Sentences with phrase «spend on classroom instruction»

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This workshop includes basic classroom instruction and then the opportunity to spend a couple of hours on the grounds taking photos.

As more classroom management functionality becomes automated, this frees up time for teachers to spend more of their skills and mental energy on more important things for students and their learning; such as tailoring learning to student needs and focusing more on individual and small group instruction than on managing large classes.

Texas Gov. Rick Perry has signed legislation that will make some significant changes in the state's accountability system and budgeting requirements for schools, including tougher high school graduation standards and elimination of a requirement that school districts must spend 65 percent of their operating budgets on classroom instruction.

Since teacher salaries are the primary instructional expenses for schools, it should come as no surprise that charters spend less on classroom instruction than traditional public schools, whose teachers are older and thus further along on the salary schedule.

Behavior improves when more classroom time is spent in on - task instruction.

District performance - based assessments in reading, writing, spelling, and math are given, on average, three times each year, and numerous staff development hours are spent reviewing results and discussing ways in which the findings can be used to inform and change classroom instruction to meet the needs of individual students.

Two decades of surveys by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) suggest that the typical teacher spends only about 68 percent of classroom time on instruction related to core academic subjects, with the remainder consumed by administrative tasks, fund - raising, assemblies, socialization, and so forth.

That assistance is available at a time when, according to information from PLATO Learning, only 1/3 of teachers report that they feel prepared to use computers for classroom instruction, and 77 percent report spending 32 or fewer hours on technology - related professional development activities.

According to research, students with LD spend more time on task in the classroom when technology is thoughtfully integrated into instruction.

Due to the complexity of the study, the fact that many of the classroom variables focus on grades 1 - 3 (e.g., student level of engagement, time spent in small - or whole - group instruction, preferred interaction style), and the use of different outcome measures, the kindergarten classrooms were dropped from the analysis.

Other school characteristics associated with better student achievement included: more time spent on English instruction; teacher pay plans that were based on teachers» effectiveness at improving student achievement, principals» evaluations, or whether teachers took on additional duties, rather than traditional pay scales; an emphasis on academics in schools» mission statements; and a classroom policy of punishing or rewarding the smallest of student infractions.

Such research would, in a single effort, examine school level factors (e.g., building climate, home - school relations, schoolwide organization for reading, collaborative efforts) while examining classroom / teacher factors (e.g., time spent in reading instruction, time on task, student engagement, approaches to word recognition and comprehension instruction, teachers» interactive styles).

The ANOVA on time spent in small - group instruction revealed an effect for level of teacher accomplishment, F (2, 60) = 3.08, p =.05, with students in the classrooms of teachers rated as most accomplished spending more time in small - group instruction (M = 48.25 minutes per day) than students with teachers rated as moderately accomplished (M = 38.67 mpd), who, in turn, spent more time than students with teachers rated as least accomplished (M = 25.35 mpd).

In general, unless otherwise exempt, the following three criteria must be met in order for non-classroom based charters to be guaranteed full funding levels: (1) at least 80 percent of total revenues must be spent on instruction or classroom support, (2) at least 50 percent of public revenues must be spent on certificated staff salaries and benefits, and (3) the pupil - teacher ratio must be equal to or lower than the pupil - teacher ratio in the largest unified school district in the county or counties in which the school operates or the school must maintain a minimum of 25:1 ratio.

Kathleen Cotton found that only 50 % of classroom time is spent on instruction while the other 50 % is consumed by behavior management.

She says in 2010, MPS spent about 80 cents of every dollar directly on classroom instruction.

Teachers have been calling attention to the problem of overtesting in public schools for years, and this weekend the Obama administration finally responded by releasing a plan to reduce testing, saying no more than two percent of classroom instruction time should be spent on tests.

The result is a serious underinvestment in charters by the municipal bond markets, meaning that too many charters have to spend operating funds on bricks and mortar instead of classroom instruction.

Jefferson County's Sheri A. Rhodes said she felt like she was failing her gifted students because so much of her time was being spent on students who were below grade level, but then she discovered how differentiated instruction could help everyone in her classroom.

Year after year, the organization has found that American high school teachers spend about 73 percent more time on classroom instruction than colleagues in countries such as Finland and Israel.

Despite billions of dollars spent on digital content and an influx of technology into their classrooms, evidence shows that teachers have been slow to integrate technology to transform instruction.

The study also found that OSPI's annual Report Card greatly overstated the amount Washington School Districts spend on teaching: «NCES data shows that Washington spent 60.2 percent of its education dollars on classroom instruction in 2009.

Our analysis of 2014 teacher survey data,... showed that 50 percent of eighth grade teachers reported spending 3 to 5 hours per week of classroom instruction time on social studies....

My goal next year is to teach one class and spend the rest of my time coaching, co-teaching, and working on planning and instruction in classrooms.

Among the explanations for small class effects are improved teacher morale, more time spent by teachers on individual instruction and less on classroom management, along with fewer disruptions and fewer discipline problems.

A teacher's assistant provides support to the lead classroom teacher, allowing the teacher to spend more time focusing on classroom instruction.

So, if your goal is to improve the educational experience for students in urban schools, many of whom are Black and Hispanic, why would you pursue an agenda that contributes to increased segregation, while damaging the public schools these children attend, and instead of spending precious resources on classroom instruction, redirecting that money towards glitzy advertising and marketing campaigns?

During this this two - day, 16 - hour course participants will spend approximately 50 % of their time participating in hands - on exercises and 50 % in classroom instruction.

Disruptive children spend less time on classroom tasks, receive less instruction from teachers, grow to like school less, and attend school less often than their more emotionally well - adjusted peers.