In Score to Soar, we discuss four
types of teachers based on their performance levels and the support they may need:
Not exact matches
If you start by opening PowerPoint and haphazardly
typing bullet points, you're off to a rough start, says Adam Sigel, a Boston -
based product manager at New York City -
based streaming TV startup Aereo, and
teacher of Skillshare's Slide Chi: Advanced PowerPoint Design / Workshop Class.
The
type of learning you're describing, with open classroom discussion, a lot
of choice for students, inquiry -
based learning, projects, it seems at odds with the kind
of call - and - response, very
teacher - directed style that you see at a lot
of so - called «no excuses» charter schools that produce high test scores with disadvantaged populations.
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.
Therefore, many Western
teachers started to use those adjustments as a
basis for a more fine - tuned and balanced form
of assistance, finally creating a
type of adjustment that guides movements and helps prevent injuries.
But there are thrilling passages
of presentation,
of Bressonian presence, that need no backstory, or back - acting — I'm thinking
of John Leguizamo as one
of the more troubled
teachers, Emily Tremaine as an argumentative and possibly horny student who can't understand why Stanley keeps his wife in the room
typing up what's being said, and Dennis Haysbert as a lush - haired Ossie Davis in scenes with William Shatner (played with unlikely restraint by Kellan Lutz) taping a TV drama from 1976
based on the Milgram case.
In a time - variable, learning constant competency -
based (or mastery -
based) system, much as the
type Sal Khan has talked about, a
teacher's job will be richly rewarding around these
types of activities.
This
type of student - led discussion —
based on Socrates» method
of student inquiry rather than
teacher lecture — elicits student ownership, deep thinking, critical questioning (PDF), academic vocabulary usage, and a rooted sense
of community.
Its to allow
teachers to target instruction
based on individual needs and
types of tests, Michaelis said.
Then, in 2012, a new project
based on their experience, which was to develop a fully online system, began: Profiles that make sense to be accessing from outside the institution, as the
teacher, the student, a business customer, and so on, could do it from a tablet or a mobile phone, because it is a «responsive» system and it is adapted to all
types of devices.
As collaboration and project -
based learning become preeminent ways
of teaching and learning, many
teachers struggle with how to evaluate these
types of lessons.
This
type of building, created to promote efficiencies and separate students into age -
based groups to receive direct instruction by a single
teacher, was not designed with adult collaboration in mind.
Edcamps are a
type of teacher - organized unconference that allows educators to get together, often for only a day, to engage in discussion -
based professional learning.
If you want to know why districts can't afford to give
base salary increases to early - and mid-career
teachers, these
type of pension enhancements are a big reason why.
In their book, Levin and Nolan (2014) reference work done by French and Raven (1960), where they outlined four
types of authority
bases for
teachers.
The worksheet is a starter activity (
based on
types of words); the presentation contains a starter on «denn / weil», and the lesson leads towards students» writing their own school reports for their
teachers using comparisons.
Let your students and
teachers make you proud by supporting these
types of inquiry -
based experiences.
Project -
based learning
teachers can choose from among many
types of driving questions, but sometimes we get stuck when trying to come up with a great one because there are so many considerations in the design process that informs the crafting
of an effective driving question.
I've met writers,
teachers, media specialists, psychologists, programmers and all
types of subject matter experts who somehow have ended up designing web -
based and instructor - led courses.
An emerging professional development «economy»
of competency
based micro credentials has
teachers taking a new
type of course.
In short, the education research community needs to prime the pump
of evidence -
based education with a supply
of research findings that are
of immediate relevance to workaday decision - making, e.g., recruiting tools that enhance the effectiveness
of the workforce; ways to increase the productivity
of the central office; and differences in the impact
of available curriculum materials for particular
types of teachers and students.
Lee Shulman (1986, 1987) originally proposed a model for representing the
types of knowledge that form the
basis for
teachers» choices and actions.
Additionally,
based upon classroom observations,
teachers» at Caldwell had different levels
of technology knowledge within the school, suggesting the
types of PD that they required would be different.
The
type and amount
of support a new
teacher receives should be differentiated
based on a
teacher's needs, with baseline requirements met at all sites.
What reformers should do is develop the tools that can allow families to make school overhauls successful; this includes building comprehensive school data systems that can be used in measuring success, and continuing to advance
teacher quality reforms (including comprehensive
teacher and principal evaluations
based mostly on value - added analysis
of student test score growth data, a subject
of this week's Dropout Nation Podcast) that can allow school operators
of all
types to select high - quality talents.
