Each session is expected to maintain a high
quality of professional development providing our attendees information related to the ASCD Whole Child Tenents that can be useful in the classroom, district, or school setting.
Each session is expected to maintain a high
quality of professional development providing our attendees information related to the ASCD Whole Child Tenets that can be useful in the classroom, district, or school setting.
Not exact matches
Your support allows the School Nutrition Association
of Virginia to
provide quality programming and
professional development opportunities to our members.
Join a growing team
of teachers who are working in their chosen field for a company that values
professional development, encourages open communication and
provides the highest -
quality early
development program in the country.
We offer hope to educators by
providing critical
professional development and work toward the creation
of a system
of quality early care and education for our youngest citizens.
The
professional development that it
provided, while it was good
quality, cost a lot
of money and it wasn't always geared to us.
In Boston, MCAS is an important part
of a seamless standards - based reform effort that includes clear expectations for what students should learn, curriculum aligned with the standards, high -
quality instruction and
professional development to help teachers improve their practice, and assessments that
provide students with a way to demonstrate what they have learned and how they can apply it.
• Make it a «non-negotiable» • Recruit and hire teachers who buy - in from the get - go •
Provide them with hands - on
professional development and plenty
of examples • Share and celebrate «best practices» • Identify teachers who do it well and have others visit their classrooms • Give instructional teams time to collaborate and to develop
quality prompts • Stockpile successful A.R.T. plans and incorporate them into the school's curriculum map • Hire and / or bring in practicing artists to participate • And, most importantly, get excited - as though you had just seen a narwhal tusk for the first time!
The Programs in
Professional Education (PPE) institute, The Leading Edge
of Early Childhood Education, is structured to highlight the best
of what we currently know about healthy child
development and high -
quality systems, schools and classrooms
of early learning, while also bringing in new thinking from other fields to
provide insights that bear on the design
of preK improvement and expansion.
The linchpin
of the state's work has been
providing incentives for districts and schools statewide to adopt and implement a high -
quality and coherent curriculum, particularly in English language arts (ELA) and mathematics, and to use that curriculum as the hook on which everything else hangs: assessment,
professional development, and teacher training.
We need to concentrate on assisting schools to improve the
quality of teaching and learning by
providing expert guidance,
quality professional development, and the time necessary to use data to improve instructional practice.
These schools, in turn, will
provide an initial test case
of an operating hypothesis in the personalized learning space: that a high -
quality platform and
professional development supports surrounding platform implementation could be critical levers to scaling personalized approaches across traditional settings.
The Principals» Center has dedicated itself to the support and
development of leaders who influence the character and
quality of a school,
providing new perspectives on leadership and enabling participants to engage in personal reflection and develop strong
professional networks.
«I want high -
quality professional development to be a fundamental part
of a teacher's career and these new programmes — backed by government funding — will give them the skills, confidence, and knowledge they need to
provide a world - class education for all children.»
Since many out -
of - school programs face limited funding and their staff members tend to be young, part - time workers who rarely commit to the job for long,
providing high -
quality, cost - effective
professional development can be a challenge.
For too long our
professional development systems have focused on the
quality of the
professional development «inputs»
provided to teachers to improve their
professional practice, with unfortunately little evidence
of improvement or linkage to any «outputs»
of a change in instructional practice.
provide staff ongoing, high -
quality job - embedded
professional development (e.g., regarding subject - specific pedagogy, instruction that reflects a deeper understanding
of the community served by the school or differentiated instruction) that is aligned with the school's comprehensive instructional program and designed with school staff to ensure they are equipped to facilitate effective teaching and learning and have the capacity to successfully implement school reform strategies;
She felt daunted, however, by the challenge
of providing high -
quality professional development to large numbers
of educators spread across the farthest reaches
of the 1,946 square - mile county.
With over 30 years
of experience connecting research to instruction, Project CRISS
provides high
quality, practical
professional development and support materials for K - 16 teaching and learning.
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.
Provide effective support to teachers and principals in the form
of high -
quality professional development and measure the effectiveness
of that
professional development
The Arkansas School Nurses Association mission is to improve, promote, and advance the profession
of school nursing through organizational unity and
professional development among all school nurses and to
provide leadership in the delivery
of quality health programs to the school community.
For nearly 40 years, SSA has partnered with hundreds
of schools, districts, and state education organizations throughout the United States and Canada to
provide high -
quality professional development for teachers, administrators, and school leaders.
They are both members
of the Griffin Schools Teaching Alliance, which
provides high
quality professional development for our teachers.
Our mission is to
provide leadership, resources, and
professional development in support
of high -
quality preschool settings and effective parenting.
These «predictive» or «formative» indicators include in - school factors such as strong classroom assessment and
professional development for teachers, and out
of school factors such as health care, housing, nutrition, and availability
of high -
quality pre-school; whether educators are using information in a reasonable way to improve teaching, learning and school
quality; and whether the state and federal governments are
providing positive support in these areas.
