Sentences with phrase «professional learning plans establish»

Professional learning plans establish short - and long - term guidance for professional learning and its implementation.

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Gates support, which usually begins with planning grants of $ 100,000, pays for joint professional development; for designing a universal enrollment system; for establishing common metrics for evaluating all students, regardless of school type; and for creating more personalized learning for students.

Establishing Time for Professional Learning: Example schedules from Learning Forward show how schools repurpose planning time, use block scheduling http://learningforward.org/docs/default-source/commoncore/establishing-time-for-professional-learning.pdf

What we seek is a well thought out, comprehensive evaluation plan which sets the framework for establishing a sound professional learning community for educators.

It also establishes teacher learning communities (or reinvents existing professional learning communities) in which classroom teachers and specialists work together to identify their English learners» strengths and plan lessons.

Through the Quality Counts Career Center, the Forum works with programs and practitioners to establish professional development plans and quality improvement plans towards improving the early learning environment at centers and ultimately children's school readiness.

We partner with schools and districts to understand their needs and establish goals to develop a professional learning plan for school improvement.

(e) The board shall establish the information needed in an application for the approval of a charter school; provided that the application shall include, but not be limited to, a description of: (i) the mission, purpose, innovation and specialized focus of the proposed charter school; (ii) the innovative methods to be used in the charter school and how they differ from the district or districts from which the charter school is expected to enroll students; (iii) the organization of the school by ages of students or grades to be taught, an estimate of the total enrollment of the school and the district or districts from which the school will enroll students; (iv) the method for admission to the charter school; (v) the educational program, instructional methodology and services to be offered to students, including research on how the proposed program may improve the academic performance of the subgroups listed in the recruitment and retention plan; (vi) the school's capacity to address the particular needs of limited English - proficient students, if applicable, to learn English and learn content matter, including the employment of staff that meets the criteria established by the department; (vii) how the school shall involve parents as partners in the education of their children; (viii) the school governance and bylaws; (ix) a proposed arrangement or contract with an organization that shall manage or operate the school, including any proposed or agreed upon payments to such organization; (x) the financial plan for the operation of the school; (xi) the provision of school facilities and pupil transportation; (xii) the number and qualifications of teachers and administrators to be employed; (xiii) procedures for evaluation and professional development for teachers and administrators; (xiv) a statement of equal educational opportunity which shall state that charter schools shall be open to all students, on a space available basis, and shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, creed, sex, gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, age, ancestry, athletic performance, special need, proficiency in the English language or academic achievement; (xv) a student recruitment and retention plan, including deliberate, specific strategies the school will use to ensure the provision of equal educational opportunity as stated in clause (xiv) and to attract, enroll and retain a student population that, when compared to students in similar grades in schools from which the charter school is expected to enroll students, contains a comparable academic and demographic profile; and (xvi) plans for disseminating successes and innovations of the charter school to other non-charter public schools.

We partner with organizations to understand their needs and establish goals to develop a professional learning plan for organization improvement.