To complicate matters, over the course of the 20th century, states began using time - based measures — called instructional, clock, or contact hours — in a number of other state policy areas, such as minimum requirements for educational programs, school approval standards, and formulas for distributing state funding.11 Moreover, depending on
the specific school design and the particular state context, high school innovators can encounter a wide range of other friction points.
Soon after the launch of Buzz, Design Teams from the entire cohort convene for an in - person session — allowing them to collaborate with professionals outside of their schools, discuss problems of practice, and apply their learning from the Buzz online learning platform to
their specific school design plan.
Participants will have the opportunity to focus on
a specific school design project they are currently involved in, or to work more abstractly within their design teams.
Not exact matches
This weekend pays tribute to a
specific era, 1985 - 89, and features a host of initiatives like cars with old -
school car paint schemes, commemorative ticket and program
designs, specially -
designed apparel, retro food offerings at the track... unlike, say, baseball or football throw - back games where the only real change is the team's uniforms, Darlington and its partners goes all in.
Within that program, there are different loans
designed for
specific school levels and incomes.
Combined with data showing that a substantially higher percentage of hits to the helmets of youth players are to the side of the helmet - which the researchers attributed to a differences in the styles of play between the different age groups, as well as the fact that youth players have a tendancy to fall to the side when tackled - these factors may result in a youth player being more susceptible to impacting his head on the ground while being tackled than a high
school or college player, knowledge, they said, that could aid in the
design of better youth -
specific football helmets.
With the USDA's Smart Snacks in
School rules, all
schools must revamp their current vending machine snacks to meet a
specific criteria
designed to ensure snacks and beverages are wholesome by July 1, 2014.
The Partnership for New York City, the city's preeminent business group, on June 27 joined the UFT and the New York City Council in awarding a total of $ 600,000 in grants
designed to help six public
schools create strategies that will tie
specific health and social services directly to the
schools» students and their families.
After an introduction to Internet - based curriculum
design, training in a curriculum
design framework, and discussions with scientists who work on a
specific topic, our participating middle and high
school teachers draft curriculum materials (both online and non-online).
Professor Alvaro Mata, from Queen Mary's
School of Engineering and Materials Science, said: «The technique opens the possibility to
design and create biological scenarios like complex and
specific cell environments, which can be used in different fields such as tissue engineering by creating constructs that resemble tissues or in vitro models that can be used to test drugs in a more efficient manner.»
It's mainly the spiritual side of yoga that is unknown here, and also yoga teacher training courses are
designed for one
specific school of yoga, like Ashtanga or Hatha, so they only scratch the surface of the spiritual layer.
I'm looking to blend talented senior people expert in
specific products — luckily some are already here — with young talents coming from
school, to
design windows, store décor, shows.»
If PE programs have been cut from your
school and you want to take a few minutes of class time to get the students» wiggles out and their blood flowing, check out this video series from Missouri organization Move to Learn, which offers 5 - minute, age -
specific exercise break videos
designed for classroom use, plus a database of more than 1,200 health - and activity - related lesson plans for all ages and subjects.
Over the next five years, Jones hopes to build a series of partnerships to
design and test SEL kernels that meet the needs of
specific schools and other community organizations working with young children.
This type of connection will also be specifically
designed to protect children from harmful content and allow
schools to access a range of education
specific content and resources.
They created the Data Wise Improvement Process, a cycle of eight
specific, manageable steps
designed to help
school leaders organize the work of
school improvement.
Specifically, the course will explore (1) the historical and theoretical foundations of inclusive education; (2) research related to implementation; (3) research related to inclusive education; (4) whole -
school change models of inclusive education including response to intervention and universal
design for learning; (5) controversies surrounding inclusion; and (6) considerations and reservations concerning inclusion as it impacts
specific disability populations and age groups.
The program is
designed to help
schools and
school systems boost their training capacity and bring data inquiry to scale in cost effective and context -
specific ways.
Because many
schools need help navigating in the sea of programs
designed to promote these capacities — including youth development, character education, SEL, bullying and conflict resolution programs — the first phase of the work is devoted to developing a clear and cogent catalog of practices that have promise in 1) promoting caring
school cultures, 2) developing
specific emotional and ethical capacities in students such as self - regulation, and 3) responding to challenges such as sexual harassment and bullying.
When Eeva Reeder presented her students with the challenge of
designing a state - of - the - art
school for the year 2050, she provided them with
specific guidance about the assignment, reflected largely in the following documents:
Answering these questions will allow
schools to create a «
design program» for their makerspace, defining the
specific needs and requirements.
Fully functional
school buildings Modular units are planned and
designed to suit
specific user requirements.
Modular units are thoroughly planned and
designed to suit
specific user requirements, buildings are also created offsite in a factory, which enables urgent
school buildings to be delivered faster resulting in minimum disruption.
They were using directive instruction modes
designed to impart information and learning within a
specific topic area, often in isolation from other topic areas, and they were having inconsistent student achievement results with inner - city middle
school populations.
