Sentences with phrase «decisions about professional development»

I was very pleased to see that, after all of the work we had been doing, administrators were in classrooms conducting observations and we were able to look at data to make decisions about professional development for the district as well as individual buildings.

Less frequently, principals and teachers reported using data in making decisions about professional development plans or in the course of conversations with parents about student performance and programming.

The report says that 42 percent of superintendents, meanwhile, felt it was their responsibility, rather than principals, to make decisions about professional development.

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There is an emphasis throughout Supporting Families on supporting shared parenting, and it makes clear that from pregnancy onwards, all professionals should consider the needs and perspective of both parents — and should think about how better to engage fathers in all aspects of their child's development and decisions affecting their child.

Data about student learning, demographics, school processes, and teacher perceptions are used to inform decision making, and extensive professional development is used to set goals, prioritize, and make appropriate intervention plans (Slavin, Cheung, Holmes, Madden, & Chamberlain, 2012).

Districts rated 99 percent of teachers as «satisfactory» and ignored performance altogether when making decisions about recruitment, professional development, promotion, pay, or dismissal.

The new professional standards will also play a role here in informing decisions about appropriate continuing professional development activities for school business management practitioners.

Job embedded professional development by definition values adult experience, involves educators in decision about their learning, is applied in work settings to real issues, occurs over time, engages educators in dialogue and reflection, and provides educators the practice and feedback necessary to implement knowledge and skills.

We asked principals and vice principals about the principal «s leadership in areas such as student achievement goals, vision for the school, and student learning; making decisions about instruction; leadership distribution in the school; professional development experiences for principals and teachers; curriculum and instruction; school culture; state and district influences on administrators «and teachers «work in the school; and the impact of parents and the wider school community.

The data also can be used to inform decisions about program quality improvement, such as professional development opportunities for staff.

Furthermore, when teachers themselves make the decision about what it is that they wish to prioritize for their own professional development, they are more likely to «make it work».

In every decision I made about the schools I led — be it professional development, program development, school culture, instructional focus and feedback systems, or curriculum design — any idea or insight I had was always sharpened and strengthened by including my colleagues in the conversation.

Learn about the changes in federal requirements under ESSA in assessments, accountability, professional development, and others, and how educators can influence the decisions about new state and local policies.

Our teachers actually used a lot of the research to make decisions about what things they're going to focus on in terms of their own professional development.

The data can also be used to inform decisions about program quality improvement, such as professional development opportunities for staff.

Devolving authority to building principals who were closer to the classroom and who could make better decisions about budgets, staffing, professional development, and operations to support their schools.

We need one, and actually, the solution is simple enough: If Governor Brown is serious, as it seems he is, about valuing local control and local decision - making, then the goal of state policy should be to foster a vibrant and locally - responsive set of service providers that can provide ongoing professional development, coaching, and support to schools and districts.

What professional development opportunities are available within your district that could help prepare educators to analyze and interpret student data to make decisions about individuals and also groups of students?

This article is primarily about (1) the extent to which the data generated by «high - quality observation systems» can inform principals» human capital decisions (e.g., teacher hiring, contract renewal, assignment to classrooms, professional development), and (2) the extent to which principals are relying less on test scores derived via value - added models (VAMs), when making the same decisions, and why.

When teachers have the opportunity to influence important school - site decisions about curriculum, teaching and learning, and professional development, they gain a stronger sense of collective efficacy.

A superintendent might want to commend the teachers in the top 10th percentile; a director of instruction might want to identify teachers in the lowest 25 percentile for intensive professional development; and how teachers rank might influence decisions about promotion or pay.

The school's Leadership Team regularly looks at school performance data and aggregated classroom observation data and uses that data to make decisions about school improvement and professional development needs.

For example, law firm marketing professionals can quickly identify broad litigation trends to inform decisions about where to invest business development resources.

Conceptualizing organizational culture in this way underscores, for instance, that a lawyer's decision about whether to expose the firm to risk, by deliberately ignoring a potential conflict, may depend on whether the firm offers junior lawyers meaningful professional training opportunities, and whether it provides income partners with guidance on how to engage in business development.

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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY * About 8 years of IT experience in Software Analysis, Design, and Development for various software applications in client - server environment in providing Business Intelligence Solutions in Data Warehousing for Decision Support Systems, OLAP and OLTP Application Development and worked on the Database Application Development.

A career coach is someone who works with you to help you make informed, strategic decisions about your career path and professional development.

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The school's Leadership Team regularly looks at school performance data and aggregated classroom observation data and uses that data to make decisions about school improvement and professional development needs.