Sentences with phrase «among school faculty»

This engaging and non-competitive simulation game helps educators learn to build a community of practice among school faculty that leads to sustained use of effective practices and improved learning for all.

Not exact matches

Channels provided by the school include mentorship, help from faculty, and job fairs, but for MBA students, making connections among faculty, peers, and industry representatives is vital, Li says.

A favorite slogan among students and faculty at Texas A&M University, a long - established school with a one - of - a-kind culture, sums it up: «From the outside looking in, you can't understand it.

Among other things, It uses such factors as a school's diversity — in female faculty, staff and board members — to judge the «quality» of a program.

The variety ranges from cases in which faculty elect some members of the board of trustees from among their number, to cases in which faculty as a group is formally charged with certain responsibilities (say, nominating new faculty, or establishing policies governing the academic program of the school), to cases in which faculty effectively have neither responsibility, authority, nor power in the school's polity.

There is a great deal of variation among schools of this type regarding the role, responsibilities, and authority of faculty in the governance of the school.

In 1970 among schools in the Association of Theological Schools there were 12.4 students per full - time faculty member; in 1990 there were 22.3 students for each full - time faculty schools in the Association of Theological Schools there were 12.4 students per full - time faculty member; in 1990 there were 22.3 students for each full - time faculty Schools there were 12.4 students per full - time faculty member; in 1990 there were 22.3 students for each full - time faculty member.

But a heartening sign in the present situation is the increase of interest among these librarians in their work as teachers and the increase of concern among faculties for the development of school libraries as teaching centers)-- to enter into conversation with a continuous if not identical group of thinkers.

Schools have continued to offer as an option a version of the liberal arts education they traditionally provided; but such concerns and the faculties supporting them have played steadily decreasing roles among the financial forces that drive the institutions.

The question is whether the requisite repentance and conversion do not need to be institutional and structural within the schools themselves in addition to being personal and individual among the members of the faculty.

Officials at Sandburg High School say they've come up with a way to counter negative peer pressure through a program that fosters a positive atmosphere among students and faculty.

TechPresident editorial director Micah Sifry is a member of the AskThem Advisory Council, along with law professor Zephyr Teachout, mySociety director Tom Steinberg and entrepreneur and Kennedy School faculty member Nicco Mele, among others.

Beloin - Saavedra was among the top vote - getters on the ballot in her most recent re-election, and is popular with parents and much of the school faculty.

Increase the number of articulation / automatic transfer programs between community colleges and 4 - year colleges, and foster more effective communications among students and faculty at these schools.

Clauset and co-authors reported on the conclusions they drew from «complete and hand - curated data on the placements of nearly 19,000 tenure - track or tenured faculty, among 461 North American departmental or school - level academic units, in the disciplines of computer science, business, and history -LSB-, which]... represent highly distinct scholastic traditions.»

First, awareness among the members of the faculty must be increased, because the word entrepreneurship outside the business school is either unknown or has a slightly pejorative perception.

«We anticipate that the report will spur discussions among faculty and lead to schools» reflecting on whether they're incorporating the principles into their daily practice,» she said, noting the report is not just for teachers but has relevance for the whole school, including administrators, coaches and counselors.

«Minority physicians and scientists have been inadequately represented among medical school faculty when compared with their representation in the U.S. population.

A creationist conference set for a major research campus — Michigan State University in East Lansing — is creating unease among some of the school's students and faculty, which includes several prominent evolutionary biologists.

«It is time for broad discussions among medical school administrators, faculty, students, and staff to develop institutional responses and to make standards readily available and more transparent for interested undocumented students,» the authors write.

A CSHL faculty member since 1995, a professor since 2005, an Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) since 2008, as well as Dean of the Watson School of Biological Sciences for a 5 - year period, Joshua - Tor is among the most distinguished members of the Laboratory community.

The last day of the school year arrives, and all hell breaks loose, among both faculty and students.

To generate interest among faculty and students in the program, the district has awarded part of the overall energy cost savings to the schools whose ideas resulted in the greatest reduction in energy consumption.

