Sentences with phrase «city performance program»

This is Mr. Tournoux's tenth year with Chicago Public Schools and his third year working with the All - City Performance program.

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These new Parks Partners programs are already in full swing with a series of daylong Mini-Festivals scheduled at various parks throughout the city featuring performances and activities from some of the best talent Chicago has to offer.

Mayor Bill de Blasio held a press conference today in Broad Channel, the small island enclave in Jamaica Bay, celebrating the markedly improved performance of the City's Build It Back program and announcing expanded goals for the program.

At the time, the program was meant to analyze performance of city departments by the numbers and find savings.

The city Department of Education announced on July 17 that it was permanently ending the schoolwide performance bonus program which had been in effect for three years.

New York, NY About Blog Asia Contemporary Art Week connects leading New York City galleries and museums in a citywide event comprising of public programs such as exhibitions, receptions, lectures and performances.

In November 2007, the New York City DOE launched the School - Wide Performance Bonus Program, randomly selecting 181 schools serving kindergarten through 8th grade to participate from a group of 309 high - need schools.

The early experience with the New York City School - Wide Performance Bonus Program suggests, however, that a heavy reliance on school - wide rewards may hamper the effectiveness of merit pay programs in schools with large teaching staffs that are not highly collaborative.

The Bloomberg administration in New York City made headlines in late 2007 by announcing a pilot merit - pay initiative, the School - Wide Performance Bonus Program.

No one factor inhibits Hispanics» performance in school, although a lack of communication between families and teachers plays a role, according to Julio Rodriguez, who in 2001 was director of the Bronx Educational Alliance ENLACE program at Lehman College of the City University of New York.

The New York City School - Wide Performance Bonus Program mentioned above may also have been undermined by its structure.

The question is not whether to have a teacher evaluation program tied to student performance — the City school system has been rating 12,000 elementary and middle school teachers for several years already — but whether to release the «data.»

Through its Renaissance 2010 program, the city is methodically closing its lowest - performing schools and then reopening them as charters, contract schools, or Performance Schools, which are highly autonomous but run by the district.

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Newark, New Jersey, superintendent Cami Anderson (see «Newark's Superintendent Rolls Up Her Sleeves and Gets to Work,» features, Winter 2013) recalls that when she served as area superintendent for New York City's alternative schools and programs, the district had two «conventional wisdoms» when it came to evaluating guidance counselors and social workers: «The first was you'd be violating student confidentiality if you observed guidance counselors or social workers interacting with kids one - on - one, and the second was, if you weren't licensed as a clinical supervisor, you didn't have the authority to evaluate or document performance for these people.»

New York City has officially ended a three - year, $ 56 million program that awarded bonuses to teachers based on schoolwide performance.

The city's School - Wide Performance Bonus Program, endorsed by both the Department of Education (DOE) and the teachers union, was launched in 2007.

Through EGO, City Schools could opt to close or reconfigure school programs, based on their performance, enrollment trends, and facilities needs in neighborhoods and across the cCity Schools could opt to close or reconfigure school programs, based on their performance, enrollment trends, and facilities needs in neighborhoods and across the citycity.

The consensus appears to be that these higher levels of performance have less to do with policy than with everything else: the «ecosystem» of reform in a given place (usually a city) and its network of «human - capital providers,» expert charter - management organizations, leadership - development programs, school - incubator efforts, local funders and civic leaders, etc. — in other words, what conservatives like to call «civil society»: the space between the government and the individual (in this case, between government and individual schools).

To support my case, I presented three categories of evidence: (1) the fact that national reform groups seem deeply concerned about Detroit; (2) the similarity in performance between the city's charter and traditional public schools; and (3) the large negative effects of two statewide voucher programs on student outcomes.

Students and their parents can truly customize their education through a variety of programs such as New Beginnings, the Thomasville City Performance Center, ACCEL credit recovery, and the Virtual / Hybrid program.

These schools are part of the city's Renewal program, where struggling schools are given added support bolster performance and school culture, as outlined in the Mayor's strategic plan.

Education Secretary Arne Duncan and all of his acolytes who are rushing to implement performance - based compensation for teachers might want to take a close look at the preliminary results from a Chicago program with this focus that was initially started when Duncan ran the city school system.

Previously, Kristen managed special education and assessments at a network of charter schools in Harlem, led the implementation of systems designed to improve teacher and student performance, conducted research on school - transformation policies, and launched college preparation programs for students living in New York City public housing.

Most recently, she served as director of performance - based assessment design, where she led initiatives focused on performance assessment development and implemented a professional development program for 60 teachers across New York City focused on Common Core rollout.

The City has implemented a number of initiatives in the past three years to improve middle school students» academic performance, including expanded after - school programs, the School Renewal Program (providing the most challenged schools with additional funding), instructional resources and experienced leadership, and the Community School expansion.

But it also does not call for union - backed school - wide bonuses of the type distributed under a city program that was aborted after it did not lead to increases in student performance.

Other studies of incentive programs in Nashville and New York City have found little impact on student performance, however.

«The first half of his tenure was marked by a series of reforms: closing more than one dozen failing schools and programs and creating several others that have thrived; decentralizing the system by cutting the headquarters staff by more than half; giving principals power over budget decisions; creating choice for city families, and competition among middle and high schools; and signing a landmark pay - for - performance teachers» union contract that was hailed as a model in the nation.

Over three years, New York City piloted a voluntary program that awarded bonuses of up to $ 3,000 per teacher to schools that met performance targets for school environment and student performance, including student growth on standardized tests.

Based the program's performance to date, this would dramatically improve the graduation rate city - wide, likely boost performance academically, and save hundreds of millions of dollars from the bloated DC K12 budget.

Outgoing Sacramento City Unified School District (SCUSD) Superintendent Jonathan Raymond authored a Washington Post article reflecting on the United States» poor performance on the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA).

