Not exact matches
One example that I
read about, Stanford
University, a
teacher in artificial intelligence offered a class, a couple
of hundred kids in the class, he offered it online to 30,000 people, or 20,000 people, and if I remember correctly when he gave the test there were 400 people, or something like that, that did better than the number one kid at Stanford.
He served as a
teacher at Accra Academy Secondary School for about a year before proceeding to the
University of Ghana, Legon to
read Economics in 1964.
In his research (carried out with Professor Julian Elliott from Durham
University) Dr Gibbs asked a sample
of primary school
teachers to complete two questionnaires about children who were having difficulty with learning to
read.
«Our findings are relevant both in terms
of teacher education and in terms
of special education resources schools allocate to
reading and spelling skills,» says Professor
of Special Education Leena Holopainen from the
University of Eastern Finland, summing up the findings.
The study was conducted by researchers from the
University of Munich, Australian Catholic
University,
University of Oxford,
University of Reading,
University of Konstanz, and Thurgau
University of Teacher Education.
Daniel Willingham, a professor
of psychology at the
University of Virginia and author
of Raising Kids Who
Read: What Parents and
Teachers Can Do, responds:
For example, a 2011 survey by William Schmidt
of Michigan State
University of mathematics
teachers in 40 states found that, while the overwhelming majority
of teachers had
read the standards and liked them, some 80 percent said they were «pretty much the same» as previous state standards.
Upcoming EdCasts will highlight the need
of global citizenship in a polarizing ideological landscape, the importance
of summer
reading in urban schools, the role
of the
university as community servant, and the argument for $ 320,000 a year kindergarten
teachers.
They have done this by taking advantage
of university - based Title VI outreach programs or other
teacher support programs, such as «The American Forum for Global Education,» participating in Fulbright seminars abroad programs,
reading widely in international journals such as The Economist, and traveling on their own.
By contrast, a close review
of that list
of readings that Stanford
University recommended to its new student -
teachers is instructive.
In a series
of case studies, he singles out whole - language enthusiasts like the Harvard - trained Frank Smith and Kenneth Goodman
of Wayne State
University for promoting «balanced literacy» and encouraging generations
of teachers to believe «that phonics is the route to poor
reading.»
To help the students personally connect to writing, Mount Desert uses the
Reading and Writing Project (RWP) from Lucy Calkins of Teachers College at Columbia University, which focuses on writing narrative from a personal and emotional perspective and places a strong emphasis on reading topics matched to the students» reading and comprehension a
Reading and Writing Project (RWP) from Lucy Calkins
of Teachers College at Columbia
University, which focuses on writing narrative from a personal and emotional perspective and places a strong emphasis on
reading topics matched to the students» reading and comprehension a
reading topics matched to the students»
reading and comprehension a
reading and comprehension ability.
As a doctoral student, I participated on the Writing and
Reading Across the Curriculum
Teacher Researcher Team led by Jane Hansen, Professor Emeritus at the
University of Virginia and
Reading Hall
of Fame Member.
In the summer
of 2014, Klein was accepted into The
Teacher's College at Columbia
University to advance her studies in
reading and writing workshop.
Reading, Writing,» Rithmetic,» Rogramming Slate, 4/15/15 «Karen Brennan is a Harvard
University education professor and founder
of ScratchEd, an online community
of teachers using Scratch, a novice - friendly computer code developed at MIT.
In 1992, when the new CLAS assessments were being implemented, the contract to develop national English language arts standards was awarded by the U.S. Department
of Education (DOE) to the Center for the Study
of Reading at the
University of Illinois, in collaboration with the International
Reading Association (IRA) and the National Council
of Teachers of English (NCTE).
Associate Professor, Department
of Teacher Education Coordinator Multiple Subject Credential Program,
Reading Methods California State
University, Stanislaus
Data were collected from 19 K - 12
teachers enrolled in a new literacies
teacher education course as part
of a requirement for a
reading education master's degree at a
university in the southeast United States.
Nationwide, in order for graduates
of teacher education programs based in colleges and
universities to gain state certification as a
teacher, the programs must follow state requirements such as required entrance and exit exams and the number
of credit hours in specific subjects such as
reading, math and special education.
