Sentences with phrase «as urban superintendents»

A plan to increase rapidly the number of candidates ready and able to seek jobs as urban superintendents has attracted the support of five major foundations.

Working closely with existing programs at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, such as the Urban Superintendents Program and the Teacher Education Program, the Center will draw on the intellectual resources of other professional schools and faculties at Harvard University.

«I owe my success as an urban superintendent to the academic and professional development I received in the Harvard Urban Superintendents Program.»

A system leader, such as an urban superintendent, has the power to influence the lives of millions of students.

Not exact matches

As one former school - board member from a large urban district noted, «Too often school boards and superintendents complain that they can not do something because of the teachers union contract.

Graham attracted future practitioners to the School with programs such as the Undergraduate Teacher Education Program (UTEP), Urban Superintendents Program, and the MidCareer Math and Sciences Program.

You know as well as anyone the challenges of being an urban superintendent.

Hillary earned her doctorate at the Harvard Graduate School of Education as a member of its Urban Superintendents Program.

USP codirector Senior Lecturer Deborah Jewell - Sherman was pleased with the event as a celebration of the program and Peterkin, noting that it attracted not only alums from around the country, but also superintendents from large urban districts such as Atlanta Public Schools Superintendent Beverly Hall.

«As a graduate of the Urban Superintendents Program, she understands the rigor and analytic abilities that prospective superintendents must have to deliver on the uniquely American promise of high quality education for all, regardless of race, gender, ethnicity, or economic bacSuperintendents Program, she understands the rigor and analytic abilities that prospective superintendents must have to deliver on the uniquely American promise of high quality education for all, regardless of race, gender, ethnicity, or economic bacsuperintendents must have to deliver on the uniquely American promise of high quality education for all, regardless of race, gender, ethnicity, or economic background.»

June marked the end of my first year as superintendent of Partnership Schools, a nonprofit school management organization that (thanks to an historic agreement with the Archdiocese of New York) was granted broad authority to manage and operate six K — 8 urban Catholic schools.

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.

Two HGSE doctoral students, Laura Kelley and Leslie Boozer, who were the driving forces behind the book, encouraged Peterkin to focus on the good work being done by urban superintendents across the country as a result of the program.

Jewell - Sherman, a graduate of HGSE's Urban Superintendents Program, has served as superintendent of the Richmond schools since 2002.

Andres A. Alonso began his tenure as professor of practice at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, where he received his doctorate as part of the former Urban Superintendents Program.

«Superintendents Prepared,» a joint project of three Washington - based research and consulting organizations, is designed to move 90 highly qualified educators and other professionals into positions as urban school chiefs over the next three years.

As Boston superintendent, he has mentored six students from HGSE's Urban Superintendents Program during their extended internships.

Under cream - colored tents in Radcliffe Yard today, the cloudy and wet weather did little to dampen the nearly 40 supporters who showed up — some in a chartered bus all the way from Michigan — to celebrate and cheer Teasley on as she earns her doctorate from the Urban Superintendents Program tomorrow.

Since 1990, the Harvard Urban Superintendents Program (USP) has been recognized as the nation's premier program for providing innovative training for aspiring superintendents to lead urban school districUrban Superintendents Program (USP) has been recognized as the nation's premier program for providing innovative training for aspiring superintendents to lead urban schoSuperintendents Program (USP) has been recognized as the nation's premier program for providing innovative training for aspiring superintendents to lead urban schosuperintendents to lead urban school districurban school districts...

As the first layperson to serve as Secretary for Education and Superintendent of Schools for the Archdiocese of Boston, she served on the Cardinal's Cabinet and led the second largest school district in Massachusetts composed of 120 schools and 42,000 students primarily located in Greater Boston's ethnically diverse urban areaAs the first layperson to serve as Secretary for Education and Superintendent of Schools for the Archdiocese of Boston, she served on the Cardinal's Cabinet and led the second largest school district in Massachusetts composed of 120 schools and 42,000 students primarily located in Greater Boston's ethnically diverse urban areaas Secretary for Education and Superintendent of Schools for the Archdiocese of Boston, she served on the Cardinal's Cabinet and led the second largest school district in Massachusetts composed of 120 schools and 42,000 students primarily located in Greater Boston's ethnically diverse urban areas.

Currently, Jewell - Sherman serves as the director of the Urban Superintendents Program and is the principal investigator for an initiative between the faculty of HGSE and the University of Johannesburg in South Africa.

The other reform strategy pursued in recent years, by large urban districts from New York to San Diego, is to recruit celebrity superintendents from other professions, such as Joel Klein, the Clinton administration's antitrust official, who is now serving as chancellor of the New York City schools.

Boston Public Schools wins Broad Prize for Urban Education Fifth time the charm for national recognition as most improved urban school district; $ 1 million in total scholarship money awarded to students Mayor Thomas M. Menino, School Committee Chair Elizabeth Reilinger and Interim Superintendent Michael Contompasis today accepted the Broad Prize for Urban Education from Eli Broad and the Broad Foundation as the most improved urban school district in the couUrban Education Fifth time the charm for national recognition as most improved urban school district; $ 1 million in total scholarship money awarded to students Mayor Thomas M. Menino, School Committee Chair Elizabeth Reilinger and Interim Superintendent Michael Contompasis today accepted the Broad Prize for Urban Education from Eli Broad and the Broad Foundation as the most improved urban school district in the couurban school district; $ 1 million in total scholarship money awarded to students Mayor Thomas M. Menino, School Committee Chair Elizabeth Reilinger and Interim Superintendent Michael Contompasis today accepted the Broad Prize for Urban Education from Eli Broad and the Broad Foundation as the most improved urban school district in the couUrban Education from Eli Broad and the Broad Foundation as the most improved urban school district in the couurban school district in the country.

