41. AFT: Higher Education: Part-time Faculty percent of the UC faculty and teach the majority standards of Good Practice in theEmployment of Adjunct Faculty A Blueprint for raising standards and Ensuring http://www.aft.org/higher_ed/parttime/

AFT Home Higher Education Main Page Find AFT Higher Education ... Locals in Your Area Have News to Share? Questions? Need Information? Contact the AFT Higher Education Staff: highered@aft.org AFT Part-time Faculty News and Events Union County College Adjuncts Vote for AFT. Less than two semesters after testing the waters, adjuncts at Union County College in New Jersey hauled in the prize, when on March 14 they voted 113 to 22 to be represented for collective bargaining by the New Jersey Federation of Teachers/AFT. MORE... California Labor Board Rules in Favor of Victor Valley Part-Timers. Part-time faculty seeking self-determination in California has won another important ruling from the state labor board. On March 7, the California Public Employee Relations Board (PERB) ruled that the Victor Valley College administration violated state law by attempting to fold the 375-member adjunct faculty MORE...

42. Raising Standards In ICT : IPA Reads 167. IPA. Don't we owe it to upper KS2 children, to our 'internationaltravellers', to teach them the Copyright 2003 raising standards in ICT. http://cobisec.schoolblogs.com/discuss/msgReader$37

Raising Standards in ICT COBISEC Conference 2002 Home The British School of Amsterdam COBISEC ... COBISEC SchoolBlogs IPA Author: Peter Ford Posted: 11/9/01; 2:19:52 PM Topic: IPA Msg #: (top msg in thread) Prev/Next: Reads: IPA "Don't we owe it to upper KS2 children, to our 'international travellers', to teach them the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)?" - Alan Davies Posted by Peter Ford on 11/9/01; 3:22:25 PM from the Thrass Conference News dept. This Page was last update: Friday, November 9, 2001 at 3:22:16 PM This page was originally posted: 11/9/01; 3:19:52 PM. Raising Standards in ICT This site is using the Strata (blue) 1.0 theme. Membership Join Now Login

43. Paige Release to radically transform their teacher certification systems by raising standards andlowering who lack solid content knowledge of the subjects they will teach. http://www.seisummit.org/paigerelease.htm

Summit Education Initiative 39 E. Market St., Ste. 100 Akron, OH 44308 info@seisummit.org Paige Releases Report to Congress that Calls for Overhaul of State Teacher Certification Systems Contact: Jane Glickman Stephanie Babyak FOR RELEASE: June 11, 2002 U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige today issued a call to action to states to radically transform their teacher certification systems by raising standards and lowering barriers that keep many highly qualified candidates from pursuing teaching careers. Paige issued the call to action during remarks at the first annual Teacher Quality Evaluation Conference held in Washington, D.C. The charge to states was based on a key finding in the first annual report to Congress released today on teacher quality nationwide, Meeting the Highly Qualified Teachers Challenge. The report's data show that state certification systems allow into the classroom too many teachers who lack solid content knowledge of the subjects they will teach. The No Child Left Behind Act calls for highly qualified teachers–teachers demonstrating subject knowledge and skills in reading, writing, mathematics and other basic subject areas–to be in place in every classroom by the end of the 2005–06 school year.

44. Teaching Elementary And Middle School Mathematics: Raising The Standards; Author teaching Elementary And Middle School Mathematics raising The standards AuthorSgroi learn mathematics and how they themselves might teach mathematics. http://www.opengroup.com/mabooks/053/0534508758.shtml

English Books German Books Spanish Books Sheet Music ... NEW RELEASES Teaching Elementary And Middle School Mathematics: Raising The Standards Author: Sgroi, Laura Shannon Paperback; Bibliography 448 pages Published: October 2000 Thomson Learning ISBN: 0534508758 This book is written to help prospective teachers of preschool through grade 8 understand how children in these grades learn mathematics and how they themselves might teach mathematics. It is based on the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) Principles and Standards 2000 and grounded in the belief that before one can become a confident and competent teacher of mathematics,one must first become a competent and confident learner of mathematics.This text has been written to help prospective teachers of preschool understand how children learn mathematics and how they themselves might teach it. It is based on the NCTM Principles and Standards 2000 and argues that one must become a confident learner of maths before teaching the subject. PRODUCT CODE: 0534508758 USA/Canada: US$ 118.70

