Sentences with phrase «charter leaders need»

In the face of change, charter leaders need to be clear how roles, responsibilities, and decision rights across the organization will evolve — and why.

Not exact matches

Whereas the leader of al - Azhar felt the need recently to break off dialogue with the Vatican following Pope Benedict's highlighting of the persecution of Coptic Christians, this latest charter unequivocally condemns the recent bombings of Coptic churches.

«When the charter industry begins serving students with special needs and English Language Learners at the same rate as traditional public schools, and cracks down on the fraud, mismanagement and abuse prevalent at so many charters, perhaps its leaders can then join our longstanding fight for the equitable funding that all kids need.»

ALBANY — Two of the state's top education leaders say there isn't an urgent need to raise or eliminate the state's cap on charter schools since a third of the available charters under the limit have not yet been awarded.

But charter leaders want to hammer home their point that the answer to bad district schools illustrate the need for good charters.

While other charter networks have signed the contract and received city funding, some charter leaders have said the contract is overly restrictive and in need of an update.

«As New York City's charter schools work to meet the demand from families and serve 200,000 students by 2020, they must have the support of their leaders in Albany during this crucial state budget season,» said Jeremiah Kittredge, CEO of Families for Excellent Schools «Charter school families have many champions in Albany, and need their support now more than ever.charter schools work to meet the demand from families and serve 200,000 students by 2020, they must have the support of their leaders in Albany during this crucial state budget season,» said Jeremiah Kittredge, CEO of Families for Excellent Schools «Charter school families have many champions in Albany, and need their support now more than ever.Charter school families have many champions in Albany, and need their support now more than ever.»

These parents were joined by Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan, State Senators Martin J. Golden, Ruben Diaz Sr. and Kevin Parker, and Assembly Member Crespo, who called on their colleagues to support charters» critical work educating high - need students.

Albany, NY — Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver shares the microphones with Alan Chartock this week to discuss the ramifications of charter schools in New York, as well as the need for the state to be a leader in stem cell research.

Michelle Arellano, the chapter leader at Manhattan's PS 138, a District 75 school that is co-located with a Harlem Success Academy charter school, said it's clear to her that charter schools are not accepting the same high - needs students enrolled in her school and that her school does not have the resources it needs.

If we want charter schools to earn a broad base of popularity, we need to build stronger authorizing systems that enable school leaders to drive innovation while setting clear expectations about outcomes and accountability.

Disability and charter leaders now meet regularly with researchers and legal experts to understand facts and work on solutions together to ensure that charter schools effectively serve all students with special needs.

While federal support and state - level legislative changes are crucial to wide - scale excellence in the charter sector, city leaders need not sit on the sidelines.

Because political leaders come and go, a long - term strategy like chartering needs people and organizations that have the staying power required to faithfully implement and refine the strategy over a long period of time.

Charter school leaders need building space and can pursue the mission of many charters, to help improve the broader system.

As a new Administration takes shape in Washington, with an education leader who has long been an advocate of parental choice, the charter school movement needs to redouble its efforts to turn happy parents into active warriors for charter schools and school choice.

A district leader said they need their charter partners to better understand the political reality of co-locations, turnarounds, and closures, and to find ways to help take some of the political heat or provide cover for those kinds of decisions — which are extremely unpopular with community leaders and board members.

«There are no watchdogs in Detroit to make sure parents [of children with special needs] get what they need from schools,» said a charter school leader.

Local leaders also told us that they believe the governor is the only official who has the needed credibility and authority to weigh in on negligent charter authorizers.

What makes these programs particularly interesting is that their founders were leaders from the charter school sector who created their own teacher certification and master's degree programs after concluding that the teachers who graduate from most traditional teacher education programs lack the skills needed to teach successfully.

The Washington - based National Alliance for Public Charter Schools projects that charters will need anywhere from 6,000 to 21,000 new leaders over the next decade.

Charters have been praised for opening the schoolhouse door to entrepreneurial, energetic teachers and leaders as well as for raising student achievement in high - need regions.

