Supervision Plan and Matrix Introduction Successful schools are generated by strong plans and visions. Administrators and teachers look at what they have done in the past, seeing what works, and seeing where they need to improve. Lakota Middle School’s School Improvement Plan (SIP) is written in a way that the administration, teachers, and students know what role they play in the success of the school. Having a plan will help the school move in the right direction. When you do not have a
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INTRODUCTION Education is the training and instruction designed to give knowledge to children and young people in schools and colleges (Cowie, 1989). Education is the social instrument through which we can guide nation’s destiny and shape its future (Panda, 1988). The purpose of education is not merely to contribute to the continuity of culture but also change peacefully and rationally the material foundations of civilization (Pervaiz et al., 1994). The traditional goal of education is transmission
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educational platform. Glickman states, “After all, supervision is in many ways analogous to teaching. Teachers wish to improve students’ behavior, achievement and attitudes. Supervisors similarly wish to improve teachers’ behavior, achievement and attitudes.”(Glickman p. 95) Simply put, as a supervisor, I will be doing the same as I did as an educator. I will be helping others learn. As a teacher, my philosophy has always centered on the idea that all students have their own unique needs that
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seem to be enjoying the activities and fully participating in all tasks. In conclusion the use of Question Answer Relationship comprehension strategy is a reliable asset for improving students’ reading comprehension of narrative text. Schools and teachers specifically should seek to include such a strategy in their reading comprehension lessons to assist students’ understanding of narrative texts. Acknowledgments I would like to thank the many persons who rallied around me during this time of
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low incidence disability is because I will make the transition from a regular education teacher to a special education teacher in the spring and I am already familiar with other low incidence disabilities. I realize that with my new role in a self-contained classroom it is important for me to understand the term Down syndrome and then see how the definition and behavioral traits impact the student, the teacher and the other students in an educational setting. This research paper will provide clinical
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as quality education for all (World Education Forum, 2000). The implication that can be drawn from the afore stated words is that, although countries are in pursuit of Education for All goals, they experience problems like low quality of teachers and high teacher pupil ratio which impede upon the quality and standards of their education systems especially at the level of primary, junior and secondary schools. It is thus the intent of this essay to focus specifically on the public concern about the
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education sector. Instruction through a language that learners do not speak has been called “submersion” (Skutnabb-Kangas 2000) because it is analogous to holding learners under water without teaching them how to swim. Compounded by chronic difficulties such as low levels of teacher education, poorly designed, inappropriate curricula and lack of adequate school facilities, submersion makes both learning and teaching extremely difficult, particularly when the language of instruction is also foreign
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in the early 70’s by Mrs. Niloufer Manzur with a group of children and her own. Since there has grown into one of the most prestigious educational institutions in Bangladesh through the dedication of the founder Mrs. Manzur, a group of committed teachers who stood by her in times of need and the support of the parents who placed their trust in the institution. Sunbeams was a feeder school initially but the school embarked on an expansion programme in 1994. The GCE Ordinary Level Courses were introduced
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Research on technology and teacher education: current status and future directions. Author: Willis, Jerry.; Thompson, Ann. Sadera, William. Source: Educational Technology Research and Development v. 47 no4 (1999) p. 29-45 ISSN: 1042-1629 Number: BEDI00000113 Copyright: The magazine publisher is the copyright holder of this article and it is reproduced with permission. Further reproduction of this article in violation of the copyright is prohibited. [pic] Much of the field we call educational technology
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A World Culture of Schooling? Kathryn M. Anderson-Levitt Introductory chapter to Anderson-Levitt, Kathryn, Ed. 2003 Local Meanings, Global Schooling: Anthropology and World Culture Theory. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. 1 Is there one global culture of schooling, or many? Are school systems around the world diverging from their original European sources, or are they converging toward a single model?i This book opens a dialogue between two very different perspectives on schooling around
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