With our flexible classroom times you choose when you come to class.
In other words, teachers who are uncomfortable
with flexible classroom management will not differentiate instruction, even if they understand it, accept the need for it, and can plan for it.
Not exact matches
Developed by Mainsail Lodging & Development in collaboration
with the legendary Bern's Steak House, the Epicurean will feature a state - of - the - art culinary
classroom known as the Epicurean Theatre, Élevage a restaurant where classic recipes are re-imagined, Edge Social Drinkery rooftop bar, Chocolate Pi pâtisserie, Bern's Fine Wines & Spirits wine shop, Evangeline full - service spa and 5,200 - square feet of
flexible event space.
The next year my district made a commitment to
flexible seating by equipping every
classroom with seating options and chairs on wheels.
The number of students in these
flexible classrooms ranged from 12 to over 50 (in a music class),
with most teachers reporting head counts in the 20s.
Flexible seating can add a wrinkle to classroom management, but with careful planning and clear expectations, our students will rise to the occasion and use flexible seating to improve their own learning envi
Flexible seating can add a wrinkle to
classroom management, but
with careful planning and clear expectations, our students will rise to the occasion and use
flexible seating to improve their own learning envi
flexible seating to improve their own learning environment.
Grade: Third Through Fifth Grades School: South Marshall Elementary School, Benton, Kentucky Students / Room Dimensions: 61 students; three and a half
classrooms have been converted into one large room Setting It Up: Our goal was to provide students
with a
flexible, comfortable learning environment.
The benefit of the iPad is that it can be one size fits each,
with boundless opportunities for differentiated, customized and personalized learning that gets kids out of their seats and
classrooms, and into open,
flexible and modular spaces.
I was already experimenting
with flexible seating in my eighth - grade English
classroom when I saw a video about combating writer's block by working in a box castle.
Instead,
classrooms must be fundamentally redesigned to fill gaps in understanding in real - time and allow students to move at a
flexible pace that accords
with their understanding.
Her work
with classroom redesign and
flexible seating has become the standard worldwide.
I began moving my first - and second - grade
classroom to
flexible seating
with an old folding bench for kneeling and a sofa table for standing.
For ideas about
classroom management in a
flexible seating environment, see John Thomas's post on working
with first and second graders and my post on middle school students.
With more than eight in ten teachers (81 percent) reporting that technology makes them more effective in the
classroom [1], FE colleges are turning away from free tools and stand - alone tech products, to institution - wide, scalable and
flexible solutions like Canvas - that can lead to more engaging lessons and better outcomes.
In particular, we have seen significant growth
with our range for primary schools as they break away from the traditional
classroom and invest in quality furniture which allows more
flexible learning spaces.»
Many teachers in
flexible classrooms don't use fluorescent lights, and if they do, they cover them
with light filters (Amazon, $ 30), according to our findings.
To get you started, we've reviewed dozens of
flexible classroom blogs, interviewed over 20 teachers
with experience in
flexible seating, and talked to education design consultants about the core building blocks of
flexible classrooms.
WTTW in Chicago takes a look at Intrinsic Schools, a Chicago charter school that uses blended learning and puts lots of students in one big pod, a large
classroom with flexible furniture that a teacher can reorganize to create spaces for independent work, collaboration, instruction, and 1 - on - 1 time
with teachers.
The platform is
flexible; leaders can use it to develop a full - time
classroom program or a hybrid model that pairs
classroom time
with home - based learning.
This model will include career pathways that do not require teacher leaders to leave the
classroom;
flexible classroom schedules and differentiated compensation; and alignment
with the state's licensure system and the district's mentoring and induction programs.13
Cori Smith Excel Academy Charter School 4/5 Grade Teacher «Mrs. Smith is constantly researching new ways to teach students and has converted her
classroom with flexible seating to accommodate all of her students learning styles.
Flexible scheduling provided students
with new options for completing coursework: in a lab, in the
classroom, at home, or some combination of these.
Newham Council will also help pupils
with specific social, emotional and mental health (SEMH) needs by creating six new «
flexible learning areas» in mainstream secondary school
classrooms.
