Sentences with phrase «quality professional development includes»

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Help can include targeted, high - quality professional development; curriculum improvements; additional time for student learning after school or in the summers; establishment of wraparound services, including community school models; redesign of schools to support personalization and more authentic work in classrooms and internships; or pairing of struggling schools with successful ones serving similar students.

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.

CCSSO's effort aims to «significantly increase» the percentage of school districts in targeted states in which curriculum and materials adoptions are of high quality and aligned to state standards; and to increase the percentage of professional - development and teacher - prep programs that include training on those curricula.

We were delighted to receive dozens of proposals for presentations, and we were able to programme some top quality practitioner - led professional development sessions, covering every key stage and topics including teaching pupils with dyslexia, building community networks and helping students to deal with performance nerves.

These include reducing licensure barriers, improving the quality of professional development and teacher preparation, luring and retaining good teachers by recognizing and rewarding them, and so forth.

Making high - quality books and professional development available to schools — including but not limited to Core Knowledge Language Arts — could transform America's elementary schools, and without the controversy that follows most of today's reform efforts.

Molina also serves as the link between PASA program providers and PASA's quality - improvement agenda, including quality standards, professional - development opportunities, and partner self - assessment tools, and he works with community partners to manage and implement an online tracking system throughout the AfterZone.

Included in Education Week's lineup of print editions are three high - profile annual reports — Quality Counts, Technology Counts, and Leaders To Learn From — and a mix of popular reports on such subjects as literacy instruction, personalized learning, student assessment, school principals, and teacher professional development.

Proposed changes to improve teaching practices, including implementation of content - rich curriculum and effective use of assessment data, and proposed changes to professional development are central to our effort to ensure every child in Head Start receives high quality early learning experiences that will build the skills they need to succeed in school and beyond.

Iowa's figures do not include categorical supplemental aid for purposes such as teacher salaries, professional development, early intervention, teacher quality, and teacher training.

In Michigan, for instance, the new chief state school officer recently replaced the test - focused accountability system with a new grading system that relies on a broader set of measures of school quality, including family involvement, the quality of professional development, attendance, and dropout rates, among others.

Again, all this points to the quality of a schools professional development model and what extent this includes or excludes teaching assistants.

Comprehensive induction, writes Headden, includes high - quality mentoring by trained mentors, common planning time, ongoing professional development, external networks of teachers, standards - based evaluation, dedicated resources and an adequate and stable source of funding.

Professional development is high - quality and ongoing, and includes strengthening understanding of, and professional alignment with, the Transformational Community SchoProfessional development is high - quality and ongoing, and includes strengthening understanding of, and professional alignment with, the Transformational Community Schoprofessional alignment with, the Transformational Community School strategy.

High - Quality Professional Development for All Teachers: Effectively Allocating Resources: National Comprehensive Center for Teaching Quality issue brief includes how to find time and estimate costs for professional learning and repurpose existing time http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/Professional Development for All Teachers: Effectively Allocating Resources: National Comprehensive Center for Teaching Quality issue brief includes how to find time and estimate costs for professional learning and repurpose existing time http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/professional learning and repurpose existing time http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED520732.pdf

Intervention should focus on factors that can produce significant improvement, including effective professional development, active parent involvement, high - quality classroom assessment, and smaller class sizes.

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.

... improving teaching and learning required coherence among the tests and several other policy instruments, including curricula and opportunities for high - quality professional development...

In this LPI Blog, Senior Researcher and Policy Analyst Beth Meloy outlines key elements of a high - quality system to achieve this goal, including improvements to teacher preparation and supports for ongoing professional development.

Researchers have identified a number of workplace conditions associated with teachers» decisions to stay or leave, including the quality of instructional leadership, school culture, collegial relationships, time for collaboration and planning, teachers» decision - making power, experiences with professional development, facilities, parental support, and resources.For a comprehensive review, see Simon, N. S., & Johnson, S. M. (2015).

The conference offers a range of professional development opportunities unrivaled in variety or quality, including 13 unique learning paths — such as principal leadership and effectiveness, student engagement, and poverty and equity — to deliver targeted content to educators of all backgrounds and interests.

Teachers learn through self - directed professional development focused on the best practices for student - centered learning; including quality performance assessments, authentic project based learning, and adolescent social and emotional learning.

FEATURES Directions, data collection tables, and interpretation analysis questions Professional development videos Elementary Science Assessment CD - ROM with test creation software INCLUDES A comprehensive, 42 - page Teacher's Resource Guide with 5 activities, extensions, and reproducible student activity sheets Enough high - quality science materials for a class of 32 students, stored in a plastic storage tote View list of materials.

Any successful and sustainable SEL program should include strong district leadership and communication, systematic integration of SEL throughout the district, comprehensive professional development, and quality assessments and instruction.

