Sentences with phrase «teachers about their professional development»

Ms. Gates was in New York to visit New Visions Charter High School for the Humanities II, in the Bronx, and to talk with local teachers about professional development and implementation of the Common Core State Standards.

This report relies on data provided by public school teachers about their professional development activities.

Ongoing and Job - Embedded Professional Development I've asked teachers about the professional development they have received for CCSS.

Not exact matches

This week is going to be pretty crazy at school — I've got a professional development conference after school until 7 pm Wednesday night, then the next day is parent teacher conferences which go until past 7 pm — talk about a couple of long days!

Different stakeholders, such as farmers, policy makers, students and teachers, research and development professionals, medical and health practitioners, and media and public information officers, including those from women's groups and the religious sectors were briefed about the project from July to September 2017.

She suggests that teachers think about the purpose of each assignment and she offers professional development and tools on how to create assignments that are relevant and engaging for the student — or «doable,» as she puts it — without the help of others.

The committee also hear about teachers» «exasperation over the lack of time and resources given to professional development training in order to adequately prepare lesson plans before teaching and testing their students,» according to a press release issued by his office Thursday.

But there are still about 7,000 teachers and 300 principals who received lower ratings and will have to complete individualized professional development programs.

The data was gathered and analyzed by a team led by Michigan Technological University and the STEM Education Center at the University of Minnesota asked for feedback from nearly 40 teachers in a three - week professional development program about STEM education.

The Community of Practice provides professional development opportunities for middle and high school teachers across the country to learn more about current heliophysics research and incorporate it into their classroom.

I lead Yoga Alliance certified yoga teacher trainings, facilitate professional development workshops, and speak nationally about the impact of yoga and mindfulness on the health and wellbeing of children, adolescents and adults.

I could write about outdoor Pre-Grounded yoga that works, why you should teach professional development yoga for pre-school teachers, sweet family classes on Saturday afternoons with mamas and daughters holding hands in Savasana, weaving in story, how to overcome the naysayers and teach 0 - 3, how to rock a library story time — the few sweet successes I've experienced so far.

Lincoln, NE About Blog Whether you are a parent, grandparent, guardian, child care professional, babysitter, teacher, or just a caring adult involved in the lives of kids, TLC is committed to provide you with research - based strategies to help you support the development and success of kids.

Lincoln, NE About Blog Whether you are a parent, grandparent, guardian, child care professional, babysitter, teacher, or just a caring adult involved in the lives of kids, TLC is committed to provide you with research - based strategies to help you support the development and success of kids.

Many teachers, at least in England, are sceptical about how useful current continuing professional development (CPD) is.

In this CNN segment about NUA's work, students teach teachers as part of their professional development.

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...

As part of that effort, Kathy Alexander, the director of outreach and education for the region's district attorney's office, taught a five - week professional development seminar for teachers about violence in the schools.

The results of this survey are predictable: protests about narrowing the curriculum, teaching to the test, inadequate professional development, unfairness toward disadvantaged and minority youngsters — and toward hard - working teachers themselves.

We asked about the professional development books you'd recommend to your teacher friends.

In our study, teachers had no prior experience using a project - based approach, and we had limited time to devote to professional development (about three hours initially, with brief videos introducing subsequent units and an average of 11 visits from coaches), so it was important for the unit and session plans to provide considerable support through explicitness and detail.

After the «professional development day» is over, how does a school or school district go about the process of moving teachers continuously in the direction of doing formative assessment digitally and creating a culture that accepts and consistently implements this approach?

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.

Inquire about programs to reduce teacher stress and to aid professional development.

Now in its 11th year, the Discovery Education Summer Institute is a celebrated week - long professional development and networking event, bringing together teachers from across the US and Canada who are passionate about using digital media in the classroom.

Likewise, senior leaders should be embedding regular opportunities for continuing professional development (CPD) across the whole school, giving teachers the skills and knowledge they need to teach today's children about the digital world appropriately and effectively.

As a member of the education community — former teacher, current higher education professional — more often than not, I hear friends, colleagues, and peers lamenting about their professional development obligations.

Gore adds QTR is as much about the process of professional development and how teachers work together in ways that are supportive and respectful.

«It initially came about from our own internal research around professional development of teachers and the [traditional models] of workshops and seminars... that don't really get any traction.

It first provides an overview of what we have learned as a field, about effective professional - development programs and their impact on teacher learning.

