Sentences with phrase «additional opportunities for leadership»

Make sure great teachers stay in New York City classrooms and build a sustainable career by creating career ladders with additional opportunities for leadership.

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At NCI the Sallie Rosen Kaplan postdoctoral fellowship for women in cancer research, provides additional mentoring opportunities, seminars, and workshops designed to strengthen leadership skills over a one - year period, which should enable female postdoctoral fellows to feel better equipped to transition to independent research careers.

What to watch: In addition to offering additional compensation for teachers in hard - to - staff subjects and schools, New Mexico has recently developed and implemented a number of teacher leadership opportunities in order to develop a stronger support system for teachers.

In order to keep them, E4E - LA Policy Team members recommend rewarding the strongest teachers for their achievements and recognizing their success with additional leadership opportunities.

Multiple studies have demonstrated that organizations that prioritize a performance - management system that supports employees» professional growth outperform organizations that do not.25 Similar to all professionals, teachers need feedback and opportunities to develop and refine their practices.26 As their expertise increases, excellent teachers want to take on additional responsibilities and assume leadership roles within their schools.27 Unfortunately, few educators currently receive these kinds of opportunities for professional learning and growth.28 For example, well - developed, sustained professional learning communities, or PLCs, can serve as powerful levers to improve teaching practice and increase student achievement.29 When implemented poorly, however, PLCs result in little to no positive change in school performancefor professional learning and growth.28 For example, well - developed, sustained professional learning communities, or PLCs, can serve as powerful levers to improve teaching practice and increase student achievement.29 When implemented poorly, however, PLCs result in little to no positive change in school performanceFor example, well - developed, sustained professional learning communities, or PLCs, can serve as powerful levers to improve teaching practice and increase student achievement.29 When implemented poorly, however, PLCs result in little to no positive change in school performance.30

Absent a district structure for teacher leadership, work collaboratively with teachers to conduct a school needs assessment to determine gaps in leadership; identify multiple and varied formal or informal leadership opportunities; and provide flexible scheduling and additional compensation that would allow teachers to take on increased responsibility for professional learning, curriculum, or school improvement activities.

These opportunities provide motivation for additional leadership opportunities.

The University of Washington offers leadership and professional development opportunities for students who wish to gain additional administrative credentials.

Providing educators with additional time, tools, and support also can allow for additional teacher leadership and professional learning opportunities.

The TAP System for Teacher and Student Advancement is implemented in school districts across the country, affecting approximately 15,000 teachers and 200,000 students.46 With support from the National Institute for Excellence in Teaching, school districts create multiple career paths for teachers, including career, mentor, and master teacher.47 Teacher leaders participate in school leadership teams with administrators, provide colleagues with regular professional learning opportunities and individualized coaching, observe and provide feedback for instructional improvement, and are compensated for these additional responsibilities.48 Trained teacher leaders in schools using the TAP System have demonstrated an ability to evaluate classroom instruction with accuracy and consistency, and their observations are closely aligned to student learning gains in classrooms.49 According to Lori Johnson, a participating TAP master teacher in Phoenix, «It was the best decision I ever made professionally.

States and school districts should create career pathways and additional leadership opportunities for teachers that include distinct roles with commensurate pay.

She mapped herself against the Australian Professional Standard for Principals, and identified opportunities that could help develop the additional management and leadership skills she needed to be a principal.

The Foundation maintains an online library of lessons at www.wallacefoundation.org about what it has learned, including knowledge from its current efforts aimed at: strengthening educational leadership to improve student achievement; helping disadvantaged students gain more time for learning through summer learning and through the effective use of additional learning time during the school day and year; enhancing out - of - school time opportunities; and building appreciation and demand for the arts.

Many teachers are looking for additional leadership opportunities but do not want to leave their primary teaching positions.

In addition to the direct benefits to the U.S., the technology used to produce this additional oil will help maintain US leadership in oil production technology, creating opportunities around the world for U.S. companies.»

The benefits here lie in the value that this additional capability brings to practice groups in respect of: increasing the opportunity for value add exchanges on key business issues with senior client leadership; providing joined up legal and business services - for example in respect of corporate transactions and restructuring, and complex commercial negotiations in respect of major B2B contracts; and extending the reach of the brand beyond general counsel.

Looking for an opportunity to gain additional experience in medical sales in a leadership capacity.

This plan provided additional advancement opportunities and critical leadership training for current staff and effectively integrated external talent.