And indeed, the adoption of college - and career - readiness (CCR) standards in all 50 states and the District of Columbia (D.C.), like the flap of the butterfly wings, jumpstarted the implementation of scores of other policies designed to support administrator, educator, and student acclimation to
these rigorous learning expectations.
Rigorous learning expectations, improved testing practices, and a more holistic view of student success will support schools in their work to prepare students for college, career, and beyond.
Not exact matches
The tensions between parental
expectations and students» goals and between teaching test - taking and fostering
learning provide focal points of an embedded journalist's chronicle of a year in an academically
rigorous public high school.
Combined with thoughtful planning,
rigorous tasks, and clear
expectations, your students can create powerful products that show you — and the world — what they've
learned.
In contrast to progressive charters in suburban areas, central - city charters typically embrace the «no - excuses» model of teaching and
learning, emphasizing strict dress codes,
rigorous discipline, extended school days and school years, and high
expectations for performance on standardized tests.
As the article correctly points out, Achieve, Inc., has reviewed the Massachusetts standards and found them to be top - notch; they combine
rigorous content with clear
expectations that students develop problem - solving and reasoning skills as they
learn the content.
ensuring
rigorous initial and continuing professional development High - performing countries establish
rigorous initial teacher education courses and set high
expectations for teachers» ongoing professional
learning.
In contrast to charters in suburban areas, which tend toward a progressive pedagogy, central - city charters typically embrace the «no - excuses» model of teaching and
learning, emphasizing strict dress codes,
rigorous discipline, extended school days and school years, and high
expectations for performance on standardized tests.
Linked
Learning offers students personally relevant, wholly engaging,
rigorous academic and technical curricula combined with exposure to real - world experiences and
expectations.
Learn how Measured Progress develops eMPower Assessments to address the
rigorous expectations of current standards.
More commonly, respondents claimed that district
expectations for student
learning were more
rigorous than (yet compatible with) those mandated by the state.
In this third webinar on the 4 Dimensions of Instructional Leadership ™, school leaders
learn how to establish
rigorous expectations for every student while responding to individual student's needs as well as the diversity of students in the school by creating effective systems of collaboration.
The HLC
learning community provides a
rigorous, project - based, applied
learning curriculum rooted in the Hawaiian culture and the resources of Hawaiʻi's unique environment while satisfying and exceeding national, state, and HLC performance
expectations.
We also developed common
expectations for literacy and math instruction,
learned new ways to actively engage students using total participation techniques, provided positive supports for students using the PBIS system, unpacked the standards to ensure our instruction was
rigorous, started our work on growth and fixed mindsets, and started using specific
learning targets for instruction.
Equity requires equal access to
rigorous learning, so we prepare teachers to identify areas of bias and provide pedagocial approaches that maintain high
expectations.
Research behind VAL - ED (the Vanderbilt Assessment of Leadership in Education tool to assess principal performance, developed by researchers at Vanderbilt University) suggests that there are six key steps - or «processes» - that the effective principal takes when carrying out his or her most important leadership responsibilities: planning, implementing, supporting, advocating, communicating and monitoring.40 The school leader pressing for high academic standards would, for example, map out
rigorous targets for improvements in
learning (planning), get the faculty on board to do what's necessary to meet those targets (implementing), encourage students and teachers in meeting the goals (supporting), challenge low
expectations and low district funding for students with special needs (advocating), make sure families are aware of the
learning goals (communicating), and keep on top of test results (monitoring).41
To accomplish this goal, students must have access to a safe and healthy place to
learn, quality instructional materials and supports,
rigorous expectations and course work, and, most critically, excellent educators to guide
learning.
What resources do we currently have that address the
expectations of the CCSS for
rigorous student thinking and
learning?
Throughout an education career that has included roles as a teacher, administrator, and principal; Tara has implemented a culture of high
expectations, driven by
rigorous teaching and
learning, and with a single focus on raising student achievement.
The
rigorous Common Core standards for each grade build upon what has been
learned in the previous grade — therefore, a student must meet the
expectations of one grade in order to be able to understand the next.
Our goal is to raise
expectations for student
learning and focus the work of teaching and
learning on academically
rigorous «college - and - career ready» Pre K - 12 programs which are aligned to the Common Core standards.
Marano, even when she fails to persuade, makes us think hard about what parents should expect from their children and what kids need to become strong, happy, and healthy young adults... The saddest sections of the book are also the most persuasive and concern the exuberant, brave, elastic and exploratory ways children
learn, and the increasingly
rigorous and unforgiving
expectations that burden school - age children.
Indiana, USA About Blog KindergartenWorks is about maintaining the beauty in teaching kindergarten through planning, classroom organization,
rigorous expectations and age appropriate approach... making
learning fun and the cool thing to do.