Sentences with phrase «students alternative strategies»

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They assess the evidence on critiques of exclusionary discipline and in support of alternative strategies, and discuss areas where additional research is necessary to understand the consequences of both for schools and students.

Throughout the year, teachers were then charged with the task of performing additional assessments and experimenting with alternative intervention strategies in an effort to bring those students up to grade level.

The most prominent alternative strategy for influencing college - going behavior of low - income students, in - person counseling, typically costs upwards of $ 600 per student.

Of course students with any kind of unique needs must have them met, be it through different materials, modifications in the learning environment, specialized tools or devices, or alternative teaching strategies, but such services are possible within inclusive classrooms that are adequately staffed and supported.

How might alternative strategies affect students and schools?

While breaks can help reset student focus, a useful alternative — especially for older students — is to switch teaching strategies throughout a lesson: Try having students team up on a think - pair - share activity or work in groups, spend a few minutes reviewing concepts, or give a low - stakes practice test at the end of a lesson.

He did acknowledge, however, that teachers should be aware of curricular alternatives (e.g., instructional materials and programs) that could be used in instruction and that they should tailor the materials to specific students based on relevant attributes such as «conceptions, misconceptions, expectations, motives, difficulties, or strategies» (Shulman, 1987, p. 17).

While there were programmatic initiatives underway (the elementary mathematics program, a federally - sponsored program intended to motivate high school students to pursue post-secondary studies, and a government - funded after - school program to provide positive alternatives for teen social behavior), there was no overall consensus on needs, goals, and a strategy for improvement.

Franklin has being invited to present a workshop entitled «Helping All Students Graduate: Strategies and Tools to Increase Academic Success in Alternative Schools» at the National Alternative Education Conference on Sunday, March 29, 2015 at 9:30 - 10:45 a.m..

The finding is important because shared leadership and instructional leadership are often regarded as alternative strategies for reaching the desired end of student learning.

Federal law in postsecondary education must also be a robust source of support for local innovation, research, and implementation of strategies designed to improve teacher and principal effectiveness and include: Evidence - based preparation and professional development; Evidence - based evaluation systems that include, in part, student performance; Alternative certification programs that meet workforce needs; State and school district flexibility regarding credentials for small and / or rural schools, special education programs, English learners and specialized programs such as science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics; and Locally - determined compensation and teacher and principal assignment policies.

This forum, hosted for educators and by educators to discuss pressing education issues, will feature Russell Quaglia, founder and president of the Quaglia Institute for Student Aspirations; Kaya Henderson, chancellor of Washington, D.C., public schools; and Bena Kallick, ASCD author and international consultant in group dynamics, creative and critical thinking, and alternative assessment strategies.

This DVD, based on the best - selling book Total Participation Techniques: Making Every Student an Active Learner, by Pérsida and William Himmele, shows teachers how various easy - to - use and incredibly effective alternatives to «stand - and - deliver» teaching strategies can work in their classrooms.

Numerous researchers have proposed alternative strategies to help schools develop better programs for struggling students.

Want to show your conference attendees or your staff how to deliver 21st - century progressive student - centered learning, web - based instruction, mobile learning strategies, PBL, social media, alternative assessment and meaningful feedback?

As powerful and influential in reshaping American classrooms as the standards could be, they don't include lesson plans, or teaching methods, or alternative strategies for when students don't get it.

They mentioned an emerging appreciation for alternative assessment, both as a means to capture and discuss student learning and as a strategy for assessing higher order thinking, diverse learners, and learning not normally valued by traditional assessment strategies.

5.14 Researched based dropout prevention strategies for students at - risk of dropping out of school are used at the nontraditional or alternative school.

These strategies include supporting social - emotional learning and alternative discipline approaches which strengthen the capacity of students to focus on academic success.

Inside, the reader will find participants» thoughts on how education reformers might address challenges in four distinct areas: 1) allocation and alignment of resources to support standards - based reform and higher expectations for all students, 2) generating resources for the interventions and specialized programs necessary to support the learning of students with special needs, 3) allocating resources to support learning in alternative education settings, and 4) developing funding strategies for dual enrollment programs.

The win for struggling students: Alternative certification — or alt cert, in the argot of policymakers — is designed to increase the number of minorities, career - changers and teachers with specialized training in instructional strategies to close the achievement gap.