Jewell - Sherman, among the faculty of the Ed School's Doctor of Education Leadership Program, earned a reputation as one of the most successful urban superintendents in the country in her former position as head of the Richmond, Va., public schools.

Perhaps nowhere is that more true than among education school faculties.

How to Raise More Grateful Children (Wall Street Journal) «In some communities, specifically among the white middle and upper - middle class, there's good reason to believe that kids are less grateful than in the past,» says psychologist Richard Weissbourd, faculty director of the Making Caring Common initiative at Harvard's Graduate School of Education.

Educators and academics, Ed School faculty and alumni among them, have begun to engage with boredom, investigating its systemic causes and potential solutions.

For example, they have pushed to reduce the size of public high schools, in the belief that small high schools, like families, can succeed by developing a strong, shared sense of mission among faculty and students.

As a result, the dean of a nationally ranked school of education notes, «NCATE focuses on things like the number of books in our library and the number of degrees among our faculty rather than what we actually do.»

Although among the group only Utzinger had any prior fundraising experience, they decided to issue a «cohort challenge» to their Ed.D. peers with the goal of convincing every member of the first - year cohort — 32 in total — to contribute to the HGSE Fund, which seeks to raise resources for many areas of the Ed School including financial aid, Gutman Library, and faculty and student support services.

Among the key members are former Lane Technical High School principal David Schlichting, Barry Bauman and Heather Becker of the Chicago Conservation Center, Lane Tech students, faculty, and local historians.

Today, the school has a strong culture that emphasizes the importance of working together among both its faculty and its students.

The California district's secret register of schools labeled «low - performing» had long been a topic of speculation among faculty members.

«She encouraged a collaborative approach to Allston planning that fostered thoughtful discussion about the School's physical plant among faculty, staff, and students.»

Or perhaps a school leader or department head seeks to improve communication among faculty about student achievement.

Even though Mary Grassa O'Neill, managing director of the newly merged Principals» Center and Programs in Professional Education, has years of hands - on experience as a school leader in urban and suburban settings, she adamantly claims that she is «only a practitioner working among a genius faculty of researchers.»

Ultimately, restorative practices seek to enhance relationships among students, faculty, administrators, and parents, and to build a sense of community in the school.

A passion for communicating one's subject matter to the next generation isn't among the 74 items on Alexandria's Curriculum Implementation Walk - Through Data Collection list, which Sherman, who left Alexandria schools last month, used to evaluate faculty.

As an example, the campus leadership team at a middle school in west San Antonio exuded confidence among the faculty and staff by demonstrating solutions to challenges for the academic success of all learners.

Teach strategies to foster emotional wellness among faculty and students as part of a healthy school climate.

Really great schools can be different from one another in pedagogy and approach, but what they have in common is a shared set of goals and understanding among the faculty.

Teacher Leaders — Among the faculty at a school are teachers whose experience, knowledge, or influence gives them ability, authority, or position to make decisions for other teachers.

The Summit will promote dialogue among speakers, faculty, students, school leaders, and educators.

Recruiting and retaining top - notch faculty and staff — they're among the most important tasks with which a school leader is charged.

When the merger of two schools was creating discord among students, faculty, and parents, a principal came forward and suggested starting a new school that would foster harmony, diversity, democracy, high academic achievement, and active citizenry.

Declaring a school to be low - performing creates tension among faculty, students, and other stakeholders.

NURTURES is a collaboration among the university's education, engineering, and natural science faculty; local daycare centers and nursery schools; informal science centers; and other community resources to create a complementary, integrated system of science education.

At each school she visited, she met teachers and principals who enthusiastically embraced teacher leadership, professional learning communities, coaching, and teamwork among faculty and staff.

Abdal - Haqq (1991) identified four limitations which include (a) consumption of considerable resources, (b) lack of professional kudos among university and college faculty, (c) poor school culture, and (d) a paucity of quality sites where teacher candidates might be placed.

Those characteristics that seem to show up in all the findings include high expectations for students, a safe and orderly school climate, frequent assessment of student progress, parental involvement, collaboration among faculty and staff members, and focused and sustained professional development.