Girls First Fund | Supporting Communities to End Child Marriage IFAP - Dear Colleague Letter 34 CFR 682.215 and 685.217 Dear Colleague: On October 30, 2004, President Bush signed the "Taxpayer-Teacher Protection Act of 2004"(P. L. 108-409). P. For a Stafford loan borrower to qualify for loan forgiveness of up to $17,500, the borrower must be employed full-time for five consecutive years as a highly qualified secondary school teacher of science or math or a highly qualified elementary or secondary school special education teacher. A special education teacher in an elementary school or secondary school for purposes of loan forgiveness is a special education teacher whose primary responsibility is to provide special education to children with disabilities, as those terms are defined in section 602 of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. As under prior law, the borrower must teach in an elementary or secondary school that- For a new Stafford loan borrower to qualify for loan forgiveness of up to the previously authorized level of $5,000 after the date of enactment of P.
25 Of The Best Resources For Teaching Critical Thinking - 25 Of The Best Resources For Teaching Critical Thinking by TeachThought Staff The Stanford University Center for Professional Development recently developed a course of effective classroom in the classroom, and asked us to let you know about it. This online course consists of three online sessions, three weeks in a row. Session 1: Establishing a Classroom Culture of Conversation (August 2-8) – This session provides models and suggested activities for cultivating classrooms that value learning through constructive conversation. Session 2: Creating Effective Conversation Prompts & Tasks (August 9-15) – This session focuses on how to look at a lesson, envision the conversational opportunities, and craft effective prompts for back and forth conversations between students. See Also: 10 Team-Building Games That Promote Critical Thinking Critical Thinking As an organization, critical thinking is at the core of what we do, from essays and lists to models and teacher training. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 7. 8. 9.
Teaching strategies If you have dropped into this Course Design Tutorial from somewhere else, you might wish to start at the introduction, overview, or table of contents. If you are working through the tutorial, you should have completed Part 2.1 before beginning this section. At this stage of the tutorial, you have set overarching goals, organized content, and developed a course plan with ideas for how to give students the practice that will make it possible for them to achieve the course goals. In this section of the tutorial, you will make choices about what you will have students do in order to learn the course content and practice the goals. Before presenting a smorgasbord of teaching strategies, this section of the tutorial will explore briefly what is known about how people learn. Start by downloading the worksheet (Microsoft Word 22kB Jun16 05) that goes with this part, and use it as you work through the sections below. Student Learning Research shows clearly that a person must be engaged to learn.
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When it Comes to Education Technology, Trust but Verify New gadgets in the classroom may cost more than schools bargain for. In lieu of empirical data, why are schools rushing into this brave new world of technology? The release of Apple’s computer-based textbooks last month had the usual technology triumphalists buzzing. “Apple And The Coming Education Revolution,” blared the headline at Fast Company magazine. “Apple puts iPad at head of the class,” screamed MacWorld. Or does it? Though it may be too soon to definitively answer that question, it’s not too soon to ask it, because despite the celebratory hype, there’s no guarantee that a hyper-technologized education system is synonymous with genuine progress. Ponder, for starters, the much-discussed issue of financial efficiency. Those costs might be justifiable when a new device is a sure bet to improve education. There’s also political pressure from high-tech companies that, according to Education Week, “are thriving in the K-12 market.”
High School Teachers High school teachers need to explain difficult concepts in terms students can understand. High school teachers must have a bachelor’s degree. In addition, public school teachers must have a state-issued certification or license. Education All states require public high school teachers to have at least a bachelor’s degree. In teacher education programs, prospective high school teachers learn how to present information to students and how to work with students of varying abilities and backgrounds. Some states require high school teachers to earn a master’s degree after earning their teaching certification. Teachers in private schools do not need to meet state requirements. Licenses, Certifications, and Registrations All states require teachers in public schools to be licensed or certified. High school teachers typically are awarded a secondary or high school certification, which allows them to teach the 7th through the 12th grades. Requirements for certification vary by state. Training
'It’s a miracle': Helsinki's radical solution to homelessness | Cities Tatu Ainesmaa turns 32 this summer, and for the first time in more than a decade he has a home he can truly say is his: an airy two-room apartment in a small, recently renovated block in a leafy suburb of Helsinki, with a view over birch trees. “It’s a big miracle,” he says. “I’ve been in communes, but everyone was doing drugs and I’ve had to get out. I’ve been in bad relationships; same thing. Downstairs in the two-storey block is a bright communal living and dining area, a spotless kitchen, a gym room and a sauna (in Finland, saunas are basically obligatory). It is important that they are tenants: each has a contract, pays rent and (if they need to) applies for housing benefit. When the policy was being devised just over a decade ago, the four people who came up with what is now widely known as the Housing First principle – a social scientist, a doctor, a politician and a bishop – called their report Nimi Ovessa (Your Name on the Door). But Housing First is not just about housing.
Welcome Why Is Public Education Being Outsourced to Online Charter Schools? January 8, 2012 | Like this article? Join our email list: Stay up to date with the latest headlines via email. Virtual charter schools, which offer classes online instead of in a classroom, have become the fastest-growing segment of the charter school industry. The Associated Press reports that more than 200,000 kindergarten to 12th grade students are enrolled in full-time “virtual charter schools” in at least 40 states. The last year alone has seen virtual schools dramatically expand across the country. Follow the Money Trail Five for-profit companies control the cyberschool market: K12 Inc., Connections Academy, Educational Options, Apex Learning, and Plato. K12 Inc., based in Herndon, Virginia, is the country’s largest cyberschool provider. In an investigation of virtual charter school companies published in the Nation, Lee Fang discovered a massive but largely quiet campaign by corporate front-groups to push policies in state legislatures that benefit “education-technology companies.”
Teaching Strategies 9. Be enthusiastic - you dont have to be an entertainer but you should be excited by your topic. (from Cashin, 1990, pp. 60-61) Case Method. Course content cases can come from a variety of sources. Discussion. Obviously, a successful class discussion involves planning on the part of the instructor and preparation on the part of the students. Active Learning. Assessing or grading students' contributions in active learning environments is somewhat problematic. Cooperative Learning. When integrating cooperative or collaborative learning strategies into a course, careful planning and preparation are essential. Integrating Technology. Currently, our students come to us with varying degrees of computer literacy. Distance Learning. Obviously, information technology has broadened our concept of the learning environment. Back to Table of Contents
Instituto Terra: A Replanted Forest That's Home to 500 Endangered Species Nearly 30 years ago, Brazilian photojournalist Sebastião Ribeiro Salgado returned from East Africa, where he was on location documenting the horrors of the Rwanda genocide. Following this traumatizing project, Salgado was to take over his family’s sprawling cattle ranch in Minas Gerais—a region he remembered as a lush and lively rainforest. Unfortunately, the area had undergone a drastic transformation; only about 0.5% was covered in trees, and all of the wildlife had disappeared. Then, his wife Lélia had an idea: they should replant the forest. Ultimately—and perhaps most unexpectedly—this major feat has saved more than the local landscape. Over the course of 20 years, Brazilian photojournalist Sebastião Ribeiro Salgado and his wife Lélia have transformed a barren plot of land into a thriving forest. Now it’s home to all kinds of plants and animals—many of which are endangered. Hear the couple discuss their inspiring endeavor. Related Articles: