US Educational Terms Glossary (Garland Green)
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Special EducationSpecial instruction provided for students with educational or physical disabilities, tailored to each student's needs and learning style. | |
Staff Development DaysDays set aside in the school calendar for teacher training. School is not generally held on these days. | |
Standardized Tests
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StandardsStatements of what students should know and be able to demonstrate. Various standards have been developed by national organizations state departments of education districts and schools. | |
Student Assistance ProgramA school-based program modeled on employee assistance programs that focuses on addressing students behavior and performance at school and includes a referral process to help students address identified problems. | |
Student Study Team(also referred to as Student Success Team) A team of educators that comes together at the request of a classroom teacher, parent, or counselor to design in-class intervention techniques to meet the needs of a particular student. | |
Student TeacherA teacher in training who is in the last semester of a teacher education program. Student teachers work with a regular teacher who supervises their practice teaching. | |
Systemic ReformArray | |
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Teaching for UnderstandingA teaching method that focuses on the process of understanding as the goal of learning rather than simply the development of specific skills. It focuses on forming connections and seeing relationships among facts procedures concepts and principles and between prior and new knowledge. | |