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Formative Assessment of Collaborative Teams (FACT): Development of a Grade-Level Instructional Team Checklist
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Taylor, Matthew J.; Hallam, Pamela R.; Charlton, Cade T.; Wall, D. Gary – NASSP Bulletin, 2014
Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) have become increasingly popular in schools. PLCs are groups of teachers, administrators, parents, and students who collaborate to improve their practices and focus on results (DuFour, 2004). Grade-level and department teachers participate in regularly scheduled collaborative team meetings; however, many…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Teamwork, Interprofessional Relationship, Communities of Practice
Technology Education: Meeting the Needs of a Complex Society.
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Savage, Ernest – NASSP Bulletin, 1993
A model of technology education should provide a framework allowing immersion into actual technological practice. The article presents a model that challenges students to apply human direction to identify problems or opportunities, select appropriate resources, and employ technological processes to produce assessable outcomes. A model laboratory…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Laboratories, Learning Activities, Models
Providing Diversity in Middle Level World Language Study in Massachusetts.
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VonVillas, Barbara A. – NASSP Bulletin, 1997
The Massachusetts World Languages Curriculum establishes language proficiency as a priority. Cost has prevented some districts from incorporating world language programs at the middle level. Staff at Wachusett Regional School District decided to expose all their middle-level students to four different languages (French, Spanish, German, and…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Intermediate Grades, Learning Activities, Middle Schools