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Opportunity Culture Schools Beat State Rates — September 14, 2016 Fresh Ideas for ESSA Excellence: Four Opportunities for State Leaders — July 29, 2016 High - need, San Antonio - area District Joins Opportunity Culture — July 19, 2016 Universal, Paid Residencies for Teacher & Principal Hopefuls — Within School Budgets — June 21, 2016 How to Lead Empowered Teacher - Leaders: Tools for Principals — June 9, 2016 What 4 Pioneering Teacher - Leaders Did to Lead Teaching Teams — June 2, 2016 Speaking Up: a Year's Worth of Opportunity Culture Voices — May 26, 2016 Increase the Success of School Restarts with New Guide — May 17, 2016 Georgia Schools Join Movement to Extend Great Teachers» Reach — May 13, 2016 Measuring Turnaround Success: New Report Explores Options — May 5, 2016 Every School Can Have a Great Principal: A Fresh Vision For How — April 21, 2016 Learning from Tennessee: Growing High - Quality Charter Schools — April 15, 2016 School Turnarounds: How Successful Principals Use Teacher Leadership — March 17, 2016 Where Is Teaching Really DifferNeed Now — March 1, 2018 Brookings - AIR Study Finds Large Academic Gains in Opportunity Culture — January 11, 2018 Days in the Life: The Work of a Successful Multi-Classroom Leader — November 30, 2017 Opportunity Culture Newsletter: Tools & Info You Need Now — November 16, 2017 Opportunity Culture Tools for Back to School — Instructional Leadership & Excellence — August 31, 2017 Opportunity Culture + Summit Learning: North Little Rock Pilots Arkansas Plan — July 11, 2017 Advanced Teaching Roles: Guideposts for Excellence at Scale — June 13, 2017 How to Lead & Achieve Instructional Excellence — June 6, 201 Vance County Becomes 18th Site in National Opportunity Culture Initiative — February 2, 2017 How 2 Pioneering Blended - Learning Teachers Extended Their Reach — January 24, 2017 Betting on a Brighter Charter School Future for Nevada Students — January 18, 2017 Edgecombe County, NC, Joining Opportunity Culture Initiative to Focus on Great Teaching — January 11, 2017 Start 2017 with Free Tools to Lead Teaching Teams, Turnaround Schools — January 5, 2017 Higher Growth, Teacher Pay and Support: Opportunity Culture Results 2016 — 17 — December 20, 2016 Phoenix - area Districts to Use Opportunity Culture to Extend Great Teachers» Reach — October 5, 2016 Doubled Odds of Higher Growth: N.C. Opportunity Culture Schools Beat State Rates — September 14, 2016 Fresh Ideas for ESSA Excellence: Four Opportunities for State Leaders — July 29, 2016 High - need, San Antonio - area District Joins Opportunity Culture — July 19, 2016 Universal, Paid Residencies for Teacher & Principal Hopefuls — Within School Budgets — June 21, 2016 How to Lead Empowered Teacher - Leaders: Tools for Principals — June 9, 2016 What 4 Pioneering Teacher - Leaders Did to Lead Teaching Teams — June 2, 2016 Speaking Up: a Year's Worth of Opportunity Culture Voices — May 26, 2016 Increase the Success of School Restarts with New Guide — May 17, 2016 Georgia Schools Join Movement to Extend Great Teachers» Reach — May 13, 2016 Measuring Turnaround Success: New Report Explores Options — May 5, 2016 Every School Can Have a Great Principal: A Fresh Vision For How — April 21, 2016 Learning from Tennessee: Growing High - Quality Charter Schools — April 15, 2016 School Turnarounds: How Successful Principals Use Teacher Leadership — March 17, 2016 Where Is Teaching Really DifferNeed Now — November 16, 2017 Opportunity Culture Tools for Back to School — Instructional Leadership & Excellence — August 31, 2017 Opportunity Culture + Summit Learning: North Little Rock Pilots Arkansas Plan — July 11, 2017 Advanced Teaching Roles: Guideposts for Excellence at Scale — June 13, 2017 How to Lead & Achieve Instructional Excellence — June 6, 201 Vance County Becomes 18th Site in National Opportunity Culture Initiative — February 2, 2017 How 2 Pioneering Blended - Learning Teachers Extended Their Reach — January 24, 2017 Betting on a Brighter Charter School Future for Nevada Students — January 18, 2017 Edgecombe County, NC, Joining Opportunity Culture Initiative to Focus on Great Teaching — January 11, 2017 Start 2017 with Free Tools to Lead Teaching Teams, Turnaround Schools — January 5, 2017 Higher Growth, Teacher Pay and Support: Opportunity Culture Results 2016 — 17 — December 20, 2016 Phoenix - area Districts to Use Opportunity Culture to Extend Great Teachers» Reach — October 5, 2016 Doubled Odds of Higher Growth: N.C. Opportunity Culture Schools Beat State Rates — September 14, 2016 Fresh Ideas for ESSA Excellence: Four Opportunities for State Leaders — July 29, 2016 High - need, San Antonio - area District Joins Opportunity Culture — July 19, 2016 Universal, Paid Residencies for Teacher & Principal Hopefuls — Within School Budgets — June 21, 2016 How to Lead Empowered Teacher - Leaders: Tools for Principals — June 9, 2016 What 4 Pioneering Teacher - Leaders Did to Lead Teaching Teams — June 2, 2016 Speaking Up: a Year's Worth of Opportunity Culture Voices — May 26, 2016 Increase the Success of School Restarts with New Guide — May 17, 2016 Georgia Schools Join Movement to Extend Great Teachers» Reach — May 13, 2016 Measuring Turnaround Success: New Report Explores Options — May 5, 2016 Every School Can Have a Great Principal: A Fresh Vision For How — April 21, 2016 Learning from Tennessee: Growing High - Quality Charter Schools — April 15, 2016 School Turnarounds: How Successful Principals Use Teacher Leadership — March 17, 2016 Where Is Teaching Really Differneed, San Antonio - area District Joins Opportunity Culture — July 19, 2016 Universal, Paid Residencies for Teacher & Principal Hopefuls — Within School Budgets — June 21, 2016 How to Lead Empowered Teacher - Leaders: Tools for Principals — June 9, 2016 What 4 Pioneering Teacher - Leaders Did to Lead Teaching Teams — June 2, 2016 Speaking Up: a Year's Worth of Opportunity Culture Voices — May 26, 2016 Increase the Success of School Restarts with New Guide — May 17, 2016 Georgia Schools Join Movement to Extend Great Teachers» Reach — May 13, 2016 Measuring Turnaround Success: New Report Explores Options — May 5, 2016 Every School Can Have a Great Principal: A Fresh Vision For How — April 21, 2016 Learning from Tennessee: Growing High - Quality Charter Schools — April 15, 2016 School Turnarounds: How Successful Principals Use Teacher Leadership — March 17, 2016 Where Is Teaching Really Different?