This looks like bad news for proponents of merit - pay for teachers: New York City's Department of Education on Sunday announced it would abandon a three - year, $ 56 million performance - pay program aimed at boosting classroom performance.

Raymond has steered the group to be a well - regarded source of impartial insight into the performance and workings of charter schools, city reform strategies and national reform programs.

While these programs are often popular with advocates, and already in use around the country for many decades, including in New York City, their performance has often been viewed as uneven.

Finally, there is mixed evidence on the relationship between formal principal training and professional development programs and school performance, with the caveat that the selection and assignment of New York City principals participating in these programs make it hard to isolate their effects.

ExpandED Schools (formerly TASC), the New York City Department of Education (NYC DOE), and the New York Hall of Science (NYSCI), invite applications from schools and community partners [1] to join us in a two - year study of a professional development program designed to boost students» interest, engagement and academic performance in science during the middle school years.

tried to grill Education Secretary Betsy DeVos Wednesday about the performance of the Milwaukee voucher program, at one point asking her if she'd send her own children to one of the city's lowest - performing voucher schools.

MOREOVER, IT TURNS out that Mulgrew of the city's U.F.T. refused to sign even that altered M.O.U. Instead, shortly before the applications were due in Washington, he submitted a completely redone version that outlined a teacher - evaluation program that would be completely voluntary and that contained a provision declaring that «student performance data shall not be a factor in decisions regarding individual teacher compensation.»

The program's technical name is the Raptor Assault and will take place outside Ford Performance's Utah Motorsports Campus, just west of Salt Lake City.

New York, NY About Blog Asia Contemporary Art Week connects leading New York City galleries and museums in a citywide event comprising of public programs such as exhibitions, receptions, lectures and performances.

Those who select this access can see Lara Schnitger's «Suffragette City» performance at 3 pm and 5 pm, part of ASSEMBLY, the fair's Live program.

Anthony Allen, Associate Director, Paula Cooper Natalie Bell, Assistant Curator, New Museum Heather Darcy Bhandari, Adjunct Lecturer, Visual Art, Brown University Marina Chao, Assistant Curator, International Center of Photography Jean Cooney, Project Manager, Artist Commissions, Creative Time Sean Corcoran, Curator of Photographs and Prints, Museum of the City of New York Lisa Dent, Director of Resources & Award Programs, Creative Capital Kareem Estefan, Independent Art Critic and Editor - at - large, Creative Time Reports Hitomi Iwasaki, Director of Exhibitions and Curator, Queens Museum Flora Katz, Independent Curator Theodore Kerr, Writer, Hyperallergic William Petroni, Managing Director, Cristin Tierney Gallery Heather Reyes, Exhibitions and Collection Manager, The Bronx Museum of the Arts Matthew Schum, Independent Curator Anthony Allen, Associate Director, Paula Cooper Marco Antonini, Executive Director, NurtureArt and Writer Mark Beasley, Curator, Performa George Bolster, The Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation Gary Carrion - Murayari, Kraus Family Curator, New Museum Susan Cross, Curator, Mass MoCA Clément Delépine, Assistant Curator, Swiss Institue Bridget Donahue, Owner / Director, Bridget Donahue Gallery Lisa Dent, Director of Resources & Award Programs, Creative Capital Elizabeth M. Grady, PhD, Programs Director, A Blade of Grass Stamatina Gregory, independent curator and critic Janice Guy, Owner, Murray Guy Nicole Hayes, Curator, The Fields Sculpture Park, Art Omi Amanda Hunt, Assistant Curator, Studio Museum Alexis Johnson, Associate Director, Paula Cooper Ruba Katrib, Curator, Sculpture Center Vitaly Komar, Artist Melanie Kress, High Line Art Curatorial Fellow, High Line Art Thomas Lax, Associate Curator in the Department of Media and Performance Art, MoMA Barbara London, Independent Curator, formerly of MoMA Matthew Lyons, Curator, The Kitchen Julie McKim, Curator, Galapagos Christiane Paul, Curator of New Media, Whitney Museum Christian Rattemeyer, The Harvey S. Shipley Miller Associate Curator, Department of Drawings and Prints, MoMA Sara Reisman, Artistic Director, The Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation Magda Sawon, Owner, Postmasters Nato Thompson, Chief Curator, Creative Time Nat Trotman, Associate Curator, Guggenheim Museum Eugenie Tsai, John and Barbara Vogelstein Curator of Contemporary Art, Brooklyn Museum

The 2018 edition of EXPO CHICAGO will align with Art Design Chicago, an initiative of the Terra Foundation for American Art, to present various programs and events throughout EXPO ART WEEK (September 24 — 30, 2018) including panel discussions, performances, and activations across the city.

With a program that includes films, concerts, performances, and participatory events, this invigorating exhibition is a welcome reminder why artists are so imperative to the exceptional richness and texture of our city.

ISSUE Project Room's Artist - in - Residence program is made possible, in part, with support from the National Endowment for the Arts, with public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, and with the support of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature; and through the support of the Center for Performance Research and Chez Bushwick.

Located at 888 Newark Ave., Jersey City, NJ, Mana Contemporary hosts two open houses each year during the spring and fall, which include special programs, performances, and open studios in addition to new and continuing exhibitions.

Alongside this exhibition will be a multi-faceted program, including an exhibition of the artist's photographs from the 1970s at Company Gallery, as well as performances, readings and screenings at various locations across New York City.

Beginning in 2010, past Marfa Dialogues programs have included symposia, projects, performances, and exhibitions presented in Marfa, Texas; and New York City.

In 2015 he was an Artist - in - Residence at ISSUE Project Room in New York City, and was included in the performance program for Greater New York at MoMA PS1.