Sentences with phrase «encourage local districts»

Virginia does not encourage local districts to provide compensation for related prior subject - area work experience.

Encourage local districts to compensate new teachers with relevant prior work experience.

Their work suggests that, in some states, having a high stakes assessment in place was assumed to be sufficient to promote teacher change or to encourage local districts to provide support for change.

The board that oversees the National Assessment of Educational Progress has revised its rules to encourage local districts to participate in next year's testing program.

In the meantime, he encouraged local districts «to begin implementation now» of the standards and urged teachers to use the

The law encourages local districts to submit teacher pay proposals for the pilot that could look like one of two distinct models: either pitch a plan that would reward teachers on the basis of how well their students do on tests, or present an idea for paying teachers who work in hard to staff subject areas or rural / high poverty schools and / or taking on additional leadership roles to improve student success.

«I have encouraged our Local District superintendents to identify our most successful models and to work with their teams to develop competitive and forward - thinking proposals,» King said.

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This local appeal also extends to products in well - established categories like apple juice, where drinks are appearing that use local varieties / origins to encourage trial - «tude Gala «tude Apple Juice uses Gala apples, Trader's Joe's McIntosh uses McIntosh apples, and Giant Eagle Market District Valencia Orange Juice is not - from - concentrate and uses only 100 % Florida oranges.

Recess or Physical Activity Breaks: The Healthy Kids Bill (2010) encourages the Department of Education to develop guidelines that local districts can adopt to promote quality recess practices and behaviors that engage all students, increase their activity levels, build social skills, and decrease behavioral levels.

HB 1224 (2008) encourages school districts to expand their local wellness policies to adopt goals for emphasizing healthy choices and lifestyles, including physical education (PE), nutrition, and mental health counseling.

Other: The State Board of Public Education adopted a position statement encouraging districts to adopt and implement local wellness policies.

Held on Oct. 4, Taste Washington Day is an opportunity to encourage the collaboration of school districts and their local agricultural community to provide healthy school meals throughout the school year.

In its Student Wellness Policy, our local school district says it's committed to encouraging healthy eating, citing goals such as:

The opt - out effort this year has united different political strains: Republicans and conservatives are skeptical of Common Core as it pertains to a loss of local control for school districts, while the state's teachers union is encouraging the movement as well over concerns of how the results will impact performance evaluations.

The Workforce Diversity Taskforce will be tasked with evaluating the notification and posting procedures for exams and hiring to ensure they are clear to all audiences, suggesting locations for posting announcements that would encourage broader participation, and helping to more broadly promote awareness for the wide variety of employment opportunities in county and local government as well as other civil divisions such as local school, fire, and library districts.

Beth Newcomer The Legislative Analyst for NYC Council Member Helen Rosenthal (District 6, Upper West Side) encouraged attendees to reach out to their local Council Members and urge them to support the following legislative initiatives: • Possible legislation regarding divestment of the city's pension funds from fossil fuel companies • A bill to require the city to do a carbon footprint analysis of all the products the city procures, and to use that analysis to inform a policy of low - carbon operations • A number of bills to reduce the carbon emissions of city - owned vehicles and improve the sustainability of city buildings • A bill to enhance the city's already - strong idling laws so as to make them easier to enforce Find your Council Member here.

The improvements are intended to enhance and revitalize commercial shopping districts in order to promote business development and investment in those areas and to encourage residents to patronize local establishments.

The language in the budget proposal says it would be an increase of $ 1 billion in Title I to encourage states and districts to adopt student - based funding systems where money, including state, local and federal funds, follows the child to the school that they attend within the public sector.

In the first version of its «Public School Choice: Non-Regulatory Guidance,» published in December 2002, the department built on these basic statutory requirements to encourage districts to provide helpful information to parents: «The [local educational agency] should work together with parents to ensure that parents have ample information, time, and opportunity to take advantage of the opportunity to choose a different public school for their children.»

I've always encouraged home - school communities to work with local school districts.

The return of many white, upper - middle - class, educated parents — and their young children — to city centers has caused some urban districts, like those in Philadelphia, Chicago, and Boston, to actively encourage these families to send their children to local district schools.

Hopefully, prompting from the guidance to look at the variation in disciplinary responses by schools within the district would encourage the local school board to voluntarily eliminate suspensions for attendance violations and adopt (district - wide) those responses already working well in its less racially isolated schools.

