Sentences with phrase «education leaders and teachers»

«The opportunity area — working through the partnership board — is a promise, made by national and local government, education leaders and teachers, voluntary organisations and employers, to make change happen.»

For the last 19 years, it has been our privilege to work alongside amazing education leaders and teachers across the nation as they work tirelessly to improve student outcomes.

NGLC believes in unleashing the power of education leaders and teachers to lead their local communities — students, parents and families, boards, and employers — to redesign their schools around the most impactful forms of learning we all know and have experienced.

Last month, I attended EdSurge's LA Summit, where I had an opportunity to meet and hear from inspiring education leaders and teachers.

With these results, education leaders and teachers can identify the actions required to prepare all students to succeed in today's global economy.

We hope education leaders and teachers will find useful protocols and strategies to help them bypass the inevitable challenges in piloting new technology, so that they can focus on their own growth as professionals.

Adopted by nearly every state and largely commended by educators, the standards were designed collaboratively by education leaders and teachers to prepare students for the challenges of the modern workplace.

Not exact matches

The curricula of such schools is designed to be of particular usefulness to teachers, physicians, clergymen, social workers, law enforcement and probation officers, industrial leaders, directors of alcoholism programs, and other persons interested in alcoholism education, research, and rehabilitation.

They have prepared many college teachers, leaders of the ecumenical and other interdenominational enterprises, and have trained men and women for other special types of ministry which do not fit readily into the traditional pattern of theological education.

The group should meet regularly with each other and perhaps quarterly with the school district leader, explains lead author Elizabeth Budd, M.P.H. Tapping into existing committees and resources (like the Parent Teacher Association, physical education teachers, and parents and community members with pertinent knowledge or skills) for help also can be key.

Her uniquely effective parenting and teaching strategies were developed through her years of training in sociology, special education, and philosophy, as well as field - tested through her experiences as a classroom teacher, laboratory school instructor, university instructor, seminar leader, volunteer in Rwanda, and mother of three grown children.

He was followed by C. Russell Mason whose tenure (1939 - 1959) included formation of the Natural Science Workshop to train teachers and youth leaders in natural history education and the founding of residential camp Wildwood.

In K - 12 education, teachers, educators, and school leaders can create environments in the classroom that change students» mindsets by implicitly and explicitly giving them messages around belonging and possibility.

EL's whole - school reform model combines a highly detailed, interdisciplinary curriculum that focuses on active learning, teamwork, and character education with training and coaching for teachers and school leaders.

LINCOLN, MA — Mass Audubon, New England's largest conservation organization and a leader in nature - based education for more than 60 years, this month debuts a new, easy - to - use online program catalog for teachers, science coordinators, administrators, and others looking for educational enrichment programs and field trips.

Sunbridge's Waldorf Teacher Education faculty are experienced professionals and leaders in Waldorf Education and related fields.

After decades as teachers, lecturers, and nationally recognized leaders in education and child development, Garry Cleveland Myers and Caroline Clark Myers created Highlights.

Parents and family members learned how to help their children become college and career ready by attending workshops and hearing from education and community leaders on October 8 at Teachers College, Columbia University.

The governor is likely to get push back from many in the legislature, who are close to education interests like the teachers unions and local school leaders.

Teacher ambassadors are career learners and education leaders who are eager to represent the accomplishments and professional work of their colleagues, share their craft, advise policymakers and continue learning.»

Assembly Majority Leader Joe Morelle says Democrats had some concerns over a purposed commission to design new teacher evaluations, and instead now want the Board of Regents, which is in charge of education policy, to do the job.

ALBANY — Governor Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders have agreed on a framework for the state budget with at least a $ 1.4 billion increase in school aid, a plan to allow the state education department to develop the new teacher evaluation system and tighter disclosure requirements for lawmakers.

The animosity between teachers, parents and education leaders has calmed somewhat under Elia's now two - year tenure.

Teachers, administrators and union leaders joined forces in what was termed the One Voice United rally, targeting the increasing reliance of the state's education system on standardized testing.

Union leaders and teachers will be gathering on the steps of the State Education Department.

Earlier Tuesday, key committee leaders released a detailed, 262 - page budget plan that called for rejecting Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's controversial plans to change the education cost - sharing formula and to force towns to share one - third of the cost of teachers» pensions.

When the leaders of the American Federation of Teachers — whose president Randi Weingarten hopes to become Secretary of Education — endorsed Clinton without holding local meetings to consult the members, hundreds of angry teachers rebelled and signed up with Labor forTeachers — whose president Randi Weingarten hopes to become Secretary of Education — endorsed Clinton without holding local meetings to consult the members, hundreds of angry teachers rebelled and signed up with Labor forteachers rebelled and signed up with Labor for Bernie.

