Sentences with phrase «educators support high»

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My pray is that God continues to send us people like the Newtown educators... e.g Lisa Soto to protect our kids and grant us the wisdom to provide them the support they need to do their job in safety without arming them to the teeth or turning our country into a battlefield with high capacity weapons.

While we appreciate the work of CLCs, doulas and other lactation educators, we are committed to ensuring the highest level of support and expertise for our moms and therefore require the highest level certification for our lactation professionals.

Doulas www.dona.org The mission of DONA International is to promote high quality birth and postpartum support by setting the standard for the doula profession through evidence - based training and certification for doulas of diverse backgrounds www.cappa.net CAPPA is an international certification organization for Doulas, Childbirth Educators and Lactation Educators.

As Public Comment Period Ends, The Education Trust — New York, Educators for Excellence, New York Educator Voice Fellowship and High Achievement New York Urge State Education Leaders to Maintain High Standards and Deliver the Tools and Support Educators Need Albany — To reach their full potential, all New York State students — especially those...

«The leadership has clearly heard the concerned parents and educators who support high standards but know that a moratorium on the use of standardized tests in high - stakes decisions is essential until the State Education Department makes major corrections to its failed implementation plan,» president Richard Iannuzzi said in the statement.

Not only is the preschool teaching sector plagued by low salaries and high turnover, he says, but a recent working paper by the institute points out that «preschool educators tend not to support mathematics and science learning» in their classrooms.

The report also says that in order to provide high - quality care, a highly qualified workforce is essential, meaning educators and staff must be well - compensated, have affordable opportunities to access higher education, and receive appropriate ongoing support and professional development.

Also, the EdCom committee sponsors acoustics demonstrations for middle & high school students, education and career support for students of acoustics, and resources for educators of all kinds.

They provide a selection of high quality free education resources to support teachers and educators to investigate the impacts of the fashion industry.

For educators who work with immigrant students, the weight of that burden requires new support services and a distinctive kind of outreach, particularly as young people move through high...

To support educators taking the higher road, the Harvard Graduate School of Education established the Data Wise Project.

As important as better assessments are, they must work in tandem with high - quality curriculum; meaningful, job - embedded professional development; and all the other pieces that will support educators preparing to teach to these new standards.

A group of high - powered policymakers and educators gathered here last week to build support for a new vision of educational assessment that is less a snapshot of students» one - time performance and more like good instruction itself.

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.

The Waste Wise Schools Program Team, in collaboration with other sustainability educators from the AuSSI Alliance, has been investigating how to better support high schools in achieving a whole school approach to waste education.

The state's charter law must support new and high - performing operators; the state's school finance system must provide equitable, student - based funding; facilities must be made available to new and growing schools; educator certification rules must fit the needs of successful schools; and so on.

The publication supports educators by providing timely, high quality, independent content that they can trust and adapt for use in their own school settings.

Research shows that high quality teaching and leadership teams learn from each other's practices, experiences and support, and that's why we will always keep you, the reader, at the heart of Teacher magazine, providing educators and educational leaders with a strong voice and a platform to share and collaborate.

The PZ Reach Scholarship aims to support educators working in underserved settings — for example, Title I public schools, areas with high rates of identity - based violence, or communities with large numbers of families impacted by immigration and / or displacement — to attend Project Zero Classroom.

«Educators across the country have struggled to identify a rich, engaging, and rigorous curriculum that will help them support students in meeting dramatically higher expectations,» said John E. Deasy, former superintendent of Los Angeles public schools.

Support access to high - quality early childhood education programs and opportunities and resources for educators.

