«After
school extended learning opportunities strengthen our students» chance of success.
Not exact matches
The Harker Summer Swim
School provides both children and adults the
opportunity to
learn, refine and
extend their swimming ability in a noncompetitive environment full of positive reinforcement and encouragement.
The Education and Skills Act 2008 introduced measures to
extend educational
opportunities and raised the
school - leaving age to 18, [36] while the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and
Learning Act 2009 introduced a statutory framework for apprenticeships and the right to an apprenticeship for suitably qualified 16 - to 18 - year - olds.
Instead of shuttering failing
schools, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced a $ 150 million plan Monday for boosting the struggling programs,
extending the
school day by an hour, adding summer
learning opportunities and increasing professional development.
Grandell also uses her FMCA training as a course facilitator for the
school, an
opportunity that has helped her
extend her
learning.
Learning a foreign language has been compulsory since the times of the Soviet Union, but the recent reform of
school education demands more from today's students, giving
extended opportunities to young Ukrainian women and men to perfect the knowledge of their chosen overseas dialect.
In a set of case studies published in 2005, Massachusetts 2020, an independent organization dedicated to improving
learning opportunities, found that
extended schooling allowed for broader and deeper coverage of the curriculum, more
opportunities for experiential
learning, greater individualization of instruction, and stronger relationships between adults and students.
Pupils and staff need to be able to access
school systems from home and elsewhere from a range of devices, in order to
extend learning opportunities and support administrative functions.
June 25 —
School boards: Applications are due for the
extended - day
learning opportunities program, sponsored by the National
School Boards Associations.
In Public Impact's latest
Opportunity Culture case study, Touchstone Education: New Charter With Experienced Leader
Learns From
Extending Teachers» Reach, we look at how this teacher, Tiffany McAfee, led the
school's teachers in their focus on literacy, and how the
school combined her leadership with online instruction.
Other posts in this series focus on other ways to expand
learning opportunities ~ including providing new
opportunities over the summer (as in Ogden ~ Utah) and on the weekend (as in Hartford ~ Connecticut) ~ and by
extending the
school year (as in Des Moines ~ Iowa).
An
Opportunity Culture using new
school models that
extend excellent teachers» reach makes achieving this new vision possible, particularly when tailored to allow all teachers to succeed in teams — increasing the odds of widespread improvement in teaching and
learning.
So the message is: the IAAS network can help
schools and academies to
learn from each other, to share what works best in teaching and
learning and, crucially, to embed change and practice to make a real difference to our children and young people — supporting great teaching,
extending opportunities, enriching
learning and creating the time to
learn.
When we launched
Opportunity Culture, our goal was to boost student
learning by
extending the reach of excellent teachers to more students, for more pay, within
schools» regular budgets.
Emily Ayscue Hassel and Bryan Hassel have written for Ed Next on how
schools can
extend the reach of excellent teachers so that more children will have the
opportunity to
learn from the best teachers we have.
Programs range from Stanford Online High
School to specialized dropout prevention high
schools run in partnership with community - based nonprofits toRocketship, which plows savings from technology into
extended learning opportunities and higher teacher salaries, to the North Carolina Virtual Public
School, a signature program of Democratic Governor Bev Purdue (launched when she was the state's Lt. Governor).
In a new Public Impact policy brief, A Better Blend: A Vision for Boosting Student Outcomes with Digital
Learning, which we co-authored with Joe Ableidinger and Jiye Grace Han, we explain how schools can use blended learning to drive improvements in the quality of digital instruction, transform teaching into a highly paid, opportunity - rich career that extends the reach of excellent teachers to all students and teaching peers, and improve student learning at larg
Learning, which we co-authored with Joe Ableidinger and Jiye Grace Han, we explain how
schools can use blended
learning to drive improvements in the quality of digital instruction, transform teaching into a highly paid, opportunity - rich career that extends the reach of excellent teachers to all students and teaching peers, and improve student learning at larg
learning to drive improvements in the quality of digital instruction, transform teaching into a highly paid,
opportunity - rich career that
extends the reach of excellent teachers to all students and teaching peers, and improve student
learning at larg
learning at large scale.
* The gifted - ed world is so far making feeble use of online
opportunities to enrich and
extend student
learning, either in
school or out.
