Sentences with phrase «which leading educators»

Promises to Keep is the first document of its kind, in which leading educators help to outline clear policy actions state agencies can take to ensure that their preparation programs are more effective for teachers and principals educating students with disabilities.

In the 1990s when schools began shifting to mobile technology, the software purchased for classroom use was selected with a monolithic approach, which led educators to set up each computer exactly the same for all students and teachers.

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So also as teacher, the pastoral director becomes the teacher of teachers, the head of all educational organization which he can not simply manage but must lead as a competent Christian educator.

This is the approach that Dr Gordon, together with childbirth educator Janet Balaskas, promoted in the early 80s, despite much initial opposition within the NHS (and which ultimately led to Dr Gordon's departure from the NHS to work privately).

At the end of this training, you will be ready to lead parenting classes and / or improve your skills as a parent educator regardless of the setting in which you work (counseling office, pre-school, etc..)

She explains, «My role is the lead midwife, pregnancy and postnatal educator at Malaak Mama & Baby Care which provide a wide range of support to pregnant women and new parents ranging from prenatal classes, hypno - birthing workshops all the way to post-natal sleep support, sleep training and breastfeeding consultations with a dedicated team of Midwives, Health educators, DHA licensed nurses and babysitters to support families in the UAE.

The Georgia PTA, which is led by Cherokee County's own Lisa - Marie Haygood as its President, presents statewide awards to outstanding educators and school PTAs at its summer conference.

As the nation's leading organization dedicated to educating parents, companies, children, educators and policymakers about Internet issues, FOSI is eager to tackle online safety with Snap Inc., parent company of Snapchat, which is particularly popular among young people.

In response to a question from a delegate about the Chicago Teachers Union strike, which led to a successful contract, and the UFT's current, long - running contract battle, Mulgrew contrasted the circumstances faced by educators in Chicago and New York City.

Mulgrew praised the union's political action efforts by both in - service members and retirees in the weeks leading up to the Nov. 6 elections, which he said would have a huge impact on the future of students, educators and the entire country.

She is a full - time Albany City School District educator, teaching theater at ASH and advanced theater at Albany High School — partnering the two through the Theatre Mentoring Program, in which high school students lead the elementary students in acting and storytelling practices.

Since 1985, Project 2061 has led the way in science education reform by first defining adult science literacy in its influential publication Science for All Americans and then specifying what K - 12 students need to know in Benchmarks for Science Literacy, which helps educators implement science literacy goals in the classroom; the AAAS Science Assessment website with more than 700 middle school test items; and WeatherSchool @ AAAS, an online resource where students can use real - world data to learn about the fundamental principles of weather and climate.

PSC is a leading partner in NSF's eXtreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment (XSEDE), which provides researchers and educators with the most powerful collection of advanced digital resources in the world.

West Africa needs doctors to run treatment and holding centers; virologists to do laboratory diagnostics; epidemiologists to dissect the major factors affecting the outbreak, which would lead to effective public health measures; public health workers to help implement these measures; and educators to work with the public and improve communications.

That early success and love of teamwork foreshadowed an illustrious career in which Smith has played leading roles as an educator, administrator and particle physicist.

ESOF is Europe's largest interdisciplinary science meeting, which attracts more than 4,500 leading researchers, thinkers, innovators, policy makers, journalists and educators from over 90 countries.

As educators, we want them to ask questions and explore their ideas, which can lead to a rich inquiry - based classroom.

States and school districts may find it tricky to navigate what is required and how money can be spent, which can lead to funds being used in «safe» and «permissible» ways rather than the ways that educators deem most useful.

Educators opened a large number of schools, and collectively parents took the lead in deciding which would grow and which would close.

Start by asking yourself where racism, sexism, and other forms of oppression are most present in the system in which you teach or lead other educators.

Adam returned to Summit in 2011 where, in his role as Chief Academic Officer, he leads Summit's Academics and R&D Team, which works tirelessly to ensure that students and educators across the nation have the tools and support they need to be empowered, self - directed learners.

This summer Mapp led her first Program in Professional Education (PPE) institute, «Family Engagement in Education: Creating Effective Home and School Partnerships for Student Success,» which focused on designing family engagement practices connected to student learning, and increasing the capacity of educators, families, and community members to develop and sustain partnerships that improve student outcomes.

The nearly vertical slope of the pension - wealth accrual curves leading up to age 50 shows the powerful «pull» incentives in these plans, which encourage educators to stay in their jobs.

A fellowship program launched in 2008 by Leading Educators, which began in New Orleans and is now operating in Kansas City and will soon expand into Detroit and the District of Columbia, for example, provides a select group of teachers with training in education issues, management, leadership, and problem solving.

