Sentences with phrase «when teams of teachers»

They find that there's much greater gain in student achievement in a school when people work collaboratively in teams and when teams of teachers stay together over a period of time and build their collective know ledge and collective capacity.

There is much in it that illustrates in a practical way how much more learning can happen when teams of teachers can be reflective together as well as honouring the capability of the child.

When a team of teachers operates effectively, there is one group leader and usually five to six committed educators who are all working together to meet student needs.

Not exact matches

When his school was emptied of younger teachers during World War II, he coached all the boys» athletic teams and directed the high school air force cadet squad while maintaining other classroom responsibilities.

He wasn't prepared for what many LAUSD teachers and coaches are accustomed to when it comes to scheduling, travel and the things a coach takes for granted when a vast majority of his team lives a short drive away.

Keep your eyes and ears open for signs of worry or stress when your child talks about the new teacher, new friends, new teams, or new subjects.

Cuomo's team claims it's all Bloomberg's fault, that the mayor has been disingenuously crusading for the end of «last in, first out» when what he really wants is the freedom to can the hundreds of teachers already rated «unsatisfactory» and the thousands drifting between schools in the reserve pool, and that Bloomberg is attempting an end run around collective bargaining.

When they discover it could actually occur, they team up with their rival survival expert and bang on the door of their teacher to join forces to stop the pending destruction.

In their latest book, The Power of Teacher Teams, the pair draws attention to this invaluable network of educators, professionals, and administrators, claiming that, when executed correctly, teacher teams may holdTeacher Teams, the pair draws attention to this invaluable network of educators, professionals, and administrators, claiming that, when executed correctly, teacher teams may hold tTeams, the pair draws attention to this invaluable network of educators, professionals, and administrators, claiming that, when executed correctly, teacher teams may holdteacher teams may hold tteams may hold the...

School leaders, this research is liberating because it suggests that you don't need to take care of everyone; you just need to build teams that can support each other, provide new teachers with coaches and mentors, and establish nets that teachers will fall into when they inevitably fall.

An Opportunity Culture using new school models that extend excellent teachers» reach makes achieving this new vision possible, particularly when tailored to allow all teachers to succeed in teams — increasing the odds of widespread improvement in teaching and learning.

«When teachers engage in high - level instructional talk and have the opportunity to improve practice collaboratively and in concrete forms, they develop team loyalty, trust, and feelings of responsibility and accountability for each other and for all the team's students.

Leaders of AL teams at CPAHS have drawn from Lingard and Renshaw's assertion that teachers must take on a «researcherly disposition'to improve their practice and that this is further strengthened when «research - informed» teachers collaborate with researchers (Lingard, & Renshaw, 2009).

Like many other teachers on the Tech Team, however, I'm also one of the people others go to when things don't work or don't work well.

In their latest book, The Power of Teacher Teams, the pair draws attention to this invaluable network of educators, professionals, and administrators, claiming that, when executed correctly, teacher teams may hold the power to transform schools in such a way that they can offer a more successful and effective learning expeTeacher Teams, the pair draws attention to this invaluable network of educators, professionals, and administrators, claiming that, when executed correctly, teacher teams may hold the power to transform schools in such a way that they can offer a more successful and effective learning experiTeams, the pair draws attention to this invaluable network of educators, professionals, and administrators, claiming that, when executed correctly, teacher teams may hold the power to transform schools in such a way that they can offer a more successful and effective learning expeteacher teams may hold the power to transform schools in such a way that they can offer a more successful and effective learning experiteams may hold the power to transform schools in such a way that they can offer a more successful and effective learning experience.

A variety of factors were considered when establishing the teams; each team would comprise teachers at different levels of experience and from different content areas.

Collaborative data meetings: When teacher teams sit down to discuss the results of common assessments, principals join in and help make these meetings an engine for improvement.

We've expanded our team to include a new teacher and an academic coach, and are gearing up to kick off teacher recruitment for the fall when we'll add a school counselor, a director of services and partnerships, an office manager, and several more teachers.

The Knowledge in Action team used two key design principles when designing the AP Government coursework: 1) Projects are the central element, or spine, of the course, and 2) learning cycles (dubbed «looping» by the participating teachers), enable students to revisit key concepts and questions in each successive project.

The media and observers across the ideological spectrum were surprised and, in some cases, disconcerted in July 2014 when at the annual American Federation of Teachers (AFT) convention in Los Angeles, the union's leadership team announced that its Innovation Fund grants of $ 20,000 to $ 30,000 were going to be made available to state and local affiliates to critique the Common Core State Standards (CCSS), the massive multistate effort to improve student achievement.

When a teacher has a specific issue or problem, he or she tries to work it out with the help of the lead teacher before taking it to other members of the administration team.

Teachers and pupils alike feel that they are part of a big international research team when they participate in these Internet projects, said Evgenia Sendova, a research associate at the Institute of Mathematics and Informatics in Bulgaria.

Schools need to have a policy that helps determine when students need to be reassigned to another team of teachers, another teacher, or another «house.»

When Pereira's not tending to animals, she's taking courses at Laney and at Met West, where she also spends several hours a week with her advisory group, a small team of students and one teacher who remain associated throughout the four years of high school.

