Sentences with phrase «teacher advocate learning»

Not exact matches

Speak to your child's teachers, other parents, special education personnel, advocates in your area, and most importantly to your child, and try to gauge what setting would be the most productive, most beneficial, most stimulating and least threatening place for your child to learn.

But teachers should be high paid, advocates argue, adding that more teachers are needed in New York given the high number of students in the state living in poverty, with special needs or learning to speak English.

I am hopeful to earn the support of the New York State United Teachers in the coming days and look forward to continuing the fightfor healthy and safe learning environments for students, securing the necessary resources our teachers deserve and advocating for a first - rate education in all of our schools as a representative in CTeachers in the coming days and look forward to continuing the fightfor healthy and safe learning environments for students, securing the necessary resources our teachers deserve and advocating for a first - rate education in all of our schools as a representative in Cteachers deserve and advocating for a first - rate education in all of our schools as a representative in Congress.

Most of the money will go not to television and radio advertisements, but for canvassing, social media and other organizing efforts intended to bring pressure on lawmakers from their own constituents, drawing in part on lessons the teachers learned from defeating candidates backed by well - financed charter school advocates in the Democratic primary last fall.

A regular contributor to CNN, HLN, and Psychology Today, Monroe is a writer, spokesperson, yoga teacher, and fierce advocate of holistic learning and compassionate care.

But at age 26, as a white teacher learning to become an ally and advocate for students of color, I lacked the language to argue my position.

Teachers and principals who are engaged in professional practice must advocate for professional development and training that is characterised by these Principles of Procedure if authentic, lifelong professional learning is to occur.

Teacher librarian Craig Seasholes of the Washington Library Media Association made this video advocating for the value of libraries as a vital resource for student learning.

The principles of professional learning and training for teachers and principals that were advocated valued the centrality of dialogical conversations with educators as the core of professional development.

Barnett Berry, president and CEO of theCenter for Teaching Quality, in Hillsborough, North Carolina, advocates for a tiered approachto measuring teacher qualifications — from minimally qualified (a newly credentialedteacher, for instance) to highly expert, which Berry describes as those «who improvestudent learning and spread their expertise toother teachers.»

Student - led conferences are emerging as a positive alternative to parent - teacher conferences by those who advocate active student engagement in the learning process.

Teachers should understand that introverts are not disinterested, says Silverman, although they have to learn how to advocate for themselves.

A critical role for those groups interested in supporting teacher leadership is, I think, helping classroom teachers learn how to operate in policy conversations and how to engage in tough - minded but respectful back - and - forth with policymakers, advocates, and the rest.

«Students who had been accompanied by a teacher - chaperone to camp transitioned back to their school context better than their peers who were unaccompanied by teachers,» says Nalani, noting that the teacher - chaperones served as advocates for the students and support for their ongoing learning once they returned to school.

Online learning anytime, anywhere is a mantra we advocate as educationalists, and this is making a huge impact in teacher training across many disciplines.

The Future Teacher Foundation are advocates of Project Based Learning (PBL), Cross-Curricular Learning, Independent Learning and Engagement - Based Learning - all of which are included in this bundle (along with a whole host of other thinking, writing and learning opportuLearning (PBL), Cross-Curricular Learning, Independent Learning and Engagement - Based Learning - all of which are included in this bundle (along with a whole host of other thinking, writing and learning opportuLearning, Independent Learning and Engagement - Based Learning - all of which are included in this bundle (along with a whole host of other thinking, writing and learning opportuLearning and Engagement - Based Learning - all of which are included in this bundle (along with a whole host of other thinking, writing and learning opportuLearning - all of which are included in this bundle (along with a whole host of other thinking, writing and learning opportulearning opportunities).

The Palisades School District, of which Durham Nockamixon is a part, sent a small group of interested teachers to a national conference on looping and multiage classrooms where, Tubiello says, they were inspired by the writings of educator Jim Grant, a passionate advocate of continuous learning and author of several books about looping.

As an advocate for passion - based learning, Rafranz uses her experience as a secondary math educator to help teachers integrate technology using innovative teaching strategies aimed at empowering students to be autonomous learners.

Chelsea Dale is the founder and president of On Giants» Shoulders, a not - for - profit organization which advocates a strategy for repetitively motivating under - performing elementary and middle school students to respect their teachers, peers, schools, and the learning process using 15 - minute, once - per - week online chats with academically accomplished high school students who appreciate the value of education.

The program, called On Giants» Shoulders, advocates a strategy for repetitively motivating underperforming elementary and middle school students to respect their teachers, peers, schools, and the learning process using 15 - minute, once - per - week online chats with academically accomplished high school students who appreciate the value of education.

ACHPER advocates for HPE, provides partnership links with education authorities, National Sporting Organisations and other health stakeholders, and also delivers professional learning and resources that can enhance school HPE and teacher quality.

Continuing to advocate for teachers and the profession of teaching is Paul Tritter's main focus as he gets ready to re-enter the workforce after graduating from the Ed School's Learning and Teaching Program (L&T).

As an avid instructional technology advocate and EFL teacher, I became hooked on flipped learning the minute I first heard about it.

Guest blogger Douglas Kiang, computer science teacher and edtech advocate, shows how the Inform7 language, the Minecraft game and the Maker - friendly Arduino kit can enhance learning in high school, middle school and elementary school classrooms.