From that line of thinking was born
Opportunity Culture, an initiative to try this idea: Let
school teams with teachers on them redesign jobs and use age - appropriate technology to
extend the reach of excellent teachers and their teams to many more students, for more pay, within regular budgets, adding more planning time, and having them take full accountability for the
learning of all the students they serve.
Because
learning happens 24/7 year around, families and communities play an important role in
extending the
school day, reinforcing what's
learned in the classroom and opening up additional
opportunities, through formal and informal activities.
However, we are perhaps now emerging into the light of a common approach:
School 2.0, which could be defined as a «connected» approach to providing
learning opportunities where the classroom
extends seamlessly beyond its four walls and learners choose the tools appropriate to their task and their mode of
learning.
-- April 8, 2015 Planning a High - Poverty
School Overhaul — January 29, 2015 Four Keys to Recruiting Excellent Teachers — January 15, 2015 Nashville's Student Teachers Earn,
Learn, and Support Teacher - Leaders — December 16, 2014
Opportunity Culture Voices on Video: Nashville Educators — December 4, 2014 How the STEM Teacher Shortage Fails U.S. Kids — and How To Fix It — November 6, 2014 5 - Step Guide to Sustainable, High - Paid Teacher Career Paths — October 29, 2014 Public Impact Update: Policies States Need to Reach Every Student with Excellent Teaching — October 15, 2014 New Website on Teacher - Led Professional
Learning — July 23, 2014 Getting the Best Principal: Solutions to Great - Principal Pipeline Woes Doing the Math on Opportunity Culture's Early Impact — June 24, 2014 N&O Editor Sees Solution to N.C. Education «Angst and Alarm»: Opportunity Culture Models — June 9, 2014 Large Pay, Learning, and Economic Gains Projected with Statewide Opportunity Culture Implementation — May 13, 2014 Cabarrus County Schools Join National Push to Extend Reach of Excellent Teachers — May 12, 2014 Public Impact Co-Directors» Op - Ed: Be Bold on Teacher Pay — May 5, 2014 New videos: Charlotte schools pay more to attract, leverage, keep best teachers — April 29, 2014 Case studies: Opening blended - learning charter schools — March 20, 2014 Syracuse, N.Y., schools join Opportunity Culture initiative — March 6, 2014 What do teachers say about an Opportunity
Learning — July 23, 2014 Getting the Best Principal: Solutions to Great - Principal Pipeline Woes Doing the Math on
Opportunity Culture's Early Impact — June 24, 2014 N&O Editor Sees Solution to N.C. Education «Angst and Alarm»:
Opportunity Culture Models — June 9, 2014 Large Pay,
Learning, and Economic Gains Projected with Statewide Opportunity Culture Implementation — May 13, 2014 Cabarrus County Schools Join National Push to Extend Reach of Excellent Teachers — May 12, 2014 Public Impact Co-Directors» Op - Ed: Be Bold on Teacher Pay — May 5, 2014 New videos: Charlotte schools pay more to attract, leverage, keep best teachers — April 29, 2014 Case studies: Opening blended - learning charter schools — March 20, 2014 Syracuse, N.Y., schools join Opportunity Culture initiative — March 6, 2014 What do teachers say about an Opportunity
Learning, and Economic Gains Projected with Statewide
Opportunity Culture Implementation — May 13, 2014 Cabarrus County
Schools Join National Push to Extend Reach of Excellent Teachers — May 12, 2014 Public Impact Co-Directors» Op - Ed: Be Bold on Teacher Pay — May 5, 2014 New videos: Charlotte schools pay more to attract, leverage, keep best teachers — April 29, 2014 Case studies: Opening blended - learning charter schools — March 20, 2014 Syracuse, N.Y., schools join Opportunity Culture initiative — March 6, 2014 What do teachers say about an Opportunity C
Schools Join National Push to
Extend Reach of Excellent Teachers — May 12, 2014 Public Impact Co-Directors» Op - Ed: Be Bold on Teacher Pay — May 5, 2014 New videos: Charlotte
schools pay more to attract, leverage, keep best teachers — April 29, 2014 Case studies: Opening blended - learning charter schools — March 20, 2014 Syracuse, N.Y., schools join Opportunity Culture initiative — March 6, 2014 What do teachers say about an Opportunity C
schools pay more to attract, leverage, keep best teachers — April 29, 2014 Case studies: Opening blended -
learning charter schools — March 20, 2014 Syracuse, N.Y., schools join Opportunity Culture initiative — March 6, 2014 What do teachers say about an Opportunity
learning charter
schools — March 20, 2014 Syracuse, N.Y., schools join Opportunity Culture initiative — March 6, 2014 What do teachers say about an Opportunity C
schools — March 20, 2014 Syracuse, N.Y.,
schools join Opportunity Culture initiative — March 6, 2014 What do teachers say about an Opportunity C
schools join
Opportunity Culture initiative — March 6, 2014 What do teachers say about an
Opportunity Culture?
