Sentences with phrase «for school district management»

December 24, 2011 In District Administration, a periodical for «Solutions for School District Management», there is an interesting article about a November conference where teachers were advised to use social - emotional learning (SEL) to reduce their stress levels and «combat» burnout.

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Not exact matches

Back in December I wrote an op - ed for the Houston Chronicle urging my school district to consider moving from the use of a food service management company (Aramark) to operating its own school food program.

KRS 158.852 (2005) requires each school district to appoint a food service director who is responsible for the management and oversight of the food service program in the district.

N.J.S.A. 18A: 40 - 41.5 (2010) provides immunity from liability for school districts for the death or injury of a person due to the action or inaction of persons employed by or under contract with a youth sports team, provided there is an insurance policy of not less than $ 50,000 per person per incident, and a statement of compliance with the school district or nonpublic school's policies for the management of concussions and other head injuries.

Groups that utilize school district facilities or grounds for recreational activities to provide a statement of compliance with the policies for the management of concussion and head injury described above.

But it would at least give your food service leaders a chance to control the food choices Aramark is making, since the school district would be paying for all of the meal components by invoice, in addition to whatever management fees and per meal fees it has agreed to pay Aramark.

BUSD management team, including the accountant, has extensive training covering school food service, private restaurant food service, culinary school (food service budget management, food safety and sanitation, catering, etc.) You can not compare cooking at home or in a small restaurant with cooking for a school district.

In May, Sodexo School Services, a division of international catering firm Sodexo Inc., which provides food management to more than 470 U.S. school districts, became the first foodservice provider to sign on to School Beverage and Competitive Food Guidelines developed by the Alliance for a Healthier GenerSchool Services, a division of international catering firm Sodexo Inc., which provides food management to more than 470 U.S. school districts, became the first foodservice provider to sign on to School Beverage and Competitive Food Guidelines developed by the Alliance for a Healthier Generschool districts, became the first foodservice provider to sign on to School Beverage and Competitive Food Guidelines developed by the Alliance for a Healthier GenerSchool Beverage and Competitive Food Guidelines developed by the Alliance for a Healthier Generation.

Just about one year ago, we were checking in with some of our Partners for Breakfast in the Classroom districts to see how their first year of breakfast - in - the - classroom was progressing; check out what Sandy Huisman, Director of Food & Nutrition Management in Des Moines, Iowa and with Amy Dennes, Regional Assistant Superintendent of Jefferson County Public Schools, had to say about the value of BIC.

So when some districts have a PMC of up to $ 3.00, those students will be paying for poor fiscal management of school food service operators.

• Redesigning Education: Noting that New York is first in spending but 34th in results, Governor Cuomo proposed restructuring a portion of our education aid to create incentives that reward school districts for improving student performance and implementing management efficiency policies.

Erie County provides municipalities, businesses, school districts, and residents with assistance for solid waste management, disposal, recycling and reporting.

Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Nita Lowey (D - Westchester / Rockland) today announced a $ 178,063 Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) grant for East Ramapo Central School District.

Henry Hogo, assistant deputy executive officer of the South Coast Air Quality Management District, said his agency offers guidelines for choosing school sites, but there are no regulations since it has no authority over land use planning.

The reason is that the school districts in New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago are too centralized, much too top - down in their management, for their size.

The next three most - common constructive responses, found in seven locations, are partnerships with successful nonprofit CMOs or for - profit charter school operators, education management organizations (EMOs), to operate schools; the replication of successful charter school practices; and an increase in active efforts to market district offerings to students and families (see Table 1).

Hamilton County Common Pleas Judge Richard Niehaus ruled this month that the education department failed to conduct legally required hearings before implementing the Educational Management Information System, which was designed to gather demographic data and achievement scores for individual districts and schools.

By examining the fundamental requirements of each program — admissions standards, course requirements, coverage of essential content, preparation in the CCSS, how the student teaching program operates, instruction in classroom management and lesson planning, and how teacher candidates are judged ready for the classroom — the Review will capture the information that any consumer of these programs would want to see, including aspiring teachers and school districts looking to hire the best teachers.

Even though districts contract year after year with textbook, transportation, and food vendors, management of public schools — a $ 400 billion segment of the economy — had been strictly off limits to private enterprise and market forces for many years.

In its report, the grand jury also criticized former Superintendent of Schools Walter L. Marks for utilizing «unsound management practices and unjustified budgeting techniques» to advance reform programs that the ju0 rors said the district could not afford.

At least two well - recognized Bay Area management organizations have recently decided against further expansion for the time being, and are instead starting consulting efforts or creating structured professional - development workshops and materials for district - run schools.

Watch for a lot of new work from CRPE's new crop of brilliant analysts on the state education agencies of the future, district - charter collaboration, the costs of blended - learning models, charter schools and special education, and, of course, more research and tools for portfolio management.

