Sentences with phrase «with middle school principals»

With middle school principals» sharing their best practices and dire needs, an LA Unified board committee yesterday set off on a new initiative to improve the academic and social skills of students one principal described as «hormones with arms and legs.»

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One of the things I have respected most in Aida Rosa, principal of the elementary school P.S. 30, and the teachers that I talk with on her staff is that they look at children here as children, not as «distorted children,» not as «morally disabled children,» not as «quasi-children» who require a peculiar arsenal of reconstructive strategies and stick - and - carrot ideologies that wouldn't be accepted for one hour by the parents or the teachers of the upper middle class.

With top - down support from the superintendent, and a positive PR campaign from the pilot school principal, BIC was implemented in the remaining middle schools shortly after.

As a K - 8 principal, I found the students in my middle school struggling with work overload.

So he instituted the middle school concept of team teaching to Hadley Junior High School in Glen Ellyn, where he was principal for more than 20 years and developed a tight bond with hundreds of stuschool concept of team teaching to Hadley Junior High School in Glen Ellyn, where he was principal for more than 20 years and developed a tight bond with hundreds of stuSchool in Glen Ellyn, where he was principal for more than 20 years and developed a tight bond with hundreds of students.

We recently sat down to chat with Lisa Leggett, Director of School Nutrition for Crisp County Schools in Georgia, to learn how a combination of principal support and crucial grant money helped her launch breakfast - in - the - classroom at Crisp County Middle School in the fall of 2015.

NYC Public Advocate Letitia James is demanding the city «take real steps» to deal with a troubled Bronx middle school — which The Post revealed as plagued by poor discipline and coverups — where a student accused the principal of shoving and harassing him.

Public Advocate Letitia James is demanding the city «take real steps» to deal with a troubled Bronx middle school where one student accused the principal of shoving and harassing him.

Computers used in the workplace are not suited for the classroom, because in most cases they're fragile and too big for elementary and middle school students» desks, says Tony Salvadore, a senior principal engineer with Intel who is also a psychologist and anthropologist.

Police said Betts, 42, the popular principal at Shaw Middle School at Garnet - Patterson, met the suspects charged in his death on a phone chat line in the hours before he was killed April 15 and arranged a meeting with at least one of them.

Phyllis Smith turns a one - dimensional and dithering marshmallow into an interesting study in the conflict between desire and convention, Henry Michael Higgins, is the dolphin - obsessed but otherwise disengaged principal, and they are supported by the usual gaggle of kids found in flicks set in a middle school, played by actors who avoid cutesiness and given a script that sets them up perfectly for the bald truth Elizabeth dumps on them with matter - of - fact disengagement in place of the usual cheery esteem - boost called for by curriculum and compassion.

After her rich fiance dumps her, slacker teacher Elizabeth (Diaz) returns to her middle school classroom with even less interest than before, fending off the interest of hang - dog coach Russell (Segel), perky colleague Amy (Punch) and gullible Lynn (Smith), while the oblivious principal (Higgins) fails to notice that she's merely showing school - themed movies to her students.

«Too often, the assessments new teachers use have very little to do with the standards they are expecting students to meet,» said McCann, principal at Western View Middle School, in Corvallis, Oregon.

When a new Japanese family arrived in the middle of the school year, the origami instructors worked with the principal to encourage these children to sign up for their after - school class, where they could show off Japanese culture as experts while experiencing the comfort of using their own language in a classroom setting.

Fishing Tournament Silver Sands Middle School in Port Orange, Florida, offers many special events, but one of the most unique ones is a springtime activity that principal Les Potter shared with us.

D'Astoli — principal at Thomas Carr College (for secondary years 7 - 8, equivalent to a U.S. middle school) in Tarneit, Victoria, Australia — says: «What I look for when employing staff is the ability to inspire students with the importance of the learning.»

«Each of the secretaries I've worked with has been a warm and caring individual, but strong enough not to allow others to run over them,» said McNeely, who is principal at Hayden R. Lawrence Middle School in Deville, Louisiana.

Such is the case with sixth - graders, who are usually nervous about starting middle school and are sometimes much smaller than the eighth - graders, said Judy Klinek, principal of Florida's Loggers» Run Middle School, which has 56 portables on its campus thismiddle school and are sometimes much smaller than the eighth - graders, said Judy Klinek, principal of Florida's Loggers» Run Middle School, which has 56 portables on its campus thisschool and are sometimes much smaller than the eighth - graders, said Judy Klinek, principal of Florida's Loggers» Run Middle School, which has 56 portables on its campus thisMiddle School, which has 56 portables on its campus thisSchool, which has 56 portables on its campus this year.

The impetus behind creating an after - school system in Providence started with the mayor, David N. Cicilline, who jump - started the process by bringing together all middle school principals, directors of city recreation centers, and the heads of the public libraries.

As with many other successful data - driven schools, at Elm City the work begins before school starts, when teachers and principals — both Dale Chu, who heads up the elementary grades, and Marc Michaelson, who oversees the middle school — use a variety of diagnostic tests to understand the ability and achievement levels of their incoming students.

«I brought the parent team idea with me when I became principal eleven years ago,» explained Chris Toy, of Freeport (Maine) Middle School.

