Sentences with phrase «districts improve support»

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The Coalition Government is getting on with the job of delivering our water infrastructure needs, today annowncing $ 1 million to fast - track a feasibility study into improving water quality and supply to support the expansion of the Myalup and Collie River irrigation districts.

• increase public funding for after - school programs • serve suppers instead of (or in addition to) snacks • recruit more school districts to provide after - school suppers and snacks • support and expand year - round participation by integrating the Afterschool Supper Program with the Summer Food Service Program • streamline and simplify the Afterschool Supper Program • serve meals during weekends, holidays and unanticipated school closures; and • improve meal quality

Children's Hunger Alliance consults with local school districts to improve access to breakfast and can also provide financial grants to support expansion efforts.

The expanded use of school kitchens can benefit school districts and their communities by improving access to, knowledge of, and the ability to prepare healthy foods; helping to process and store fresh produce from community gardens; and even supporting local entrepreneurship.

Once completed, these plans will support implementation of operational improvements and priority capital developments to improve Park District parks and facilities and provide quality service to residents of Highland Park.

Schneiderman — whose district runs from the Upper West Side to portions of The Bronx — supports «giving all schools access to the credit market to improve facilities,» a spokesman said.

In her district, she supports the redesign of the Grand Concourse with protected bike lanes and other enhanced street designs that improve safety for all users.

The new NYC budget gave the city's five district attorneys $ 22 million in funding to support new programs and improve their functionality.

The town has partnered with the Chamber of Southern Saratoga County, and would use the funds collected to help the chamber hire staff, design a new website and create promotional and marketing materials to support the hospitality sector and improve infrastructure and traffic and pedestrian access in the hotel district, Town Supervisor Phil Barrett said.

«I'm proud of my strong record of working with leaders across our district and around the country — Republicans, Democrats and Independents — to deliver real results that help grow our economy, support and protect our veterans and servicemen and women, and improve access to vital services across the North Country,» said Stefanik.

Stefanik said she was proud of her strong record of working with district and national leaders, including Republicans, Democrats and independents, to «deliver real results that help grow our economy, support and protect our veterans and servicemen and women, and improve access to vital services across the North Country.»

Beth Newcomer The Legislative Analyst for NYC Council Member Helen Rosenthal (District 6, Upper West Side) encouraged attendees to reach out to their local Council Members and urge them to support the following legislative initiatives: • Possible legislation regarding divestment of the city's pension funds from fossil fuel companies • A bill to require the city to do a carbon footprint analysis of all the products the city procures, and to use that analysis to inform a policy of low - carbon operations • A number of bills to reduce the carbon emissions of city - owned vehicles and improve the sustainability of city buildings • A bill to enhance the city's already - strong idling laws so as to make them easier to enforce Find your Council Member here.

The new city budget gave the city's five district attorneys $ 22 million in funding to support new programs and improve their functionality.

In addition to the responses described above, we find evidence of three other constructive competitive responses: expanding or improving district schools, programs or offerings (6 locations); improving district efficiency (5 locations); and supporting semiautonomous charter - like schools (5 locations).

The District of Columbia tiptoed up to the edge of this idea in 2005, when then superintendent Clifford Janey called for public - private partnerships to support improved school performance.

Districts can support teachers and improve retention by, first and foremost, ensuring effective leadership at the school level.

«He rallied his district and community, business and government leaders to systemically improve preK — 12 instruction and achievement and build a local social infrastructure to support the learning process.

Today, although overall the level of technology support in U.S. schools has improved dramatically, it's clear that technology resources — both technical and practical — still vary greatly from state to state and from district to district.

This is despite the fact that microlevel data is critical to improving day - to - day student performance, says Beverly Donohue, vice president of policy and research at New Visions for Public Schools, a school support organization responsible for working with 76 of the district's public schools.

Since 2010, though, the district has contracted with the Capital Area Online Learning Association (CAOLA), a regional organization that works with districts in and around the state's capital to improve and support online offerings for K — 12 students.

The District of Columbia schools» work developing open resources was initially supported with a grant from the Obama administration's Race to the Top program seven years ago, and the school system has continued to devote its own money to sustaining and improving that academic content.

