Sentences with phrase «teachers understand academic»

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Author of the teen survival guide, How to Deal, and noted media expert on teen issues, Dr. Jerry is focused on helping teens cope with parents, teachers, friends and academic pressure, communicating with them in a way they understand to help successfully navigate the dramas and pressures of adolescence.

Whether you work as a teacher, a principal, or a health professional, the Knowledge Guide supports members of the school community to understand what has become an internationally recognized approach to health that has been demonstrated to improve students» health and academic success.

The process, which took roughly XX hours over the course of four months, helped overcome terminology barriers between the medical professionals and educational personnel, as well as helped teachers understand the impact of concussions on academics and vice-versa, including cognitive function, classroom environment, and symptom resolution.

Hill leads an NSF - supported program for future K - 12 science teachers to help infuse their classrooms with climate change science, and an industry - academic partnership to understand the consequences of ocean acidification on shellfish farmers.

The academics suggested that teachers should be made aware if youngsters have had a history of repeated ear infections, so they can consider the possibility of any hearing loss and understand how the consequences of these infections may impact on children as they learn about the sound structure of words and begin to read.

In an age where classroom teachers find themselves defending their profession and their results, the discussion of race in the classroom seems like one more opportunity for the finger - pointers who seek deeper understanding about the declining academic performance of all American students.

Once the rules are in place and students understand logical consequences, teachers can move on to other aspects of the Responsive Classroom approach, such as Academic Choice, which gives students more flexibility in their learning.

They argued that there is a growing professional and academic understanding of the use of classroom observation and feedback as key tools for improving the quality of teaching and learning practice for individual teachers, teams and schools.

We were able to create «wins» for this student in the weight room, cultivate his work ethic and dedication to his teammates, and provide an atmosphere where he could be disciplined without feeling like he was being called out by another teacher who didn't understand him — this all lead to the embodiment of a more positive sense of self - worth, resulting in improved behavior and academic performance.

One such effort is being led by K - 12 systems like the District of Columbia public schools, which has sought to customize content to teachers» needs and deepen their understanding of academic material by giving them a role in developing it.

To their great credit and insight, the teachers in these classes were happy for me to undertake and present this form of teaching strategy; as long as they could — of course — monitor what was taking place, specifically, to ensure that positive social engagement and academic participation was taking place, and that students» measurable knowledge and numeracy understanding was advancing.

Academics claim extra training is necessary to allow teachers more time to develop their theoretical and practical understanding of pedagogy before becoming fully qualified.

The observer and teacher should discuss specific interactions to get a sense of the context, prior conversations, students» academic history, an understanding of who the student is in that particular classroom, and what challenges and opportunities they present to the teacher.

Students answer ten questions that test their ability to demonstrate understanding of vocabulary related to family, domestic living, and academic settings; subject pronouns; and Spanish language in the US, the arrival of Columbus, and the Mexican population This printable quiz includes: • Five matching questions • Five short answer questions • Questions including key vocabulary words and topics, such as: la pizarra, el hogar, el rey, Mixtecos, and Mayas • An accompanying teacher guide with correct answers Need more resources?

Academic intervention circles give students an opportunity to voice their needs, and help teachers and administrators understand the issues students are grappling with.

With further research focused on these key questions, we may come to better understand the implications of discipline policy reforms — how they affect suspension use, and also how they change school climate; interactions among students, peers, and teachers; and the academic performance of all students.

Understanding the deep - rooted importance of family and parental involvement in education and its effect on the academic performance of a child requires recognizing the fact that parents are childrens first teachers.

Many teachers found it difficult to understand the academic research papers which set out the principles of effective feedback and distinguished between different types of feedback.

Learning targets coupled with student - led conferences have led to increased understanding of academic expectations and are taking the mystery out of learning for students, parents, and even teachers.

During the award presentation, CIC President Richard Ekman noted that Chait «is a popular and gifted teacher... [and] an imaginative researcher who has created fresh understandings of critical campus issues, ranging from shared governance, to faculty employment and evaluation, to academic freedom.»

The framework for our overall project also points to the mostly indirect influence of principals «actions on students and on student learning.223 Such actions are mediated, for example, by school conditions such as academic press, 224 with significant consequences for teaching and learning and for powerful features of classroom practice such as teachers «uses of instructional time.225 Evidence - informed decision making by principals, guided by this understanding of principals «work, includes having and using a broad array of evidence about many things: key features of their school «s external context; the status of school and classroom conditions mediating leaders «own leadership practices; and the status of their students «learning.

In content instructional coaching, the coach helps the teacher examine their academic content to see whether what they are teaching is at the proper level for the students» understanding.

All P.E. teachers, actually all people with any intelligence know and understand the academic benefits attained through daily physical activity.

