As the school year begins, Education World Principal Files principals
reflect on new teachers they have hired in recent years.
Not exact matches
As a major interpreter of our country's founding, Wood
reflects the influence of his
teacher Bernard Bailyn, who in two important
new volumes provides the best general access to the period in which the Founding Fathers — yes, they were all men — debated their Constitution of 1787 and sold themselves, each other and the public
on its ratification.
This
new professional development course offers
teachers, administrators, board members and parents an opportunity to
reflect on and work with the challenges of building a Waldorf School Community that is vibrant, innovative and effective, while honoring the unique contributions of each member of the community.
Film Editors Spencer Averick — «13th,» «Selma» Alexandre de Franceschi — «Lion,» «Bright Star» Keiko Deguchi * — «God Knows Where I Am,» «Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus» Tracy Granger — «Still Life,» «Boys Don't Cry» Sabine Hoffman — «Maggie's Plan,» «Elvis & Nixon» Edie Ichioka — «The Boxtrolls,» «Toy Story 2» Janus Billeskov Jansen * — «The Hunt,» «The Act of Killing» Céline Kélépikis — «The Red Turtle,» «Now or Never» Melissa Kent — «American Pastoral,» «The Age of Adaline» Juan Carlos Macías — «Wild Horses,» «The Official Story» Jim May — «Goosebumps,» «The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe» Fredrik Morheden — «A Man Called Ove,» «The
New Country» Christopher Murrie * — «Kubo and the Two Strings,» «Coraline» Tania Michel Nehme — «Tanna,» «Charlie's Country» Tia Nolan — «Annie,» «Friends with Benefits» Anne Østerud — «The Hunt,» «The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo» Gregory Perler — «Sing,» «Despicable Me» Jacopo Quadri — «Fire at Sea,» «The Dreamers» Fabienne Rawley — «Zootopia,» «MonsterHouse» Jake Roberts — «Hell or High Water,» «Brooklyn» Hayedeh Safiyari — «The Salesman,» «A Separation» Nat Sanders — «Moonlight,» «Short Term 12» Per Sandholt — «Land of Mine,» «A Funny Man» Suzanne Spangler — «Imperial Dreams,» «Smashed» Molly Malene Stensgaard — «Land of Mine,» «Melancholia» Alexandra Strauss — «I Am Not Your Negro,» «A Pigeon Sat
on a Branch
Reflecting on Existence» Christian Wagner — «The Fate of the Furious,» «Furious Seven» Monika Willi — «Amour,» «The Piano
Teacher» Kate Williams — «The Whole Truth,» «Frozen River» Dan Zimmerman — «The Dark Tower,» «The Maze Runner» Lucia Zucchetti — «Their Finest,» «The Queen» Eric Zumbrunnen — «Her,» «Adaptation» Makeup Artists and Hairstylists Richard Alonzo — «Star Trek Beyond,» «Alice in Wonderland» Alessandro Bertolazzi — «Suicide Squad,» «Fury» Christine Beveridge — «The Monuments Men,» «Under the Skin» Felicity Bowring — «Gold,» «Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy» Jerry DeCarlo — «Carol,» «Julie & Julia» Patricia DeHaney — «Sully,» «Interstellar» Naomi Donne — «Cinderella,» «Philomena» Linda Dowds — «RoboCop,» «Rampart» Audrey Doyle — «Legend,» «Mad Max: Fury Road» Tina Earnshaw — «The Promise,» «Titanic» Rick Findlater — «L'Odyssée (The Odyssey),» «The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey» Paul Gooch — «Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children,» «Maleficent» Fae Hammond — «Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them,» «The Legend of Tarzan» Miia Kovero — «Inherent Vice,» «The Master» Michael Marino — «American Pastoral,» «The Wrestler» Frances Mathias — «Saving Mr. Banks,» «Beginners» Christopher Nelson — «Suicide Squad,» «Frank Miller's Sin City» Elaine Offers — «The Kids Are All Right,» «Far from Heaven» Conor O'Sullivan — «The Dark Knight,» «Saving Private Ryan» Daniel Phillips — «Florence Foster Jenkins,» «The Queen» Luigi Rocchetti — «Ben - Hur,» «The Nativity Story» Morag Ross — «Hugo,» «The Aviator» Nikoletta Skarlatos — «Free State of Jones,» «The Hunger Games: Mockingjay (Parts 1 & 2)» Vittorio Sodano — «Il Divo,» «Apocalypto» Shane Thomas — «The Dressmaker,» «Hacksaw Ridge» Kenneth Walker — «Loving,» «For Colored Girls» Kerry Warn — «The Great Gatsby,» «Australia» Carla White — «Hands of Stone,» «August: Osage County» Ann Pala Williams — «Live by Night,» «Click» Jeremy Woodhead — «Doctor Strange,» «Snowpiercer»