45. Standards Movement raising standards of Learning Students with disabilities and standards What standardsCan Mean for Middle School- A great teach-nology - The Art and Science of http://www.teach-nology.com/currenttrends/standards_movement/

Best Sites Downloads eReports Free Sites ... Professional Development Enter your email address for FREE weekly teaching tips! Home Current Trends Standards Movement Learning Standards by State ... Content Knowledge: A Compendium of Standards and Benchmarks for K-12 Education - Provides assistance in developing state or local standards. Educational Standards: Should They Be Set By National Authority or a State Authority? - This topic is tackled by a Mary Washington College student on the site. If these are high standards, we don't want them - An article by Marjorie Coeyman, Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor. National Center for Fair and Open Testing - The nation's only nonprofit advocacy organization dedicated to preventing the misuse of standardized tests. Offers a quarterly newsletter, fact sheets and other resources. Raising Standards of Learning - Students with disabilities and standards-based education reform.

46. The Standards Site: To Better Understand Difficulties Of Transition click here to go to the DfES home page raising standards The standards Site What'sNew VHS English terachers visiting all four feeders to teach lessons in http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/beaconschools/valentin/1002716802/?version=1

47. The Standards Site Advice On School Freedoms study was covered, it would be possible to teach citizenship through strategies haveeffectively supported many primary schools in raising standards, a school http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/innovation-unit/Freedoms/advice/

48. Raising Our Standards: Assessment And Equity there are other schools that needed the ASAP to make them teach holistic. The EfficacyInstitute offers a rationale for the raising of standards, which has http://ousd.k12.ca.us/~codypren/ousdstandards.html

Text Links: Home Lesson Plans Humor Teacher Inquiry ... Links Feedback is invited: Email me! Raising Our Standards: Assessment and Equity in the Oakland Public Schools Anthony Cody August, 1997 I. Introduction Lackluster educational outcomes have led to a renewed emphasis on standards and assessment nationally. Those concerned with the future of poor and minority students must take action in those instances where the schools are truly failing to educate. To demonstrate this failure requires data, and the main sources of such data continue to be standardized test results. However, traditional standardized tests have been roundly criticized for systematic bias against minorities, and for encouraging teachers to narrow their curricular aims to suit the demands of the tests. Performance-based tests are being developed to correct these problems, providing supposedly more reliable measures of student abilities, and modeling the type of instruction desired. It remains unclear, however, if these tests will help correct inequities, or merely continue to reflect them. The Oakland Unified School District (OUSD), where I have taught junior high school science for the past nine years, is attempting to develop a heightened sense of accountability on all levels. Educational leaders in Oakland currently rely on standardized tests for critical performance data, but they recognize the problematic nature of this, and are pursuing the development of alternatives. I will look at the systems Oakland has in place, the administration's plans for future measures of student performance, and briefly explore teachers' perspectives on the subject. In particular, I want to uncover how a renewed emphasis on standards and student outcomes fits with efforts to reform education in the district. How can this approach moves us ahead? What are the pitfalls, especially in district that is composed primarily of students who are non-white?

49. Telegraph | News difficulties of raising standards at Key Stage 2, Ofsted said. Another problem wasthat the national literacy strategy, which tells teachers how to teach and http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2001/10/30/nread30.xml

50. London Borough Of Lewisham - Learning/Teach: Home With a shared commitment to raising standards, we look forward to working withyou to make a real and lasting difference to the children of Lewisham. http://www.lewisham.gov.uk/Teach/