-- April 8, 2015 Planning a High - Poverty School Overhaul — January 29, 2015 Four Keys to Recruiting Excellent Teachers — January 15, 2015 Nashville's Student Teachers Earn, Learn, and Support Teacher - Leaders — December 16, 2014 Opportunity Culture Voices on Video: Nashville Educators — December 4, 2014 How the STEM Teacher Shortage Fails U.S. Kids — and How To Fix It — November 6, 2014 5 - Step Guide to Sustainable, High - Paid Teacher Career Paths — October 29, 2014 Public Impact Update: Policies States Need to Reach Every Student with Excellent Teaching — October 15, 2014 New Website on Teacher - Led Professional Learning — July 23, 2014 Getting the Best Principal: Solutions to Great - Principal Pipeline Woes Doing the Math on Opportunity Culture's Early Impact — June 24, 2014 N&O Editor Sees Solution to N.C. Education «Angst and Alarm»: Opportunity Culture Models — June 9, 2014 Large Pay, Learning, and Economic Gains Projected with Statewide Opportunity Culture Implementation — May 13, 2014 Cabarrus County Schools Join National Push to Extend Reach of Excellent Teachers — May 12, 2014 Public Impact Co-Directors» Op - Ed: Be Bold on Teacher Pay — May 5, 2014 New videos: Charlotte schools pay more to attract, leverage, keep best teachers — April 29, 2014 Case studies: Opening blended - learning charter schools — March 20, 2014 Syracuse, N.Y., schools join Opportunity Culture initiative — March 6, 2014 What do teachers say about an Opportunity Culture?

It's time to start building a high - quality education system by cultivating high - quality educators — from excellent teacher colleges, with ample clinical experience, focused induction, and ongoing professional support throughout a teacher's career, in an environment that fosters respect.

Developing high quality learning experiences for educators that increase student learning, however, means understanding how adults learn in conjunction with intentionally developed professional supports that create positive changes in educator practice in an environment that supports formal, informal, and incidental learning (Drago - Severson, 2012; Zepeda, 2012b).

Now that the regular legislative session is over and a special session is under way, LEV Policy and Government Relations Director Daniel Zavala provides status updates on education funding, educator compensation, student supports, accountability, early learning, and higher education.

«Educators across the country have struggled to identify a rich, engaging, and rigorous curriculum that will help them support students in meeting dramatically higher expectations,» said

It's time to start building a high - quality education system by cultivating high - quality educators — whether from excellent teacher colleges or even alternative routes — with ample clinical experience, focused induction, and ongoing professional support throughout a teacher's career, in an environment that fosters respect.

To complete its work, the Task Force, with the support of staff from the Department of Education, reviewed the latest research on educator evaluations, examined systems in use both in - state and across the nation, and studied a range of issues related to the development of high - quality evaluation systems, such as observation protocols, growth measures, and special education considerations.

The Higher Education Act (HEA) can support state efforts to prepare their educators to use data in support of student learning, to provide meaningful information about teacher outcomes back to the program that trained them, and to enable data systems that provide educators, families, and policymakers the information they deserve while reducing burden on states.

«Democrats amended the platform to: support community schools with wraparound services in struggling neighborhoods; implement restorative justice and alternative discipline practices; invest in engaging STEM curricula; explicitly oppose high - stakes testing as a means to close schools or evaluate educators; support a parents» right to opt their children out of tests; and support and respect all educators and school employees.

Each school is imagined and led by a team of educators that bridge middle school, high school, and college and create an integrated system of support to improve students» experiences and opportunities for future success.

It's time to hit the «pause button» on high stakes while, at the same time, increasing support for students, parents and educators.

CASEL offers a comprehensive collection of high - quality social and emotional learning (SEL) tools and resources to inform and support educators, researchers, policymakers, and parents who are leading this work in the field.

High - functioning schools and school systems understand the link between building a cadre of effective, committed educators and providing teachers with ongoing support, development, and opportunities for growth and leadership.

Based on theory and the existent research literature, however, there is a growing consensus in the educational community concerning what constitutes high quality professional development that supports educators and subsequent student learning.

Keeping students» best interests as her top priority, she focuses on providing high - quality support to districts and educators working to enhance student outcomes.

Our goal is provide high - quality learning experiences for educators with follow - up, job - embedded support to enhance implementation of best practices.

