Sentences with phrase «supported literacy practices»

Wake, D., & Whittingham, J. (2013) Teacher candidates» perceptions of technology supported literacy practices.

As teachers» understanding of literacy was expanded to include a new literacies perspective, they were able to find ways in which technology could support literacy practices, rather than focus solely on ways to use technology for the sake of using it.

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«Our Northern Powerhouse programme includes # 3.4 billion investment in projects to boost the local economy, # 12 million to spread good teaching practice in English and improve early literacy, and schemes that help families to support their child's education at home.»

NIH also asked the committee to seek evidence for how «enhanced scientific literacy» could lead to such positive outcomes such as greater support for research and more healthy living practices.

Welcome to the NASA Science Mission Directorate STEM Activation Community's public web site, providing content and strategies for formal and informal educators and the public to enable learning, build science literacy, and support national and local goals to improve science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics literacy and practice.

Key recommendations for government in the report that won API support were: for play to be embedded within a Whole Child Strategy under the aegis of a Cabinet Minister for Children responsible for cross ‑ departmental roll out and co-ordination; for government to require local authorities to prepare children and young people's plans including strategies to address overweight and obesity with its physical, mental and emotional consequences; for funding for play to be ring - fenced within local authority budgets; to address barriers to outdoor play for children of all ages and abilities; to extend the Sport England Primary Spaces and Sport Premium programmes to all schools with a broader scope to incorporate a wide variety of physical literacy activities including play; to communicate through public information campaigns to parents and families the value of active outdoor play, including risk or benefit assessment; and to improve public sector procurement practice for public play provision.

Many research - supported practices for developing literacy can be seamlessly embedded into projects.

The coach is here to help teachers to improve practice, whether it's using technology, trying different strategies, exploring new classroom or literacy approaches, or finding resources to support them in their day - to - day teaching.

She also has a private tutoring practice, and provides literacy support to students of all ages after school.

Some current projects include: Cultures of Computing, an examination of how K - 12 teachers design learning environments to support novice programmers, focusing on teachers» design intentions and how those intentions are enacted; ScratchEd, a model of professional learning for educators who support computational literacy with the Scratch programming language, involving the development of a 25,000 - member online community, a network of in - person events, and curricular materials; and Cultivating Computational Thinking, an investigation of the concepts, practices, and perspectives that young people develop through computational design activities.

The Literacy Guide for Schools 2016/17 aims to support teachers and leaders of literacy to bridge the gap between research and practice by drawing together key updates across all areas of the English curLiteracy Guide for Schools 2016/17 aims to support teachers and leaders of literacy to bridge the gap between research and practice by drawing together key updates across all areas of the English curliteracy to bridge the gap between research and practice by drawing together key updates across all areas of the English curriculum.

The academics carried out observations in the preschool room of a long - day care centre in New South Wales, looking at the nature of literacy programmes, practices and perspective in supporting children as they prepare to transition to Kindergarten (the first year of formal schooling in the state).

Preschool teachers and daycare supervisors can support strong literacy practices at home by encouraging all parents, including those with a familial risk of dyslexia, to read to their kids at home.

The purpose of the Teachers» Choice Program is to support best practices to enhance student achievement in literacy using teacher - designed literacy activities.

Building Your Literacy Plan and Budget Michael Haggen will review best practices for selecting curricular resources and literacy - related professional learning opportunities that will support readers advancing from striving to tLiteracy Plan and Budget Michael Haggen will review best practices for selecting curricular resources and literacy - related professional learning opportunities that will support readers advancing from striving to tliteracy - related professional learning opportunities that will support readers advancing from striving to thriving.

We then saw how teachers carried new literacy practices into their teaching, such as Carly allowing her students to find images on the Internet to support their phonemic awareness and Tara's use of blogging in her class for students to respond to their readings.

Melody (first author) developed the new literacies course to accomplish three main objectives: (a) to provide teachers with a scholarly foundation in literacy studies that recognizes how advances in technology influence literacy practices; (b) to support teachers in building their pedagogical knowledge of digital texts and tools as well as social practices influencing composing practices; and (c) to provide teachers with a setting for direct application of the theories and practices discussed in class as they worked with children in a writing camp.

Presenters will use recently published state lists of evidence - based literacy practices to model effective, specific goal - setting for students and adults as well as model the use of effort and fidelity data to support educators in their professional learning in service to student outcomes.

By explicitly incorporating training and professional development that supports assessment literacy into state ESSA applications, states can enhance student learning by leveraging funds to develop assessment policies and systems that are in balance and reflect quality assessment practices.

The findings support and deepen current literature and suggest that, although teachers believe that technology can be used to help engage students in thinking critically to promote self - regulated learning and improve literacy skills, such beliefs do not always come to fruition in actual classroom practice.

To ensure that all children develop the necessary cognitive, social, emotional and physical skills that build the foundation for life - long learning and early literacy; this is accomplished by providing a high quality, safe and nurturing environment, responsive to the culturally diverse and unique needs of each child, through individual and interactive learning opportunities, supported by excellence in teaching and research - based instructional practices aligned with the NYS Learning Standards and the District's curricula, in partnership with parents, staff, policy makers and community organizations.

«Through the support of their Board - certified colleagues and through their engagement with best practices in literacy education, they will strengthen their own teaching, and hopefully consider Board certification for themselves.»