Spencer Averick — «13th,» «Selma» Alexandre de Franceschi — «Lion,» «Bright Star» Keiko Deguchi * — «God Knows Where I Am,» «Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus» Tracy Granger — «Still Life,» «Boys Don't Cry» Sabine Hoffman — «Maggie's Plan,» «Elvis & Nixon» Edie Ichioka — «The Boxtrolls,» «Toy Story 2» Janus Billeskov Jansen * — «The Hunt,» «The Act of Killing» Céline Kélépikis — «The Red Turtle,» «Now or Never» Melissa Kent — «American Pastoral,» «The Age of Adaline» Juan Carlos Macías — «Wild Horses,» «The Official Story» Jim May — «Goosebumps,» «The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe» Fredrik Morheden — «A Man Called Ove,» «The
New Country» Christopher Murrie * — «Kubo and the Two Strings,» «Coraline» Tania Michel Nehme — «Tanna,» «Charlie's Country» Tia Nolan — «Annie,» «Friends with Benefits» Anne Østerud — «The Hunt,» «The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo» Gregory Perler — «Sing,» «Despicable Me» Jacopo Quadri — «Fire at Sea,» «The Dreamers» Fabienne Rawley — «Zootopia,» «MonsterHouse» Jake Roberts — «Hell or High Water,» «Brooklyn» Hayedeh Safiyari — «The Salesman,» «A Separation» Nat Sanders — «Moonlight,» «Short Term 12» Per Sandholt — «Land of Mine,» «A Funny Man» Suzanne Spangler — «Imperial Dreams,» «Smashed» Molly Malene Stensgaard — «Land of Mine,» «Melancholia» Alexandra Strauss — «I Am Not Your Negro,» «A Pigeon Sat
on a Branch
Reflecting on Existence» Christian Wagner — «The Fate of the Furious,» «Furious Seven» Monika Willi — «Amour,» «The Piano
Teacher» Kate Williams — «The Whole Truth,» «Frozen River» Dan Zimmerman — «The Dark Tower,» «The Maze Runner» Lucia Zucchetti — «Their Finest,» «The Queen» Eric Zumbrunnen — «Her,» «Adaptation»
If you could combine certain requirements of both, you would have a great way to help
teachers stay
on top of
new strategies and ideas, and also analyze,
reflect, and improve upon their own teaching practices.
As a
new school year starts, one
teacher reflects on the essential value of collaboration and community
Recommended for anyone but especially
new teachers, who can learn a lot from hearing these educators
reflect on their successes and failures.
Commentary
on «Great Teaching: Measuring its effects
on students» future earnings» By Raj Chetty, John N. Friedman and Jonah E. Rockoff The
new study by Raj Chetty, John Friedman, and Jonah Rockoff asks whether high - value - added
teachers (i.e.,
teachers who raise student test scores) also have positive longer - term impacts
on students, as
reflected in college attendance, earnings, -LSB-...]
This inspirational CPD session is designed for
new and developing
teachers that would benefit from focused discussion, time to
reflect on their own practice, and a chance consider effective strategies that will enable them to ensure ALL students are learning and making the progress they are capable of in their lessons.
But St. Andrew's
teachers, like so many
teachers across the United States, also recognize that the summer is an opportune time to grow one's professional practice, to
reflect on the previous year, and to prepare for the
new one.
Proponents of coaching - based supervision contend that, when separated from evaluation practices, coaching provides a «safe place» for
teachers to learn and practice
new skills and
reflect on outcomes — while still drawing upon observation, feedback, and other common supervisory practices (Joyce & Showers, 1982, p. 6).