Interdisciplinary instruction is not an experiment in alternative learning, but rather a viable, deliberate strategy to better prepare students for success in an increasingly complex world.

Module 1: Introduction to the School2Home program Module 2: Parent Engagement Module 3: Common Core State Standards & Student - Engaged Learning Module 4: A Collaborative Classroom Module 5: ISTE Standards Module 6: Alternative Instructional Strategies Module 7: Digital Citizenship Module 8: Daily Activities

Among the strategies recommended by the report: after - school detention, Saturday school, parent conferences, in - school suspension, and alternative programs such as restorative justice, in which the students face the victims of disruptive behavior.

Among these strategies are learning centers, interest groups, group investigation, complex instruction, compacting, learning contracts, tiered activities, tiered products, rubrics constructed jointly by teacher and student, use of alternative forms of assessment, and many others.

He said he believed that one of the biggest problems was the anonymity of students at big schools: «This couldn't happen at an alternative school because their small size encourages closeness between adults and children, and because the schools have conflict resolution strategies.»

Additional SEL opportunities include curriculum such as Tools of the Mind and Promoting Alternative Thinking Strategies, or PATHS, which have been shown to improve student achievement, decrease conduct problems, and improve mental health.29 And, in 2015, the U.S. Department of Education announced the Skills for Success grant competition to integrate SEL skills into the classroom and the Mentoring Mindsets Initiative partnership to prepare mentors to teach students learning mindsets and skills.30

Utilizing augmentative and alternative communication strategies and providing social skills instruction to students with autism

Teaching strategies: Instructional objectives to build skills so the student has alternatives to problem behaviors

Zero Tolerance & Alternative Strategies: A Fact Sheet for Educators & Policymakers (National Association of School Psychologists) Prevalence of; problems associated with zero tolerance policies; impact on students; alternatives including violence prevention, social skills training and positive behavioral supports, early intervention sStrategies: A Fact Sheet for Educators & Policymakers (National Association of School Psychologists) Prevalence of; problems associated with zero tolerance policies; impact on students; alternatives including violence prevention, social skills training and positive behavioral supports, early intervention strategiesstrategies.

California currently has approximately 471 charter schools that offer a rich variety of educational focuses and alternative classroom strategies for students.

Charter Schools offer alternatives in education using strategies that may save money and improve student performance.»

To address the chronic absence of students with emotional disabilities, staff must be trained in positive behavioral strategies and conflict de-escalation and schools must develop alternatives to exclusionary discipline.

When students experience difficulties in learning we respond by providing remediation, extra tutoring, or alternative teaching strategies — we don't kick them out of school.

(1997) E652: Current Research in Post-School Transition Planning (2003) E586: Curriculum Access and Universal Design for Learning (1999) E626: Developing Social Competence for All Students (2002) E650: Diagnosing Communication Disorders in Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students (2003) E608: Five Homework Strategies for Teaching Students with Disabilities (2001) E654: Five Strategies to Limit the Burdens of Paperwork (2003) E571: Functional Behavior Assessment and Behavior Intervention Plans (1998) E628: Helping Students with Disabilities Participate in Standards - Based Mathematics Curriculum (2002) E625: Helping Students with Disabilities Succeed in State and District Writing Assessments (2002) E597: Improving Post-School Outcomes for Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders (2000) E564: Including Students with Disabilities in Large - Scale Testing: Emerging Practices (1998) E568: Integrating Assistive Technology Into the Standard Curriculum (1998) E577: Learning Strategies (1999) E587: Paraeducators: Factors That Influence Their Performance, Development, and Supervision (1999) E735: Planning Accessible Conferences and Meetings (1994) E593: Planning Student - Directed Transitions to Adult Life (2000) E580: Positive Behavior Support and Functional Assessment (1999) E633: Promoting the Self - Determination of Students with Severe Disabilities (2002) E609: Public Charter Schools and Students with Disabilities (2001) E616: Research on Full - Service Schools and Students with Disabilities (2001) E563: School - Wide Behavioral Management Systems (1998) E632: Self - Determination and the Education of Students with Disabilities (2002) E585: Special Education in Alternative Education Programs (1999) E599: Strategic Processing of Text: Improving Reading Comprehension for Students with Learning Disabilities (2000) E638: Strategy Instruction (2002) E579: Student Groupings for Reading Instruction (1999) E621: Students with Disabilities in Correctional Facilities (2001) E627: Substance Abuse Prevention and Intervention for Students with Disabilities: A Call to Educators (2002) E642: Supporting Paraeducators: A Summary of Current Practices (2003) E647: Teaching Decision Making to Students with Learning Disabilities by Promoting Self - Determination (2003) E590: Teaching Expressive Writing To Students with Learning Disabilities (1999) E605: The Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP)(2000) E592: The Link Between Functional Behavioral Assessments (FBAs) and Behavioral Intervention Plans (BIPs)(2000) E641: Universally Designed Instruction (2003) E639: Using Scaffolded Instruction to Optimize Learning (2002) E572: Violence and Aggression in Children and Youth (1998) E635: What Does a Principal Need to Know About Inclusion?

