Sentences with phrase «by teachers and school administrators»

[13] In contrast are nations such as Finland where broad, rich curriculums with diverse, flexible, and rigorous standards are developed at the school level by teachers and school administrators, and where students perform at the highest levels internationally with little variation between schools.

«It's every single piece of data you can think about for a student,» Horne said, adding that the data can only be accessed by teachers and school administrators.

Not exact matches

The bill would protect the privacy of students who decide to participate in a student - organized Gay - Straight Alliance and prevent those students to be outed to their parents by teachers or school administrators.

The elementary and secondary school system (to name just one Catholic institution affected by the drop in vocations) serves approximately half the number of students it did in 1960, despite the greater presence of lay teachers and administrators.

Character Education: State Board of Education Policy 2109 (2005) requires character education to be incorporated into the curriculum for all grades modeled by moral leadership from school administrators, teachers, and students.

There are more groups participating in the conversation than ever before: school food professionals, administrators, teachers, custodians, and parents, are being joined by politicians, the media, and many health organizations.

My Healthy School Sponsored by Kiwi magazine, this helpful website is dedicated to providing teachers, administrators, parents and students with resources on how to improve the health of schools across the country — with action plans for parents, suggested nutrition goals, advice for starting a school garden, and strategies to minimize environmental tSchool Sponsored by Kiwi magazine, this helpful website is dedicated to providing teachers, administrators, parents and students with resources on how to improve the health of schools across the country — with action plans for parents, suggested nutrition goals, advice for starting a school garden, and strategies to minimize environmental tschool garden, and strategies to minimize environmental toxins.

if school administrators weren't too busy to plan and would approve parent volunteer lunch monitors then parents could fill some of the lunch room void by left by over-extended cafeteria staff and teachers, explaining to kids what lunch options were and encouraging the healthier choices as well as providing more prompts in the cafeteria as students have their tray.

What I find in the public school system is that the teachers and administrators have grown increasingly reluctant to reach out to the parents by simply picking up the phone.

The parents were joined early on by an experienced Waldorf teacher, Renate Kurth - Sutherland who became part of the founding group and later became the school's first administrator.

Depending on the school and the preschool philosophy employed by the preschool, the preschool curriculum can be developed by administrators, teachers, and even parents.

More than 100 stakeholders, including school food service and nutrition directors, teachers, current students, youth ambassadors, district and school administrators, and representatives of the state departments of education, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Parent Teacher Association, nonprofit organizations, and industry, attended a meeting October 16 - 17, 2014, in Washington, D.C., hosted by the... Read More

More than 100 stakeholders, including school food service and nutrition directors, teachers, current students, youth ambassadors, district and school administrators, and representatives of the state departments of education, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Parent Teacher Association, nonprofit organizations, and industry, attended a meeting October 16 - 17, 2014, in Washington, D.C., hosted by the...

Two former headmasters who were life trustees at Choate Rosemary Hall stepped down this week, forced aside by allegations that teachers at the school had sexually abused students for decades and that administrators had not responded appropriately.

King recently expressed extreme frustration with the teachers union and school administrators in several large cities downstate and upstate, over what he said was a failure to come up with a teacher evaluation plan by a December 31 deadline, to meet requirements for the federal Race to the Top grant awards.

The proposals, and Cuomo's failure to release district - by - district state money lists, have prompted a backlash from teacher unions and some school administrators.

The proposals would also strengthen the role of School Leadership Teams, composed of both teachers and administrators, by making school budgets more transparent and by increasing staff voice in the selection of princSchool Leadership Teams, composed of both teachers and administrators, by making school budgets more transparent and by increasing staff voice in the selection of princschool budgets more transparent and by increasing staff voice in the selection of principals.

The committee will review and award enrichment grants for programming outside of the annual school budget, based on requests by administrators, teachers, and during the annual grant cycle.

WNY teachers, School Board members and administrators plan to ramp up their voices during the next month to air their displeasure with a decision by Cuomo to tie increases in school aid to his controversial education aSchool Board members and administrators plan to ramp up their voices during the next month to air their displeasure with a decision by Cuomo to tie increases in school aid to his controversial education aschool aid to his controversial education agenda.

Betty Rosa, the Regents chancellor and a former New York City school administrator, noted the current evaluation law has created a situation under which teachers in fields not covered by state tests, such as physical education, often find themselves rated on the basis of student achievement in areas that are tested, such as English and math.

Attorneys representing teachers and school administrators said the governor overstepped his constitutional authority by delaying the payments on Dec. 15 without legislative approval.

The waivers were granted after school administrators and the teachers union complained that there was not enough time to put them in place by the mid-November deadline.

Education Week is reporting on an Empire Center's report that says over the past decade «public schools hired nearly 15,000 teachers and almost 9,000 administrators, guidance counselors and other support workers over the last 10 years as enrollment dropped by more than 121,000 students.

