Sentences with phrase «teacher educators focus»

English language arts teachers and teacher educators focus on the study of language.

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We started with parents and going forward, we will be focusing on educators — teachers / leadership teams at schools / staff / counselors and anybody associated with education.

Most recently, he was a vice president at Educators for Excellence, a progressive non-profit group focused on public school teachers and school policy.

We often report on the struggles of Common Core Learning Standards in the classroom, but in this Focus on Education report WBFO»S Eileen Buckley takes us inside JFK Middle School in Cheektowaga to hear about how educators and students are embracing it successfully and how future teachers are gearing up for the challenge.

To cultivate that untapped talent, Singer said, educators have solid evidence of methods that work in STEM education — such as focusing on conceptual learning, problem - solving, and use of representations such as diagrams and evolution trees — but those methods are used in very few undergraduate classrooms where STEM teachers receive their training, Singer said.

To better understand this phenomenon, Gardner and Davis conducted 40 in - depth interviews with teachers, convened seven focus groups of educators and leaders, analyzed visual and literary works, and surveyed over 2,000 youth to gain insight into the question.

Two leading educators have told Education Matters that the key to engaging high school students with STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) is through teachers, and have called for a greater focus on professional learning.

«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.

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;

However, as one program has shown, putting in place strategies focusing on Indigenous teacher retention by supporting pre-service educators can have immense benefits for students.

There should be a greater focus on training educators to support grieving students, according to 89 percent of the surveyed teachers.

«The Data Wise protocol allows us to focus in on a line of inquiry,» said Himilcon Inciarte, a fourth - grade teacher at the Umana Academy in Boston, one of 34 educators who participated in the January course.

While the study focuses on the kinds of technology being brought into the classroom and used by educators at home and in the classroom, little is reported about how this has changed teachers» pedagogical approaches aside from how they give and collect assignments.

Not surprisingly, perhaps, board members who are or were educators (27 percent of the total surveyed) believe that funding is a barrier and that the focus on student achievement is misplaced; these beliefs were held «regardless of the actual level of funding in the district,» «regardless of the actual teacher salaries» in the district, and «even after controlling for the type of student population that the district serves and the actual rigor of academic standards» in the district.

But my reason for writing this blog is not to lament over the teacher retention problem but rather focus on what we, as educators, can do to recruit more creative, intelligent, qualified individuals into the field.

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.

City has served as a teacher, instructional coach, principal, and consultant, in each role focused on helping all children, and the educators who work with them, realize their full potential.

This was due to the hard work of the educators in those schools and the Ontario Focused Intervention Partnership (OFIP), a ministry support for schools that assists teachers and administrators in planning, implementing, monitoring and refining a school improvement plan.

New Orleans launched a PL - focused teacher network founded by two educators and supported by New Schools for New Orleans (NSNO), a regional partner.

Teacher educators should be focused on mindset, if not more, than actual pedagogy.

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.

Another sign that we are making a difference: A group of educators from a school in Sofia that focuses on math and science recently wrote a proposal for teacher training, and, after securing funding from the federal Ministry of Education and the local government, they invited our lab to provide the instruction — the first time the teachers themselves hired us to do the training.

The school's principal, Kevin Mackay, says mentoring is the main focus for the development of early career teachers into effective educators.

In the first of a two - part Q&A, this New South Wales educator shares what prompted her school's focus on teacher welfare and how they are delivering evidence - based professional development.

One example of this commitment to the continuum is in New Jersey, where Garden State leaders have not only focused on successful STEM educator preparation and instruction, but are also looking at the long - term economic benefits coming from excellent STEM teachers and successful STEM learners.

Designed to be used by preK - 12 educators for professional development, this Focus On will help teachers develop the skills to recognize, address and prevent bullying.

City, who joined the HGSE faculty in 2009, has worked as a teacher, instructional coach, principal, and consultant, where she has focused on helping all children and educators who work with them recognize their full potential.

Deans for Impact believes that teacher educators should focus on how students acquire and retain information to help them build their critical - thinking and problem - solving skills.

A current focus is to build the songs teachers most need, so she encourages educators to send song requests to her via the site's contact us» page.

A middle school science teacher with 31 years of classroom experience, Pringle has distinguished herself as a thoughtful, passionate advocate for educators and students, focusing on issues of educator empowerment and student success, diversity, and developing future leaders.

AIR is conducting a three - year evaluation focusing on a variety of outcomes (e.g., educator perceptions, teacher retention, teacher effectiveness, and student achievement) associated with the contract and associated initiatives.

It's time to start building a high - quality education system by cultivating high - quality educators — from excellent teacher colleges, with ample clinical experience, focused induction, and ongoing professional support throughout a teacher's career, in an environment that fosters respect.

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

Professional organizations of teachers, principals, and superintendents focus on collective bargaining and advocacy, not on setting evidence - based professional standards for educators.

It's time to start building a high - quality education system by cultivating high - quality educators — whether from excellent teacher colleges or even alternative routes — with ample clinical experience, focused induction, and ongoing professional support throughout a teacher's career, in an environment that fosters respect.

Developing research informed practice is a challenge for educators not least because published educational research is rarely focused on the knowledge teachers need to improve educational outcomes.

Her research has focused on policies intended to improve educator effectiveness such as teacher and principal evaluation, pay - for - performance, and intensive professional development.

Meanwhile, Connecticut will hold a summit in partnership with educator preparation programs focused on increasing the number of teachers certified in priority shortage areas and recruiting more teachers from under - represented backgrounds.

During his tenure in Delaware, his team focused on improving policies and practices across the educator effectiveness continuum: educator preparation, licensure / certification, recruitment, placement, evaluation, professional learning, and teacher - leader career pathways.

Open to teachers, researchers, and education administrators interested in sharing their work and talking through professional issues, the meetings incorporate elements from medical rounds — such as case histories, focused presentations on research or new practices, and an opportunity to share expertise — in a format adapted to meet the needs of educators.

One reason: trying to get overscheduled educators from one school to work with those from another isn't easy, especially when tight budgets in many states lead to demands to focus spending «in the classroom» rather than on planning and professional development for teachers.

School leaders need to focus their attention on creating the conditions where teachers have the resources, courage, and support to experiment with improving their practice, and then the space to share what they are learning with other educators.

As Leading Educators expands its work, it will focus on helping schools and districts create sustainable, paid leadership opportunities for its leaders, enabling them to advance in their careers while remaining teachers.

As with the sub-study reported in Section 1.4, this sub-study focuses on evidence about practices for successful instructional leadership as judged by educators close to the students — principals and teachers.

We need more visionary thinking than the current narrow focus on educator effectiveness, without overlooking the importance of profession ready teachers and principals,» said coalition co-chair Joseph Bishop, who is the executive director of Opportunity Action and policy director for the National Opportunity to Learn Campaign.

Some of the most heated comments focused on the department's effort to improve teacher effectiveness, such as emphasis on merit - pay plans for educators and alternative routes to teacher certification.

The new educator evaluation system is grounded in improvement - focused feedback for all educators, including new and veteran teachers.

Educators worry that high - stakes testing will induce teachers and their students to focus only on the test and ignore other, untested aspects of knowledge.

«In selecting Richard Carranza, Mayor de Blasio has chosen a lifelong educator and a proven leader with a track record of leading large and diverse school districts, seeking the input of communities and teachers and focusing on improving outcomes for students who have been historically underserved - experiences that should set him up for success in our nation's largest school district,» said Evan Stone, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Educators for Excellence.