Sentences with phrase «around priority schools»

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You'd think there would be a collective sigh of relief and a reordering of priorities at every school and around every kitchen table.

• Buffalo estimated $ 10.2 million would cover the upgrades of 144 intersections with priority given to those around schools, on the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus and in the Central Business District, said Michael J. Finn, city engineer.

I went to the neighborhood elementary school around the corner from my house, and my parents were very clear from the time my brother and I were little that school was our number one priority.

This can only be achieved if schools make good nutrition and hydration a priority and invest in changing whole school culture and philosophy around healthy snacks and meals to help mindful eating becoming the norm.

Among them: Making sure that school, not video games, socializing, or gangs are a priority, and helping their students reach for more than what they see around them.

The site contains a number of films and blogs which exemplify PHF's priorities around disadvantage, partnership working, the definition of continuous professional development and learning (CPDL), the involvement of school leaders as lead learners, reflective practice and the role of specialist artist practitioners.

Around 25,000 children in the UK are currently classed as problem gamblers, and some two million adults classed as at - risk of developing a problem, making early preventative education in schools a top priority.

Her work centers around five essential school priorities: • Supporting school leadership • Using data transparently for accountability • Coordinating a multitier system of support • Providing embedded professional development based on best practices • Engaging parents and families This free one - hour webinar is sponsored by Learning Ally, a national nonprofit providing resources, training, and technology for teachers and schools; and 80,000 human - voiced audiobooks for students with learning & visual disabilities.

Some schools have designed themselves around a priority of creating safe, empathetic learning environments.

The system's last bond, approved in 2013, included $ 290 million for high - priority, infrastructure needs, although the school system estimated its total capital needs at around $ 1.8 billion in the next decade.

Each of the applications will be subject to peer review in the context of five priority areas: supporting effective teachers and principals; promoting science, technology, engineering and mathematics education; supporting the implementation of high academic content standards and high - quality assessments; turning around low - performing schools; and improving graduation rates in rural schools.

High schools are seeking to build systems that ensure success for every student; this is being further emphasized by the Obama administration, which has identified the following four Race to the Top priority areas in the Race to the Top Executive Summary (2009): «adopting standards and assessments that prepare students to succeed in college and the workplace and to compete in the global economy; building data systems that measure student growth and success, and inform teachers and principals about how they can improve instruction; cultivating effective teachers and principals, especially where they are needed most; and turning around struggling schools» (p. 1).

CCSA is eager to continue our work advocating at the state and local levels around the priorities, issues and concerns impacting over 1,200 charter schools and more than 570,000 charter students in the state.

«Our first priority was to go around the state and find out what school leaders wanted out of the Association, to dive deep in an area of expertise we could provide to members,» said Association President and CEO Eileen Sigmund, who was hired in May of 2007.

In its five - year tenure, SVT has organized students around issues related to college affordability, school climate, academic standards, student representation in school governance, and other areas consistent with Prichard Committee priorities.

Both competitions will fund projects across five priority areas: supporting effective teachers and principals; promoting science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education; helping implement rigorous academic content standards and high - quality assessments; turning around low - performing schools; and improving graduation rates in rural schools.

The group gave each state an A through F rating based on the number and success of policies that match StudentsFirst's priorities around topics such as charter schools and teacher evaluations.

My answer reliably centers around the three pillars of our program — formation as a professional educator, community building, and spiritual growth — since these are the three non-negotiable priorities of a Catholic school teacher, especially one choosing to live in intentional Christian community with other recent college grads as ours do.

-- Leaders at CUES and Hoover Elementary schools carried our Listening Campaigns that involved hundreds of conversations with families and educators, and led to community - wide training to respond to community priorities around creating more positive school culture and climate

In the absence of a new bill, the Department continues to hold states and schools accountable under the current law although the [Elementary and Secondary Education Act] accountability system does not conform to the Department's new priorities, particularly around growth models for student learning.

In the absence of a new bill, the Department continues to hold states and schools accountable under the current law although the ESEA accountability system does not conform to the Department's new priorities, particularly around growth models for student learning.

You can't turn around a school without student buy - in, and changing the attitude and culture of the school was an immediate priority for William Smith staff.

The NJEA plan to improve priority schools throughout New Jersey is developed around key, research - based reforms, such as:

Collect system - wide data to stimulate collegial dialogue around specific classroom instructional practices aligned with school improvement plan and leader improvement plan priorities and the impact on learning — to become evaluators of our impact

We need coherence: how we all align around these priorities, how we talk about them, managing all the ways in which well - intentioned organizations and partners can get in the way of the work that matters most to our school leaders and their teams, as well as to our students and families.

The conclusion of the study would need to be available to the entire school board and community by February 2018 to provide a basis of knowledge for budget discussions around priorities for the following school year.