Like most
teachers, summer is a time to
reflect on the school year just ended and come up with
new ideas for improving learning in the year ahead.
Like most
teachers, Modenbach uses summer as a time to
reflect on the school year just ended and come up with
new ideas for improving learning in the year ahead.
Author and global ed adviser Homa Tavangar
reflects on 4th grade
teacher John Hunter's
new book about his 30 years of teaching the World Peace Game.
There has been research from the United States and
New Zealand where
teachers were asked to
reflect on their marking experiences in state or national testing programs and say what they have learned or gained.
In addition, the administration greatly expanded the TIF program, which awards grants to high - need districts to fund performance - based compensation systems, and established a
new rule for winning applications: proposals would need to differentiate
teacher and principal effectiveness, based in significant part
on student growth, and create compensation systems that
reflected those results.
The academic ran seminars with the
teachers, who then trialled the
new approaches in their classroom, observed each other and
reflected on what had and hadn't worked.
The
new study by Raj Chetty, John Friedman, and Jonah Rockoff asks whether high - value - added
teachers (i.e.,
teachers who raise student test scores) also have positive longer - term impacts
on students, as
reflected in college attendance, earnings, avoiding teenage pregnancy, and the quality of the neighborhood in which they reside as adults.
A rare recent study by Schultz, O'Brien, and Schultz (2016) has
reflected on the body of literature that considered the purpose of humour in learning to inform a
new pilot study
on the direct effects of the use of humour by a
teacher on student short - to mid-term learning outcomes.
When Gary Rubinstein, a
New York City high school math
teacher who has dabbled in stand - up comedy, wanted to teach his students about symmetry, he showed them two pictures of movie star Angelina Jolie — one with just the left side of her face
reflected back
on itself, and one with just the right side
reflected.
Districts must clarify
new roles and help schools change schedules so that
teachers have time with their teams to plan, review student work,
reflect on progress, and make changes.
In these
new books, two authors reflect on their experiences as teachers in New York Sta
new books, two authors
reflect on their experiences as
teachers in
New York Sta
New York State.
This detailed and high quality unit includes: * 33 lesson plans (with 13 differentiation strategies) * 147 slide PowerPoint presentation (divided into lessons) * All resources and worksheets (9 sheets) * Homework project (9 tasks) that includes both reading and writing skills Unit's lessons include: * Cloze activity
on the play's contexts * Detailed, thorough comprehension questions
on each scene * Spelling tests
on key vocabulary * SPaG starter activities * Character crosswords * Huge 60 - question revision quiz * In - depth key scene analyses (including group work) * Exploring characters - Helen, Jo, Peter, Boy, Geof * Exploring themes - marriage, motherhood, relationships * AfL activities - improving sample exam responses * Essay planning * Writing a formal essay
on a chosen character * Writing a formal essay
on a chosen theme * «Closed book» mock exam to
reflect new GCSE exam expectations *
Teacher / peer / self assessment opportunities
The insights below
reflect general agreement among these practitioners
on important considerations regarding
teacher leaders supporting
teachers as they implement
new mathematics and science instructional materials.
The second practitioner panel featured two rounds, where panelists
reflected and built
on ideas elicited during the first practitioner panel and offered
new insights around the relationships between
teacher leader selection, preparation and practice and combinations of strategies used to support instructional improvement.
While Kraft and Gilmour assert that «systems that place greater weight
on normative measures such as value - added scores rather than... [just]... observations have fewer
teachers rated proficient» (p. 19; see also Steinberg & Kraft, forthcoming; a related article about how this has occurred in
New Mexico here; and
New Mexico's 2014 - 2016 data below and here, as also illustrative of the desired normal curve distributions discussed above), I highly doubt this purely
reflects New Mexico's «commitment to putting students first.»
In addition to reading about and discussing
new literacies,
teachers composed reading responses using different tools, such as pen and paper, blogs, the online journal Penzu, and wikis — and
reflected on the affordances of each.
These demands, particularly # 2 and # 3 above,
reflect some of the serious and unavoidable flaws with the
new teacher evaluations that are based
on student growth (e.g., and all other VAMs).
