Sentences with phrase «quality of teaching materials»

I was both fascinated by the task and appalled at the quality of teaching materials being used (they had an awful book called The Structure of Scientific English which bored students to death).

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A meta - analysis of American interventions with very young fathers points to quality intensive community - based interventions with a good understanding of gender: the staff (who were experienced, empathetic, enthusiastic, and well connected into their communities) partnered with community organisations and used incentives to draw the young men in; they utilized needs assessments and participant feedback; developed one - on - one relationships with their young clients and provided mentoring; offered a comprehensive array of services delivered in engaging and interactive ways which incorporated teaching methods and materials appropriate to young men's culture, sex and age.

She taught me that if a pencil skirt doesn't come with a lining or the lining is made of synthetic material not silk you can go to the thrift store and buy an inexpensive out of style skirt from «another era when women always wore quality stuff» and move the lining to the new skirt.

«So much of the energy in education policy is in improving the quality with which grade - level material is taught in classrooms,» Ludwig said.

The Common Core has added a new layer to the planning process for many teachers, and with countless sites that house giant collections of dubious quality, looking for teaching materials online is a bit of a needle - in - a-haystack proposition.

«The track record of top - performing countries, early evidence of positive effects from faithful implementation of high - quality curricula here in the United States, and the persistent evidence that our classrooms are under - challenging our students at every level compel us to put materials that we use to teach at the core of serious education reform.»

Media Production - any genre (news, drama, etc.) created as part of a media production course Sports - judges will be looking for video that captures the excitement and action of competitive sports News and Community - how the organisation communicates internally and to its local and extended communities Teaching Materials - video as an intrinsic part of classroom teaching Distance Learning - building a content library to reach an extended audience and to provide accessible material for the future Video entries can be of any length, and will be assessed by a judging panel made up of technical broadcast experts on four key criteria: originality; creativity; production quality; and technical Teaching Materials - video as an intrinsic part of classroom teaching Distance Learning - building a content library to reach an extended audience and to provide accessible material for the future Video entries can be of any length, and will be assessed by a judging panel made up of technical broadcast experts on four key criteria: originality; creativity; production quality; and technical teaching Distance Learning - building a content library to reach an extended audience and to provide accessible material for the future Video entries can be of any length, and will be assessed by a judging panel made up of technical broadcast experts on four key criteria: originality; creativity; production quality; and technical ability.

By instructional leadership, we mean the principal's capacity to: 1) offer a vision for instruction that will inspire the faculty; 2) analyze student performance data and make sound judgments as to which areas of the curriculum need attention; 3) make good judgments about the quality of the teaching in a classroom based on analysis of student work; 4) recognize the elements of sound standards - based classroom organization and practice; 5) provide strong coaching to teachers on all of the foregoing; 6) evaluate whether instructional systems in the school are properly aligned; and 7) determine the quality and fitness of instructional materials.

«Teaching is complex, and great practice takes time, passion, high - quality materials, and tailored feedback designed to help each teacher continuously grow and improve,» said Vicki Phillips, Director of Education, College Ready — U.S. Program at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

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 the observed districts were provided with high - quality materials and support, observations found that 86 percent of observed lessons had become fully aligned, as strong instructional materials drove the teaching and learning of all lessons.

Researchers used composite achievement results from the 2012 Programme for International Student Assessment, or PISA, as the performance metric, and weighed those scores against 63 «inputs,» or factors that could influence educational outcomes, such as teaching materials and technology, the quality of school buildings, and teacher training.

Simply put, reading materials impact the quality of teaching in much more significant ways than you might know.

Traditional approaches to instruction and assessment involve teaching some given material, and then, at the end of teaching, working out who has and hasn't learned it — akin to a quality control approach in manufacturing.

What matters in the classroom is the quality of teaching and materials, class size and strong leadership and, outside the classroom, socioeconomic status, parental influence and community factors.

