Sentences with phrase «quality instruction time»

But the negative factors — including lack of quality instruction time and low salaries — outweighed the positive aspects of teaching and led the teachers to quit.

Further muddying the waters was a recent letter from Deasy to the judge presiding over a lawsuit, Cruz vs. California, that is seeking to restore quality instruction time in schools around the state.

Schools provide quality instruction time to every kid in every classroom.

Not exact matches

At all levels, regardless of the amount of playing time, players receive the same quality instruction from coaches who care about development and foster a positive, sportsmanlike environment.

It's been a while since I done some instruction and commentary on how to connect with high - quality men here, so I figured it's time.

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 approaches used by Denver schools in the Blueprint Schools Network since 2011 are supported by high - quality research and guided by the following five «tenets»: 1) excellence in leadership and instruction; 2) increased instructional time; 3) a no - excuses school culture of high expectations; 4) frequent assessments to improve instruction; and 5) daily tutoring in critical growth years.

Next year, when Naomi Klarreich is not developing new theories to help physicists understand the nature of space and time, she'll be working to improve the quality of math instruction in the Cleveland public schools.

With so much time now spent reviewing for tests, here are five ways to improve the quality of both instruction and assessment in your classroom.

For example the research revealed that second graders in RF schools actually spent less time reading than peers in schools without RF funding, for the sake of what was described as «high quality» instruction.

Most of the time, the qualities are pretty uniform - a place for content, uploading and downloading assignments, instruction, communication, discussions, analytics, assessment and grading functions.

The Department of Education's survey found that success with online learning depended on time spent on instruction, as well as the quality of the curriculum and pedagogy.

Instruction time, classroom quality, and academic achievement.

Yet, elementary teachers must ensure and guard the quality of science instruction for their students by taking time to teach science in a meaningful way.

But the proportion of unsatisfactory ratings that Kraft and Gilmour found is about three times the rate before the introduction of the new grading systems, when evaluations were infrequent and typically amounted to nothing more than quick classroom visits by principals wielding simplistic checklists that stressed comportment over quality instruction and student learning.

Ongoing applied professional growth requires a change in the school schedule that allows time during the regular school day for teachers to learn, plan, mentor, and share with other teachers so they can constantly improve the quality of their instruction.

When introducing the pilot program for the first time to principals, the chief education officer, Barbara Eason - Watkins, herself a former principal, personally delivered the message that the EITP pilot would be the district's cornerstone in improving the quality of teaching and instruction and increasing student learning.

Prior to his time in Chicago, Knowles served as deputy superintendent for teaching and learning at the Boston Public Schools — where he created two organizations devoted to building the pipeline of high quality teachers and school leaders — and served as codirector of the Boston Annenberg Challenge, a nationally recognized effort to improve literacy instruction.

Her recent research focuses on: teacher professional development, instructional coaching, teacher evaluation, changes over time in teachers» mathematical knowledge and instructional quality in mathematics, and the teacher experiences and characteristics that lead to high - quality instruction and stronger student outcomes.

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.

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-LSB-...] instruction, providing quality feedback to teachers, focusing our efforts on strategies that work (Hattie's work), sustaining this improvement work over time (years), ensuring the parents are informed and -LSB-...]

Efforts to force teacher quality reform got a boost last year when the Los Angeles Times revealed the performance of the district's 11,500 elementary school teachers — by name — during its powerful, controversial and much - needed series on the low quality of the district's instruction.

Given the need to improve the quality of instruction and the lack of clarity and shared knowledge about what systems and activities improve teaching, this is the right time to take stock of what is known; what kinds of activities are currently underway; and what will be needed going forward as reforms roll through the education system.

For example, studies of how teachers use their time during instruction have not focused on actions principals take to monitor or set expectations for the delivery of high quality instruction.123 One purpose of our study is to clarify the concept, at least in some measure.

Agile Assessment equips educators with high - quality, next - generation formative assessments, real - time reporting to inform instruction, and high - yield strategies to differentiate instruction and enhance achievement.