As a graduate
of Winthrop
University with a Masters degree from The Citadel, Angie Greene has had the opportunity to serve as a classroom
teacher,
reading teacher, and school counselor.
Currently based in Denver, Colorado, she has consulted with school districts and related education agencies for 17 years in 20 states and internationally, also serving 13 years in higher education as associate professor (tenured), associate dean, literacy and leadership academic program director and chair, vice president's faculty fellow,
reading specialist, counseling coordinator, and director
of national center for students with learning and attention challenges, having taught 132 course sections from developmental education to
teacher education, counseling, and leadership at four
universities (Baldwin Wallace
University, the
University of Arizona, Kent State
University, and the
University of Akron).
One
of the most striking findings
of the
universities of Minnesota and Toronto report is that effective leadership from all sources - principals, influential
teachers, staff teams and others - is associated with better student performance on math and
reading tests.
Nancy Boyles is a former classroom
teacher and professor emerita at Southern Connecticut State
University, where she was professor
of Reading and Graduate
Reading Program Coordinator.
Nancy is a recipient
of the Christa McAuliffe Award for Excellence in
Teacher Education from the American Association
of State Colleges and
Universities and the Early Career Award from the National
Reading Conference.
Workplace Experience: 1972 - 1979 Private education
teacher (
reading and study skills for middle and high school) Wood School 1979 - 1982 Director, Learning Dynamics Study Skills Center 1979 - 1982 Adjunct faculty,
University of San Diego, Education Dept. 1982 - 1988 Extension faculty,
University of California at San Diego Education Dept. 1983 - 1985 Adjunct faculty, National
University, Education Dept. 1982 - 1987 Co - founder / Educational Director
of SuperCamp Residential academic enrichment skills program 1995 - 2009 Adjunct Faculty, San Diego State
University 1996 - 2006 Co-founded The Brain Store (Publishing Company) 1997 - present Co-founder, Jensen Learning Corp..
FitLit — Connecting Fitness and Literacy, presented by Michael F. Opitz, Wednesday May 8, 1:00 — 2:15 p.m. eastern time — Opitz is a former elementary school
teacher and
reading specialist, and currently professor
of reading at the
University of Northern Colorado.
When the National Council on
Teacher Quality released last month its report on teacher training programs, I was not shocked to read that the vast majority of colleges and universities do a poor job of preparing their students to
Teacher Quality released last month its report on
teacher training programs, I was not shocked to read that the vast majority of colleges and universities do a poor job of preparing their students to
teacher training programs, I was not shocked to
read that the vast majority
of colleges and
universities do a poor job
of preparing their students to teach.
These short PD sessions developed by the Vaughn Gross Center for
Reading and Language Arts at the
University of Texas Austin break down the vocabulary instruction into chunks that can be delivered to
teachers as they begin the implementation process.
The study, conducted by CALDER director and
University of Washington professor Dan Goldhaber, synthesizes two separate research topics: the influence
of teacher quality on student achievement, and the inequities in access
Read more about Disadvantaged Kids Need Equal Access to Great
Teachers -LSB-...]
Nancy is a recipient
of the Christa McAuliffe Award for Excellence in
Teacher Education from the American Association
of State Colleges and
Universities and
of the Early Career Award from the National
Reading Conference.
Researchers from the
University of North Carolina at Greensboro conducted a longitudinal study
of almost 1,000 elementary school students and reported that
teachers had higher expectations for the
reading achievement
of girls than boys.
Four education organizations — The Center on School Turnaround at WestEd, the Center on Great
Teachers and Leaders, Public Impact, and the
University of Virginia Darden / Curry Partnership — have been studying issues
of school turnaround and have
Read more about Identifying, Selecting, and Retaining School Turnaround Leaders: How - To Modules -LSB-...]
Observations about the corporatization
of technology in schools and
universities for teaching and learning — from the use
of standardized assessment applications that are domain specific to the purchase
of teacher - proof computerized lesson modules or
reading programs — challenged what educators know about the ELA and technology integration.
