Sentences with phrase «teacher resource centered»

An elementary school teacher resource centered on John Van de Walle's mathematical lessons.

She also serves on the Policy Board of Manhasset's Teacher Resource Center, working with colleagues throughout the community to provide engaging, meaningful, and authentic professional development to district staff.

The Teacher Resource Center (TRC) is a lending library of classroom resources, including exhibition catalogues, story books, and DVDs.

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* Day 1 Monday, February 22, 2016 4:00 PM -5:00 PM Registration & Networking 5:00 PM — 6:00 PM Welcome Reception & Opening Remarks Kevin de Leon, President pro Tem, California State Senate Debra McMannis, Director of Early Education & Support Division, California Department of Education (invited) Karen Stapf Walters, Executive Director, California State Board of Education (invited) 6:00 PM — 7:00 PM Keynote Address & Dinner Dr. Patricia K. Kuhl, Co-Director, Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences * Day 2 Tuesday February 23, 2016 8:00 AM — 9:00 AM Registration, Continental Breakfast, & Networking 9:00 AM — 9:15 AM Opening Remarks John Kim, Executive Director, Advancement Project Camille Maben, Executive Director, First 5 California Tom Torlakson, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, California Department of Education 9:15 AM — 10:00 AM Morning Keynote David B. Grusky, Executive Director, Stanford's Center on Poverty & Inequality 10:00 AM — 11:00 AM Educating California's Young Children: The Recent Developments in Transitional Kindergarten & Expanded Transitional Kindergarten (Panel Discussion) Deborah Kong, Executive Director, Early Edge California Heather Quick, Principal Research Scientist, American Institutes for Research Dean Tagawa, Administrator for Early Education, Los Angeles Unified School District Moderator: Erin Gabel, Deputy Director, First 5 California (Invited) 11:00 AM — 12:00 PM «Political Will & Prioritizing ECE» (Panel Discussion) Eric Heins, President, California Teachers Association Senator Hannah - Beth Jackson, Chair of the Women's Legislative Committee, California State Senate David Kirp, James D. Marver Professor of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley Assemblyman Kevin McCarty, Chairman of Subcommittee No. 2 of Education Finance, California State Assembly Moderator: Kim Pattillo Brownson, Managing Director, Policy & Advocacy, Advancement Project 12:00 PM — 12:45 PM Lunch 12:45 PM — 1:45 PM Lunch Keynote - «How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character» Paul Tough, New York Times Magazine Writer, Author 1:45 PM — 1:55 PM Break 2:00 PM — 3:05 PM Elevating ECE Through Meaningful Community Partnerships (Panel Discussion) Sandra Guiterrez, National Director, Abriendo Purtas / Opening Doors Mary Ignatius, Statewide Organize of Parent Voices, California Child Care Resource & Referral Network Jacquelyn McCroskey, John Mile Professor of Child Welfare, University of Southern California School of Social Work Jolene Smith, Chief Executive Officer, First 5 Santa Clara County Moderator: Rafael González, Director of Best Start, First 5 LA 3:05 PM — 3:20 PM Closing Remarks Camille Maben, Executive Director, First 5 California * Agenda Subject to Change

The Teacher Leadership Center's popular loan program includes the following materials which can be borrowed free of charge for two weeks at a time: Inquiry Kits from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) and the Nature Museum, EnviroScapes, and National Geographic Book Packs.

The Orfalea Fund — in partnership with First 5 of Santa Barbara County — committed significant time, energy, and financial resources to help early childhood education center directors and teachers develop cutting - edge, evidence - based skills and competencies.

It also means that the Library can be a one - stop resource center for students, their families and teachers.

A multimodal learning system is also beginning to emerge: instructor - centered learning, which is the traditional approach, but with technology that helps the teacher mediate the delivery of courseware and instruction; pupil - centered learning, in which the student uses Internet resources to expand learning experiences; and collaborative learning, in which the student and others on the Internet work together on cross-disciplinary projects concerning open - ended problems.

In the late nineties — when the educational responsibilities were transferred to the governments of the autonomous communities — the Ministry of Education created the CNICE (National Center for Education Information and Communication), that then became the ISFTIC (Superior Institute for Training and Online Resources for Teachers) and afterwards was transformed into the ITE (Institute of Educational Technology).

With over 80 percent of teachers being women (PDF, 1.5 MB), it makes sense that teachers are all over Pinterest sharing ideas for lesson plans, centers, and resources.

Also, during the week, NSTA's Learning Center is «staffed» by teacher - mentors that can answer your questions and point you in the right direction for great resources.

But earlier this week, the Christensen Institute published a new resource that changes the game for teachers who are trying to learn how to make student - centered learning and student agency work.

Besides connecting teachers through discussion forums and e-mail lists, the Learning Center contains thousands of free resources (including many webinars) and tools — such as a PD Indexer, portfolio system and personal library — to organize resources and keep a record of professional growth.

The Boston Symphony Orchestra, for instance, houses its education resource center in the academy's library, where local students and teachers from across the state may use it, and interns from nearby Children's Hospital and Harvard University work with the academy's support - services team.

At this award - winning kindergarten learning center, shared with a special education preschool, the students decide what projects they want to tackle, and teachers guide them to resources, on the Internet and in books, that help them create something from what they learn.

A new toolkit from Harvard University's Center for Education Policy Research provides resources to help educators leverage video observations in school communities to improve teacher practice and student learning.

Those sites and non-NASA sites, such as the Challenger Center, provide programs, resources, and links to other outstanding organizations at which teachers can find hundreds of additional opportunities.

The Nondestructive Testing Resource Center recommends that teachers use the following QTs to promote effective discussions.

