school leaders and communities a new opportunity to reinvent and reinvest in summer learning programs.

She also is the President of the Filipino - American Educators Association of California (FAEAC), the statewide umbrella to local organizations, that provides resources for professional development and curriculum.

West Virginia and Philadelphia provide examples of how cooperation between state boards, local law enforcement officials, the mental health community, and educators can lead to success in school discipline policy reform.

National Writing Project: National Writing Project (NWP) is a national non-profit organization and an active network of 185 university - based local Writing Project sites providing professional development to educators in all 50 states.

It also creates a new literacy program to fund comprehensive local literacy initiatives, support state literacy leadership teams, and provide educators with evidence - based professional development in literacy.

The IDRA EAC - South provides technical assistance and training to build capacity of local educators to serve their diverse student populations.

Editor's Note: The IDRA EAC - South provides technical assistance and training to build capacity of local educators to serve their diverse student populations.

The state board will also provide guidelines districts can use as they collect data for local indicators, including information that reflects parent engagement, implementation of the new academic standards, and the availability of quality educators, instructional materials and facilities.

However, some indicators have weaker relationships with long - term outcomes but still provide useful information at the district and school levels that local educators can act upon.