Leadership Edition provides the reliable, actionable data that
educational leaders need for data - driven decision - making, empowering them to support and accelerate student learning,» said Saki Dodelson, CEO and founder of Achieve3000.
If we have any hope of changing outcomes for young people, we as
educational leaders need to radically change our approach to primary and secondary schools.
Researchers produce some of the tools
educational leaders need to do their best work, to be reflective and resilient, to ask good questions, and to collect and consider different pieces of evidence that can inform that reflection.
«We're trying to enhance principals» capacity to observe and analyze instruction for the purposes of improving it,» Dassler said, adding that these techniques complement the menu of other skills
educational leaders need to be effective.
Sergiovanni argued that
educational leaders need followers because followers are not led by coercion, but rather by commitment to beliefs, values and ideals.
Both teachers and
educational leaders need a list of questions to ask about technologies that are being evaluated.
Not exact matches
The Institute of Packaging Professionals is a
leader in serving the packaging community's continuing
educational needs.
«We
need honest, serious
leaders in Washington who can get the job done on the important issues we collectively face — protecting Medicare and Social Security, creating sustainable quality jobs, and providing the
educational opportunities that give all of our children the best chance for a better future.»
In the many responses to Gov. Cuomo's efforts to introduce formal and public teacher evaluation, teachers, union
leaders and
educational leaders have offered little but delaying tactics, such as more study is
needed or how about conducting small trials.
SHANGHAI — When President Obama last year proposed a «historic commitment» to empower Americans with a clean energy education program, his speech appeared to have reminded Chinese
leaders of their own
educational needs.
The AAAS Center for Science Diplomacy aims to build the
educational structures, tools, and resources to support the next generation of science diplomacy
leaders and ensure that scientists and diplomats have the training and resources
needed to work at the intersection of science and international...
But democratizing access to these new methods is crucial: students in education
need to be part of this discussion, because they are going to be the
educational leaders of tomorrow.
What we
need, according to Richard Kahn, Sam Fassbinder and Anthony Nocella, is a critical intervention by visionary
educational leaders who are willing to going together with social movements, in order to transfigure the relationship between the school and the society as part of a larger struggle for liberation.
Recently, several prominent national education organizations (including the NEA, AERA, AFT, and NCTE) have called for addressing equity in schools and society, specifically recommending that we
need to highlight the «systemic patterns of inequity — racism and
educational injustice — that impacts our students,» and that educators and school
leaders «receive the tools, training, and support they
need to build curricula with substantive exploration of prejudice, stereotyping, and discrimination.»
If we aspire to
educational equity for our students, we
need to start with the decisions made in central offices, and by site
leaders, that impact the learning of all educators in our schools.
The
educational charity highlights that the adoption of tablets is not always an easy process, and so the drive and determination of school
leaders is important to facilitate the change
needed for support staff to successfully implement the technology.
The chief executive officer of EducationSuperHighway, a nonprofit group that advocates upgraded Internet access for schools, articulates what many
educational technology
leaders like to remind educators, policymakers, parents, and students: «Schools don't have the expertise they
need to effectively design and implement a network,» says Evan C. Marwell.
School
leaders need to understand as Principal Kelly finally did, that the practice of religious indoctination can no longer be viewed in any sense to be an
educational program, it is merely a missionary exploitation of the executive power we place in schools, and depends on subterfuge, misdirection and deceit.
One Millennial's take on the changing
educational workforce and what district
leaders need to know about their most important generation...
Education scholars and
leaders need expertise in at least one perspective and understanding of other perspectives to contribute to solving complex
educational problems in the United States and around the world.
Business
leaders said that these kids were no good, and that what they
needed was an
educational system that would produce «industrial discipline.»
We support high - standards for leadership but we think there
needs to be some recognition of the additional resources that principals
need, the ongoing professional development that they
need and also the mentoring and support that they
need to be fantastic
educational leaders.
Smith says: «Overwhelmingly, school
leaders need to ensure effective infrastructure in terms of fast, reliable connectivity and robust wireless provision which are the foundations upon which any effective
educational provision should be built.»
If we agree that
educational administration programs don't provide the
leaders we
need, and if three decades of reform haven't made much difference, why is Thomas Lasley so confident that minor adjustments in courses or programs will produce substantial change?
One Millennial's take on the changing
educational workforce and what district
leaders need to know about their most important generation for years to come.
The research involved surveying 1,100 school
leaders, the results of which suggested that 82 per cent of mainstream schools in England do not have sufficient funding to adequately provide for pupils with SEND; 89 per cent of school
leaders believe cuts to local authority services have had a detrimental impact on the support their school receives for pupils with SEND; three - quarters of schools have pupils who have been waiting longer than expected for assessment of special
educational needs or an education, health and care plan; and 88 per cent of school
leaders think initial teacher training does not adequately prepare teachers to support pupils with SEND.
