She earned a B.S. in elementary education at LeMoyne - Owen College, and both an M.Ed in reading education and an Ed.D. in instruction and
curriculum leadership with a concentration in reading education at the University of Memphis.
Not exact matches
Existing groups could renegotiate their contracts
with new configurations of
leadership, fresh
curricula, and expanded mission - emphasizing that the call to mission extends to every area and location of life.
Under Governor Cuomo's
leadership, ECC will work
with the Regional Workforce Advancement Center and regional businesses to design
curriculum and training that fulfils the skills gaps and ensures our students are placed in good jobs.»
The Washington Center for Internships and Academic Seminars (TWC), for example, provides students from around the world
with hands - on work experience in the nation's capital combined
with an academic
curriculum, civic engagement work and
leadership development.
They are designed to cater for all alternative
curriculum students — those within the pupil premium category, in exclusion or inclusion, home education or isolation, school refusers, target groups, or those
with low literacy / numeracy levels, to mention just a few — and meet the needs of their teaching assistants, senior
leadership and parents.
So, when it came to designing this new building, the
leadership team was keen to balance this out
with the demands of a modern
curriculum for 21st Century learners.
Catherine says that her study has given her new knowledge, which she has shared
with professional colleagues, has allowed her to take on additional responsibilities within her school, and has inspired her to consider taking further
leadership,
curriculum writing or academic roles in future.
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie BY MURIEL SPARK Set in the 1930s, this novel is about a free - spirited teacher at a girl's school in Scotland who ignores the conventional
curriculum, bringing her into conflict
with the school's
leadership.
«IL's unique
curriculum,
with its emphasis on organizational
leadership and adult development, is vital for teachers who take on these
leadership roles working
with and advising colleagues,» Boles says.
Along
with boosting schools
with better
curricula,
leadership, management practices, and cash, the best of these revival efforts also feature newfound transparency about educational outcomes.
Chesterfield continued to work on more multi-age topic - related units and, following conversations
with teaching staff, the
leadership team requested the development of a two - year
curriculum framework — an ongoing process.
The OECD also stated that the focus of continuing reforms should be on «developing high - quality teaching profession, making
leadership a key driver of education reform, ensuring equity in learning opportunities and student well - being, and moving towards a new assessment, evaluation and accountability that aligns
with the new 21st - century
curriculum».
Researchers suggested a number of potential improvements to current
leadership development programmes, such as adapting the content to keep up
with the evolving demands of
leadership roles in education and the «fast - paced» changes to national policy and the
curriculum.
The National Institute's
curriculum is designed to be delivered over two years, first by our staff to
leadership teams from the school districts
with which we work and then by the
leadership team to its principals.
Modular approach Our aim in creating the
leadership curriculum has been to provide leaders
with a clear and comprehensive structure for career progression, but
with the freedom to choose professional development most relevant to them, at a time when they need it.
A network office team of education, finance, operational, and development leaders provide all six schools
with curriculum support,
leadership development, professional development, budgeting, operational efficiency, and more.
He criticized low admissions standards;
curriculums that «lack coherence and connections to the work that's actually done in the field»; clinical programs devoted to mere shadowing of practitioners, whether they are successful or not; «watered - down» dissertations
with little connection to practice; and a pervasive race among teachers to acquire credit for
leadership courses, and thus boost their salaries, without any interest in actually assuming positions of greater authority.
Advocacy for teacher professionalism and expanded
leadership roles is based on the understanding that teachers, because they have daily contacts
with learners, are in the best position to make critical decisions about
curriculum and instruction.
The Master of Arts in Education program
with a specialization in
Curriculum and Instruction is intended to afford P - 12 educators the opportunity to enhance their curriculum, instruction, and leadership repertoire by expanding their knowledge of assessment, instructional strategies, integration of technology, professional development, data - driven decision making, and mentoring and
Curriculum and Instruction is intended to afford P - 12 educators the opportunity to enhance their
curriculum, instruction, and leadership repertoire by expanding their knowledge of assessment, instructional strategies, integration of technology, professional development, data - driven decision making, and mentoring and
curriculum, instruction, and
leadership repertoire by expanding their knowledge of assessment, instructional strategies, integration of technology, professional development, data - driven decision making, and mentoring and coaching.
Under his progressive
leadership, the CTU has been at the forefront Statewide in developing a new Teacher Development and Evaluation System, taking the lead on implementing the new Common Core Standards, collaborating
with the district and national partners to implement a strong Social and Emotional Learning
curriculum.
So there we have it: Great teachers + great
leadership + great
curricula + great parent involvement = students who care
with a great future!
The Usable Knowledge website is organized around five topic areas that align
with high priorities for educators:
leadership and policy; learning and development; decisions through data; community and family; and teaching and
curriculum.
After four days of non-stop conversation
with Finnish and US educators about teacher preparation, student voice,
curriculum development, special education and parent engagement, I can't help but feel a bit disappointed that I know so little about the habits of
leadership that have grown out of Finland's self - named education «miracle.»
Throughout, Payzant's concentration has been on a small set of classroom and «schoolhouse» issues including school
leadership, instructional capacity, and quality
curriculum, combined
with a careful approach to implementation.
First and foremost, under the
leadership of
curriculum and instruction specialist Aaron Grossman, implementation has focused on the right things — including building a coherent body of knowledge across and within grades (one of the broad «instructional shifts,» along
with reading for evidence and a greater focus on complex and nonfiction text)-- that are easy to rally around and hard to dismiss as unimportant.
