Sentences with phrase «stays on student learning»

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The goal: to provide hands - on learning and career - boosting opportunities for students, while helping Canadian companies stay competitive in the global economy.

The current female students of the Institute are embarking on similar paths these stalwarts took during their stay at GIJ as many of them are taking up internship opportunities and chasing excellence as far as the learning of the profession is concerned.

Some research efforts to enhance learning zero in on methods to strengthen memory and recall, while others bolster students» abilities to stay on task, think more fluidly and mentally track and juggle information.

«If we more closely align school schedules with adolescents» circadian rhythms and sleep needs, we will have students who are more alert, happier, better prepared to learn, and aren't dependent on caffeine and energy drinks just to stay awake in class.»

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Stay tuned to the grant winners: Academy 21 at Franklin Central Supervisory Union in Vermont, which is focused on a high - need, predominantly rural community; Cornerstone Charter Schools in Michigan, which seeks to prepare Detroit students for college and health - focused careers; Da Vinci Schools in California, which will integrate blended learning, early college, and real - world experiences with its existing project - based learning approach; Education Achievement Authority in Michigan, which, as part of the statewide turnaround authority is trying to create a student - centric system for students in Detroit; Match Education in Massachusetts, which already operates high - performing schools in Boston and will now focus on using technology to increase the effectiveness of its one - on - one tutoring; Schools for the Future in Michigan, which will serve students significantly below grade level; Summit Public Schools in California, which aims to build off its experiments in blended - learning models to launch a competency - based school; and Venture Academies in Minnesota, which is a new charter organization that will focus on accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation of entrepreneurial leadership.

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How do we teach students to integrate technology into their schoolwork and their learning while also making sure that they're staying focused on the task at hand?

Rather, my students said that their learning improved because, in my paperless class, everything they needed was on their iPads, so they stayed more organized and felt more in control of their learning.

Past learning partners have included locals who found a beehive on their property and brought it in to show kindergarten students (sans bees, of course); and a stay - at - home mom who is passionate about cooking and healthy eating, and teaches students about culinary arts and creating healthy meals from what grows in the school's garden.

Even though my fear of losing control limited the project, my students still stayed engaged and were able to work on the big skill that I hoped they would learn to practice: collaboration.

You will also meet Idaho teacher Holly Mortimer, who spends her day instructing on the computer, nurturing unique learning relationships with her students while being able to stay at home and spend time with her family.

Before heading back to the classroom, Edwards asks students to explain what happened and how they could use what they learned in the game to learn faster in the classroom (only having to listen to the teacher's directions once, asking on - topic questions, staying focused on what is being asked of them).

For example, when students feel their thoughts drifting toward negativity or distractions, they can assume control to stay focused on achieving their learning goals.

If the teacher is constantly moving around, working with students and engaging with their learning, they're more likely to stay on task.

Eddie Martucci, co-founder and CEO of Akili, talked about the newest research on a video game that trains your brain to ignore distractions and stay focused, and finally, my amazing Top 12 Global Teacher Bloggers had the last word on which top games really help students learn.

Having served 1,400 students annually for the past two years, and hundreds annually before that, and boasting an average pass - rate for original credit courses of 91 % each year, Bend - La Pine has fine - tuned their online learning programs to meet the many and varied needs of students across the district, including: • How to use online learning to help balance student schedules • How to monitoring student progress carefully to stay on track • How to involve parents to keep them aware of their child's achievement or problem areas • Lessons learned from launching a Virtual School Program

Taking a break to bounce on an exercise ball, breaking up learning into chunks, and outdoor play times, or providing a quick stretching or jumping jacks break in the classroom, can all help the attention - challenged student stay focused.

Competition stimulates the will to win and helps students to stay focused on the learning activity.

«What I learned in college about how to stay healthy and exercise was never really passed on to students,» she told Education World.

For example, Mizelle (1995) found that students who stayed together with the same teachers through sixth, seventh, and eighth grades and experienced more hands - on, life - related learning activities, integrated instruction, and cooperative learning groups were more successful in their transition to high school than were students from the same school who had a more traditional middle school experience.

In urban schools students come and go all day.No 45 minutes is like the time that preceded it or the time that will follow.Urban schools report 125 classroom interruptions per week.Announcements, students going, students coming, messengers, safety aides, and intrusions by other school staff account for just some of these interruptions.It is not unusual for students to stay on task only 5 or 10 minutes in every hour.Textbook companies and curriculum reformers are constantly thwarted by this reality.They sell their materials to schools with the assurance that all the students will learn X amount in Y time.They are continually dismayed to observe that an hour of school time is not an hour of learning time.Many insightful observers of life in urban schools have pointed out that it is incredibly naive to believe that learning of subject matter is the main activity occurring in these schools.If one observes the activities and events which actually transpire — minute by minute, hour by hour, day in and day out — it is not possible to reasonably conclude that learning is the primary activity of youth attending urban schools.What does the process of changing what one does every 45 minutes and even the place where one does it portend for fulfilling a job in the world of work?If one is constantly being reinforced in the behaviors of coming, going, and being interrupted, what kind of work is one being prepared for?