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Working closely with existing programs at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, such as the Urban Superintendents Program and the Teacher Education Program, the Center will draw on the intellectual resources of other professional schools and faculties at Harvard University.

High school English teachers can find numerous one - and two - day activities that weave together American poetry and ocean life in this curriculum from the Education Resources Information Center.

The Learning Center provides a place for teachers to discuss questions of learning styles with peers and with resource specialists.

Their webinars boast of «real teachers teaching teachers,» and seem to mostly center around EdTech resources and best practices, including year - round sessions from education superstars like Bill Nye.

The center will use the grant, announced this month, to develop educational resources for teachers, disseminate information on curriculum developments, and establish a national advisory board of early - adolescence experts and education leaders.

Teachers need resources like this to help them transition successfully to the student - centered learning practices that blended learning enables.

Under a proposal currently being considered, the state education department would spend $ 13 million over 10 years to develop new curricula, retrain teachers who now speak only one language, set up a network of regional resource centers and demonstration projects, and write new statewide...

Despite all of the emphasis on education reform during the past decade, the retirement of an aging teacher corps has been substantially overlooked — a failure that could inhibit school improvement, a study by the Educational Resources Information Center clearinghouse on management suggests.

Greater Good SEL Resources: UC Berkeley's Greater Good Science Center offers a ton of great resources for Resources: UC Berkeley's Greater Good Science Center offers a ton of great resources for resources for teachers.

Teachers will also find links to plenty of useful tools in the center's resources bank.

My vision was of a learner - centered space where students and teachers would have access to exciting technologies, digital and print resources, and productive spaces offering scope for collaboration and creativity.

Encouraging those voices is important, since «most educators — just like most Americans — don't have personal experience with the military,» says Mary Keller, the longtime leader of the Military Child Education Coalition, a prominent advocacy and resource center for teachers and parents, and one of the sponsors of the OEE campaign.

Avina is also a kindergarten teacher at LAUSD's Olympic Primary Center in Los Angeles and the driving force behind one of the most adorable and creative educational resources on the Internet.

(Grades 2 - 4) Primarily Plants (Grades PreK - 3) Explore the Plant Kingdom: Links for Teachers (Grades K - 6) My First Garden: Gardening Fun - damentals (Grades K - 6) KidsGardening: Garden Resources (All grades) Ag Lesson Plans in PowerPoint Format (Grades 6 - 12) American Field Guide & Video Clips (PBS)(All grades) Our Own Environmental Center (All grades) Let's Play Garden Concentration (Java2 required)(All grades)

There are teachers and a brutal amount of schools that we could fit under the umbrella of innovation and then there are centers with very few resources, especially in the case public education; these have to be invented and renewed only from the good intention of the teachers for their students.

If principals do nt know how teachers are teaching, or the resources and manipulatives they are using, they need to sit down [in a classroom, for example] in a kindergarten learning center.

Our work is centered on professional development and resources to raise teacher capacity.

Maybe you are proudest of your school's test results, your athletic teams» prowess, your teachers» skills at involving parents in the classroom, your school's many cultures and how they blend into a true family, your service - learning program, your media center, your Your six pride statements should tell about the biggest successes, your proudest accomplishments, your most valued resources.

For younger students, you will find plenty of tiger resources at The Tiger Information Center Teacher Rresources at The Tiger Information Center Teacher ResourcesResources.

FOR GOOGLE CLASSROOM Included in this resource: • Title page • Do Now / Motivation student - centered question • The Algonquian reading passage with graphic organizer • Application / Closing / Higher Order Thinking Question • Answer Key for Graphic Organizer Students will research how the Algonquian lived: location, tribes, homes, adaptation based on environment, role of women Adheres to Social Studies Common Core Standards - research, application, literacy, vocabulary; lifting evidence from text Differentiation: graphic organizer; cooperative (students may work in groups / teams / partner to complete graphic organizer based on teacher's discretion) ★ ★ Looking for the pen and paper, hard - copy version of this resource?

Teachers In Greensville County, Virginia, converted a mobile home into a parent resource center so they could meet with parents at their homes — or workplaces, or even store parking lots — to help them help their children learn.

The Roosevelt Writing and Publishing Center is also a resource for teacher collaboration.

ESL / EFL Center Education World's ESL / EFL Center provides tools, lesson plans, activities, articles, a message board, and links to a variety of resources for EFL / ESL teachers and students.

* 17 - 19 — Native American education: Culture - Based Education Resources for Teachers of Indian Students Institiute, sponsored by the University of Wisconsin's Comprehensive Center, at the Thunderbird Hotel and Convention Center in Minneapolis.

In the coming months, AbD will announce the launch of a national learning community and a corresponding website, and it will release its maker - centered thinking routines — resources that can help teachers everywhere incorporate the maker ethos into their classroom plans.

The initiative has put teachers at the center of efforts to develop resources and professional development to support implementation.

Her work centers around five essential school priorities: • Supporting school leadership • Using data transparently for accountability • Coordinating a multitier system of support • Providing embedded professional development based on best practices • Engaging parents and families This free one - hour webinar is sponsored by Learning Ally, a national nonprofit providing resources, training, and technology for teachers and schools; and 80,000 human - voiced audiobooks for students with learning & visual disabilities.

The National Center for Learning Disabilities has new resources to help all teachers.

This Access Center resource is intended to help teachers implement writing instruction that will lead to better writing outcomes for students with and without writing difficulties.

ISKME's OER Commons Teacher Training Initiative offers teachers a collaborative professional development model centered on engagement with Open Educational Resources (OER).

With respect to such students, the center shall: (1) identify evidence - based assessment tools, strategies, and accommodations; (2) identify professional development for teachers and school leaders; and (3) disseminate specified information and resources.