There are cascading opportunities, as many of the embedded links lead to other educators» websites, which, in turn, offer ideas and resources for teaching and learning.

The «program improvement» provisions, which some educators feared could lead to state takeovers of schools, were among the last issues to be resolved by the conference committee.

Teachers have been early adopters of the easy - to - learn technology, which has led the company to launch Ed.VoiceThread.com, a secure site just for educators and their students, says VoiceThreads cofounder Ben Papell.

«It gives educators the opportunity to explore individual attainment and engagement to see how students are interacting with their books and the information in general, which can lead to effective adaptation of the resources provided in order to create engaging material going forward,» ITSI's founder, Gary Bryant, says.

Although a host of variables intervene between educator professional learning activities and student learning, Guskey and Sparks noted three major characteristics of professional development that have a direct influence on educator learning, which indirectly leads to student outcomes.

This blog post is part of the CM Rubin World Global Search for Education which poses a question each month to leading educators for reflection and sharing.

These leadership development systems identify highly capable educators and develop them to lead high - performance school organizations centered on teacher professionalism and collaboration, which in turn drives the state, provincial or national agenda for school improvement.

Educational accountability systems serve many purposes, one of which is to signal to educators what is important in a way that will lead to desired changes in instructional practice.

Working collaboratively with leaders from other teacher educator content associations as well as educational technology associations afforded AMTE participants an opportunity to learn about ways in which technology was employed in other disciplines, leading to further cross-disciplinary synergies.

The role of speech pathologists in the early identification of children with language problems which could lead to interventions which might prevent or ameliorate subsequent reading problems was noted, and the LDA submission put the view that more routine collaboration between speech pathologists and educators could improve literacy outcomes for all students.

Campbell also leads the company's international expansion, which has brought Discovery Education's digital resources and professional development to educators and students around the globe.

In the flipped staff meeting, these educators have found common ground by choosing to attend similar «Share Out» sessions centered on school goals, recognizing that they have a passion for technology or for determining which reading strategies lead to the greatest learning.

Some traditional educators believe that for - profits, which typically charge around $ 4,000 for a program leading to certification, accept applicants with little regard for demand or how they might perform in the classroom.

She advised the secretary and assistant secretary on the Obama Administration's major education reform initiative, ESEA flexibility, which grants waivers of key provisions of the ESEA in exchange for state - led reforms in the areas of standards and assessments, accountability, and educator evaluations.

Educators ready to jump - start their conference experience are encouraged to attend one of four pre-conference institutes, which will be offered on Thursday, October 25, and led by education experts Tom Guskey, Yvette Jackson, Veronica McDermott, Betty Garner, and Deborah Childs - Bowen.

Even well - meaning educators can have unconscious assumptions about their students» home lives, which become barriers to forming effective collaborations with parents,» said Jennifer Laird, PhD, project lead and program director in RTI's Center for Evaluation and Study of Educational Equity.

BSU will be honored for its Global Learning Opportunities for Bridgewater Educators (GLOBE) program, which sends teacher candidates overseas to participate in faculty - led service - learning, student teaching, and educator exchange programs.

Math teachers and special educators have their own jargon, which can lead to misunderstandings.

With personalized learning, educators and students had room to innovate, collaborate and lead, which is something many of them wanted before we switched to a student - centered environment.

This common problem, which surfaces in school after school, led us to consult some of the most successful urban educators we know — teachers and principals who have been involved in founding new, small high schools in New York City and Boston, Massachusetts.1 These schools, which serve low - income, minority communities, have begun to routinely graduate and send to college more than 90 percent of their students.

Christopher designed and led a yearlong arts integration initiative for an entire New York school district during which he provided professional development and coaching for 200 educators and arts integrated instruction for 4,000 students in ten elementary and intermediate schools.

Some districts find that it boosts educator morale, leading to less turnover, which in turn can be costly.

Critics say the pipeline of experienced educators ready to lead the new schools couldn't keep up with the frenzied speed at which the 200 new high schools were created.

leads the Programs Team, which builds a set of implementation support programs for the Summit Learning Program including training experienced Summit Learning educators to become trainers, certifying partner organizations to offer support services to implementing schools and building pre-implementation programming.

To kick start the process, the staff and administration attended a series of trainings and workshops, including a C.A.R.E. (Culture, Abilities, Resilience and Effort) workshop led by Priority Schools Campaign staff, which offered educators proven strategies to raise achievement at low - income schools with high ELL populations.

The core of the experience is teacher action research, in which educators lead their own inquiry cycles, dependent on their interests and students» needs.