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Coaches Corner Characteristics of Effective Classroom Practice
Classroom Culture Active participation of all is encouraged and valued.

There is a climate of respect for students’ ideas, questions, and contributions.
Read more about how our coaching schools accomplish this. . .

      Cutting Edge The Effects of Coaching on Teacher Instruction and Student Achievement The following is an abstract report of a research project done in the third year of Cohort 1 coach Donna Gunderson. The findings of this coach are typical of many of our other coached schools across South Carolina. Read more . . .  
     
             
     
 

For your information U DID IT!
Using student achievement data as the basis for making instructional decisions
According to Dr. Lorin Anderson, “Teachers should be agents of reform, not objects of reform. In other words, in the past, staff development has been something done to teachers rather than coming from within teachers.” In an attempt to support staff development from within, the Mathematics and Science Unit of the South Carolina State Department of Education has collaborated with educators around the state to develop two support frameworks that promote teachers as agents of reform. . . . Read more . . .

South Carolina Algebra Classroom InitiativeThe South Carolina Algebra Classroom is an initiative of the Mathematics and Science Unit (MSU) at State Department of Education. The Mathematics and Science Unit’s mission is to provide relevant and quality professional development opportunities to K-12 schools and districts. In support of that mission, The South Carolina Algebra Classroom Regional Workshops began in 2003 as one-day, four-hour Saturday workshops. It has since evolved into . . . Read more . . .

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SC Maps professional development:

July 2006
Discover Carolina: From the Mountains to the SeaFor more information www.clemson.edu/scmaps

 
     
             
             

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