David Albert, director communications at the New York State School Boards Association, says the board is encouraged by the academic gains Elia sparked in Florida's Hillsborough County school system during her tenure as a teacher and administSchool Boards Association, says the board is encouraged by the academic gains Elia sparked in Florida's Hillsborough County school system during her tenure as a teacher and administschool system during her tenure as a teacher and administrator.

Following a school year marked by statewide protests to recent changes in the testing procedures and teacher evaluation methods — with 20 percent of New York's students opting out of standardized tests — administrators at Minerva Central are preparing for a year of growth and collaboration, Farrell said in an interview.

Teachers are evaluated by City School District of New Rochelle administrators, such as principals, assistant principals, and department coordinators, who have been certified as Lead Teacher Evaluators.

Ensuring a safe school environment by asking the right questions to principals, teachers, and administrators is a good start, but having a home environment that fosters safety should also be a priority for parents.

These challenges need to be met via regular mindfulness practices as norms in the following areas: school administrators, school union leadership, school structure and process, teacher and classroom structure and climate, effective mindfulness curriculum and QUALIFIED trainers, effective teaching skills, and optimal motivated learning by students.

Though it is difficult to watch and the tears may flow, Bully should be seen by everyone, kids, parents, teachers, and school administrators.

By Sean O'Connell Hollywoodnews.com: Adrien Brody has accepted the lead in Tony Kaye's «Detachment,» Which chronicles three weeks in the lives of several high school teachers, administrators and students through the eyes of a substitute teacher.

While teacher unions and other organizations representing administrators, policymakers, and school chiefs all claim to be acting on behalf of children, they are all by their very nature really only looking out for their own best interests - that's what they're there for.

It started by reaching out to all the stakeholders — parents, unions, school administrators, students, and teachers — and letting them know they were not alone.

Almost 600 teachers and administrators have taken advantage of an early - retirement program offered by the Denver school district, raising fears that the system will have trouble finding enough experienced replacements.

By contrast, Dayton's district - school administrators earned about $ 68,500 and teachers about $ 50,550.

The state's two largest teachers» unions and the school administrators» and school boards» assocations, unveiled a statement of commitment to the program, which was a highlight of a package of school changes proposed by Democratic Gov. Gray Davis and passed by state lawmakers last spring.

18 — Early childhood: Academic Teaching Conference Series: From Neurons to Neighborhoods: The Science of Early Childhood Development, sponsored by the Judge Baker Children's Center and Children's Hospital Boston, for teachers and school administrators, at the Judge Baker Children's Center in Boston, Mass..

One of the primary complaints I hear from teachers is, «I just don't feel appreciated» (echoed often also by principals and other administrators in our school system).

If a school won a bonus, money was distributed among teachers and other school personnel by a committee consisting of two administrators and two teachers union representatives at the school.

Q Design Packs from Institute of Play, based on the tools and methods used by teachers, administrators, curriculum designers and game designers at Quest to Learn and CICS Chicago Quest, provide detailed infographics, worksheets, and rich media resources to support school design, curriculum design, and professional development.

«I enjoyed the diverse group of participants,» said Karen May, a teacher and administrator from the Taft School in Watertown, Conn., who added that she was particularly fascinated by how everyone seems to be struggling with similar issues in education.

Nationwide, school administrators identify only a tiny fraction of their teachers as ineffective, despite major evaluation - reform efforts by state and federal governments.

It follows two previous surveys about school climate by CUBE on the views of students, teachers, and administrators.

I'm talking about the majority of parents, who are often uneducated in school procedures and may even feel intimidated by teachers and administrators.

In response to administrators» and teachers» worries about the vocabulary skills of Boston Public School students, a group of researchers and educators — assembled by the Strategic Education Research Partnership (SERP) in collaboration with the Boston Public Schools, and directed by Harvard Graduate School of Education Professor Catherine Snow — designed a curriculum supplement called Word Generation, for sixth - to eighth - grade classrooms.

The mayor's reform efforts were aided by the fact that veteran teachers and administrators were excited again about school because of the small - schools efforts spearheaded by New Visions.

Though Denver had a typical salary schedule (see Figure 1) our data overthrow many of the preconceived notions held by teacher unions, school administrators, policy leaders, and opinion makers about how teachers perceive compensation systems.

One of the greatest barriers to wider usage of TVAAS data by schools has been a lack of teacher and administrator training.

School administrators who hire substitute teachers are concerned that rules published last year by the federal Immigration and Naturalization Service may burden them with a mountain of new paperwork.

Under the plan prepared by the Governor's Commission on Excellence in Education — a 30 - member panel of school - board members, teachers, school administrators, and representatives of higher education, business, and government selected by Gov. Robert Kerrey — the state would provide at least 50 percent of the total cost of public education and would develop a new state - aid distribution formula...

As schoolchildren absorbed lectures on state history during tours of the Capitol here last week, California lawmakers were making history of their own by passing a school reform package that will raise the stakes for teachers, administrators, and students.