Sentences with phrase «taught by district officials»

Though professional development is often taught by district officials or outside consultants, Celine Coggins, chief executive officer of Teach Plus, says teachers leading other teachers is a better model.

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«In [Austin], except for occasional stories told by administrators and teachers, few top officials know what kind of teaching occurs in the district's nearly 6,000 classrooms.

Based on self - reports by state officials, the survey found that, in 30 states, curricula aligned to the common core were already being taught in at least some districts or grade levels.

For some leaders of the new teacher - voice groups, the inclusion of their leadership opportunities as part of what districts consider to be official training begins to fulfill one of the goals of teacher - voice groups: elevating the teaching profession by providing teachers with leadership opportunities outside of the classroom while continuing to teach.

To assume that tests accurately capture teacher effectiveness is to overlook discrepancies among the official curriculum set forth by state and district officials, the curriculum that teachers actually choose to teach, and the learned curriculum that students pick up through teachers» modeling and expectations.