In a 2016 Ford Foundation - commissioned report, Barnett Berry, Founder and CEO of the Center for Teaching Quality, noted that hybrid roles that enable teachers to make decisions about programs, materials and resources ensure not only a collaborative vision and strategy to reach all students, but increased investment and excitement on the part of the teachers themselves.

High - quality implementation of standards - based reform requires the following: specificity in stating the content goals of teaching and learning; consistency / alignment among the policies and practices put in place to pursue those goals (e.g. content standards, student achievement tests, performance standards, curriculum materials, professional development, accountability); authority / legitimacy to those charged with implementation; power through rewards and sanctions; and stability — when policies, practices, and leadership are in a state of flux, it is difficult to take each new thing that comes along seriously.

Unfortunately, every day millions of children in the United States attend dilapidated public schools with overcrowded classrooms, outdated textbooks and materials, harsh discipline policies and limited access to quality teaching and wraparound supports like school nurses, college counselors and afterschool programs.

«Leaders of professional learning at all levels of the educational system have the responsibility to support classroom teachers with opportunities to learn from using high - quality instructional materials designed for more rigorous college and career - ready standards,» said Jim Short, program director, Leadership and Teaching to Advance Learning within the National Education Program at the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

Similarly, the National Academy of Advanced Teacher Education, or NAATE, which provides specialized professional growth opportunities for educators, works to retain teachers and school leaders through opportunities to grow in data - driven instruction techniques, peer leadership, and communication and feedback.32 Building on past professional learning successes via its network of teacher leaders in 185 sites, the National Writing Project's, or NWP's, College Ready Writers Program demonstrated that teachers will commit to and participate in high quality professional development that helps them strategize approaches to teach argument writing using nonfiction texts and provided adaptable classroom materials.

CEELO Senior Fellow Jim Squires presented this material during a webinar to the EarlyEdU Alliance, a 35 - member consortium of institutions for higher education and 16 state - based teams supporting quality teaching in Head Start and early childhood programs.

Life After Pre-K: Looking at Kindergarten Assessment presented material for attendees to understand the components of a statewide comprehensive assessment system for all children birth to kindergarten, identify the current status of kindergarten assessments as well as commonalities / variations across states and challenges in developing kindergarten entrance assessments, identify challenges and opportunities for including children with disabilities in statewide assessments, and understand the experiences of the State of North Carolina in implementing a kindergarten assessment.Jim Squires presented with Cindy Bagwell (NC Department of Public Instruction), Mary McLean (Head Start National Center on Quality Teaching and Learning / University of Florida) and Catherine Scott - Little (UNC - Greensboro) at the 2015 National Early Childhood Inclusion Institute.

The educational material used to teach young students must be carefully planned to ensure a quality education under the circumstances of ever changing technology.

Through resources on individual films as well as more generic resources, we aim to give teachers high quality, curriculum linked teaching materials which can be used within the technological possibilities of the classroom of the 21st century.

Publishers have a very important role in reversing the deterioration of Arabic skills by developing quality Arabic teaching and learning materials that engage students and support teachers in developing Arabic proficiency.»

We have taken the guesswork out of what you need to practice quality dentistry, and then teach you how to use the materials.

Splash Dive Center values highly the quality of PADI teaching materials

The primary goal of the EdGCM (Educational Global Climate Model) Project is to enhance the quality of climate - change science teaching and learning at the high school level through broader access to actual GCMs, and to assist teachers by providing the appropriate technology, materials and support to use these research - quality climate models effectively in the classroom.

While some online courses out there are better than others in terms of material delivery (i.e. the layout of the course, use of graphics and video to break up the text, etc.), the ones we have listed are all certified to provide driver's education online, have all been in the business of teaching new driver's for several years, and all provide quality lessons that are sure to get you out on the road as safely and as confidently as possible.

Earned high marks for the quality of classroom teaching, lesson plans and instructional materials used in teaching language arts, mathematics, science, social studies and history.

We seek to improve the quality of both early childhood teaching and learning, through the development of innovative curricula and research based pedagogical standards, as well as the design of imaginative play materials and learning environments.