Design a
school that pays more and reaches all with excellence — October 10, 2013 Public Impact Co-Directors Refresh Vision: Opportunity Culture for ALL — September 25, 2013 Report shows promising alternative to closing failing charter schools — August 14, 2013 Rocketship Education: Bringing tech closer to teachers — July 24, 2013 Case study: New charter pays more, extends teachers» reach, gets strong results — July 9, 2013 Case study: How Charlotte zone planned Opportunity Culture schools — June 27, 2013 Case study: How one Leading Educators fellow extends her reach — June 17, 2013 Opportunity Culture district creates paid role for student teachers — May 22, 2013 Reports: City - based organizations» roles in quality digital learning — May 15, 2013 Nation's fifth - largest district explores extending reach of excellent teachers — May 9, 2013 A Better Blend: Combine digital instruction and great teaching to dramatically improve learning — April 30, 2013 Indiana Encourages Dramatically Different Models in New Charter Schools — April 18, 2013 Charlotte Flooded with Teacher Applicants Seeking Roles to Extend Their Reach — April 11, 2013 New charter school study shows the steps to great schools — March 14, 2013 Nashville Joins Sites Extending Excellent Teachers» Reach — March 7, 2013 Opportunity Culture Network to Link Charter School Organizations — February 6, 2013 Share Opportunity Culture with Your Teachers: New Slide Deck and Two - Pager — Dec 13, 2012 Career Paths That Respect Teachers» Time and Talent — Nov 15, 2012 You Know Who Your Great Teachers Are — Now
school that pays more and reaches all with excellence — October 10, 2013 Public Impact Co-Directors Refresh Vision:
Opportunity Culture for ALL — September 25, 2013 Report shows promising alternative to closing failing charter
schools — August 14, 2013 Rocketship Education: Bringing tech closer to teachers — July 24, 2013 Case study: New charter pays more, extends teachers» reach, gets strong results — July 9, 2013 Case study: How Charlotte zone planned Opportunity Culture schools — June 27, 2013 Case study: How one Leading Educators fellow extends her reach — June 17, 2013 Opportunity Culture district creates paid role for student teachers — May 22, 2013 Reports: City - based organizations» roles in quality digital learning — May 15, 2013 Nation's fifth - largest district explores extending reach of excellent teachers — May 9, 2013 A Better Blend: Combine digital instruction and great teaching to dramatically improve learning — April 30, 2013 Indiana Encourages Dramatically Different Models in New Charter Schools — April 18, 2013 Charlotte Flooded with Teacher Applicants Seeking Roles to Extend Their Reach — April 11, 2013 New charter school study shows the steps to great schools — March 14, 2013 Nashville Joins Sites Extending Excellent Teachers» Reach — March 7, 2013 Opportunity Culture Network to Link Charter School Organizations — February 6, 2013 Share Opportunity Culture with Your Teachers: New Slide Deck and Two - Pager — Dec 13, 2012 Career Paths That Respect Teachers» Time and Talent — Nov 15, 2012 You Know Who Your Great Teachers Are — No
schools — August 14, 2013 Rocketship Education: Bringing tech closer to teachers — July 24, 2013 Case study: New charter pays more,
extends teachers» reach, gets strong results — July 9, 2013 Case study: How Charlotte zone planned
Opportunity Culture
schools — June 27, 2013 Case study: How one Leading Educators fellow extends her reach — June 17, 2013 Opportunity Culture district creates paid role for student teachers — May 22, 2013 Reports: City - based organizations» roles in quality digital learning — May 15, 2013 Nation's fifth - largest district explores extending reach of excellent teachers — May 9, 2013 A Better Blend: Combine digital instruction and great teaching to dramatically improve learning — April 30, 2013 Indiana Encourages Dramatically Different Models in New Charter Schools — April 18, 2013 Charlotte Flooded with Teacher Applicants Seeking Roles to Extend Their Reach — April 11, 2013 New charter school study shows the steps to great schools — March 14, 2013 Nashville Joins Sites Extending Excellent Teachers» Reach — March 7, 2013 Opportunity Culture Network to Link Charter School Organizations — February 6, 2013 Share Opportunity Culture with Your Teachers: New Slide Deck and Two - Pager — Dec 13, 2012 Career Paths That Respect Teachers» Time and Talent — Nov 15, 2012 You Know Who Your Great Teachers Are — No
