Sentence examples for instructional mandates from inspiring English sources

For her part, Dr. Rizzo said that the school system had suffered in the past from getting a new set of instructional mandates whenever a new chancellor arrived.

Essentially, teachers perceived that they must demonstrate compliance to the program's instructional mandates first and foremost.

We also see an important opportunity for targeted professional development for Head Start teachers around the program's instructional mandates.

The goal of this study was to investigate how early childhood teachers reported responding to the instructional mandates they received.

Our findings suggest, however, that instead of supporting teachers' sense of professional efficacy and autonomy, in reality, the instructional mandates have an inverse effect.

These teachers both acknowledged that they were required to follow Head Start's instructional mandates; yet, they viewed them as being supportive rather than punitive.

The Emily Rice settlement was supposed to include new training procedures for cops, but all her family has seen so far is the money (they recently called a videotaped police instructional video mandated by the court a "whitewash" ).

Across the interviews, teachers confirmed that they taught according to mandated instructional routines and discussed how those routines affected their perceptions of their work.

Specifically, in this study, we asked 20 Head Start teachers to describe their decisions about what and how to teach while working within the context of an early education program that is guided by federally mandated instructional policies.

Previous research has drawn attention to a wide range of factors in shaping teachers' beliefs, including the role of culture, individuals' professional and life experiences as well as contextual factors, such as availability of resources, instructional setting, and curriculum mandates (Borg, 2003; Kissau, Algozzine, & Yon, 2013; Phipps & Borg, 2009; Tam, 2012).

We understand her frustration over trying to delicately balance mandates, other instructional priorities and most importantly, the needs of each child.