Accomplished teachers are most knowledgeable about how students in their school or district learn, and thus they are ideal candidates to lead professional - learning and curriculum development efforts (Vescio et al., 2008; Webster - Wright, 2009; Accomplished California Teachersteachers are most knowledgeable about how students in their school or district learn, and thus they are ideal candidates to lead professional - learning and curriculum development efforts (Vescio et al., 2008; Webster - Wright, 2009; Accomplished California TeachersTeachers, 2012).

As AP Biology, Chemistry, and Physics teachers begin implementing these mandated shifts in content and pedagogy, this study will analyze the correlation among the types of professional development teachers select, teachers» level of participation and perceptions about effectiveness of this professional development, and their students» performance on the new AP exams.

This means a world of teachers who lead and leaders who teach, a world where school leaders and teachers have the POWER TO DECIDE how to spend their resources, how to build their programs and school culture, how to support their own professional development, and — most importantly — about who gets the privilege of working alongside them.

So Yassine traveled to Michigan and observed classrooms in these three communities, interviewing teachers, principals, and district leaders of ELL youth about their performance, resource needs, and professional development.

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.

If we are truly serious about improving student learning, we must think anew about teacher recruitment, placement, evaluation, professional development, retention, and separation.

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.

Data about student learning, demographics, school processes, and teacher perceptions are used to inform decision making, and extensive professional development is used to set goals, prioritize, and make appropriate intervention plans (Slavin, Cheung, Holmes, Madden, & Chamberlain, 2012).

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, as of May 2015, about 626,750 substitute teachers are hired annually to cover days when regular teachers are sick, at the dentist, observing a religious holiday, dealing with a family emergency, or attending professional development.

The Metro Nashville district in Tennessee began an intensive high - school - redesign process six years ago, and, about three years ago, officials there began developing an intensive professional development strategy to help high school teachers improve their work in project - based learning.

Districts rated 99 percent of teachers as «satisfactory» and ignored performance altogether when making decisions about recruitment, professional development, promotion, pay, or dismissal.

The NRC report suggests several possible reasons, including a lack of knowledge about such opportunities among teachers and administrators; a bias among principals for more traditional methods; and institutional resistance from district professional development staff who might see their own jobs disappear if teachers bypass their programs and engage in training created from afar.

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We are writing on behalf of the organisations with an interest in the recruitment, training and professional development of teachers to share our concern about teacher shortages and make some constructive suggestions.

For example, the failure to find positive student - achievement impacts in a series of IES - funded studies of professional development programs has produced a broader appreciation of the difficulty of adult behavior change and more healthy skepticism about the traditional approach to teacher training.

It urged the nation to get serious about teacher standards, reinvent teacher preparation and professional development, put qualified teachers in every classroom, encourage and reward teacher knowledge and skill, and create schools organized for student and teacher success.

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.

Andy readily admits that he's still stuck on denial, and from there he raises a big question that we've heard in other critiques of the report: Can we really trust the measures of teacher performance we used to reach our conclusions about professional development?

On Jan. 24, readers questioned three members of the Teacher Leaders Network — Corrina Knight, a 6th grade language arts / social studies teacher at Salem Middle School in Apex, N.C.; Linda Emm, an educational specialist with Schools of Choice in Miami, and a consultant with the National School Reform Faculty; and Carolann Wade, the coordinator for national - board certification and liaison for Peace College's teacher education program of the Wake County, N.C., school district — about their work with teacher - directed professional develTeacher Leaders Network — Corrina Knight, a 6th grade language arts / social studies teacher at Salem Middle School in Apex, N.C.; Linda Emm, an educational specialist with Schools of Choice in Miami, and a consultant with the National School Reform Faculty; and Carolann Wade, the coordinator for national - board certification and liaison for Peace College's teacher education program of the Wake County, N.C., school district — about their work with teacher - directed professional develteacher at Salem Middle School in Apex, N.C.; Linda Emm, an educational specialist with Schools of Choice in Miami, and a consultant with the National School Reform Faculty; and Carolann Wade, the coordinator for national - board certification and liaison for Peace College's teacher education program of the Wake County, N.C., school district — about their work with teacher - directed professional develteacher education program of the Wake County, N.C., school district — about their work with teacher - directed professional develteacher - directed professional development.

Successful strategies to monitor the level of meaningful student work include using LLBWA, systematic walk - throughs, effective teacher conferencing, thoughtful professional development, and interviewing students about their work.