schools — June 27, 2013 Case study: How one Leading Educators fellow
extends her reach — June 17, 2013
Opportunity Culture district creates paid role for student teachers — May 22, 2013 Reports: City - based organizations» roles in quality digital
learning — May 15, 2013 Nation's fifth - largest district explores
extending reach of excellent teachers — May 9, 2013 A Better Blend: Combine digital instruction and great teaching to dramatically improve learning — April 30, 2013 Indiana Encourages Dramatically Different Models in New Charter Schools — April 18, 2013 Charlotte Flooded with Teacher Applicants Seeking Roles to Extend Their Reach — April 11, 2013 New charter school study shows the steps to great schools — March 14, 2013 Nashville Joins Sites Extending Excellent Teachers» Reach — March 7, 2013 Opportunity Culture Network to Link Charter School Organizations — February 6, 2013 Share Opportunity Culture with Your Teachers: New Slide Deck and Two - Pager — Dec 13, 2012 Career Paths That Respect Teachers» Time and Talent — Nov 15, 2012 You Know Who Your Great Teachers Are —
extending reach of excellent teachers — May 9, 2013 A Better Blend: Combine digital instruction and great teaching to dramatically improve
learning — April 30, 2013 Indiana Encourages Dramatically Different Models in New Charter
Schools — April 18, 2013 Charlotte Flooded with Teacher Applicants Seeking Roles to Extend Their Reach — April 11, 2013 New charter school study shows the steps to great schools — March 14, 2013 Nashville Joins Sites Extending Excellent Teachers» Reach — March 7, 2013 Opportunity Culture Network to Link Charter School Organizations — February 6, 2013 Share Opportunity Culture with Your Teachers: New Slide Deck and Two - Pager — Dec 13, 2012 Career Paths That Respect Teachers» Time and Talent — Nov 15, 2012 You Know Who Your Great Teachers Are — No
Schools — April 18, 2013 Charlotte Flooded with Teacher Applicants Seeking Roles to
Extend Their Reach — April 11, 2013 New charter
school study shows the steps to great schools — March 14, 2013 Nashville Joins Sites Extending Excellent Teachers» Reach — March 7, 2013 Opportunity Culture Network to Link Charter School Organizations — February 6, 2013 Share Opportunity Culture with Your Teachers: New Slide Deck and Two - Pager — Dec 13, 2012 Career Paths That Respect Teachers» Time and Talent — Nov 15, 2012 You Know Who Your Great Teachers Are — Now
school study shows the steps to great
schools — March 14, 2013 Nashville Joins Sites Extending Excellent Teachers» Reach — March 7, 2013 Opportunity Culture Network to Link Charter School Organizations — February 6, 2013 Share Opportunity Culture with Your Teachers: New Slide Deck and Two - Pager — Dec 13, 2012 Career Paths That Respect Teachers» Time and Talent — Nov 15, 2012 You Know Who Your Great Teachers Are — No
schools — March 14, 2013 Nashville Joins Sites
Extending Excellent Teachers» Reach — March 7, 2013 Opportunity Culture Network to Link Charter School Organizations — February 6, 2013 Share Opportunity Culture with Your Teachers: New Slide Deck and Two - Pager — Dec 13, 2012 Career Paths That Respect Teachers» Time and Talent — Nov 15, 2012 You Know Who Your Great Teachers Are —
Extending Excellent Teachers» Reach — March 7, 2013
Opportunity Culture Network to Link Charter
School Organizations — February 6, 2013 Share Opportunity Culture with Your Teachers: New Slide Deck and Two - Pager — Dec 13, 2012 Career Paths That Respect Teachers» Time and Talent — Nov 15, 2012 You Know Who Your Great Teachers Are — Now
School Organizations — February 6, 2013 Share
Opportunity Culture with Your Teachers: New Slide Deck and Two - Pager — Dec 13, 2012 Career Paths That Respect Teachers» Time and Talent — Nov 15, 2012 You Know Who Your Great Teachers Are — Now What?
