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pgbelliveau

How Partners in School Innovation is addressing the Teaching Gap | Partners in School I... - 1 views

www.partnersinschools.org/...vation-addressing-teaching-gap

EDTC 615 instructional gaps teaching gaps learning gaps

shared by pgbelliveau on 10 Mar 17 - No Cached
  • (“To Close the Achievement Gap, We Need to Close the Teaching Gap”),
  • The teaching gap refers to disparities between the working conditions and level of support for teachers in the United States and their counterparts in other industrialized nations. 
  • teachers in the U.S. have larger class sizes, spend more time directly teaching children
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  • work more hours per week than the international average.
  • Perhaps most importantly, U.S. teachers have less time for planning, collaboration and access to quality professional development when compared with teachers in other countries.
  • PLCs, including one that supported kindergarten teachers to integrate Common Core-aligned writing into their everyday practice.
  • eachers came together three times throughout the year to learn about the three genres of Common Core writing (narrative, informative and opinion), score writing assessments, analyze student writing samples, set writing goals for their students and plan writing instruction that specifically met the needs of English learners. The learning from the PLC was then supported through collaboration at their school sites throughout the year.
  • professional learning helped them make significant changes in their approaches to writing instruction, resulting in improved performance of kindergarten students. Specifically, those students outperformed all other grades on the district’s end-of-year writing assessment.
  • student achievement increases when teachers have time to learn and plan together.
  • teachers were able to consistently and systematically reflect on student data and their instructional practice. In addition, teachers created clear, measurable goals and designed instructional plans that met the needs of their English learners.
  • advocate for policies that will help close the teaching gap
  • providing development on the instructional shifts within the Common Core, supporting teachers to collaboratively design and refine CCSS-based units and lessons, and providing professional development on how to assess CCSS mastery.
  • providing opportunities for teachers to engage in professional development and collaboration around creating culturally and linguistically responsive lessons and classroom learning environments that reflect the identities of their students
  • sbelt2 on 10 Mar 17
     
    This site provided an article that looked into what the organization, Partners in School Innovations is doing to "not just close the achievement gap, but the teaching gap." Results from a survey are shared regarding average class sizes and the time spent teaching versus the time spent planning. The article provides a case study of a school that focused on instructional gaps and its results. This is a great read for administrators, policymakers and other stakeholders.
  • pgbelliveau on 03 Jul 17
     
    I realize this has more to do with achievement gaps than specific gaps within a single classroom, but it has been my experience that targeted instruction to support a few helps every learner in the room.
shommel

UNDERSTANDING THE GAPS: WHO ARE WE LEAVING BEHIND - AND HOW FAR? - 1 views

https://www.nea.org/assets/docs/18021-Closing_Achve_Gap_backgrndr_7-FINAL.pdf The data presented here by the National Education Association (NEA) identifies achievement gaps based on several socio...

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started by shommel on 30 Jun 18 no follow-up yet
cillanes1

30 Ideas for Teaching Writing - National Writing Project - 2 views

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  • cillanes1 on 18 Oct 17
     
    This resource was extremely useful due to the large variety of writing strategies that it compiled. I found this to be helpful when differentiating instruction in order to make the content more accessible for learners of different language proficiency.
wrayner

The effects of computerized instruction and systematic presentation and review of math ... - 2 views

With perennial disappointing math performance of U.S. students, the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics listed the following deficits: lack of recall and fluency with basic math facts and ...

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started by wrayner on 14 Mar 16 no follow-up yet
mmclementson

Improving Reading in the Primary Grades - 6 views

www.jstor.org.ezproxy.umuc.edu/...23317411

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  • mmclementson on 01 Apr 15
     
    Week 8- Fifteen years later, this article investigates recommendations provided by the National Research Council's seminal report:Preventing Reading Difficulties in Young Children. The article discusses which of these recommendations have been implemented in U.S classrooms over the past 15 years and which strategies have been avoided. The authors then share more recent research studies sharing strategies that may help teachers improve primary-grade reading. Authors: Nell K. Duke and Meghan K. Block
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  • caryngallagher on 25 Jun 15
     
    This article provide some honest and prevalent difficulties when it comes to teaching reading to primary aged children. It mentioned three main obstacles for students, including a short term orientation toward instruction, a lack of expertise among educators on how to teach specific reading skills, and limited availability in the school day to teach all content. As a current primary educator, I would have to add two further obstacles--lack of support in the classroom, either due to not having an aid, or having an intervention specialist, as well as lack of home support, specifically in low income areas.
  • lbrown12 on 13 Mar 16
     
    The article provides valuable insight into the impact that vocabulary instruction can have on reading comprehension. It is also noted that because reading instructional has changed over the years this too has contributed to comprehension and vocabulary development. It appears that the approach to reading instruction needs to be revisited to determine which strategies works the most effectively.
  • rachaelgreen123 on 16 Mar 16
     
    I loved this article. My school is currently focusing on Academic Language in our School Improvement Plan, we are also an IB school where students are to use Academic Language more often. I'm glad to see that many of our commonly used words are included in this list. I also love how they go through the examples of how to teach a new word. In middle school I feel these higher level vocabulary words are used more often than in primary ages.
semassie0

Making Math Meaningful for Young Children | National Association for the Education of Y... - 2 views

www.naeyc.org/...king%20Math%20Meaningful_0.pdf

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  • semassie0 on 03 Jul 16
     
    This article provides developmentally appropriate strategies for supporting math instruction in the early childhood classroom. Strategies include how to set up a math rich classroom, as well as, how to children to engage in mathematical play.
Fatima Sitson

National Library of Virtual Manipulatives - 2 views

nlvm.usu.edu/vlibrary.html

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shared by Fatima Sitson on 24 Jun 13 - Cached
  • Fatima Sitson on 24 Jun 13
     
    This is a great source that provides the similar manipulatives that we use in math- digi blocks, fraction patterns, base tens blocks. Students can manipulate the resources online. In the homepage, you'll see that the manipulatives are organized by grade level and math topic.
aruffin-justis

Misunderstood Minds . Basics of Math | PBS - 1 views

www.pbs.org/...mathbasics.html

EDTC 615 mathematics

shared by aruffin-justis on 10 Mar 17 - Cached
  • aruffin-justis on 10 Mar 17
     
    Additional information about milestones and K-12 math curriculum is available on The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Web site. NCTM's Principles and Standards for School Mathematics outlines grade-by-grade recommendations for classroom mathematics instruction for both content matter and process.
angelatrice

Which Blended Learning Model is the Best Fit for my Math Classroom? - 8 views

blog.wowzers.com/best-fit-for-my-math-classroom

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  • lvirgil on 08 Apr 15
     
    This blog site talks about what type of "Blended Learning" setting would be the best fit for a math classroom. The benefit in this is that it helps teachers find ideas for what to use in a blended classroom specifically when it comes to math instruction.
  • vsenft on 16 Mar 16
     
    This article provides the basics of blended learning which addresses the 4 key elements of effective math instruction as identified by The National Dissemination Center For Children with Disabilities.
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