For a full search, click here , or type in a keyword below and click Start search Home Schools and Teaching Housing The Area ... Computer Access Choosing Lewisham to develop your teaching career could be one of the most important decisions you'll ever make. It will be challenging but immensely rewarding. Once the working day is over, you're part of one of South London's many vibrant communities and only 15 minutes from the very heart of one of the world's most exciting cities. For everyone from experienced, qualified teachers to NQTs, this website is your one-stop information source for teaching in Lewisham. Schools and Teaching Teachers in Lewisham get the best of both worlds. You get the freedom and scope to develop your own style of teaching, with all the support and encouragement of an authority that appreciates that teachers are crucial to the performance of our children. Housing Lewisham Local Education Authority is working to ensure that moving into the area is as smooth a process as possible. With house prices still very affordable and the area on the rise, Lewisham is now one of the best prospects for teachers to rent or buy in London.

51. The Standards Site: Zu Hause click here to go to the DfES home page raising standards The standards Site What's POSSIBLEACTIVITIES 2 teach the names of furniture and equipment from http://www.standards.dfee.gov.uk/schemes2/secondary_mfg/mfg04/?view=activities

52. Questionnaire On Student Evaluations It makes no difference raising standards would DECREASE student tenure encourage facultyto LOWER their standards? Do you teach at California State University? http://psych.fullerton.edu/mbirnbaum/faculty.htm

Faculty Survey on Student Evaluations This survey is confidential; information will be reported as statistical summaries only. Please scroll down, look at the survey, and decide if you are willing to complete it. It takes 5-10 min. A small comment space is provided below, but longer comments are welcome, which may be sent by email after submitting your answers here. Student Preparation Preparation refers to: (a) knowledge base in college preparatory subjects; (b) study skills; (c) reading, writing, computation, and problem solving skills. 1. Please assess the preparation of students who are now enrolled in your college or university, compared to previous years. Students are now BETTER prepared for college. Students are equally well prepared as in previous years. Students are NOT as well prepared now as in previous years. 2. What percentage of students enrolled in your lower division classes possess the skills in reading, writing, and computation that should be expected from the top third of high school graduates? % (type answer here;don't hit enter key)

53. Wiley :: Educational Renewal: Better Teachers, Better Schools Effective Professional Development Schools, Volume 3 (Paperback) Richard W. ClarkA License to teach raising standards for teaching (Paperback) Linda Darling http://www.wiley.com/cda/product/0,,078794422X,00.html

Shopping Cart My Account Help Contact Us By Keyword By Title By Author By ISBN By ISSN Wiley Education K-12 Teacher Education Educational Renewal: Better Teachers, Better Schools Related Subjects General K-12 K-12 Assessment Related Titles By This Author The Moral Dimensions of Teaching (Paperback) The Public Purpose of Education and Schooling (Hardcover) Teachers for Our Nation's Schools (Paperback) Places Where Teachers Are Taught (Hardcover) ... Developing Democratic Character in the Young (E-Book) Teacher Education Centers of Pedagogy, Volume 2 (Paperback) Robert S. Patterson, Nicholas M. Michelli, Arturo Pacheco Effective Professional Development Schools, Volume 3 (Paperback) Richard W. Clark A License to Teach: Raising Standards for Teaching (Paperback) Linda Darling-Hammond, Arthur E. Wise, Stephen P. Klein The Case for Change: Rethinking the Preparation of Educators (Hardcover) Seymour B. Sarason You Are Thinking of Teaching?: Opportunities, Problems, Realities (Hardcover)

54. Raising The Standard: Georgia’s Leadership In Teacher Preparation Reform raising the Standard Georgia’s Leadership in teacher state have been participatingin the standardsbased teacher their subjects and how to teach them, and http://www.teachingquality.org/newsletter/issues/2002/issue10_page1.htm