With more autonomy to provide flexibility to school leaders and teachers, charter schools generate innovative and individualized - learning environments that meet the unique needs of their school community and foster student achievement.

In my last post, I talked about the first two steps that district leaders need to take to survive and thrive in an era of rapid charter growth: 1.

«Single - site charter leaders, especially those of color, often are isolated from these professional development opportunities, in need of help typically provided by consulting practices, and unable to access funding sources that can provide opportunities» to tap into either of those resources.

Despite the good news, Whitmire argues that «what worked to make things better won't work to make things truly great» and that «District leaders need to be more aggressive about transforming underperforming schools, and charter schools need to get better at serving all students.»

Included in the Capitol Update this week: * We need your immediate action on illegal CalPERS policy - Action Alert below * LCAP Draft Template Released * Charter School Leaders are Making Advocacy a Priority * Facilities Survey * PCSGP Dissemination of Charter School Best Practices Sub-grant: Request for Applications & Webinar * CSFP Preliminary Apportionment Applications * White House Video Contest

CCSA is proud to announce and offer programming tailored specifically to the needs of Charter Leaders, Board Members, Teachers, Developers and Charter School Supporters — programming that has been developed and approved by charter school experts to meet the needs of YOUR school comCharter Leaders, Board Members, Teachers, Developers and Charter School Supporters — programming that has been developed and approved by charter school experts to meet the needs of YOUR school comCharter School Supporters — programming that has been developed and approved by charter school experts to meet the needs of YOUR school comcharter school experts to meet the needs of YOUR school community.

