The grant will be used to give the teachers replacement pay so they can
work on curriculum development for the magnet program.
Expecting districts to do
the work on curriculum development — especially in light of their struggles to handle basic tasks — was never smart.
Not exact matches
Previously, she taught as a class teacher at Green Meadow Waldorf School for five years and served there as a mentor
on the Teacher
Development Committee; she also
worked with that school's administrator
on curriculum - related projects and offered teacher support.
Following the training and
curriculum development,
on a daily basis the AD will
work with any or all of the camp groups to facilitate and support planned activities with other camp staff.
Tia is also involved in all aspects of the sanctuary's educational programming — developing
curricula and interpretive materials, developing and implementing classroom teacher professional
development,
working on numerous grants in communities and schools, and developing and teaching natural history and food - based programming.
Laura has a special interest in early childhood
development and has
worked in preschools and her own child - care business, creating hands -
on, science based
curriculums for toddlers, preschoolers and young 5's.
Anna taught as a class teacher at Green Meadow Waldorf School for five years and served there as a member of the Teacher
Development Committee; she also
worked with the Green Meadow administrator
on curriculum - related projects and offered teacher support.
After that, the facility
works through the
Development, Dissemination, and Designation phases, accessing technical assistance from Baby - Friendly USA, Inc. and receiving feedback
on submitted policies,
curricula, etc..
The teacher
works with a team of educators to implement a multi-sensory, hands -
on / minds -
on, nature - based science
curriculum; incorporating emergent language and math experiences along with creative arts, music, cooking and the
development of social skills.
He also lobbied
on behalf of Competitive Power Ventures, which paid Percoco's wife, Lisa Toscano - Percoco, for
curriculum development work.
Ana Cordova is a research assistant at AAAS Project 2061 and
works on its
curriculum and assessment research and
development efforts.
In 2004, he signed
on with KCP Technologies, the developer of The Geometer's Sketchpad, where his
work involves writing grant applications and
curricula, as well as «everything from doing professional
development, to writing journal articles, to thinking about updates to Sketchpad, to dealing with the Board of Education in New York,» he says.
The actions we are taking include (1) the
development of new sustainable chemical technologies to reduce the magnitude and the impact of society's chemical and energy activities, (2) the
development of a new multidisciplinary effort, The Berkeley Center for Green Chemistry (http://bcgc.berkeley.edu/) to organize and enhance sustainability activities
on our campus and to reach out nationally and internationally for coordination and best practices transfer, and (3) the reconfiguration of the delivery and content of our educational
curriculum and activities at all levels to emphasize sustainable green chemical practice, concepts and awareness so that all members of our profession advance the sustainability of our society through their
work and decisions.
The Washington Center for Internships and Academic Seminars (TWC), for example, provides students from around the world with hands -
on work experience in the nation's capital combined with an academic
curriculum, civic engagement
work and leadership
development.
Throughout his career he has
worked extensively in higher education accreditation focusing
on strategic planning, compliance,
curriculum, assessment, policy
development & administration.
In 2004, I became involved in a professional
development with SCALE, a group of educators and
curriculum designers who were
working on redesigning widely used
curriculum to make it more inquiry based.
We, together with the Royal Academy of Engineering coordinated the
development of the new Computing
curriculum on behalf of DfE,
working in close collaboration with CAS.
The book represents a culminating
work of the ArtsLiteracy Project, a project that develops
curricula and professional
development practices based
on the premise that linking literacy and the arts creates powerful learning opportunities for students both in core academic subjects and in the arts.