Science4Us responds to this reality
with a curriculum designed to be
flexible enough to meet the needs of individual
classrooms.
Many teachers who differentiate instruction in their
classroom find
flexible grouping an effective method of differentiation because it provides students
with the opportunity to work
with other students who may have a similar learning style, readiness, or interest as them.
Like many, I began to question whether students need individual «sitting spaces», how
classroom routines can empower students, where «wait time» can be reduced, and how
flexible spaces can be found and created
with limited budgets.
As a result of her new insights and skills, she became more attuned to her students as individuals (and skilled in using multiple approaches to help them achieve important goals), more
flexible in
classroom routines, and more comfortable
with students as engineers of their own learning.
Recently, the firm designed the renovation of Watkins Elementary School in Washington, D.C., providing the aging school
with more open, light - filled
classrooms; larger, more
flexible rooms; and a state - of - the - art media center.
This
flexible approach to learning can help to meet the requirements of every child in the
classroom including those
with special needs.
Classrooms with flexible space and furniture should enable learning to take place through all of these media.
Flexible grouping is the «purposeful and strategic grouping / regrouping of students within the
classroom and in combination
with other classes in various ways based on the subject area and / or type of task.»
The National College for Teaching and Leadership (NCTL) has launched another pilot to try to encourage qualified teachers back to the
classroom —
with the biggest financial rewards going to schools employing part - time or «
flexible - working» returners.
Developed by the organizations that led the successful and widely praised prototyping of items for the PARCC Consortium, Agile Assessment 5.0 provides educators
with flexible tools for creating high - quality formative assessments, and for using real - time data on student learning to customize and strengthen
classroom -, school -, and district - level math programming.
The SWAP users can virtually visit more than one
classroom and, thus, acquire a more complex, cognitively
flexible view of how professional writing teachers design, model, implement, and evaluate the effectiveness of their assignments
with students.
During the ISTE conference, she discussed how her school system is shifting from traditional industrial - style
classrooms with desks arranged in rows to more
flexible learning spaces that encourage the development of 21st - century skills.
KnowledgeWorks staff works collaboratively to create policy briefs, engage
with legislators and help decision makers develop policy solutions that are more equitable and
flexible, paving the way for personalized learning in the
classroom.
Offer
flexible modalities, groupings and times / places for learning to help meet individual learner needs, strengths and interests while balancing these individual needs
with the needs of the class community Example: A teacher has several «centers» set up in his
classroom for learners to learn about reducing fractions.
Those wishing to create
flexible seating in their
classrooms may meet
with some skepticism from others though this may pass once they see the positive effects of such a
classroom design.
Flexible seating seems to have a positive impact on learning in the
classroom, particularly
with engagement and motivation.
Achieve3000's patented platform provides a differentiated learning experience for every student in any
classroom with flexible modules of content to ensure that they can participate in grade - level instruction.
As a
flexible, cloud - based solution, ESPAÑOL is designed to accelerate Spanish language and literacy gains in any blended learning model, including station rotations and flipped or bilingual
classrooms,
with:
Anne Jolly is ready to return to the
classroom, so long as she can teach at Fisher Middle, a
flexible facility designed to maximize student learning,
with fully integrated technology, a project based STEAM curriculum; and built - in teacher collaboration and professional learning.
They are students seeking credit recovery, wanting to improve their qualifications for scholarships, working to graduate early, taking a class unavailable at their local school, looking for courses specifically designed for students
with disabilities or learning challenges, pursuing career goals, struggling
with health or family problems, seeking
flexible schedules, needing
classroom choices, supplementing their regular classes, and working toward a GED as an adult.
Classroom structures may need to be adjusted to accommodate individualized learning — in other words, instead of the traditional rows of desks facing the blackboard,
classroom seating arrangements may need to be more
flexible, so that the teacher can work
with individuals or small groups while the majority of students work independently
with a personalized learning software program.
Mr Simons says the answer, both to attracting mothers back into
classrooms and to the issue of burnout for both male and female teachers, could be
flexible working in the form of part - time work or managing timetables to fit in
with caring responsibilities.