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.

This report focuses on candidate selection, emphasizing instructional leadership, and including high quality mentoring and individualized professional development.

+ 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.

Establish mechanisms for providing high - quality and consistent support — including facilitation and professional development — to all districts in the state in the effective use of data to improve the learning of all students and groups of students, such as students with disabilities?

Establish mechanisms for providing high - quality and consistent support — including facilitation and professional development — to all districts in the state in developing a limited number of focused goals directly related to district - identified needs in the area of instruction and student learning?

[1] According to the survey, «For school districts, which receive the majority of these funds, allowable uses include: recruiting and retaining highly qualified teachers; offering professional development in core academic areas; promoting growth and rewarding quality teaching through mentoring, induction, and other support services; testing teachers in academic areas; and reducing class size.»

Finally, the paper outlines eight system - level characteristics of a high - quality CTE program, including: career - oriented educational systems; strong options for all students; rigorous academic curricula; rigorous technical skill development; employability skills; professional development for teaching staff and leaders; support services for students; and assessment / accountability.

As such, teacher preparation units have implemented a variety of teaching models to prepare quality PK - 12 educators including professional development schools (PDS).

Visit the NCASE Resource Library and learn more about key topics in out - of - school time, including systems - building, quality improvement, family engagement, and professional development.

These include poor - quality content standards with unclear language, poor - quality and poorly aligned assessments, flawed school accountability metrics, and inadequate supporting materials, including textbooks and professional development.

State virtual schools have been instrumental in establishing quality standards and developing best practices, including online teacher requirements and professional development, and course quality standards.

When teachers have the necessary time to engage in high quality professional learning — coupled with the supports to use that time well — such professional learning can result in marked improvements in student academic growth.40 This is why the National Education Association's Foundation for the Improvement of Education includes «adequate time for inquiry, reflection, and mentoring» as one of the components of high - quality professional development.41 When teachers have time to plan, practice, collaborate, and learn, both teachers and students benefit.

These include over 500 NBCTs who are part of a collaborative managed by the Center for Teaching Quality (CTQ), thousands of alumni of NCCAT and Teaching Fellows, and a cohort of over 450 classroom experts identified a few years ago by the Department of Public Instruction to develop instructional and professional development resources.

Effective PreK - 3rd provides: High - quality and unified learning in well - staffed classrooms; well - prepared teachers and aides to educate children in the 3 - 8 age range; supportive school district policies; strong principal leadership that includes supporting professional development time for teachers to plan for effective coordination across and between grades; and includes families and communities that share accountability with PreK - 3rd schools for children's educational success.

-- The term «comprehensive literacy instruction» means instruction that — ... (D) makes available and uses diverse, high - quality print materials that reflect the reading and development levels, and interests, of children; (E) uses differentiated instructional approaches, including individual and small group instruction and discussion; (K) depends on teachers» collaboration in planning, instruction, and assessing a child's progress and on continuous professional learning;

As a result, quality state - and district - level programs are needed to identify promising school leaders and provide them with high - quality training and professional development, including mentoring and shadowing, placement in high - need schools, and continued on - the - job support.

The proposed system would include requirements for grant - funded classrooms in regards to improvement plans, multiple observations over time to increase program quality, as well as professional development for teachers and administrators to understand and promote quality practices and data use.

The RESCs develop and manage a wide variety of cost - effective, high quality programs including efforts to regionalize special education services, professional development, minority teacher recruitment, English language learner efforts, transportation and a myriad of other programs.

His specific responsibilities included overseeing the state prekindergarten program, early childhood special education, home visiting, professional development office, Head Start Collaboration, and quality rating and improvement program.

Traci Davis, superintendent for Washoe County School District in Nevada, emphasized a number of things, including: the importance of creating a detailed strategic plan when implementing SEL on a districtwide level; the value of providing access to high quality professional development for teachers implementing SEL standards; and the fiscal commitments required to do so.

The 83rd Texas Legislature passed comprehensive legislation addressing various aspects of the teacher quality pipeline, including educator preparation program admission standards, professional development audits, teacher appraisal and working conditions, with significant TCTA involvement in reshaping these provisions.

SLP previously seeded some of the most innovative and effective school leadership development programs in the country — including New Leaders, the NYC Leadership Academy, and other high - quality, evidence - based principal preparation and professional development programs.

Other professional activities include serving as a member of ASCD's The Art and Science of Teaching professional development faculty, president of the Colorado Association of School Executives, member of the Colorado Commission for High School Improvement, and executive director of the Alliance for Quality Teaching.

What we need to do is to improve teacher compensation and working conditions, including access to high quality teacher professional development.

Effective professional development includes both high - quality initial training as well as follow - on coaching / support to apply new skills and knowledge back in the classroom.