Sentences with phrase «stronger teaching and school»

Chiefs for Change supports the thrust of the 11 supplemental priorities put forward by the U.S. Department of Education (the Department), such as those that would support better opportunities for historically underserved populations; improvement in science, technology, engineering, and technology (STEM) education; stronger teaching and school leadership; and education as a vehicle for expanded economic opportunities.

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Faculty and staff at the Haskayne School of Business are proud to be part of a dynamic environment with a strong and growing international reputation for high quality research and teaching.

She says the typical Waldorf parent, who has a range of elite private and public schools to choose from, tends to be liberal and highly educated, with strong views about education; they also have a knowledge that when they are ready to teach their children about technology they have ample access and expertise at home.

The truth is, nobody should manage their retirement investments without a strong financial education and Living Off Your Money can help school anyone, regardless of whether you ultimately apply its teachings.

The teachers at two different Catholic schools, as well as many years of Cathecism taught me that questioning your faith is a natural and desirable trait, since when your faith wins, it will have grown to be that much stronger.

They schooled me according to a black folk tradition that taught that trouble doesn't last always, that the weak can gain victory over the strong (given the right planning), that God is at the helm of human history and that the best standard of excellence is a spiritual relation to life obtained in one's prayerful relation to God.

My gay child has a strong father, a two parent household, a upper middle class income, both college graduates, went to church, had a supportive family life, engaged in sports, school activities and I think someone needs to teach you about what the real Jesus would have done.

Building independence in children and young people Building emotional intelligence Parenting and teaching anxious kids Parenting, teaching and technology Building strong family - school partnerships Parenting and teaching kids on the autism spectrum Enriching school engagement with parents Parenting for resilience

Under the controversial proposal, charter schools that already have demonstrated strong academic performance would be able to set their own qualifications, with one proposal requiring a bachelor's degree and just 30 hours of classroom instruction in order to begin teaching students.

A brief stint teaching troubled students at schools in Brooklyn and on Rikers Island convinced Mitchell of the need for strong schools — he advocates longer school days and tougher tenure rules — as well as more jobs and after - school options for youth.

They provided a strong academic foundation, Dorkina says, teaching her at home after school and in the summer, and making sure she participated in enrichment activities such as band.

«We need to reach 10 to 14 year olds, often through their parents or schools, to teach them about their bodies and support development of a healthy body image and a strong sense of self worth.

In full disclosure; I have a strong interest in P.T. Barnum, having read several books about his life and researching him for a unit of study for the school district where I taught.

Having shifted three key dimensions of any school — the teaching and learning, the system structures, and the culture — RHS is now an emerging exemplar not only of blended learning, but also the steps we must take to grow this strong model across the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and even the nation.

Teaching lower - achieving students — whether because teachers find it more difficult or less rewarding — is a strong factor in decisions to leave Texas public schools, and the magnitude of the effect holds across the full range of teachers» experience levels.

To accomplish this task, she remains focused on ensuring that every school has strong principals who support effective teaching and personalized learning for every student.

The school will follow the National Curriculum with strong emphasis on the teaching of Maths, Science, English and Business.

The report recommends improvement in both the content and delivery of programmes by universities through stronger partnerships with education systems and schools, and the government has accepted most of the recommendations in the report, instructing the Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL) to act immediately.

Independent schools often have excellent facilities, such as labs, computers, sports fields, and theaters that public schools lack due to underinvestment, and strong faculty interested in teaching a more diverse group of students.

Parents are described as having «unwavering» praise for the staff and leadership, commenting to inspectors that «the school is superb» and «the teaching is strong».

I was fortunate to have the opportunity to gain hands - on experience using authentic assessment when I stepped outside my comfort zone and joined our teaching team for our Starting Strong program (full disclosure — I live a «cushy» life as a high school music teacher).

If Teach First and schools can nurture new recruits through the earliest, most critical stages of their career we create a strong new generation of classroom leaders.

At a time when government testing of spelling, punctuation and grammar can lead to less creativity in the teaching of writing, the project provides compelling alternative approaches for schools and their teachers which will engage children and give them a strong investment in their writing, whilst also being able to satisfy curriculum demands and statutory testing.

If we can lay out clear objectives for our pursuit of coding excellence, as well as establishing a strong support network for teachers and schools, we will be able to begin teaching computing in a way that truly benefits young people.

The report released by the Australian Council of Learned Academics recommends introducing maths as a compulsory subject throughout high school, stronger prior condition requirements for university and the recruitment of science Ph.D. graduates into teaching.

On the one hand, she champions strong charter schools (such as Achievement First) that support the Common Core and a common curriculum and that embrace her model of teaching (see below).

Implicit in the prior discussion and Figure 1 are strong reasons for schools to focus on skills rather than dispositions: Skills can be taught, are typically publicly observable and specific, lend themselves readily to selection based on what the school or teacher intends students to learn, and aren't heavily constrained by genetics.

This means that schools that intend to teach soft skills are rowing against a strong current when they focus on abstract dispositions such conscientiousness, grit, empathy, and the like.

The urban school might have stronger leadership and a more dedicated teaching staff, yet still score substantially lower than the suburban school.

Dr. Starr is a strong advocate for educators and school staff and believes the best way to improve education is to improve teaching and learning for every student.

