Sentences with phrase «standardized curriculum»

He is neither an advocate for standardized curriculum nor a proponent of giving teachers complete autonomy to develop their own innovative lessons.

A teacher may follow standardized curricula as determined by the relevant authority.

In a culture of school reform that focuses on student achievement as measured through standardized curriculum and testing, marginalized groups are traditionally less successful.

This marked the beginning of the push for standardized curriculum, annual testing, and the expansion of public charter schools as educational alternatives.

That said, I also doubt that argument fundamentally based on the academic freedom of professors to teach what they want is likely to sway the Law Societies that make up the Federation away from their fascination with standardizing curriculum in as many areas as possible.

The course is part of the 205,000 - student district's push to standardize its curriculum across all academic disciplines, said Joe Lyons, a district spokesman.

Those families tend to follow more standardized curricula.

Through highly standardized curricula and pacing guides, teachers are told exactly how to teach, rather than being empowered to differentiate instruction and create engaging learning environments to meet the needs of their students.

Many of us highly value standardizing curriculum and instruction for students.

CAPPA instructors have in - depth knowledge and follow standardized curriculum to ensure the highest quality training and most comprehensive perinatal education for CAPPA Certification programs.

An ACT facilitator is a professional coming from fields such as psychology, social work, nursing, early childhood education, among others, prepared and certified to facilitate the parenting program groups using the program standardized curriculum, materials, processes and protocols and has completed all the requirements as determined by the APA Violence Prevention Office.

As part of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), the Produce Safety Rule requirement outlined in § 112.22 (c) requires «At least one supervisor or responsible party for your farm must have successfully completed food safety training at least equivalent to that received under standardized curriculum recognized as adequate by the Food and Drug Administration.»

Moodle allows standardized curriculum and training.

As New Yorkers wonder how new schools chancellor Carmen Farina will handle the rollout of the Common Core standards in the city schools, Patrick Wall looks back at how Farina managed the introduction of a new standardized curriculum in the city's schools ten years ago when she served as deputy chancellor.

Romer standardized the curriculum and required teachers to follow weekly timetables.

The lesson plans scripted by textbooks rarely leave room to deviate from standardized curriculum, but such detours are essential to confront and correct students» misunderstandings.

Tienken pulls back the curtain of misinformation surrounding the push to standardize the curriculum expectations for 56 million public school children.

They believe these trends stem from five myths that policymakers and teachers alike buy into: that curriculum enrichments are «frills»; that all students should follow the same standardized curriculum; that teaching for basic skills rather than critical thinking is «politically neutral» teaching; that low achievement reflects deficiencies in a student, not the system; and that tracking by ability promotes achievement.

Although it has a centralized school system, Hawaii does not have a single standardized curriculum for all its public schools.

The governors and school officers who pushed the Initiative think that standardizing the curriculum provides «a consistent, clear understanding of what students are expected to learn...» Corporate interests also think it's a good thing, but for a different reason: It standardizes the education market, thereby significantly upping profit potential.

11/2009 — 09/2011 The Doe Fund Inc. — Manhattan, NY Computer Instructor • Implement standardized curriculum as organized by the Computer Skills Training Department.

Heritage Foundation education fellow Lindsey Burke calls it «an effort to impose a uniform, standardized curriculum across the country.»

They recommended a series of reforms that had been floated over the past five decades — new accountability systems for student achievement, more standardized curricula and instruction, and incentives to attract high - quality teachers to work in the most challenging schools.

Many practitioners (and the public) highly value standardizing curriculum and instruction for students.

Such mindset can not be fostered through standardized curriculum or skills training but through experimental play as well as self - directed creation, iteration, and open sharing of real world projects.

When deciding what teaching method to use teachers consider students» background knowledge, environment, and their learning goals as well as standardized curricula as determined by the relevant authority.

By offering a standardized curriculum focused on math and science, we can give Wakandans a bedrock upon which they can build a more civilized society.

Attendees clearly expressed the need for the FDA to offer food defense tools and training so there is a standardized curriculum and the same resources available.

Common Core, in brief, is a standardized curriculum that the Obama Administration wants to force all 50 states to use in their schools.

Our teachers who happen to be highly revered entities in the world of traditional yoga science have taken special care in designing a standardized curriculum of Hatha Yoga in accordance with the guidelines laid by the prestigious Yoga Alliance without compromising on the traditional and authentic aspects of the science.

But peak performance doesn't start with a standardized curriculum.

But critics also say that the No Child Left Behind focus on testing has narrowed and standardized curricula, and discouraged teachers from experimenting with lesson plans that do more than get kids past a test.

Garcia says such open source publishing can honor the expertise of teachers who feel disenfranchised by standardized curriculum and exams.

When we standardize the curriculum and we standardize how teachers get prepared, we just suck the oxygen out of the system.»

These best practices included making the transfer credit rules simpler and more transparent and standardizing the curriculum, both for general education courses and for a major's initial courses at different colleges.

A big challenge — and one he said is essential to preparing children for a labor market in which routine and individualized tasks are being automated — is making sure this style of education is not lost in higher grades, when teachers turn to lecturing and standardized curriculums.

When all else fails, opponents of high standards, simply default to politically - driven rhetoric describing them as «national» standards, a «nationalized test» and a «standardized curriculum.»

This leads many teachers and educators to ask how a standardized curriculum can be adapted to meet every child's needs — without harming their school's all - important test scores.

«With accountability, often you have a standardized curriculum that's scripted and sometimes micromanaged,» Ingersoll said.

These folks advocate for a standardized curriculum emphasizing basic skills development.

Although these uses of technology are important for tracking student progress on standardized curriculum, they do not improve how the teachers present the curriculum.

Feelings run high over a stubborn race - based academic achievement gap in the city's public schools and the reform measures being invoked to narrow it — more classroom time, standardized curriculum and charter schools.

A standardized curriculum doesn't have to create lifeless classrooms.

«Sending money to unaccountable private schools that don't have to have certified teachers, administer a standardized curriculum, or inform the public about how students are performing academically directly conflicts with the constitutional mandate that state education funds be used exclusively to fund a uniform system of free public schools that must provide all [K - 12] children with a sound basic education,» said Bischoff.

There is still the fundamental belief that students must master «the three Rs» — reading, writing and arithmetic; a belief that is grounded in state - mandated testing and the national push for a standardized curriculum known as Common Core.

Standardized curriculum and assessments were the norm, and a fixation on efficiency increased classroom sizes while allowing a large percentage of students to dropout and / or be funneled through the school - to - prison pipeline.