Sentences with phrase «teacher educator development»

Her research focuses on teacher and teacher educator development, teachers» multicultural understandings, and international comparative analyses of education practice and policy.

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Mass Audubon's Endicott Wildlife Sanctuary educators offer professional development opportunities for teachers.

Superior educator development programs that help teachers respond to their students» diverse learning styles.

As a teacher, school director, child development and behavior specialist, parent educator, multiple birth parenting consultant, best - selling author, and parent (of adult triplets), she has developed a unique style in delivering her advice to parents.

Attention parents, parents - to - be, youth workers, childbirth educators, doulas, midwives, childbirth professionals, and those interested in personal healing and development: The next Birth of a New Earth Teacher Training begins June 22, 2016.

Through the guidance of a highly experienced Waldorf early childhood educator, you'll delve into child development; learn about rhythms, transitions, and the cycle of the year; explore the importance of play; examine the inner development of the teacher; experience circle time activities and lessons in handwork, art, and movement; go though an early childhood student's morning routine; and develop a true practical understanding of Waldorf early childhood education.

The teacher works with a team of educators to implement a multi-sensory, hands - on / minds - on, nature - based science curriculum; incorporating emergent language and math experiences along with creative arts, music, cooking and the development of social skills.

The New York State Teacher of the Year Program is administered by the New York State Education Department and sponsored by New York State United Teachers (NYSUT); United Federation of Teachers (UFT); New York State Parents and Teachers Association (NYSPTA); New York State Association for School Curriculum Development (NYSASCD); New York State School Boards Association (NYSSBA); School Administrators Association of New York State (SAANYS); New York State Association of Teacher Educators (NYSATE); New York Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (NYACTE); Voya Financial; the SMARTer Kids Foundation; SMART Technologies and the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO).

Members interested in this area of work aim to identify, compile and develop resources and create opportunities for exchange in order to establish a stronger foundation for productive, collaborative human rights efforts, and contribute to the professional development of science, engineering and health teachers and human rights educators.

Through professional development workshops, AAAS's Project 2061 helps science educators — from elementary school teachers through college faculty — take a more coherent approach to teaching and learning.

«PhDs prepare the medical doctors for a healthy society; the engineers to build the roads, bridges, dams, hospitals and schools; the agriculturalists to ensure food security; the educators to shape the next generation of teachers, not to mention economists, lawyers, scientists, business specialists — all contributing to the development of a «knowledge» society,» he writes.

The responsibilities will include leading efforts to improve the diversity of students entering scientific fields, creating professional development workshops for K - 12 teachers, expanding collaborations with other science educators, and mentoring student research projects (plasma physics or education) in our Science Education Laboratory.

One way that BTI educators and teachers are doing this is ongoing development and implementation of plant biology curricula that connect basic scientific concepts to real world issues.

This year, the Education Show furthered its mission to provide educators with the highest quality free continuing professional development (CPD) and resources, by partnering with non-profit organisation, the Teacher Developdevelopment (CPD) and resources, by partnering with non-profit organisation, the Teacher DevelopmentDevelopment Trust.

Professional development for maker educators should introduce the materials and methods involved so that the teachers understand what students can learn from making.

The school is committed, therefore, to creating in - depth and ongoing professional development for VOISE educators, starting with three weeks in the summer, two preparation periods per teacher per day, and a whole - group professional - development session each week, in addition to periodic staff - development days the school district sets aside.

Whenever someone suggests accountability for the educators, the furor that follows combines OTL concerns (what if the teachers didn't have enough professional development?

At Bank Street College, teacher educator and director of research Barbara Biber extolled the virtues of a program that applied «the concept of the unified nature of cognitive and affective development... on the teacher - training level» and was based on «a process of integrating new knowledge with an old self.»

Whether you are teaching librarians or teachers, your professional development needs to get all educators to understand that the process and meaning a student gets from making are the most important aspects to making and education.

With TeacherTube, Smith aims to fill a gap in teacher professional development, giving educators access to teaching methods, instructional videos, and sample lessons from around the world.

There is also a separate section for K - 5 educators that includes presentations, slide sets, teacher resources and professional development appropriate for elementary teachers.

If collaboration is overlooked, and professional development and training become positioned within a prescriptive ethos of regulation, educators across the nation risk working within a «check - box» mentality that will reduce teacher and principal development to forms of technocratic training that were rejected during the Dawkins era (1988).

«As a former Peace Corps volunteer in the Philippines, New York City teacher, licensed sea captain, and head educator of an ocean classroom prior to coming to HGSE, Timothy O'Brien is a «stealthy leader» who truly embodies the values, energy, and breadth of the Learning and Teaching (L&T) Program through his focus on student work and professional development of teachers,» says Lecturer Sally Schwager, Learning and Teaching program director.

Whilst quality and accountability is essential to teacher and principal development, and the notion of professional standards is supported in principle, it is of concern to many educators that the complexity of professional growth, development and training has been reduced to a set of basic competencies that may not truly reflect the complex nature of teaching, the principalship, teacher education and the preparation of teachers and educational leaders for contemporary times and a challenging future.