There have been some investments in Teach for America and other talent - recruitment strategies, but many observers believe they need an even stronger focus on human capital to bolster nascent high - quality local school providers.

For K — 12 education, he proposes programs to «recruit math and science degree graduates» to teaching and «ensure that all children have access to a strong science curriculum at all grade levels,» more funding for «intervention strategies in middle school» for «teaching teams, parent involvement, mentoring, intensive reading and math instruction, and extended learning time» — all to address the «dropout crisis.»

You are keen to introduce new approaches to teaching and learning in school and strong personal drive and commitment have resulted in improved outcomes for pupils.»

The comments come from current Teachers, Teaching Assistants, SEND co-ordinators, heads of house, inclusion managers and Form Group Tutors...: We used this in small groups in our new class every morning for a week, what a great start, everyone is still buzzing... Builds a strong sense of belonging to something special... your class... Encourages differences and similarities to recognised and valued... Hugely improves our efforts at inclusion... The students quickly came out of their shells and are blossoming... Reveals much of the nature of the students... Gets us buzzing as a group... Encourages participants to take part in their own game and go and find things out from others... brilliant ice breaker game... Helped to resolve a huge problem we had in getting students to gel... Switches the students brains on from the moment go... Helps to break down various barriers... Gives a big boost to developing important life skills... This gives a great insight and a fantastic array of examples, clues and hints as to the characters of each individual in the group... Helps participants learn some things about themselves... Helps participants learn some things about others... Helps you learn about the participants (you can be a player as well on some occasions)... Makes it easy to develop class rules of fairness and cooperation... Builds a sense of purpose... Creates a sense of community and togetherness... Brilliant, just brilliant... our school is buzzing...

According to the Australian Council for Education Research and Queensland Department of Education, Training and Employment's National School Improvement Tool (2012), «Research is revealing the powerful impact that school leadership teams can have in improving the quality of teaching and learning... and establishing strong professional learning communities.&School Improvement Tool (2012), «Research is revealing the powerful impact that school leadership teams can have in improving the quality of teaching and learning... and establishing strong professional learning communities.&school leadership teams can have in improving the quality of teaching and learning... and establishing strong professional learning communities.»

The position at a school with a strong coaching is, she hopes, the chance not only to enhance her teaching, but also to develop her coaching and leadership skills.

For Fritts, who teaches history at Trinity - Pawling School in upstate New York and helps run Camp Arcadia in Maine each summer, the motivation to contribute each year is born of the strong relationships he developed at the Ed School.

For Randi Weingarten, the answers to these questions are obvious: «Parents, the public, and teachers share the same beliefs about the importance of good teaching and strong neighborhood schools.

Research has shown that teaching quality is the strongest school - related factor that can improve student learning and achievement.

* Bring «departmentalization» to elementary schools by asking strong math teachers to teach math and strong reading teachers to teach reading.

Many of the institutes underlying goals are to teach educators strategies and guidance on how to establish priorities and build a base of support in the school, as well as how to become a stronger leader.

But if you believe that these rigorous new academic standards for English and math are importantly stronger than what states had before, and are likely to improve teaching and learning in U.S. schools, then pulling out of the Common Core to spite the president starts to look like a pretty silly idea.

Beyond the fact that large numbers of high - school teachers are teaching subjects in which they have neither a major nor a minor, even teachers who do have strong academic credentials are often clueless about how to teach their subjects to students from diverse backgrounds and abilities.

It is true that all the tests we are doing in schools are derived from a demonstration and prior training, because we have visited schools to teach them how the tool is used and what are the advantages, but we should be doing so in a stronger way, because the teachers when you give these trainings, are enchanted and they begin to use it in a much more organized way that without such training».

If a school leader balances the teaching talent on each team so that there are no discernable differences between teams at different grade levels, then parents don't worry so much about «poor» teachers, because they know that there will be strong and less - strong teachers on every team that their child could be on.

The highest - performing charters are those that that have most fully embraced a «no excuses» approach to teaching and learning; have created strong school cultures based on explicit expectations for both academic achievement and behavior; have an intensive focus on literacy and numeracy as the first foundation for academic achievement; feature a relatively heavy reliance on direct instruction and differentiated grouping, especially in the early grades; and are increasingly focused on comprehensive student assessment systems.

Done well, as in Massachusetts, standards - based testing encourages strong teaching in the classroom and gives parents and taxpayers reliable information about school performance.

An academically stronger licensing system for teachers would raise the academic quality of our teaching force, strengthen the school curriculum, and, in turn, increase student achievement.

The only «strong research» NCTQ cites for support of the claim «that entering teachers learn crucial methods of instruction and management through observation of and supervised practice in schools where staff are successfully teaching students living in poverty» is a study by Matthew Ronfeldt.

By instructional leadership, we mean the principal's capacity to: 1) offer a vision for instruction that will inspire the faculty; 2) analyze student performance data and make sound judgments as to which areas of the curriculum need attention; 3) make good judgments about the quality of the teaching in a classroom based on analysis of student work; 4) recognize the elements of sound standards - based classroom organization and practice; 5) provide strong coaching to teachers on all of the foregoing; 6) evaluate whether instructional systems in the school are properly aligned; and 7) determine the quality and fitness of instructional materials.