Raising the Standard: Georgia’s Leadership in Teacher Preparation Reform Earlier this year President Bush signed the “No Child Left Behind Act,” providing education, business and community leaders renewed opportunities to improve teaching quality and student achievement. The Act calls for all teachers to be highly qualified by the 2005-2006 school year and will provide substantial funding to improve teaching, particularly in low performing schools where students need the most knowledgeable teachers. Research on teaching and learning tells us that quality teachers are those who not only know their subject matter, but also know their students well, know how to manage classrooms, understand how students learn and can assess their learning, and know how to use diverse teaching strategies that enable their students to reach higher academic standards. These necessary qualities cannot be underestimated, given the growing diversity of America’s student population. Today’s teachers must know a great deal about teaching literacy at different ages, and working with second-language and special needs learners. The University System of Georgia has taken major steps to strengthen its teacher education standards and to ensure that all the state’s teachers — no matter how they enter the profession — meet the same high standards. The Center is pleased to highlight the progress the University System of Georgia has made in ensuring a competent, caring, and qualified teacher for every student.

55. The Opportunity To Excel -- Improving Learning Through High Standards The purpose of raising standards and ensuring accountability through rigorous assessmentsis This provides a guide for educators to teach more effectively, to http://www.nea.org/lac/bluebook/highstan.html

[Return to Table of Contents] IMPROVING LEARNING THROUGH HIGH STANDARDS Holding Schools Accountable for Student Performance The Problem The Solution Summary I n recent years, the standards movement has become a defining force in education reform. Supported by federal leadership and resources, 49 of the 50 states have established student performance standards with required testing. More than 30 states penalize school districts when student test scores fall below certain levels. Within the next three years, a majority of the states plan to require students to pass a test in order to graduate from high school. On the whole, the standards movement has made positive contributions to the cause of raising student achievement. It is essential to set goals and to measure progress against them. This empowers educators, parents and policymakers to evaluate whether reforms are working and make mid-course corrections. Most important, assessments can empower teachers to tailor instruction to best help their students master the subject matter. Unfortunately, the standards movement has made rapid, far-reaching changes in how vital education decisions are made without the benefit of research showing whether their outcomes are positive or negative. In particular, the scope of change has caused four major problems:

56. NEA: Stubstitute Teachers-- A National Overview governing the credentials necessary to substitute teach are Training opportunities;Increasing pay; raising standards; Legislating remedies; Public relations http://www.nea.org/substitutes/survey.html

For and About Members Pre-K-12 Teachers Education Support Professionals Student Program ... Other Resources Research Substitutes: A National Overview Survey data on statewide credentialing, licensing, and training standards for substitute teachers were collected from NEA state affiliates and state education agencies in 1998-99. The information gathered from these sources is summarized below. 1. Does your state have regulations or guidelines governing the credentials necessary to substitute teach? Yes, 73%, No, 27% Of the 73 percent who responded "yes" to the above question , 16 percent say credentials for substitutes are the same as those for permanent teachers. In addition, the 73 percent who responded "yes" above , say that the minimum regulations governing the credentials necessary to substitute teach are High school diploma, 16% Bachelor's degree, 14% Associate's degree, 3% Teaching license or certificate, 2% Or a combination of requirements, 46% Don't know, 19% 2. Does your state have licensing requirements for substitutes? Yes, 24%; No, 76%

57. Progressive Educator Bookstore The Energy to teach, The Energy to teach by Donald Graves. raising standards or raisingBarriers? Inequality and High Stakes Testing in Public Education by Gary http://www.stager.org/books.html

P R O G R E S S I V E R E S O U R C E S F O R E D U C A T O R S P R E S E N T E D B Y : Education It's always an exciting day when Frank Smith publishes a new book. After numerous books about literacy, reading and language, Smith turns his attention to mathematics learning. The Glass Wall: Why Mathematics Can Seem Difficult by Frank Smith The new book by the author of The Power of Their Ideas Arguably the best book of 2002... In Schools We Trust: Creating Communities of Learning in an Era of Testing and Standardization by Deborah Meier What Happened to Recess and Why are Our Children Struggling in Kindergarten? by Susan Ohanian At the Schoolhouse Gate: Lessons in Intellectual Freedom Testing Is Not Teaching: What Should Count in Education by Donald Graves Big Brother and the National Reading Curriculum: How Ideology Trumped Evidence by Richard L. Allington (Editor)

