First, belief in the fundamental importance of the classroom teacher, and of teacher-developed materials for effective learning.
UNICEF is also providing teacher-training materials for use by primary-school teachers and pre-primary caregivers, and is supporting local drama and music groups to incorporate campaign messages in their performances.
In the case of VNA, Urban Advantage provides professional development for teachers and materials for water testing.
The district spent $121,000 on the "Primary Mathematics" books and $24,632 for teachers' materials.
The district will pay about $200,000 for teachers' materials such as workbooks and posters.
They sell new standardized tests, new test prep materials, new Common Core books, trainings for teachers, materials, etc.
Just as I set up my students for success through thoughtful lesson planning, like a gourmet chef I hope to invest time upfront into carefully arranging my teacher tools and materials for a better workflow.
This point can be a major hurdle for teachers creating teaching materials for independent study.
ASSISTments (Heffernan and Heffernan 2014, https://www.assistments.org/) allows teachers to create materials for mathematics (as well as other topics) to see how well students perform and to interact with researchers on possible improvements based on the science of learning.
Their promotional materials boast that the BRI has offered sessions for 18,000 teachers and provided materials for another 40,000.