The central focus of professional development and training for teachers and principals should be the educator (teacher or principal) who as a person lives and works within an educational, social and political context in differing ways and engages in curriculum decision making and leadership in unique ways that must be respected and celebrated — there is no sense in a «one - size fits all» approach to training and development;

He was a public school educator for 22 years and is a co-founder of Powerful Learning Practice, a unique professional - development program that has mentored over 3,000 teachers worldwide in the past three years.

Online Professional Development for Teachers: Emerging Models and Methods — featuring authors from across a range of organizations, including HGSE — examines how educators can utilize online technology to make the most of professional dDevelopment for Teachers: Emerging Models and Methods — featuring authors from across a range of organizations, including HGSE — examines how educators can utilize online technology to make the most of professional developmentdevelopment.

The Opportunity of Bilingualism is a new online professional development program for teachers, early childhood educators, literacy coaches, parents, and community - based professionals.

Both teacher educators and reformers tend to propose solutions that begin after the candidate has graduated and becomes the teacher of record (e.g., increasing supports, adding more professional development, and finding less challenging placements).

There's also a section on teacher professional development that notes there's inconsistency among educators «in their understanding, interpretation and delivery of sport in physical education, and how they value and utilise sport to support broader curriculum objectives».

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.

Edcamp is a teacher - organized grassroots effort to re-imagine educator professional development, born out of a desire to make it more valuable, more educator - centered, and more democratic.

Such thinking is why elementary - and secondary - school reform focuses almost exclusively on resources (per pupil spending), time (class size), knowledge (professional development), or experience (teacher retention) and relatively little on incentives to make educators perform better.

Just as Delaware was releasing its report, Fordham's hosted a panel discussion, Traversing the Teacher - Evaluation Terrain, with four experts to discuss developments in the world of educator - evaluation reform: Sandi Jacobs of NCTQ, Alice Johnson Cain of Teach Plus, Chet Linton of the School Improvement Network, and Rob Weil of the AFT.

Nationally recognized programs that train teachers, mentor new educators, and provide professional development are all vulnerable as administrators look for ways to slash $ 10 million permanently from the 1999 - 2000 budget, said Jan Leslie, a spokeswoman for the district.

We are also excited about our innovative teacher career ladder and professional development systems in which we recruit talented educators, provide them with opportunities to develop their craft, and retain them through formal recognition of their expertise, generous compensation, and a manageable yet challenging workload.

Castor: The National Board anticipates offering, by early next year, examples of accomplished entries as professional development tools for teachers and teacher educators.

However, scholars and educators have voiced support for coaching teachers as the way to facilitate professional development.

In an attempt to curtail criticism of college - based teacher - training programs and improve the quality of their graduates, the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education is calling for a national evaluation system for prospective educators, as well as the development of a database that links their alma maters to pre-K-12 student perfoteacher - training programs and improve the quality of their graduates, the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education is calling for a national evaluation system for prospective educators, as well as the development of a database that links their alma maters to pre-K-12 student perfoTeacher Education is calling for a national evaluation system for prospective educators, as well as the development of a database that links their alma maters to pre-K-12 student performance.

In addition to presenting games and activities for kids, the institute offers professional development in which its scientists and master educators team up to develop workshops for training K - 12 teachers to teach about the telescope and about space science in general.

Improving Math Instruction Through Feedback is an online professional development program for K - 12 educators looking to improve instructional coaching for math teachers.

Voice of Experience: Professional Development: Following Your Own Lead As schools move full - tilt towards a professional development model more attuned to collegial school - wide goals, educator Brenda Dyck explores the need to balance that model with one that recognizes the professional goals of individuaDevelopment: Following Your Own Lead As schools move full - tilt towards a professional development model more attuned to collegial school - wide goals, educator Brenda Dyck explores the need to balance that model with one that recognizes the professional goals of individuadevelopment model more attuned to collegial school - wide goals, educator Brenda Dyck explores the need to balance that model with one that recognizes the professional goals of individual teachers.

With high performance the new «average», the well - being and professional development of teachers should be front of mind as educators.

Key elements included a new principal evaluation system, a pay - for - performance teacher evaluation system, a Leadership Development Fellows Academy for principals, an Accelerating Campus Excellence plan that seeks to attract educators to «struggling» schools, and an emphasis on dramatically boosting the number of students earning career certifications.

Future plans: My near future plans are to build relationships between education institutes and individual educators in China and America with the hope of promoting cross-cultural and cross-disciplinary teacher development programs.

The leader and inspiration for this teacher study tour offered for professional development credits is Dr. Mary Ann De Mello, Assistant School Superintendent in Hopkinton, MA who recently completed her doctoral dissertation titled: «The Impact of Study Tours in Developing Global - Mindedness Among PK - 12 Educators» (2011).

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.

With recent figures from The Prince's Trust showing that 31 % of teachers consider the development of soft skills more important than achieving good grades, teaching specialists TeachingAbroadDirect.co.uk analysed findings from global education technology company Promethean World, who surveyed over 1,600 educators from across the UK to see if teachers believe technology has hindered the ability for students to learn and acquire soft skills.

· To improve the nature, quality and availability of professional development for teacher educators; and,

Parents and teachers are tired of America's «time - bound, lockstep school systems,» Grant says in an interview from his offices at Staff Development for Educators, a provider of professional - development training and resources in Peterborough, NewDevelopment for Educators, a provider of professional - development training and resources in Peterborough, Newdevelopment training and resources in Peterborough, New Hampshire.