Citing two earlier cases that forced changes in state laws regarding students» rights to quality education through money spent and time of instruction provided, as well as evidence in Vergara, he said the plaintiffs «have proven, by a preponderance of the evidence, that the Challenged Statutes impose a real and appreciable impact on students» fundamental to quality of education and that they impose a disproportionate burden on poor and minority students.»

We operate accredited early learning, elementary, and out of school time programs grounded in research - based curricula and high - quality instruction.

Though news stories have inspired our outrage for some time, they have not inspired action because they generally lack the second ingredient in Mr. Gates's recipe: the good examples of successful, high - quality instruction that already exist in schools across America.

Despite different findings on kindergarten's long - term effect on student achievement or how full - day programs differ from half - day in terms of quality and instruction, the issue remains that the amount of instructional time kindergarteners receive varies considerably from state to state, and district to district.

Over time, we worked to develop an observational tool, the Mathematical Quality of Instruction (MQI), that would capture these and other dimensions of mathematics classrooms; then we trained several dozen teachers and former teachers to score those videotaped lessons using the observational tool.

One LIFT superintendent shared that adopting stronger materials has allowed teachers to spend their time preparing lessons, improving their content knowledge, and collaboratively planning with other teachers to ensure their instruction is of the highest quality — rather than spending that time online searching for materials.

It collects educational achievement data at the 4th and 8th grades to provide information about trends in performance over time together with extensive background information to address concerns about the quantity, quality, and content of instruction.

It provides a platform that ensures the delivery of high - quality instruction to students while at the same time putting that learning into rich digital content.»

Teachers may replace approximately 20 to 50 percent of face - to - face instructional time in a given subject with digital instruction, depending on student ages, other student needs, and the quality of available digital instruction.

Providing educators with a flexible system for creating high - quality, next - generation formative assessments with real - time data and reporting to inform instruction.

Many of our teachers now spend more time planning instruction than grading student work, a practice that emphasizes the shift from quality control to quality assurance.

Additionally, instead of making teacher tenure an earned benchmark based on demonstrated quality of instruction, as teachers and policy organizations across the country strongly have advocated, AB 934 now doubles down on making tenure a time - based employment decision.

I constantly worry about his academic needs — the school's curriculum, the lack of accountability within the classrooms, the poor quality of his teachers and the ongoing need for additional instruction time for his struggling classmates.

Not a minute could be wasted, and my students relied on having quality first - time instruction and efficient practices put in place to ensure success.

High - quality instruction and curriculum to provide or augment first - time credit or to facilitate credit recovery

By allowing teachers time to reflect on their own instruction before coaching takes place, West Georgia RESA found that the quality of coaching conversations improved.

These schedules show how three ExpandED Schools have reengineered time and resources to provide what everyone wants for their children: a well - rounded education, quality instruction and a fighting chance to succeed.

In these times, we must interrogate our own role as educators committed to high - quality instruction and equitable access to resources, and commit to unlearning the hidden messages that have been taught to us by society about race and power.

The Reading Horizons Elevate software is the simplest, most time - effective way to get students high - quality, individualized reading instruction.

Teachers can't provide high - quality instruction day after day without the structures in place — time, collaboration, and coaching — to make daily planning, preparation, and problem - solving possible.

This includes expanding access to quality early childhood education, full day kindergarten, increasing the amount of time available for learning, raising the bar for powerful instruction, and creating positive, safe, nurturing school environments that are conducive to learning and that foster our students» creativity and motivation.

For example, in higher - performing schools with better working conditions (e.g., more collaborative time with colleagues and opportunities for engagement in teacher - led professional development), teachers were much more likely to assess students before and after teaching lessons, embed assessments within informal instruction, and offer more individualized instruction (Southeast Center for Teaching Quality, n.d.).

«We have up to 60 students working in our iLearning Labs at a time, so it was critical to have a quality instructional program that could do all the work of individualizing instruction for students, including assessing comprehension and placing students at the appropriate point in the curriculum, to allow the adult in the lab to monitor and facilitate the online learning.

What we haven't nearly focused as much time on is quality instruction.»