Sentences with phrase «elementary priority schools»
The new job roles will be piloted at three of the elementary priority schools this fall in Big Spring ISD, a West Texas district with more than 4,000 students on seven campuses.
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«Class size is a major issue, for example at School # 6 they have class sizes in elementary level of over 30 - students with students that have a high amount of students with special education needs, ELL - English Language Learners, and so lowering class size is something that has been priority and that's been a part of those plans.»
I went to the neighborhood elementary school around the corner from my house, and my parents were very clear from the time my brother and I were little that school was our number one priority.
When students do not learn to read by third grade or develop reading difficulties after third grade, as is disproportionately the case for students living in poverty (Kieffer, 2010), it is critically important that an emphasis on learning to read remain an instructional priority in upper - elementary classrooms as well as in middle and high schools.
This priority forms the base for the others because reading becomes more important in the later years of elementary school.
Borrowing liberally from Lieberman and Bayh's reform package, Bush said that the 54 federal elementary and secondary education programs should be consolidated into five categories reflecting federal priorities: 1) educating disadvantaged students; 2) teacher quality; 3) English fluency; 4) school choice; and 5) school safety.
The statewide associations representing Superintendents, School Committees, elementary and secondary principals, and educational collaboratives all have identified this issue as a top priority.
Serve as an advocate for the professional tenets and priorities of elementary and middle - school principals; and
Ferebee has put specialty priority on 11 schools, including John Marshall and Northwest middle schools, as well as eight elementary schools.
Once thought of as a topic taught only in high school, algebra is now one of the top priorities in elementary and middle school.
States would identify and support «priority» schools (the lowest performing 5 percent of Title I elementary schools and Title I secondary schools, as well as secondary schools with graduation rates under 60 percent) and «focus» schools (Title I schools with the greatest achievement gaps and secondary schools with the greatest graduation rate gaps).
It wasn't one thing that put Litchfield Community Schools» elementary school on a path to becoming a «priority» school.
Serve as an advocate for the professional tenets and priorities of elementary and middle school principals; and
ADMISSIONS: For middle school, priority goes to students from Washington Heights elementary schools and other District 6 residents.
There are signs at the elementary school level, for example, that more principals are embracing instructional leadership as a priority and that more tools are being put in place to help them improve their performance on the job.
The combination of new funds and a new priority on teacher preparation appears to be accomplishing in a few districts what children's health advocates have struggled to do — put highly qualified physical education teachers in elementary schools to help children establish lifelong fitness habits.
Because school site support is critical, consider launching the program with a small group of priority elementary schools with eager principals.
This Final Report reaffirms these priority recommendations for MCPS high schools and expands them to elementary and middle schools.
The recommendations in this Final Report focusing on MCPS elementary and middle schools are grouped into the same seven key priority areas that were developed in the interim report for high schools.
Superintendent John Reinhart said the five projects are a priority in part because of parent, teacher and student complaints about the lack of air conditioning in some elementary schools.
This report outlines the key priority areas for high schools as they relate to the elementary and middle school levels.
The statewide associations representing superintendents, School Committees, elementary and secondary principals, and educational collaboratives all have identified this issue as a top priority.
The Library partners with the School District of Philadelphia to advance literacy in 10 of the District's priority elementary schools.
Seeking a full time teaching position at the elementary level, in a school where student success and well - being are the top priorities.
ZERO TO THREE priorities include maintaining local ability to use ESEA funds to support early childhood services; requiring data collection on how local educational agencies are using Title I funds for early childhood; promoting joint professional development for early childhood and early elementary school educators; ensuring literacy provisions include infants and toddlers; and requiring coordination between the K - 12 system and early childhood programs.