To make disruptive innovation possible, state education
leaders need to create opportunities for new organizations or entities to emerge to address unmet
educational needs outside of traditional schools.
It is evident that we
need to learn from the past to ensure present day
educational leaders can to serve their community by maintaining a positive school culture and ensuring student success.
How to Implement: As
educational leaders, it is our responsibility to build relationships with our feeder schools and identify kids that may not now, but will
need our help.
A great group of faculty from across the country, along with state and district policy
leaders, is joining me to make the case that
educational research
needs good data and that these data can be properly safeguarded through policy.
It is now incumbent upon
educational leaders at the state, regional and local levels as well as our many gifted teacher
leaders to use this year's test results not to lay blame or be defensive but to mobilize systemic learning and manifest genuine openness to
needed improvements.
It requires state and district policies aimed at providing the conditions, the authority and the incentives
leaders and their teams
need to be successful in lifting the
educational fortunes of all children.
To be the most effective
educational leaders, we
need to design a balance between managing the operational side of our roles and the creativity and vision
needed to challenge the status quo.
Future
educational leaders — principals and superintendents —
need to be able to make these decisions at the district or school level.
Functions The teacher
leader: a) Uses knowledge and understanding of the different backgrounds, ethnicities, cultures, and languages in the school community to promote effective interactions among colleagues, families, and the larger community; b) Models and teaches effective communication and collaboration skills with families and other stakeholders focused on attaining equitable achievement for students of all backgrounds and circumstances; c) Facilitates colleagues» self - examination of their own understandings of community culture and diversity and how they can develop culturally responsive strategies to enrich the
educational experiences of students and achieve high levels of learning for all students; d) Develops a shared understanding among colleagues of the diverse
educational needs of families and the community; and e) Collaborates with families, communities, and colleagues to develop comprehensive strategies to address the diverse
educational needs of families and the community.
As Baltimore City Public Schools began searching last year for a new
leader, the Fund for
Educational Excellence, a nonprofit working to secure resources
needed to improve student achievement in the city schools, recognized that we knew very little about how community members viewed the major
educational reforms that had taken place over the previous six years when Andrés Alonso was at the helm.
What is more, «Many
educational leaders neglect their own health and family time trying to fulfill their seemingly all - consuming professional roles, often at a time in their lives when they
need to pay closer attention,» write researchers Sally Beisser and Randal Peters in their article, «Here's to Your Health» (see page 34.)
To enable aspiring and practicing
educational leaders to inquire effectively in order to identify a problem of practice that can focus a school's professional learning efforts on the
needs of students of color and those situated in poverty.
«People
need to take a look at how they choose their political and
educational leaders in the state.
As
educational leaders, we
need to assure the public that we understand the challenges students face after graduation and that we are preparing them for college and the work place.
Poised to influence
educational policy, practice and performance across the country, the Institute provides and connects charter school authorizers, governing boards, school
leaders, founders and other stakeholders who are serious about ensuring all students are prepared for success in college, work and life with the programs, tools, services, counsel and support they
need.
A school administrator is an
educational leader who promotes the success of all students by collaborating with families and community members, responding to diverse community interests and
needs, and mobilizing community resources Functions:
Recently, I had a discussion about Common Core with several university level
educational leaders who expressed the
need for students to be better prepared for college: to read and write in a more academic manner, to make logical inferences, and to cite specific evidence from the text to support their conclusions.
National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC) An organization of parents, teachers, educators, other professionals and community
leaders who unite to address the unique
needs of children and youth with demonstrated gifts and talents as well as those children who may be able to develop their talent potential with appropriate
educational experiences.
In creating this PLE, we were conscious of the
need for
educational leaders to think intentionally about what they do and why they it.
Superintendent Valeria S. Silva,
leader of the Saint Paul Public School (SPPS) District, addresses the role of and
need for racial equity in the
educational setting.
More teachers, more
educational leaders, and more schools
need to address the pressing
needs of older, at - risk youth, and they must start now.
This program is designed to help
educational leaders identify the supports
needed for their staff, students and community as they begin implementation of blended learning in their school or district.
Publications: Award winning publications including, Principal Leadership a monthly magazine focusing on school
leaders» real
needs, offering them practical, hands - on strategies for improving their schools in a constantly evolving
educational environment; Principal Research Review a bimonthly publication identifying and summarizing the most relevant research on a top of interest to principals and draws implications for the principals» work; and many more invaluable publications.
They
need knowledge and training about Change Methodology for School Managers,
Leaders and Teachers, as well as encouraging and accompanying a participatory process of all the
educational community.