This year marks the 20th Anniversary of the Charter Schools Act and charter parents who are leaders with PACT (People Acting in Community Together) and CCSA, in collaboration with the SJ Consortium, are organizing a Community Action Meeting to build more support from community leaders, show the success of charters in increasing student achievement, and the need for more excellent schools foCharter Schools Act and charter parents who are leaders with PACT (People Acting in Community Together) and CCSA, in collaboration with the SJ Consortium, are organizing a Community Action Meeting to build more support from community leaders, show the success of charters in increasing student achievement, and the need for more excellent schools focharter parents who are leaders with PACT (People Acting in Community Together) and CCSA, in collaboration with the SJ Consortium, are organizing a Community Action Meeting to build more support from community leaders, show the success of charters in increasing student achievement, and the need for more excellent schools for kids.

Don't miss this chance to connect with charter leaders in your region and CCSA team members to discuss your local needs and ways to best support your schools.

The city still needs more great schools and with the support of local leaders, charters can help.

New York, NY — Thousands of New York City students, parents and teachers marched across the Brooklyn Bridge today to communicate a simple message to the city's leaders: charter school families need your support.

Come out and network with charter leaders in your region, discuss how we can best support your schools and talk about your unique regional needs.

Come network with colleagues and engage in discussions about issues critical to the needs in charter leaders in our area.

The survey, showing a 56 - 34 percent support for more charter schools, comes just days before thousands of families, teachers and community leaders will rally on the Brooklyn Bridge next Tuesday to communicate a simple message to city and state leaders: charter school families need your support.

Across all four UChicago Charter campuses spanning grades Pre-K to 12, leaders, teachers, staff, parents, and students have worked diligently to instill a college - graduating culture, preparing and supporting alumni not only for acceptance to college, but cultivating the academic mindsets and creating the supports needed to persist through to college completion.

Collaborative leaders emphasized additional research will also be needed in several areas, including a full capital study to examine the costs of charter and traditional public schools; a review of literate and illiterate poverty, and concentration of poverty by district; and a full transportation costs study.

Within a CSO, the leaders of the individual schools continue to make all management decisions; CEI provides resources and tools that schools need to make the best decisions while also serving as a uniquely centralizing force for independent, public charter school educators.

Poised to influence educational policy, practice and performance across the country, the Institute provides and connects charter school authorizers, governing boards, school leaders, founders and other stakeholders who are serious about ensuring all students are prepared for success in college, work and life with the programs, tools, services, counsel and support they need.

With the return to local control, NPS leaders will need to work with the city's surging charter sector to ensure opportunity and equity citywide.

As the only CDFI in the country focused exclusively on the facility and financing needs of charter school organizations, CSDC helps charter school entrepreneurs and leaders finance, build and expand their school facilities with the goal of ultimately improving student achievement by increasing school choice and catalyzing competition within the American public education system

Matt is Co-Founder of Elevate Academy, a proposed public charter school intends to train and create a pipeline of highly - skilled, employable workers that meet the needs of Idaho industry and business, while empowering students to be leaders in their own lives.

Charter schools are free from many state rules and regulations, giving school leaders the autonomy and flexibility to create entirely new models for instruction that meet specific student needs.

Lincove added that charter leaders worried about teachers not viewing it as a long term career should «think systematically about what kinds of long term retirement benefits and long - term job security might need to be offered to avoid this.»

Don't miss this opportunity to connect with charter leaders in your region and CCSA team members to discuss your needs and ways to support your school.

These leaders need time and funding to make that happen, and the federal start - up grants support charters through that process.

When House Bill 2186 passed in Oregon, leaders at Willamette Leadership Academy (WLA), a public charter school that uses a military structure for behavior management, needed an automated performance evaluation solution to help them meet the new performance evaluation requirements... and they knew exactly where to look.

While the district says the policies are needed to hold charter schools accountable, a coalition of charter leaders say the rules unduly limit the autonomy afforded charter schools under state law and their ability to offer a high - quality education.