Background Forrest runs Y Not Flowers, Inc. (YNF) , a wholesale flower distributor with stores in several major metropolitan areas of the U.S. He is
Background Forrest runs Y Not Flowers, Inc. (YNF) , a wholesale flower distributor with stores in several major metropolitan areas of the U.S. He is
Accounting relevance deals with the usefulness of financial information to users during the decision making process. Obviously financial information that isn’t related to users decisions isn’t useful to creditors or investors. That is why FASB committed to making financial reporting relevant to the end users.
Feedback Value. Quality information has a feedback value when it can confirm or correct previous expectations. In other words, users can examine financial information and confirm or adjust their predictions made on previous performance trends. Based on this feedback, users can make future decisions.
Most teachers get their first education training at college by taking courses that meet state or local certification teaching requirements. These teacher preparation courses are designed to provide those interested in education with the background information they will need in the classroom.
Teacher training includes a student teaching internship as part of college coursework. The number of weeks for this training depends on school and state requirements. Student teaching follows the gradual release of responsibility (“You do, we do, I do”) model with a trained mentor teacher supervisor.
Some states face teacher shortages, particularly in the areas of science and math. One way that some districts have dealt with these shortages is by providing a fast track towards teacher certification for experienced individuals who come directly from the workforce bringing their skill sets with them.
Once teachers are employed by a school system, they receive more training in the form of professional development (PD). Ideally, PD is designed to be ongoing, relevant and collaborative with an opportunity for feedback or reflection.
Educational researcher John Hattie in his book “ Visible Learning for Teachers ," puts microteaching in his top five effects on student learning and achievement. Microteaching is a reflective process during which a lesson is viewed, by peers or by recording, to review a teacher’s performance in the classroom.