Sentences with phrase «class school leaders»

For schools to thrive, they must have excellent teachers and world - class school leaders.

Not exact matches

Schools all over the U.S. offer classes on topics such as wood work and auto mechanics, but not investing, so the question becomes how to educate future leaders on the importance of financial literacy.

One of the most disheartening things for a pastor, or a Bible study leader, or a Sunday school teacher to see, is somebody in his congregation or class get that empty - eyed, slack - jawed, bored - out - of - their - mind, wake - me - when - he's - done look in their eyes.

But the very nature of the division of spiritual formation of Christians between lay leaders in the Sunday School and pastoral leaders in the church leaves people with the idea that Christian faith can be learned by attending classes.

On the terrain of conservative Protestantism, especially in the regions and social classes where families remain large and strong and where leaders are motivated to send out fleets of buses to scoop up the young while parents are slugabed, any talk of the Sunday school being in trouble would not be comprehensible.

Class of 95 Anderson High School 20 yrs USAF Explosive Ordnance Disposal Team Leader (Retired) Kosovo, Iraq & Afghanistan Veteran Over 250 IED's defeated Lucky 6 times RIP all my brothers who were not so lucky, there are too many of you, I miss you all dearly.

Sunbridge's 542.5 - hour program (inclusive of class time and mentored teaching) exceeds WECAN's minimum expectation of 400 class contact hours, plus mentored teaching or extensive practicum or internship experiences, for lead nursery, pre-school, and kindergarten teachers, extended care providers, and parent - child class leaders in Waldorf schools and early childhood settings.

He has been a class teacher, movement teacher, school administrator, board member, regional rep, Leader of Programs for AWSNA and is currently a consultant to several schools.

And when it comes down to it, if given the choice, my kids would rather have a (relatively) rested, calm, relaxed and PRESENT mom to come home to after school and to tuck them in at night than one who is their class mom and girl scout troop leader and baseball team mom and who runs the school store organizes the school fundraiser and is on every board there is to be on in town (I don't do all that stuff, but you get the point) and who is also a complete and total stressed out and spread thin raging lunatic from the moment they get home until the moment they are in bed.

An innovative leader in mathematics education, offering a system of after - school math classes for high - performing students.

But no, as talk turned to rising class sizes in primary schools, and new schools being built in areas with surplus places, our leaders were catapulted into a classroom full to bursting with red - faced, Capri Sun - pumped, blue Smartie overdosing, sticky - suited schoolkids.

While the Labour leader decried rising class sizes in primary schools, David Cameron countered by yah - booing at trade union control over the opposition.

Peter Martins, 71, the longtime leader of New York City Ballet, has been removed from teaching his weekly class at the School of American Ballet while the two organizations jointly investigate an accusation of sexual harassment against him.

During Prime Minister's Questions, the Labour leader claimed there was a crisis in staff morale in schools due to the growth in class sizes.

UPPER WEST SIDE — Education leaders and Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer are calling on the Department of Education to revise the construction timetable for the new Beacon High School in Hell's Kitchen, saying the proposed move - in dates a week before classes begin don't provide enough wiggle room.

De Blasio first unveiled his plan to offer AP classes at every city school in September before an invitation - only audience of 300 top educators and community leaders at Bronx Latin High Sschool in September before an invitation - only audience of 300 top educators and community leaders at Bronx Latin High SchoolSchool.

The report listed «educational resource deficiencies» that were familiar to the platoon of school leaders — ranging from increased class size and libraries being repurposed for classrooms to staff cuts and the reduction of pre-K programs from full - day to half - day.

A survey of union chapter leaders (perhaps not the most objective of sources) found, the UFT reports, that 74 percent of elementary schools have seen class size increase this year.

Likewise, the School of Medicine is equally committed to advancing the quality and strength of its medical and graduate education programs, for which it is recognized as an innovative leader, and to training highly skilled, compassionate clinicians and creative scientists well - equipped to engage in world - class research.

Class to Graduate on June 2 Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences is Southern California's only Public Pharmacy School Trained to meet the needs of patients, and to become leaders in drug development and delivery in the 21st - century, 23 students will graduate f...

The leaders of rival classes constantly fight for school territory supremacy.

A working - class town is awakened when its high school theatre program gets an inspiring new leader.

Teachers and school leaders can take the course at a chosen university, become a «Microsoft Innovate Educator» and then create a paper and a video on how their classes have benefited from the use of mobile technology.

Class Leader Boston Globe, May 22, 2011 «Harvard Graduate School of Education Dean Kathleen McCartney wants to get students out of the classroom as soon as she can.»

One of the challenges facing school leaders right now is striking the right balance between pragmatism to make sure that every class has a teacher, and ensuring the bar continues to be set as a high as it should be in terms of teaching quality.»

«During the early 1990s a number of school leaders tried to set up single - sex schools or single - sex classes,» Riordan recalls.

Of course now, as an adult with over 14 years of experience in the education field as a teacher and school leader, Camacho Lewis knows that the problem her teacher had is not unusual; not every educator can artfully and caringly address difficult social problems, especially matters of race and class, in the classroom.