Further complicating the politics of reform, charter - receptive local civic and business groups often also support efforts to improve district - run schools — particularly neighborhood schools.

Tom Payzant, the veteran superintendent who heads up Boston Public Schools, says large school districts get funding from a variety of philanthropic organizations, but he has had to work hard to persuade these funders to align their efforts to support a system - wide vision of how to improve education and avoid contributing to what he calls «project-itis,» which is just a series of ad hoc donations that make givers feel good but have little impact on students.

Districts will receive funds, roughly $ 300 per pupil annually, which can be used to raise the minimum teacher salary, improve entry into the profession for new teachers, fund leadership roles, hire additional teachers, and provide training and support to teachers in leadership roles.

Recommendations for states, districts, and individual schools include improved teacher training, support for e-learning and virtual schools, stronger technology leadership, a move toward more digital content and away from reliance on textbooks, better use of broadband, and integration of data systems for such uses as online testing, understanding relationships between decisions, allocation of resources and student achievement, and tailoring instruction to individual students.

The federal government has a critical investment role to play in 1) supporting the replication and scale - up of the best providers through its grant programs; 2) improving access to low - cost public facilities for charter schools through its own funds and by leveraging existing public - school space; 3) pushing states and local districts toward more equitable funding systems for all public school students, including those in charter schools; and 4) supporting efforts to create early - stage, innovative, and scalable models that incorporate greater uses of learning technology.

In fact, teachers in these districts support a district - wide, common curriculum — precisely because they've had a hand in creating, judging, and / or improving it.

Indeed, the most important (and uncertain) premise of Reading First was that it could catalyze and support meaningful change in the SEAs — could help them build agile expert systems that gave high - quality support to schools and districts — and thereby improve reading achievement among the poor, not just in isolated schools and districts as in the past but across entire states.

On NCLB, Duncan is a middle - of - the - roader; he supports the law's goals of high expectations and accountability but has challenged Congress to improve it by doubling its funding and amending it «to give schools, districts, and states the maximum amount of flexibility possible.»

«Our recommendation would be that every school district have specific, proven programs for reducing stress and for helping administrative, teaching, and support staff manage stress and improve communication and problem solving skills,» urged McCraty.

Dismissal: While teacher contracts often lay out the steps a district must take to help a teacher who is struggling, contracts rarely account for those teachers whose performance does not improve, even after they receive additional support and professional development.

Initially funded at $ 650 million, i3 allowed school districts, charter schools, and non-profit organizations working in partnership with one of those entities to apply for grants to support innovative programs aligned with one of four broadly defined federal priorities (e.g., supporting effective teachers and principals or improving the use of data).

Leveraging a grant and supportive partnership with the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL)-- a nonprofit organization that supports SEL programs in nine other districts in the nation — Washoe has worked to improve school climate and culture, parent engagement, and student voice in all 98 schools in the district.

The Foundation supports the collaborative efforts of public school educators, their unions, school districts, and communities to focus on learning conditions that improve student performance.

It is intended to support the efforts of districts, schools, and, most importantly, individual teachers to continually improve instruction.

Participants will: • Get an overview of the Google for Education solution which includes Chromebooks, tablets with Google Play for Education, and Google Apps for Education • Learn how this solution can be used to improve student learning, collaboration, and engagement • Hear first - hand experience from a district using Chromebooks in the classroom to support their curriculum focus • Be able to pose their questions to Amherst Central School District andistrict using Chromebooks in the classroom to support their curriculum focus • Be able to pose their questions to Amherst Central School District anDistrict and Google

Her work with over 100 schools, districts, organizations has supported a wide range of initiatives centered on improving teacher and student learning.

Participants will learn how this model can be used to improve student learning, collaboration, and engagement, and hear first - hand experience from a district that uses Chromebooks to support their curriculum.

In her time with Math Solutions she improved the technology offerings from the company to drive the highest quality professional support in mathematics with partner states, districts, and schools.

Commissioner Ken Wagner and Peg Votta, research specialist, from RIDE will share how the state department of education supports districts» coordinated efforts to promote family - school partnerships that improve schools.