The project prompted teachers to understand their students better and to design more interdisciplinary projects to combine academic and career studies.

With extensive experience in education as a teacher, coach, chief academic officer, and consultant, Jason brings to his work a deep understanding of educator effectiveness and organizational change and its impact on stakeholders at all levels.

Check for academic understanding and respond appropriately during the lesson: Highly effective teachers consistently check for understanding and use that information to reshape lessons as needed.

Our teachers provide a growing academic challenge while remaining respectful of the ever - complicated emotional responses of children as they deepen their understanding and empathy towards the world and its people.

To understand why this academic alchemy is a bad idea, it's helpful to recap on what teacher assessment involves.

These findings are a step forward in understanding the potential for improving student academic outcomes through meaningful teacher and family collaboration.

By: Rachel Brown, Ph.D., NCSP Most teachers understand their role in teaching academic content as the...

Teachers were essentially charged with bringing new, more rigorous academic expectations into our classrooms without adequate time to become versed in new materials or understand methods for applying them to our instruction.

Most teachers understand their role in teaching academic content as the central mission of their jobs.

To reduce the vocabulary overload on English language learners, content - area teachers can implement two effective strategies: using cognates to help students understand challenging English academic vocabulary and activating prior knowledge.

He said he's received his Academic Growth over Time rating and has used that to inform his teaching, but he understands why there has been a lot of push back to having it included in teacher evaluations.

Research supports the need for academic conversation to provide students with the opportunity to build academic language and conversation skills while providing teachers with a formative assessment to assess student content understanding and language ability.

The school is staffed by warm and dedicated teachers who understand the unique emotional and academic needs of gifted children.

«Teachers across America understand that social and emotional learning (SEL) is critical to student success in school, work, and life,» according to the Missing Piece survey of educators, commissioned by the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning: «Educators know these skills are teachable; want schools to give far more priority to integrating such development into the curriculum, instruction, and school culture; and believe state student learning standards should reflect this priority.

Students understand that teachers and education leaders need different kinds of information about their academic (and school?)

They understand that, for teacher and student alike, fear, vulnerability, and anxiety are the enemies of learning success, while a sense of self - efficacy, confidence, and accomplishment promote ongoing academic success.

Rick Stiggins, in Revolutionize Assessment, states that, «If we expand our vision of formative assessment to include student / teacher partnerships, we can empower students to understand the learning targets, gather continuous evidence of their growth, recognize how to move consistently forward toward success, make instructional decisions that enhance their own learning, and feel — at long last — in control of their own academic well - being.»

At the same time board members must understand that removing ineffective teachers is also critical to increasing academic achievement in a challenged school.

«Best bets» for improving children's attainment were presented in the language teachers would immediately understand: the extra months of learning approaches might lead to during an academic year.

Use the videos or DVD with teacher groups and workshops to explain why it's easier for students to understand academic content when they've been taught the academic terms in your content standards.

We were interested in examining whether the evidence teachers focused on was linked to the lesson learning goal (s) as well as in the level of specificity of the evidence in relation to (a) mathematic content understandings and / or difficulties, (b) engagement in math practices included in the curriculum standards, and (c) use of mathematics academic language.

When all the teachers in your school focus on the same academic vocabulary and teach it in the same way, your school has a powerful comprehensive approach for building student knowledge and understanding in the content areas.

SAGE Academy teachers provide an academic environment of excellence for secondary students which encourages life - long learning, respect for a diverse global community, awareness of the Earth's limited resources, and understanding of social justice issues throughout the world.

Casey Vier, Academic Dean of CACPCS, explains, «By building key professional learning goals around the tools in Tools for Conquering the Common Core, we have given all of our teachers an easy - to - understand set of classroom techniques to raise student achievement.»

This course is designed to help future and current teachers of culturally and linguistically diverse elementary school students to (1) understand, develop, and implement a range of effective, practical strategies for assessing and documenting the academic achievement of their students, including English Learners, students with identified / unidentified exceptionalities, and students eligible for free or reduced price lunch (TPEs 1.1, 2.2, 3.5, 4.4, and 5.1 - 5.8); (2) develop the skills and habits of mind necessary to use assessment results to plan effective instruction for every student (TPEs 3.5, 4.4, and 5.1 - 5.8); (3) learn how to present and discuss assessment results with other education professionals and with students» parents (TPEs 1.2, 2.6, 3.2, 4.5, 5.1 - 5.8).

According to Ruth Mitchell, a Principal Partner at The Education Trust and one of the study's authors, «All teachers, including elementary school teachers, need to understand not only the structure of the academic discipline, but how... it contributes to the world.

This year, we implemented a four - tier parent - teacher - student intervention system to influence academic performance and help teachers, students, and parents engage, understand each other, and work together to expect more from these children, particularly black boys.