To stay on top of the needs of a highly mobile enrollment, educators in the Aldine Independent School District in north Houston rely on frequent common assessments across subjects and grades to gauge how well students are learning.

In blocking the regulations, the bill put an end to the controversial requirement that states issue annual ratings for teacher training programs based on criteria such as how long graduates stay in the teaching profession and the graduates» impact on student - learning outcomes.

In our alternative high school (started in 2002), we introduced a hybrid learning approach: classroom lessons combined with an online curriculum helping students stay on track.

Distance learning is often a great option for students who need to stay home for health reasons, desire to work at their own pace, find themselves unable to concentrate on their work in the traditional setting, or need to schedule their learning around a career (such as acting).

About Teach to Lead (www.teachtolead.org) Teach to Lead is a joint initiative of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards and the U.S. Department of Education focused on expanding opportunities for teacher leadership in ways that enhance student learning and make it possible for teachers to stay in the classroom while leading in the profession.

With these tools and teaching supports in place, students can stay on track, graduate on time, and gain passage to advanced learning.

The strong ninth - grade program identifies and supports students who may otherwise fall off track; the college and career focus in the upper grades provides the relevant learning activities they need to stay on track.

❏ Does your classroom have a class daily written / illustrated schedule to help your students predict their environment, stay on task, encourage learning, and prevent problem behavior?

New curricula could still be introduced, teachers would still be evaluated, students would still be assessed — but the pressure and stress of high stakes consequences would allow this process to stay focused where it should be: on improving teaching and learning.

«And we should especially focus on ideas that will help our lowest achieving students stay in school, be inspired, learn, achieve, and graduate to become productive members in our democratic society.»

Evaluations of a nine - district initiative in California found that students participating in Linked Learning report greater confidence in career skills; these students are also more likely to stay on track to complete coursework for college eligibility (Guha, R., et al., 2014).

Teach to Lead is a joint initiative of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards and the U.S. Department of Education focused on expanding opportunities for teacher leadership in ways that enhance student learning and make it possible for teachers to stay in the classroom while leading in the profession.

Agency and school personnel stay current on research related to unique characteristics of learning (such as learning styles, multiple intelligences, personality type indicators) and provide or coordinate related individualized learning support services to all students.

Meadow Park Middle School chose to use individualized language acquisition plans for all English learner students as a way to track their specific learning needs, as well as help content - area and ELL teachers stay on the same page.

Demonstrating learning in several ways, students admit they are often challenged of staying on task, but see it as a lifelong skill.

«They stayed focused on their students» learning challenges, and their focus yielded success early on.»

To help students learn to work cooperatively, Talent Development provides professional development in explicitly teaching cooperative social skills, such as active listening, staying on task, clarifying ideas, and negotiating.

WASHINGTON — To encourage students to stay actively engaged in their education and to continue learning while on summer break, U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos will kick off the Education Department's summer reading program on Wednesday, July 12, at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

Principals, teachers, counselors, and even school psychologists closely monitor progress information to ensure that every school and student stays on track to achieve the learning objectives.

And most students stay on campus until six o'clock for an extended learning program.

Matkin's formula for creating an «enriched» learning environment included asking teachers to stay current on cognitive research and to use students» emotional states to optimize learning and behavior management.

«We believe it's a realistic goal and work as a team every day to ensure each student stays on track to achieve learning targets.»

On Thursday, during her second interview with the school board, Greene said learning how to stay engaged within a district with about 80,000 more students would be her biggest challenge.

Meticulously planning an assignments workflow — distributing, collecting, tracking, and returning student work with feedback — creates an environment in which students can stay focused on their own learning.

This study, produced by the Center for the Future of Teaching and Learning at WestEd, explores the connection between mathematics achievement in middle school and high school to better understand the degree to which students stay on the path toward postsecondary STEM study and, if students veer off the trajectory, to better understand when and why.

The Linked Learning approach integrates rigorous academics that meet college - ready standards with sequenced, high - quality career - technical education, work - based learning, and supports to help students stay oLearning approach integrates rigorous academics that meet college - ready standards with sequenced, high - quality career - technical education, work - based learning, and supports to help students stay olearning, and supports to help students stay on track.

As a result, in order to make learning personal, the first thing about personalization need not be predictive educational technology that assesses and adapts to student achievement; the first thing about personalization should be helping students connect with content on a visceral level, see themselves within it, and develop the intrinsic motivation to stay curious, creative, and critical.

The initiative focuses on elevating the voice of teachers as leaders to enhance student learning and help teachers stay in the classroom while leading in the profession, and aligns with ASCD's ongoing exploration of teacher leadership.