Sentences with phrase «district transition»

This increase in renewal length provides greater predictability for schools, allows high - performing schools to keep more funds in the classroom, and increases stability as school districts transition through leadership changes.

However, in cases of rapid charter school growth, the state might consider giving the local district some transition aid.

The money comes from the state and is intended to help school districts transition over the next two years to the new curriculum.

But a few years ago, when her school district transitioned from a junior high to a grades 6 to 8 middle school configuration, she decided to use the book on her sixth graders» first day at their new Walnut Middle School.»

Eighth graders who were 15 or over were placed in district transition schools.

ANet helps schools and districts transition effectively to the Common Core through collaborative routines for planning from standards, assessing student progress, and adapting instruction based on student needs.

To assist Tennessee in its support of local districts transitioning to differentiated pay plans for teachers, the Reform Support Network organized a virtual peer feedback session in June 2013.

«I want to commend my colleagues in the Majority, especially Assemblymembers James Skoufis and Ken Zebrowski, who have sponsored legislation to help school districts transition to full - day kindergarten, for their hard work in helping to make this a reality.»

Even more challenging is helping schools and districts transition to a world in which students still need some of the services they provide but take most of their courses online.

Yet, designing these assessments takes time — something that's quite precious, especially as schools and districts transition to the Common Core State Standards.

Districts can gauge their readiness through metrics including how much professional development teachers received, the year that the district transitioned to a Common Core - aligned curriculum, and surveys of teacher perspectives on curriculum, professional development and scheduling.

With education administrators and community leaders deep in the trenches of implementation of the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF), much of the discussion was spent on highlighting examples of «what's working» in the field as school districts transition to the new funding formula.

These groups are taking on challenges related to school creation, human capital, facilities, advocacy, and much more, as the district transitions from public - education leviathan to one of many school operators.

Even though it was intended to be a temporary measure to help districts transition to a new system, 24 % of districts are still funded by this mechanism.

Since schools and districts transitioned to using the Common Core standards, I've been asked a number of times to show teachers how to write questions similar to the new high stakes tests.