Sentences with phrase «teacher professional development courses»

Art & Ecology will be offered as an online - only teacher professional development course during the summer of 2017.

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Sunbridge offers world - renowned Waldorf teacher education programs, along with professional development and general interest courses and workshops on Waldorf Education, Waldorf teaching, organizational leadership, and the arts.

Sunbridge offers world - renowned Waldorf teacher education programs, along with professional development and general interest courses and workshops on Waldorf teaching, Waldorf Education, organizational leadership, and the arts.

It is easy to forget that teachers take their work home with them most nights, and spend out of school hours liaising with parents and school leaders, planning activities and taking professional development courses outside of term time.

Both types of courses are professional development workshops that model, teach, and encourage teachers to use inquiry - based, hands - on methods of teaching STEM subjects in their classrooms.

Professional development for Waldorf teachers and homeschool parents This course offers you an invaluable opportunity to focus entirely on your upcoming first grade school year in five days filled with discussions, presentations, practical activities, and the arts.

This new professional development course offers teachers, administrators, board members and parents an opportunity to reflect on and work with the challenges of building a Waldorf School Community that is vibrant, innovative and effective, while honoring the unique contributions of each member of the community.

Over the course of the three - year curriculum project, the research team will design materials for students along with a professional development program and materials for teachers and a set of assessments for evaluating students» understanding of the energy concepts and science practices that are targeted in the new unit.

As a scientist who has never had extensive ethics training, the other of us (Wendy Law), an SEP postdoctoral fellow, attended ethics courses at the University of Washington and Georgetown University, as well as teacher professional development workshops on using ethics in the classroom offered by the Washington Association for Biomedical Research and by UW's High School Human Genome Project.

«The NGSS represent a daunting challenge, but I think NSTA has the expertise on staff to give teachers the professional development and the course materials they need, as well as the opportunities to share information with their peers.

This, of course, poses a challenge for teachers» professional development and teacher training.

Funded by the West Virginia Math Science Partnership program, the Earth / Space Science Passport workshop provides West Virginia science teachers with professional development in Geology, Meterology and Astronomy concepts that will enable them to teach a new mandated ninth grade Earth / Space Science course.

Over the course of the meeting on this fall day, the 18 - member professional - development committee for the Lexington school system will cover a wide swath of topics about the ongoing training — everything from practical concerns about teacher enrollment in a district - sponsored course to philosophical ones about how to improve teachers» ability...

However, it should be noted that these districts have little capacity to offer custom - designed professional development courses for teachers and that their ability to search out new developments in curriculum is also limited.

Studying more closely the different challenges that teachers face in their implementation of the courses to further guide and frame the teacher professional - development model

It will take a lot to make public schools more effective for all students: greater academic rigor, higher standards of conduct, more parental involvement, meaningful professional development for teachers, stronger incentives for the students themselves, and, of course, more access to health and social services for the many students who are in need of such.

Students of teachers who had completed an online professional - development course about fractions made test - score gains that were similar to those of students taught by teachers who had taken the same course in person.

The book shares its name with an exercise Elmore uses to conclude courses and teacher professional development sessions, in which participants are asked to reflect on what they...

Currently I am my school district's Web Master and enjoy teaching professional development courses in my district and am looking forward to presenting at the technology hall of fame at the New Jersey Teacher's Convention this year.

Teaching, Leadership, and School Change: A year after introducing us to the schoolwide PBL curriculum at Sammamish High, teacher leader Adrienne Curtis Dickinson reviews how the school's seven key elements (more on this below) have played out in course design, professional development, and student learning.

Our range of continuing professional development (CPD) courses help teachers and school staff to up - skill and become confident in new areas of the curriculum and teaching concepts.

An Honorary Fellow of Melbourne University, he shares his expertise on behaviour management, effective teaching, stress management, colleague support and teacher welfare around the globe through lectures, seminars, professional development courses and, of course, with teachers in the classroom.

If Maarit Rossi (@pathstomath) had the chance to influence ongoing professional development for teachers in her community, she would make sure that all courses were focused on «pedagogy first»!