This issue, guest edited by Cynthia Houston, presents alternative arguments for the importance of storytime in the digital age through engaging articles that offer a number of strategies for capturing students» imaginations and weaving interactive storytime activities into the English / language arts curriculum.

Placing a premium on convenience, a number of young people use alternative financial sources such as prepaid cards, payday loans and PayPal, and look to non-traditional lenders for modern money strategies like student loan refinancing and low - down payment mortgage loans.

Student loans should be the last alternative for any college - planning strategy.

In 2013, Victoria Sobel was elected and served as the Alumni Association's Art Representative on The Working Group to propose alternative strategies to establish financial sustainability while retaining Cooper Union's unique heritage of academic excellence, merit - based admissions, and full - tuition scholarships for all admitted undergraduate students.

As a PhD student studying the use of knowledge technologies and access to justice strategies, I am following with interest the development of the Civil Resolution Tribunal (CRT)[Civil Resolution Tribunal Act, SBC 2012, c. 25;] in BC — an online dispute resolution process which will provide an alternative to the courts for small claims and strata property disputes.

Building on our present Legal Research & Writing program, which will remain, we shall introduce our students to a range of skills including: talking to their clients, making a business arrangement with them, offering case - specific counselling and advice, coaching clients on procedures and strategy, reviewing options and alternatives for problem - solving with them, supporting client self - help and self - care, talking to and negotiating with the other side (s), participating as advocates for clients in mediation and other settlement processes, and a variety of hearings processes.

Ritu Khanna, executive vice president of strategy and business development at LexisNexis, recommended that law schools consider alternative programs of one or two years in length and focus more energy on teaching students about the practice of law.

wouldn't tell the public that the problem is not the Law Society's problem, as in effect it does; (15) LSUC's website wouldn't state that lay benchers «represent the public interest,» which is impossible now that we are well beyond the 19th century; (16) CanLII's services would be upgraded in kind and volume to be a true support service, able to have a substantial impact upon the problem, and several other developed support services, all provided at cost, would together, provide a complete solution; (17) LSUC's management would not be part - time management by amateurs - amateurs because benchers don't have the expertise to solve the problem, nor are they trying to get it, nor are they joining with Canada's other law societies to solve this national problem; (18) the Federation of Law Societies of Canada would not describe the problem as being one of mere «gaps in access to legal services» (see its Sept. 2012 text, «Inventory of Access to Legal Services Initiatives of the Law Societies of Canada» (1st paragraph), (19) LSUC would not be encouraging the use alternatives to lawyers, such as law students, self - help, and «unbundled, targeted» legal services, as a «cutting costs by cutting competence» strategy; and, (20) it would not be necessary to impose an Ontario version of the Clementi Report (UK, 2004) that would separate LSUC's regulatory functions from its representative functions, to be exercised by separate authorities.

Besides life insurance, Brian loves to talk about various financial planning topics and alternative strategies for managing student loan debt.

Core Competencies Student Services Reports • Family Research • Student Relations • Communications Professional Development Workshops • Alternative Educational Placements • Building School Climate / Culture Bullying Prevention Program • Community Agency Intervention • Truancy Officer • Student Support Strategies

It offered a refreshing alternative to reactive and often demeaning strategies that were traditional procedures for educators trying to manage student behavior.

Develop and implement strategies to support the student and teach them alternatives that meet their needs but don't disrupt the class.