In his quest to turn around the schools, the mayor has united working - class Latino parents, civil rights leaders, and big - money Democrats to challenge union leaders.

An article by Bruce Fuller in the Summer 2010 issue of Ed Next provides background on political tensions in LA Unified and battles over reform plans that took place when then - Mayor Anthony Villaraigosa «united working - class Latino parents, civil rights leaders, and big - money Democrats to challenge union leaders» in his quest to turn around the schools.

Public school leaders throughout the United States are approaching consensus about what it takes to educate all students well: more class time, smaller schools, a college preparatory curriculum, instructional coaching for teachers, and utilization of data to understand student needs.

According to a survey by the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL), 80 per cent of respondents have had to make their class sizes bigger over the last 12 months.

Community music leaders guest - taught our band classes, a plant scientist showed me how to prune trees, and my literacy class read stories to the nearby elementary school.

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has said that primary school children are being crammed «like sardines» into school classes, the BBC has reported.

I saw this in research, class, and practice this year, and am more convinced than ever that we need strong leaders in our schools who are deeply committed to the development of their teachers.

This class offered a realistic case study of a school in the midst of literacy reform and walked through the thought process any leader could use to determine what to do next to support that school's progress.

Professor Deborah Eyre is a global educational leader, researcher, writer and influencer helping good schools become truly world class.

Here he was, a health and social studies teacher, off to his first day of class at Carnegie Mellon University's School of Urban and Public Affairs, known for producing some of the country's top public - policy leaders and managers.

Every Thursday I looked forward to attending his Leaders in Education class, as he would push our thinking and engage us in discussions that shaped our personal theory of action as future school lLeaders in Education class, as he would push our thinking and engage us in discussions that shaped our personal theory of action as future school leadersleaders.

Roger: A great day for me is when there is a minimum of the «immediate» and the «urgent» situations to deal with — when I can focus on being the educational leader of the school and get out of the office and visit classes to see what changes are taking place.

Some of those colleagues, Torres» cohortmates in the School Leadership Program (SLP), praised Torres for her honest contributions to class, sharing her own experiences both as a student and an educator, and encouraging the exchange of feedback in an effort to help make herself and her classmates better leaders — and learners.

Yet on close reading, de Blasio's nine - page education plan offers mostly bromides and impossible dreams: «ensure that all students are reading at grade level by third grade,» «reduce class size,» «involve and engage parents and families,» and «place great leaders to lead great teachers in every school.»

In Ohio, for example, state leaders devised alternative graduation pathways for the class of ’18 based on such feeble criteria as attendance rates and course grades, in effect allowing allow students to leave high school without demonstrating actual readiness for anything that follows.

School - board members and district leaders believe that the presence of the school encourages middle - and upper - middle - class families to stay in town and stick with public educSchool - board members and district leaders believe that the presence of the school encourages middle - and upper - middle - class families to stay in town and stick with public educschool encourages middle - and upper - middle - class families to stay in town and stick with public education.

Now those same leaders are weighing an extension of those workarounds for subsequent high school classes.

In the traditional approach to SEL, school leaders might implement a curriculum that has one adult — usually the student's teacher, school social worker, or psychologist — leading a once - a-week, class - wide lesson on a predetermined skill.

Ethan, a tenth grader at Jenkins High School who is in the production, says that since he began playing Marcus Garvey — an early - twentieth - century activist who inspired many U.S. civil rights leaders — he has started to see the civil rights movement pop up everywhere: on television, in conversations, even in class.

The Science Key Objective Assessment Grids, uses Excel to provide data for each pupil and overall progress for each class on those: • Achieving objectives independently; • Achieving objectives, with adult support; and those • Not achieving objectives Ideal for Heads of School, Subject Leaders or individual Teachers looking for a simple, systematic approach to assessment for learning.

Written for policy makers and activists as well as school leaders and educators, The Working Class is both a timely survey of the impact of current policies and an invaluable source of practical advice on what can be done to better support disadvantaged children in the school system.

The Campaign for the Harvard Graduate School of Education will enable the school to strengthen its capacity in a number of areas including its ability to attract the most talented students to education and prepare them to be transformative leaders, to recruit world - class faculty to build a knowledge base about what works in education, to encourage entrepreneurship and partner with the field to implement innovative solutions, and to leverage the convening power of Harvard to improve educSchool of Education will enable the school to strengthen its capacity in a number of areas including its ability to attract the most talented students to education and prepare them to be transformative leaders, to recruit world - class faculty to build a knowledge base about what works in education, to encourage entrepreneurship and partner with the field to implement innovative solutions, and to leverage the convening power of Harvard to improve educschool to strengthen its capacity in a number of areas including its ability to attract the most talented students to education and prepare them to be transformative leaders, to recruit world - class faculty to build a knowledge base about what works in education, to encourage entrepreneurship and partner with the field to implement innovative solutions, and to leverage the convening power of Harvard to improve education.

Geoff Barton, general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, said: «We have repeatedly warned that schools have had to increase class sizes because of funding pressures and here is yet more evidence that this is the case.