Harvard Graduate School of Education will
work with the Strategic Education Research Partnership and other partners to complete a program of
work designed to a) investigate the predictors of reading comprehension in 4th - 8th grade students, in particular the role of skills at perspective - taking, complex reasoning, and academic language in predicting deep comprehension outcomes, b) track developmental trajectories across the middle grades in perspective - taking, complex reasoning, academic language skill, and deep comprehension, c) develop and evaluate curricular and pedagogical approaches designed to promote deep comprehension in the content areas in 4th - 8th grades, and d) develop and evaluate an intervention program designed for 6th - 8th grade students reading at 3rd - 4th grade level.The HGSE team will take responsibility, in collaboration with colleagues at other institutions, for the following components of the proposed
work: Instrument
development: Pilot data collection using interviews and candidate assessment items, collaboration with DiscoTest colleagues to develop coding of the pilot data so as to produce well - justified learning sequences for perspective - taking, complex reasoning, academic language skill, and deep comprehension.Curricular
development: HGSE investigators Fischer, Selman, Snow, and Uccelli will contribute to the
development of a discussion - based
curriculum for 4th - 5th graders, and to the expansion of an existing discussion - based
curriculum for 6th - 8th graders, with a particular focus
on science content (Fischer), social studies content (Selman), and academic language skills (Snow & Uccelli).
I was in charge of a huge
curriculum -
development project, and Max was
working as an expert
on sabbatical from the University of Chicago.
«IL's unique
curriculum, with its emphasis
on organizational leadership and adult
development, is vital for teachers who take
on these leadership roles
working with and advising colleagues,» Boles says.
Hence, whether you are going into teaching, policy making,
curriculum development, research and scholarship, administration, social entrepreneurship, new educational media, or some other field — I suggest that to the extent that you see yourself as committed to the «civil rights struggle of our time,» you should
work to empower youth rather than solely to advocate or act
on their behalves.
The linchpin of the state's
work has been providing incentives for districts and schools statewide to adopt and implement a high - quality and coherent
curriculum, particularly in English language arts (ELA) and mathematics, and to use that
curriculum as the hook
on which everything else hangs: assessment, professional
development, and teacher training.
Chesterfield continued to
work on more multi-age topic - related units and, following conversations with teaching staff, the leadership team requested the
development of a two - year
curriculum framework — an ongoing process.
Findings suggest that while almost all of the new teachers anticipate staying in education for the remainder of their
working lives, many of them report that they expect to move
on to education - related jobs other than classroom teaching (
curriculum development, professional
development, administration).
Building
on earlier
work done by the Academic Cabinet, a faculty committee, Lagemann made the
development of a case - based core
curriculum one of her first priorities as dean.
Through various projects focusing
on professional
development in the STEM subjects and digital skills, teachers are provided with support in delivering new elements of a future - facing
curriculum, where their students will be
working with new technologies and
developments that were not even thought of just a decade or so ago.
What we do know is that pre-K teachers» training in child
development, experience in
working with young children, and support systems focused
on their instructional behaviors and classroom management do matter — for the quality of both of teachers» social interactions with children and their implementation of
curricula.
Other skills required for this position include
curriculum and course
development, the ability to
work independently or
on a team, and performance measuring.
Those include introducing and reviewing software, Internet resources, and other appropriate materials, and making the information available to staff; coordinating computer usage in projects and activities within, across, and between
curricula and schools;
working with classroom teachers, individually and in grade level teams, to plan, organize and implement the use of technology through such activities as demonstration lessons, team teaching, and joint planning; providing both building - based and district - wide staff
development at faculty meetings, district professional
development days, and after - school and summer workshops; and keeping abreast of current technologies by attending conferences and workshops
on a regular basis.
In all cases, the researchers
worked directly with teachers and school districts in ongoing professional
development activities focused
on literacy
curriculum and instruction as well as assessment implementation.
We asked principals and vice principals about the principal «s leadership in areas such as student achievement goals, vision for the school, and student learning; making decisions about instruction; leadership distribution in the school; professional
development experiences for principals and teachers;
curriculum and instruction; school culture; state and district influences
on administrators «and teachers «
work in the school; and the impact of parents and the wider school community.