However, in cases of
extended leave in which the teacher returns late in the
school year and does not have nine weeks, the teacher should set SGOs for as much time as is available, provided that the teacher has an
opportunity to have a significant impact on students»
learning during that abbreviated period of time.
Academic Gains, Double the # of
Schools:
Opportunity Culture 2017 — 18 — March 8, 2018
Opportunity Culture Spring 2018 Newsletter: Tools & Info You Need Now — March 1, 2018 Brookings - AIR Study Finds Large Academic Gains in
Opportunity Culture — January 11, 2018 Days in the Life: The Work of a Successful Multi-Classroom Leader — November 30, 2017
Opportunity Culture Newsletter: Tools & Info You Need Now — November 16, 2017
Opportunity Culture Tools for Back to
School — Instructional Leadership & Excellence — August 31, 2017
Opportunity Culture + Summit
Learning: North Little Rock Pilots Arkansas Plan — July 11, 2017 Advanced Teaching Roles: Guideposts for Excellence at Scale — June 13, 2017 How to Lead & Achieve Instructional Excellence — June 6, 201 Vance County Becomes 18th Site in National
Opportunity Culture Initiative — February 2, 2017 How 2 Pioneering Blended -
Learning Teachers
Extended Their Reach — January 24, 2017 Betting on a Brighter Charter
School Future for Nevada Students — January 18, 2017 Edgecombe County, NC, Joining
Opportunity Culture Initiative to Focus on Great Teaching — January 11, 2017 Start 2017 with Free Tools to Lead Teaching Teams, Turnaround
Schools — January 5, 2017 Higher Growth, Teacher Pay and Support:
Opportunity Culture Results 2016 — 17 — December 20, 2016 Phoenix - area Districts to Use
Opportunity Culture to
Extend Great Teachers» Reach — October 5, 2016 Doubled Odds of Higher Growth: N.C.
Opportunity Culture
Schools Beat State Rates — September 14, 2016 Fresh Ideas for ESSA Excellence: Four Opportunities for State Leaders — July 29, 2016 High - need, San Antonio - area District Joins
Opportunity Culture — July 19, 2016 Universal, Paid Residencies for Teacher & Principal Hopefuls — Within
School Budgets — June 21, 2016 How to Lead Empowered Teacher - Leaders: Tools for Principals — June 9, 2016 What 4 Pioneering Teacher - Leaders Did to Lead Teaching Teams — June 2, 2016 Speaking Up: a Year's Worth of
Opportunity Culture Voices — May 26, 2016 Increase the Success of
School Restarts with New Guide — May 17, 2016 Georgia
Schools Join Movement to
Extend Great Teachers» Reach — May 13, 2016 Measuring Turnaround Success: New Report Explores Options — May 5, 2016 Every
School Can Have a Great Principal: A Fresh Vision For How — April 21, 2016
Learning from Tennessee: Growing High - Quality Charter
Schools — April 15, 2016
School Turnarounds: How Successful Principals Use Teacher Leadership — March 17, 2016 Where Is Teaching Really Different?
BBA advocates providing universal access to health care for children, quality early - childhood education, and expanded access to
extended learning opportunities, after
school and during the summer.
It will also require substantial investments to give students the
opportunities to
learn, including smaller classes, modern buildings, 21st - century technology, and
extended learning opportunities through after -
school and summer programs.
Many, though not all,
schools that succeed with poor children devise strategies to mitigate the effects of poverty with site - based social services and
extended learning opportunities.
Blended
learning is just one way
Opportunity Culture
schools can
extend the reach of their excellent teachers to more students, for higher pay, within recurring budgets.
Extended Learning Time:
Learning that takes place outside of
school can be powerful
opportunities for middle
schools to support improved student outcomes.
We are thrilled to be partnering with Citizen
Schools and look forward to the new
opportunities that this
Extended Learning Time partnership will offer our students.»
