Sentences with phrase «city educator who»

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He was fascinated by the career of Frank Macchiarola, New York City's schools chancellor from 1978 to 1983 and a legendary educator who pushed for integration and better performance in public schools.

But even as her health failed, those who knew Betsy Foxwell said the longtime educator and Park Ridge resident never stopped promoting and preserving her city's artistic heritage.

The vacancy at Henninger will be filled by Brian Kavanagh, a local educator who most recently served as executive director of education and personnel for the Oswego City School District.

At the May 17 Delegate Assembly, UFT President Michael Mulgrew broached the topic of mayoral control — an issue of major import to New York City educators and all who are concerned with the state of the city's public schoCity educators and all who are concerned with the state of the city's public schocity's public schools.

Miami - Dade Schools Superintendent Alberto Carvalho, an educator who is well - known nationwide, has turned down an offer to serve as the next New York City schools chancellor less than a day after news broke that he was tapped to head the country's largest school system.

And while Carvalho was de Blasio's first choice for the job, the mayor insisted that there are great educators in the city's schools who will «do great work,» while the city continues its search for a new chancellor.

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Lavine, who was a career educator, has made city schools the central theme of her campaign.

As the Oct. 7 deadline fast approached, educators at almost 350 public schools across New York City prepared themselves and their school communities for the crushing loss of more than 700 school support staff — including school aides, parent coordinators, lunchroom workers, crossing guards and others — who were set to be let go by the city in the largest layoff at a single city agency since Mayor Michael Bloomberg took office in 2City prepared themselves and their school communities for the crushing loss of more than 700 school support staff — including school aides, parent coordinators, lunchroom workers, crossing guards and others — who were set to be let go by the city in the largest layoff at a single city agency since Mayor Michael Bloomberg took office in 2city in the largest layoff at a single city agency since Mayor Michael Bloomberg took office in 2city agency since Mayor Michael Bloomberg took office in 2002.

The UFT, which represents teachers at three Victory charter schools in New York City, has cited Victory management at the New York State Public Employment Relations Board for firing educators for union activity, coercing employees to withdraw their union support and discriminating against employees who are union supporters.

John Concannon, a retired police captain who has unsuccessfully challenged City Councilman Mark Weprin (D - Oakland Gardens) and state Sen. Tony Avella (D - Bayside), said Cuomo had not pushed to get enough educators with classroom experience on the state Board of Regents or otherwise placed them at the helm of Common Core implementation.

A man may respond more quickly, whereas a woman's arousal may be more like «warm water that slowly is brought to a boil,» says Joy Davidson, PhD, a New York City — based psychologist who's on the board of directors of the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists.

«The problem is with telling women that the normal ebbs and flows of their desire or their hormonal state are «dysfunction,»» says Joy Davidson, PhD, a New York City — based psychologist who's on the board of directors of the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists.

«As a former Peace Corps volunteer in the Philippines, New York City teacher, licensed sea captain, and head educator of an ocean classroom prior to coming to HGSE, Timothy O'Brien is a «stealthy leader» who truly embodies the values, energy, and breadth of the Learning and Teaching (L&T) Program through his focus on student work and professional development of teachers,» says Lecturer Sally Schwager, Learning and Teaching program director.

City has served as a teacher, instructional coach, principal, and consultant, in each role focused on helping all children, and the educators who work with them, realize their full potential.

On one side: the informal network of advocates, philanthropists, educators, and nonprofit organizations that all back higher academic standards, greater accountability, and improved teaching, and who saw the city as a potential proof point for their theories of how to improve student outcomes.

In 2015, Ed School students learned just how influential educators can be to their students when Kelsey Mayabb, a high school cheer squad coach in Kansas City, Missouri, spoke in the Askwith Forum about supporting Landon Patterson, a transgender student on her squad who had to wear the boy's uniform for years before and after she officially transistioned.

«This visit was an opportunity [for the Brazilian educators] to learn from similar efforts in Massachusetts, in the city of Cambridge, and in the United States, and to engage in conversation with some of our leaders of thought and practice who share similar aspirations for our schools.»

City, who joined the HGSE faculty in 2009, has worked as a teacher, instructional coach, principal, and consultant, where she has focused on helping all children and educators who work with them recognize their full potential.

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Because the city is smaller than many urban districts, school leaders could be very selective in choosing from the pool of educators who wanted to come and work there.

«My foray into the charter school world in 2002, after 34 years as an educator, gave me an opportunity to provide a quality education for far more students than ever before,» said Bruce Ravage, who led Norwalk's Side by Side Charter School from 2002 - 2005 before founding Park City Prep Charter School in 2006, where he is currently executive director.

But the annual celebrating of New York City's feats ignores deeper differences, say educators and education policy experts, who contend that those upstate cities exist in an entirely different world.