So it rewarded states for enlisting districts and local communities in designing and implementing the plans; it encouraged states to build political support across key constituencies and across sectors; and it provided political cover for state and local leaders to push forward ideas that could be controversial.

While assuring a basic education for every child in the State, it permits and encourages a large measure of participation in and control of each district's schools at the local level.

«States and local districts will, as always, share the primary authority for delivering education, but the federal government must take more seriously its profoundly important responsibility to assist and encourage states and districts, and, if necessary, ameliorate resulting inequities,» the report stated.

On top of basic per - pupil money, the new formula provides extra dollars for poor districts based on how many disadvantaged students they have, and encourages local decision - making and experimentation on how to reach and teach kids.

Maine's plan also includes partnering with the Maine Education Policy Research Institute to identify successful longevity pay approaches in other rural states, approaching the state legislature to fund a pilot, and encouraging districts to partner with local business leaders and community organizations to fund this additional pay.

Here's the conundrum for state policymakers: How do you encourage local school districts to make smart curricular decisions?

The new funds would be used to encourage districts to adopt a controversial form of choice: Allowing local, state and federal funds to follow children to whichever public school they choose.

We encourage you to reach out to your local districts and lawmakers to support students and teachers.

His efforts encouraged the district and schools to examine local data rather than relying only on what the state provided.

Our NE TURN locals are encouraged to invite representatives from their district and school administration, boards of education and community leaders to join their teams for this two - day forum.

Title II, Part D State and Local Technology Grants Designed to help all students become technologically literate by the 8th grade and encourage the use of technology to promote parent and family involvement in education and communications among students, parents, and district staff.

This record of mixed results from federally - encouraged reforms should cause a re-evaluation of how the federal government can best support the states and local school districts to improve.

Encourage the support of local districts, school boards, schools of education, state and national organizations and the participation of experienced principals once an advanced certification process is established.

Our NW TURN locals are encouraged to invite representatives from their district and school administration, boards of education and community leaders to join their teams for this two - day forum.

Instead of responding first to students, parents, and taxpayers, federal education micromanagement has encouraged state education systems and local school districts to orient their focus to the demands of Washington.»

The STEPSS tool, developed in collaboration with NSTTAC and NDPC - SD, facilitates the dissemination of secondary transition data from States to their local districts and encourages district use of a data based decision - making model to identify needs and help prescribe appropriate strategies and interventions.

Grants of $ 90,000 over two years to USA school districts and local education agencies for support programs that encourage high school students to enroll and graduate from post-secondary institutions.

Title I provides flexibility in developing plans to support the development and implementation of school improvement activities, and state and local districts are strongly encouraged to use Title II, Part A funds to improve equitable access to effective teachers.

Businesses, especially those that depend on degree - holders in science and engineering, should be encouraged to form a support network for local districts.

That's the claim of state lawmakers who say the problem lies in Tax Increment Finance (TIF) districts, a mechanism that allows local governments to use tax revenues created by increasing property values in the districts to encourage development.

$ 1 billion in new spending to encourage districts to adopt a controversial form of choice: Allowing local, state and federal funds to follow children to whichever public school they choose.

The intent of the series was to spark debate and encourage action on the part of local school districts to take the major problems facing education facilities to the national level.

This budget proposes an increase of $ 1 billion in Title I funding that is specifically, «dedicated to encouraging districts to adopt a system of student - based budgeting and open enrollment that enables Federal, State, and local funding to follow the student to the public school of his or her choice.»

Several states either have statewide transfer agreements, support dual enrollment policies, or encourage local school districts to establish partnerships with regional institutions of higher education that enable students to participate in dual enrollment.

In 1972, the Montana state department of education reported that they encouraged local school boards to consider roles for students on district school boards.

I encourage you to send this letter to your local district's board of education - if you haven't already.

But instead of leaving teacher effectiveness completely up to local educators, its Encouraging Innovation and Effective Teachers Act (PDF) surprisingly requires states and districts to develop teacher evaluation systems that use multiple measures of evaluation; incorporate student achievement data; include more than two rating categories; are tied to personnel decisions; and are developed with input from parents, teachers, and other staff.

Our GL TURN locals are encouraged to invite representatives from their district and school administration, boards of education and community leaders to join their teams for this two - day forum.