Currently I am a Principal Investigator of Project ESCOLAR (Etext Supports for Collaborative Online Learning and Academic Reading) a five year grant funded by the Office of Special education Programs (OSEP) to develop, test, evaluate, refine, and disseminate Collaborative Online Projects designed to support academic reading of science content for middle school students with learning disabilities.

One of the first districts in New Mexico to switch over, the 558 - student Cimarron Municipal School District, changed to four - day weeks in 1973, and the schedule remains «overwhelmingly» popular with parents, said James Gallegos, principal of the Cimarron elementary and middle schools.

For many years Dr. Elias consulted with another one of our bloggers, Tony Bencivenga, former principal of Ben Franklin Middle School in upstate New Jersey.

He also has been a building principal at high need schools in CCSD with combined experiences at the elementary, middle, and high school levels.

«The whole purpose of literature circles is for students to discuss literature with their peers,» she wrote in an article published in the middle school newsletter of the National Association of Elementary School Princschool newsletter of the National Association of Elementary School PrincSchool Principals.

At S&S Middle School in Sadler, Texas, Lee Yeager works with other principals and a local radio station to recognize a district - wide Teacher of the Month.

Silver Sands Middle School in Port Orange, Florida, offers many special events, but one of the most unique ones is a springtime activity that principal Les Potter shared with us.

Using students» test scores as one part of evaluations for teachers, principals, and superintendents is associated with better academic performance at schools serving the middle grades, a report released this week has found.

According to Andrew Malone, principal of Success's Harlem Central middle school, «There are things that everyone can do, even within the [teachers union] contract and the shorter school day... the quality of the literature, the way that we work with teachers, the curricula themselves.»

As a principal at a middle school in the South put it, «We start with reading and end with reading.

A middle school principal in Maine (where all middle school students are supplied with computers) proclaims that the debate over handwriting is finally over — all assignments must be keyboarded.

04, principal of the Atlanta Charter Middle School in Atlanta, Ga., who took courses with Hehir, says that in order to avoid ableism, the mindset in their school is that that everyone has learning differSchool in Atlanta, Ga., who took courses with Hehir, says that in order to avoid ableism, the mindset in their school is that that everyone has learning differschool is that that everyone has learning differences.

Principal Les Potter recognizes that the school's front office is the first line of defense with parents and vendors, so each member of the nine - person office team at Silver Sands Middle School in Port Orange, Florida, is crossed - trained so the front office runs efficiently at all school's front office is the first line of defense with parents and vendors, so each member of the nine - person office team at Silver Sands Middle School in Port Orange, Florida, is crossed - trained so the front office runs efficiently at all School in Port Orange, Florida, is crossed - trained so the front office runs efficiently at all times.

In June 2010, Cordova came to the Harvard Graduate School of Education with an assistant principal and math teacher from Poe Middle School to participate in a weeklong Data Wise workshop, in which educators learn an eight - step process that includes collaboration, data analysis, and an action plan.

«After I left, principals rotated in and out of George Washington Middle School every two to three years with devastating results.

Given the same teachers, principal, building and school supplies, filling a school with upper middle class kids with involved parents will create a «good» school, while filling that same school with low income and minority kids with uneducated parents will probably create a «bad» school with low test scores, safety issues, and discipline problems.

With a master's degree in school leadership, Mike's previous roles include being a middle school principal and teacher.

Her research focus is the principal as instructional leader in middle grades and charter school contexts, with specific interests in the principal's role in the induction and professional development of school personnel.

On these items, middle - school principals expressed significantly lower levels of agreement with statements indicating that their new and veteran teachers were excellent.

More middle - school principals also agreed with the statement that parents are worried about violence in the school.

In many schools, however, the principal «s engagement with individual teachers to ensure that the vision would be realized appeared to not be occurring — especially not in middle schools and high schools.

At a panel convened last week by the Public School Forum of N.C., a research and advocacy group in Raleigh, Tulbert was one of several principals at low - performing schools — many of them teeming with low - income children — who described how their children tend to arrive lagging behind their middle - class and upper - class peers.

Last week, we spoke with Mick Roy, principal of Bonny Eagle Middle School in Buxton, Maine, along with assistant principals, Stacey Schatzabel and Benjamin Harris.

Put differently, out of a total of 127 schools returning surveys, with 67 of those being secondary and 60 elementary, nearly 66 % of all schools with principals scoring in the lowest 20 % for taking direct action to support teachers «instructional practices were middle and high schools.

He is beginning his twentieth year in education this year with sixteen of those years in middle schools where he has served as a teacher, assistant principal, and principal.

For example, in Kentucky, SREB is working with middle grades and high school principals to provide materials, training, and processes that link LDC with the Kentucky Framework for Teaching.

«Start with the assumption that leadership is everywhere and in everyone,» says Andrew Olson, principal of Progress Village Middle Magnet School of the Arts.

Clifton Taulbert will be leading a hot topic discussion on resiliency at the 18th National Forum on Character Education along with Principal Cathy Areman and Guidance Counselor Kimberly Fitzpatrick of Catena Middle School, a 2011 National School of Character.

By Harvey Kaplan The Center for Educational Innovation in collaboration with the Sports and Arts in Schools Foundation have strived to create a meaningful after - school program for the students at the Charles O. Dewey Middle School, located in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, Eric Sackler, Prinschool program for the students at the Charles O. Dewey Middle School, located in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, Eric Sackler, PrinSchool, located in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, Eric Sackler, Principal.