Sentences with phrase «allowing teachers and school leaders»

«We are extending the school day and providing schools with the flexibility to build effective teams by allowing teachers and school leaders to make hiring decisions together,» he said.

An emphasis on listening can allow teachers and school leaders to clearly see the relationship between language, identity, and community.

The Academy was therefore designed around a four - tier, two - track framework that allows teachers and school leaders to develop a professional pathway to move from the «novice» to «school leader» level in the field of Mind, Brain, and Education Science.

The state will support schools in meeting their ambitious goals through a statewide system of support, and allow teachers and school leaders a larger voice in determining the professional development offered by the state.

Not exact matches

ALBANY — Governor Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders have agreed on a framework for the state budget with at least a $ 1.4 billion increase in school aid, a plan to allow the state education department to develop the new teacher evaluation system and tighter disclosure requirements for lawmakers.

According to the WSJ, the leaders and Cuomo are in the «final stages» of negotiating a deal that would allow parents to get a teacher's score in writing, either via email or during a visit to the school.

As a Professor of Global Education Leadership at Lamar University in Texas — the largest teacher training university in United States — I also believe that teachers and school leaders should be rewarded for entering into professional development, and my role as a Microsoft Professor of Advanced Learning Technology and an Apple Distinguished Educator allows me to do this.

In her synthesis of research on effective teacher professional development that has demonstrated a positive impact on student outcomes, Timperley (2008) identified 10 key principles, including: providing teachers with opportunities to drive their own professional development, allowing teachers to work collaboratively to learn and apply evidence based practices, establishing a professional learning culture that provides a safe and authentic environment for professional enquiry and ensuring school leaders take an active role in developing professional learning, and maintaining momentum within schools.

Schools signing up will be able to access the results for their own school as well as the national statistics once the survey is completed, providing school leaders with a comparison and allowing teachers to identify the specific needs of their pupils.

My current position as a professor in higher education gives me the opportunity to share what I have learned with current and future school leaders, and allows for some lively discussions among my graduate students in terms of what it means to be a great teacher.

«The Classroom Walkthrough Tool, an evaluative tool that allows school leaders and districts to collect ample data on a teacher which then enables them to have a succinct learning conversation about their teaching practice.»

Messages allow teachers, parents, and school leaders to instantly message each other, without needing to share phone numbers or contact details.

That's much of the genius behind charter schools, which, when state laws get it right, allow school leaders true autonomy and allow teachers to choose schools that align with their personal philosophies.

The graphics have been produced to encourage teachers, school leaders and those measuring accountability to reduce the workload burden and allow teachers to focus more on wellbeing and pupil support.

District and school leaders can facilitate scheduling changes to allow for regular blocks of time for teachers who teach the same subject or who share groups of students to collaborate and plan curriculums together.

Holding family group meetings by grade level, subject area and area of interest where teachers and school leaders can share information effectively, allow families to meet one another and ask questions, and grow a shared understanding of the school's goals for student learning.

The Great Teachers and Leaders Act (known by many as Senate Bill 191) and the Innovation Schools Act have allowed Colorado school districts to be at the forefront of teacher and principal evaluation and to pursue new staffing and learning models.

Imagine selected me for their Grow Your Own Leaders program, which allows teachers to gain leadership experience through professional development, observing and shadowing administration from different campuses, and then taking that knowledge back to our own schools to create and lead a task force.

Working as a school leader within the Seton Catholic Schools network is unique because it allows principals to get out of the office and into classrooms, working with teachers to build classroom culture, co-plan lessons and analyze student achievement.

«We are proud of the steps New York City has taken in recent years to strengthen tenure but we also recognize that we still don't have a fully fair, efficient system that protects teachers and students,» said April Rose, a fourth grade teacher in Queens, N.Y. «Our vision for tenure is to set a high bar and a clear process, and in doing so, allow district and school leaders to focus on more pressing concerns like reducing attrition among educators in their first few years and creating safe, supportive school environments.»

Rather, the information will be used to more precisely communicate the work of schools and to allow district and school leaders to better allocate energy and resources toward improvement, support teachers to advocate for the working conditions and resources they need to do their work well, and empower parents to make informed choices when selecting schools for their children.

Gwinnett County, Prince George's County, Md., and Springfield, Mass., for example, are among those using screening tools, such as Gallup's PrincipalInsight, that allow them to quickly gather information on why a candidate wants to be a school leader and his or her likely ability to foster collegiality, or motivate teachers, students and parents.20 To ensure that would - be candidates genuinely want to lead schools and not just get a salary bump that comes with an advanced degree, Chicago, St. Louis and Springfield, Ill., require would - be leaders to agree to serve as principals for a set number of years.

This important book — beautifully written, illustrated with case studies, and full of practical guidance — can help school leaders find their bearings in ways that allow them to serve the urgent needs of teachers, students and the larger society.

The expansion of learning time can serve as one effective vehicle to modernize our schools because it allows teachers, principals, community organizations and leaders, and parents to build multiple curriculums to best educate our children to succeed in the 21st century.

In an apparent surprise to GOP leaders, rank and file members of the House voted down an economic development bill Tuesday that because of unusual legislative maneuvering needed to pass to pave the way a bill that would have allowed local school districts to save more teacher assistants» jobs.

«Also, the bill's call for professional development for all educators — not just classroom teachers — allows school principals to become instructional leaders, instead of building administrators, and provides the mentors with professional development to help them effectively support new teachers.»

