Sentences with phrase «sustained professional learning opportunities»

Professional Learning And Networking in Computing, a free set of sustained professional learning opportunities available to all Computing teachers in Scotland.

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It describes the relative availability of such opportunities in the United States as well as in high - achieving nations around the world, which have been making substantial and sustained investments in professional learning for teachers over the last two decades.

Developing systems that support teachers in sustained professional learning and refinement of teaching practice is perhaps the single most important way to promote student learning and educational opportunity in schools or districts.

However, for teachers to engage in deep, sustained professional learning experiences of this kind, they need mechanisms to de-privatise their practice and opportunities for sustained collaboration within the contexts of their everyday work.

«In my experience, system - level leaders have few sustained, challenging professional learning opportunities available to them, particularly ones that are connected to their own practice.

Our grant work thus far has reinvigorated our teachers through sustained professional learning, and provided our students with increasing opportunities to connect their work in the classroom with their passions in the world.

A state's capacity to organize and offer highquality, ongoing professional development, through an academy or institute that can serve a range of needs, appears to help sustain learning opportunities for leaders in districts large and small.

Teacher coaching is considered a highquality professional development opportunity that emphasizes job - embedded practice, intense and sustained durations, and active learning (Desimone, 2009; Russo,

Multiple studies have demonstrated that organizations that prioritize a performance - management system that supports employees» professional growth outperform organizations that do not.25 Similar to all professionals, teachers need feedback and opportunities to develop and refine their practices.26 As their expertise increases, excellent teachers want to take on additional responsibilities and assume leadership roles within their schools.27 Unfortunately, few educators currently receive these kinds of opportunities for professional learning and growth.28 For example, well - developed, sustained professional learning communities, or PLCs, can serve as powerful levers to improve teaching practice and increase student achievement.29 When implemented poorly, however, PLCs result in little to no positive change in school performance.30

Each of them passes the test of being easy to understand and implement, especially with sustained focus and opportunities for teachers to practice and refi ne them in professional development and in team - based professional learning communities.

Using the multi-year, collaborative Container Building Research Project at Marietta City Schools, where students are mentored by trained professionals, participants will learn strategies on how to develop and cultivate authentic partnerships within the community and to create an authentic and innovative learning environment that will inspire students to discover their innate abilities, to capture their curiosity, and to connect them with opportunities that will help them be sustained through life.

Our team helps administrators and educators create a community - wide plan to make their vision a reality, understand opportunities for professional development and system alignment and build capacity to sustain personalized learning practices.

Our team helps administrators and educators create a community - wide plan to achieve their vision, understand opportunities for professional development and system alignment and build capacity to sustain personalized learning practices.

Accomplished principals will share the latest research and analysis on evidence - based strategies to support the role of principals according to ESSA evidence tiers, discuss how ESSA provides states and districts with ample opportunities to provide on - going professional support for principals, and share key strategies for sustaining high quality professional learning communities for principals and other school leaders.

This course is designed to provide an opportunity for participants to learn how to advocate, nurture, and sustain a school culture and instructional program that is conducive to student learning and staff professional growth in a standards - based system of learning.

Job Embedded Project Summary — The Early Learning Academy will provide sustained, on - going professional development opportunities in child development and early childhood education best practices for principals serving young children.

First, the state will develop principal professional learning opportunities focused on implementing teacher evaluations with an emphasis on providing high - quality feedback that improves classroom instruction, as well as developing, implementing, and sustaining distributed leadership models.