It is this on - the - ground experience that allows CEI to provide valuable support to public schools that choose to partner
with us on everything from improving
curriculum and instruction, developing strong
leadership, and designing student - centered learning environments to providing after - school programs that bring the wealth of New York City's cultural life to their students.
Work closely
with peers and administration to develop multifaceted
curriculum that integrates multiple subjects and approaches and provides opportunities to develop student
leadership
It is helpful for a teacher leader providing
leadership in a group setting to demonstrate credibility based on familiarity
with different constituents (e.g., the teachers, administrators, and community members on a
curriculum committee) and knowledge of their various needs and interests.
The DC / CS collaborates
with the instructional
leadership team to promote the delivery of the NYS - aligned written
curriculum in support of the charter's vision, mission, and goals.
From district leaders in our higher - performing settings, we have learned that once standard expectations for
curriculum, instruction, and
leadership are implemented and sustained
with a reasonable degree of fidelity and quality, further improvement in the quality of teaching and learning is unlikely to be gained by doing more of the same.
Provide instructional
leadership that enhances articulation regarding
curriculum alignment
with standards, the development and implementation of common assessments, and the use of effective instructional strategies that will most appropriately meet the needs of students.
The learning primarily includes beauty training content and sales, recruiting and
leadership behaviors for e-learning solutions that can be accessed 24x7,
with self - paced coursework that gets learners deep into
curriculum.
Mindful
curriculum leadership for students
with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: Leading in elementary school by using multiple intelligences theory (SUMIT).
Prior to assuming her
leadership role
with UChicago Charter, Island was the Director of the Urban Teacher Education Program (UTEP) at UEI, where she oversaw program design,
curriculum, and program operations, as well as the recruitment of students, staff, faculty, and clinical instructors.
Breaking Ranks provides school leaders
with a framework for improving schools through collaborative
leadership and professional learning communities; creating relevance through personalizing the school environment; and addressing issues of rigor through
curriculum, instruction, and assessment.
She has served as a consultant to schools and districts and leads professional learning
with school district faculty on culturally responsive
leadership, engaging student voice and
curriculum development.
Our goal is to give EPLA students the tools to achieve college and career success through a rigorous college preparatory
curriculum while also providing them
with opportunities to develop strong
leadership skills.
For example, positive effects on reading achievement have been associated
with collaboration and community building (Briggs & Thomas, 1997); targeted professional development (Frazee, 1996);
curriculum and assessment alignment (Stringfield, Millsap, & Herman, 1997); clear and agreed - upon goals and objectives at the state and school levels (Rossi & Stringfield, 1997); high expectations for students (Foertsch, 1998); early interventions and strategies for struggling readers (Lein, Johnson, & Ragland, 1997; Legters & McDill, 1994); common planning time for teachers (Miles & Darling - Hammond, 1997); and strong school
leadership (George, Grissom, & Just, 1996; Shields, Knapp, & Wechsler, 1995).
This
curriculum was then combined
with strong teacher development and
leadership, including a mentor system, regular observations and feedback, and professional learning communities.
ASCD (formerly the Association for Supervision and
Curriculum Development) is an educational
leadership organization
with 160,000 members in 148 countries, including professional educators from all levels and subject areas ---- superintendents, supervisors, principals, teachers, professors of education, and school board members.
Despite this, critics say that the
curricula and methods at the majority of the nation's 500 - plus university - based principal preparation programs remain subpar and out of step
with district needs.10 A growing number of districts have become more assertive
with universities and other training providers about improving their offerings, because district leaders want enough well - prepared
leadership candidates to meet local learning goals and to lessen the expense and damage of early turnover among poorly prepared novice principals.
Whether they are related to
curriculum,
leadership activities, or extracurricular programs, roles that students consistently identify as meaningful enable them to participate in design, facilitation, and assessment,
with the goal of improving their schools and enhancing learning for all students.
She earned a bachelor's degree in biology from the University of Tennessee at Martin and a master's degree in teaching
with an emphasis in instruction,
curriculum, and
leadership from the University of Memphis.
The conference, along
with a NISL EDP
curriculum - focused website created by MPS, served as a
leadership development refresher for the NISL graduates» and allowed them to share best practices based on the NISL EDP
curriculum.
Learn more about the ASCD Whole Child approach and how it works in relation to school's climate and culture, building and teacher
leadership,
curriculum and instruction, assessment, classroom strategies, and more
with ASCD's PD Online ® course, An Introduction to the Whole Child, currently available free to all educators.
Project RED can help you assemble the right district
leadership and create a broad plan of deployment
with curriculum leaders and administrators so they can be part of the solution.
She also has a master's in education in
curriculum and instruction and a doctorate in education in educational
leadership with a specialization in
curriculum and instruction.
Professional development instituted as part of the study engaged arts specialists from 59 schools as community and
curriculum builders in collaboration
with non-arts teachers, all the while building their own
leadership capacities.
There should be no confusion
with well trained early years teachers and a school
leadership who understand the EYFS, which is an evidence based
curriculum.
Dr. Moody earned a bachelor's degree from Marquette University, a master's degree in education
with an emphasis on teaching and
curriculum from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and a doctorate in urban school
leadership from the University of Southern California.