Consolidate a myriad of existing K - 12 education programs into a new Local Academic Flexible Grant, which provides funding to states and school districts to support local priorities that improve student achievement.

Education Northwest's expertise extends from helping to improve schools and districts to building the capacity of nonprofit organizations to supporting community volunteers.

According to Leslie Wilson, Project RED Team Member, «These 10 signature districts have made a definitive commitment to improve student learning and provide personalized instruction through a meaningful integration of technology, ongoing professional development and administrator support.

«Today's investments will help these districts and school networks — and in time, all districts — develop better systems to identify and reward great teachers, make sure the highest - need students have access to the most effective teachers every year, and give all teachers the support they need to improve.»

Kang was part of the team that implemented policies and offered support to districts and schools that resulted in Tennessee becoming one of the fastest improving states in the nation in student achievement outcomes.

Pay Teachers More and Reach All Students with Excellence — Aug 30, 2012 District RTTT — Meet the Absolute Priority for Great - Teacher Access — Aug 14, 2012 Pay Teachers More — Within Budget, Without Class - Size Increases — Jul 24, 2012 Building Support for Breakthrough Schools — Jul 10, 2012 New Toolkit: Expand the Impact of Excellent Teachers — Selection, Development, and More — May 31, 2012 New Teacher Career Paths: Financially Sustainable Advancement — May 17, 2012 Charlotte, N.C.'s Project L.I.F.T. to be Initial Opportunity Culture Site — May 10, 2012 10 Financially Sustainable Models to Reach More Students with Excellence — May 01, 2012 Excellent Teaching Within Budget: New Infographic and Website — Apr 17, 2012 Incubating Great New Schools — Mar 15, 2012 Public Impact Releases Models to Extend Reach of Top Teachers, Seeks Sites — Dec 14, 2011 New Report: Teachers in the Age of Digital Instruction — Nov 17, 2011 City - Based Charter Strategies: New White Papers and Webinar from Public Impact — Oct 25, 2011 How to Reach Every Child with Top Teachers (Really)-- Oct 11, 2011 Charter Philanthropy in Four Cities — Aug 04, 2011 School Turnaround Leaders: New Ideas about How to Find More of Them — Jul 21, 2011 Fixing Failing Schools: Building Family and Community Demand for Dramatic Change — May 17, 2011 New Resources to Boost School Turnaround Success — May 10, 2011 New Report on Making Teacher Tenure Meaningful — Mar 15, 2011 Going Exponential: Growing the Charter School Sector's Best — Feb 17, 2011 New Reports and Upcoming Release Event — Feb 10, 2011 Picky Parent Guide — Nov 17, 2010 Measuring Teacher and Leader Performance: Cross-Sector Lessons for Excellent Evaluations — Nov 02, 2010 New Teacher Quality Publication from the Joyce Foundation — Sept 27, 2010 Charter School Research from Public Impact — Jul 13, 2010 Lessons from Singapore & Shooting for Stars — Jun 17, 2010 Opportunity at the Top — Jun 02, 2010 Public Impact's latest on Education Reform Topics — Dec 02, 2009 3X for All: Extending the Reach of Education's Best — Oct 23, 2009 New Research on Dramatically Improving Failing Schools — Oct 06, 2009 Try, Try Again to Fix Failing Schools — Sep 09, 2009 Innovation in Education and Charter Philanthropy — Jun 24, 2009 Reconnecting Youth and Designing PD That Works — May 29.

Increased awareness of the positive correlations between engaged parents / families and student achievement has led to a number of increased levels of activity at the school building, «community» and district level as well as increased state and federal guidance (and to some extent support) for improving parent / family engagement.

Uriburu said the district needs to improve the cultural competency and diversity of its staff, increase academic support for those who struggle, and expand career and technology education.

With the support of central office and the IT department, the entire district has recently adopted Google Apps to improve collaboration and communication between all stakeholder groups.

By reviewing what is in place for PD at the district and building level, district leaders have an opportunity to make adjustments and add supports to ensure that the professional development provided to teachers results in improved instructional practices and increased student achievement.