Month: July 2021

What is Action Research? – Model Teaching

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Without utilizing a technique like Action Research, you may not be certain about a solution’s effectiveness and might not be maximizing your student’s potential. Action Research is a process for teachers to reflect and evaluate their teaching practices, identify best practices in current research, and work to improve instructional and student performance in a data-focused way. How often have you seen a new strategy or idea and thought, “Yes! That would be a great way to help my students,” and then sought to try it out? Or, has your district or school ever identified some areas for improvement in the student population and recommended a specific instructional method or strategy to help solve those problems? Every teacher experiences these scenarios, but the only way for a teacher to know whether or not an approach in the classroom is valid and works is to deeply reflect on and evaluate his or

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California school district tries new way to retain teachers

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School districts across the country are grappling with teacher shortages — and communities with unaffordable housing are often hit the hardest.

“There’s been times when we didn’t have a math teacher, or we didn’t have a language teacher,” Megan Carey, the principal of Terra Nova High School, located just south of San Francisco, told CBS News.

The reason? “High cost of living — 100%!” she said.

Now, her school district is trying something new: affordable housing on school property. It’s a 122-unit apartment complex that was approved by local voters and built for teachers and staff on property owned by the Jefferson Union High School District.

“It’s very spacious,” said Michaela Ott, who teaches biology at Jefferson High School, which is also in the district. “Extremely roomy!”

Ott said that an average two-bedroom apartment in the neighborhood would cost more than $3,000 per month. Her rent is $1,600.

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Why We Should Worry About The Future Of Men

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Education And TrainingFind out concerning the EU’s schooling and coaching insurance policies, from main by means of to adult schooling, each in Europe and with the remainder of the world.

Industry requirements change rapidly in the data age calling for a strong basis of specialists who can present the mandatory coaching to facilitate seamless transitions from one system to the following. Adult educators add worth to the adult training trade in each aspect of teaching to ensure that current and potential employers recognize the path of enterprise traits constructive to grownup learning—promoting learning as a vital part of company existence and education. A employees of or entry to skilled trainers assures corporations that grownup learners will receive education from all andragogical perspectives.

For instance, facilitators can discover materials that relate to numerous generations and allow learners to decide on topics based mostly on curiosity. Technology primarily based classes can encourage learners to …

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When students’ basic needs are met by community schools, learning can flourish

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“The suspension rate was high. MLK lamentably had the highest rate of disciplinary referrals in the entire district,” said Leslie Hu, MLK’s community school coordinator who added that standardized test scores were really low. The principal wanted to incorporate PBL, but knew students were distracted by a lack of basic needs that could not be met at home. Shifting to a community school model helped students with needs like food and medical care, and teachers like Founds were able to invest more time in developing their teaching practice.

Schools aren’t typically designed to offer more than instruction, but by addressing basic needsthey’re finding that students can learn better. Cincinnati Public School Learning Centers, Oakland Unified School District and even Lebron James’ I Promise School in Akron, Ohio, are community schools that lend a helpful framework for closing achievement gaps and improving student outcomes.

“The community school approach is where you

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