Thousands of parents, union leaders and teachers rallied at almost 200 NYC schools yesterday against Cuomo's proposed education reforms.

The discussions between state Education Commissioner John B. King Jr. and teachers» union leaders are aimed at settling a lawsuit brought by the unions that threatened to block new job ratings for thousands of teachers which are due for release in June.

TEACHER EVALUATION TALKS STILL GOING ON: The last we heard, talks between state education officials and teachers» leaders reportedly produced significant progress toward the end of last week, so there's a chance they'll reach some kind of accord this week.

At 8:45 a.m., state Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia will address the Fall Conference of NYSATE / NYACTE, and speak about the need to prepare and support teachers and school leaders, Gideon Putnam Hotel, 24 Gideon Putnam Rd., Saratoga Springs.

Flanagan's ascension leavesommittee he chairs — Education — without a leader at a time when education remains a very hot topic at the Capitol, thanks to the ongoing debate over the state's teacher evaluation system and Common Core - relatEducation — without a leader at a time when education remains a very hot topic at the Capitol, thanks to the ongoing debate over the state's teacher evaluation system and Common Core - relateducation remains a very hot topic at the Capitol, thanks to the ongoing debate over the state's teacher evaluation system and Common Core - related tests.

Chairwoman of the report Christine Gilbert said: «By 2020, today's four - year - olds will be entering higher education, training or work, and today's trainee teachers will be school leaders.

Commenting on the publication by the Department for Education (DfE) of «National Standards of Excellence for Headteachers», Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union in the UK, said: «With increasing difficulties in recruiting new headteachers, and with record numbers of teachers wanting to leave the profession, the Coalition Government has failed to recognise the damaging effect of its policies on the morale and confidence of teachers and school leaders.

Commenting on the publication by the Department for Education of School Workforce statistical data on headteachers» salaries, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union, said: «Headteachers and other school leaders have an important and critical job to do in leading and managing teaching and learning in schools.

Erika Dagress, the chapter leader and a science teacher at PS 24, said she and two colleagues trekked to the rally from their Sunset Park school because Cuomo «is trying to break public education.»

The Connecticut Education Association, the state's largest teachers» union, has blasted the idea as a «teacher tax,» but both House Republican leader Themis Klarides of Derby and House Speaker Joe Aresimowicz of Berlin have rejected that characterization.

To union leaders and public education advocates, it looks as if Cuomo negotiated the bill in order to appease the political left before a tough campaign season and then waited until after he won re-election to announce plans to veto it, exacting revenge on teachers, who are among his biggest critics.

In a joint letter, education reform groups thanked Governor Cuomo, Senate Leaders Skelos and Klein, and Assembly Speaker Silver for the substantial improvements you made to New York State's teacher evaluation law as part of this year's budget.

The mass granting of waivers to delay the new teacher rating system comes as political leaders, including President Obama and his Education Secretary Arne Duncan, are shifting away from an emphasis on standardized testing.

When he officially took the helm as leader of the city school system he certainly inherited a number of challenges: poor graduation rates, gaps in special education services, burned bridges between his predecessor, Jean Claude Brizard, and the teachers union and the school board, among a host of others things.

Teachers and education leaders say this can be fixed.

Meanwhile, hundreds of parents, children, teachers and union leaders protested Bloomberg's proposed education budget cuts outside City Hall on Wednesday.

In the interim, the federal government has set up an advisory board of business and education leaders — including American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten, SUNY chancellor Nancy Zimpher and Stan Litow, an IBM executive and former deputy chancellor of New York City schools — assigned to look at current community college funding programs and formulate the best strategies for the national program.

Commenting on today's announcement from Nicky Morgan, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union in the UK, said: «No - one is more committed to raising the standards of education than teachers and school leaders.

Also at 2 p.m., Educators 4 Excellence - New York hosts its annual summit, with over 150 teachers, education advocates, and community leaders, NYU Kimmel Center, 60 Washington Square S., Manhattan.

Hasidic Satmar leaders in Brooklyn issued a decree proclaiming that women should no longer pursue special - education degrees after high school and that those who refused to obey would be denied positions as teachers.

Teachers, parents, union leaders and even some school superintendents and board members in New York are clothed in blue to show their concern for what they see as an overemphasis on testing, an under - emphasis on state education funding, and inequitable spending between districts.

Joined by area politicians and community leaders, the parents, students and teachers rallied in support of the Education Investment Tax Credit which would increase support for public and religious schools by creating a tax incentive for individuals and corporations to donate to scholarship programs administered by nonprofit educational organizations.

Monday's hearing at the Legislative Office Building in downtown Albany is expected to include testimony from the chancellor of the City University of New York, Matthew Goldstein; state Education Commissioner John B. King Jr.; State University of New York Chancellor Nancy L. Zimpher, leaders of the teachers union and other officials.