58. Education Vacancies Bulletin Ref: 25 through the school’s membership of a major DFES project aimed at raising standards. Thepost offers the opportunity to teach ICT across the full age and http://www.nelincs.gov.uk/ic/noframes/living/education/bulllast.htm

EDUCATION VACANCIES BULLETIN TEACHING Feedback Education Home Page Ref: 25 Date of Bulletin: 24/03/03 Application forms and further details are obtainable (on receipt of sae) from the Head Teacher of the school (Unless otherwise stated), to whom they should be returned by the closing date indicated. Group 7 11-18 Mixed Comprehensive NOR 1550 Required for September 2003 to join this popular, over-subscribed 11-18 school which is committed to lifelong learning. We are coming to the end of our second year as a Specialist Arts College and so you would be joining us at an exciting stage in our development TEACHER OF ENGLISH A suitably qualified teacher of English is required to join this friendly, successful Faculty. A July start is available for NQT’s. TEACHER OF FOOD TECHNOLOGY An enthusiastic and well organised teacher of Food Technology is required for September 2003. You will join a large, well organised, forward-looking faculty currently involved in the TLF initiative. An ability to teach both KS3 and KS4 is essential and there is an opportunity to teach post-16 for a suitable candidate. A July start is available for a successful NQT. TEACHER OF MATHS (MPS +1) We are seeking to appoint a well organised and enthusiastic teacher of Maths to join this successful Faculty. A one point management allowance is available for a suitably experienced person willing to take on responsibility for co-ordinating KS3 maths.

59. Teaching To Academic Standards: Explanation say to those who believe using standards just makes teachers teach to the This isoften used as an argument for standards or for raising existing standards http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/concept2class/month3/index_sub4.html

What are academic standards? What's different about academic standards? What do standards have to do with my classroom? How have standards developed since they began in the early 1990s? Another Perspective What are the benefits of academic standards? How can standards help students to learn better? What do critics of standards have to say? Another Perspective Interview with Marc S. Tucker In the following interview, Marc S. Tucker, an educational theorist and standards advocate, answers questions about standards. In some places, his opinion may differ from those expressed by Ruth Mitchell, the author of this workshop. We hope that these differences will stimulate creative and productive debate about these important issues. Concept to Classroom: Why do you think (new) standards are needed in the United States? What got you started developing them? Concept to Classroom: How are your "New Standards" different from other, previous standards? Why do you use Performance Standards rather than Content Standards? Concept to Classroom: What do you say to those who believe using standards just makes teachers "teach to the test," and doesn't allow students to learn creatively?

60. Love@Home™ -- Raising Them Right raising Them Right Jim Bernadine Sevy the things that surround us everyday fit inwith our standards. More importantly, we try to teach her that she is not a http://www.loveathome.com/right.htm

Home Forums Archives Search the Web. Help Haitian Orphans ! Family Features Take Advantage of Television The Miracle of Life and Death ... Affordable Storage Ideas Columns Home Schooling Reunions Pregnancy Journal Musings of a Mother ... Be Prepared Humor In My Purse Daydreams Kindness to Skunks Worming Sheep ... Sensory Warfare Reviews Books Featured Family Sites Other Pages Awards Family Links About Love@Home ... your home page Search Now: Raising Them Right When my twelve year old daughter gets a new CD we sit together and read through the lyrics. For instance, one song talks about 'short skirts' and 'having fun'. We discuss the consequences of actions and the messages they send, if that is really what we want the opposite sex to think. When she was singing the words of a song in which a girl was singing 'will you be my lover?' we asked her if she knew what the singer meant when she said "lover." Interesting discussion...The purpose of these discussions is not to emphasize the negative,or to belittle our daughters taste in music. It is just to emphasize that we all need to be aware of our own standards and where the things that surround us everyday fit in with our standards. More importantly, we try to teach her that she is not a sponge and she doesn't have to soak up whatever has happened to spill on the floor, but that we can make good, conscious choices, because we are capable of that. Never to rely on someone else to rate entertainment for you, they probably don't have the same standards that you do.

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