Two years ago, PELP, a collaborative project between faculty at Harvard Business School and Harvard Graduate School of Education that focuses on developing effective leadership and management practices to support large - scale organizational change in urban school districts, began the Case Competition where teams of Harvard University students present recommendations for a school district to a panel of faculty jSchool and Harvard Graduate School of Education that focuses on developing effective leadership and management practices to support large - scale organizational change in urban school districts, began the Case Competition where teams of Harvard University students present recommendations for a school district to a panel of faculty jSchool of Education that focuses on developing effective leadership and management practices to support large - scale organizational change in urban school districts, began the Case Competition where teams of Harvard University students present recommendations for a school district to a panel of faculty jschool districts, began the Case Competition where teams of Harvard University students present recommendations for a school district to a panel of faculty jschool district to a panel of faculty judges.

These dynamics set the stage for the current confrontation in the United States between the unions and the teachers on one side and, increasingly, school district management, legislatures, governors, and the public on the other.

A new accreditation system in Texas has cited 349 schools for unacceptable performance and alerted 10 school districts that they have two years to improve or face state management.

Each year for the past thirty years, Ravenna students have contributed their labor and management in lieu of rent for an 80 - acre tract of pastureland owned by the school district.

In management consulting, the crucial assumptions are that 1) each organization possesses a unique culture and set of goals; therefore, the same intervention is likely to elicit different results depending on a school's history, organization, personnel, and politics; and 2) suggestions for change should creatively blend knowledge from many different sources — from general organizational theories, from deep insight into the district or schools under study, and from «craft» knowledge of what is likely to improve schools or districts with particular characteristics.

Nyankori says he has lured back 155 of the district's 2,400 special - ed youngsters who are in private schools, at a yearly cost of $ 141 million, with more programs and better case management, and has set a target return date for each of the others.

A similar system of principal rotation exists: «In 2013, the city deployed nine skilled principals from central districts to schools in the rural districts to serve as mentors and offer management advice for two years.»

Finally, we should continue to provide incentives for and encouragement to charters and educational management organizations to join the state and districts in the kind of novel forms of school turnaround work and governance now being pioneered in Lawrence.

As part of the Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard University, SDP has been working with districts, charter school networks, state education agencies, and nonprofits since 2008 to transform the way they collect and use data to support their program, management, and policy goals.

In 2011, she asked a large consulting firm to study some school districts and charter management organizations that were known for giving robust support to their teachers.

He had castigated for - profit charter managers, but the year after his passing the first nonprofit charter management network, Aspire Public Schools, was founded by a former California district superintendent named Don Shalvey.

Make sports safer for student athletes by asking school districts to implement a concussion safety and management plan.

Examples of companies who grew with this approach are Clever, a data integration solution, and Edmodo, a classroom management platform; both charged vendors for access to their products so that teachers, schools, and districts could use them at no charge.

Interstellar is in the process of developing a range of applications of its technology for specific schools, districts, and charter management organizations.

If the school district has a content management system (CMS) where students can message one another, that is another excellent option for having students work together.

New York City principals and assistant principals have agreed to trade in some of their long - standing job security for substantial pay raises, setting the stage for a new era of school management and accountability in the nation's largest school district.

In a new study presented at the this year's fall research conference of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management in Chicago, we used data from CORE Districts, to assess whether there are systematic mindset differences present in the US population within and across schools, and whether holding a growth mindset predicts academic achievement gains of students.

Some nonprofit charter management organizations (CMOs) have been launched specifically to respond to this opportunity, including Education for Change, in Oakland; others, such as Mastery Charter Schools, in Philadelphia, partner with districts to extend their impact.

For - profit providers of educational products and services, including members of the Education Industry Association, whether school management companies, tutoring providers, or developers of learning materials and technologies, view students, parents, school districts, and state departments of education as customers.

As a result, budgets may be tight again, creating a new round of management challenges for school districts.

Since 2008, the Strategic Data Project (SDP), under Harvard's Center for Policy Education Research, has placed fellows like Bowman in state education agencies, school districts, and charter school management organizations where they are helping policymakers to decode an avalanche of educational data.

The time is now for states and districts, charter management organizations, schools, and all of the educational initiatives to align with assessing deeper learning outcomes.

SDP works with over 10 school districts and charter management organizations that collectively serve over 1.5 million students, 65 percent of whom are eligible for free or reduced lunch and 82 percent of whom are ethnic minorities.

But if the two subjects are given equal weight in evaluating a school, our results provide no support for the decisions made by the school district with respect to renewing for - profit and nonprofit management contracts.

The Strategic Data Project (SDP), housed at the Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard University, partners with school districts, school networks, and state agencies to bring high - quality research methods and data analysis to bear on strategic management and policy decisions.

At schools under for - profit management, students learned on average 25 percent of a standard deviation more in math each year of the six years of the intervention than they would have had the school been under district management.