Douglas Fisher, PhD, is a professor
of language and literacy education in the Department
of Teacher Education at San Diego State
University (SDSU), the codirector for the Center for the Advancement
of Reading at the California State
University Chancellor's Office, and a past director
of professional development for the City Heights Educational Collaborative.
He is a recipient
of the International
Reading Association's Harris Research Award, a member
of the Academy
of Distinguished
Teachers at the
University of Minnesota, and recipient
of the
University's award for Outstanding Contributions to Post baccalaureate, Graduate and Professional Education.
But the evaluators, led by Stephen Gorard, a professor
of education at Durham
University, noted that pupils with «very low levels»
of reading ability would need more initial support from
teachers before benefiting from independent
reading.
Father and son team Terry Doyle, Professor
of Reading at Ferris State
University, and Brendon Doyle, research assistant at Ferris State
University, outline the five areas that can improve learning readiness in A New Paradigm for Student Learners — a good
read for
teachers, parents and students.
Using the IDA Knowledge and Practice Standards as the framework for course content and curricula, teams
of reading experts began reviewing
university teacher preparation programs in 2012, resulting in nine programs recognized for their alignment with the IDA Knowledge and Practice Standards.
University programs that have undergone this process report several benefits: increased knowledge
of evidence - based practices in
reading instruction by faculty and
teacher candidates, improved program alignment and promotion, and increased student enrollment.
Indeed, as
University of South Carolina law professor Derek W. Black writes in a recent analysis
of waivers, not only does NCLB not authorize conditional waivers, even if a court were to
read any waiver authorization as implicitly authorizing conditions, the actual conditions attached — «college - and career - ready standards,» new
teacher evaluations, etc. — fundamentally change the law.
Read this from a letter that scores
of researchers from 16
universities throughout the Chicago metropolitan area sent to Emanuel warning against the «value - added» system
of teacher involvement, which uses complicated formulas to factor test scores into an evaluation:
The TLC is a Network
of three
teacher study groups (Literary Circle, Book Club Plus Study Group, and the Literacy Circle Study Group) across southeastern Michigan, supported in part by the Center for the Improvement
of Early
Reading Achievement and in part by the Walgreen
Teachers in Residence Program at the
University of Michigan.
Based on the work
of Lucy Calkins and the
Teachers College
Reading and Writing Project at
Teachers College, Columbia
University, Units
of Study incorporates a workshop approach to teaching writing skills that focuses on Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for writing.
The Virginia Department
of Education's Training and Technical Assistance Center at Radford
University maintains personnel who provide consultation to
teachers, principals and divisions in areas
of literacy instruction for students with disabilities and students who struggle in
reading.
Previously, Houck served as the coordinator
of the K — 12
Teacher of Reading Program at the University of Minnesota, the state reading specialist for the Minnesota Department of Education, and was the program director for the Education and Learning program at a leading philanthropic organi
Reading Program at the
University of Minnesota, the state
reading specialist for the Minnesota Department of Education, and was the program director for the Education and Learning program at a leading philanthropic organi
reading specialist for the Minnesota Department
of Education, and was the program director for the Education and Learning program at a leading philanthropic organization.
To
read more about this, the best research study explaining why doing just this will set any state up for lawsuits comes from Brown
University's John Papay in his highly esteemed and highly cited «Different tests, different answers: The stability
of teacher value - added estimates across outcome measures» article.
Dana Jordan, an instructor at East Central
University in Ada, OK and formerly a fifth grade mathematics
teacher at Homer Elementary School in Ada, requires her students in her Diagnosis and Remediation in
Reading course to collect data for a group
of struggling readers at Homer Elementary School.
Lisa earned a bachelor's degree in English, along with
teacher and
reading certifications, from the College
of Saint Mary in Nebraska and a master's degree in educational administration from the
University of Nebraska Omaha.
The
University of Alaska Fairbanks» education program is approved by Alaska's department
of education to recommend graduates for certification as
reading specialists, elementary educators, secondary
teachers, and school counselors.
Our
teachers are
university degreed, have years
of experience, are patient and most important enjoy teaching -
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