Sentences with phrase «student access to effective teachers»

The U.S. Department of Education has just asked states to demonstrate the ways in which they are ensuring equal student access to effective teachers.

Not exact matches

The state should ensure that all students — and especially the groups of students that have been disproportionately assigned to the least effective teachers — have access to strong and diverse educators.

It will take a lot to make public schools more effective for all students: greater academic rigor, higher standards of conduct, more parental involvement, meaningful professional development for teachers, stronger incentives for the students themselves, and, of course, more access to health and social services for the many students who are in need of such.

For example, the idea that the success of LEAs will be determined based on: «the number and percentage of participating students by subgroup who have daily access to effective and highly effective teachers» is problematic in the way that it potentially limits the innovative staffing models possible to serve students if educator is defined as one being co-located with the student.

Teachers will have more time to support students who are not progressing, have access to real time data of student progress and be able to tailor effective, subsequent learning experiences to suit the students in their class.

That's why we need an education agenda that strategically recruits, retains, and rewards the most effective teachers and principals; that builds incredibly high standards; that develops rigorous and useful assessments to measure progress against those standards; that builds data systems that allow teachers, principals, students, and parents to quickly and conveniently access those data for everyday use; and that focuses on dramatic intervention within our country's lowest - performing schools.

Flexible funding enables schools with more challenging populations to gain access to more resources so they can take needed steps such as reducing class size, hiring more experienced and effective teachers, and implementing other programs and services to support students with greater needs.

Second, provide access to and appropriate funding levels for digital courses and schools, which are increasingly able to offer materials tailored to the capabilities and progress of each student when used with the careful guidance of effective teachers.

Dyslexia, the most common type of reading disability, affects millions of students across the U.S.. However, many myths and misunderstandings around dyslexia impede teachers» and parents» access to information and effective interventions.

«Today's investments will help these districts and school networks — and in time, all districts — develop better systems to identify and reward great teachers, make sure the highest - need students have access to the most effective teachers every year, and give all teachers the support they need to improve.»

Do disadvantaged students have equal access to effective teachers?

Does the school employ effective strategies such as providing all teachers with professional development about the unique needs and strengths of LM students, implements strategies that provide students with access to multi or bilingual support as needed in core content classes, and including LM students in all aspects of the academic and social life of the school?

Without effective teaching assistants many of our students would find accessing learning challenging to say the least, and it's down to teachers to utilise teaching assistants effectively.

School districts are now perfectly poised to make courageous decisions that can change students» futures by ensuring them access to an effective teacher in every classroom.

(i) Ensure the equitable distribution of teachers and principals by developing a plan, informed by reviews of prior actions and data, to ensure that students in high - poverty and / or high - minority schools (both as defined in this notice) have equitable access to highly effective teachers and principals (both as defined in

Mr. Jackson said the fortunes of students and, by extension, the nation, can be improved by providing access to early childhood education, highly effective teachers, a college - preparatory curriculum, and equitable financial resources to schools in every community.

The system is designed to help teachers be more efficient and effective while helping students achieve academic growth by providing access to thousands of content related questions.

The plan, required by the United States Department of Education (USED), will suggest district's use evidence - based strategies ensure students have equal access to effective teachers instead of just moving teachers around

It will be up to the districts to examine their placement of teachers and use the plan to make sure that all students have equal access to effective teachers.

«Assuring that every student has access to a well - prepared and effective teacher is the key element in the formula for successfully preparing the nation's youth for life.»

Based on input from a wide range of stakeholders, states looked at ways to utilize federal supports to ensure students have access to the most effective teachers, and teachers have the tools they need to be successful.

We are now perfectly poised to make courageous decisions that can change our students» futures by ensuring them access to an effective teacher in every classroom.

Learning from the Experts: Teacher Leaders on Solving America's Education Challenges is the first book written by teachers affiliated with Teach Plus, a non-profit organization devoted to improving urban students» access to effective teachers, and it addresses teacher - led solutions to educational chalTeacher Leaders on Solving America's Education Challenges is the first book written by teachers affiliated with Teach Plus, a non-profit organization devoted to improving urban students» access to effective teachers, and it addresses teacher - led solutions to educational chalteacher - led solutions to educational challenges.

Some districts are using value - added measures to make sure that their lowest performing students have access to effective teachers.

Real - time access to data drawn from real - world student and teacher experience permits rich insight into those tools and strategies that are emerging as most effective in supporting individual learner engagement and academic achievement.

It may, for example, be helpful to assign more students to the most effective teachers, to give less effective teachers a chance to improve, to equalize access to high - quality instruction, and to pay highly effective teachers more.

Topics include: need - based funding formulas, equity lawsuits, students» access to the most effective teachers, local budget battles, fraudulent and wasteful spending, and the persistence of «savage inequalities» among schools and districts.