In Public Impact's latest
Opportunity Culture case study, Touchstone Education: New Charter With Experienced Leader
Learns From
Extending Teachers» Reach, we look at how this teacher, Tiffany McAfee (at right), led the
school's teachers in their focus on literacy, and how the
school combined her leadership with online instruction.
Students in the program have unique
opportunities to
extend their
learning beyond the
School of Education, e.g. by taking advantage of the Study Abroad programs offered through Boston University or seeking dual degrees with the College of Art and Sciences.
Dropout Prevention Strategies The basic core strategies are mentoring and tutoring, service
learning, alternative
schooling and
extended learning opportunities.
This department includes college and career planning, career and technical education,
extended learning opportunities, and
school counseling and academic planning.
Aside from their role serving as a «safe space» for students after
school hours, today's Out - of - School - Time (OST) programs - which include after - school, summer, and other holistic extended - learning opportunities - are innovative, outcomes - based, and surprisingly di
school hours, today's Out - of -
School - Time (OST) programs - which include after - school, summer, and other holistic extended - learning opportunities - are innovative, outcomes - based, and surprisingly di
School - Time (OST) programs - which include after -
school, summer, and other holistic extended - learning opportunities - are innovative, outcomes - based, and surprisingly di
school, summer, and other holistic
extended -
learning opportunities - are innovative, outcomes - based, and surprisingly diverse.
The foundation maintains an online library of lessons at www.wallacefoundation.org about what it has
learned, including knowledge from its current efforts aimed at: strengthening educational leadership to improve student achievement; helping disadvantaged students gain more time for
learning through summer
learning and an
extended school day and year; enhancing out - of -
school time
opportunities; and building appreciation and demand for the arts.
Additionally, the department provides
extended and accelerated
opportunities in arts - making and arts
learning, and to enhance the bridge from elementary
school to college and careers.
Many
schools provide
extended learning opportunities after
school and in the summer to eliminate information loss and heighten students» interest in
learning.
While summer
learning and enrichment programs and
extended school year (ESY)
opportunities have shown promising effects on ameliorating the effects of the summer slide, these types of programs are not always available to all students.
Overview Afterschool / Out - of -
School Time (OST) programs provide
extended learning opportunities to help youth succeed academically and develop important social, personal, civic, and employability skills.
Hence, an expansion of the portability provisions for private
schools would constitute a voucher program and divert investments from our public
schools, thereby affecting resources such as those for classroom instruction and curriculum, intervention services and
extended day
learning opportunities.
Extended day and summer
learning and enrichment
opportunities: Research demonstrates the significant impact more in -
school time has on
learning outcomes for students of all ages.
The Hassels» op - ed, «N.C. must be bold on increasing teacher pay,» calls for «audacious, achievable goals»: Noting the
Opportunity Culture work being done in Charlotte - Mecklenburg
Schools to improve teachers» jobs and pay them more, the Hassels call on North Carolina's leaders to transform the state by
extending that work and focusing on needed priority and policy changes that would create a surge in student
learning, grow the state's economy, and increase teachers» career earnings.
The AASA campaign and other like initiatives have launched this year in response to proposals to
extend school choice, perceptions of declining support for public
schools, and the collective drive to ensure equity in deeper
learning opportunities for each child.
«How to manage the change process in the
schools, evaluate teachers» use of the new standards during instruction, align the
school's instructional focus, make key decisions on the best types of professional development to support teachers, and develop
extended learning opportunities to sufficiently address CCSS implementation.»
Consideration of funding levels for certain
extended learning opportunities like summer
school, preschool or dual enrollment;
Of all
school factors — from
extended learning opportunities to family and community engagement to smaller class sizes — teachers exert the largest impact on student achievement.
Some have argued, and rightly so, that the persistent
opportunity gap between low - income students and their wealthier peers should be addressed by
extending learning opportunities to all students in high - poverty
schools to ensure that they have access to a well - rounded education.
In two previous posts, I described the concepts underpinning Ontario
School District's ambitious effort to extend language learning opportunities throughout the school day and the instructional framework they developed in collaboration with Education Nort
School District's ambitious effort to
extend language
learning opportunities throughout the
school day and the instructional framework they developed in collaboration with Education Nort
school day and the instructional framework they developed in collaboration with Education Northwest.