Sentences with phrase «excellent teachers and leaders»

Research has proven that K - 3 achievement and excellent teachers and leaders are key building blocks to a successful education.

Our two key areas of focus, K — 3 achievement and excellent teachers and leaders, have proven over and over again to put children on the track for success.

We have therefore started the teaching and leadership innovation fund so that the most challenged schools can build more capacity to have excellent teachers and leaders.

The Belk Foundation is always looking for partners who share our passion for K — 3 Achievement and Excellent Teachers and Leaders.

Insight Education Group has been partnering with schools and districts for over 17 years on the things that make schools great — excellent teachers and leaders, demanding curricula, high - quality instruction, and engaged students.

With our two key focus areas of early grade achievement and excellent teachers and leaders, we, at The Belk Foundation, see many opportunities to create positive, sustainable change for students in NC.

To create opportunity and cultivate success for every student by recruiting and educating excellent teachers and leaders who reflect our schools» communities.

Insight Education Group has been partnering with schools and districts since 2000 on the things that make schools great — excellent teachers and leaders, demanding curricula, high - quality instruction, and engaged students.

Ultimately, we are looking for growth in student achievement as a result of excellent teachers and leaders.

The Belk Foundation invests deeply in public education — specifically K - 3 achievement and excellent teachers and leaders, both critical building blocks for successful education.

The links below will give you best practices and tools for cultivating excellent teachers and leaders in the early years and grades — including training and professional development

Location: Middle Tennessee Priority: Excellent Teachers and Leaders for Every Child Topic: Teachers of color in Tennessee shaping education policy, amplifying their voices and advocating for their professional needs, and on behalf of their communities.

Location: Middle Tennessee Priority: Excellent Teachers and Leaders for Every Child Topic: Increasing recruitment and retention of candidates of color in educator preparation programs Summary: The Trailblazer Coalition (TC) received funding in the 2016 — 2017 sub grant funding cycle.

These results are a direct response to the excellent teachers and leaders supporting Arizona's charter students.»

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«He was known within the University as an outstanding teacher who trained many of the current leaders in the field, as a key player in assembling the world - renowned medical oncology group here, and as a compassionate physician who took excellent care of his patients until just a few weeks before his own death.»

Excellent teachers from Teach Plus and other experts contributed to the models, alongside the initial Opportunity Culture Advisory Team, which includes leaders in teaching, technology, and philanthropic organizations.

This is an excellent investment for primary teachers, subject co-ordinators and school leaders.

One example of this commitment to the continuum is in New Jersey, where Garden State leaders have not only focused on successful STEM educator preparation and instruction, but are also looking at the long - term economic benefits coming from excellent STEM teachers and successful STEM learners.