New York State Teacher Centers
provide quality professional development for the teachers
of New York State.
Under the leadership
of its Board
of Directors, the Regents» Universities and other stakeholders, the Center is shaping a more pro-active role in developing teacher leadership and
providing quality professional development opportunities to educators to improve teaching practice and student achievement.
One
of the biggest issues confronting schools today is how to
provide continuous, high -
quality professional development to teachers and staff.
Provide for the continuous evaluation
of the
quality and effectiveness
of professional development programs in order to eliminate ineffective programs and strategies and to expand effective ones.
This review examines findings from research on four targets
of early childhood
professional development: 1) strengthening human and / or social capital; 2) strengthening practices at institutions or organizations
providing professional development; 3) strengthening early educator practices related to specific child outcomes; and, 4) strengthening overall
quality in classroom or group settings.
The courses are available as part
of ASCD's award - winning PD Online ®, a system designed to
provide high -
quality instructional and job - embedded applications to address individual and group
professional development needs.
The association
provides resources, information, and
professional development to improve the
quality of education in the Commonwealth.
A distinguishing trait
of the world's best school systems - systems that regularly outperform the school systems in the United States - is that they «invest in high -
quality preparation, mentoring and
professional development for teachers and leaders, completely at government expense,» according to an international analysis.39 If U.S. school districts were to heed that finding, they would, for starters,
provide mentoring for all novice principals for at least a year.
Provide appropriate instruments, procedures, and criteria for continuous
quality improvement
of the
professional skills
of instructional personnel and school administrators, and performance evaluation results must be used when identifying
professional development.
This workshop is sure to improve the
quality of your videos — videos you might use for blended learning, communicating with parents, teaching online,
providing professional development, and differentiating your instruction.
We are committed to
providing high -
quality professional development and innovative solutions like OneNote and Minecraft Education to aid educators in ensuring the success
of each child.»
The goal is to
provide high -
quality professional development for EdTA members and the field
of theater education.
State and Local Implementation
of the No Child Left Behind Act, Volume VIII — Teacher
Quality Under NCLB: Final Report (2009) provides information on state, district, and school implementation of No Child Left Behind Act provisions concerning teacher quality, professional development, and paraprofes
Quality Under NCLB: Final Report (2009)
provides information on state, district, and school implementation
of No Child Left Behind Act provisions concerning teacher
quality, professional development, and paraprofes
quality,
professional development, and paraprofessional.
The mission
of AASSP is to promote excellence in school leadership while
providing quality professional development to our members through... More
The best part about working at the Arizona K12 Center is... collaborating with an optimistic, driven and diverse group
of professionals to ensure Arizona's teachers are
provided high -
quality professional development opportunities.
«We wanted to
provide for more important and
quality feedback to teachers, and through our
Professional Development and Evaluation Committee we heard that teachers also wanted improved feedback,» said Frank Purcaro, director
of student learning and teaching at Wolcott Public Schools.
These goals serve as the primary tenants for advancing the high school renewal work to: 1) establish system coherence by aligning central office and site programs, and accelerating student learning by leveraging and expanding knowledge and skills among staff, parents, and community members; 2) improve the
quality of instructional leadership by
providing ongoing
professional development for school leaders; 3) improve the
quality of teaching throughout the district through embedded
professional development; 4) increase student engagement in the learning process by personalizing learning environments to build on student interests; 5) increase community involvement in schools by giving principals ownership
of the change process, expanding student voice, and bringing parents and students into the school renewal process.
The mission
of the Alaska Association
of Secondary School Principals is to promote excellence in school leadership while
providing quality professional development to our members through conferences and other
professional development opportunities.»
The Institute for Excellence in Education's dedication to «Changing the Conversation» is demonstrated through our commitment to
providing high
quality professional development to all schools, building educator efficacy and empowering educators to impact the lives
of children in extraordinary ways.
Although past
professional development in Bayside has focused on increasing the quantity
of student - talk, the teachers
of Bayside have struggled to
provide structures promoting
quality academic discourse.
It is the responsibility
of the school system to recruit, hire, and retain the best personnel available, and to
provide all staff with high
quality, job - embedded
professional development.
These include: · Use
of instructional programs and curricula that support state and district standards and
of high
quality testing systems that accurately measure achievement
of the standards through a variety
of measurement techniques ·
Professional development to prepare all teachers to teach to the standards · Commitment to
providing remedial help to children who need it and sufficient resources for schools to meet the standards · Better communication to school staff, students, parents and the community about the content, purposes and consequences
of standards · Alignment
of standards, assessment and curricula, coupled with appropriate incentives for students and schools that meet the standards In the unlikely event that all
of these efforts, including a change in school leadership, fail over a 3 - year period to «turn the school around,» drastic action is required.
School leaders can influence the
quality of teaching in their schools in many ways, including by
providing relevant and timely
professional development for teachers.
+
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.