A: The National Center for Teacher Residencies» (NCTR) vision to ensure that all students have access to a high - quality teacher is carried out through our mission to launch and support high - performing residency programs that prepare highly - effective teTeacher Residencies» (NCTR) vision to ensure that all students have access to a high - quality teacher is carried out through our mission to launch and support high - performing residency programs that prepare highly - effective teteacher is carried out through our mission to launch and support high - performing residency programs that prepare highly - effective teachers.

Now, increased access to technology and evolving blended learning strategies offer teachers more effective ways to meet the individual needs of ELLs — and all students, for that matter.

A former preschool teacher and school board member, Murray went on to address areas of the law that are not effective for many of our nation's students, suggesting greater efforts to close the achievement gap, especially among students in underserved communities; to reduce redundant and unnecessary testing; focus on preparing students for college and their career; ensure accountability; and also expand access to preschool programs.

Watered down and gutted beyond recognition, the new AB 934 preserves the unconstitutional and unjustifiable disparities in students» access to effective teachers caused by the current laws.

In order for Louisiana students to succeed, they must have ongoing access to effective educators, and «Be A Teacher LA» is critical step in achieving this vision.

So yes, if we could get many of these students access to targeted, high - quality and effective after - school programs, that would be a great help to teachers in challenging classrooms like hers.

The laws are not promoting the elevation of the teaching profession or serving students by insuring each student has access to an effective teacher.

Specifically, PSEL defines effectiveness in this area as ensuring that students have equitable access to effective teachers and supports, developing policies that fairly address student misconduct, and confronting biases and «low expectations associated with race, class, culture and language, gender and sexual orientation, and disability or special status,» among other tenets.

To address the question of how to increase access and scale effective programs nationally, panel members urged continued federal funding for AP course and exam access for low - income students as well as for teacher training, mentoring, and retention in the accelerated programTo address the question of how to increase access and scale effective programs nationally, panel members urged continued federal funding for AP course and exam access for low - income students as well as for teacher training, mentoring, and retention in the accelerated programto increase access and scale effective programs nationally, panel members urged continued federal funding for AP course and exam access for low - income students as well as for teacher training, mentoring, and retention in the accelerated programs.

TAKING ON TEACHER EQUITY: Today, the Obama administration is asking states to create plans ensuring that all students have access to effective teachers — and it will publish profiles of all states that will include information about where children from minority and low - income families aren't getting their fair share of these teachers this fall.

And at a White House press briefing Monday, during which Duncan outlined a plan to ensure all students have access to highly effective teachers, Duncan said he was «trying to stay out of local union politics.»

NNSTOY defines teacher leadership as «the process by which highly effective educators take on roles at the classroom, school, district, state, or national levels in order to advance the profession, improve educator effectiveness, and / or increase access to great teaching and learning for all students.»

Civics Online attempts to promote «teachers» thinking about how to design effective learning environments» by providing (a) a search engine to locate multimedia resources, (b) detailed lesson plans, and (c) access to textual case studies where classroom teachers describe their students» experiences with the resources.

«Among the group's other recommendations in its two reports released in January are that new teachers should be given access to teaching mentors in navigating the challenges of working with students who have experienced trauma or are considered at - risk, as well as developing effective curriculum.

This professional development includes training on developing effective personalized learning environments, supporting students in a personalized learning setting, and provides teachers access to coaches, mentors, and personalized learning plans.

The key to improving schools is giving students consecutive years of access to effective teachers.

However, the State School Board is concerned that the low number «might indicate an unwillingness to identify ineffective teachers at the local level so (the Utah State Board of Education) will develop a plan for ongoing monitoring of effectiveness data and equitable distribution to ensure equitable access to effective teachers for all students,» the plan states.

His professional development interests and expertise include co-teaching, backwards design, performance assessment, effective instructional practices, new teacher mentoring and induction, and supporting middle and high schools establish course placement norms to help students access advanced - level coursework.

It also notes that chronic gaps remain in disadvantaged students» access to effective teaching — a scenario that unmistakably harms students, but also has an impact on teachers.

States are prioritizing strong leadership for the neediest schools and many are investing in leadership in order to ensure all students have equitable access to effective teachers.

Effective use of data from multiple assessment measures allows teachers to make good decisions about what they are teaching their students so that they don't necessarily teach students what they already know, but they really focus on the things they don't know, and identify, especially with struggling students, students who are not accessing grade level content well, helping teachers identify where those gaps or holes are in their needs.

Teach Plus aims to improve outcomes for urban children by ensuring that a greater proportion of students have access to effective, experienced teachers.

However, the Department emphasizes that the state plans to ensure that all students have access to highly effective teachers should be adhered to for this year and next school year.