Teacher leaders are positioned to help other
teachers reflect on their practice, try
new pedagogical approaches, and work through instruction - related struggles — ultimately, leading to a change in instructional practice.
Promising
new results from UChicago Impact's work with partner schools suggests «vulnerable leadership» — in which principals and
teachers alike lead by
reflecting honestly and openly
on their mistakes and shortcomings — can have transformational consequences.
He has presented for the following organizations: Johns Hopkins Institute for Education Policy, «Preparing
Teachers for Diverse America»; Mid-Atlantic Conference
on Personalized Learning, «Competency - Based Schooling for ELLs»; INACOL Blended and Online Learning Symposium, «Lessons from
New Competency - Based High Schools: Leaders
Reflect on Design and Launch.»
Peggy Brookins, NBCT, President and CEO of National Board,
reflects on results of a
new report from the Center
on Education Policy's Listen to Us:
Teacher Views and Voices and how ESSA presents opportunities for states and districts to give
teachers a voice in education.
E4E -
New York
teacher leader Nick Lawrence
reflects with other educators
on what this year has taught them (Chalkbeat
New York).
In a
New York Post op - ed, E4E - NY member Lori Wheal
reflects on her own career path and what can be done to keep great
teachers in the classroom.
To commemorate the milestone anniversary, participants in this year's conference will
reflect on past collaborations and accomplishments, assess the current changing landscape of
teacher education, and look ahead to the
new approaches, frameworks, technologies, and international relationships to support
teacher learning and educational research.
Teachers worry * the
new Common Core tests still rely heavily
on multiple - choice - type questions that don't
reflect the rigor of the IB curriculum or, for that matter, the Common Core standards.
Teachers identify
new strategies and
new information that they would like to
reflect on or return to later.
It
reflects an emerging national consensus
on the importance of studying
teachers» work before giving job security or raises, said Timothy Daly, president of the
New Teacher Project, a nonprofit group that published a report last year calling attention to weaknesses in teacher evaluation s
Teacher Project, a nonprofit group that published a report last year calling attention to weaknesses in
teacher evaluation s
teacher evaluation systems.
As the 1997 position states,
teachers must be provided the time and other resources necessary to
reflect on their experiences, investigate
new approaches, learn
new skills, and plan with their colleagues.
By seeing models,
reflecting on guidelines, and practicing
new techniques, a
teacher's skill and TPACK grows.
But Buckley said the
new system is intended to help
teachers reflect on their teaching so they can make constant changes.
E4E -
New York
teacher Melissa Dorcemus
reflects on the need for schools to have the skills and resources to support students struggling with trauma.
Teachers in all schools should be provided the time and other resources necessary to
reflect on their experiences, investigate
new approaches, learn
new skills and content, and plan with their colleagues.
For a discussion of a creative way to help
new teachers reflect on their practice, see the online article «A Window into New Teachers» Minds» by Jacqueline Grennon Brooks and Behailu Mam
new teachers reflect on their practice, see the online article «A Window into New Teachers» Minds» by Jacqueline Grennon Brooks and Behail
teachers reflect on their practice, see the online article «A Window into
New Teachers» Minds» by Jacqueline Grennon Brooks and Behailu Mam
New Teachers» Minds» by Jacqueline Grennon Brooks and Behail
Teachers» Minds» by Jacqueline Grennon Brooks and Behailu Mammo.
The project will provide opportunities for
teachers to learn
new strategies for collaborative instruction by observing other co-
teachers in action, engaging in professional learning through conferences and research - based readings and dedicated time to establish and
reflect on co-teaching relationships.
Active learning includes opportunities for «sense - making» activities such as modeling the sought - after practices and constructing opportunities for
teachers to analyze, try out, and
reflect on the
new strategies.
Provide time and a structure for
teacher study groups to
reflect on their current practices and discuss
new strategies (Marcia D'Arcangelo, «The Challenge of Content - Area Reading: A Conversation with Diane Ogle»).
She passionately
reflects on her role as a mother and
teacher, and she speaks to
teachers across the country who struggle to maintain a sense of professionalism with the
new school reforms.
If you're having trouble finding the right thing to say next, or if you just want to try something
new, these 4 coaching strategies leverage video and leads
teachers to
reflect on their own practice, identifying key opportunities to improve along the way.