The NYS Charter Schools Act
of 1998 was created for the following purposes: • Improve student learning and achievement; • Increase learning opportunities for all students, with special emphasis on expanded learning experiences for students who are at - risk
of academic failure; • Encourage the use
of different and innovative teaching methods; • Create new professional opportunities for
teachers, school administrators and other school personnel; • Provide parents and students with expanded choices in the
types of educational opportunities that are available within the public school system; and • Provide schools with a method to change from rule -
based to performance -
based accountability systems by holding the schools established under this article accountable for meeting measurable student achievement results.
In the context
of this work, it soon became apparent that the research
base on content - focused instructional coaching was thin and provided little guidance on the
types of activities in which coaches might engage
teachers to support them in developing ambitious and equitable instructional practices.
When states are placed on the continuum
based on their
teacher plan
type, it's evident that a majority
of states still enroll
teachers in a traditional defined benefit pension plan.
Some
types of instructional practices are commonly considered «evidence -
based,» and so presumably their use by
teachers should result in increased mathematics achievement.
schools receive a certain allocation
of Full Time Equivalent (FTE) people
of different job
types (e.g.
teacher, assistant principal)
based on student - to - staff ratios;
Cindy Golden, a seasoned special educator, administrator, and psychologist with almost 30 years
of experience, has
based this
teacher - friendly toolkit on her popular OMAC (Organization and Management
of All Classrooms) system — an innovative approach to creating effective classrooms for students with all
types of disabilities.
Policymakers can support and incentivize these
types of evidence -
based professional development models by providing more personalized models
of professional development that move beyond
teachers» «seat time» to models that promote active learning and that take place within
teachers» classrooms, considering the context
of one's students, classroom, and school.
Local decision makers can support and incentivize these
types of evidence -
based professional development models by providing more practice -
based models
of professional development that move beyond
teachers» «seat time» to models that promote active learning and take place within
teachers» schools, considering the context
of their respective students, classrooms, and school site goals.
With $ 360 million in additional Race to the Top money, it is backing work by states to design new testing systems that it says will measure student growth — rather than capture a snapshot
of achievement — supply real - time feedback to
teachers to guide instruction, and include performance -
based items to gauge more
types of learning.
«It can't just be the same
type of support because, just as we differentiate learning for students
based on their living conditions, we also need to do that for
teachers based on their unique working conditions.»
To maximise student learning progress,
teachers need to use evidence -
based teaching practices in the classroom, including targeted teaching and the
types of practices described by John Hattie in Visible Learning.
In addition, school -
based teacher education is supported by various
types of teacher educators — including, but not limited to, mentors, university supervisors, peers, instructional coaches, administrators, district - level supervisors, university faculty, and other professional development providers.
Lesson transcripts were made available to
teachers and used as the
basis of a personalised «dashboard» which provided information about key features
of lessons, such as the balance
of teacher and pupil talk, the amount
of «thinking time» given to pupils and the
types of questioning used.
These communication
types might not be generalizable to all
teachers because it is
based only on our analysis
of three
teachers (Erlandson, Harris, Skipper, & Allen, 1993).
He also reviewed research on
teacher effectiveness
based upon
type of preparation (traditional training, alternative training, and no training), which found that all forms
of teacher training provided virtually identical results for student growth.
«Our
teachers feel strongly that this
type of evaluative tool is unfair
based on the abundance
of problems with the exam, the content, and the statistical insignificance
of the students» scores,» she says.
For instance, the salary earned by a Wisconsin certified
teacher is
based on a number
of factors, such as experience, education, location, and
type of school.
Some new licensure exams require prospective
teachers to demonstrate their skills leading a classroom in order to pass.23 These
types of skills -
based tests have the potential to more meaningfully measure teaching skills.
Here, we should emphasize the difficulty many
teachers experience when they encounter the
type of fundamental change presented by inquiry -
based practices (e.g., Windschitl, 2002).
Instead a panel
of experts will produce a different
type of accountability,
based on tests within schools and the assessment
of teachers.
Her primary research interests involve children's literacy development across the K - to - 12 grade span; common
types of literacy difficulties; and
teachers» knowledge
base and preparation for teaching reading.
The program seeks to not only address the shortage
of STEM
teachers, but to change university -
based teacher preparation to resemble the residency -
type training doctors receive.
While I've talked about project -
based learning recently with fellow
teacher Linda Kardamis, this
type of student - driven learning is far beyond just a project.
These Standards demonstrate an approach to accrediting initial
teacher education programs that is
based on an assessment
of their impact, drawing on two distinct but related
types of evidence: evidence
of pre-service
teacher performance, that is evidence that is collected from within a program in relation to a pre-service
teacher's performance; and evidence
of graduate outcomes, that is evidence that is collected following completion
of a program in relation to the achievements
of a program's graduates.
«Just like with the
Teacher EPI, the Principal EPI gives our hiring directors and executive team a really strong research -
based evaluation that allows them to say, «This is the
type of leader I need at this campus,»» Chris said.