Sentences with phrase «teacher institute day»

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Chicago Teachers Union officials want to make their case directly to aldermen to counter the blitz Mayor Rahm Emanuel's administration has undertaken to institute a longer school day.

Lewis, who has rejected the district's offer to serve on an advisory committee for instituting a lengthened school day next fall, when the district can do so without teacher approval, held her position Monday.

Without a real evaluation plan in place created by the teacher's unions and the State Education Department within 30 days, the government will take over and institute an evaluation plan.

In addition to regular classes, all Enota students have a period each day slated for one of six activities: music, art, creative movement, the culinary institute, physical education, and technology (though all teachers involve technology in many of their lessons).

A two - day Italian Summer School of the Living Schools Lab project organized by Indire (the national research institute in Italy in charge of the teacher training at a national level) takes place in the summer at ITIS Majorana School.

Teachers attended a summer institute and a series of one - day seminars during the school year.

EdVisions assigns a coach to each school, explains Thomas, who visits on a regular basis, and provides a summer institute and professional development days for all its teachers.

The teachers» institute bill, passed by the House on Oct. 22 and by the Senate five days later, will provide the program with $ 700,000 in fiscal...

National Board Institutes These two - day institutes are designed for teachers who have successfully completed a Pre-Candidacy class, and are actively engaging in their first year of candidacy for National Board Certification.

During the final days of the institute, participant - led group presentations outlined important action points on issues of educational leadership, teacher quality and development, and monitoring and evaluation.

In this one - day institute, teachers, curriculum leaders, district leaders, school - based administrators, and higher education faculty will learn how to use tools and develop strategies to implement formative assessments that link to the instructional shifts in the Common Core standards.

In this one - day institute, teachers, curriculum leaders, district leaders, school - based administrators, and higher education faculty will learn to use the actual language of the Standards for Mathematical Practice.

As the program director of the Using Data initiative at Teaching Matters, he conducted ten institutes, each six days long, to train teacher teams to analyze student achievement data and develop strategic action plans.

Another teacher at the end of the institute day highlighted the advantage that performance tasks provide to hone in on more meaningful knowledge and skills, «I appreciate the opportunity to assess deeper knowledge as compared to typical standardized testing.»

To build teacher capacity to create rich, valid performance tasks, and to reliably score student work, MCIEA performance assessment lead teams from a first cohort of 15 consortium schools are participating in a four - day institute over four months.

Participating schools sent lead teams of administrators and classroom teachers to four days of institute training throughout the school year.

This one - day institute will engage teachers, administrators, literacy specialists, and higher education faculty in activities to understand the instructional shifts of the Common Core State Standards.

This free, one day teacher institute is open to all educators interested in implementing one of the Voices and Choices units and participating in a city - wide culminating event.

To receive a grant, the school must institute a longer day that includes a combination of core academic instruction, with longer periods devoted to subjects like math, science and language arts, enrichment opportunities, and time for teacher collaboration and planning.

Recognizing the challenges associated with use of student growth and assessment data in the high stakes evaluation of teachers and administrators, MASSP in collaboration with MASA has designed a one day institute April 25, 2018 for central office and K - 12 building administrators, teacher leaders, and others responsible for managing student data to come together as a team to revisit current practice, identify areas of strength and challenge within their system, and make plans to further address growth requirements for the future.

In other models, we spaced out the three days of the summer institute over several months (for example, one day in March, one in April, and one in May) so that teachers could try out some of the techniques in their classes between meetings.

These unique, one - day institutes will include a building and facilities tour; observation of classes; question - and - answer sessions; and meetings with teachers, students, and administrators.

Offerings include comprehensive, job - embedded institutes and academies, as well as one - day, hands - on sessions for leaders and teachers.

In 2010, former charter - school leader David Hill was named director of academic operations for the so - called Jubilee Schools, and he instituted changes across the network — extending the school day, strengthening school culture, putting more emphasis on attracting and retaining high - quality teachers and principals.

From classroom design, to lesson plan templates, to a 10 - day teacher institute prior to the beginning of the school year, CCSP has built an academic program designed to promote mastery of the standards through rigor, engagement and individualized instruction.

In the past year, Emanuel stripped teachers of a 4 percent pay raise, and his effort to institute longer school days while sidestepping the union contract has infuriated union members.

Already, schools have been forced to raise class sizes, institute unpaid furlough days for staff, lay off teachers, and cut back on essential programs that our kids need to be successful.

Just instituting extended hours in and of itself will not lead to the benefits full - day kindergarten offers — teachers must be trained in and be able to use methods that evoke the most developmental benefits and «school district administrators can play important leadership roles in building comprehensive professional development systems that support PreK - 3rd teachers and their efforts to create effective learning environments.»

Building Teachers» Capacity Networked Locations Registration for these locations is available at no cost and includes admission to both days of the institute as well as copies of Building Teachers» Capacity for Success and Teach, Reflect, Learn.

This 5 - day institute is designed to help new math teachers develop into future leaders, to aid their professional growth both in the classroom and in the field of education, to increase their resources, and to form a countrywide network of teacher support.

This two - day institute is designed for teachers seeking National Board Certification in the 2018 - 2019 school year.

This 5 - day institute (held the same week and at the same location) is designed to inspire and re-energize teachers who have been teaching CPM for more than five years.

Fortunately, the school's newly instituted expanded day afforded this teacher enough flexibility and planning time to try a new strategy right away.