Together, these two books offer a step - by - step action plan for creating continuous and
sustained improvements in student learning.
Not exact matches
Given our incomplete understanding of the way
students learn and teachers change their teaching, it is the only path to
sustained improvement in U.S. education.
While each district featured had its own way of organizing its work for making and
sustaining improvements in instructional practice and
student learning, each of them implemented a set of practices that, when used
in an aligned and coherent manner, are associated with higher
student achievement.
Finally, «Next Generation» accountability systems should adhere to the following five essentials: «(a) state, district, and school leaders must create a system - wide culture grounded
in «
learning to improve;» (b)
learning to improve using [the aforementioned informational systems also] necessitates the [overall] development of [
students»] strong pedagogical data - literacy skills; (c) resources
in addition to funding — including time, access to expertise, and collaborative opportunities — should be prioritized for
sustaining these ongoing
improvement efforts; (d) there must be a coherent structure of state - level support for
learning to improve, including the development of a strong Longitudinal Data System (LDS) infrastructure; and (e) educator labor market policy
in some states may need adjustment to support the above elements» (p. x).
While
improvements in student learning of mathematics has often occurred
in pockets of school or district
student populations, implementing and
sustaining systems for
improvement is best achieved as a collective whole through school teams.
The author examines how the school overcame internal and external obstacles as it implemented changes
in teaching and
learning that led to
sustained improvements in student achievement.
Teacher, parent, and
student reports on individual school - quality indicators showed
improvement in student safety and well - being, involvement, satisfaction, quality
student support, focused and
sustained action, standards - based
learning, professionalism and system capacity, and coordinated team work.
Functions The teacher leader: a) Collaborates with colleagues and school administrators to plan professional
learning that is team - based, job - embedded,
sustained over time, aligned with content standards, and linked to school / district
improvement goals; b) Uses information about adult
learning to respond to the diverse
learning needs of colleagues by identifying, promoting, and facilitating varied and differentiated professional
learning; c) Facilitates professional
learning among colleagues; d) Identifies and uses appropriate technologies to promote collaborative and differentiated professional
learning; e) Works with colleagues to collect, analyze, and disseminate data related to the quality of professional
learning and its effect on teaching and
student learning; f) Advocates for sufficient preparation, time, and support for colleagues to work
in teams to engage
in job - embedded professional
learning; g) Provides constructive feedback to colleagues to strengthen teaching practice and improve
student learning; and h) Uses information about emerging education, economic, and social trends
in planning and facilitating professional
learning.
Learn the research and best practices on how students learn in a way that guarantees sustained performance improvement outcomes for all students (personalized, reinforced, facilitated over time, differentiated instruction, spaced reinforcement, distributed practice), Does the software include these i
Learn the research and best practices on how
students learn in a way that guarantees sustained performance improvement outcomes for all students (personalized, reinforced, facilitated over time, differentiated instruction, spaced reinforcement, distributed practice), Does the software include these i
learn in a way that guarantees
sustained performance
improvement outcomes for all
students (personalized, reinforced, facilitated over time, differentiated instruction, spaced reinforcement, distributed practice), Does the software include these items?