-- April 8, 2015 Planning a High - Poverty School Overhaul — January 29, 2015 Four Keys to Recruiting Excellent Teachers — January 15, 2015 Nashville's Student Teachers Earn, Learn, and Support Teacher - Leaders — December 16, 2014 Opportunity Culture Voices on Video: Nashville Educators — December 4, 2014 How the STEM Teacher Shortage Fails U.S. Kids — and How To Fix It — November 6, 2014 5 - Step Guide to Sustainable, High - Paid Teacher Career Paths — October 29, 2014 Public Impact Update: Policies States Need to Reach Every Student with Excellent Teaching — October 15, 2014 New Website on Teacher - Led Professional Learning — July 23, 2014 Getting the Best Principal: Solutions to Great - Principal Pipeline Woes Doing the Math on Opportunity Culture's Early Impact — June 24, 2014 N&O Editor Sees Solution to N.C. Education «Angst and Alarm»: Opportunity Culture Models — June 9, 2014 Large Pay, Learning, and Economic Gains Projected with Statewide Opportunity Culture Implementation — May 13, 2014 Cabarrus County Schools Join National Push to Extend Reach of Excellent Teachers — May 12, 2014 Public Impact Co-Directors» Op - Ed: Be Bold on Teacher Pay — May 5, 2014 New videos: Charlotte schools pay more to attract, leverage, keep best teachers — April 29, 2014 Case studies: Opening blended - learning charter schools — March 20, 2014 Syracuse, N.Y., schools join Opportunity Culture initiative — March 6, 2014 What do teachers say about an Opportunity Teachers — January 15, 2015 Nashville's Student Teachers Earn, Learn, and Support Teacher - Leaders — December 16, 2014 Opportunity Culture Voices on Video: Nashville Educators — December 4, 2014 How the STEM Teacher Shortage Fails U.S. Kids — and How To Fix It — November 6, 2014 5 - Step Guide to Sustainable, High - Paid Teacher Career Paths — October 29, 2014 Public Impact Update: Policies States Need to Reach Every Student with Excellent Teaching — October 15, 2014 New Website on Teacher - Led Professional Learning — July 23, 2014 Getting the Best Principal: Solutions to Great - Principal Pipeline Woes Doing the Math on Opportunity Culture's Early Impact — June 24, 2014 N&O Editor Sees Solution to N.C. Education «Angst and Alarm»: Opportunity Culture Models — June 9, 2014 Large Pay, Learning, and Economic Gains Projected with Statewide Opportunity Culture Implementation — May 13, 2014 Cabarrus County Schools Join National Push to Extend Reach of Excellent Teachers — May 12, 2014 Public Impact Co-Directors» Op - Ed: Be Bold on Teacher Pay — May 5, 2014 New videos: Charlotte schools pay more to attract, leverage, keep best teachers — April 29, 2014 Case studies: Opening blended - learning charter schools — March 20, 2014 Syracuse, N.Y., schools join Opportunity Culture initiative — March 6, 2014 What do teachers say about an Opportunity Teachers Earn, Learn, and Support Teacher - Leaders — December 16, 2014 Opportunity Culture Voices on Video: Nashville Educators — December 4, 2014 How the STEM Teacher Shortage Fails U.S. Kids — and How To Fix It — November 6, 2014 5 - Step Guide to Sustainable, High - Paid Teacher Career Paths — October 29, 2014 Public Impact Update: Policies States Need to Reach Every Student with Excellent Teaching — October 15, 2014 New Website on Teacher - Led Professional Learning — July 23, 2014 Getting the Best Principal: Solutions to Great - Principal Pipeline Woes Doing the Math on Opportunity Culture's Early Impact — June 24, 2014 N&O Editor Sees Solution to N.C. Education «Angst and Alarm»: Opportunity Culture Models — June 9, 2014 Large Pay, Learning, and Economic Gains Projected with Statewide Opportunity Culture Implementation — May 13, 2014 Cabarrus County Schools Join National Push to Extend Reach of Excellent Teachers — May 12, 2014 Public Impact Co-Directors» Op - Ed: Be Bold on Teacher Pay — May 5, 2014 New videos: Charlotte schools pay more to attract, leverage, keep best teachers — April 29, 2014 Case studies: Opening blended - learning charter schools — March 20, 2014 Syracuse, N.Y., schools join Opportunity Culture initiative — March 6, 2014 What do teachers say about an Opportunity Teachers — May 12, 2014 Public Impact Co-Directors» Op - Ed: Be Bold on Teacher Pay — May 5, 2014 New videos: Charlotte schools pay more to attract, leverage, keep best teachers — April 29, 2014 Case studies: Opening blended - learning charter schools — March 20, 2014 Syracuse, N.Y., schools join Opportunity Culture initiative — March 6, 2014 What do teachers say about an Opportunity teachers — April 29, 2014 Case studies: Opening blended - learning charter schools — March 20, 2014 Syracuse, N.Y., schools join Opportunity Culture initiative — March 6, 2014 What do teachers say about an Opportunity teachers say about an Opportunity Culture?

Ellen Sherratt is deputy director of the Center on Great Teachers and Leaders where she led the support of 22 states» plans to ensure equitable access to excellent educators.

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.

Projects have included: teacher career pathway programs that diversified roles in the teaching force; teacher career pathways that recognize, develop, and reward excellent teachers as they advance through various career stages; incentives for effective teachers who take on instructional leadership roles within their schools; incentives that attract, support, reward, and retain the most effective teachers and administrators at high - need schools; rigorous, ongoing leadership development training for teacher leaders and principals, leadership roles for teachers aimed at school turnaround; and the creation of new salary structures based on effectiveness.

IF the IDOE collaborates with key stakeholders, including LEAs, institutions of higher education, and educator associations, to refine existing human capital management systems that leverage evaluation and support systems to recruit, prepare, develop, support, advance, reward, and retain great teachers and leaders, THEN increased educator capacity and effectiveness will ensure equitable access to excellent educators and lead to improved student outcomes.50

As an independent nonprofit, we engage, inform, and mobilize the business community and community - at - large to provide every student in Wake County Public Schools with excellent educational opportunities, highly effective teachers, and strong leaders.

School leaders used the state evaluation system to celebrate excellent teachers and support struggling teachers so they could improve how they were meeting the needs of all kids.

That means having a real focus on tackling underperformance, having high expectations for every child and supporting our excellent school leaders and teachers.

A DfE spokesperson said the white paper reforms were the next step in ensuring every child had access to an «excellent education by putting control in the hands of the teachers and school leaders who know their pupils best.

Example projects: Ms. Hassel co-authored, among others, numerous practical tools to redesign schools for instructional and leadership excellence; An Excellent Principal for Every School: Transforming Schools into Leadership Machines; Paid Educator Residencies, within Budget; ESSA: New Law, New Opportunity; 3X for All: Extending the Reach of Education's Best; Opportunity at the Top; Seizing Opportunity at the Top: How the U.S. Can Reach Every Student with an Excellent Teacher; Teacher Tenure Reform; Measuring Teacher and Leader Performance; «The Big U-Turn: How to bring schools from the brink of doom to stellar success» for Education Next; Try, Try Again: How to Triple the Number of Fixed Failing Schools; Importing Leaders for School Turnarounds; Going Exponential: Growing the Charter School Sector's Best; the Public Impact series Competencies for Turnaround Success; School Restructuring Under No Child Left Behind: What Works When?

