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judith epcke

Education+Week%3A+Peer+Review+Undergoing+Revitalization - 0 views

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shared by judith epcke on 12 Nov 09 - Cached
  • judith epcke on 12 Nov 09
     
    Peer Review Undergoing Revitalization An old concept that calls for teachers to assess their own is gaining traction as evaluation comes under the spotlight.
Michelle Krill

Educational Leadership:The Key to Changing the Teaching Profession:No More Valentines - 0 views

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shared by Michelle Krill on 13 May 10 - Cached
  • Michelle Krill on 13 May 10
     
    "What will it take to make teacher evaluation a useful tool for improving teaching and learning?"
Michelle Krill

Critical Issue: Integrating Standards into the Curriculum - 0 views

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shared by Michelle Krill on 09 Feb 10 - Cached
  • Michelle Krill on 09 Feb 10
     
    "ISSUE: Many educators and advisory groups emphasize high standards as an important factor in improving the quality of education for all students. As a result, schools and districts are looking at ways to develop a high-quality curriculum that is based on standards. An important starting point for this effort is a carefully thought-out curriculum framework that reflects the standards and goals for which the education community is willing to be held accountable. Developing a standards-based curriculum requires changes in the way teachers teach and schools are run, so care must be taken to build capacity for all educators and to provide adequate time for implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of the curriculum. The curriculum-development process also should provide opportunities for reflection and revision so that the curriculum is updated and improved on a regular basis. "
Michelle Krill

New No Child Left Behind Flexibility: Highly Qualified Teachers - 0 views

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shared by Michelle Krill on 25 Feb 10 - Cached
  • Under this new policy, teachers in eligible, rural districts who are highly qualified in at least one subject will have three years to become highly qualified in the additional subjects they teach.
  • Now, states may determine--based on their current certification requirements--to allow science teachers to demonstrate that they are highly qualified either in "broad field" science or individual fields of science (such as physics, biology or chemistry).
  • Under the new guidelines, states may streamline this evaluation process by developing a method for current, multi-subject teachers to demonstrate through one process that they are highly qualified in each of their subjects and maintain the same high standards in subject matter mastery.
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  • No Child Left Behind allows states to create an alternative method (High, Objective, Uniform State Standard of Evaluation or HOUSSE) for teachers not new to the field--as determined by each state--to certify they know the subject they teach.
  • Special educators who do not directly instruct students in core academic subjects or who provide only consultation to highly qualified teachers in adapting curricula, using behavioral supports and interventions or selecting appropriate accommodations, do not need to demonstrate subject-matter competency in those subjects.
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      Michelle Krill on 25 Feb 10
       
      What does this mean for co-teachers?
  • Highly Qualified Teachers: To be deemed highly qualified, teachers must have: 1) a bachelor's degree, 2) full state certification or licensure, and 3) prove that they know each subject they teach.
Michelle Krill

School Administrators' Efficacy: A Model and Measure - 0 views

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  • Michelle Krill on 24 Mar 10
     
    "The efficacy construct refers to peoples' beliefs about and confidence in their abilities to attain success in their actions. The purpose of this research is to advance the study of school administrators' efficacy through a unique model and measure designed to target the confidence of school administrators in performing a variety of leadership/management tasks. An instrument was created to measure school administrators' efficacy levels, based on the Educational Leadership Constituent Council (ELCC) Standards. A sample of 367 early career principals and principal trainees was surveyed. Through factor analysis, eight dimensions of school administrator efficacy were derived. Based on Cronbach's Alpha, the instrument has high reliability; thus, this instrument can serve as a consistent tool in evaluating school administrators' efficacy levels."
Michelle Krill

Classroom Action Research Home Page - 1 views

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  • Michelle Krill on 29 Oct 09
     
    ""Action research is the process through which teachers collaborate in evaluating their practice jointly; raise awareness of their personal theory; articulate a shared conception of values; try out new strategies to render the values expressed in their practice more consistent with the educational values they espouse; record their work in a form which is readily available to and understandable by other teachers; and thus develop a shared theory of teaching by researching practice." - John Elliott"
Ann Baum (Johnston)

Do Walkthroughs Make a Difference? - 1 views

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shared by Ann Baum (Johnston) on 07 Oct 10 - No Cached
  • Ann Baum (Johnston) on 07 Oct 10
     
    from Connected Principals blog
Michelle Krill

A town hall on No Child Left Behind : The Gazette - 0 views

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shared by Michelle Krill on 25 Feb 10 - Cached
  • bill that advances standards-based education reform and emphasizes improvement in reading and writing.
  • proponents of the bill, which reauthorized the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, say that there has been measurable improvement in student achievement in reading and math and an increased accountability of schools,
  • detractors argue that NCLB has caused states to lower achievement goals and motivates teachers to “teach to the test,” putting far less attention to subjects—like art, music and social studies—not represented in the standardized exam.
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  • No Child Left Behind is largely based on the belief that setting high standards and establishing measurable goals can improve individual outcomes in education. The act requires states to develop assessment tests in basic skills to be given to all students in certain grades if those states are to receive federal funding for schools. The act does not set a national achievement standard but rather leaves standards to each state.
  • Kanter said that the administration will seek, among other things, to elevate the status of teachers, decrease high school dropout rates (currently 1.2 million students per year), promote early learning (birth to age 3) initiatives and drive reform to push for higher school standards.
  • he reauthorization needs to focus on education research, specifically in relation to recent neuroscience advances, teaching excellence, early childhood education, common core high standards, expansion of subject areas to be evaluated and the development of strong school leaders.
  • No Child Left Behind, there is very little reference to the role of principals and the importance of that role to school success and academic success,”
  • Alonso said that while the goals of NCLB were bold, the means to get there were modest. Too little attention, he said, was placed on pedagogy and methodology.
  • They said that curricula have been dangerously trimmed because schools are teaching to narrow tests.
  • ed that the current tests create “bubble students,” those who fall just below the standard and are given an inordinate amount of attentio
  • any reauthorization needs to promote and reward innovation in education.
Michelle Krill

The Widget Effect - 1 views

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shared by Michelle Krill on 15 Nov 09 - Cached
  • Michelle Krill on 15 Nov 09
     
    "Effective teachers are the key to student success. Yet our school systems treat all teachers as interchangeable parts, not professionals. Excellence goes unrecognized and poor performance goes unaddressed. This indifference to performance disrespects teachers and gambles with students' lives."
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