That does more than translate to a better - educated educator — it also creates a teacher advocate for collaborative learning.

Starting as a teacher in Chicago, my life's mission is to deeply understand and advocate for student voice in their learning career.

The TED Talks Education one - hour program brings together a diverse group of teachers and education advocates delivering short, high - impact talks on the theme of teaching and learning.

Advocates on one side believe teachers should prepare for their classroom careers in the traditional way: attending schools of education where they learn a lot about teaching technique (but often spend too little time learning academic content).

Kiang, computer science teacher and edtech advocate, shows how the Inform7 language, the Minecraft game and the Maker - friendly Arduino kit can enhance learning in high school, middle school and elementary school classrooms.

Rather than advocate for further funding, the report suggests that teachers could be provided with better information, allowing them to better identify the various levels of learning from student to student.

At Sutter Middle School, teacher Monica Sigala's language arts students were learning to perfect the art of letter writing while simultaneously reading about the contributions of farmworker advocate (and local hero) César Chávez.

National Center for Learning Disabilities National Council on Independent Living National Council of La Raza National Disability Rights Network National Down Syndrome Congress National Down Syndrome Society National Urban League National Women's Law Center The New Teacher Project Poverty & Race Research Action Council Public Advocates Southeast Asia Research Action Center Stand for Children U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Having the responsibility of being part of a professional development team, I can advocate for asking teachers what they want to learn and then surveying them after a professional development session.

He told the story of his transformation from skeptic to passionate advocate of creating an exciting, technologically supported, learning culture to Wicomico County teachers Monday, August 11.

National Center for Learning Disabilities National Council of La Raza National Disability Rights Network National Down Syndrome Society National Education Association National Urban League National Women's Law Center The New Teacher Project Public Advocates Southeast Asia Resource Action Center Southern Poverty Law Center TeachPlus

«If you change things like language learning at home, if you work with parents in helping them feel like they have a right advocate for their kids, and if you help parents learn to communicate effectively with teachers, all these things can really help students achieve,» he said.

Through the project teachers learn how to share decision making, advocate for policies that support student learning, work collaboratively to implement and monitor the effectiveness of instructional approaches, and establish a culture of risk - taking and shared responsibility for student learning.

A broad array of groups — including advocates for parents, students, teachers, administrators, and school boards, as well as business and civic organizations — agree: Michigan needs a more systematic way to support improvement of teaching and learning.

Over a six - month span, researchers at the Center for American Progress interviewed dozens of parents, teachers, school leaders, system leaders, advocates, assessment experts, and policy leaders in an attempt to identify what can be done to ensure that tests are being used in service of teaching and learning.

How do we nurture advocates of rethinking teacher credentialing, and developing teacher leaders who can facilitate student learning and have high expectations of all students?

Domain VII: Advocating for Student Learning and the Profession describes five functions for teacher leaders in this area.

Summary: The NBFA teacher must be committed to and advocate for its mission to provide students a meaningful, high - quality education through experience - based learning that helps develop essential social, emotional and critical - thinking skills.

Advocates for dyslexia awareness say not enough teachers know how to identify and help students with the learning disability early on, but a bill the General Assembly approved this week aims to change that.

The transformation section of the Framework helps teachers act on their reflections in terms of their use of the types of learning experiences and what they can do to contribute to improved instruction (e.g., advocate for decisions that support positive student outcomes, share results of using one of the Framework's categories of learning experiences).

We will continue to learn about the budget — and share those findings with fellow educators so that we can change the narrative from teachers who simply complain without providing solutions, to teachers who intelligently advocate for budget decisions that positively impact Oakland's students and families.

The Association advocates for the appropriate use of available data; minimizing administrative burdens to schools; and using student growth measures to accurately describe the impact of teachers and schools on student learning.

Another speaker, kindergarten teacher Kember Kane from Silver Spring, Md., said it is through negotiating collectively that educators can advocate for the conditions that support student learning such as safe schools, small class sizes, and for resources that help educators do their jobs.

These include many reforms familiar to public education advocates such as Teacher Merit Pay, Parent Trigger, Education Savings Accounts, Charter expansion, Central Charter School Authorizer, Corporate Tax Scholarships, Universal Vouchers, Collective Bargaining, Innovation Schools / Districts, Virtual Charters, Data Mining, District Report Cards / School Grades, Personalized Learning, Open Enrollment, and the conveniently bundled «Indiana Education Reform Package.»

With the rise of the C3 Framework and ongoing standards revisions that advocate the move to more student inquiry in the classroom, the concept of teacher as instructional designer is key, and teachers educators need to prepare beginning teachers to facilitate student inquiry and analysis as they learn to develop and implement disciplinary specific models of inquiry and assessment in the classroom.

With a quickly growing national network of over3, 500 educators united by the E4E Declaration of Teachers» Principles and Beliefs, E4E teachers can learn about education policy and research, network at E4E's event series with like - minded colleagues and important education policymakers, and take action by advocating for teacher - created policy recommendations that lift student achievement and the teaching proTeachers» Principles and Beliefs, E4E teachers can learn about education policy and research, network at E4E's event series with like - minded colleagues and important education policymakers, and take action by advocating for teacher - created policy recommendations that lift student achievement and the teaching proteachers can learn about education policy and research, network at E4E's event series with like - minded colleagues and important education policymakers, and take action by advocating for teacher - created policy recommendations that lift student achievement and the teaching profession.