Instruction And Management E506: Alcohol and Other Drug Use by Adolescents
With Disabilities (1991) E529: Assistive Technology For Students With Mild Disabilities (1995) E538: Cluster Grouping of Gifted Students: How to Provide Full - time Services on a Part - time Budget (1996) E530: Connecting Performance Assessment to Instruction (1995) E531: Creating Meaningful Performance Assessments (1995) E504: Developing Effective Programs for Special Education Students Who Are Homeless (1991) E507: HIV / AIDS Prevention Education for Exceptional Youth (1991) E521: Including Students with Disabilities in General Education Classrooms (1992) E509: Juvenile Corrections and the Exceptional Student (1991) E464: Meeting the Needs of Able Learners through Flexible Pacing (1989) E532: National and State Perspectives on Performance Assessment (1995) E533: Using Performance Assessment in Outcomes - Based Accountability Systems (1
With Disabilities (1991) E529: Assistive Technology For Students
With Mild Disabilities (1995) E538: Cluster Grouping of Gifted Students: How to Provide Full - time Services on a Part - time Budget (1996) E530: Connecting Performance Assessment to Instruction (1995) E531: Creating Meaningful Performance Assessments (1995) E504: Developing Effective Programs for Special Education Students Who Are Homeless (1991) E507: HIV / AIDS Prevention Education for Exceptional Youth (1991) E521: Including Students with Disabilities in General Education Classrooms (1992) E509: Juvenile Corrections and the Exceptional Student (1991) E464: Meeting the Needs of Able Learners through Flexible Pacing (1989) E532: National and State Perspectives on Performance Assessment (1995) E533: Using Performance Assessment in Outcomes - Based Accountability Systems (1
With Mild Disabilities (1995) E538: Cluster Grouping of Gifted Students: How to Provide Full - time Services on a Part - time Budget (1996) E530: Connecting Performance Assessment to Instruction (1995) E531: Creating Meaningful Performance Assessments (1995) E504: Developing Effective Programs for Special Education Students Who Are Homeless (1991) E507: HIV / AIDS Prevention Education for Exceptional Youth (1991) E521: Including Students
with Disabilities in General Education Classrooms (1992) E509: Juvenile Corrections and the Exceptional Student (1991) E464: Meeting the Needs of Able Learners through Flexible Pacing (1989) E532: National and State Perspectives on Performance Assessment (1995) E533: Using Performance Assessment in Outcomes - Based Accountability Systems (1
with Disabilities in General Education
Classrooms (1992) E509: Juvenile Corrections and the Exceptional Student (1991) E464: Meeting the Needs of Able Learners through
Flexible Pacing (1989) E532: National and State Perspectives on Performance Assessment (1995) E533: Using Performance Assessment in Outcomes - Based Accountability Systems (1995)
Our on - site heated pool, along
with our state - of - the - art
classroom and
flexible schedule make learning to dive very convenient.
We offer comfortable accommodations for up to 48 individuals, WIFI in most buildings, a beautiful bamboo yoga platform, a full service restaurant
with flexible meal plans that can accomodate vegetarians, vegans, and people
with food allergies, and facilities for
classrooms and meetings.
The wide range of studies conducted
with the ISCCP datasets and the changing environment for accessing datasets over the Internet suggested the need for the Web site to provide: 1) a larger variety of information about the project and its data products for a much wider variety of users [e.g., people who may not use a particular ISCCP data product but could use some ancillary information (such as the map grid definition, topography, snow and ice cover)-RSB-; 2) more information about the main data products in several different forms (e.g., illustrations of the cloud analysis method) and more
flexible access to the full documentation; 3) access to more data summaries and diagnostic statistics to illustrate research possibilities for students, for
classroom use by educators, or for users
with «simple» climatology questions (e.g., annual and seasonal means); and 4) direct access to the complete data products (e.g., the whole monthly mean cloud dataset is now available online).
We provide competitive rates
with flexible payment options,
flexible scheduling for
classroom sessions and offer in - car training lessons seven days a week.