Sentences with phrase «state systems alignment»

Sherri Killins, Ed.D. is the Director of State Systems Alignment and Integration for the BUILD Initiative and an independent consultant.

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The change to a FITF system brings the United States into alignment with the European Patent Office (EPO) and many other countries.

With both systems going to scale in the 2016 - 17 school year, TEA requested assistance to support implementation fidelity and ensure alignment with the state's integrated supports for educator and leader quality.

These key ingredients of change, taking a systems approach, can be applied to district and state - level action and policy — which are ideally working in alignment with each other.

Brown noted the progress of several states around the above goals, noting rapid progress on strengthening the alignment and standards, but noting that states have made less progress in the area of creating effective accountability systems.

This model will include career pathways that do not require teacher leaders to leave the classroom; flexible classroom schedules and differentiated compensation; and alignment with the state's licensure system and the district's mentoring and induction programs.13

To ensure alignment with the Common Core State Standards and promote deep math learning, teachers can use the Math Design Collaborative system in conjunction with their current math curriculum.

Almost 4 years in the making, these K - 12 assessment systems came online this spring as states started to «test the test» to ensure that assumptions made about content alignment, use of technology, and ease of use for both students and teachers alike were on target.

Thus using tests like those in the FAST ™ system, that have demonstrated alignment with CCSS, educators can be confident that students who have met FAST ™ benchmarks will be highly likely to meet state benchmarks as well.

These include: · Use of instructional programs and curricula that support state and district standards and of high quality testing systems that accurately measure achievement of the standards through a variety of measurement techniques · Professional development to prepare all teachers to teach to the standards · Commitment to providing remedial help to children who need it and sufficient resources for schools to meet the standards · Better communication to school staff, students, parents and the community about the content, purposes and consequences of standards · Alignment of standards, assessment and curricula, coupled with appropriate incentives for students and schools that meet the standards In the unlikely event that all of these efforts, including a change in school leadership, fail over a 3 - year period to «turn the school around,» drastic action is required.

Only three states (6 %) acknowledged a lack of alignment and foresaw a continuing lack of alignment between their standards and their assessment system.

As states work feverishly to roll out summative teacher evaluation systems in alignment with new federal guidelines, much of the discussion has centered on sources of evidence.

First, I will say that as a former person in charge of teacher preparation in the state of New York that the portions of this report that talk about the importance of alignment, of the higher education system and the P12 system, and really understanding the ways in which we're providing opportunities for teacher candidates to have longer residencies and we're thinking about ways in which teacher candidates are participating in coursework and practice, experiences that allow them to really apply what they're learning in ways that they're getting more at bats and they're becoming more confident and they're entering the system with a set of skills that are gonna help close those gaps and help those secondary students be successful is important.

This includes an audit of the courses, programs of study, postsecondary alignment and extended learning opportunities (or work - based learning) currently available in the state's six career fields (agriculture, health sciences, communication and information systems, business, education, and skilled and technical sciences).

Of special note here is also the following finding: «In half of the systems [in which researchers investigated these systems], there [was] a strong and clear expectation that there be alignment between a teacher's value - added growth score and observation ratings... Sometimes this was a state directive and other times it was district - based.

Yet most Colorado districts were forced to create new evaluation systems in alignment with the new law or adopt the state system, and most did the latter.

The state - wide systemic reform movement of the 1990s taught us that state - led standards and testing systems would produce too much variability in quality and alignment.

A key issue in designing the NORC online system was how to report across the states on the alignment of assessments to college - and career - readiness standards.

Some of the topics discussed included the economic and equity imperitatives of the college - and career - ready agenda, Common Core State Standards implementation, defining career readiness, K - 12 and postsecondary alignment, competency - based education systems, college - and career - ready reporting and accountability, and transition to college - and career - ready assessments.

That said, as the state builds its accountability system and there are opportunities for alignment, CCSA staff will adjust its Framework to ensure as much alignment with state and federal accountability efforts as possible.

There already exist model catch - up programs and policies that systems and institutions can learn from: California State University at Long Beach has pioneered a partnership to deliver bridge courses to close student - readiness gaps; Illinois has passed legislation requiring the development of transitional math courses across the state; and Tennessee has increased the scale of its Seamless Alignment and Integrated Learning Support, or Sails, program from a single district in 2012 to over 17,000 students statewide in the 2016 - 17 school State University at Long Beach has pioneered a partnership to deliver bridge courses to close student - readiness gaps; Illinois has passed legislation requiring the development of transitional math courses across the state; and Tennessee has increased the scale of its Seamless Alignment and Integrated Learning Support, or Sails, program from a single district in 2012 to over 17,000 students statewide in the 2016 - 17 school state; and Tennessee has increased the scale of its Seamless Alignment and Integrated Learning Support, or Sails, program from a single district in 2012 to over 17,000 students statewide in the 2016 - 17 school year.

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Supervised personnel ensuring that vital air conditioning systems were at the highest possible state of readiness through methods of installation, alignment, inspections, troubleshooting, overhaul and repair of equipment.

Alignment and coordination of applications with state early learning systems will ensure that we achieve the best possible outcomes for as many children as possible in Oregon.

Many state leaders are engaged in efforts to increase quality, alignment, and efficiency among the system of systems serving young children and their families.

BUILD's broad set of resources provide significant information on state and community strategies to advance the quality of early childhood systems components and to promote racial equity, cross-systems alignment and integration.