Some teachers who had orderly classrooms and a record of good student performance said, after their first year, their school leaders allowed them to bend the rules somewhat, such as not requiring students to clasp their hands as long as their hands were still.

As Dropout Nation has noted ad nauseam, few of the accountability systems allowed to replace No Child's Adequate Yearly Progress provision are worthy of the name; far too many of them, including the A-to-F grading systems put into place by such states as New Mexico (as well as subterfuges that group all poor and minority students into one super-subgroup) do little to provide data families, policymakers, teachers, and school leaders need to help all students get high - quality education.

These grants allowed teachers to develop and execute projects that served as models to be replicated and scaled, while also cultivating teachers» expertise to position them as leaders driving transformation in schools, districts, and states.

A provision allows for states to use federal funds for teacher and school leader evaluations, but such systems are not mandated.

The school had previously told staff that they would receive this information by the end of March — acknowledging that «this information allows all of us — teachers, staff, and school leaders to plan for the next year.»

It includes putting in place structures that allow school leaders to get into classrooms and work with teachers on instructional matters more frequently.

While Perform allows school and district leaders to quickly gather meaningful data and information during evaluations, Thrive — PeopleAdmin's professional development management solution — allows them to track teachers» development activities... regardless of where they take place.

Title II of the Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015 allows state and local education agencies to dedicate funds to develop induction programs and residencies for new teachers and school leaders.

Hosted ConnectEd and partner districts, these school site visits allow participants to hear about the successes and challenges directly from students, teachers, and district leaders and witness the teacher and student interaction and sense of family first had.

«This is about saying, we need to put the power in the hands of the people who best understand the work, getting teachers back in the position of being true leaders, and allowing the principal the space to be the organizational leader of the school.»

The Every Student Succeeds Act allows states and districts to use Title II funds to provide leadership opportunities to excellent teachers and school leaders.58 States and school districts should overhaul the current conception of the teaching profession and use new roles to transform the way schools operate.

Extending the reach of excellent teachers by allowing them to remain in the classroom and support less skilled teachers can also foster positive school cultures and improve student outcomes.30 By assuming hybrid teaching roles, teacher leaders can work with other teachers throughout the school, thereby expanding their influence on students and student achievement.

My answer was straightforward: quality charter authorizing; autonomy in exchange for accountability; strong school teachers and leaders; and a nimble, adaptable policy framework that allowed for innovations like our common enrollment system.

This would also require them to admit that their «social compact» is little more than a step back to the bad old days before No Child's passage, when states, districts, teachers, and school leaders were allowed to ignore the needs of poor and minority children with impunity.

In spite of serious concerns raised by teachers, CEA leaders and staff, state university deans of education, and community members, the State Board of Education today voted to allow the controversial Relay Graduate School of Education to begin operating in Connecticut.

In short, to make it possible for teachers to learn from each other and improve their practice, school leaders will have to find ways to make available the time and resources that allow professionals to collaborate in meaningful ways.

There are a growing number of US schools and districts creating a «distributed» leadership structure that allows for Assistant Principals or teacher - leaders to take on in - depth coaching and evaluation roles.

Spending 16 years in schools, he said, gives him an understanding of how hard it is to be a teacher or a principal and has «allowed me to make great decisions as a district leader.»

«The Department of Education and Congress must create clear roadmaps to inform state education agencies how to develop a system that allows potential teacher candidates and school leaders to identify high - quality teacher preparation programs,» the groups write.

The tests are supposed to be accompanied by reports that allow parents, teachers, principals, and other school leaders to understand and address the specific academic needs of students and that are provided to parents, teachers, and school leaders, as soon as is practicable after the assessment is given, in an understandable and uniform format, and to the extent practicable, in a language that parents can understand» (page 57).

HISD's Career Pathways Teacher Leader program allows schools to recognize, reward, and retain their best teachers.

The law does continue a separate, competitive funding program, the Teacher and School Leader Incentive Fund, to allow states, school districts, or non-profits or for - profits in partnership with a state or school district to apply for competitive grants to implement teacher evaluation systems to see if the country can learn more about effective and fair ways of linking student performance to teacher perfoTeacher and School Leader Incentive Fund, to allow states, school districts, or non-profits or for - profits in partnership with a state or school district to apply for competitive grants to implement teacher evaluation systems to see if the country can learn more about effective and fair ways of linking student performance to teacher perforSchool Leader Incentive Fund, to allow states, school districts, or non-profits or for - profits in partnership with a state or school district to apply for competitive grants to implement teacher evaluation systems to see if the country can learn more about effective and fair ways of linking student performance to teacher perforschool districts, or non-profits or for - profits in partnership with a state or school district to apply for competitive grants to implement teacher evaluation systems to see if the country can learn more about effective and fair ways of linking student performance to teacher perforschool district to apply for competitive grants to implement teacher evaluation systems to see if the country can learn more about effective and fair ways of linking student performance to teacher perfoteacher evaluation systems to see if the country can learn more about effective and fair ways of linking student performance to teacher perfoteacher performance.

Making the case that choice allows for all families, poor or middle class, to meet the particular needs of their children can win support, especially from white middle class families who realize that how they are hurt by school zones and other Zip Code Education policies (and are also condescended by teachers and school leaders when they want more for their kids), but don't see any other way to avoid those problems beyond paying for private schools out their own pockets.

It's allowing us to look at each child and each classroom in a holistic way, so we can provide targeted support to meet the needs of our students, teachers, leaders and schools.