As senior - level administrators are both the stewards of the pension system and the recipients of the highest net benefits, the authors conclude, «There is no reason to expect school administrators or their organizations to support reforms that would provide a more modern and mobile retirement system for young educators» and suggest that districts could be recruiting young teachers more effectively by putting money in upfront salaries rather than in end - of - career pension benefits.

Alexandria, Va. (Oct. 18, 2016)-- The National School Boards Association (NSBA) and the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP), in partnership with the Learning First Alliance's Get it Right campaign, have developed a communications toolkit to support school leaders and educators» efforts to prepare high school students for success after graduation through effective community engagement.

Out of School and Unprepared: The Need to Improve Support for Students with Disabilities Transitioning to Adulthood In March 2011, the ARISE Coalition, a group of parents, educators, advocates and other supporters of students with disabilities coordinated by Advocates for Children of New York (AFC), released this policy paper calling on New York City and New York State to follow the law with respect to transition planning and to give post-secondary transition for students with special education needs the same high priority they are beginning to give college and career readiness for other students.

What to watch: The PDE will use Title II, Part A funds to continue supporting current initiatives, such as two promising grant programs: One promotes partnerships between LEAs and EPPs to improve their teachers» ability to serve low - income and minority students and a second dedicates funding for high - quality clinical experiences, particularly for educators teaching in high - need areas.

Today they boast 1.5 million members and include PK - 12th grade school educators, higher education faculty and professional staff, nurses and other health care related employees, state public employees, educational paraprofessionals and other school support members, and retirees.

IF the IDOE collaborates with key stakeholders, including LEAs, institutions of higher education, and educator associations, to refine existing human capital management systems that leverage evaluation and support systems to recruit, prepare, develop, support, advance, reward, and retain great teachers and leaders, THEN increased educator capacity and effectiveness will ensure equitable access to excellent educators and lead to improved student outcomes.50

National accreditation requires educator preparation providers to address profession - wide standards of excellence and supplies metrics that support high quality by promoting programmatic reflection and continuous improvement.

To: Speaker Carl Heastie Assembly Majority Leader Joseph Morelle Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb Assembly Education Committee Chairwoman Catherine Nolan Majority Leader John Flanagan Senate Democratic Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins Senate Education Committee Chair Carl L. Marcellino Governor Andrew Cuomo Educators for Excellence - New York (E4E - New York), a teacher - led organization of over 13,000 New York City public school educators, believes that a multi-measure system of student achievement and a fair system of teacher evaluation is essential to supporting, developing, and retaining high - quality eEducators for Excellence - New York (E4E - New York), a teacher - led organization of over 13,000 New York City public school educators, believes that a multi-measure system of student achievement and a fair system of teacher evaluation is essential to supporting, developing, and retaining high - quality eeducators, believes that a multi-measure system of student achievement and a fair system of teacher evaluation is essential to supporting, developing, and retaining high - quality educatorseducators.

We hope to do this by accelerating the design of high - quality schools, engaging families, and supporting our city's educators.

We all know that being an educator today has its share of challenges and responsibilities: ensuring all students achieve at high levels, acquiring the skills and expertise to support 21st century learning, making sure that cows don't collide with departing school buses... Well, most educators don't have to address this last responsibility, unless you're in Prosser, WA - a small town located about 50 miles from Yakima.

It just makes sense that a school committed to helping all students learn at high levels would focus on learning rather than teaching, would have educators work collaboratively, would ensure students had access to the same curriculum, would assess each student's learning on a timely basis using consistent standards for proficiency, and would create systematic interventions and extensions that provide students with additional time and support for learning.

The purpose of the TIF program is to support the use of performance - based compensation, and other human capital strategies that enhance and sustain performance - based compensation, in order to increase students» access to effective educators in high - need schools, and to expand the array of promising approaches that can help these educators and other personnel succeed.

Well - supported, well - trained professional educators are essential for a high - quality school system.