Throughout DPSCD school leadership constitutes of a principal and assistant principal. Sadly, DPSCD dissolved instructional coaches and other instructional staff last year. Although DPSCD recently initiated a master teacher program its fails to meet the need to cultivate qualified leaders for school leadership. Who are the key constituencies that would need to
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There are many claims in Waiting for Superman. One claim that they make is standardized testing is important for schools. What Waiting for Superman means by this claim is that they think all students should have to take tests and quizzes to see how they improve their learning and to see what they have to work on. Diane Ravitch would say that there is no need for testing the children. Diane believed that it was possible to succeed not just by test scores. “Is it possible that we succeeded not because
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he explains how the school systems are to blame for the kids not wanting, or not being interested, in learning new material. He first discusses how there are two different types of smarts; “street smarts”, which is having the knowledge and experience to survive in a city, and “book smarts”, which is having knowledge by being well educated. Graff discusses how unusual it is for someone to be so intelligent and have such “street smarts”, but is not able to perform well in school. The reason is that
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Author, Michael Romanowski, goes into detail about the four common myths of homeschooling. He proceeds in to analyzing why and how these four myths came about. The myths are then debunked with reality. The first myth discussed is that homeschooling produces social misfits. Opponents think that homeschooling creates scrawny kids that live in fear of human interaction and socialization and resolute by isolating themselves. That conception is completely wrong, homeschoolers are involved in various activities
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I absolutely disagree with Mike Lanza’s belief that kids need to be forced to play outside for their own development. Part of me feels that his notion that kids must be placed outside to develop their character is misogynistic and hypocritical to his good intentions because it is actually detrimental to those around him. Lanza touts that over protective moms are a hindrance to the “normal, healthy, boyish aggression.” This is very misogynistic, and even he concedes that “his focus is on boys.” However
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Many people believe that students should go off campus when it is time to eat lunch.It is good for students to go off campus to eat lunch because it gives them a time to relax from stress and it also gives them a variety of food to choose from. First of all,students may want to go off campus to eat lunch so they can be somewhere quiet this helps them relieve stress they might have at the moment between their life and school.It also gives them a break from all the hard work they have been putting
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you focus in school. But for kids these days, that’s not the case. Kids don’t focus in school because of the distraction of the spinners. Fidget spinner should not be allowed in school because they are bothering teachers, they can be distracting, and being messed with in class. First, when kids are playing with fidget spinners in class it allows teachers to not teach in class. In the article “Chicago Tribune” it says, “The little gadgets supposedly meant to help kids focus in school are bothering
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material. Bedside education involves the teacher working one on one in the child’s hospital room, using either school work transferred over from the child's previous school or a customized education plan made by the hospital teacher. The traditional classroom setting divides into two subtypes. In hospitals such as The Children’s
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There are many factors to consider when analyzing school improvement. This year I was afforded the opportunity to facilitate the new teacher orientation program at the elementary school where I teach. The benefits of a well-organized induction program that specifically include mentoring and consistent professional development have become clear. Successful teachers have the capacity to effect positive change in a school, which can ultimately lead to student success. Although National estimates on
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This is my response to the Substitute Evaluation submitted by Assistant Principal Kimberly Blackwell at Thomas Elementary School. My assignment was for Ms. Johnson 5th grade math and science class. The morning class went by very efficiently the student's behavior was respectable, so I was able to work in a small group at the table. The class worked on the math worksheet and the students who finished early were able to work on their computer. I worked lunch with Ms. Acord who warned me about her class
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