Sentences with phrase «ask school district leaders»

If you ask school district leaders in Montgomery County, Md., why they spend millions every year fortifying their staff, they might well answer by pointing to Viers Mill Elementary School.

Not exact matches

The Chicago - based Thomas More Society, on behalf of former Arlington Heights resident Jim Finnegan, sent a letter to Park District officials and village leaders this week asking that a privately funded Nativity scene be allowed in the public North School Park.

When asked what letter grade he would give himself as he nears two years as the leader of the city's school district, Cash replied, «I always am trying to improve.

Rotterdam Assemblyman George Amedore is asking local leaders and school districts that he represents to give victims of flooding a 90 - day grace period when it comes to paying their property tax bills, and other local taxes and fees.

Alerted to the district's success over social media and via professional networks, education leaders around the country began asking to come see the Leyden schools in action.

I once asked a very successful school district superintendent if it is possible for school leaders to be too visible.

In some parts of the country, parents haven't waited to be asked for their input — they've grabbed their pitchforks and forced school or district leaders to pay them heed.

Finally, an open - ended survey item asked school and district leaders to name a specific piece of research they found useful.

The New Jersey Principals and Supervisors Association on Friday hosted a panel of school leaders and officials from some of the 30 pilot districts, asking them to share stories from the front.

As all concerned parties investigate the union leaders» responses, the Yonkers Federation of Teachers has asked the taxpayer subsidized school district to continue paying Paul Diamond, the union vice-president, his salary while he performs his union duties for the 2016 - 17 school year.

Reporters could be asking things like how school district leaders are making budgetary choices or whether teachers know how much money is being contributed on their behalf.

That's why I swore to myself, years ago, that I would never ask my local funding authority for more money until local school leaders, district staff, and I had truly exhausted all the resources at our disposal.

School leaders and district officials also are asking parents for help in limiting their students» apps access during the pilot.

Richard Barth, CEO of the KIPP Foundation, says similar collaborations have sprung up across the country, where civic leaders have moved past the «charter vs. district debate» and are asking themselves: «How do we just make sure that every child in the city gets to wake up in the morning and go to a great school?»

I was recently speaking to a large group of school teachers, principals and district level leaders and I asked them the following question: How many of you would like your colleagues to tell you what you want you want to hear rather than what you need to hear?

Strategic Goals: Identify teacher leaders to build the solutions necessary to change and strengthen the teaching profession, and drive transformation in schools, districts and states; and ask teacher leaders to embrace and lead necessary reform change, such as changes to existing structures and mindsets.

Strategic Goals: Identify teacher leaders to build the solutions necessary to change and strengthen the profession, and drive transformation in schools, districts and states; and ask teacher leaders to embrace and lead necessary reform change, such as changes to existing structures and mindsets.

Madison School District teachers are being asked to prepare to incorporate into their classrooms a state mandate they haven't yet been given a chance to get a handle on, say union leaders.

Ask your leaders to set up posters of these one - page data visualizations within the District and schools.

Noticing my efforts around developing leaders, the Schools Chancellor and Bank Street College of Education asked me to help create a principal's institute to recruit minorities and women to assume school and district leadership positions in New York City.

Here's to hoping district school board members and leaders are asking some of these same questions.

But if we're going to be realistic about what schools can accomplish, then let's acknowledge just how much we're asking local school and district leaders to do.

If you're like most district and school leaders, you're consistently being asked to do more with less.

Tom Scarice, superintendent of Madison, a high - achieving district, said he's sure that many district leaders are asking: «How do I prepare my community to understand that the schools are not failing because their students» scores came in lower than we expect in this town?»

As schools and districts are seeking to transform to better serve all children in today's complex world, leaders must ask critical questions about how much of their time is devoted to strategy.

Increasingly, thoughtful school leaders are asking how a new device or digital resource will help meet their district goals, rather than simply being attracted by the newness of a solution.

If your school district doesn't already provide this information, ask leaders to track chronic absence data and provide it, in real time, to schools.