His recent publications include co-authoring ESSA: New Law, New Opportunity; State Leaders, Seize ESSA's Opportunities for Excellence (op - ed); Paid Educator Residencies, Within Budget: How New School Models Can Radically Improve Teacher and Principal Preparation; and An Excellent Principal for Every School: Transforming Schools Into Leadership Machines.

«These grants are excellent examples of ways to support teachers and school leaders and develop the next generation of world - class educators.»

«Plenty of research has shown that excellent teachers and highly effective school leaders play the most critical role in student success,» said David Harris, founder and CEO of The Mind Trust.

It aims to increase subject expertise, promote research and champion university access within schools by supporting PhD graduates to become excellent teachers and research leaders, who are committed to closing the gap in attainment and university access.

Participants are supported to become excellent new teachers and research leaders, and have access to research associate status at a selective university.

In this sense, excellent facilitation requires that we all become humanists who engage students with each other, followers with leaders, and teachers with students.

With Hansen's paper adding evidence that students can benefit from increased access to excellent teachers, we hope teachers and school leaders everywhere will start adjusting schedules and roles to make it happen.

We found that schools could free funds to pay excellent teachers in teaching roles up to 40 percent more and teacher - leaders up to about 130 percent more, within current budgets and without increasing class sizes.

And they make it possible to pay excellent professionals about 20 to 40 percent more and teacher - leaders up to 130 percent more, within budgAnd they make it possible to pay excellent professionals about 20 to 40 percent more and teacher - leaders up to 130 percent more, within budgand teacher - leaders up to 130 percent more, within budget.

Many use the popular multi-classroom leadership model, in which excellent teacher - leaders lead grade and subject teams while continuing to teach (usually part time), with full accountability for all the team's students and teacher success; some have teachers extending their reach directly using digital instruction and subject specialization, with extra paraprofessional support.

Students typically enter YES Prep one or more grade levels behind but quickly find themselves on a different life trajectory as a result of transformative relationships with teachers and leaders and access to excellent educational opportunities.

This annual event brings together all the 1,000 or so teachers who work in Friendship Schools, an excellent group of charter and traditional public schools in Washington, DC and Baltimore (which are featured in our other short film, Unchartered Territory, along with their inspirational leader Donald Hense).

As a former teacher, principal and district leader, I've devoted my life to providing children with the excellent education they deserve.

Science * Social Studies * Math * Plan and provide excellent instruction, making every minute count... from school leaders; * Collaborate with other teachers to increase student engagement and...

Rather, we think that effective Reception teachers, and senior leaders who can provide the optimum environment for excellent EYFS practice, need to be valued and supported.

He served as a middle school teacher and union chapter leader, and spent seven years as a school principal, first at a district middle school and then as the founding principal of a charter high school serving over-age and under - credited students who were court - involved or in foster care He comes to Parent Revolution with a deep belief that all students, from all communities and in all kinds of situations, deserve excellent schools and the opportunities afforded by a high quality education.

Leaders also have shared with me how over the past few years, they've seen good teachers become great, talented new teachers come to their district, and excellent teachers rewarded and recognized for their skills.

The U. S. Department of Education is announcing today the first grant competition under the Teacher and School Leader (TSL) program to provide funding for states, districts, and nonprofit organizations to support, train, and reward excellent teachers and school leaders.

Explore how leaders and teachers can partner to support excellent teaching practices that ultimately improve school outcomes for children, including the use of standards, data, and curriculum to support effective instruction — from the Ounce of Prevention Fund

His overarching vision, «North Carolina will be the education leader not just in the Southeast or in the nation, but in the world,» is achievable by traveling all five of the following paths: creating prosperity and jobs for graduates, a rewarding career for teachers and principals, instilling a joy of reading and math for every child, excellent innovative learning options for families, and cost effectiveness for taxpayers.

Launched in 2011, Project Leadership and Investment for Transformation, or L.I.F.T., is a five - year initiative in nine low - performing schools in Charlotte, North Carolina.35 The project focuses on innovative strategies to provide students with extended learning time and increased access to technology while supporting community engagement and excellent teaching.36 Project L.I.F.T. worked with Public Impact — a nonprofit organization that works with school districts to create innovative school models — to design hybrid teacher - leader roles that «extend the reach» of high - performing teachers to more students.37 These «multi-classroom leaders» continue to teach while leading teams of teachers and assuming responsibility for the learning of all students taught by their team.38 For this advanced role, teachers earn supplements of up to $ 23,000 annually, funded sustainably by reallocating funds within current budgets.39

These roles may include, for example: team leader, who takes responsibility for team and student growth; reach teacher, who takes responsibility for larger - than - average student loads with the help of paraprofessionals; master educator, who develops and leads professional development and learning; peer evaluator, an accomplished educator who coaches other teachers, assesses teachers» effectiveness, and helps his or her colleagues improve their skills; and demonstration teacher, who models excellent teaching for teachers in training.11 According to the Aspen Institute and Leading Educators — a nonprofit organization that partners with schools and districts to promote teacher leadership — teacher leaders can model best practices, observe and coach other teachers, lead teacher teams, and participate in the selection and induction of new teachers.12