I view that as the wrong question to ask,» Louisiana State Superintendent of Education John White said Monday at an event hosted by the Urban Institute.

At the Ed School, where Jewell - Sherman started as a senior lecturer in 2008, she has continued to work on leadership development as both the director of the Urban Superintendents Program and a key faculty member in the Doctor of Education Leadership Program.

June marked the end of my first year as superintendent of Partnership Schools, a nonprofit school management organization that was granted broad authority to manage and operate six K — 8 urban Catholic schools.

Like equalization formulas in other states, the one in Kansas was designed to help poor, primarily urban districts, not the sprawling, land - rich agricultural areas of the state, like Beloit, where Mr. Bottom serves as superintendent of schools.

During her seven - year tenure, she gained a national reputation as one of the most effective urban district superintendents in the country for her successful implementation of «Excellence For All,» a comprehensive strategic plan aimed at improving teaching and learning and promoting community engagement.

Interesting read on Garth Harries in New Haven, as well as the pending superintendent exits in Bridgeport and Hartford: Turnover rises for urban superintendents.

He received his training in education as a fellow at the Broad Superintendents Academy, an 18 - month program funded by the Broad Foundation of Los Angeles that trains executives from inside and outside education to become activist superintendents for uSuperintendents Academy, an 18 - month program funded by the Broad Foundation of Los Angeles that trains executives from inside and outside education to become activist superintendents for usuperintendents for urban districts.

After seven years as superintendent, he has been one of the longest serving superintendents of an urban school district with an elected school board in our country's recent memory.

«As a huge advocate of social and emotional learning, Raymond is much more thoughtful and a big - picture kind of guy in ways that run counter to the tenets of the corporate reform movement,» such as merit pay, said Carl Cohn, a member of the State Board of Education, director of the Urban Leadership Program in the School of Educational Studies at Claremont Graduate University and retired superintendent of Long Beach UnifieAs a huge advocate of social and emotional learning, Raymond is much more thoughtful and a big - picture kind of guy in ways that run counter to the tenets of the corporate reform movement,» such as merit pay, said Carl Cohn, a member of the State Board of Education, director of the Urban Leadership Program in the School of Educational Studies at Claremont Graduate University and retired superintendent of Long Beach Unifieas merit pay, said Carl Cohn, a member of the State Board of Education, director of the Urban Leadership Program in the School of Educational Studies at Claremont Graduate University and retired superintendent of Long Beach Unified.

McIntyre has served on numerous state - level working groups aimed at enhancing public education, and was also selected as a fellow in the prestigious Broad Foundation Superintendent's Academy, an intensive ten month fellowship in the urban public school superintendency.

Early in the episode, Evers pointed to his experience as state superintendent as a qualification, but Holtz argued that of the two, only he had experience «taking a large urban district and helping it so that it becomes successful for achievement for our minority kids.»

Michael Chirichello, Ed.D., served as a district superintendent, principal, vice-principal, and teacher in urban and suburban districts in the New York City and New Jersey public schools for 30 years.

Mr. Conley has 20 years of experience in urban education, and has been deeply involved in classroom teaching, school leadership, and district - level decision making in Baltimore for more than 10 of those years Mr. Conley previously served two years as an assistant superintendent in the School District of Philadelphia, most recently overseeing 22 elementary, middle, and high schools serving 11,000 students with an annual budget of $ 74 million.

As the evidence of urban school reforms based on the Superman model accumulates, it is becoming clear that most have been unable to turn a single superintendency into a continuing regime: a lasting organization that continues after the high profile superintendent leaves.

The reforms currently under way in Minneapolis have been driven by the board, not the superintendent, as in other urban districts facing falling enrollment, widening achievement gaps and shrinking budgets.

Nancy is a graduate of the Association of Latino Administrators and Superintendents (ALAS) Superintendents Leadership Academy and serves as faculty for the Harvard Graduate School of Education's Urban School Leaders & School Turnaround Leaders Institutes.

According to the biography he provides to organizations where he is going to speak, as Hartford's Superintendent he «engineered one of the most comprehensive urban school district overhauls in the country.

She is a board member of Greater Fort Wayne Inc. and served as the president of the Indiana Urban Superintendents Association in 2012 - 2013.

Michael Casserly, who has spent nearly two decades as executive director of the Council of the Great City Schools, a coalition of 66 of the nation's largest urban public school systems, says that superintendents need to focus on their instructional programs to move things forward.

Prior to joining AASA, Domenech served as senior vice president of the Urban Advisory Resource for McGraw - Hill Education and served for six years as superintendent of the Fairfax County, Virginia.

Before joining the Center for Urban Teaching in July 2008, Kole served as superintendent from 2004 to 2008 at HOPE Christian Schools, where he led the expansion of HOPE from one campus with 50 students in 2004 to three campuses and more than 500 students in 2008.

Several other urban districts have upgraded translation and interpretation services, a practice that proved effective in Fairfax County, Virginia, Public Schools during my time there as superintendent.

«As a principal and superintendent I have implemented yoga programs in urban and suburban schools and have witnessed the success with students of all ages.

As the Superintendent of a large, urban district near the border in Texas, finding the right levers is always on my mind.