In alignment with these guidelines, Dr. Sirgado revised Hofstra's bilingual education program and was instrumental in obtaining a $ 3 million federal grant to offer undergraduate and graduate degrees in bilingual teaching, administration, and supervision to educators who would staff bilingual education programs in New York City and New York State schools.

NYC Collaborates has partnered with Coro New York Leadership Center to launch the Education Leadership Collaborative, a yearlong, part - time program for New York City public school educators who want to become stronger leaders and more effectively drive change in their schools.

This was written by educator Anthony Cody, who taught science for 18 years in inner - city Oakland and who now works with a team of science teacher - coaches that supports novice teachers.

As the City Council holds a hearing this afternoon on three resolutions aimed to cap and slow the co-location of public schools, district and charter school leaders who share facilities are speaking up about their experience co-locating with other public schools; collaboration, community building and putting kids first are recurring themes among all of them, demonstrating that educators know to check politics at the door.

Of all the educators in all the cities trying to get school right for students at risk, she brings the rare vantage point of someone who has learned not only from professional mistakes but tragic personal ones as well.

The first part of this was written by educator Anthony Cody, who taught science for 18 years in inner - city Oakland and now works with a team of science teacher - coaches that supports novice teachers.

The Academic and Personal Behaviors Institute is a network of educator teams from New York City public schools who are dedicated to using data and improvement science methodologies to spread academic mindsets (growth, value, and belonging) among both colleagues and students.

The national organization Educators 4 Excellence (E4E) is expected to announce today that it has joined forces with a fledgling group of Twin Cities teachers who want a bigger voice in education policy and has appointed one of the local group's founders, Madaline Edison, the new chapter's first executive director.

David Edwards is a lifelong student and educator who has supported first - generation low - income students achieve their dreams of college attendance in New York City, Newark, NJ and Oakland, CA.

The Wake County Public School System (WCPSS) Hall of Fame honors outstanding educators, alumni and community leaders who through their lives have either deeply impacted WCPSS or, as an alumnus, dramatically added to the quality of life in our city, state or nation.

We've heard great ideas about how to change this from educators across the city: pay raises for mentor teachers and teachers who assume administrative responsibilities while still in the classroom, incentives to teach in high - needs areas and low - performing schools and salary steps based on fair evaluations.

Eskolta works extensively with the New York City Department of Education to understand the needs and perspective of educators who are serving the hardest - to - reach middle and high school students.

The teacher group Educators 4 Excellence wants «excessed» teachers who can't find a full - time job in two April - to - August hiring seasons to be put on unpaid leave, wading into a debate that's a key sticking point in contract negotiations between the city and the teachers union.

Educators 4 Excellence (E4E) announced today that it has joined forces with a group of Twin Cities teachers who want a bigger voice in education policy to...

Last year, this series profiled Educators for Excellence founders Evan Stone and Sydney Morris, who launched Educators for Excellence in New York City and state to engage teachers in education policy issues and provide a platform for teacher voices to be heard by policymakers and the media — with the ultimate goal of elevating the profession and ensuring that teacher expertise informs smart education policy choices.

This common problem, which surfaces in school after school, led us to consult some of the most successful urban educators we know — teachers and principals who have been involved in founding new, small high schools in New York City and Boston, Massachusetts.1 These schools, which serve low - income, minority communities, have begun to routinely graduate and send to college more than 90 percent of their students.

Just 17 percent of active members — educators who are currently working in schools and with city students — actually voted, a turnout that dismayed some who want to see changes in the union and the school system.

Fariña is a longtime educator who was a teacher, principal, superintendent, and instructional chief during her four - decade career in the city schools.

Under the agreement, city education officials, with the consent of union leaders, will contract with a company to provide observers, who are to be licensed educators — former teachers, principals or administrators.

Anderson and her top staff have begun meeting with community leaders, educators and others to start rolling out the new high school redesign, under which families and students who do not get into the district's selective magnet schools will still have options within the city.

In addition to casting a spotlight on talented and enterprising educators in each city, the competitions will encourage collaboration between teachers, philanthropists and civic leaders who seek to improve education.

Vilson, who is a key leader of #Educolor — a rising movement of educators looking critically at race in education — uses hip - hop, poetry and some extremely humbling anecdotes to describe the dramatic highs and lows of teaching in New York City.

He is eager to connect with educators who are focused on improving student outcomes and proposing school - based solutions that can lead to lasting change in our city.

The reforms of the past decade, along with the hard working, committed educators across the city, have shown we can create some exceptional schools, especially when evaluated by their impact on catching up students who enter kindergarten already far behind.

Now with more than 300 members, E3MN is launching as a full chapter of Educators 4 Excellence (E4E), a national organization of teachers who advocate for sensible policies in several other cities.

«There are several wonderful charter schools that are created organically by homegrown local people, who are excellent educators, who wanted to come together to start a charter school in one specific neighborhood in one city in America,» she said.