When the instructional design team, for example, identified a need for a database of parent and community resources that could be used by students and teachers, they asked the community team to assist with the effort.

The New Tech Foundation's Michael McDowell notes that the start of each project — when students form new groups — is the ideal time for team members to establish agreed - on group norms for decision making and communicating with one another, and the consequences of violating those norms, which makes it easier for both the students and teacher to manage the group process if it veers off track.

Teachers and other members of the education team know that our roles go far deeper than that, however, and that fact is at no time more apparent than when we work with students who have physiological, emotional, or social concerns that impede learning.

Boys learn more when competition gets them excited, when they need to learn so as to do well for their team, when they get to be active, when they get breaks, when they are having fun, and when teachers make the point of the learning activity clear.

When she learned that Matthew McLean, their beloved teacher, would be deployed to the Middle East with the Vermont Army National Guard, she assembled what she calls a «crisis team» of guidance counselors who sat in on the class while the news was announced.

When teachers are part of a team, they all have an equal stake — and share equally in the risks — when it comes to ensuring the success of their team and their students, added McNeely, who is principal at Hayden Lawrence Middle School in Deville, LouisiWhen teachers are part of a team, they all have an equal stake — and share equally in the risks — when it comes to ensuring the success of their team and their students, added McNeely, who is principal at Hayden Lawrence Middle School in Deville, Louisiwhen it comes to ensuring the success of their team and their students, added McNeely, who is principal at Hayden Lawrence Middle School in Deville, Louisiana.

Collaboration is also very effective when it comes to effective CPD, so teachers should be given the opportunity to engage in team - working activities, both during and after training, to test ideas from different perspectives, develop new ideas and inclusive practices, and as a method of providing a professional support network.

Here are three approaches successfully used by the Breaking2 team, with descriptions of ways teacher teams can use these approaches when getting to the molecular level of learning for each student.

There may be times when a principal wants a teacher to play the role of devil's advocate, innovator, provocateur, decision - maker, or team player.

But, the classroom where the regular education and special education teachers work side by side and one of the special education teacher says, «you learn something every day when you are a team and you think of all the students in the class as «our» students.»

Been there, done that — Work with teacher leaders to utilize their prior classroom experience when providing leadership to teams of teachers and administrators.

Scheduled for Success: Frank Zaremba of Barnette Elementary in Charlotte - Mecklenburg Schools writes: «When I became a multi-classroom leader for the exceptional children's (EC's) team, I expected to be able to use my 15 years of experience as an EC teacher and dean of students to coach teachers, especially special education teachers, and help them grow.

In addition, the work of the team is enhanced when teacher leaders foster a climate in which differing perspectives are welcomed and taken into account as teams make instructional decisions.

I'm part of the Department for Education's internal «teachers» network» along with other former Teach First teachers, which acts as a sounding board for the policy team when they want insights from those who've worked on the ground.

When Opportunity Culture multi-classroom leaders describe their jobs — providing intensive, on - the - job coaching, support for planning, and data analysis leadership to a team of teachers while continuing to teach students, too — they hear the same question: How do you fit all that in?

Knowledge matters — Prepare teacher leaders to draw on their content knowledge expertise when working with instructional teams of teachers and administrators.

Findings from across these studies suggest that teacher leaders are more likely to provide instructional support when leading teacher teams within their subject area focus, although the form of instructional leadership may be influenced by subject area.

His experience in the charter arena began 20 years ago when Mr. Montero served as a key member of the teacher leadership team during Montague's conversion to charter status in 1995 and served on the governance board for over 10 years.

My first opportunity in this realm came in New York City in March, 2010 when Terry Moe, Stanford professor and expert - on - all - things - teachers - union, captained a debate team which included former Secretary of Education Rod Paige and me.

In a study by Coggins et al. (2003) coaches (i.e., teacher leaders) reported that they were most effective supporting their schools» reform efforts when facilitating teams of teachers in meetings that were focused on instruction (such as analysis of student achievement data and discussions of research).

When teachers work in teams, students also will learn the importance and value of working in teams.

Meanwhile DeVos» lack of soft skills required of any political officeholder — along with her failure to hire a strong communications team who can help her prepare for public events — was also on full display last week when she criticized teachers and American public education for not being innovative during a speech before innovation - minded teachers and school leaders at SXSW's annual education conference.

When a school begins its journey to become a professional learning community, it's fairly common for teacher teams to experience a lack of clarity about their purpose.

When fourteen public school teachers came together as part of Educators 4 Excellence - New York Teacher Policy Team on how to improve the use of testing in schools, they were taken aback by the depth of research showing the harmful effects of exit exams, which twenty - six states have adopted in one form or another.

Even new teachers can exercise leadership when they are members of teams.

This approach helped when the students» research made «some conclusions that were going to be a little bit shocking to the faculty,» said Diego Gutierrez, principal of the Multimedia and Visual Arts School, whose student co-research team uncovered the facts that only 23 percent of students considered their courses interesting and only 19 percent of sophomores considered their courses challenging, compared to 75 percent of teachers who believed their courses were interesting and challenging.