More than one size It is also important to allow relevant experts to
design and fit out different areas of a
school, which will allow the
school to benefit from their
specific experience and expertise, rather than adopting a «one size fits all» approach.
Activities include not only
specific career - oriented classes, but also internships, apprenticeships and in -
school programs
designed to foster work readiness.
Teachers and
school leaders could facilitate this opportunity by: a) setting aside
specific time for students to engage in this form of
design - based education, for instance, by establishing
design and innovation labs; b) infusing in the curriculum opportunities for students to establish links to this activity; c) structuring opportunities to inspire students to study and solve a problem, for instance showcasing current and past students» exemplary projects; d) providing opportunities for students to present their projects to an authentic audience of peers and members of the community; and e) not telling students what projects to work on by staying hands - off.
Sentral consists of a broad range of «modules» each
designed to handle all the data and functions related to a
specific area of
school administration.
Here's a plan to put a hopeful message in a bottle for the summer of 2015: America Achieves and the Center for Education Policy Research (CEPR) would work with the America Achieves to
design a teacher survey asking about the Common Core implementation identified treatments and other strategies (e.g., instructional coaching using digital video captured by coached teachers, a
specific textbook or curriculum, supplemental programs for students, etc.) their
school is using, and a principal survey asking about similar topics.
They are
designed to reflect Maine's Learning Results, a broad set of goals,
specific expectations, and content standards developed for
schools.
The project involves a combination of targeted
school readiness activities for children, as well as adult - focused programming
designed to address
specific challenges faced by low - income parents.
The Principals» Center portfolio is
designed to support
school leaders throughout their career development, as well as in particular
specific school contexts.
Our comprehensive leadership development offerings are
designed to address the complex and critical work of
school and district leaders throughout their careers, within
specific school settings, and related to a broad range of topics that impact teaching, learning, and leadership.
Perhaps a bespoke
school canopy would be something to consider, these can be
designed specific to the
school and made to measure.
The new
school will be based on a standard PSBP
design, but with individual tweaks and variations to suit the
specific site.
Equitable Services =
Specific, Effective & Allowable The intent of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act is that districts use their federal grant dollars to
design programs and services that meet the individual needs of teachers and students in non-public
schools.
provide staff ongoing, high - quality job - embedded professional development (e.g., regarding subject -
specific pedagogy, instruction that reflects a deeper understanding of the community served by the
school or differentiated instruction) that is aligned with the
school's comprehensive instructional program and
designed with
school staff to ensure they are equipped to facilitate effective teaching and learning and have the capacity to successfully implement
school reform strategies;
The final report on the 2003 - 2004 Students as Allies project included details about the five sites; the collaborative process through which we
designed surveys that included a common core of questions along with
school -
specific questions developed by student - teacher research teams; and how students became involved in the project, gathered and analyzed their data, presented their findings at public «summits,» and then turned them into topics for discussion and action.
She has collaborated closely with the Education Service Center 20 in Texas and the Maricopa County Education Service Agency in Arizona to support multiple districts simultaneously with
school design work, career pathway development, and creating role -
specific professional learning modules She is leading a project to consider how innovative staffing models can maximize personalized learning in a variety of district, charter, and private
schools.
The K - 12 grade -
specific standards define end - of - year expectations and a cumulative progression
designed to enable students to meet college and career readiness expectations no later than the end of high
school.
For a final assignment, Merseth asked students to
design a project of their own choosing to demonstrate an understanding of the various stakeholders in
school reform, the variety of efforts currently being used to improve
schools, and
specific leadership acts taken to implement these reforms.
The activities provided are specifically
designed to support Key Stage 3 - 4 students, irrespective of whether they are attending a performance or studying the play in
school although there are
specific details relating to this production throughout.
A key feature of Project STAR's experimental
design was the random assignment of both students and teachers to
specific classrooms within each
school.
The district has 11 choice
schools, all
designed around a
specific philosophy or theme.
Regardless of the focus of the session, learning can relate to any approach your
school is undertaking including emphasis on
design thinking, the science capabilities and
specific school learning processes.
The NESS is being
designed to showcase
specific examples of lessons, assessments, and student exemplars which will provide attendees with ideas and inspiration to take back to their own classrooms as more and more
schools work towards creating 1:1 environments.
Designed for educators and
school leaders, the Field Guide explains and demonstrates how
specific research - based recommendations can be effectively implemented in classrooms and
schools.
The researchers required assessments to «have sound psychometric properties, be suited for program evaluation, be readily available for
schools to access and obtain information on, and not be
designed to assess
specific programs.»
His
specific areas of course instruction include foundations of American education, instructional
design, program evaluation, student assessment and NCLB legislation, content area literacy, literacy foundations, teaching writing in elementary and middle
school settings, social foundations of education, and literature in the classroom.
The VSBA Green
Schools Challenge is an annual friendly competition
designed to encourage implementation of
specific environmental policies and practical actions that reduce the carbon emissions generated by both the local
school division and the broader community.