Before taking
on this role, she
worked for seven years with the talented research and
development team in creating Committee for Children's social - emotional learning and anti-bullying
curricula and trainings.
She has been
working on a range of projects in
curriculum development, teacher professional learning, and pre-service teacher education.
Avni Gupta - Kagan serves as an independent consultant,
working to improve education outcomes for children in South Carolina and nationally
on a range of issues including human capital management, leadership
development, and K - 12
curriculum.
Suggests that early childhood
development focus
on play, elementary school gear the
curriculum toward learning how the world
works, middle schools create programs that develop the young adolescent's social, emotional, and meta - cognitive growth, and high schools emphasize preparing students to live independently in the real world.
Before returning to Detroit in 2009, she
worked in
curriculum development at schools
on Chicago's Southside, utilizing culturally responsive pedagogical frameworks.
Goal 5 serves as the Strategic Plan's long - term vision by prioritizing resources for ongoing research and
development for new, innovative assessments (e.g., applied
work - setting assessments,
curriculum - embedded assessments) based
on its current assessment system.
We've created a turnkey STEM learning environment, called a SmartLab, where everything from the furniture and technology to
curriculum, assessment and professional
development work together to support hands -
on, minds -
on learning for all students of all abilities and interests.
We order new textbooks, address
curricula, concentrate professional
development efforts
on ways to increase student achievement, investigate new strategies to enhance students» academic progress and improve their behavior, and meet throughout the year in our professional learning communities to discuss what is and is not
working.
Provide teachers with time and resources to collaborate
on curriculum development and review and grade student
work;
This included responsibility for multiple education
curricula (including a complete review of the early childhood
curriculum), leading
work around teacher supply and workforce issues, professional
development for teachers,
work on establishing a new assessment system with no national test -LRB-!)
Andrew Kerr is a consultant for McREL's Center for Educator Effectiveness,
working with schools, districts, and state and national education agencies
on curriculum and instruction, technology planning, staff
development, and distance learning programs.
Part of that is scarce resources, but for the most part the infrastructure that supported schools to
work on improving teaching and learning was dismantled intentionally: the old subject matter projects were dismantled and a diverse ecology of nonprofit organizations, consultants, and university - based programs were replaced by a one - size - fits - all set of training programs that were intended to align professional
development with state - adopted
curriculum and tests.
Reading specialists who
work with students who have physical, learning, or other disabilities can expect a similar salary to special education teachers, who make an average annual salary of $ 56,800.1 Job growth for special education teachers is expected at 6 % between 2014 and 2024.1 Reading specialists with a focus
on curriculum development may make a similar salary to instructional coordinators, who make an average annual salary of $ 62,270 and have job growth prospects of 7 % between 2014 and 2024.2 Reading specialists
working with adult and out - of - school secondary students earn an average of $ 50,280 per year and have projected job growth between 5 % and 8 % from 2014 to 2024.3
His current
work is focused
on infusing 21st century skills across the
curriculum, performance based assessments, and building digital content
development opportunities, and engages in partnerships to advance the use of technology in support of effective teaching and learning.
Currently, she is
working in
curriculum development and has taken
on a greater role with the University of North Georgia, where she has taught in the graduate education program for the last four years.
Additionally, Nancy has
worked with the NJDOE
on initiatives such as the NJCCCS in the Arts, the Arts Assessment Advisory Committee and in the
development of the
Curriculum Exemplar in the Visual Arts.
She
works with schools and districts, as well as with state agencies and other educational organizations nationwide, to build systems to support high student performance through standards - based
curriculum, instruction, and assessment design and implementation with a focus
on the Common Core State Standards; leadership
development and coaching for administrators, instructional coaches, and leadership teams; process facilitation and professional
development workshops; data analysis and use; and program evaluation, collaborative data analysis, and
curriculum audits.
His daily
work involves developing partnerships with school districts across the nation focused
on providing
curriculum resources and facilitating professional
development opportunities.