If student behavior is out of control or if the school culture is characterized by teacher isolation and low expectations, significant improvement in
the quality of classroom instruction simply isn't possible.
The quality of school leadership is second only to
the quality of classroom instruction to improve student achievement.
When finished, the newly developed and validated online tool will measure school leaders» capacity to observe and analyze
the quality of classroom instruction, provide feedback to teachers, and plan professional development for teaching staff.
From improving
the quality of classroom instruction to offering continued professional learning opportunities, principals empower teachers to excel at instructing and students to excel at learning.
CEL has formed multi-year district partnerships with school systems across the country, from Alaska to Louisiana, helping administrators, school leaders, teachers, students, and communities build a shared language, vision, and mission for improving
the quality of classroom instruction.
Through active engagement in professional development educators improve
the quality of classroom instruction, grow professionally and strengthen their practice.
That is, in order for teachers to receive specific, meaningful feedback to improve
the quality of classroom instruction, leaders need to know what this powerful instruction looks like.
One novel feature of this work is the coaches» use of data from practical measures of
the quality of classroom instruction when, for example, negotiating improvement goals with teachers.
Increasing student enrollments, a growing number of teacher retirements and growing numbers of teachers migrating to other school divisions represent serious challenges to divisions seeking to ensure
the quality of classroom instruction.
In her time here so far, Cheatham said her major objective has been to strengthen
the quality of classroom instruction.
The completed online, video - based assessment tool aims to measure how school leaders can observe and notice
the quality of classroom instruction, interpret their observations and provide productive feedback to the teacher, and use the observations to plan professional development for the teaching staff.
They tallied up results from 60 programs and found that, on average, coaching greatly improved
the quality of classroom instruction as measured by how outside observers evaluated teachers» performance and interaction with students.
· Increase student achievement results, in areas including PSAT / SAT, AP Exams, and State of Illinois required exams, and other high stakes assessments scores, through coaching focused on improving
the quality of classroom instruction.
Research shows that
the quality of classroom instruction has a greater impact on student outcomes than any other in - school factor.
The pilot program would ask local school districts to design advanced teaching roles for high quality teachers that would reward them for improving
the quality of classroom instruction and increase school - wide academic growth.
«There are very weak associations of content alignment with student achievement gains and no associations with the composite measure of effective teaching... the tests used for calculating VAM are not particularly able to detect differences in the content or
quality of classroom instruction.
That is, in order to raise the level of achievement for all kids,
the quality of classroom instruction needs to improve.