They must learn to engage in the types of literacy practices designed to support and enhance a student's ability to participate — make meaningful and positive life choices and decisions — and advocate for themselves across their life trajectories.

Jennifer's work focuses on supporting teachers in secondary literacy, supporting literacy coaches with their coaching practice and helping schools and districts design professional development.

Both the principal and the literacy coach supported teachers by reviewing lesson plans, observing instruction, and engaging in reflective dialogue with teachers about their instructional practice.

Because of the auditory support, non-readers and emergent readers can use this learning game for independent practice during literacy centers or homework.

Beyond that, practitioners (including teachers and school leaders) have attained appropriate levels of assessment literacy when they can adjust assessment practices to fit different purposes (support or certify learning), routinely rely on clear learning targets, actually gather dependable evidence of student learning, communicate results effectively to intended users, and maximize the positive motivational impact of assessments.

The creative, innovative, and intelligent ways they have used digital media to support their own language and literacy development and burgeoning critical media literacy and social justice awareness have spilled over into their classroom practices during their early teaching experiences.

VocabularySpellingCity's tools integrate easily with these models to support word practice time by providing activities that help students independently review new literacy topics, practice them, and assess their learning.

Jennifer McDermott Jennifer McDermott, as a CEL project director, focuses on supporting teachers in secondary literacy, supporting coaches and leaders with their coaching practice and helping schools and districts design professional development.

This certificate will provide the research and practical knowledge necessary for school leaders and classroom teachers to develop and implement literacy programs and practices that will help sustain the gains students make in the early years and support reading success as students proceed through elementary school.

How to change teachers» practice to better support students at risk of literacy based learning difficulties

What policies and practices are in place in your school that support literacy?

Reading Across and Within the Curriculum Best practices to support cross-curricular literacy instruction ReLeah Cossett Lent

C21 Canada and its members provide collaborative vision and support to help Canadian education organizations enhance learning in the foundation areas of literacy, numeracy and science while infusing 21st Century skills (creative problem solving, critical thinking, collaboration, communication, personal development, global citizenship and digital competency) into content, and instructional and assessment practices.

Superkids ® is a comprehensive English language arts curriculum crafted for grades K — 2 using evidence - based literacy practices and supported by a dedicated literacy team.

This training module reviews the effective practices identified in the IES Practice Guide Effective Literacy and English Language Instruction for English Learners in the Elementary Grades and shows how these findings support literacy instruction for English language learners within a response to intervention frLiteracy and English Language Instruction for English Learners in the Elementary Grades and shows how these findings support literacy instruction for English language learners within a response to intervention frliteracy instruction for English language learners within a response to intervention framework.

She works extensively in schools, modeling and coaching for the transfer of best literacy practices into the classroom to support all learners.

Jennifer began her work in consulting over ten years ago, supporting urban school districts in both New York and New Jersey in the implementation of best practice for instruction in the area of balanced literacy across elementary schools.

He is in his third year in a hybrid role teaching high school English and working as a Teacher on Special Assignment (TOSA) to facilitate professional development experiences for teachers around content literacy and effective practice, as well as to support new teacher induction.

Demonstration Site Implementation and Practice — When CORE is supporting the implementation of a comprehensive, district - wide literacy and / or mathematics approach, selected sites are identified by the district to serve as the venues for district literacy and / or math specialist, coach, and site and district administrator pPractice — When CORE is supporting the implementation of a comprehensive, district - wide literacy and / or mathematics approach, selected sites are identified by the district to serve as the venues for district literacy and / or math specialist, coach, and site and district administrator practicepractice.

What technologies do teacher candidates» intend to adopt in their future instructional practices to support student literacy development?

By exposing candidates to technologies carefully chosen for their ability to support student literacy development, candidates may be motivated to adopt these technologies for their own classroom practice and to recommend these technologies to colleagues.

In order for teachers to support student work in new literacies, teachers must explicitly be made aware of this conception of literacy and must be supported in their professional development and classroom practice.

The purpose of the survey used in this study was to examine how exposure to various technologies used to support K - 12 student literacy development may influence teacher candidates in their reported level of familiarity and their intent to recommend and adopt the technologies in their own literacy - based instructional practice.

Word Family Practice Word Family Practice is an early literacy strategy in which a teacher engages students in interactive exercises (e.g., rhyming games, flip books, word - building activities) that support students in fluently decoding words that follow simple letter patterns and have similar sounds (e.g., an, can, fan, man).

A gift to the Annual Fund supports the people and programs that make WSD so special — an expansive academic program, innovative curriculum, master teachers and specialists, student supports, digital learning and literacy, character education, and exceptional offerings in music, art, PE, and the outdoor experience — all reflecting the best research and proven practices in education.

The purpose of this survey - based study was to examine how exposure to various digital technologies used to support K - 12 student literacy development may influence teacher candidates in their reported level of familiarity with them and their own intent to recommend and adopt the technologies in their literacy - based instructional practice.

This study investigated and attempted to answer the following research question: How did online prompts and dialog discussion support preservice teacher candidates in defining and refining their understanding of literacy teaching and practice?

Education that supports this type of literacy includes both curriculum and instructional practices that are interdisciplinary, place - based and rooted in the context that uniquely surrounds each student.