This course is really a pilot program to see how Shanghai can bring professional development to the teachers, Zarowin explains.

Among her recommendations: teachers should «set their own goals for professional development,» be trained in «co-operation with other schools,» and would not be allowed to do PD courses «after the school day when teachers have already done their work and may be tired.»

This article focuses on traditional «educational» online learning programs — such as university - level online courses or online teacher professional development programs — versus short - courses or informal training or corporate - level training.

Under the plan, released early this month, teachers will generally have to take at least one college course in the subject they teach and up to 270 hours of professional development over the following 3 1/2 years.

The grant enabled six New York City elementary and middle schools to take advantage of WIDE's online and onsite professional development courses for teachers and school leaders.

Fullan (n. p.nos) argues that, as a profession, we need to radically rethink the notion of professional development proposing ``... professional development as a term and as a strategy has run its course» and that the profession now needs a major shift in how teacher learning is both conceptualised and enacted.

Teachers received either a 40 - hour, five - day, professional - development course in the PBL economics curriculum, or participated in their regular annual professional - development activities.

Gerstein has run a number of professional development courses that seek to instruct teachers in how to model a growth mindset amongst students and one of her key principles is encouraging teachers to see themselves as learners, and, just like students are all capable of learning and improving, so too are teachers (Gerstein 2014)

These short courses are not designed to replace face - to - face interactions between teachers, but instead complement and enhance the wide range of professional development options available.

SLRC translation endeavours have included teacher professional learning sessions, conference presentations, research papers, and the development of undergraduate and postgraduate course work.

Professional development courses for teachers and administrators — like computer science's Hector Chacon — are offered in many school districts in the cooperative method of teaching required to make CTE a success, while professional organizaProfessional development courses for teachers and administrators — like computer science's Hector Chacon — are offered in many school districts in the cooperative method of teaching required to make CTE a success, while professional organizaprofessional organizations and so

The grants will support teacher training, course preparation programs and professional development.

Students of teachers who had completed an online professional - development course about fractions made test - score gains that were similar to those of students taught by teachers who had taken the same course in person.

ensuring rigorous initial and continuing professional development High - performing countries establish rigorous initial teacher education courses and set high expectations for teachers» ongoing professional learning.

These can serve as the basis for courses, coaching, and mentorship of teachers within systems of professional development designed specifically to improve teachers» interactions with children.

With the current emphasis on the professional development of teachers, I hope more school districts and schools of education will offer courses and workshops on this crucial, but undervalued, aspect of teaching.

It offers Continuous Professional Development (CPD) courses and materials through a network of qualified teachers.

A year after introducing us to the schoolwide PBL curriculum at Sammamish High, teacher leader Adrienne Curtis Dickinson reviews how their seven key elements have played out in course design, professional development, and student learning.

«If we want to have high quality teachers in our schools we need to select the best graduates for teaching courses, ensure that courses are rigorous, and give beginning teachers support and professional development when they begin in the classroom.

Since these competencies aren't generally taught in mandatory professional development courses or teacher preparation programs (there are a few exceptions like San Jose State University in California or The University of British Columbia in Canada), we can not assume that all educators have them in equal measure.

Here, users can find items such as professional development courses for middle - school science teachers developed by The Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden.

EUROCLIO — European Association of History Educators, AEPHG — History Teachers Association of Spain and Basque School Network — Ikastolen Elkartea are proud to announce exciting new features and welcome you to register to our Annual Conference & professional development and training course in Donostia - San Sebastian!

Check out the Teachers» Professional Development and Education collections for the best teacher - specific courses.

Currently working for VHS — writing online course for students and professional development courses for teachers.

Numerous professional development programs instruct teachers on how to meet the needs of the gifted students in mainstream classrooms, including how to adapt assignments and help students move through course material at a faster pace.

More could be done to instead provide teachers with the same support and professional development so that statistics, calculus, computer science, physics, and all other AP courses could instead be offered in partnership with local colleges as dual enrollment courses.

This course focuses on 6 Areas of Development we have identified on having a high impact on student learning and teacher professional learning when integrated with intentional technology.